Croatia national football team all-time record
The following table show the Croatia national football team's all-time international record.
Head-to-head record (1991–present)
Only FIFA matches are counted. Correct as of 17 November 2020, after the UEFA Nations League against Portugal.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Points/game[lower-alpha 1] | Competitive matches[lower-alpha 2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andorra |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2004 EQ 2008 EQ 2010 WQ |
 Argentina |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 40.00% | 1.40 | 1998 W 2018 W |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 33.33% | 1.33 | 2006 W |
 Austria |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2008 E |
 Azerbaijan |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 50.00% | 2.00 | 2016 EQ 2020 EQ |
 Belarus |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2010 WQ |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 42.86% | 1.57 | 2002 WQ 2004 EQ 2014 WQ |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 1998 WQ |
 Brazil |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 00.00% | 0.25 | 2006 W 2014 W |
 Bulgaria |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 57.14% | 2.00 | 2004 EQ 2006 WQ 2016 EQ |
 Cameroon |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2014 W |
 Chile |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 00.00% | 1.00 | |
 China PR |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 00.00% | 1.00 | |
 Cyprus |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2022 WQ |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 33.33% | 1.67 | 2016 E 2020 E |
 Denmark |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 33.33% | 1.33 | 1996 E 1998 WQ 2018 W |
 Ecuador |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 00.00% | 0.00 | 2002 W |
 Egypt |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00.00% | 1.00 | |
 England |
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 30.00% | 1.10 | 2004 E 2008 EQ 2010 WQ 2018 W 2018–19 NQ 2020 E |
 Estonia |
9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 66.67% | 2.22 | 1996 EQ 2004 EQ 2008 EQ |
 Finland |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.00% | 2.00 | 2018 WQ |
 France |
8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 00.00% | 0.25 | 1998 W 2004 E 2018 W 2020–21 NQ |
 Georgia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 66.67% | 2.00 | 2012 EQ |
 Germany |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 40.00% | 1.40 | 1996 E 1998 W 2008 E |
 Gibraltar |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00% | 3.00 | |
 Greece |
8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 25.00% | 1.25 | 1998 WQ 2012 EQ 2018 WQ |
 Hong Kong |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00% | 3.00 | |
 Hungary |
9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 44.44% | 1.78 | 2006 WQ 2020 EQ |
 Iceland |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 71.43% | 2.26 | 2006 WQ 2014 WQ 2018 WQ 2018 W |
 Iran |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 50.00% | 2.00 | |
 Israel |
9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 88.89% | 2.78 | 2008 EQ 2012 EQ |
 Italy |
8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 37.50% | 1.75 | 1996 EQ 2002 W 2012 E 2016 EQ |
 Jamaica |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 1998 W |
 Japan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | 1.33 | 1998 W 2006 W |
 Jordan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00% | 3.00 | |
 Kazakhstan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2010 WQ |
 Kosovo |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2018 WQ |
 Latvia |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2002 WQ 2012 EQ |
 Liechtenstein |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 100.00% | 3.00 | |
 Lithuania |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 50.00% | 2.00 | 1996 EQ |
 Mali |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00% | 3.00 | |
 Malta |
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 87.50% | 2.75 | 2000 EQ 2006 WQ 2012 EQ 2016 EQ 2022 WQ |
 Mexico |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 66.67% | 2.00 | 2002 W 2014 W |
 Moldova |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00% | 3.00 | |
 Morocco |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00.00% | 1.00 | |
 Netherlands |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 50.00% | 1.50 | 1998 W |
 Nigeria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2018 W |
 North Macedonia |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 62.50% | 2.13 | 2000 EQ 2008 EQ 2014 WQ |
 Northern Ireland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00% | 3.00 | |
 Norway |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 60.00% | 2.00 | 2016 EQ |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Peru |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 00.00% | 0.00 | |
 Poland |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 60.00% | 2.00 | 2008 E |
 Portugal |
7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 00.00% | 0.14 | 1996 E 2016 E 2020–21 NQ |
 Qatar |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00% | 3.00 | |
 Republic of Ireland |
7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 28.57% | 1.29 | 2000 EQ 2012 E |
 Romania |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 1998 W |
 Russia |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 25.00% | 1.50 | 2008 EQ 2018 W 2022 WQ |
 San Marino |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 2002 WQ |
 Scotland |
5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 00.00% | 0.60 | 2002 WQ 2014 WQ 2020 E |
 Senegal |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00% | 3.00 | |
 Serbia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 50.00% | 2.00 | 2014 WQ |
 Slovakia |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 50.00% | 1.75 | 2020 EQ 2022 WQ |
 Slovenia |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 62.50% | 2.25 | 1996 EQ 1998 WQ 2004 EQ 2022 WQ |
 South Korea |
7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 42.86% | 1.57 | |
 Spain |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 37.50% | 1.25 | 2012 E 2016 E 2018–19 NQ |
 Sweden |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 66.67% | 2.00 | 2006 WQ 2020–21 NQ |
 Switzerland |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 25.00% | 1.25 | 2004 E |
 Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 00.00% | 0.00 | |
 Turkey |
10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 30.00% | 1.50 | 1996 E 2008 E 2012 EQ 2016 E 2018 WQ |
 Ukraine |
9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 55.56% | 2.00 | 1996 EQ 1998 WQ 2010 WQ 2018 WQ |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wales |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 66.67% | 2.33 | 2014 WQ 2020 EQ |
%253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} FR Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 3] |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00.00% | 1.00 | 2000 EQ |
| Total: 72 teams played | 304 | 160 | 82 | 62 | 517 | 296 | +221 | 52.63% | 1.90 |
- Notes
- According to the "three points for a win" standard
- Legend:
- "W" – FIFA World Cup match
- "E" – UEFA European Championship match
- "N" – UEFA Nations League Finals match
- "Q" – qualifying match or UEFA Nations League group stage match
- No longer active
Competitive record
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] Supplanting their third place positioning in 1998, this is the nation's best performance to date.[4]
The national squad, lining up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final.
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks; correct as of 15 July 2018 after the match against France.
| 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 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | N/A | |||||||||||||||
 1994 |
Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 |
Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | Squad | 2nd | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 5/6 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 26 | – | – | 62 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 108 | 47 | |
| Croatia'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 at the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| Worst Result | Group stage in 2002, 2006 and 2014 |
UEFA European Championship
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks; correct as of 25 June 2016 (Croatia v. Portugal).
| 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 Yugoslavia | N/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 |
Qualified | 1st | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2024 |
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Quarter-final | 6/7 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | – | – | 70 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 135 | 46 | |
| Croatia's European Championship record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Match | Croatia 1–0 Turkey (11 June 1996; Nottingham, England) | ||||
| Biggest Win | Croatia 3–0 Denmark (16 June 1996; Sheffield, England) | ||||
| Biggest Defeat | Portugal 3–0 Croatia (19 June 1996; Nottingham, England) | ||||
| Best Result | Quarter-final in 1996 and 2008 | ||||
| Worst Result | Group stage in 2004 and 2012 | ||||
UEFA Nations League
| UEFA Nations League | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Division | Group | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2018–19 | A | 4 | Group stage (3rd) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020–21 | A | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Group stage League A |
9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Croatia's Nations League record | |
|---|---|
| First Match | Spain 6–0 Croatia (Elche, Spain; 11 September 2018) |
| Biggest Win | Croatia 3–2 Spain (Zagreb, Croatia; 15 November 2018) |
| Biggest Defeat | Spain 6–0 Croatia (Elche, Spain; 11 September 2018) |
| Best Result | 9th place in 2018–19 |
| Worst Result | |
Managers
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jozo Jakopić |
1939–1941 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | — |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Rudolf Hitrec |
1941 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
| Bogdan Cuvaj |
1941–1943 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 46.15 | — |
| 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 | 25.00 | — |
| Vlatko Marković |
1993–1994 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | — |
| Miroslav Blažević |
1994–2000 | 72 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 45.83 |  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 | 50.00 | 2002 World Cup – Group stage |
| Otto Barić |
2002–2004 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 45.83 | 2004 European Championship – Group stage |
| Zlatko Kranjčar |
2004–2006 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 44.00 | 2006 World Cup – Group stage |
| Slaven Bilić |
2006–2012 | 65 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 64.62 | 2008 European Championship – Quarter-final 2010 World Cup – Failed to qualify 2012 European Championship – Group stage |
| Igor Štimac |
2012–2013 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 53.33 | — |
| Niko Kovač |
2013–2015 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 52.63 | 2014 World Cup – Group stage |
| Ante Čačić |
2015–2017 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 60.00 | 2016 European Championship – Round of 16 |
| Zlatko Dalić |
2017– | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 53.33 | 2018 World Cup – Runners-up |
| Totals | 322 | 171 | 86 | 65 | 53.11% | 11 out of 13 | |
Last updated: Croatia vs. Georgia, 19 November 2019.
Source: Croatian Football Federation
- 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.
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 | 64 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 68.8 | 2019 |
| Stadion Poljud | Split | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15.4 | 2019 |
| Stadion Gradski vrt | Osijek | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3 | 2019 |
| Stadion Kantrida | Rijeka | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9 | 2011 |
| Stadion Varteks | Varaždin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.5 | 2019 |
| Stadion Rujevica | Rijeka | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 2019 |
| Stadion A. Drosina | Pula | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 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 | 0.0 | 2003 |
| Totals | 122 | 81 | 30 | 11 | 66.4% | — | |
Last updated: Croatia vs. Georgia, 19 November 2019. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.
References
- "World Cup 1994 qualifications". Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
- "World Cup 2018: Argentina 0–3 Croatia". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- 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.
- FIFA.com. "1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ - FIFA". FIFA. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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