Mongolia national football team

Mongolia
Nickname(s)	Хөх Чононууд (Khökh Chononuud) ; (Blue Wolves) ; Чингис Хаан (Tchingis Khaan) ; (Genghis Khan)
Association	Mongolian Football Federation (MFF)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Shuichi Mase
Captain	Tsend-Ayush Khurelbaatar
Most caps	Garidmagnai Bayasgalangiin ; Lümbengarav Donorov ; Tsedenbal Norjmoogiin (35)
Top scorer	Lümbengarav Donorov ; Naranbold Nyam-Osor (8)[1]
Home stadium	MFF Football Centre
FIFA code	MNG
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	184 (19 November 2021)[2]
Highest	160 (August 2011)
Lowest	205 (July 2015)
First international
	North Vietnam 3–1 Mongolia ; (Hanoi, North Vietnam; 3 October 1960)
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
Appearances	1 (first in 2016)
Best result	Group 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

Mongolia was accepted as a FIFA member in 1998[3] and competed in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification where they lost their first five matches before drawing 2–2 with Bangladesh.

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.[4]

In the aftermath of the 14–0 defeat to Japan on 30 March 2021, they decided to let Rastislav Božik go. They hired Shuichi Mase as their new head coach. In their next game on 7 June, Mongolia swiftly recovered from the 14–0 defeat 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.[5] They were welcomed back to the federation at The 7th Ordinary Congress and 41st & 42nd Executive Committee Meeting.[6]

Results and fixtures

Legend

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)	Minamino 13' Osako 23', 55', 90+2' Kamada 26' Morita 33' Tuya 39' (o.g.) Inagaki 68', 90+3' Ito 73', 79' Furuhashi 78', 87' Asano 90+1'	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	Oyunbaatar 34'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Referee: Yu Ming Hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Coaching staff

The National Sports Stadium was Mongolia's home stadium until the MFF Football Centre was constructed.[7]

As of September 2021

Position	Name
Technical Director	Buman-Uchral Bold
Team Manager	Badruul Batbaya
Head Coach	[[]]
Assistant Coach	Zorigtyn Battulga
Assistant Coach	Tserenjavyn Enkhjargal
Goalkeeper Coach	Battulga Narmandakh
Team Doctor	Munkhzul Gurbadam
Physiotherapist	Erdenebileg Zolbayar

Coaching statistics

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Pavel Sevastyanov	1958–1960	3	0	0	3	0%
none	1961–1992 1994–1997	National football team does not exist
Lkhamsürengiin Dorjsüren	1993, 1998[8]	2	0	0	2	0%
Luvsandorjiin Sandagdorj	February 1999 – January 2000	0	0	0	0	0%
Ishdorjiin Otgonbayar	January 2000 – January 2011	31	7	4	21	17%
Sandagdorjiin Erdenebat	January 2011 – July 2014	4	2	0	2	50%
Vojislav Bralušić	July 2014 – January 2015	3	1	0	2	33.3%
Sanjmyataviin Purevsukh	January 2015 – 2016	5	1	1	3	20%
Zorigtyn Battulga[9]	May 2016	3	1	1	1	33%
Toshiaki Imai[10]	October 2016 – January 2017	3	1	0	2	33.3%
Michael Weiß[11]	March 2017 – 24 January 2020	12	5	3	11	26.3%
Vojislav Bralušić (interim)[12]	27 January 2020 – 18 September 2020	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rastislav Božik[13]	18 September 2020 – 8 April 2021	0	0	0	2	0.0%
Shuichi Mase	8 April 2021–[14]	1	1	0	0	100.0%

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	10	0	Athletic 220
22	1GK	Mönkhbold Baldorj	(1996-02-03) 3 February 1996	0	0	SP Falcons
21	1GK	Batmagnai Sereekhüü	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002	0	0	Deren

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

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

9	4FW	Mijiddorj Oyunbaatar	(1996-08-22) 22 August 1996	11	1	Ulaanbaatar City
20	4FW	Khash-Erdene Batbayar	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997	1	0	SP Falcons
19	4FW	Batkhishig Myagmar	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994	1	0	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	7	0	SP Falcons	v. Japan, 30 March 2021

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

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

FW	Nyam-Osor Naranbold	(1992-02-22) 22 February 1992	25	8	Athletic 220	v. Japan, 30 March 2021
FW	Enkhbileg Pürevdorj	(1996-02-08) 8 February 1996	13	1	Anduud City	v. Japan, 30 March 2021
FW	Bayartsengel Purevdorj	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997	0	0	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[15][16]

Players in bold are still active with Mongolia.

Most appearances
Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Garidmagnai Bayasgalan	35	2	2003–
	Lümbengarav Donorovyn	35	8	2000–2014
	Tsedenbal Norjmoogiin	35	7	2009–
4	Tsend-Ayuush Khürelbaatar	32	1	2007–
5	Enkhjargal Tserenjavyn	28	0	2000–2016
6	Davaajav Battör	26	0	2016–
6	Tögsbayar Ganbaataryn	26	6	2003–2015
8	Törbat Daginaa	25	1	2015–
9	Naranbold Nyam-Osor	24	8	2014–
10	Munkhbat Chimeddorj	23	0	2000–2009
10	Davaa-Ochir Gongorjav	23	0	2000–2011

Top goalscorers
Rank	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Naranbold Nyam-Osor	8	25	0.32	2014–
1	Lümbengarav Donorov	8	35	0.23	2003–2014
3	Tögöldör Mönkh-Erdengiin	7	19	0.37	2013–
3	Tsedenbal Norjmoogiin	7	35	0.2	2009–
5	Tögsbayar Ganbaataryn	6	26	0.23	2003–2011
6	Bayarjargal Oyunbat	4	10	0.44	2013–
	Bayarzorig Davaa	4	19	0.15	2000–2007
	Gankhuyag Serodyanjiv	4	20	0.25	2016–
9	Buman-Uchral Bold	3	11	0.27	2000–2005
	Narmandakh Artag	3	17	0.18	2018–
	Baljinnyam Batbold	3	19	0.16	2018–

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

1930 to 1958	Team did not exist								Team did not exist
1962 to 1998	Not a member of FIFA								Not a member of FIFA
2002	Did not qualify								6	0	1	5	2	22
2006									2	0	0	2	0	13
2010									2	0	0	2	2	9
2014									2	1	0	1	1	2
2018									2	2	0	0	6	0
2022									10	3	0	7	6	29
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
1956 to 1996	Not an AFC member								Not an AFC member
2000	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	1	10
2004	Did not qualify								2	1	1	0	5	0
2007	Did not enter								Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify								AFC Challenge Cup
2015									AFC Challenge Cup
2019									2	2	0	0	6	0
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
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
2006	Did not participate								Did not participate
2008	Did not participate								Did not participate
2010	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	3	3
2012									2	1	0	1	2	3
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
1951	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
2003	Did not qualify								4	1	0	3	2	16
2005									4	1	1	2	4	13
2008									2	0	1	1	0	7
2010									3	2	0	1	6	3
2013	Suspended by EAFF								Suspended by EAFF
2015	Did not qualify								3	1	0	2	6	5
2017									3	1	1	1	10	4
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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External links

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[rsssf_mongolia_goals-1] Földesi, László. "International Goals of Mongolia". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[3] "Mongolian football takes a giant steppe". FIFA.com.

[4] "Quintet through as Mongolia make history". FIFA.

[EAFF_suspend_Mongolia-5] EAFF. "Agenda and Decisions of 6th Ordinary Congress and 33rd and 34th Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2011.

[Mongolia_Suspension_lifted-6] EAFF. "The 7th Ordinary Congress and 41st & 42nd Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

[Azkals_now_in_Mongolia-7] Lim, Miakka. "Azkals now in Mongolia, tired but in high spirits". GMA Network. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[8] Asian Coaches Year : Mongolia – AFC.com

[УЛС_ТӨР_ЧӨЛӨӨТ-9] Bayarsaikhan, U. "УЛС ТӨР ЧӨЛӨӨТ ЦАГ ДЭЛХИЙД СПОРТ БУСАД ШУУД ЭФИР 8-р сар 15 Даваа 22o / 9o 5 м/с Улаанбаатар MNB Сэтгэлийн Үндэс ШУУРХАЙ: Рио 2016 Хүндийн өргөлт /эрэгтэй 105 кг/ шууд 2350 тонн хог цэвэрлэжээ Шарилж,харшил үүсгэгч зэрлэг ургамалыг устгав.. Өнөөдөр болох тэмцээний хуваарь Нийслэлийн удирдлагууд сургууль, цэцэрлэгийн засварын явцтай танилцаж байна.. Хөлбөмбөгийн шигшээ багийн хувь заяаг З.Баттулгад даатгалаа" (in Mongolian). mnb.mn. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[Imai-10] "IMAI PLEASED WITH MONGOLIA'S FORTUITOUS WIN OVER SRI LANKA". The AFC. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[Mongolia's_Best_Ever-11] Grimm, Justin. "Michael Weiss Departs as Mongolia's Best Ever". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[Bralušić_to_Lead_Blue_Wolves-12] Grimm, Justin. "Vojislav Bralušić to Lead Blue Wolves on Interim Basis". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[Rastislav_Božik-13] Grimm, Justin. "MFF Quietly Names Rastislav Božik New MNT Manager". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[Massive_Loss_to_Japan-14] Grimm, Justin. "MFF Names New MNT Head Coach Following Massive Loss to Japan". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[All-Time_Top_Scorers_List-15] "UPDATED: Blue Wolves All-Time Top Scorers List". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

[16] "Mongolia". National Football Teams.

Football in Mongolia
Mongolian Football Federation
National teams	Men U-23 U-20 U-17 Women Women U-20 Women U-17
League system	Premier League 1st League 2nd League National Amateur Cup Women's National League
Domestic cups	MFF Cup Mongolia Super Cup
List of clubs Venues Competitions

National football teams of East Asia (EAFF)
Men's	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
Women's	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
^†AFC member only

National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan IR Iran Kyrgyz Republic Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Defunct	Malaya North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Not a member of FIFA