Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup explained

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup Croatia participated in the event for the first time. The country went on to finish third.

Qualifications

Croatia was drawn in Group A of UEFA's World Cup qualifications along with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Greece, and Slovenia. Croatia finished second, behind Denmark, and qualified for the World Cup. The team had the following results:

Results
bgcolor=#808080 colspan=4
width=100Datewidth=300Venuewidth=60Opponentwidth=20Score
align=center bgcolor=#F08080October 8, 1996align=center bgcolor=#F08080Stadio Renato Dall'Ara,
Bologna		align=center bgcolor=#F08080Bosnia and Herzegovinaalign=center bgcolor=#F080804:1
align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFNovember 10, 1996align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFMaksimir Stadium,
Zagreb		align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFGreecealign=center bgcolor=#FFFFFF1:1
align=center bgcolor=#F08080March 29, 1997align=center bgcolor=#F08080Poljud Stadium,
Split		align=center bgcolor=#F08080Denmarkalign=center bgcolor=#F080801:1
align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFApril 2, 1997align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFPoljud Stadium,
Split		align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFSloveniaalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFFF3:3
align=center bgcolor=#F08080April 30, 1997align=center bgcolor=#F08080Toumba Stadium,
Thessaloniki		align=center bgcolor=#F08080Greecealign=center bgcolor=#F080801:0
align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFSeptember 6, 1997align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFMaksimir Stadium,
Zagreb		align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFBosnia and Herzegovinaalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFFF3:2
align=center bgcolor=#F08080September 10, 1997align=center bgcolor=#F08080Parken Stadium,
Copenhagen		align=center bgcolor=#F08080Denmarkalign=center bgcolor=#F080801:3
align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFOctober 11, 1997align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFBežigrad Stadium,
Ljubljana		align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFFSloveniaalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFFF3:1

The final standings were the following:

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1785211468
15843117125
1484221147
98305914-5
18017520-15

Players

Team captain Zvonimir Boban is the only player that appeared in all 10 qualifying matches. Davor Šuker was top scorer with 5 goals. Ardian Kozniku, Petar Krpan, Anthony Šerić and Vladimir Vasilj did not appear in any of the qualifying matches but made the final World Cup squad.

Complete list of players in the qualifying matches

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1103
2Davor Šuker9 5
Alen Bokšić9 4
Slaven Bilić9 3
Aljoša Asanović9 0
6Goran Vlaović82
Robert Jarni80
8Zvonimir Soldo71
Dario Šimić7 1
Goran Jurić7 0
Dražen Ladić70
12Robert Prosinečki6 1
Igor Cvitanović60
14Nikola Jerkan40
Krunoslav Jurčić40
16Silvio Marić3 1
Niko Kovač30
Marjan Mrmić30
Igor Štimac30
20Tomislav Erceg2 0
Tonči Gabrić20
Nenad Pralija2 0
Mario Stanić2 0
24Nikola Jurčević1 0
Zoran Mamić1 0
Daniel Šarić1 0
Igor Tudor1 0

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