Croatie naitional fitbaw team

Croatie
Nickname(s)	Vatreni (The Blazers)
Association	Croatian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Heid coach	Zlatko Dalić
Caiptain	Luka Modrić
Maist kaips	Luka Modrić (146)
Tap scorer	Davor Šuker (45)
FIFA code	CRO
First colours	Second colours
FIFA rankin
Current	6 (20 Julie 2023)
Heichest	3 (Januar 1999)
Lawest	125 (Mairch 1994)
Elo rankin
Current	5 10 (17 Julie 2023)
Heichest	5 (Julie 1998, Julie 2018)
Lawest	26 (October 2002)
First international
	Unoffeecial; Croatie 2–1 United States ; (Zagreb, Croatie; 17 October 1990); Offeecial; Australie 1–0 Croatie ; (Melbourne, Australie; 5 Julie 1992)
Biggest win
	Croatie 7–0 Australie ; (Zagreb, Croatie; 6 Juin 1998); Croatie 7–0 Andorrae ; (Zagreb, Croatie; 7 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
	Ingland 5–1 Croatie ; (Lunnon, Ingland; 9 September 2009)
Warld Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1998)
Best result	Runners-up (2018)
European Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 1996)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 1996, 2008

The Croatie naitional fitball team (Croatie: Hrvatska nogometna reprezentacija) represents Croatie in internaitional fitbaw.

Players

Current squad

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date o birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Dominik Livaković	(1995-01-09) 9 Januar 1995 (age 29)	28	0	Dinamo Zagreb
12	1GK	Ivo Grbić	(1996-01-18) 18 Januar 1996 (age 28)	2	0	Lille
23	1GK	Simon Sluga	(1993-03-17) 17 Mairch 1993 (age 31)	3	0	Luton Town

2	2DF	Josip Stanišić	(2000-04-02) 2 Aprile 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Bayern Munich
3	2DF	Borna Barišić	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 31)	23	1	Rangers
5	2DF	Duje Ćaleta-Car	(1996-09-17) 17 September 1996 (age 28)	20	1	Marseille
6	2DF	Dejan Lovren (4t caiptain)	(1989-07-05) 5 Julie 1989 (age 35)	70	4	Zenit Saint Petersburg
19	2DF	Borna Sosa	(1998-01-21) 21 Januar 1998 (age 26)	5	0	VfB Stuttgart
20	2DF	Joško Gvardiol	(2002-01-23) 23 Januar 2002 (age 22)	9	1	RB Leipzig
21	2DF	Domagoj Vida (vice-caiptain)	(1989-04-29) 29 Aprile 1989 (age 35)	95	4	Beşiktaş
22	2DF	Josip Juranović	(1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 (age 29)	15	0	Celtic
	2DF	Marin Pongračić	(1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Borussia Dortmund

8	3MF	Lovro Majer	(1998-01-17) 17 Januar 1998 (age 26)	3	2	Rennes
10	3MF	Luka Modrić (caiptain)	(1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 39)	146	20	Real Madrid
11	3MF	Marcelo Brozović	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 31)	70	7	Internazionale
13	3MF	Nikola Vlašić	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 27)	33	7	West Ham United
15	3MF	Mario Pašalić	(1995-02-09) 9 Februar 1995 (age 29)	34	6	Atalanta
16	3MF	Kristijan Jakić	(1997-05-14) 14 Mey 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	3MF	Luka Ivanušec	(1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 25)	10	1	Dinamo Zagreb
	3MF	Luka Sučić	(2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Red Bull Salzburg

4	4FW	Ivan Perišić (3rd caiptain)	(1989-02-02) 2 Februar 1989 (age 35)	111	32	Internazionale
7	4FW	Josip Brekalo	(1998-06-23) 23 Juin 1998 (age 26)	30	4	Torino
9	4FW	Andrej Kramarić	(1991-06-19) 19 Juin 1991 (age 33)	65	16	1899 Hoffenheim
14	4FW	Marko Livaja	(1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 31)	11	2	Hajduk Split
17	4FW	Bruno Petković	(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994 (age 30)	21	6	Dinamo Zagreb
18	4FW	Mislav Oršić	(1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 31)	14	1	Dinamo Zagreb
	4FW	Antonio Čolak	(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 31)	3	0	Malmö

Record at Warld Cup

Thay hiv appeared in the FIFA Warld Cup on five occasions (in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 an 2018) since gaining unthirldom in 1991. Before that, frae 1930 tae 1990 Croatie wis pairt o Yugoslavie.

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1938	as pairt o Kinrick o Yugoslavie
1950 to 1990	as part of SFR Yugoslavia
1994	Did not enter
1998	Semi-final	3rd	7	5	0	2	11	5
2002	Group stage	23rd	3	1	0	2	2	3
2006	Group stage	22nd	3	0	2	1	2	3
2010	Did not qualify
2014	Group stage	19th	3	1	0	2	6	6
2018	In progress		5	3	2	0	10	4
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total			21	10	4	7	31	21