Mongolia national football team

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Mongolia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Хөх Чононууд (Khökh Chononuud)
(Blue Wolves)
Чингис Хаан (Tchingis Khaan)
(Genghis Khan)
AssociationМонголын Хөлбөмбөгийн Холбоо
(МXX)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachIchiro Otsuka
CaptainTsend-Ayush Khurelbaatar
Most capsGaridmagnai Bayasgalangiin
Lümbengarav Donorov
Tsedenbal Norjmoogiin (35)
Top scorerLümbengarav Donorov
Naranbold Nyam-Osor (8)[1]
Home stadiumMFF Football Centre
FIFA codeMNG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 184 Steady (10 February 2022)[2]
Highest160 (August 2011)
Lowest205 (July 2015)
First international
 Japan 12–0 Mongolia 
(Hsinking, Manchukuo; 10 August 1942)
Biggest win
 Mongolia 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands 
(Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; 4 September 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Uzbekistan 15–0 Mongolia 
(Chiang Mai, Thailand; 5 December 1998)
AFC Solidarity Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2016)
Best resultGroup stage (2016)

The Mongolia national football team (Mongolian: Монголын хөлбөмбөгийн үндэсний шигшээ баг, Mongolyn khölbömbögiin ündesnii shigshee bag) represents Mongolia in international football and is controlled by the Mongolian Football Federation.

Founded in 1959, the association was inactive between 1960 and 1998 when the team did not feature in any international fixtures. The Mongolian Football Federation is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and the East Asian Football Federation.

History[]

Between 1960 and 1998, the Mongolia team played no international matches before being accepted as a FIFA member in 1998.[4] Mongolia's first competitive matches were in the 1998 Asian Games qualifiers where they were heavily defeated by Kuwait 11–0, and by Uzbekistan 15–0.

They entered 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification but lost their opening five matches before drawing 2–2 with Bangladesh to secure their first point. In the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Mongolia was drawn against the Maldives and though they remained competitive after the first leg, only losing 1–0 at home, they were crushed 12–0 in Malé and eliminated. In the first round of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, Mongolia was beaten 9–2 on aggregate by North Korea, and four years later in the 2014 qualifiers, Mongolia lost to Myanmar 2–1. Mongolia then lost in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers to Timor-Leste however they were later awarded two 3–0 victories as Timor-Leste had fielded numerous ineligible players. Unfortunately this came after the second round matches had been played therefore Mongolia did not advance in the competition.

Mongolia succeeded in qualifying past the first round for the first time in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers by beating Brunei 3–2 over two legs.[5] In the second round, following a 14–0 defeat to Japan on 30 March 2021, they decided to let Rastislav Božik go and hired Shuichi Mase as their new head coach. In their next game on 7 June, Mongolia managed to shock Kyrgyzstan 1–0 for their first ever win against a Central Asian and a top-100 ranked opponent in a FIFA qualifier.

EAFF Suspension[]

According to the voting outcome at AFC Congress held in January 2011, the Mongolian Football Federation was suspended to conduct any activities at the EAFF until EAFF Ordinary Congress of March 2014.[6] They were welcomed back to the federation at The 7th Ordinary Congress and 41st & 42nd Executive Committee Meeting.[7]

Results and fixtures[]

2021[]

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) 2022 WCQ R2 Tajikistan  3–0  Mongolia Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:00 UTC+5 Manuchekhr Dzhalilov 36'
Alisher Dzhalilov 50'
Shahrom Samiyev 86'
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Pamir Stadium
Referee: Ali Al Qaysi (Iraq)
30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) 2022 WCQ R2 Mongolia  0–14  Japan Chiba, Japan
18:30 UTC+8 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)
7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 2022 WCQ R2 Kyrgyzstan  0–1  Mongolia Osaka, Japan
15:00 UTC+8 Report Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Referee: Yu Ming Hsun (Chinese Taipei)

2022[]

Coaching staff[]

The National Sports Stadium was Mongolia's home stadium until the MFF Football Centre was constructed.[8]
As of September 2021
Position Name
Technical Director Mongolia Buman-Uchral Bold
Team Manager Mongolia Badruul Batbayar
Head Coach Japan Ichiro Otsuka
Assistant Coach Mongolia Zorigtyn Battulga
Assistant Coach Mongolia Tserenjavyn Enkhjargal
Goalkeeper Coach Mongolia Battulga Narmandakh
Team Doctor Mongolia Munkhzul Gurbadam
Physiotherapist Mongolia Erdenebileg Zolbayar
Media Officer Mongolia Erdenegombo Bat-Erdene

Coaching statistics[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Kyrgyzstan on 7 June 2021.

Caps and goals as of 10 June 2021 after the match against Kyrgyzstan.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mönkh-Erdene Enkhtaivan (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 26) 10 0 Mongolia Athletic 220
22 1GK (1996-02-03) 3 February 1996 (age 26) 0 0 Mongolia SP Falcons
21 1GK (2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Mongolia Deren

17 2DF Davaajav Battör (1990-05-21) 21 May 1990 (age 31) 26 0 Mongolia Khaan Khuns-Erchim
12 2DF Oyunbaatar Otgonbayar (1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 (age 28) 11 0 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar City
4 2DF Dölgöön Amaraa (2001-02-19) 19 February 2001 (age 20) 10 1 Mongolia Deren
2 2DF Mönkh-Orgil Orkhon (1999-01-30) 30 January 1999 (age 23) 9 1 Mongolia Deren
5 2DF Khash-Erdene Tuya (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 21) 3 0 Mongolia Deren
6 2DF (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 20) 1 0 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar City
23 2DF (2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Mongolia Deren
7 2DF (1991-05-29) 29 May 1991 (age 30) 0 0 Mongolia Khaan Khuns-Erchim
3 2DF (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 25) 0 0 Mongolia SP Falcons

10 3MF Tsend-Ayuush Khürelbaatar (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 31) 32 1 Mongolia Deren
8 3MF Tögöldör Mönkh-Erdene (1991-02-23) 23 February 1991 (age 30) 19 7 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar City
14 3MF Baljinnyam Batbold (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 22) 19 3 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
11 3MF Jansyerik Maratkhan (1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 (age 22) 13 2 Mongolia Deren
15 3MF Soyol-Erdene Gal-Erdene (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 25) 12 1 Mongolia Khaan Khuns-Erchim
16 3MF (1997-01-09) 9 January 1997 (age 25) 4 1 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar City
13 3MF Ganbayar Ganbold (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Slovakia Komárno
18 3MF (1998-05-14) 14 May 1998 (age 23) 1 0 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar City

9 4FW Mijiddorj Oyunbaatar (1996-08-22) 22 August 1996 (age 25) 11 1 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar City
20 4FW Khash-Erdene Batbayar (1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 24) 1 0 Mongolia SP Falcons
19 4FW (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 27) 1 0 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have also been called up to the Mongolia squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Saikhanchuluun Amarbayasgalan (1996-08-28) 28 August 1996 (age 25) 7 0 Mongolia SP Falcons v.  Japan, 30 March 2021

DF Tsedenbal Norjmoo (1988-09-12) 12 September 1988 (age 33) 35 7 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar City v.  Japan, 30 March 2021
DF Bilgüün Ganbold (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 30) 22 0 Mongolia Khaan Khuns-Erchim v.  Japan, 30 March 2021
DF Tögöldur Galt (1995-06-01) 1 June 1995 (age 26) 9 0 Mongolia Khaan Khuns-Erchim v.  Japan, 30 March 2021

MF Narmandakh Artag (1997-03-08) 8 March 1997 (age 24) 17 3 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar City v.  Japan, 30 March 2021
MF (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 22) 1 0 Mongolia Khangarid v.  Japan, 30 March 2021

FW Nyam-Osor Naranbold (1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 29) 25 8 Mongolia Athletic 220 v.  Japan, 30 March 2021
FW Enkhbileg Pürevdorj (1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 26) 13 1 Mongolia Anduud City v.  Japan, 30 March 2021
FW (1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 25) 0 0 Mongolia Athletic 220 v.  Japan, 30 March 2021

INJ Withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad / standby
RET Retired from the national team
SUS Serving suspension
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Records[]

As of 7 June 2021[17][18]
Players in bold are still active with Mongolia.

Competitive record[]

FIFA World Cup[]

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to Sweden 1958 Team did not exist Team did not exist
Chile 1962 to France 1998 Not a member of FIFA Not a member of FIFA
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 6 0 1 5 2 22
Germany 2006 2 0 0 2 0 13
South Africa 2010 2 0 0 2 2 9
Brazil 2014 2 1 0 1 1 2
Russia 2018 2 2 0 0 6 0
Qatar 2022 10 3 0 7 6 29
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0 Titles 0/22 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 6 1 17 18 76

AFC Asian Cup[]

AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 to United Arab Emirates 1996 Not an AFC member Not an AFC member
Lebanon 2000 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 1 10
China 2004 2 1 1 0 5 0
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007 Did not enter Did not enter
Qatar 2011 Did not qualify AFC Challenge Cup
Australia 2015
United Arab Emirates 2019 2 2 0 0 6 0
China 2023 To be determined 10 3 0 7 6 29
Total 0 Titles 0/17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 1 10 18 39

AFC Solidarity Cup[]

AFC Solidarity Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Malaysia 2016 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 5
Total Best: Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 5

AFC Challenge Cup[]

AFC Challenge Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Bangladesh 2006 Did not participate Did not participate
India 2008
Sri Lanka 2010 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 3 3
Nepal 2012 2 1 0 1 2 3
Maldives 2014 3 0 1 2 1 5
Total 0 Titles 0/5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 4 6 11

Asian Games[]

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
Asian Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
India 1951 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 1954 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 1958 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia 1962 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 1966 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 1970 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iran 1974 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 1978 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
India 1982 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Korea 1986 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
China 1990 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 1994 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 1998 23 2 0 0 2 0 26
2002–present See Mongolia national under-23 football team
Total 1/13 2 0 0 2 0 26

[[EAFF E-1 Football Championship

EAFF E-1 Football Championship record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Japan 2003 Did not qualify 4 1 0 3 2 16
South Korea 2005 4 1 1 2 4 13
China 2008 2 0 1 1 0 7
Japan 2010 3 2 0 1 6 3
South Korea 2013 Suspended by EAFF Suspended by EAFF
China 2015 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 6 5
Japan 2017 3 1 1 1 10 4
South Korea 2019 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 Titles 0/8 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 6 3 10 28 48

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