Montenegro national under-21 football team

Montenegro

Nickname	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 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1994-2006	Part of   Serbia and Montenegro
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
2025	Qualifying Stage	10	2	1	7	8	19
Total	0/9	87	27	19	40	106	125

2027 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Main article: 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Final tournament		—	14 Nov	10 Oct	30 Sep '26	3–0	27 Mar '26
2	Italy	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Play-offs		5 Oct '26	—	2–1	10 Oct	26 Mar '26	14 Oct
3	Montenegro	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3			31 Mar '26	18 Nov	—	2–0	14 Nov	5 Oct '26
4	Sweden	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3			14 Oct	31 Mar '26	27 Mar '26	—	5 Oct '26	3–0
5	North Macedonia	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0			18 Nov	0–1	30 Sep '26	13 Nov	—	10 Oct
6	Armenia	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0			0–4	30 Sep '26	14 Nov	18 Nov	31 Mar '26	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2025. Source: UEFA

Recent results

Montenegro   v   North Macedonia

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.)

Montenegro   v   Spain

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]

Israel   v   Montenegro

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

Montenegro   v   Poland

18 November 2019Friendly	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	1 GK	Nikola Ivezić	(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 22)	12	0	Lommel
22	1 GK	Sergej Joksimović	(2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 (age 23)	2	0	Jedinstvo
12	1 GK	Gorak Aković	(2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 23)	0	0	Berane
	2 DF	Nemanja Perović	(2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 (age 23)	8	0	Famalicão
	2 DF	Damjan Dakić	(2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 (age 21)	3	0	Budućnost
	2 DF	Robert Đeljaj	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 23)	2	0	Dečić
	2 DF	Ljubomir Pejović	(2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 (age 22)	0	0	Rudar
	2 DF	Balša Vukotić	(2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Mornar
	2 DF	Nikola Vuković	(2004-12-05) 5 December 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Budućnost
	3 MF	Milan Vukotić	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 23)	13	1	Zrinjski Mostar
	3 MF	Ognjen Bakić	(2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 (age 22)	6	0	Osijek
	3 MF	Andrej Bajović	(2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 (age 22)	4	2	Dečić
	3 MF	Jovan Dašić	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 22)	4	1	Budućnost
	3 MF	Igor Pajović	(2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 23)	4	0	Sutjeska
	3 MF	Arnel Kujović	(2002-03-14) 14 March 2002 (age 23)	2	0	Energie Cottbus
	3 MF	Emin Kujović	(2004-09-29) 29 September 2004 (age 21)	0	0	1. FC Köln
	4 FW	Nikola Janjić	(2002-07-14) 14 July 2002 (age 23)	14	0	Osijek
	4 FW	Vuk Striković	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 23)	7	0	Sutjeska
	4 FW	Dejan Perović	(2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 (age 23)	5	1	Petrovac
	4 FW	Lazar Mijović	(2003-03-12) 12 March 2003 (age 22)	4	1	Lommel
	4 FW	Ognjen Gašević	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 23)	2	0	Rudar
8	4 FW	Matija Krivokapić	(2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 (age 22)	1	1	Zemplín Michalovce
	4 FW	Neđeljko Kovinić	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 23)	0	0	Trinity Zlín
	4 FW	Dušan Vukčević	(2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 22)	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 23)	2	0	Rudar Pljevlja	v.   Albania, 20 November 2022
DF	Nikola Vukotić	(2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 (age 22)	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 23)	4	0	Iskra Danilovgrad	v.   Albania, 20 November 2022
MF	Lazar Stanišić	(2004-09-08) 8 September 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Zeta	v.   Albania, 20 November 2022
FW	Damjan Mugoša	(2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 (age 22)	1	0	Mladost Donja Gorica	v.   Albania, 20 November 2022
FW	Andrija Radulović	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 23)	1	0	Mladost Novi Sad	v.   Albania, 20 November 2022
FW	Balša Tošković	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 22)	1	0	Jezero	v.   Albania, 20 November 2022

See also

• Montenegro national football team
• Montenegro national under-19 football team
• Montenegro national under-17 football team

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.

External links

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