As a member of FIFA and UEFA, the Montenegro national football team has been playing official matches since March 2007. Montenegro plays in the qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, as well as partaking in the UEFA Nations League. Apart from that, the team participates in friendly matches.

Largest home victory

 Montenegro 5–0  Kazakhstan, 8 October 2016, Podgorica

Largest away victory

 San Marino 0–6  Montenegro, 11 September 2012, Serravalle

Largest home defeat

 Montenegro 0–4  Ukraine, 28 March 2013, Podgorica;  Montenegro 1–5  England, 25 March 2019, Podgorica

Largest away defeat

 England 7–0  Montenegro, 14 November 2019, London

Longest winning streak

4 matches (11 August 2010 – 12 October 2010; 11 September 2012 – 26 March 2013)

Longest streak without defeat

8 matches (11 August 2010 – 10 August 2011)

Longest losing streak

4 matches (9 October 2015 – 29 March 2016)

Longest streak without win

7 matches (9 October 2015 – 8 October 2016; 5 October 2017 – 10 September 2018)

Highest home attendance

13,000,  Montenegro 1–1  England, 26 March 2013, Podgorica

Highest away attendance

83,807,  England 4–1  Montenegro, 11 October 2013, London

Montenegro have participated in seven qualification rounds for World Cup or European Championship tournaments. Montenegro have never qualified, and their biggest success was reaching the play-offs for Euro 2012.
Montenegro first tried to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but they finished fifth in their group. They had more success in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, when they finished second in their group to reach the play-offs, but lost to the Czech Republic.
In the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, Montenegro finished third, and two years later, in the qualifiers for Euro 2016, they finished fourth in their group. They again finished third in their 2018 World Cup qualifying group. Worst performance came in the qualifiers for Euro 2020, as Montenegro finished last-placed in the group without single victory.

Updated: 28 March 2022

FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1930 to 1990	Part of  SFR Yugoslavia									—
1994 to 2006	Part of  FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
2010	did not qualify								10	1	6	3	9	14	5/6
2014									10	4	3	3	18	17	3/6
2018									10	5	1	4	20	12	3/6
2022									10	3	3	4	14	15	4/6
2026	to be determined								to be determined
Total	0/4								40	13	13	14	61	58	—

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UEFA European Championship

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UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1960 to 1992	Part of  SFR Yugoslavia									—
1996 to 2004	Part of  Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
2008	did not enter
2012	did not qualify									10	3	3	4	7	10	2/5
2016										10	3	2	5	10	13	4/6
2020										8	0	3	5	3	22	5/5
2024	to be determined									to be determined
Total	0/4									28	6	8	14	20	45	—

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UEFA Nations League

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UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	C	4	6	2	1	3	7	6		35th
2020–21	C	1	6	4	1	1	10	2		34th
2022–23	B	3	6	2	1	3	6	6		28th
Total			18	8	3	7	23	14	28th

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The Montenegro national football team has been present on FIFA rankings since June 2007. To date, the team's best ranking was 16th place in the world in June 2011.
Below is a chronological list of Montenegro's position on the FIFA rankings for every three months, and their number of points.

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