Montenegro national under-21 football team

Montenegro

Nickname	Hrabri Sokoli (The Brave Falcons)
Association	Football Association of Montenegro
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Goran Perišić
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	4	4	0	0	15	0	+15	12	Final tournament		—	14 Nov	2–0	3–0	30 Sep '26	27 Mar '26
2	Italy	4	4	0	0	12	2	+10	12	Play-offs		5 Oct '26	—	2–1	26 Mar '26	4–0	5–1
3	Montenegro	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6			31 Mar '26	18 Nov	—	3–2	2–0	5 Oct '26
4	North Macedonia	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3			18 Nov	0–1	30 Sep '26	—	13 Nov	2–1
5	Sweden	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9	3			0–6	31 Mar '26	27 Mar '26	5 Oct '26	—	3–0
6	Armenia	4	0	0	4	2	14	−12	0			0–4	30 Sep '26	14 Nov	31 Mar '26	18 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 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 European championship qualification matches against Armenia and Italy on 14 and 18 November 2025 respectively. ^[2]

Caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2025, after the match against North Macedonia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Benjamin Krijestarac	(2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 (age 20)	5	0	Bokelj
22	1 GK	Balša Radanović	(2007-05-02) 2 May 2007 (age 18)	1	0	Rudar
12	1 GK	Vasilije Stojanović	(2006-12-15) 15 December 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Mornar
	2 DF	Velimir Ljutica	(2005-11-01) 1 November 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Mornar
	2 DF	Stefan Melentijević	(2004-03-20) 20 March 2004 (age 21)	11	0	Primorje
	2 DF	Milan Roganović	(2005-10-28) 28 October 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Partizan
	2 DF	Damjan Dakić	(2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 (age 22)	9	0	Budućnost
	2 DF	Marko Franeta	(2004-12-12) 12 December 2004 (age 20)	6	1	Petrovac
	2 DF	Nikola Vuković	(2004-12-05) 5 December 2004 (age 20)	15	0	Petrovac
	2 DF	Bojan Damjanović	(2006-06-06) 6 June 2006 (age 19)	5	1	Sutjeska
	2 DF	Balša Vukotić	(2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 21)	5	0	Grafičar
	3 MF	Nemanja Carević	(2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Petrovac
	3 MF	Dragan Miranović	(2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 20)	8	0	Petrovac
	3 MF	Kristijan Radunović	(2004-09-08) 8 September 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Bokelj
	3 MF	Lazar Savović	(2008-01-12) 12 January 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Budućnost
	3 MF	Danilo Vukanić	(2006-08-11) 11 August 2006 (age 19)	4	1	Budućnost
	3 MF	Medo Juković	(2004-12-31) 31 December 2004 (age 20)	9	2	Sutjeska
	3 MF	Nenad Krivokapić	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 23)	7	0	Sutjeska
	3 MF	Lazar Knežević	(2004-10-24) 24 October 2004 (age 21)	7	0	Mladost DG
	4 FW	Balša Radusinović	(2004-07-03) 3 July 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Dečić
8	4 FW	Balša Mrvaljević	(2005-09-03) 3 September 2005 (age 20)	10	3	Mladost DG
	4 FW	Vladimir Perišić	(2004-08-26) 26 August 2004 (age 21)	8	1	Košice
	4 FW	Filip Perović	(2006-07-18) 18 July 2006 (age 19)	20	6	LASK

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. "Selection for matches against Armenia and Italy" (in Montenegrin). Football Association of Montenegro. 9 November 2025.

External links

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