Montenegro national under-21 football team

The Montenegro national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Montenegro and is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

Montenegro
Nickname(s)Hrabri Sokoli (The Brave Falcons)
AssociationFootball Association of Montenegro
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNikola Rakojević
Home stadiumPodgorica City Stadium
FIFA codeMNE
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Montenegro 2–1 Albania 
(Shkodër, Albania; 2 May 2007)
Biggest win
 Malta 0–6 Montenegro 
(26 September 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Poland 6–0 Montenegro 
(10 October 2016)

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
2009Qualifying Stage8224512
2011Qualifying Stage8413911
2013Qualifying Stage8323148
2015Qualifying Stage83231211
2017Qualifying stage104421311
2019Qualifying stage103251515
2021Qualifying stage102171113
2023Qualifying stage103251417
Total0/87725183397106

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification
Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Recent results
10 October 2019 2021 UEFA U-21 Q Montenegro  1–2  North Macedonia DG Arena, Podgorica
15:00
Report
15 October 2019 2021 UEFA U-21 Q Montenegro  0–2  Spain Stadion pod Goricom, Podgorica
15:00 Report
Attendance: 2,458[1]
18 November 2019 Friendly Montenegro  1–0  Poland DG Arena, Podgorica
 Report

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Bulgaria and Poland on 15 and 20 June 2023 respectively.[2]

Caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2023, after the match against China.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Nikola Ivezić (2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 12 0 Lommel
22 1GK Sergej Joksimović (2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 2 0 Jedinstvo
12 1GK Gorak Aković (2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 0 0 Berane
2DF Nemanja Perović (2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 8 0 Famalicão
2DF Damjan Dakić (2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 3 0 Budućnost
2DF Robert Đeljaj (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 2 0 Dečić
2DF Ljubomir Pejović (2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 0 0 Rudar
2DF Balša Vukotić (2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 0 0 Mornar
2DF Nikola Vuković (2004-12-05) 5 December 2004 0 0 Budućnost
3MF Milan Vukotić (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 13 1 Zrinjski Mostar
3MF Ognjen Bakić (2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 6 0 Osijek
3MF Andrej Bajović (2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 4 2 Dečić
3MF Jovan Dašić (2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 4 1 Budućnost
3MF Igor Pajović (2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 4 0 Sutjeska
3MF Arnel Kujović (2002-03-14) 14 March 2002 2 0 Energie Cottbus
3MF Emin Kujović (2004-09-29) 29 September 2004 0 0 1. FC Köln
4FW Nikola Janjić (2002-07-14) 14 July 2002 14 0 Osijek
4FW Vuk Striković (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 7 0 Sutjeska
4FW Dejan Perović (2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 5 1 Petrovac
4FW Lazar Mijović (2003-03-12) 12 March 2003 4 1 Lommel
4FW Ognjen Gašević (2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 2 0 Rudar
8 4FW Matija Krivokapić (2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 1 1 Zemplín Michalovce
4FW Neđeljko Kovinić (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 0 0 Trinity Zlín
4FW Dušan Vukčević (2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 0 0 Sutjeska

Recent call-ups
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Luka Boričić (2002-05-18) 18 May 2002 2 0 Rudar Pljevlja v.  Albania, 20 November 2022
DF Nikola Vukotić (2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 1 0 Iskra Danilovgrad v.  Albania, 20 November 2022
DF Bojan Adžić (2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 0 0 Brodarac v.  Albania, 20 November 2022
DF Kerem Sari (2002-12-21) 21 December 2002 0 0 Holstein Kiel v.  Albania, 20 November 2022
MF Đorđe Šaletić (2002-01-06) 6 January 2002 4 0 Iskra Danilovgrad v.  Albania, 20 November 2022
MF Lazar Stanišić (2004-09-08) 8 September 2004 0 0 Zeta v.  Albania, 20 November 2022
FW Damjan Mugoša (2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 1 0 Mladost Donja Gorica v.  Albania, 20 November 2022
FW Andrija Radulović (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 1 0 Mladost Novi Sad v.  Albania, 20 November 2022
FW Balša Tošković (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 1 0 Jezero v.  Albania, 20 November 2022

See also

References
  1. cg-fudbal.com: Evo koliko je gledalaca pratilo meč između Crne Gore i Španije (in Serbian). 16 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. "Spisak za duele sa Bugarskom i Poljskom" (in Montenegrin). Fudbalski savez Crne Gore. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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