Croatia national football team results (1940–1991)
This is a list of the Croatia national football team results from 1940 in Yugoslavia up to the country's independence in 1991.
The 1940s matches include four played by the Banovina of Croatia and another fifteen by the Independent State of Croatia. Then, the Socialist Republic of Croatia played a 1956 match against Indonesia.
In the modern era, the nation played three friendly matches under its new name, the Republic of Croatia, shortly before its independence from Yugoslavia, the first being against the United States in 1990.
Key
editAll matches listed are friendlies. Numbered matches are recognised by FIFA, while non-numbered matches are recognised by the Croatian Football Federation and/or the other team's governing body but not by FIFA.
- Match outcomes
1940s–1950s
edit1940: Banovina of Croatia
edit2 April 1940 Friendly | Croatia | 4–0 | Switzerland | Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Report | Stadium: Igralište Građanskog Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy) Assistant referees: Antun Mlinarić (Croatia) Branko Višnjić (Croatia) |
21 April 1940 Friendly | Switzerland | 0–1 | Croatia | Bern, Switzerland |
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Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Raffaelle Scorzzoni (Italy) |
2 May 1940 Friendly | Hungary | 1–0 | Croatia | Budapest, Hungary |
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Report | Stadium: Üllői út Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania) |
8 December 1940 Friendly | Croatia | 1–1 | Hungary | Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: Igralište Građanskog Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy) Assistant referees: Antun Mlinarić (Croatia) Branko Višnjić (Croatia) |
1941: Independent State of Croatia
edit15 June 1941 Friendly | Germany | 5–1 | Croatia | Vienna, Germany |
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Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Adolf Miesz (Germany) |
8 September 1941 Friendly | Slovakia | 1–1 | Croatia | Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alois Beranek (Germany) |
28 September 1941 Friendly | Croatia | 5–2 | Slovakia | Zagreb, Croatia |
Report | Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alois Beranek (Germany) |
1942: Croatia
edit17 January 1942 Friendly | Croatia | 0–2 | Germany | Zagreb, Croatia |
23:00 | Report | Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Josef Mohler (Slovakia) |
5 April 1942 Friendly | Italy | 4–0 | Croatia | Genoa, Italy |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Helmut Fink (Germany) Assistant referees: Scotto (Italy) Boggetti (Italy) |
12 April 1942 Friendly | Croatia | 6–0 | Bulgaria | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Report | Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Josef Mohler (Slovakia) |
7 June 1942 Friendly | Slovakia | 1–2 | Croatia | Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Karl Weimar (Germany) |
14 June 1942 Friendly | Hungary | 1–1 | Croatia | Budapest, Hungary |
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Report | Stadium: Üllői út Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Friedrich Müller (Germany) |
6 September 1942 Friendly | Croatia | 6–1 | Slovakia | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Todor Atanasov (Bulgaria) |
11 October 1942 Friendly | Romania | 2–2 | Croatia | Bucharest, Romania |
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Stadium: ANEF Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Todor Atanasov (Bulgaria) Assistant referees: Tică Iliescu (Romania) Mielu Petrescu (Romania) |
31 October 1942 Friendly | Germany | 5–1 | Croatia | Stuttgart, Germany |
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Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ferenc Palásti (Hungary) |
1943: Independent State of Croatia
edit4 April 1943 Friendly | Switzerland | 1–0 | Croatia | Zürich, Switzerland |
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Report | Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy) |
10 April 1943 Friendly | Croatia | 1–0 | Slovakia | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Report | Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Todor Atanasov (Bulgaria) |
6 June 1943 Friendly | Slovakia | 1–3 | Croatia | Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Report | Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Peter Kroner (Romania) |
1944: Independent State of Croatia
edit9 April 1944 Friendly | Croatia | 7–3 | Slovakia | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Report | Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Johann Brandweiner (Germany) |
1945: Federal State of Croatia
edit3 September 1945 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament | Croatia | 6–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: 20 Oktobar Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Moni Kario (Football Association of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia) |
8 September 1945 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament | Serbia | 3–1 | Croatia | Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: 20 Oktobar Stadium Attendance: 12,000 |
9 September 1945 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament | Croatia | 3–0 | Vojvodina | Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
14:00 | Report | Stadium: 20 Oktobar Stadium Attendance: 15,000 |
1956: Socialist Republic of Croatia
edit12 September 1956 Friendly | Croatia | 5–2 | Indonesia | Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ezio Damiani (Croatia) Assistant referees: Antun Marek (Croatia) Hermenegildo Kranjc (Croatia) |
1990s
edit1990: Republic of Croatia
edit17 October 1990 Friendly | Croatia | 2–1 | United States | Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sergio Coppetelli (Italy) Assistant referees: Dario Boemo (Italy) Giancarlo Dal Forno (Italy) |
22 December 1990 Friendly | Croatia | 2–0 | Romania | Rijeka, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gerhard Köpel (Austria) Assistant referees: Werner Windismann (Austria) Karl Hitzenhauer (Austria) |
1991: Republic of Croatia
edit19 June 1991 Friendly | Slovenia | 0–1 | Croatia | Murska Sobota, Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Igor Bučar (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Danko Jamšek (Slovenia) Zdravko Martun (Slovenia) |
Record per opponent
editOnly official matches are displayed.
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
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Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0.00 |
Hungary | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 |
Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
Slovakia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 85.71 |
Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
Total: 8 teams played | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 47.06 |
External links
edit- Croatia Archived 30 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA.com
- Croatian Football Statistics