Croatia in the UEFA Nations League

This is a record of Croatia's results at the UEFA Nations League.

Croatia first time took part in UEFA Nations League in the 2018–19 season where they were seeded for League A in Pot 3.[1] They were drawn into Group 4 along with Spain and England. They were supposed to be relegated to the League B for the 2020–21 season, but due to changes in format of the competition, managed to stay in League A.[2]

Records
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
Total 10 2 1 7 13 26 9th

2018–19 League A

Group 4
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1  England 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Qualification to Nations League Finals — 1–2 2–1
2  Spain 4 2 0 2 12 7 +5 6 2–3 — 6–0
3  Croatia 4 1 1 2 4 10 −6 4 0–0 3–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
Spain 6–0 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 26,900[3]
Croatia 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Croatia 3–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 33,018
England 2–1 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 78,221

2020–21 League A

Group 3
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  France 6 5 1 0 12 5 +7 16 Qualification to Nations League Finals — 0–0 4–2 4–2
2  Portugal 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 0–1 — 4–1 3–0
3  Croatia 6 1 0 5 9 16 −7 3[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 2–3 — 2–1
4  Sweden (R) 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to League B 0–1 0–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Portugal 4–1 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
France 4–2 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 0
Croatia 2–1 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 2,020
Croatia 1–2 France
 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Sweden 2–1 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 0
Croatia 2–3 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 0

Players with most appearances
No. Name Matches
1 Ivan Perišić10
2 Dejan Lovren8
Luka Modrić
Mateo Kovačić
Josip Brekalo
Nikola Vlašić

[5]

Goalscorers
No. Name Goals
1 Andrej Kramarić3
2 Tin Jedvaj2
Nikola Vlašić
Mateo Kovačić
5 Josip Brekalo1
Dejan Lovren
Bruno Petković

[6]

See also

Notes
  1. The Croatia v England match was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Croatia for racist behaviour in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home match against Italy.[4]

References
  1. "UEFA Nations League draw seedings". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.com). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. "Format change for 2020/21 UEFA Nations League". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.com). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. "Spain 6–0 Croatia". livescore.net. LiveScore. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. "England's Nations League match in Croatia will be behind closed doors". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. "Igrači". hrnogomet. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. "Strijelci". hrnogomet. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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