Croatia national football team: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Team colours
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Nickname
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Association
Croatian Football Federation
Current coach
Zlatko Kranjčar, 2004-
Most capped player
Robert Jarni: 81
Highest goalscorer
Davor Šuker: 45
First International
Croatia 4-0 Switzerland (Zagreb, Croatia; 4 April, 1940)
Largest win
Croatia 7-0 Australia (Zagreb, Croatia; 6 June 1998)
Largest defeat
Germany 5-1 Croatia (Vienna, Austria; 15 June 1941 and Stuttgart, Germany; 1 November 1942)
World Cup
Finals appearances: 2 (First: 1998) Best result: 3rd place, 1998
European Championships
Finals appearances: 2 (First: 1996) Best result: Quarterfinals, 1996

The Croatian national football team has played since Croatia's independence in 1990-1992. Before that the players from Croatia participated in the teams of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1919-1941), Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945) and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945-1990).

The team played in their first major tournament in 1996 and have been a strong force in international football ever since. Between 1990 and June 2004, Croatia has played 110 international games and had 53 victories, 35 draws and 22 losses.

The team has been FIFA's "Best Mover of the Year" in 1994 and 1998.

World Cup record

• 1998 - 3rd place
• 2002 - Round 1

• 1996 - Quarterfinals
• 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2004 - First round

• Davor Šuker
• Robert Jarni
• Zvonimir Boban
• Aljoša Asanović
• Robert Prosinečki
• Zvonimir Soldo
• Mario Stanić
• Alen Bokšić
• Igor Štimac
• Dražen Ladić

• Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević, ...1998...
• Mirko Jozić, -2002
• Otto Barić, 2002-2004

See the EURO 2004 squad.