Croatia national football team records and statistics

This article lists various football records in relation to the Croatia national football team.

Individual records

Most capped players

# Name First appearance Last appearance Caps
1 Luka Modrić 1 March 2006 29 March 2022 148
2 Darijo Srna 20 November 2002 25 June 2016 134
3 Stipe Pletikosa 10 February 1999 23 June 2014 114
4 Ivan Perišić 26 March 2011 29 March 2022 113
5 Ivan Rakitić 8 September 2007 13 October 2019 106
6 Josip Šimunić 10 November 2001 19 November 2013 105
7 Ivica Olić 13 February 2002 13 October 2015 104
8 Vedran Ćorluka 16 August 2006 11 July 2018 103
9 Dario Šimić 13 March 1996 20 August 2008 100
10 Domagoj Vida 23 May 2010 29 March 2022 97
11 Mario Mandžukić 17 November 2007 15 July 2018 89
12 Robert Kovač 28 April 1999 14 October 2009 84
13 Niko Kovač 11 December 1996 11 October 2008 83
14 Robert Jarni 22 December 1990 13 June 2002 81
Niko Kranjčar 18 August 2004 15 October 2013
16 Mateo Kovačić 22 March 2013 29 March 2022 77
17 Marcelo Brozović 7 June 2014 14 November 2021 70
Dejan Lovren 8 October 2009 14 November 2021
19 Davor Šuker 22 December 1990 3 June 2002 69
20 Andrej Kramarić 4 September 2014 29 March 2022 67
21 Eduardo da Silva 16 November 2004 18 June 2014 64
22 Aljoša Asanović 17 October 1990 28 May 2000 62
23 Zvonimir Soldo 20 April 1994 8 June 2002 61
24 Dražen Ladić 17 October 1990 28 May 2000 59
Jerko Leko 8 May 2002 8 October 2009
26 Danijel Pranjić 16 November 2004 3 September 2015 58
27 Igor Tudor 15 November 1997 2 June 2006 55
Ognjen Vukojević 16 October 2007 31 May 2014
Milan Badelj 2 September 2011 1 June 2021
30 Igor Štimac 22 December 1990 13 February 2002 53
31 Goran Vlaović 5 July 1992 21 August 2002 52
32 Zvonimir Boban 22 December 1990 13 November 1999 51
Šime Vrsaljko 9 February 2011 18 June 2021
Updated on 29 March 2022, after match against  Bulgaria.
First player to reach 100 appearances

Dario Šimić, 20 August 2008, Slovenia 23 Croatia[1]

Fastest player to reach 100 appearances

Ivan Perišić, 10 years 2 months 6 days, 26 March 2011 1 June 2021[2]

Top goalscorers

# Name Croatia career Goals Caps
1 Davor Šuker 1990–2002 45 69
2 Mario Mandžukić 2007–2018 33 89
3 Ivan Perišić 2011– 32 113
4 Eduardo da Silva 2004–2014 29 64
5 Darijo Srna 2002–2016 22 134
6 Luka Modrić 2006– 21 148
7 Ivica Olić 2002–2015 20 104
8 Andrej Kramarić 2014– 18 67
9 Niko Kranjčar 2004–2013 16 81
10 Nikola Kalinić 2008–2018 15 42
Goran Vlaović 1992–2002 52
Ivan Rakitić 2007–2019 106
Updated on 29 March 2022, after match against  Bulgaria.
First goal

Florijan Matekalo, 2 April 1940, Croatia 40 Switzerland

Managers results

The following table provides a summary of the complete record of each Croatia manager including their results regarding World Cups and European Championships.

Manager Period Pld W D L Win % Major competitions
Jozo Jakopić 1939–1941 4 2 1 1 050.00
Rudolf Hitrec 1941 1 0 0 1 000.00
Bogdan Cuvaj 1941–1943 13 6 3 4 046.15
Bernard Hügl 1943–1945 1 1 0 0 100.00
Bogdan Cuvaj 1956 1 1 0 0 100.00
Dražan Jerković 1990–1991 3 3 0 0 100.00
Stanko Poklepović 1992 4 1 1 2 025.00
Vlatko Marković 1993–1994 1 1 0 0 100.00
Miroslav Blažević 1994–2000 72 33 24 15 045.83 1996 European Championship – Quarter-final
1998 World Cup – Third place
2000 European Championship – Failed to qualify
Tomislav Ivić (c)[lower-alpha 1] 1994 1 1 0 0 100.00
Mirko Jozić 2000–2002 18 9 6 3 050.00 2002 World Cup – Group stage
Otto Barić 2002–2004 24 11 8 5 045.83 2004 European Championship – Group stage
Zlatko Kranjčar 2004–2006 25 11 8 6 044.00 2006 World Cup – Group stage
Slaven Bilić 2006–2012 65 42 15 8 064.62 2008 European Championship – Quarter-final
2010 World Cup – Failed to qualify
2012 European Championship – Group stage
Igor Štimac 2012–2013 15 8 2 5 053.33
Niko Kovač 2013–2015 19 10 5 4 052.63 2014 World Cup – Group stage
Ante Čačić 2015–2017 25 15 6 4 060.00 2016 European Championship – Round of 16
Zlatko Dalić 2017– 56 27 13 16 048.21 2018 World Cup – Runners-up
2020 European Championship – Round of 16
2022 World Cup To be determined
Totals348182927452.3%12 out of 14

Last updated: Croatia vs. Bulgaria, 29 March 2022.

Source: Croatian Football Federation

  1. In September 1994, national team manager Miroslav Blažević, who was also coaching Croatia Zagreb at the time, was dismissed in a 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup match against Auxerre. Blažević was suspended by UEFA for one game and Ivić was appointed as his replacement for the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying match against Italy in November 1994.

Team records

Home matches

Key: Pld–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage

Stadium City / town Pld W D L Win % Last match hosted
Stadion Maksimir Zagreb 67 46 15 6 068.7 2020
Stadion Poljud Split 16 4 7 5 025.0 2021
Stadion Gradski vrt Osijek 13 10 3 0 076.9 2021
Stadion Kantrida Rijeka 11 10 1 0 090.9 2011
Stadion Varteks Varaždin 8 5 2 1 062.5 2019
Stadion Rujevica Rijeka 7 5 2 0 071.4 2021
Stadion A. Drosina Pula 5 4 0 1 080.0 2019
Stadion Cibalia Vinkovci 1 1 0 0 100.0 2009
Stadion Koprivnica Koprivnica 1 1 0 0 100.0 2016
Stadion Kranjčevićeva Zagreb 1 1 0 0 100.0 1996
Stadion Šubićevac Šibenik 1 0 1 0 000.0 2003
Stadion Radnik Velika Gorica 1 0 1 0 000.0 2021
Totals13287321365.9%

Last updated: Croatia vs. Russia, 14 November 2021. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

Croatia qualified for and competed in three consecutive World Cup tournaments between 1998 and 2006, but failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after finishing 3rd in Group 6 behind England and Ukraine. Although they had joined both FIFA and UEFA by 1992, they were unable to enter the 1994 World Cup as qualification had started before the side was officially recognised as a state.[3] In the following three World Cup groups they were eliminated after finishing third in all of them, before finally advancing further than the group stage at the 2018 World Cup.[4] On 11 July 2018, Croatia won their semi-final match against England, advancing the national team to their first FIFA World Cup final wherein they secured second place as runners-up against winners France.[5] Supplanting their third place positioning in 1998, this is the nation's best performance to date.[6]

The national squad, lining up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final.
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks; correct as of 14 November 2021 after the match against Russia.
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pos Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1990 Part of  YugoslaviaN/A
1994 Did not enter
1998 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 11 5 Squad 2nd 10 5 4 1 20 13
2002 Group stage 23rd 3 1 0 2 2 3 Squad 1st 8 5 3 0 15 2
2006 22nd 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad 1st 10 7 3 0 21 5
2010 Did not qualify 3rd 10 6 2 2 19 13
2014 Group stage 19th 3 1 0 2 6 6 Squad 2nd 12 6 3 3 14 9
2018 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 2 1 14 9 Squad 2nd 12 7 3 2 19 5
2022 Qualified 1st 10 7 2 1 21 4
2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Runners-up 6/7 23 11 4 8 35 26 72 43 20 9 129 51

UEFA European Championship

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks; correct as of 28 June 2021 after the match against Spain.
UEFA European Championship record/UEFA European Championship qualifying
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pos Pld W D L GF GA
1960 to 1992 Part of  YugoslaviaN/A
1996 Quarter-final 7th 4 2 0 2 5 5 Squad 1st 10 7 2 1 22 5
2000 Did not qualify 3rd 8 4 3 1 13 9
2004 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 4 6 Squad 2nd 10 6 2 2 14 5
2008 Quarter-final 5th 4 3 1 0 5 2 Squad 1st 12 9 2 1 28 8
2012 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 4 3 Squad 2nd 12 8 2 2 21 7
2016 Round of 16 9th 4 2 1 1 5 4 Squad 2nd 10 6 3 1 20 5
2020 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 7 8 Squad 1st 8 5 2 1 17 7
2024 To be determined To be determined
Total Quarter-final 6/7 22 9 6 7 30 28 70 45 16 9 135 46

UEFA Nations League

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks; correct as of 17 November 2020 after the match against Portugal.
UEFA Nations League
Year Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R Rank
2018–19 A 4 4 1 1 2 4 10 9th
2020–21 A 3 6 1 0 5 9 16 12th
2022–23 A 1 To be determined
Total 10 2 1 7 13 26 9th

Head-to-head records

The following table show the Croatia national football team's all-time international record.

Only FIFA matches are counted. Correct as of 29 March 2022, after the international friendly fixture against Bulgaria.

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win % Points/game[lower-alpha 1] Competitive matches[lower-alpha 2]
 Andorra 6600240+24100.00%3.00 2004 EQ
2008 EQ
2010 WQ
 Argentina 521275+240.00%1.40 1998 W
2018 W
 Armenia 101011+000.00%1.00
 Australia 6222116+533.33%1.33 2006 W
 Austria 550092+7100.00%3.00 2008 E
2022–23 NQ
 Azerbaijan 422092+750.00%2.00 2016 EQ
2020 EQ
 Belarus 220041+3100.00%3.00 2010 WQ
 Belgium 832396+337.50%1.38 2002 WQ
2004 EQ
2014 WQ
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4400146+8100.00%3.00 1998 WQ
 Brazil 401327−500.00%0.25 2006 W
2014 W
 Bulgaria 8521126+662.50%2.16 2004 EQ
2006 WQ
2016 EQ
 Cameroon 110040+4100.00%3.00 2014 W
 Chile 101011000.00%1.00
 China PR 101011000.00%1.00
 Cyprus 330060+6100.00%3.00 2022 WQ
 Czech Republic 413086+225.00%1.50 2016 E
2020 E
 Denmark 622287+133.33%1.33 1996 E
1998 WQ
2018 W
2022–23 NQ
 Ecuador 100101−100.00%0.00 2002 W
 Egypt 101022000.00%1.00
 England 113261322−927.27%1.00 2004 E
2008 EQ
2010 WQ
2018 W
2018–19 NQ
2020 E
 Estonia 9621165+1166.67%2.22 1996 EQ
2004 EQ
2008 EQ
 Finland 211021+150.00%2.00 2018 WQ
 FR Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 3] 202022000.00%1.00 2000 EQ
 France 8026819−1100.00%0.25 1998 W
2004 E
2018 W
2020–21 NQ
2022–23 NQ
 Georgia 320143+166.67%2.00 2012 EQ
 Germany 521286+240.00%1.40 1996 E
1998 W
2008 E
 Gibraltar 110040+4100.00%3.00
 Greece 8242109+125.00%1.25 1998 WQ
2012 EQ
2018 WQ
 Hong Kong 110040+4100.00%3.00
 Hungary 9441177+1044.44%1.78 2006 WQ
2020 EQ
 Iceland 7511133+1071.43%2.26 2006 WQ
2014 WQ
2018 WQ
2018 W
 Iran 211042+250.00%2.00
 Israel 9810228+1488.89%2.78 2008 EQ
2012 EQ
 Italy 8350106+437.50%1.75 1996 EQ
2002 W
2012 E
2016 EQ
 Jamaica 110031+2100.00%3.00 1998 W
 Japan 311144033.33%1.33 1998 W
2006 W
 Jordan 110021+1100.00%3.00
 Kazakhstan 220051+4100.00%3.00 2010 WQ
 Kosovo 220070+7100.00%3.00 2018 WQ
 Latvia 4400101+9100.00%3.00 2002 WQ
2012 EQ
 Liechtenstein 220082+6100.00%3.00
 Lithuania 211020+250.00%2.00 1996 EQ
 Mali 110021+1100.00%3.00
 Malta 10910295+2490.00%2.80 2000 EQ
2006 WQ
2012 EQ
2016 EQ
2022 WQ
 Mexico 640296+366.67%2.00 2002 W
2014 W
 Moldova 220020+2100.00%3.00
 Morocco 101022000.00%1.00
 Netherlands 210124−250.00%1.50 1998 W
 Nigeria 110020+2100.00%3.00 2018 W
 North Macedonia 8521119+262.50%2.13 2000 EQ
2008 EQ
2014 WQ
 Northern Ireland 110030+3100.00%3.00
 Norway 5311106+460.00%2.00 2016 EQ
 Peru 100102−200.00%0.00
 Poland 531173+460.00%2.00 2008 E
 Portugal 7016415−1100.00%0.14 1996 E
2016 E
2020–21 NQ
 Qatar 110032+1100.00%3.00
 Republic of Ireland 723288028.57%1.29 2000 EQ
2012 E
 Romania 330041+3100.00%3.00 1998 W
 Russia 624063+333.33%1.67 2008 EQ
2018 W
2022 WQ
 San Marino 3300180+18100.00%3.00 2002 WQ
 Scotland 613256−116.67%1.00 2002 WQ
2014 WQ
2020 E
 Senegal 110021+1100.00%3.00
 Serbia 211031+250.00%2.00 2014 WQ
 Slovakia 105321811+750.00%1.80 2020 EQ
2022 WQ
 Slovenia 116411910+954.55%2.00 1996 EQ
1998 WQ
2004 EQ
2022 WQ
 South Korea 7322117+442.86%1.57
 Spain 93151220−833.33%1.11 2012 E
2016 E
2018–19 NQ
2020 E
 Sweden 640287+166.67%2.00 2006 WQ
2020–21 NQ
  Switzerland 412167–125.00%1.25 2004 E
 Tunisia 100112−100.00%0.00
 Turkey 10361139+430.00%1.50 1996 E
2008 E
2012 EQ
2016 E
2018 WQ
 Ukraine 9531155+1055.56%2.00 1996 EQ
1998 WQ
2010 WQ
2018 WQ
 Wales 6420104+666.67%2.33 2014 WQ
2020 EQ
Total: 73 teams played 3201678766545312+23352.19%1.84
Notes
  1. According to the "three points for a win" standard
  2. Legend: In each final tournament of the World Cup, the European Championship and the Nations League (shown in bold), Croatia has played one match against the respective opponent, while in each qualifying tournament and each Nations League group stage, it has played two matches against the respective opponent. Friendly matches and minor tournaments are counted in the table but are not shown in this column.
  3. No longer active

See also

References

  1. "Dario Šimić stats". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  2. "Ivan Perišić stats". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  3. "World Cup 1994 qualifications". Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  4. "World Cup 2018: Argentina 0–3 Croatia". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  5. Taylor, Daniel (11 July 2018). "England's World Cup dream dashed as Croatia win semi-final in extra time". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. FIFA.com. "1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ - FIFA". FIFA. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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