| Federation
founded: 1912 |
| FIFA
member since: 1992 |
|
WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - Did not participate |
| 1958 - Did not participate |
| 1962 - Did not participate |
| 1966 - Did not participate |
| 1970 - Did not participate |
| 1974 - Did not participate |
| 1978 - Did not participate |
| 1982 - Did not participate |
| 1986 - Did not participate |
| 1990 - Did not participate |
| 1994 - Did not participate |
| 1998 - 3rd
place |
| 2002 - First round exit |
| 2006 - First round exit |
|
|
STATISTICS
|
| Played |
13
|
| Won |
6
|
| Drawn |
2
|
| Lost |
5
|
| Goals for |
15
|
| Goals against |
11
|
| Points |
20
|
|
Croatia
are 26th on the all-time table.
|
|
TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
3-0 vs Germany
in 1998.
|
Biggest
defeat:
1-2 vs France
in 1998.
|
Overall
topscorer:
Davor Suker,
6 goals.
|
Most
appearances:
Dario Simic, 11 matches.
|
Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
|
|
GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 Davor
Suker |
|
1930 to 1994
CROATIA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1998
(UEFA Group 1)
08.Oct 96 Bos.-Herzegovina 1-4 CROATIA
10.Nov 96 CROATIA 1-1 Greece
29.Mar 97 CROATIA 1-1 Denmark
02.Apr 97 CROATIA 3-3 Slovenia
30.Apr 97 Greece 0-1 CROATIA
06.Sep 97 CROATIA 3-2 Bos.-Herzegovina
10.Sep 97 Denmark 3-1 CROATIA
11.Oct 97 Slovenia 1-3 CROATIA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Denmark 8 5 2 1 14- 6 17
2.CROATIA 8 4 3 1 17-12 15
3.Greece 8 4 2 2 11- 4 14
4.Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 3 0 5 9-14 9
5.Slovenia 8 0 1 7 5-20 1
CROATIA advanced to UEFA play-offs.
UEFA play-offs
29.Oct 97 CROATIA 2-0 Ukraine
15.Nov 97 Ukraine 1-1 CROATIA
CROATIA qualified for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 6)
02.Sep 00 Belgium 0-0 CROATIA
11.Oct 00 CROATIA 1-1 Scotland
24.Mar 01 CROATIA 4-1 Latvia
02.Jun 01 CROATIA 4-0 San Marino
06.Jun 01 Latvia 0-1 CROATIA
01.Sep 01 Scotland 0-0 CROATIA
05.Sep 01 San Marino 0-4 CROATIA
06.Oct 01 CROATIA 1-0 Belgium
P W D L Gls Pts
1.CROATIA 8 5 3 0 15- 2 18
2.Belgium 8 5 2 1 25- 6 17
3.Scotland 8 4 3 1 12- 6 15
4.Latvia 8 1 1 6 5-16 4
5.San Marino 8 0 1 7 3-30 1
CROATIA qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 8)
04.Sep 04 CROATIA 3-0 Hungary
08.Sep 04 Sweden 0-1 CROATIA
09.Oct 04 CROATIA 2-2 Bulgaria
26.Mar 05 CROATIA 4-0 Iceland
30.Mar 05 CROATIA 3-0 Malta
04.Jun 05 Bulgaria 1-3 CROATIA
03.Sep 05 Iceland 1-3 CROATIA
07.Sep 05 Malta 1-1 CROATIA
08.Oct 05 CROATIA 1-0 Sweden
12.Oct 05 Hungary 0-0 CROATIA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.CROATIA 10 7 3 0 21- 5 24
2.Sweden 10 8 0 2 30- 4 24
3.Bulgaria 10 4 3 3 17-17 15
4.Hungary 10 4 2 4 13-14 14
5.Iceland 10 1 1 8 14-27 4
6.Malta 10 0 3 7 4-32 3
CROATIA qualified for Germany 2006.
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