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Croatia at the FIFA World Cup
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Croatia national football team have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on five occasions (in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018) since gaining independence in 1991. Before that, from 1930 to 1990 Croatia was part of Yugoslavia. Their best result thus far was silver position at the 2018 final, where they lost 4-2 to France.
Contents
1 Overview
2 Croatia in France 1998
2.1 Squad
2.2 Round of 16
2.3 Quarter-finals
2.4 Semi-finals
2.5 Third-place match
2.6 Legacy
3 Croatia in Korea/Japan 2002
3.1 Squad
4 Croatia in Germany 2006
4.1 Squad
5 Croatia in Brazil 2014
5.1 Squad
6 Croatia in Russia 2018
6.1 Squad
6.2 Round of 16
6.3 Quarter-finals
6.4 Semi-finals
6.5 Final
7 List of matches
8 Players with most appearances
9 Goalscorers
10 Awards
11 Squads
12 See also
13 References
Overview[edit]
Year
Round
Position
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA
1930 to 1938 as part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1950 to 1990 as part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1994 Did not enter
1998 Third place 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 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 2 1 14 9
2022 To be determined
2026
Total 23 11 4 8 35 26
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

showCroatia's World Cup record
First Match
Croatia 3–1 Jamaica
(14 June 1998; Lens, France)
Biggest Win
Croatia 4–0 Cameroon
(18 June 2014; Manaus, Brazil)
Biggest Defeat
Brazil 3–1 Croatia
(12 June 2014; São Paulo, Brazil)
Mexico 3–1 Croatia
(23 June 2014; Recife, Brazil)
France 4–2 Croatia
(15 July 2018; Moscow, Russia)
Best Result
Runners-up in 2018
Worst Result
Group Stage in 2002, 2006 and 2014
Croatia in France 1998[edit]
Main article: Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
In the draw for the final tournament, held on 4 December 1997 at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille,[1] Croatia was drawn to play in Group H, along with two other teams which qualified for the World Cup for the first time, Jamaica and Japan, and two-time World Cup winners Argentina. In their first match Croatia beat Jamaica 3–1, in a game memorable for Croatia's first ever World Cup goal, an opener scored by Mario Stanić in the 27th minute. Croatia went on to beat Japan 1–0 before losing their third group stage match against Argentina 0–1, in a game which was of little importance as both teams had already qualified for round of 16.
In round of 16, Croatia faced Group G winners Romania (who had finished top of their group in front of England) and won the game through a penalty converted by Davor Šuker in stoppage time of the first half after a foul on Aljoša Asanović by Gabriel Popescu. After that Croatia faced Germany in the quarter-finals, in a game which was at the time touted by the Croatian media as a great opportunity to get back at Germany as it was them who had knocked out Croatia in the UEFA Euro 1996 quarter-finals two years earlier. In the 40th minute Christian Wörns received a direct red card and was sent off for fouling Davor Šuker, and Robert Jarni opened the scoring eight minutes later in stoppage time of the first half. Goran Vlaović and Davor Šuker added a second and third and the game ended in a 3–0 win, which is still regarded by fans and the media as one of the most memorable matches Croatia ever played.
Croatia went on to face hosts France in the semi-finals, but lost the game 1–2 when an opener scored by Šuker in the 46th minute was immediately equalised by Lilian Thuram the following minute. Thuram also scored France's second goal in the 69th minute. These were the only two goals Thuram ever scored for France in an international career spanning from 1994 to 2008 which saw him earn a total of 147 caps. After Croatia's exit manager Blažević was heavily criticized by Croatian press for not sending in Robert Prosinečki soon enough after France took the lead (Prosinečki came on as a substitute for Mario Stanić just minutes before the final whistle). Croatia captain Zvonimir Boban tried to take the blame for the defeat saying that he felt he needed to be substituted but wanted to stay on the pitch just a little while longer (it was his defending mistake which led to Thuram's equaliser).
After being knocked out in the semi-finals, Croatia looked for consolation against Netherlands in the third place match played just three days later at Parc des Princes. Croatia went on to win 2–1 through goals by Šuker and Prosinečki, but after the final whistle Dražen Ladić was labelled player of the match, for a career-best performance which saw him save numerous shots from Patrick Kluivert, Clarence Seedorf and Marc Overmars.
Squad[edit]
Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup squads
Manager Miroslav Blažević included the following 22 players in the finals tournament squad. The 16 players who were capped at least once in one of the seven matches Croatia played in France are highlighted in bold. The remaining six players were unused at the tournament (defenders Goran Jurić and Anthony Šerić, defensive midfielder Mamić, striker Ardian Kozniku, and second and third-choice goalkeepers Marijan Mrmić and Vladimir Vasilj). On the other hand, six players appeared in all seven matches: goalkeeper Dražen Ladić, defender Slaven Bilić, midfielders Aljoša Asanović, Mario Stanić, Robert Jarni, and striker Davor Šuker.
Out of 11 goals scored by Croatia at the tournament, six were scored by Davor Šuker, who was awarded the Golden Shoe Award for the top goalscorer of the tournament, as well as the Silver Ball Award as the second most outstanding player of the tournament (behind Ronaldo of Brazil). Robert Prosinečki (who was retroactivelly given the 1990 FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award, where he had appeared for Yugoslavia), also scored two goals in matches against Jamaica and the Netherlands, which made him the only player in World Cup history to score goals at finals tournaments for two different countries.
For three players (Jarni, Prosinečki and Šuker) this was their second appearance at the World Cup, having been members of Yugoslavia squad at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Alen Bokšić would have been fourth, having been a key player in Croatia's qualifying campaign, but he was dropped from the tournament squad after sustaining an injury just months before the tournament in France.
Aljoša Asanović
Slaven Bilić
Zvonimir Boban (c)
Robert Jarni
Krunoslav Jurčić
Goran Jurić
Ardian Kozniku
Petar Krpan
Dražen Ladić
Zoran Mamić
Silvio Marić
Marijan Mrmić
Robert Prosinečki
Zvonimir Soldo
Mario Stanić
Anthony Šerić
Dario Šimić
Igor Štimac
Davor Šuker
Igor Tudor
Vladimir Vasilj
Goran Vlaović
Head coach: Miroslav Blažević

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H
Pos
Team
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Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2
Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3
Jamaica 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4
Japan 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source: FIFA

14 June 199821:00
Jamaica
1–3
Croatia
Earle 45' Report Stanić 27'
Prosinečki 53'
Šuker 69'
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 38,100
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
20 June 199814:30
Japan
0–1
Croatia
Report Šuker 77'
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 35,500
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
26 June 199816:00
Argentina
1–0
Croatia
Pineda 36' Report
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance: 31,800
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Round of 16[edit]
30 June 199816:30
Romania
0–1
Croatia
Report Šuker 45+2' (pen.)
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance: 31,800
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Quarter-finals[edit]
4 July 199821:00
Germany
0–3
Croatia
Report Jarni 45+3'
Vlaović 80'
Šuker 85'
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 39,100
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Semi-finals[edit]
8 July 199821:00
France
2–1
Croatia
Thuram 47', 70' Report Šuker 46'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Third-place match[edit]
11 July 199821:00
Netherlands
1–2
Croatia
Zenden 22' Report Prosinečki 14'
Šuker 36'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,500
Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
Legacy[edit]
Ladić
Štimac
Šimić
Bilić
Soldo
Stanić
Jarni
Boban (c)
Asanović
Vlaović
Šuker
Croatia's 3-5-2 lineup in the 1998 World Cup
By beating Netherlands, Croatia finished third in their World Cup debut, a feat matched only by Eusébio's Portugal in the 1966 World Cup 32 years earlier. Consequently, Croatia reached their highest ever FIFA ranking when they were third in the world for three months between January and March 1999 and were given the Best Mover of the Year Award in 1998, the only team so far which won the award twice (having been Best Movers in 1994). Upon returning to Croatia, the whole squad was decorated by President Franjo Tuđman, and were nicknamed "Brončani" ("The Bronze Ones") and "Vatreni'" ("The Fiery Ones") in the media. The latter stuck as a permanent nickname for the national team.
Most players continued playing for the team throughout the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers, but after Croatia failed to qualify manager Miroslav Blažević resigned and soon after that some of the players retired from the national team. The next manager Mirko Jozić kept some of the remaining members of the Bronze Generation and even took them to 2002 FIFA World Cup (such as Šuker, Prosinečki, Jarni, Stanić, Soldo, Vlaović, Šimić), but they failed to make an impact at the tournament and almost all of them retired soon afterwards, but a number of them later became prominent figures in Croatian football.
Zvonimir Boban went into sports publishing and took over as CEO of Croatia's sports daily Sportske novosti in 2005 and worked as a commentator for Italian television stations. Šuker launched his line of sports apparel and established a football academy carrying his name. Zvonimir Soldo, Robert Jarni, Slaven Bilić, Igor Štimac and Dražen Ladić all took up managing jobs (Soldo coached Dinamo Zagreb to a Double in 2008, while Jarni, Bilić and Štimac all had managerial spells at Hajduk Split). Štimac later became chairman of the association of Prva HNL clubs, the body regulating top flight football in Croatia, and Bilić took over as Croatia manager in 2006, hiring Aljoša Asanović, Robert Prosinečki and Marijan Mrmić as his assistants. Dražen Ladić took up managing the Croatia under-21 team in 2006, and Krunoslav Jurčić is the current manager at Dinamo Zagreb, having been appointed in 2009. Miroslav Blažević later managed a number of clubs in Croatia, Slovenia and Switzerland before taking over as Bosnia and Herzegovina manager in 2008 and sensationally leading them to the verge of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
Croatia in Korea/Japan 2002[edit]
Squad[edit]
Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup squads
Pletikosa
Kovač
Tomas
Šimunić
Soldo
Šarić
Jarni (c)
Kovač
Rapaić
Bokšić
Olić
Croatia's 3–4–1-2 lineup at the 2002 World Cup
Boško Balaban
Alen Bokšić
Tomislav Butina
Robert Jarni (c)
Niko Kovač
Robert Kovač
Ivica Olić
Stipe Pletikosa
Robert Prosinečki
Milan Rapaić
Zvonimir Soldo
Mario Stanić
Daniel Šarić
Anthony Šerić
Dario Šimić
Josip Šimunić
Davor Šuker
Stjepan Tomas
Vladimir Vasilj
Goran Vlaović
Jurica Vranješ
Davor Vugrinec
Boris Živković
Head coach: Mirko Jozić

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Group G
Pos
Team
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Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2
Italy 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3
Croatia 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4
Ecuador 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

3 June 200215:30
Croatia
0–1
Mexico
Report Blanco 60' (pen.)
Niigata Big Swan Stadium, Niigata
Attendance: 32,239
Referee: Lu Jun (China PR)
8 June 200218:00
Italy
1–2
Croatia
Vieri 55' Report Olić 73'
Rapaić 76'
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki
Attendance: 36,472
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
13 June 200220:30
Ecuador
1–0
Croatia
Méndez 48' Report
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 65,862
Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
Croatia in Germany 2006[edit]
Main article: Croatia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Squad[edit]
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup squads
Pletikosa
Kovač
Šimić
Šimunić
Tudor
Kovač (c)
Srna
Babić
Kranjčar
Klasnić
Pršo
Croatia's 3–4–1–2 lineup at the 2006 World Cup
Marko Babić
Boško Balaban
Ivan Bošnjak
Tomislav Butina
Joey Didulica
Ivan Klasnić
Niko Kovač (c)
Robert Kovač
Niko Kranjčar
Ivan Leko
Jerko Leko
Luka Modrić
Ivica Olić
Stipe Pletikosa
Dado Pršo
Darijo Srna
Anthony Šerić
Dario Šimić
Josip Šimunić
Mario Tokić
Stjepan Tomas
Igor Tudor
Jurica Vranješ
Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F
Pos
Team
[
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e
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Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Brazil 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2
Australia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3
Croatia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4
Japan 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

13 June 200621:00
Brazil
1–0
Croatia
Kaká 44'
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
18 June 200615:00
Japan
0–0
Croatia
Report
FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
22 June 200621:00
Croatia
2–2
Australia
Srna 2'
N. Kovač 56'
Report
Moore 38' (pen.)
Kewell 79'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Croatia in Brazil 2014[edit]
Main article: Croatia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Squad[edit]
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup squads
Pletikosa
Ćorluka
Lovren
Srna (c)
Vrsaljko
Rakitić
Modrić
Perišić
Olić
Kovačić
Mandžukić
Croatia's 4–2–3–1 lineup at the 2014 World Cup
Milan Badelj
Marcelo Brozović
Vedran Ćorluka
Eduardo da Silva
Nikica Jelavić
Mateo Kovačić
Dejan Lovren
Mario Mandžukić
Luka Modrić
Ivica Olić
Ivan Perišić
Stipe Pletikosa
Danijel Pranjić
Ivan Rakitić
Ante Rebić
Sammir
Gordon Schildenfeld
Darijo Srna (c)
Danijel Subašić
Domagoj Vida
Šime Vrsaljko
Ognjen Vukojević
Oliver Zelenika
Head coach:Niko Kovač

Pos
Team
[
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Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Brazil (H) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2
Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
3
Croatia 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4
Cameroon 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Host.
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group A
12 June 201417:00 UTC−3
Brazil
3–1
Croatia
Neymar 29', 71' (pen.)
Oscar 90+1'
Report
Marcelo 11' (o.g.)
Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
Attendance: 62,103
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
18 June 201418:00 UTC−4
Cameroon
0–4
Croatia
Report
Olić 11'
Perišić 48'
Mandžukić 61', 73'
Arena da Amazônia, Manaus
Attendance: 39,982
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
23 June 201417:00 UTC−3
Croatia
1–3
Mexico
Perišić 87'
Report
Márquez 72'
Guardado 75'
Hernández 82'
Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife
Attendance: 41,212
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Croatia in Russia 2018[edit]
Main article: Croatia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Squad[edit]
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup squads
Subašić
Lovren
Vida
Vrsaljko
Strinić
Brozović
Rakitić
Modrić
Rebić
Perišić
Mandžukić
Croatia's 4–3-3 lineup at the 2018 World Cup
Milan Badelj
Filip Bradarić
Marcelo Brozović
Duje Ćaleta-Car
Vedran Ćorluka
Tin Jedvaj
Lovre Kalinić
Nikola Kalinić
Mateo Kovačić
Andrej Kramarić
Dominik Livaković
Dejan Lovren
Mario Mandžukić
Luka Modrić (c)
Ivan Perišić
Josip Pivarić
Marko Pjaca
Ivan Rakitić
Ante Rebić
Ivan Strinić
Danijel Subašić
Domagoj Vida
Šime Vrsaljko
Head coach: Zlatko Dalić

Pos
Team
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Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Croatia 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2
Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
3
Nigeria 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4
Iceland 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group D
16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)21:00 KALT (UTC+2)
Croatia
2–0
Nigeria
Etebo 32' (o.g.)
Modrić 71' (pen.)
Report
Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad
Attendance: 31,136[2]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Argentina
0–3
Croatia
Report
Rebić 53'
Modrić 80'
Rakitić 90+1'
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod
Attendance: 43,319[3]
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Iceland
1–2
Croatia
G. Sigurðsson 76' (pen.)
Report
Badelj 53'
Perišić 90'
Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don
Attendance: 43,472[4]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Round of 16[edit]
1 July 2018 (2018-07-01)21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Croatia
1–1 (a.e.t.)
Denmark
Mandžukić 4'
Report
M. Jørgensen 1'
Penalties
Badelj
Kramarić
Modrić
Pivarić
Rakitić
3–2
Eriksen
Kjær
Krohn-Dehli
Schöne
N. Jørgensen
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod
Attendance: 40,851[5]
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
Quarter-finals[edit]
7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Russia
2–2 (a.e.t.)
Croatia
Cheryshev 31'
Fernandes 115'
Report
Kramarić 39'
Vida 101'
Penalties
Smolov
Dzagoev
Fernandes
Ignashevich
Kuzyayev
3–4
Brozović
Kovačić
Modrić
Vida
Rakitić
Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 44,287[6]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Semi-finals[edit]
11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Croatia
2–1 (a.e.t.)
England
Perišić 68'
Mandžukić 109'
Report
Trippier 5'
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 78,011[7]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Final[edit]
15 July 2018 (2018-07-15)18:00 MSK (UTC+3)
France
4–2
Croatia
Mandžukić 18' (o.g.)
Griezmann 38' (pen.)
Pogba 59'
Mbappé 65'
Report
Perišić 28'
Mandžukić 69'
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 78,011[8]
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
List of matches[edit]
World Cup
Round
Opponent
Score
Result
Venue
Scorers
1998 Group stage Jamaica 3–1 W Lens Stanić, Prosinečki, Šuker
Japan 1–0 W Nantes Šuker
Argentina 0–1 L Bordeaux &
—
Round of 16 Romania 1–0 W Bordeaux Šuker
Quarter-final Germany 3–0 W Lyon Jarni, Vlaović, Šuker
Semi-final France 1–2 L Saint-Denis Šuker
Third place match Netherlands 2–1 W Paris Prosinečki, Šuker
2002 Group stage Mexico 0–1 L Niigata &
—
Italy 2–1 W Ibaraki Olić, Rapaić
Ecuador 0–1 L Yokohama &
—
2006 Group stage Brazil 0–1 L Berlin &
—
Japan 0–0 D Nuremberg &
—
Australia 2–2 D Stuttgart Srna, N. Kovač
2014 Group stage Brazil 1–3 L São Paulo Marcelo (o.g.)
Cameroon 4–0 W Manaus Olić, Perišić, Mandžukić (2)
Mexico 1–3 L Recife Perišić
2018 Group stage Nigeria 2–0 W Kaliningrad Etebo (o.g.), Modrić
Argentina 3–0 W Nizhny Novgorod Rebić, Modrić, Rakitić
Iceland 2–1 W Rostov-on-Don Badelj, Perišić
Round of 16 Denmark 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p) W Nizhny Novgorod Mandžukić
Quarter-finals Russia 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p) W Sochi Kramarić, Vida
Semi-finals England 2–1 (a.e.t.) W Moscow Perišić, Mandžukić
Final France 2–4 L Moscow Perišić, Mandžukić
Players with most appearances[edit]
Luka Modrić became Croatia's record World Cup player when he captained his team in the final of the 2018 tournament.
In 1998, Davor Šuker became the oldest Golden Boot winner ever at age 30 and went on to become the president of the Croatian Football Federation in 2012.
The Croatia national football team in Russia 2018
Luka Modrić is the only Croatian player to ever win the Golden Ball award. He was team captain in 2018, when Croatia reached the World Cup final.
No.
Name
Matches
World Cups
1 Luka Modrić 12 2006, 2014 and 2018
2 Dario Šimić 11 1998, 2002 and 2006
3 Robert Jarni* 10 1998 and 2002
Dejan Lovren 10 2014 and 2018
Ivan Perišić 10 2014 and 2018
Ivan Rakitić 10 2014 and 2018
7 Mario Stanić 9 1998 and 2002
Stipe Pletikosa 9 2002, 2006 and 2014
Ante Rebić 9 2014 and 2018
10 Zvonimir Soldo 8 1998 and 2002
Davor Šuker 8 1998 and 2002
Ivica Olić 8 2002, 2006 and 2014
Šime Vrsaljko 8 2014 and 2018
Mateo Kovačić 8 2014 and 2018
Mario Mandžukić 8 2014 and 2018
*Robert Jarni also played one match at the 1990 World Cup, representing SFR Yugoslavia.
Goalscorers[edit]
No.
Name
Goals
World Cups
1 Davor Šuker 6 1998
2 Ivan Perišić 5 2014 (2) and 2018 (3)
Mario Mandžukić 5 2014 (2) and 2018 (3)
4 Robert Prosinečki* 2 1998
Ivica Olić 2 2002 and 2014
Luka Modrić 2 2018
*Robert Prosinečki also scored one goal at the 1990 World Cup, representing SFR Yugoslavia.
Awards[edit]
Team Awards
Third Place 1998
Second Place 2018
Individual Awards
Golden Boot 1998: Davor Šuker (Oldest Golden Boot winner with 30 years)
Silver Ball 1998:Davor Šuker
All-Star Team 1998:Davor Šuker
Golden Ball 2018: Luka Modrić
All-Star Team 2018: Luka Modrić
Squads[edit]
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Croatia squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup third place
1 Ladić
2 Krpan
3 Šerić
4 Štimac
5 Jurić
6 Bilić
7 Asanović
8 Prosinečki
9 Šuker
10 Boban (c)
11 Marić
12 Mrmić
13 Stanić
14 Soldo
15 Tudor
16 Kozniku
17 Jarni
18 Mamić
19 Vlaović
20 Šimić
21 Jurčić
22 Vasilj
Coach: Blažević
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Croatia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Pletikosa
2 Šerić
3 Šimunić
4 Tomas
5 Rapaić
6 Živković
7 Vugrinec
8 Prosinečki
9 Šuker (c)
10 N. Kovač
11 Bokšić
12 Butina
13 Stanić
14 Soldo
15 Šarić
16 Vranješ
17 Jarni
18 Olić
19 Vlaović
20 Šimić
21 R. Kovač
22 Balaban
23 Vasilj
Coach: Jozić
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Croatia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Pletikosa
2 Srna
3 Šimunić
4 R. Kovač
5 Tudor
6 Vranješ
7 Šimić
8 Babić
9 Pršo
10 N. Kovač (c)
11 Tokić
12 Didulica
13 Tomas
14 Modrić
15 I. Leko
16 J. Leko
17 Klasnić
18 Olić
19 N. Kranjčar
20 Šerić
21 Balaban
22 Bošnjak
23 Butina
Coach: Z. Kranjčar
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Croatia squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup
1 Pletikosa
2 Vrsaljko
3 Pranjić
4 Perišić
5 Ćorluka
6 Lovren
7 Rakitić
8 Vukojević
9 Jelavić
10 Modrić
11 Srna (c)
12 Zelenika
13 Schildenfeld
14 Brozović
15 Badelj
16 Rebić
17 Mandžukić
18 Olić
19 Sammir
20 Kovačić
21 Vida
22 Eduardo
23 Subašić
Coach: Kovač
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Croatia squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup runners-up
1 Livaković
2 Vrsaljko
3 Strinić
4 Perišić
5 Ćorluka
6 Lovren
7 Rakitić
8 Kovačić
9 Kramarić
10 Modrić (c)
11 Brozović
12 L. Kalinić
13 Jedvaj
14 Bradarić
15 Ćaleta-Car
16 N. Kalinić
17 Mandžukić
18 Rebić
19 Badelj
20 Pjaca
21 Vida
22 Pivarić
23 Subašić
Coach: Dalić
See also[edit]
List of Croatia international footballers
Croatia at the UEFA European Championship
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "History of the World Cup Final Draw" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
Jump up ^ "Match report – Group D – Croatia v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
Jump up ^ "Match report – Group D – Argentina v Croatia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
Jump up ^ "Match report – Group D – Iceland v Croatia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
Jump up ^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Croatia v Denmark" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
Jump up ^ "Match report – Quarter-final – Russia v Croatia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
Jump up ^ "Match report – Semi-final – Croatia v England" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
Jump up ^ "Match report – Final – France v Croatia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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