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.

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. Two days later, Montenegro gained its first draw, also against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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.

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

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. On last game, Montenegro made the biggest all-time victory in qualifiers, against Luxembourg.

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]

UEFA Women's Euro">UEFA Women's Championship">UEFA Women's Euro

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Euro 2021 qualification against Republic of Ireland on 11 March 2020.
Head coach: Mirko Marić

Recent call-ups

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

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.
ManagerCareerPlayedWonDrawLostGFGA
2012–20151713132170
2015−20171741123167
Mirko Marić2018−present111310840

Recent results and fixtures

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' countryGWDLGD
6
2
1
3
12:15
2
0
0
2
2:10
5
0
1
4
6:11
3
0
2
1
4:5
2
0
0
2
0:19
1
0
1
1
4:5
2
0
0
2
1:8
1
1
0
0
2:0
1
0
0
1
0:10
1
0
0
1
0:4
1
0
1
0
1:1
1
1
0
0
7:1
2
2
0
0
14:1
2
0
0
2
1:9
3
0
0
3
0:16
1
0
0
1
0:4
2
0
0
2
0:9
2
0
0
2
0:20
3
0
0
3
3:9
2
0
0
2
1:11
2
0
0
2
0:7
OVERALL
46
6
6
34
58:175

Last update: February 2020.