Croatia national futsal team

The Croatia national futsal team represents Croatia during international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships.

Croatia

Nickname(s)	Vatreni (The Blazers)
Association	Croatian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Marinko Mavrović
Captain	Franco Jelovčić
Most caps	Ivo Jukić (111)
Top scorer	Dario Marinović (62)
Home stadium	Arena Zagreb
FIFA code	CRO
FIFA ranking	10 (27 January 2021) [1]
Home colours Away colours
First international
Italy 4–1 Croatia  (Milano, Italy; March 14, 1994)
Biggest win
Croatia 18–4 Japan  (Milano, Italy; March 15, 1994)
Biggest defeat
Croatia 0–10 Spain  (Águilas, Spain; March 30, 2013)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2000)
Best result	Fifth place (2000)
European Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1999)
Best result	Fourth place (2012)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2013)
Best result	Fourth place (2013)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	2 (First in 2006)
Best result	Third place (2006)

Results

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Netherlands 1989	Part of Yugoslavia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala 2000	Second round	6	3	0	3	18	15	+3
Chinese Taipei 2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand 2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia 2016	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania 2021	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/9	6	3	0	3	18	15	+3

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Spain 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1999	Group stage	3	1	0	2	8	14	–6
Russia 2001	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	9	–7
Italy 2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic 2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal 2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hungary 2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Croatia 2012	Fourth place	4	2	1	1	10	10	0
Belgium 2014	Quarterfinals	3	0	2	1	7	8	–1
Serbia 2016	Group stage	2	0	1	1	4	6	–2
Slovenia 2018	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Netherlands 2022	To be determined
Total	5/12	15	4	4	7	31	47	–16

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Brazil 2005	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2006	Third place	4	2	1	1	8	15	–7
Brazil 2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	Seventh place	6	3	0	3	8	14	–6
Brazil 2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2010	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2011	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2013	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2015	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2017	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/11	10	5	1	4	16	29	–13

Confederations Cup

Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Libya 2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2013	Fourth place	3	0	1	2	3	12	–9
Kuwait 2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/3	3	0	1	2	3	12	–9

Futsal Mundialito

Futsal Mundialito Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Italy 1994	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	38	18	+20
Brazil 1995	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 1998	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2001	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy 2002	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal 2006	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	14	5	+9
Portugal 2007	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	17	18	–1
Portugal 2008	Fifth place	3	1	0	2	7	9	–2
Total	4/9	16	9	1	6	76	50	+26

Mediterranean Cup

Mediterranean Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Libya 2010	Champions	6	5	1	0	31	9	+22
Total	1/1	6	5	1	0	31	9	+22

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Žarko Luketin	16 March 1989 (aged 31)	40	3	MNK Olmissum
12	GK	Zoran Primić	21 April 1991 (aged 29)	16	0	MNK Square
20	GK	Marko Vuković	25 August 1997 (aged 23)	1	0	HMNK Vrgorac
7	DF	Franco Jelovčić	6 July 1991 (aged 29)	84	51	MNK Olmissum
2	DF	Vedran Matošević	27 August 1990 (aged 30)	64	20	KMN Dobovec
10	DF	Tihomir Novak	24 October 1986 (aged 34)	100	36	KMN Dobovec
14	DF	Kristijan Postružin	28 August 1995 (aged 25)	24	3	MNK Olmissum
11	DF	Josip Suton	14 November 1988 (aged 32)	67	25	Meta Catania Calcio a 5
15	FW	Matej Horvat	30 January 1994 (aged 26)	42	3	MNK Olmissum
9	FW	Luka Perić	9 February 1997 (aged 23)	35	7	KMN Dobovec
16	FW	Luka Suton	5 December 1998 (aged 22)	16	3	Saviatesta Mantova Calcio a 5
3	FW	Kristian Čekol	30 December 1997 (aged 23)	10	0	MNK Futsal Dinamo
4	FW	Josip Jurlina	13 January 2000 (aged 21)	8	1	MNK Olmissum
5	FW	Stjepan Perišić	3 August 1990 (aged 30)	18	3	MNK Olmissum
8	FW	Dario Marinović	24 May 1990 (aged 30)	78	62	Jimbee Cartagena

Results and Fixtures

2013

18 September 2013 Euro 2014 Play-off	Slovakia	1 – 3	Croatia	Bratislava, Slovakia
17:15 CET	Haľk  19'	Report	Marinović  22', 23' Novak  28'	Stadium: Interhala Pasienky

24 September 2013 Euro 2014 Play-off	Croatia	4 – 0	Slovakia	Dubrovnik, Croatia
20:00 CET	Jelovčić 4', 21', 37' Marinović  34'	Report		Stadium: Sports Hall

2014

7 January 2014 Friendly	Croatia	3 – 2	Belgium	Novigrad, Croatia
20:00		Report

8 January 2014 Friendly	Croatia	2 – 2	Belgium	Opatija, Croatia
20:00		Report

29 January 2014 Euro 2014	Spain	3 – 3	Croatia	Antwerp, Belgium
18:30	Aicardo  16' Lin  27', 28'	Report	Babić  10' Jelovčić  18' Capar  38'	Stadium: Lotto Arena

31 January 2014 Euro 2014	Croatia	3 – 3	Czech Republic	Antwerp, Belgium
18:30		Report		Stadium: Lotto Arena

4 February 2014 Euro 2014	Italy	2–1	Croatia	Sportpaleis, Antwerp
18:00	Romano  1' Fortino  10'	Report	Jelovčić  7'	Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

Notable players

• Robert Grdović
• Patrik Drndić
• Robertino Jelovčić
• Nikola Tomičić
• Mićo Martić
• Ivica Lemo
• Goran Eklić
• Tomislav Gričar
• Dinko Huskić
• Josip Palić
• Pjer Malvasija
• Alen Delpont
• Željko Mijić
• Boris Držanić
• Boris Durlen
• Dean Delevski
• Tomislav Papeš
• Velimir Čarapina
• Edin Dervišagić
• Siniša Alebić
• Božidar Butigan
• Edin Derviščaušević
• Mate Čuljak
• Alen Jukić
• Marijan Brnčić
• Ivica Gvozden
• Robert Karašić
• Korab Morina
• Kujtim Morina
• Dario Marinović

Player statistics

As of 30 January 2021

Most appearances # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Name Matches Position Years Ivo Jukić 111 GK 2006 - 2017 Tihomir Novak 100 D 2007 - Present Jakov Grcić 91 D 2007 - 2017 Franco Jelovčić 84 D 2011 - Present Dario Marinović 78 P 2008 - Present Josip Suton 67 D 2009 - Present Saša Babić 65 P 2011 - 2017 Vedran Matošević 64 D 2009 - Present Frane Despotović 64 2006 - 2015 Matija Đulvat 57 2003 - 2012 Robert Grdović 56 1998 - 2008 Kristijan Grbeša 52 P 2011 - 2019

Top scorers # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Name Goals Position Years Dario Marinović 62 P 2008 - Present Franco Jelovčić 51 D 2011 - Present Robert Grdović 40 1998 - 2008 Tihomir Novak 36 D 2007 - Present Jakov Grcić 36 D 2007 - 2017 Josip Suton 25 D 2009 - Present Vedran Matošević 20 D 2009 - Present Matija Đulvat 18 2003 - 2012 Dean Banić 18 2006 - 2011 Duje Bajrušović 17 D 2004 - 2020 Kristijan Grbeša 14 P 2011 - 2019 Frane Despotović 14 2006 - 2015

Record against other teams

As of 30 January 2021

Key

	Positive total balance (more wins)
	Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative total balance (more losses)

National team	Total				FIFA World Cup				Confederations Cup				UEFA European Championship				Mediterranean Games				Qualifications				Tournaments *
	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L
Albania	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1
Argentina	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2
Armenia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Belarus	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Belgium	6	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	4	1	0	3
Brazil	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
Chile	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Colombia	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	21	13	2	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	2	2	—	—	—	—	4	2	0	2	4	2	0	2
Denmark	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
Greece	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	22	6	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	0	0	2	7	1	2	4
Iran	6	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	21	3	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4
Japan	5	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Libya	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	5	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Palestine	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Romania	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia	10	0	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia **	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	2	0	0	2
Slovenia	10	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	8	1	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	11	3	2	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	1
Vietnam	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (48)	245	122	38	85

** includes games against  Serbia and Montenegro / FR Yugoslavia

* other international (invitational) competitions: Grand Prix de Futsal (2005-2014), Futsal Mundialito (2007-2008)

Biggest Wins

FIFA World Cup	Confederations Cup	European Championship	Mediterranean Games	Qualifications	Tournaments
+6 vs. Australia (6-0) 2000 +3 vs. Costa Rica (4-1) 2000 +3 vs. Netherlands (5-2) 2000	—	+1 multiple opponents	+7 vs. Palestine (8-1) 2010 +4 vs. Lebanon (5-1) 2010 +4 vs. Morocco (5-1) 2010 +4 vs. Slovenia (7-3) 2010	+10 vs. Turkey (10-0) 2015 +8 vs. Armenia (8-0) 2015 +7 vs. Sweden (7-0) 2013	+5 vs. Angola (7-2) 2007 +4 vs. Georgia (5-1) 2008 +3 vs. Chile (3-0) 2008

Biggest Losses

FIFA World Cup	Confederations Cup	European Championship	Mediterranean Games	Qualifications	Tournaments
-5 vs. Spain (0-5) 2000 -2 vs. Russia (2-4) 2000	-7 vs. Brazil (0-7) 2013 -2 vs. Colombia (2-4) 2013	-5 vs. Netherlands (3-8) 1999 -5 vs. Ukraine (0-5) 2001	—	-10 vs. Spain (0-10) 2013 -3 vs. Belarus (4-7) 2016 -3 vs. Italy (3-6) 2008 -3 vs. Italy (0-3) 2008 -3 vs. Ukraine (1-4) 2012	-7 vs. Brazil (0-7) 2008 -6 vs. Hungary (3-9) 2007 -5 vs. Brazil (1-6) 2006 -5 vs. Italy (1-6) 2006

References

1. Futsal World Ranking

External links

• CROfutsal (in Croatian)
• HRfutsal.com (in Croatian)
• Croatia Mediterranean Futsal champions 2010 (in Croatian) (Last updated November 10, 2010)
• Detailed list of all Croatia's games (in Croatian) (Last updated July 1, 2009)