Croatia national football team records and statistics explained

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

Individual records

Player records

Most capped players

Rank	Player	First appearance	Last appearance	Caps
1	Luka Modrić	1 March 2006	24 June 2024	178
2	Ivan Perišić	26 March 2011	24 June 2024	134
	Darijo Srna	20 November 2002	25 June 2016
4	Stipe Pletikosa	10 February 1999	23 June 2014	114
5	Ivan Rakitić	8 September 2007	13 October 2019	106
6	Domagoj Vida	23 May 2010	3 June 2024	105
	Josip Šimunić	10 November 2001	19 November 2013
8	Mateo Kovačić	22 March 2013	24 June 2024	104
	Ivica Olić	13 February 2002	13 October 2015
10	Vedran Ćorluka	16 August 2006	11 July 2018	103
11	Dario Šimić	13 March 1996	20 August 2008	100
12	Marcelo Brozović	7 June 2014	24 June 2024	99
13	Andrej Kramarić	4 September 2014	24 June 2024	96
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	Davor Šuker	22 December 1990	3 June 2002	69
21	Mario Pašalić	4 September 2014	24 June 2024	66
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
25	Dražen Ladić	17 October 1990	28 May 2000	59
	Jerko Leko	8 May 2002	8 October 2009
27	Danijel Pranjić	16 November 2004	3 September 2015	58
28	Dominik Livaković	11 January 2017	24 June 2024	57
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

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

width=50px	Rank	Player	Croatia career	width=50px	Goals	width=50px	Caps
1	Davor Šuker		45	69
2	Mario Mandžukić	2007–2018	33	89
	Ivan Perišić	2011–		134
4	Eduardo da Silva	2004–2014	29	64
	Andrej Kramarić	2014–		96
6	Luka Modrić	2006–	26	178
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

First goal

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

Manager records

Managers results

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						Major competitions
	1939–1941
	1941
	1941–1943
	1943–1945
	1956
	1990–1991
	1992
	1993–1994
	1994–2000	1996 European Championship – Quarter-final 1998 World Cup – Third place 2000 European Championship – Failed to qualify
(c)	1994
	2000–2002	2002 World Cup – Group stage
	2002–2004	2004 European Championship – Group stage
	2004–2006	2006 World Cup – Group stage
	2006–2012	2008 European Championship – Quarter-final 2010 World Cup – Failed to qualify 2012 European Championship – Group stage
	2012–2013
	2013–2015	2014 World Cup – Group stage
	2015–2017	2016 European Championship – Round of 16
	2017–	2018 World Cup – Runners-up 2020 European Championship – Round of 16 2022 World Cup – Third place 2024 European Championship – Group stage
Totals		379	198	102	79		13 out of 15

Last updated: Croatia v Italy, 24 June 2024.

Source: Croatian Football Federation

Team records

Home matches

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	2022
Stadion Poljud	Split	2023
Stadion Gradski vrt	Osijek	2022
Stadion Kantrida	Rijeka	2011
Stadion Varteks	Varaždin	2019
Stadion Rujevica	Rijeka	2021
Stadion A. Drosina	Pula	2019
Stadion Cibalia	Vinkovci	2009
Stadion Koprivnica	Koprivnica	2016
Stadion Kranjčevićeva	Zagreb	1996
Stadion Šubićevac	Šibenik	2003
Stadion Radnik	Velika Gorica	2021
Totals		136	88	34	14		2023

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

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

See main article: Croatia at the FIFA World Cup. 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]

• 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							Squad
1930 to 1990	colspan="9"	colspan="7" rowspan="2"
1994	colspan=9
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	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

Croatia's World Cup record
First Match	Croatia 3–1 (14 June 1998; Lens, France)
Biggest Win	4–0 (18 June 2014; Manaus, Brazil)
Biggest Defeat	3–0 (13 December 2022; Lusail, Qatar)
Best Result	Runners-up in 2018
Worst Result	Group stage in 2002, 2006 and 2014

UEFA European Championship

See main article: Croatia at the UEFA European Championship.

• 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							Squad
1960 to 1992	colspan="9"	colspan="7"
1996	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	5	5	Squad		1st	10	7	2	1	22	5
2000	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

Croatia's European Championship record
First Match	1–0 (11 June 1996; Nottingham, England)
Biggest Win	3–0 (16 June 1996; Sheffield, England)
Biggest Defeat	3–0 (19 June 1996; Nottingham, England) 3–0 (24 June 2024; Berlin, Germany)
Best Result	Quarter-finals in 1996 and 2008
Worst Result	Group stage in 2004, 2012 and 2024

UEFA Nations League

See main article: Croatia at the UEFA Nations League.

• 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	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		Runners-up
2024–25	A	To be played
Total			18	7	3	8	25	34	Runners-up

Croatia's Nations League record
First Match	6–0 (Elche, Spain; 11 September 2018)
Biggest Win	1–3 (Vienna, Austria; 25 September 2022) 2–4 (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 14 June 2023)
Biggest Defeat	6–0 (Elche, Spain; 11 September 2018)
Best Result	Runners-up in 2022–23
Worst Result	12th place in 2020–21

Head-to-head records

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

Only FIFA matches are counted. Correct as of 4 June 2024, after the match against .

Opponent	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Win %	width=20	Points/game	Competitive matches
	6	6	0	0	24	0	+24	100.00%	3.00
	6	2	1	3	7	8	–1	33.33%	1.40
	3	2	1	0	3	1	+1	66.66%	2.33
	6	2	2	2	11	6	+5	33.33%	1.33
	7	6	0	1	12	6	+6	85.71%	2.57
	4	2	2	0	9	2	+7	50.00%	2.00
	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00%	3.00
	9	3	2	4	9	6	+3	37.50%	1.38
	4	4	0	0	14	6	+8	100.00%	3.00
	5	3	2	3	3	8	−2	00.00%	0.40
	8	5	2	1	12	6	+6	62.50%	2.16
	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00%	3.00
	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00%	3.00
	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	00.00%	1.00
	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	00.00%	1.00
	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00%	3.00
	4	1	3	0	8	6	+2	25.00%	1.50
	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	50.00%	1.75
	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	00.00%	0.00
	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2	50.00%	2.00
	11	3	2	6	13	22	−9	27.27%	1.00
	9	6	2	1	16	5	+11	66.67%	2.22
	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00%	2.00
	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	00.00%	1.00
	10	1	3	6	10	20	−10	10.00%	0.60
	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	66.67%	2.00
	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	40.00%	1.40
	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00%	3.00
	8	2	4	2	10	9	+1	25.00%	1.25
	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00%	3.00
	9	4	4	1	17	7	+10	44.44%	1.78
	7	5	1	1	13	3	+10	71.43%	2.26
	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	50.00%	2.00
	9	8	1	0	22	8	+14	88.89%	2.78
	8	3	5	0	10	6	+4	37.50%	1.75
	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00%	3.00
	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	25.00%	1.33
	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00%	3.00
	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00%	3.00
	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00%	3.00
	6	6	0	0	17	1	+16	100.00%	3.00
	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	100.00%	3.00
	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00%	2.00
	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00%	3.00
	10	9	1	0	29	5	+24	90.00%	2.80
	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	66.67%	2.00
	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00%	3.00
	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	33.33%	1.00
	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	66.67%	2.00
	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00%	3.00
	9	6	2	1	14	9	+5	66.66%	2.22
	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00%	3.00
	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	60.00%	2.00
	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	00.00%	0.00
	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	60.00%	2.00
	7	0	1	6	4	15	−11	00.00%	0.14
	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00%	3.00
	7	2	3	2	8	8	0	28.57%	1.29
	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00%	3.00
	6	2	4	0	6	3	+3	33.33%	1.67
	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	100.00%	3.00
	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00%	3.00
	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	16.67%	1.00
	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00%	3.00
	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50.00%	2.00
	10	5	3	2	18	11	+7	50.00%	1.80
	11	6	4	1	19	10	+9	54.55%	2.00
	7	3	2	2	11	7	+4	42.86%	1.57
	10	3	2	5	12	20	−8	30.00%	1.11
	6	4	0	2	8	7	+1	66.67%	2.00
	4	1	2	1	6	7	–1	25.00%	1.25
	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	00.00%	0.00
	12	4	6	2	15	10	+5	33.33%	1.50
	9	5	3	1	15	5	+10	55.56%	2.00
	8	4	3	1	12	7	+5	50.00%	1.87
Total: 75 teams played	343	181	93	69	583	328	+255	52.76%	2.85

Notes

See also

• Croatia national football team results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dario Šimić stats. EU-Football.info. 3 April 2020.
2. Web site: Ivan Perišić stats. EU-Football.info. 3 June 2021.
3. Web site: World Cup 1994 qualifications . 20 August 2008 . Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110511105448/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/94qual.html . 11 May 2011 .
4. News: World Cup 2018: Argentina 0–3 Croatia. 21 June 2018. BBC Sport. 1 July 2018.
5. News: Taylor . Daniel . Daniel Taylor (journalist) . England’s World Cup dream dashed as Croatia win semi-final in extra time . 11 July 2018 . 16 July 2018 . . Guardian News and Media Limited.
6. Web site: 1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ - FIFA. FIFA.com. FIFA. 1 July 2018. 6 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180606154509/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/index.html. dead.