Croatia national football team results (2010–2019)
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This is a list of the Croatia national football team results from 2010 to 2019.
Croatia missed out on the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but then qualified for UEFA Euro 2012, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2016, making it to the second round in the latter. Then, at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the team achieved the best result in its history: it finished second and won the silver medal as it reached the final and lost to France.
Afterwards, Croatia entered League A of the inaugural 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League. Based on its final ranking the team would have been relegated to League B, but a revamp of the competition's format meant it remained in League A for the following season. At the end of the decade, Croatia qualified for UEFA Euro 2020.
Key[edit]
Win
Draw
Loss
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
By year[edit]
2010[edit]
| 3 March 2010 Friendly | Belgium  | 0–1 |  Croatia | Brusells, Belgium |
| Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) Assistant referees: Massimiliano Grilli (Italy) Stefano Papi (Italy) |
| 19 May 2010 Friendly | Austria  | 0–1 | Croatia | Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Report |
| Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Patrick Langkamp (Netherlands) Nicky Siebert (Netherlands) |
| 23 May 2010 Friendly | Croatia | 2–0 |  Wales | Osijek, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Milan Kogej (Slovenia) Gregor Rojko (Slovenia) |
| 26 May 2010 Friendly | Estonia  | 0–0 | Croatia | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Report |
| Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Niels Hog (Denmark) Jakob Bille (Denmark) |
| 11 August 2010 Friendly | Slovakia  | 1–1 | Croatia | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Report | Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 6,366 Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic) Assistant referees: Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic) Ivo Chytil (Czech Republic) |
| 3 September 2010 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Latvia  | 0–3 | Croatia | Riga, Latvia |
| Report | Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Berry Simons (Netherlands) Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Fourth official: Richard Liesveld (Netherlands) |
| 7 September 2010 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Croatia | 0–0 |  Greece | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Torben Jensen (Denmark) Anders Norrestrand (Denmark) Fourth official: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark) |
| 9 October 2010 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Israel  | 1–2 | Croatia | Ramat Gan, Israel |
| Report | Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Assistant referees: Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Mike Pickel (Germany) Fourth official: Deniz Aytekin (Germany) |
| 12 October 2010 Friendly | Croatia | 2–1 |  Norway | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Andrej Kokolj (Slovenia) Matej Žunič (Slovenia) |
| 17 November 2010 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Croatia | 3–0 |  Malta | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal) Assistant referees: Tiago Trigo (Portugal) Venâncio Tomé (Portugal) Fourth official: Carlos Xistra (Portugal) |
2011[edit]
| 9 February 2011 Friendly | Croatia | 4–2 |  Czech Republic | Pula, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Assistant referees: Mauro Tonolini (Italy) Riccardo Di Fiore (Italy) |
| 26 March 2011 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Georgia  | 1–0 | Croatia | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Report | Stadium: Boris Paichadze Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) Assistant referees: Luca Maggiani (Italy) Nicola Nicoletti (Italy) Fourth official: Paolo Valeri (Italy) |
| 29 March 2011 Friendly | France  | 0–0 | Croatia | Paris, France |
| Report | Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland) Assistant referees: Damien MacGraith (Republic of Ireland) Marc Douglas (Republic of Ireland) |
| 3 June 2011 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Croatia | 2–1 | Georgia | Split, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) Assistant referees: Henrik Andrén (Sweden) Joakim Flink (Sweden) Fourth official: Michael Lerjéus (Sweden) |
| 10 August 2011 Friendly | Republic of Ireland  | 0–0 | Croatia | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Report |
| Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) Assistant referees: Svein Inge Wiken (Norway) Dag Roger Nebben (Norway) |
| 2 September 2011 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Malta | 1–3 | Croatia | Attard, Malta |
| Report | Stadium: Ta' Qali Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Tony Chapron (France) Assistant referees: Emmanuel Boisdenghien (France) Fredji Harchay (France) Fourth official: Fredy Fautrel (France) |
| 6 September 2011 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Croatia | 3–1 | Israel | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) Assistant referees: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Roberto Alonso (Spain) |
| 7 October 2011 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Greece | 2–0 | Croatia | Piraeus, Greece |
| Report | Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,316 Referee: Howard Webb (England) Assistant referees: Jake Collin (England) Peter Kirkup (England) Fourth official: Mike Dean (England) |
| 11 October 2011 Euro 2012 qualif, Gr F | Croatia | 2–0 | Latvia | Rijeka, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Antony Gautier (France) Assistant referees: Michaël Annonier (France) Frédéric Cano (France) Fourth official: Said Ennjimi (France) |
| 11 November 2011 Euro 2012 qualif, play-off | Turkey  | 0–3 | Croatia | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Report | Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) Assistant referees: Thorsten Schiffner (Germany) Mark Borsch (Germany) Fourth official: Florian Meyer (Germany) |
| 15 November 2011 Euro 2012 qualif, play-off | Croatia | 0–0 (3–0 agg.) | Turkey | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal) Assistant referees: Bertino Miranda (Portugal) Ricardo Santos (Portugal) Fourth official: Jorge Sousa (Portugal) |
2012[edit]
| 29 February 2012 Friendly | Croatia | 1–3 |  Sweden | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Andrej Kokolj (Slovenia) Bojan Ul (Slovenia) |
| 25 May 2012 Friendly | Croatia | 3–1 | Estonia | Pula, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mihály Fábián (Hungary) Assistant referees: Zsolt Szpisják (Hungary) Zsolt Varga (Hungary) |
| 2 June 2012 Friendly | Norway | 1–1 | Croatia | Oslo, Norway |
| Report | Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 14,208 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia) Assistant referees: Anton Averianov (Russia) Dmitri Mosyakin (Russia) |
| 10 June 2012 Euro 2012, Gr C | Republic of Ireland | 1–3 | Croatia | Poznań, Poland |
| Report | Stadium: Miejski Attendance: 39,550 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Viktor Shvetsov (Ukraine) Goal-line assistants: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Richard Liesveld (Netherlands) |
| 14 June 2012 Euro 2012, Gr C | Italy  | 1–1 | Croatia | Poznań, Poland |
| Report |
| Stadium: Miejski Attendance: 37,096 Referee: Howard Webb (England) Assistant referees: Peter Kirkup (England) Michael Mullarkey (England) Fourth official: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) Goal-line assistants: Martin Atkinson (England) Mark Clattenburg (England) |
| 18 June 2012 Euro 2012, Gr C | Croatia | 0–1 |  Spain | Gdańsk, Poland |
| Report |
| Stadium: PGE Arena Attendance: 38,371 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Assistant referees: Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Mike Pickel (Germany) Fourth official: Richard Liesveld (Netherlands) Goal-line assistants: Florian Meyer (Germany) Deniz Aytekin (Germany) |
| 15 August 2012 Friendly | Croatia | 2–4 |  Switzerland | Split, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy) Assistant referees: Massimiliano Grilli (Italy) Riccardo Di Fiore (Italy) |
| 7 September 2012 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Croatia | 1–0 |  Macedonia | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 13,883 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel) Assistant referees: Amihay Yehoshua Mozes (Israel) Abed Al Ramili (Israel) Fourth official: Menashe Masiah (Israel) |
| 11 September 2012 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Belgium | 1–1 | Croatia | Brussels, Belgium |
| Report |
| Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 39,987 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Assistant referees: Roberto Díaz (Spain) Raúl Cabañero (Spain) Fourth official: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain) |
| 12 October 2012 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Macedonia | 1–2 | Croatia | Skopje, Macedonia |
| Report | Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 25,230 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Henrik Sønderby (Denmark) Lars Rix (Denmark) Fourth official: Michael Johansen (Denmark) |
| 16 October 2012 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Croatia | 2–0 | Wales | Osijek, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania) Assistant referees: Cristian Nica (Romania) Aurel Onița (Romania) Fourth official: Radu Petrescu (Romania) |
2013[edit]
| 6 February 2013 Friendly | South Korea  | 0–4 | Croatia | London, England |
| Report | Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Michael Oliver (England) Assistant referees: Simon Long (England) Darren England (England) |
| 22 March 2013 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Croatia | 2–0 |  Serbia | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 35,722 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) Assistant referees: Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) Fourth official: Barış Şimşek (Turkey) |
| 26 March 2013 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Wales | 1–2 | Croatia | Swansea, Wales |
| Report | Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 12,534 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy) Assistant referees: Riccardo Di Fiore (Italy) Nicola Nicoletti (Italy) Fourth official: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy) |
| 7 June 2013 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Croatia | 0–1 |  Scotland | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 25,016 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain) Assistant referees: Jesús Calvo (Spain) Raúl Cabañero (Spain) Fourth official: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain) |
| 10 June 2013 Friendly | Croatia | 0–1 |  Portugal | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Jean-Yves Wicht (Switzerland) Sladan Josipovic (Switzerland) |
| 14 August 2013 Friendly | Liechtenstein  | 2–3 | Croatia | Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| Report | Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Sladan Josipovic (Switzerland) Charles Helbling (Switzerland) |
| 6 September 2013 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Serbia | 1–1 | Croatia | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Report | Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) Fourth official: Florian Meyer (Germany) |
| 10 September 2013 Friendly | South Korea | 1–2 | Croatia | Seoul, South Korea |
| Report | Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 40,723 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Assistant referees: Akane Yagi (Japan) Shinji Ochi (Japan) |
| 11 October 2013 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Croatia | 1–2 | Belgium | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Howard Webb (England) Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey (England) Darren Cann (England) Fourth official: Mike Dean (England) |
| 15 October 2013 2014 World Cup qualif, Gr A | Scotland | 2–0 | Croatia | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Report |
| Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 30,172 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) Assistant referees: Cristian Nica (Romania) Octavian Șovre (Romania) Fourth official: Constantin Colțescu (Romania) |
| 15 November 2013 2014 World Cup qualif, play-off | Iceland  | 0–0 | Croatia | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Report | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 9,767 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Assistant referees: Roberto Díaz (Spain) Raúl Cabañero (Spain) Fourth official: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain) |
| 19 November 2013 2014 World Cup qualif, play-off | Croatia | 2–0 (2–0 agg.) | Iceland | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 22,612 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) |
2014[edit]
| 5 March 2014 Friendly | Switzerland | 2–2 | Croatia | St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Report | Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal) Assistant referees: Ricardo Santos (Portugal) Paulo Soares (Portugal) |
| 31 May 2014 Friendly | Croatia | 2–1 |  Mali | Osijek, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 15,212 Referee: István Vad (Hungary) Assistant referees: Oszkár Lémon (Hungary) Róbert Kispál (Hungary) |
| 7 June 2014 Friendly | Croatia | 1–0 |  Australia | Salvador, Brazil |
| Report | Stadium: Estádio de Pituaçu Attendance: 15,212 Referee: Francisco Carlos do Nascimento (Brazil) Assistant referees: Alessandro Matos (Brazil) Cleriston Clay (Brazil) |
| 12 June 2014 2014 World Cup, Gr A | Brazil  | 3–1 | Croatia | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Report | Stadium: Arena Corinthians Attendance: 62,103 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Assistant referees: Toru Sagara (Japan) Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan) Fourth official: Alireza Faghani (Iran) Man of the Match: Neymar |
| 18 June 2014 2014 World Cup, Gr A | Cameroon  | 0–4 | Croatia | Manaus, Brazil |
| Report | Stadium: Arena da Amazônia Attendance: 39,982 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal) Assistant referees: Tiago Trigo (Portugal) Bertino Miranda (Portugal) Fourth official: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala) Man of the Match: Mario Mandžukić |
| 23 June 2014 2014 World Cup, Gr A | Croatia | 1–3 |  Mexico | Recife, Brazil |
| Report | Stadium: Itaipava Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 41,212 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Assistant referees: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) Fourth official: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon) Man of the Match: Rafael Márquez |
| 4 September 2014 Friendly | Croatia | 2–0 |  Cyprus | Pula, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy) Assistant referees: Matteo Passeri (Italy) Alessandro Giallatini (Italy) |
| 9 September 2014 Euro 2016 qualif, Gr H | Croatia | 2–0 | Malta | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 8,333 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia) Assistant referees: Nikolai Golubev (Russia) Maksim Gavrilin (Russia) Fourth official: Valeri Danchenko (Russia) Goal-line assistants: Sergey Ivanov (Russia) Mikhail Vilkov (Russia) |
| 10 October 2014 Euro 2016 qualif, Gr H | Bulgaria  | 0–1 | Croatia | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 29,733 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) Assistant referees: Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Jon Núñez Fernández (Spain) Fourth official: Roberto del Palomar (Spain) Goal-line assistants: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain) |
| 13 October 2014 Euro 2016 qualif, Gr H | Croatia | 6–0 |  Azerbaijan | Osijek, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 16,021 Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Jean-Yves Wicht (Switzerland) Sandro Pozzi (Switzerland) Fourth official: Vital Jobin (Switzerland) Goal-line assistants: Alain Bieri (Switzerland) Sascha Amhof (Switzerland) |
| 12 November 2014 Friendly | Argentina  | 2–1 | Croatia | London, England |
| Report |
| Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Andre Marriner (England) Assistant referees: Peter Kirkup (England) Gary Beswick (England) |
| 16 November 2014 Euro 2016 qualif, Gr H | Italy | 1–1 | Croatia | Milan, Italy |
| Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 16,021 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Mario Diks (Netherlands) Goal-line assistants: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Richard Liesveld (Netherlands) |
2015[edit]
| 28 March 2015 Euro 2016 qualif, Gr H | Croatia | 5–1 | Norway | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 23,219 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) Assistant referees: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Roberto Alonso (Spain) Fourth official: Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Goal-line assistants: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Fernando Teixeira (Spain) |
| 7 June 2015 Friendly | Croatia | 4–0 |  Gibraltar | Varaždin, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 7,737 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia) Manuel Vidali (Slovenia) |
| 12 June 2015 Euro 2016 qualif, Gr H | Croatia | 1–1 | Italy | Split, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey (England) Stephen Child (England) Fourth official: Simon Beck (England) Goal-line assistants: Anthony Taylor (England) Kevin Friend (England) |
| 3 September 2015 Euro 2016 qualif, Gr H | Azerbaijan |