Montenegro set debut friendly date
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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Montenegro will make their first appearance as an independent nation on 24 March after agreeing to play a friendly international against Hungary in Podgorica.
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Provisional members
The Football Association of Montenegro (FSCG) was admitted as a provisional UEFA member in October 2006, but has yet to play an official match as a national team or appoint a national coach. FSCG president Dejan Savićević recently confirmed to uefa.com that the new country had decided on their strip, saying: "We'll play in red shirts with gold trim - the colours of the Montenegrin flag."
Hungarian woes
Hungary are currently sixth in UEFA EURO 2008™ Group C having won just one of their four qualifiers to date, triumphing 3-1 against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Bilino Polje. They lost their most recent fixture 2-1 in Malta, a result that prompted the resignation of coach Péter Bozsik. Péter Várhidi is in temporary command of the national side, having led them to a 1-0 friendly victory against Canada in November.
