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	15 3 (19 November 2021)
Heichest	3 (Januar 1999)
Lawest	125 (Mairch 1994)
Elo rankin
Current	14 2 (15 December 2021)
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

Caps an goals as o 14 November 2021 efter match against Roushie; anly matches as FIFA member are includit.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date o birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Dominik Livaković	(1995-01-09) 9 Januar 1995	28	0	Dinamo Zagreb
12	1GK	Ivo Grbić	(1996-01-18) 18 Januar 1996	2	0	Lille
23	1GK	Simon Sluga	(1993-03-17) 17 Mairch 1993	3	0	Luton Town
2	2DF	Josip Stanišić	(2000-04-02) 2 Aprile 2000	3	0	Bayern Munich
3	2DF	Borna Barišić	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992	23	1	Rangers
5	2DF	Duje Ćaleta-Car	(1996-09-17) 17 September 1996	20	1	Marseille
6	2DF	Dejan Lovren (4t caiptain)	(1989-07-05) 5 Julie 1989	70	4	Zenit Saint Petersburg
19	2DF	Borna Sosa	(1998-01-21) 21 Januar 1998	5	0	VfB Stuttgart
20	2DF	Joško Gvardiol	(2002-01-23) 23 Januar 2002	9	1	RB Leipzig
21	2DF	Domagoj Vida (vice-caiptain)	(1989-04-29) 29 Aprile 1989	95	4	Beşiktaş
22	2DF	Josip Juranović	(1995-08-16) 16 August 1995	15	0	Celtic
	2DF	Marin Pongračić	(1997-09-11) 11 September 1997	2	0	Borussia Dortmund
8	3MF	Lovro Majer	(1998-01-17) 17 Januar 1998	3	2	Rennes
10	3MF	Luka Modrić (caiptain)	(1985-09-09) 9 September 1985	146	20	Real Madrid
11	3MF	Marcelo Brozović	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992	70	7	Internazionale
13	3MF	Nikola Vlašić	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997	33	7	West Ham United
15	3MF	Mario Pašalić	(1995-02-09) 9 Februar 1995	34	6	Atalanta
16	3MF	Kristijan Jakić	(1997-05-14) 14 Mey 1997	2	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	3MF	Luka Ivanušec	(1998-11-26) 26 November 1998	10	1	Dinamo Zagreb
	3MF	Luka Sučić	(2002-09-08) 8 September 2002	1	0	Red Bull Salzburg
4	4FW	Ivan Perišić (3rd caiptain)	(1989-02-02) 2 Februar 1989	111	32	Internazionale
7	4FW	Josip Brekalo	(1998-06-23) 23 Juin 1998	30	4	Torino
9	4FW	Andrej Kramarić	(1991-06-19) 19 Juin 1991	65	16	1899 Hoffenheim
14	4FW	Marko Livaja	(1993-08-26) 26 August 1993	11	2	Hajduk Split
17	4FW	Bruno Petković	(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994	21	6	Dinamo Zagreb
18	4FW	Mislav Oršić	(1992-12-29) 29 December 1992	14	1	Dinamo Zagreb
	4FW	Antonio Čolak	(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993	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
Total			21	10	4	7	31	21

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks