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| Nickname: | Хөх Чононууд (Khökh Chononuud; Blue Wolves) Чингис Хаан (Tchingis Khaan; Genghis Khan) |
| Association: | Mongolian Football Federation (Монголын Хөлбөмбөгийн Холбоо) |
| Sub-Confederation: | EAFF |
| Confederation: | AFC (Asia) |
| Coach: | Bayasgalangiin Garidmagnai |
| Top Scorer: | Nyam-Osor Naranbold (9)[1] |
| Home Stadium: | MFF Football Centre |
| Fifa Trigramme: | MNG |
| Fifa Max: | 160 |
| Fifa Max Date: | August 2011 |
| Fifa Min: | 205 |
| Fifa Min Date: | July 2015 |
| Elo Max: | 205 |
| Elo Max Date: | 22 November 2011, 2 March 2013 |
| Elo Min: | 225 |
| Elo Min Date: | 17 March 2015 |
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| First Game: | 3–1 (Hanoi, North Vietnam; 3 October 1960) |
| Largest Win: | (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; 4 September 2018) |
| Largest Loss: | 15–0 (Chiang Mai, Thailand; 5 December 1998) |
| Regional Name: | AFC Solidarity Cup |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 1 |
| Regional Cup First: | 2016 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Group stage (2016) |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 7 |
| 2Ndregional Name: | EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2003 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | 7th (2019) |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 1 |
| 3Rdregional Name: | Asian Games |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 1998 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Group stage (1998) |
The Mongolia national football team (mn|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. The team has never participated in the FIFA World Cup, and the only major international tournaments the team has taken part in are the 1998 Asian Games and 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup, not progressing past the group stage in either competition.
Mongolia's first international fixture was a 12–0 loss to Japan during a match in Manchukuo in 1942. Between 1960 and 1998, the Mongolia team played no international matches before being accepted as a FIFA member in 1998.[2] 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 qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but lost their opening five matches before drawing 2–2 with Bangladesh, securing a single point. In the 2006 FIFA 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 in the second leg in Malé 12–0 and eliminated. In the first round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Mongolia was beaten 9–2 on aggregate by North Korea, and four years later in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Mongolia lost to Myanmar 2–1. Mongolia then lost in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to Timor-Leste; however, they were later awarded two 3–0 victories as Timor-Leste had fielded numerous ineligible players. This came after the second round matches had been played; therefore, Mongolia did not advance in the competition.[3]
According to the voting outcome at the AFC Congress held in January 2011, the Mongolian Football Federation was suspended to conduct any activities at the EAFF until the EAFF Ordinary Congress of March 2014.[4] They were welcomed back to the federation at the 7th Ordinary Congress and 41st and 42nd Executive Committee Meeting of the EAFF.[5]
For Mongolia, their next tournament was the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup, a tournament for the confederation's lowest ranked teams who have limited opportunities to arrange friendly matches, in November 2016. The tournament would replace the defunct AFC Challenge Cup.[6] Being drawn in Group B alongside Sri Lanka, Macau, and Laos,[7] Mongolia finished third in the group with a loss to Laos in the final match-day ending their chances of qualifying through to the semi-finals.[8]
Mongolia then hosted their first international with the EAFF Annual Meeting advising that Mongolia would host the Round 1 of qualification for the East Asian Football Championship[9] After comfortable wins in its first two matches, Mongolia needed only a single point against Guam on the final matchday to secure a place in the second round of the tournament for the first time ever.[10] After a scoreless first half, Guam took the lead in the 89th minute. However, in the fourth minute of stoppage time a Norjmoo Tsedenbal strike rescued a point for Mongolia which was enough for the team to earn the top spot in the group and advance.[11] Mongolia's 9–0 result over the Northern Mariana Islands set the current team record for largest margin of victory[12]
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.[13] In the second round, following a 14–0 defeat to Japan on 30 March 2021, they let head coach 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.[14] This win meant that the national team competed in 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifying in the third-round where they only would get the one win against Yemen. In March 2023, Mongolia recorded its highest-ever FIFA ranking of 183rd.
The Mongolian national team is often nicknamed the Blue Wolves. The blue wolf is a symbol of Turkic and Mongolian people, and originates from the Mongolian legend of the blue wolf. The team has also been known as the "Shegshee", which translates as "national team" in Mongolian.[15]
Currently, the Mongolian national football team uses an all-white uniform as their first colours, and a blue uniform as their second colours. In August 2021 it was announced that Mongolian sportswear company TG Sport had signed a two-year deal with the Mongolian Football Federation to provide kits for all Mongolian national teams.[16]
Kelme is currently the official jerseys sponsor for the team from 2023
Mongolia plays their home matches at the MFF Football Centre, a 5,000 capacity stadium in Ulaanbaatar. The stadium boasts an artificial playing surface.[17]
See main article: Mongolia national football team results. The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Team Manager |  Pürevdorjyn Erdenebat | |
| Head Coach | Bayasgalangiin Garidmagnai | |
| Assistant coach | Sükhnaagiin Otgonbayar Zorigtyn Battulga Tserenjavyn Enkhjargal | |
| Goalkeeper coach | Dorjmoogiin Ganbold | |
| Team Doctor | Samatyn Bakhtiyar | |
| Physiotherapist | Khürelbaataryn Tsakhia | |
| Media Officer | Mönkh-Erdeniin Khaltmaa |
| Name | Nat | 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[18] | 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[19] | align=center | May 2016 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | ||
| Toshiaki Imai[20] | align=center | October 2016 – January 2017 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3% | ||
| Michael Weiß[21] | align=center | March 2017 – 24 January 2020 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 26.3% | ||
| Vojislav Bralušić (interim)[22] | align=center | 27 January 2020 – 18 September 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Rastislav Božik[23] | align=center | 18 September 2020 – 8 April 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | ||
| Shuichi Mase | align=center | 8 April 2021–17 December 2021[24] [25] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | ||
| Otsuka Ichiro | align=center | 17 December 2021–26 August 2024[26] | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12.50% | ||
| Bayasgalangiin Garidmagnai | align=center | 28 August 2024–present[27] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
The following 24 players were called up for the friendly matches against Cambodia on 7 and 11 June 2024.[28]
Caps and goals are correct as of 25 March 2024, after the match against Tanzania.
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.
Players in bold are still active with Mongolia.
| width=30px | Rank | Player | width=50px | Caps | width=50px | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsend-Ayuush Khürelbaatar | 44 | 1 | 2007–present | |||
| 2 | Garidmagnai Bayasgalan | 35 | 2 | 2003–2019 | |||
| 35 | 8 | 2000–2014 | |||||
| Tsedenbal Norjmoogiin | 35 | 7 | 2009–2021 | ||||
| 5 | Naranbold Nyam-Osor | 33 | 9 | 2014–present | |||
| 6 | Enkhjargal Tserenjavyn | 28 | 0 | 2000–2016 | |||
| 7 | Baljinnyam Batbold | 26 | 4 | 2018–present | |||
| Davaajav Battör | 26 | 0 | 2016–present | ||||
| Bilgüün Ganbold | 26 | 0 | 2013–present | ||||
| Tögsbayar Ganbaataryn | 26 | 6 | 2003–2015 | ||||
| width=30px | Rank | Name | width=50px | Goals | width=50px | Caps | width=50px | Ratio | width=100px | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naranbold Nyam-Osor | 9 | 31 | 2014–present | ||||||
| 2 | Lümbengarav Donorov | 8 | 35 | 2003–2014 | ||||||
| 3 | Tögöldör Mönkh-Erdengiin | 7 | 24 | 2013–present | ||||||
| Tsedenbal Norjmoogiin | 7 | 35 | 2009–2021 | |||||||
| 5 | Tögsbayar Ganbaataryn | 6 | 26 | 2003–2011 | ||||||
| 6 | Bayarjargal Oyunbat | 4 | 10 | 2013–2018 | ||||||
| Bayarzorig Davaa | 4 | 19 | 2000–2007 | |||||||
| Gankhuyag Serodyanjiv | 4 | 22 | 2016–present | |||||||
| Baljinnyam Batbold | 4 | 26 | 2018–present | |||||||
| 10 | Buman-Uchral Bold | 3 | 11 | 2000–2005 | ||||||
| Narmandakh Artag | 3 | 19 | 2018–present | |||||||
| FIFA World Cup | Qualification | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | |||||||||||||
| Team did not exist | Team did not exist | ||||||||||||||
| Not a member of FIFA | Not a member of FIFA | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
      2030 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
 2034 | |||||||||||||||
| 2038 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 82 | |||
| AFC Asian Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | ||||||||||||||
| Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | |||||||||||||||
 2000 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
  2007 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 2011 | Did not qualify | AFC Challenge Cup | ||||||||||||||
 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 2027 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 50 | ||
| AFC Solidarity Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | |||||||
| Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||||||
| Total | Best: Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| AFC Challenge Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=130 | Year | Result | Position | ||||||||||||
| Did not participate | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||
 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1951-1994 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 1998 | Group stage | 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 record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=130 | Year | Result | Position | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||||||||
| 2022 | Did not participate | Not held | |||||||||||||
| 2025 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| 2028 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| 2030 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0! | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 48 | |