Croatia national football team records and statistics

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

Individual records

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Player records

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Most capped players

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Rank Player First appearance Last appearance Caps
1 Luka Modrić 1 March 2006 15 October 2024 182
2 Ivan Perišić 26 March 2011 15 October 2024 138
3 Darijo Srna 20 November 2002 25 June 2016 134
4 Stipe Pletikosa 10 February 1999 23 June 2014 114
5 Ivan Rakitić 8 September 2007 13 October 2019 106
Mateo Kovačić 22 March 2013 8 September 2024
7 Domagoj Vida 23 May 2010 3 June 2024 105
Josip Šimunić 10 November 2001 19 November 2013
9 Ivica Olić 13 February 2002 13 October 2015 104
10 Vedran Ćorluka 16 August 2006 11 July 2018 103
11 Dario Šimić 13 March 1996 20 August 2008 100
Andrej Kramarić 4 September 2014 15 October 2024
13 Marcelo Brozović 7 June 2014 24 June 2024 99
14 Mario Mandžukić 17 November 2007 15 July 2018 89
15 Robert Kovač 28 April 1999 14 October 2009 84
16 Niko Kovač 11 December 1996 11 October 2008 83
17 Niko Kranjčar 18 August 2004 15 October 2013 81
Robert Jarni 22 December 1990 13 June 2002
19 Dejan Lovren 8 October 2009 13 December 2022 78
20 Mario Pašalić 4 September 2014 15 October 2024 70
21 Davor Šuker 22 December 1990 3 June 2002 69
22 Eduardo da Silva 16 November 2004 18 June 2014 64
23 Aljoša Asanović 17 October 1990 28 May 2000 62
24 Zvonimir Soldo 20 April 1994 8 June 2002 61
Dominik Livaković 11 January 2017 15 October 2024
26 Dražen Ladić 17 October 1990 28 May 2000 59
Jerko Leko 8 May 2002 8 October 2009
28 Danijel Pranjić 16 November 2004 3 September 2015 58
29 Nikola Vlašić 27 May 2017 8 June 2024 56
30 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
33 Igor Štimac 22 December 1990 13 February 2002 53
34 Goran Vlaović 5 July 1992 21 August 2002 52
Šime Vrsaljko 9 February 2011 10 June 2022
Updated on 15 October 2024, after match against   Poland.
First player to reach 100 appearances

Dario Šimić, 20 August 2008, Slovenia 2–3 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

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Rank Player Croatia career Goals Caps
1 Davor Šuker 1990–2002 45 69
2 Mario Mandžukić 2007–2018 33 89
Ivan Perišić 2011– 138
4 Andrej Kramarić 2014– 30 100
5 Eduardo da Silva 2004–2014 29 64
6 Luka Modrić 2006– 27 182
7 Darijo Srna 2002–2016 22 134
8 Ivica Olić 2002–2015 20 104
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 15 October 2024, after match against   Poland.
First goal

Florijan Matekalo, 2 April 1940, Croatia 4–0 Switzerland

Manager records

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Manager results

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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)[a] 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– 91 45 24 22 049.45   2018 World Cup – Runners-up
  2020 European Championship – Round of 16
  2022 World Cup – Third place
  2024 European Championship – Group stage
Totals 383 200 103 80 52.22% 13 out of 15

Last updated: Poland v Croatia, 15 October 2024.

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

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Home matches

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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 68 47 15 6 069.1 2022
Stadion Poljud Split 18 4 9 5 022.2 2023
Stadion Gradski vrt Osijek 14 10 3 1 071.4 2022
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
Totals 136 88 34 14 64.7% 2023

Last updated: Croatia vs. Wales, 25 March 2023. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Competition records

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FIFA World Cup

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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 via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 17 December 2022 after the match against Morocco.
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pos Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1990 Part of   Yugoslavia
  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 Third place 3rd 7 2 4 1 8 7 Squad 1st 10 7 2 1 21 4
    2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Runners-up 6/7 30 13 8 9 43 33 72 43 20 9 129 51

UEFA European Championship

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*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 24 June 2024 after the match against Italy.
UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pos Pld W D L GF GA
1960 to 1992 Part of   Yugoslavia
  1996 Quarter-finals 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-finals 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 14th 4 1 1 2 7 8 Squad 1st 8 5 2 1 17 7
  2024 Group stage 20th 3 0 2 1 3 6 Squad 2nd 8 5 1 2 13 4
Total Quarter-finals 7/8 25 9 8 8 33 34 78 50 17 11 148 50

UEFA Nations League

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*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 18 June 2023 after the match against Spain.
UEFA Nations League record
Season 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 8 5 2 1 12 8   Runners-up
  2024–25 A In progress
Total 18 7 3 8 25 34 Runners-up

Head-to-head records

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

Only FIFA matches are counted. Correct as of 15 October 2024, after the match against   Poland.

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win % Points/game[a] Competitive matches[b]
  Albania 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00.00% 1.00 2024 E
  Andorra 6 6 0 0 24 0 +24 100.00% 3.00 2004 EQ
2008 EQ
2010 WQ
  Argentina 6 2 1 3 7 8 –1 33.33% 1.40 1998 W
2018 W
2022 W
  Armenia 3 2 1 0 3 1 +1 66.66% 2.33 2024 EQ
  Australia 6 2 2 2 11 6 +5 33.33% 1.33 2006 W
  Austria 7 6 0 1 12 6 +6 85.71% 2.57 2008 E
2022–23 NQ
  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
  Belgium 9 3 2 4 9 6 +3 37.50% 1.38 2002 WQ
2004 EQ
2014 WQ
2022 W
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 4 0 0 14 6 +8 100.00% 3.00 1998 WQ
  Brazil 5 3 2 3 3 8 −2 00.00% 0.40 2006 W
2014 W
2022 W
  Bulgaria 8 5 2 1 12 6 +6 62.50% 2.16 2004 EQ
2006 WQ
2016 EQ
  Cameroon 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00% 3.00 2014 W
  Canada 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00% 3.00 2022 W
  Chile 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 00.00% 1.00
  China 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 00.00% 1.00
  Cyprus 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00% 3.00 2022 WQ
  Czech Republic 4 1 3 0 8 6 +2 25.00% 1.50 2016 E
2020 E
  Denmark 8 4 2 2 11 8 +3 50.00% 1.75 1996 E
1998 WQ
2018 W
2022–23 NQ
  Ecuador 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 00.00% 0.00 2002 W
  Egypt 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2 50.00% 2.00
  England 11 3 2 6 13 22 −9 27.27% 1.00 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
  FR Yugoslavia[c] 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 00.00% 1.00 2000 EQ
  France 10 1 3 6 10 20 −10 10.00% 0.60 1998 W
2004 E
2018 W
2020–21 NQ
2022–23 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 9 3 6 0 11 7 +4 33.33% 1.66 1996 EQ
2002 W
2012 E
2016 EQ
2024 E
  Jamaica 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00% 3.00 1998 W
  Japan 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 25.00% 1.33 1998 W
2006 W
2022 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 6 6 0 0 17 1 +16 100.00% 3.00 2002 WQ
2012 EQ
2024 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 10 9 1 0 29 5 +24 90.00% 2.80 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 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 33.33% 1.00 2022 W
2022 W
  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 66.67% 2.00 1998 W
2022–23 N
  Nigeria 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00% 3.00 2018 W
  North Macedonia 9 6 2 1 14 9 +5 66.66% 2.22 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
  Peru 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 00.00% 0.00
  Poland 7 4 2 1 11 6 +5 57.14% 2.00 2008 E
2024–25 NL
  Portugal 9 1 1 7 7 18 −11 11.11% 0.44 1996 E
2016 E
2020–21 NQ
2024 E
2024–25 NL
  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 6 2 4 0 6 3 +3 33.33% 1.67 2008 EQ
2018 W
2022 WQ
  San Marino 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 100.00% 3.00 2002 WQ
  Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00% 3.00
  Scotland 7 2 3 2 7 7 0 28.57% 1.28 2002 WQ
2014 WQ
2020 E
2024–25 NL
  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 10 5 3 2 18 11 +7 50.00% 1.80 2020 EQ
2022 WQ
  Slovenia 11 6 4 1 19 10 +9 54.55% 2.00 1996 EQ
1998 WQ
2004 EQ
2022 WQ
  South Korea 7 3 2 2 11 7 +4 42.86% 1.57
  Spain 11 3 2 6 12 23 −11 27.27% 1.00 2012 E
2016 E
2018–19 NQ
2020 E
2022-23 N
2024 E
  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 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 00.00% 0.00
  Turkey 12 4 6 2 15 10 +5 33.33% 1.50 1996 E
2008 E
2012 EQ
2016 E
2018 WQ
2024 EQ
  Ukraine 9 5 3 1 15 5 +10 55.56% 2.00 1996 EQ
1998 WQ
2010 WQ
2018 WQ
  Wales 8 4 3 1 12 7 +5 50.00% 1.87 2014 WQ
2020 EQ
2024 EQ
Total: 76 teams played 351 184 96 71 595 341 +254 52.42% 1.85
Notes
  1. ^ According to the "three points for a win" standard
  2. ^ Legend: Unless otherwise noted, 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Dario Šimić stats". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Ivan Perišić stats". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  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. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.