The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The Croatia national team contests this tournament in League A, with other major footballing nations. The team entered the Nations League's inaugural 2018–19 edition in League A, along with England and Spain, in January 2018.[1] [2]
| UEFA Nations League record | |||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Division | Group | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | 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 | 2nd | ||||||||
| 2024–25 | A | 1 | In progress | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 34 | Best: 2nd | ||||||||||
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See main article: 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals.
See main article: 2023 UEFA Nations League final.
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| Edition | width=110 | Round | width=110 | Opponent | width=80 | Score | width=50 | Result | width=120 | Venue | Croatia scorers |
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| 2018–19 | Group stage | 0–6 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | Elche | ||||||
| 0–0 | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb" | D | Rijeka | ||||||||
| 3–2 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | Zagreb | Kramarić, Jedvaj (2) | |||||||
| 1–2 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | London | Kramarić | |||||||
| 2020–21 | Group stage | 1–4 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | Porto | Petković | |||||
| 2–4 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | Saint-Denis | Lovren, Brekalo | |||||||
| 2–1 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | Zagreb | Vlašić, Kramarić | |||||||
| 1–2 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | Zagreb | Vlašić | |||||||
| 1–2 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | Solna | Danielson (o.g.) | |||||||
| 2–3 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | Split | Kovačić (2) | |||||||
| 2022–23 | Group stage | 0–3 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | Osijek | ||||||
| 1–1 | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb" | D | Split | Kramarić | |||||||
| 1–0 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | Copenhagen | Pašalić | |||||||
| 1–0 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | Saint-Denis | Modrić | |||||||
| 2–1 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | Zagreb | Sosa, Majer | |||||||
| 3–1 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | Vienna | Modrić, Livaja, Lovren | |||||||
| Semi-finals | 4–2 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | Rotterdam | Kramarić, Pašalić, Petković, Modrić | ||||||
| Final | 0–0 | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb" | D | Rotterdam | |||||||
| 2024–25 | Group stage | 1–2 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | Lisbon | Dalot (o.g.) | |||||
| 1–0 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | Osijek | Modrić | |||||||
| 2–1 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | Zagreb | Matanović, Kramarić | |||||||
| 3–3 | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb" | D | Warsaw | Sosa, P. Sučić, Baturina | |||||||
| 0–1 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | Glasgow | ||||||||
| 1–1 | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb" | D | Split | Gvardiol | |||||||
| Quarter-finals | – | align=center bgcolor="" | TBD | Split | |||||||
| – | align=center bgcolor="" | TBD | Saint-Denis |
| Rank | Player | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luka Modrić | 22 |
| 2 | Andrej Kramarić | 21 |
| 3 | Mateo Kovačić | 20 |
| Mario Pašalić | ||
| Ivan Perišić |
| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Tin Jedvaj | 2 |
| Mateo Kovačić | ||
| Dejan Lovren | ||
| Mario Pašalić | ||
| Bruno Petković | ||
| Borna Sosa | ||
| Nikola Vlašić |