Montenegro women's national football team

The Montenegro women's national football team represents Montenegro in international women's football, and it is organised by Football Association of Montenegro.

Montenegro
AssociationFootball Association of Montenegro
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMirko Marić
CaptainMarija Vukčević
Most capsArmisa Kuč (47)
Top scorerArmisa Kuč (13)
Home stadiumGradski stadion, Nikšić (5,214); Stadion pod Malim brdom, Petrovac (1,630)
FIFA codeMNE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 97 3 (26 June 2020)[1]
Highest78 (December 2017)
Lowest131 (2012)
First international
 Montenegro 2–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 
(Bar, Montenegro; 13 March 2012)
Biggest win
 Macedonia 0–7 Montenegro 
(Skopje; 28 April 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 13–0 Montenegro 
(Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain; 15 September 2016)

History

Montenegrin women's team was founded in 2012, six years after Montenegro gained independence. It is organised and headed by Football Association of Montenegro. The team is founded four years after the establishing of first women's football competition in Montenegro.
With head coach Zoran Mijović, Montenegro played first match on 13 March 2012 in Bar, against Bosnia and Herzegovina (2:3).[2] Two days later, Montenegro gained its first draw, also against Bosnia and Herzegovina (2:2).
Montenegro made its official competitive debut on 4 April 2013 in the 2015 World Cup qualification's preliminary round, drawing 3–3 against the Faroe Islands. Only two days later, Montenegro made first win in team's history, against Georgia - 2:0.
On that tournament, played in Vilnius, Montenegro made a big surprise, because they qualified for the final round of 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA).
On April 2015, on debut of new head coach Derviš Hadžiosmanović, Montenegro made biggest win in team's history, against Macedonia away - 7:0.
Montenegro participated in Euro 2017 qualifiers, but finished without any single point earned. On qualifying game against Spain away, Montenegro recorded biggest defeat in history (0:13)
Second appearance in World Cup Qualifiers, Montenegro had during the April 2017. On World Cup 2019 qualifying tournament, which hosted Faroe Islands, Montenegro finished third, with one win and two defeats, but with positive goal-difference (8:6). On last game, Montenegro made the biggest all-time victory in qualifiers, against Luxembourg (7:1).

Competitive record

Since its foundation, Montenegro women's national football team played in two qualification rounds for big tournaments so far. On both occasions, Montenegro failed to qualify.

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
2015 Did not qualify 13 1 2 10 12 57
2019 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 8 6
2023 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/3 16 2 2 12 20 63

UEFA Women's Euro
UEFA Women's Euro Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
2017 Did not qualify 8 0 0 8 2 51
2021 TBD 2 0 0 2 0 12
Total 0/1 10 0 0 10 2 63

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Euro 2021 qualification against Republic of Ireland on 11 March 2020. :Caps and goals as of 12 March 2020

Head coach: Mirko Marić

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ines Obradović (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 9 0 ŽFK Crvena zvezda
12 1GK Ivana Čabarkapa (1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 10 0 ŽFK Breznica
22 1GK Anastasija Krstović (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 0 0 ŽFK Budućnost Podgorica
2 2DF Sanja Nedić (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 7 0 SFK 2000
3 2DF Aleksandra Popović (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 21 0 KF Vllaznia Shkodër
4 2DF Maja Šaranović (1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 20 1 Partizán Bardejov
6 2DF Jovana Nišavić (2001-03-18) 18 March 2001 0 0 FK Obilić Herceg Novi
15 2DF Helena Božić (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 24 0 Partizán Bardejov
17 2DF Darija Đukić (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 32 1 Partizán Bardejov
19 2DF Svetlana Bečić (2002-08-13) 13 August 2002 0 0 ŽFK Budućnost Podgorica
21 2DF Nikolina Caković (2002-04-07) 7 April 2002 0 0 ŽFK Budućnost Podgorica
8 3MF Jasna Đoković (1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 44 3 SFK 2000
9 3MF Nađa Stanović (1999-09-10) 10 September 1999 10 3 1. FC Katowice
11 3MF Armisa Kuč (1992-04-11) 11 April 1992 48 13 SFK 2000
13 3MF Jelena Vujadinović (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 16 0 ŽFK Breznica
14 3MF Jelena Karličić (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 15 0 ŽFK Breznica
20 3MF Anđela Tošković (2004-08-19) 19 August 2004 2 1 ŽFK Budućnost Podgorica
10 4FW Marija Vukčević (C) (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986 31 12 ASD Chieti
16 4FW Medina Dešić (1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 2 0 ETSV Würzburg
18 4FW Ana Knežević (2002-12-18) 18 December 2002 2 0 ŽFK Breznica
7 4FW Slađana Bulatović (VC) (1994-05-04) 4 May 1994 46 12 Rayo Vallecano
23 4FW Nađa Đurđevac (2002-08-25) 25 August 2002 0 0 ŽFK Budućnost Podgorica

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Marija Maraš (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 4 0 ŽFK Breznica v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 22 January 2020
DF Tatjana Đurković (1996-08-05) 5 August 1996 37 0 Karyatides v.  Greece, 6 November 2019
DF Milica Radunović (1996-11-09) 9 November 1996 1 0 Unknown v.  Greece, 6 November 2019
DF Dženita Ramčilović (1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 4 0 Grasshopper CZ v.  Republic of Ireland, 3 September 2019
MF Milica Šebek (1997-04-26) 26 April 1997 2 0 ŽFK Breznica v.  Greece, 6 November 2019
MF Jadranka Pavičević (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 15 1 Partizán Bardejov v.  Republic of Ireland, 3 September 2019
FW Tamara Bojat (1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 26 6 SFK 2000 v.  Republic of Ireland, 3 September 2019

Managers

First head coach in the history of Montenegrin women's team was Zoran Mijović. He led team from 2012 to 2014.
At the beginning of 2015, as a new head coach was named Derviš Hadžiosmanović.

Manager Career Played Won Draw Lost GF GA
Zoran Mijović 2012–2015 17 1 3 13 21 70
Derviš Hadžiosmanović 2015−2017 17 4 1 12 31 67
Mirko Marić 2018−present 11 1 3 10 8 40

Recent results and fixtures
Main article: List of official matches of the Montenegro women's national football team

Since 2007, Montenegro's national team has played dozens of qualifying and friendly matches every year. There is a List of official matches of the Montenegro women's national football team.

Opponents

Below is a list of performances of Montenegro women's national football team against every single opponent.

Opponents' country G W D L GD
 Albania
6
2
1
3
12:15
 Belarus
2
0
0
2
2:10
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
5
0
1
4
6:11
 Croatia
3
0
2
1
4:5
 England
2
0
0
2
0:19
 Faroe Islands
1
0
1
1
4:5
 Finland
2
0
0
2
1:8
 Georgia
1
1
0
0
2:0
 Germany
1
0
0
1
0:10
 Greece
1
0
0
1
0:4
 Lithuania
1
0
1
0
1:1
 Luxembourg
1
1
0
0
7:1
 Macedonia
2
2
0
0
14:1
 Portugal
2
0
0
2
1:9
 Republic of Ireland
3
0
0
3
0:16
 Serbia
1
0
0
1
0:4
 Slovenia
2
0
0
2
0:9
 Spain
2
0
0
2
0:20
 Turkey
3
0
0
3
3:9
 Ukraine
2
0
0
2
1:11
 Wales
2
0
0
2
0:7
OVERALL
46
6
6
34
58:175

Last update: February 2020.

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See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. Red ladies defeated by Bosnia in a historic match Archived 2012-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Pobjeda
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