Football Association of Montenegro

Football Association of Montenegro
	UEFA
Founded	1931
FIFA affiliation	2007
UEFA affiliation	2007
President	Dejan Savićević

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The Football Federation of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Fudbalski savez Crne Gore; Cyrillic: Фудбалски савез Црне Горе) is the governing body of football in Montenegro, based in Podgorica.

It organizes the football leagues:

It also organizes the Montenegrin national football team and the Montenegrin national under-21 football team.

The Montenegro national football team is the new national team following the final match of the Serbia and Montenegro national football team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

The Football Association of Montenegro is a member of UEFA and FIFA, but the national team did not participate in the Qualification Rounds for the 2008 European Championships. The president of the new association is legendary former player Dejan Savićević, who is a former coach of the Serbia-Montenegro national team. On 2 February 2007, the first National team coach was named.

[edit] History

The Football Federation of Montenegro was founded on 8 March 1931, under the name "Cetinjski nogometni podsavez" (Football sub-federation of Cetinje)

Before 28 June 2006, the Football Association of Montenegro was part of the Football Association of Yugoslavia, Football Association of FR Yugoslavia, and Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro. After that date, the Association became independent. On 30 June 2006, it applied for membership in UEFA and FIFA. The Association joined UEFA on 26 January 2007 and joined FIFA on 31 May 2007.