Croatia national football team

Croatia
Nickname(s)	Vatreni (The Blazers) ; Kockasti (The Chequered Ones) ;
Association	Hrvatski nogometni savez (HNS)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Zlatko Dali?
Captain	Luka Modri?
Most caps	Darijo Srna (134)
Top scorer	Davor ?uker (45)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	CRO
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	7 5 (22 December 2022)
Highest	3 (January 1999)
Lowest	125 (March 1994)
First international
	Croatia 4?0 Switzerland ; ( Zagreb , Croatia , Yugoslavia ; 2 April 1940) ; as modern Croatia ; Croatia 2?1 United States ; ( Zagreb , Croatia , Yugoslavia ; 17 October 1990)
Biggest win
	Croatia 10?0 San Marino ; ( Rijeka , Croatia ; 4 June 2016)
Biggest defeat
	Spain 6?0 Croatia ; ( Elche , Spain ; 11 September 2018)
World Cup
Appearances	5 ( first in 1998 )
Best result	Runners-up ( 2018 )
European Championship
Appearances	5 ( first in 1996 )
Best result	Quarter-finals ( 1996 , 2008 )
Medal record
Men's football
FIFA World Cup

Croatia national football team is the national football team of Croatia . The team reached the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup , but lost to France 4?2. ^[3]

Most appearances [ change | change source ]

As of 11 July 2018 ^[4]

#	Name	Croatia career	Caps	Goals
1	Darijo Srna	2002?2016	134	22
2	Stipe Pletikosa	1999?2014	114	0
3	Luka Modri?	2006?	112	14
4	Josip ?imuni?	2001?2013	105	3
5	Ivica Oli?	2002?2015	104	20
6	Vedran ?orluka	2006?	103	4
7	Dario ?imi?	1996?2008	100	3
8	Ivan Rakiti?	2007?	98	15
9	Mario Mand?uki?	2007?	88	32
10	Robert Kova?	1999?2009	84	0

As of 11 July 2018 ^[4]

#	Name	Croatia career	Goals	Caps
1	Davor ?uker	1991?2002	45	69
2	Mario Mand?uki?	2007?	32	88
3	Eduardo da Silva	2004?2014	29	64
4	Darijo Srna	2002?2016	22	134
5	Ivica Oli?	2002?2015	20	104
5	Ivan Peri?i?	2011?	20	72
7	Niko Kranj?ar	2004?2013	16	81
8	Goran Vlaovi?	1992?2002	15	52
	Nikola Kalini?	2007?		42
	Ivan Rakiti?	2007?		98

↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking" . FIFA . 22 December 2022 . Retrieved 22 December 2022 .
↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings" . eloratings.net . 3 March 2019 . Retrieved 3 March 2019 .
↑ "World Cup 2018 Final: France vs. Croatia Live Updates" . New York Times . Retrieved 15 July 2018 .
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "A team" . Croatian Football Federation . Retrieved 6 June 2016 .

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