The Football Association of Montenegro was founded on March 8, 1931 in Cetinje and operated as part of the Yugoslav Football Association. Apart from the Cetinje Sub-Association, there were another ten Sub-Associations in Yugoslavia located in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Zrenjanin, Subotica, Zagreb, Split, Osijek, Sarajevo, Skopje and Ljubljana. The first chairman of the Cetinje Football Sub-Association was Professor Nikola Latković.

Lovćen team (1925)

About 105 football clubs existed on the territory of modern-day Montenegro before 1941. Many of these clubs were short-lived, forming and dissolving in short succession. Montenegro’s earliest championship-winning teams included Balšić (Podgorica), Crnogorac (Cetinje), Lovćen (Cetinje), Budućnost (Podgorica) and Arsenal (Tivat).

About 105 football clubs existed on the territory of modern-day Montenegro before 1941. Many of these clubs were short-lived, forming and dissolving in short succession. Montenegro’s earliest championship-winning teams included Balšić (Podgorica), Crnogorac (Cetinje), Lovćen (Cetinje), Budućnost (Podgorica) and Arsenal (Tivat).

Admission of the Montenegro FA to FIFA at the 2007 Congress held in Zurich.

The Football Committee became the Football Association of Montenegro at its Founding Congress, held on December 6, 1948 in Titograd.

From then on until June 28, 2006 the Football Association functioned variously as a part of the Football Associations of SFRY (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), SRY (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) and SCG (Serbia and Montenegro). From June 28, 2006, the Football Association of Montenegro is an independent football governing body.

Association President Savićević at Montenegro’s admission to UEFA membership.

The Association became a full member of UEFA at the UEFA Congress held in Dusseldorf on January 26, 2007. The Association became a member of FIFA at the FIFA Congress held in Zurich on May 31, 2007.

The starting team for Montenegro’s first-ever game, a friendly against Hungary on March 24, 2007. 

Montenegro’s National team played its first game on March 24, 2007, beating Hungary 2-1 at the Gradski Stadion in Podgorica.

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