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12 Jun 2014 - 17:00 Local time Arena de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo |
Group A | Brazil | 3-1 | Croatia |
18 Jun 2014 - 18:00 Local time Arena Amazonia Manaus |
Group A | Cameroon | 0-4 | Croatia |
23 Jun 2014 - 17:00 Local time Arena Pernambuco Recife |
Group A | Croatia | 1-3 | Mexico |
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
GK | Stipe Pletikosa | 8 January 1979 | 109 | 0 | Rostov |
GK | Danijel Subašić | 27 October 1984 | 6 | 0 | Monaco |
GK | Oliver Zelenika | 14 May 1993 | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiva |
DF | Darijo Srna (Captain) | 1 May 1982 | 111 | 21 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
DF | Vedran Ćorluka | 5 February 1986 | 71 | 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
DF | Ivan Strinić | 17 July 1987 | 32 | 0 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
DF | Dejan Lovren | 5 July 1989 | 23 | 2 | Southampton |
DF | Domagoj Vida | 29 April 1989 | 22 | 1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
DF | Gordon Schildenfeld | 18 March 1985 | 20 | 0 | Panathinaikos |
DF | Šime Vrsaljko | 10 January 1992 | 5 | 0 | Genoa |
DF | Igor Bubnjić | 17 July 1992 | 2 | 0 | Udinese |
MF | Niko Kranjčar | 13 August 1984 | 81 | 16 | Queens Park Rangers |
MF | Luka Modrić | 9 September 1985 | 73 | 8 | Real Madrid |
MF | Ivan Rakitić | 10 March 1988 | 60 | 9 | Sevilla |
MF | Ognjen Vukojević | 20 December 1983 | 54 | 4 | Dynamo Kyiv |
MF | Danijel Pranjić | 2 December 1981 | 48 | 0 | Panathinaikos |
MF | Ivan Perišić | 2 February 1989 | 27 | 1 | Wolfsburg |
MF | Milan Badelj | 25 February 1989 | 9 | 1 | Hamburg |
MF | Ivo Iličević | 14 September 1986 | 8 | 1 | Hamburg |
MF | Mateo Kovačić | 6 May 1994 | 8 | 0 | Internazionale |
MF | Sammir | 23 April 1987 | 4 | 0 | Getafe |
MF | Marcelo Brozović | 16 November 1992 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Zagreb |
MF | Ivan Močinić | 30 April 1993 | 0 | 0 | Rijeka |
MF | Mario Pašalić | 9 February 1995 | 0 | 0 | Hajduk Split |
FW | Ivica Olić | 14 September 1979 | 90 | 18 | Wolfsburg |
FW | Eduardo | 25 February 1983 | 62 | 29 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
FW | Mario Mandžukić | 21 May 1986 | 48 | 13 | Bayern Munich |
FW | Nikica Jelavić | 27 August 1985 | 32 | 5 | Hull City |
FW | Ante Rebić | 21 September 1993 | 3 | 1 | Fiorentina |
FW | Duje Čop | 1 February 1990 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Zagreb |
Nickname(s) | Vatreni (The Blazers) |
Association | Croatian Football Federation |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head Coach | Niko Kovač |
Asst Coach | Robert Kovač Goran Lacković Vatroslav Mihačić |
Captain | Darijo Srna |
Most Caps | Darijo Srna (111) |
Top Scorer | Davor Šuker (45) |
FIFA Code | CRO |
FIFA Ranking | 20 |
Highest FIFA Ranking | 3 (January 1999) |
Lowest FIFA Ranking | 125 (March 1994) |
Elo Ranking | 23 |
Highest Elo Ranking | 4 (July 2013) |
Lowest Elo Ranking | 26 (October 2002) |
Year | Round | Position | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA |
1930 to 1990 | Competed as part of Yugoslavia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1994 | Could not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1998 | Third Place | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
2002 | Group Stage | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
2006 | Group Stage | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2010 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2014 | Qualified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 4/5 | - | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 |
# | Name | Clubs | Croatia career | Caps | Goals |
1 | Darijo Srna | Hajduk Split, Shakhtar Donetsk | 2002– | 111 | 21 |
2 | Stipe Pletikosa | Hajduk Split, Shakhtar Donetsk, Spartak Moscow Tottenham Hotspur, Rostov |
1999– | 109 | 0 |
3 | Josip Šimunić | Hertha Berlin, Hoffenheim, Dinamo Zagreb | 2001– | 105 | 3 |
4 | Dario Šimić | Dinamo Zagreb, Internazionale, Milan, AS Monaco | 1996–2008 | 100 | 3 |
5 | Ivica Olić | NK Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb, CSKA Moscow, Hamburger SV, Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg |
2002– | 90 | 18 |
6 | Robert Kovač | Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Dinamo Zagreb |
1999–2009 | 84 | 0 |
7 | Niko Kovač | Bayer Leverkusen, HSV, Bayern Munich, Hertha Berlin, Red Bull Salzburg |
1996–2008 | 83 | 14 |
8 | Robert Jarni | Hajduk Split, Bari, Torino, Juventus, Real Betis, Real Madrid, Las Palmas, Panathinaikos |
1991–2002 | 81 | 1 |
Niko Kranjčar | Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Dynamo Kyiv, Queens Park Rangers |
2004– | 81 | 16 | |
10 | Luka Modrić | Dinamo Zagreb, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid | 2006– | 73 | 8 |
# | Name | Croatia Career | Goals | Caps |
1 | Davor Šuker | 1991–2002 | 45 | 69 |
2 | Eduardo da Silva | 2004– | 29 | 62 |
3 | Darijo Srna | 2002– | 21 | 111 |
4 | Ivica Olić | 2002– | 18 | 90 |
5 | Niko Kranjčar | 2004– | 16 | 81 |
6 | Goran Vlaović | 1992–2002 | 15 | 52 |
7 | Niko Kovač | 1996–2008 | 14 | 83 |
8 | Mladen Petrić | 2001– | 13 | 45 |
Mario Mandžukić | 2007– | 13 | 48 | |
10 | Zvonimir Boban | 1991–1999 | 12 | 51 |
Ivan Klasnić | 2004– | 12 | 41 |