Montenegro national under-21 football team

Montenegro
Nickname(s)	Hrabri Sokoli (The Brave Falcons)
Association	Football Association of Montenegro
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Nikola Rakojević
Home stadium	Podgorica City Stadium
FIFA code	MNE
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)

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.

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2009	Qualifying Stage	8	2	2	4	5	12
2011	Qualifying Stage	8	4	1	3	9	11
2013	Qualifying Stage	8	3	2	3	14	8
2015	Qualifying Stage	8	3	2	3	12	11
2017	Qualifying stage	10	4	4	2	13	11
2019	Qualifying stage	10	3	2	5	15	15
2021	Qualifying stage	10	2	1	7	11	13
2023	Qualifying stage	10	3	2	5	14	17
Total	0/8	77	25	18	33	97	106

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Recent results

10 October 2019 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Montenegro	1–2	North Macedonia	DG Arena, Podgorica
15:00	Skenderović 10'	Report	Atanasov 14', 33' (pen.)

15 October 2019 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Montenegro	0–2	Spain	Stadion pod Goricom, Podgorica
15:00		Report	Buñuel 34' Cucurella 62'	Attendance: 2,458^[1]

14 November 2019 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Israel	0–0	Montenegro	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa
		Report

18 November 2019 Friendly	Montenegro	1–0	Poland	DG Arena, Podgorica
	Sekulić 2'	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 (age 21)	12	0	Lommel
22	1GK	Sergej Joksimović	(2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Jedinstvo
12	1GK	Gorak Aković	(2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Berane

	2DF	Nemanja Perović	(2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 (age 22)	8	0	Famalicão
	2DF	Damjan Dakić	(2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Budućnost
	2DF	Robert Đeljaj	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Dečić
	2DF	Ljubomir Pejović	(2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Rudar
	2DF	Balša Vukotić	(2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Mornar
	2DF	Nikola Vuković	(2004-12-05) 5 December 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Budućnost

	3MF	Milan Vukotić	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 22)	13	1	Zrinjski Mostar
	3MF	Ognjen Bakić	(2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Osijek
	3MF	Andrej Bajović	(2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 (age 21)	4	2	Dečić
	3MF	Jovan Dašić	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 21)	4	1	Budućnost
	3MF	Igor Pajović	(2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Sutjeska
	3MF	Arnel Kujović	(2002-03-14) 14 March 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Energie Cottbus
	3MF	Emin Kujović	(2004-09-29) 29 September 2004 (age 20)	0	0	1. FC Köln

	4FW	Nikola Janjić	(2002-07-14) 14 July 2002 (age 22)	14	0	Osijek
	4FW	Vuk Striković	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Sutjeska
	4FW	Dejan Perović	(2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 (age 22)	5	1	Petrovac
	4FW	Lazar Mijović	(2003-03-12) 12 March 2003 (age 21)	4	1	Lommel
	4FW	Ognjen Gašević	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Rudar
	4FW	Matija Krivokapić	(2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 (age 21)	1	1	Zemplín Michalovce
	4FW	Neđeljko Kovinić	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Trinity Zlín
	4FW	Dušan Vukčević	(2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 21)	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 (age 22)	2	0	Rudar Pljevlja	v. Albania, 20 November 2022
DF	Nikola Vukotić	(2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Iskra Danilovgrad	v. Albania, 20 November 2022
DF	Bojan Adžić	(2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Brodarac	v. Albania, 20 November 2022
DF	Kerem Sari	(2002-12-21) 21 December 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Holstein Kiel	v. Albania, 20 November 2022

MF	Đorđe Šaletić	(2002-01-06) 6 January 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Iskra Danilovgrad	v. Albania, 20 November 2022
MF	Lazar Stanišić	(2004-09-08) 8 September 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Zeta	v. Albania, 20 November 2022

FW	Damjan Mugoša	(2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Mladost Donja Gorica	v. Albania, 20 November 2022
FW	Andrija Radulović	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Mladost Novi Sad	v. Albania, 20 November 2022
FW	Balša Tošković	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Jezero	v. Albania, 20 November 2022

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.
^ "Spisak za duele sa Bugarskom i Poljskom" (in Montenegrin). Fudbalski savez Crne Gore. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

External links

Football Association of Montenegro (Montenegrin)
JadranSport.org - South-Eastern European football news coverage (in English)
UEFA.com (Montenegro) (in English)

[1] [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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