Croatia national football team results (2000–2009)
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This is a list of the Croatia national football team results from 2000 to 2009.
After missing out UEFA Euro 2000, the team qualified for the next four major tournaments, the FIFA World Cups in 2002 and 2006 and the UEFA European Championships in 2004 and 2008, reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2008. It then failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.
Key[edit]
- Match outcomes
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]
2000[edit]
| 23 February 2000 Friendly | Croatia  | 0–0 |  Spain | Split, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary) Assistant referees: Béla Mező (Hungary) János Ring (Hungary) |
| 29 March 2000 Friendly | Croatia | 1–1 |  Germany | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ľubomír Suchý (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Ivan Bartoš (Slovakia) Martin Balko (Slovakia) |
| 26 April 2000 Friendly | Austria  | 1–2 | Croatia | Vienna, Austria |
| Report | Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany) Assistant referees: Helmut Bley (Germany) Peter Weise (Germany) |
| 28 May 2000 Friendly | Croatia | 0–2 |  France | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) Assistant referees: Wojciech Gorgon (Austria) Johann Almer (Austria) |
| 16 August 2000 Friendly | Slovakia  | 1–1 | Croatia | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic) Assistant referees: Petr Časný (Czech Republic) Milan Ondo (Czech Republic) |
| 2 September 2000 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6 | Belgium  | 0–0 | Croatia | Brussels, Belgium |
| Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 27,510 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) Assistant referees: Mikhail Semyonov (Russia) Sergey Germanchuk (Russia) |
| 11 October 2000 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6 | Croatia | 1–1 |  Scotland | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 17,995 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) Assistant referees: Jacques Mas (France) Serge Vallin (France) |
2001[edit]
| 23 February 2001 Friendly | Croatia | 1–0 | Austria | Rijeka, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden) Assistant referees: Per-Inge Nyberg (Sweden) Erik Bergsten (Sweden) |
| 24 March 2001 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6 | Croatia | 4–1 |  Latvia | Osijek, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 13,345 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden) Assistant referees: Kenneth Petersson (Sweden) Henrik Hansson (Sweden) |
| 25 April 2001 Friendly | Croatia | 2–2 |  Greece | Varaždin, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany) Assistant referees: Christian Schräer (Germany) Sönke Glindemann (Germany) |
| 2 June 2001 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6 | Croatia | 4–0 |  San Marino | Varaždin, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Oleg Timofeev (Estonia) Assistant referees: Heigo Niilop (Estonia) Are Habicht (Estonia) |
| 6 June 2001 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6 | Latvia | 0–1 | Croatia | Riga, Latvia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland) Assistant referees: John Peter Kelly (Republic of Ireland) Anthony Ryan (Republic of Ireland) |
| 15 August 2001 Friendly | Republic of Ireland  | 2–2 | Croatia | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Report | Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Renato Salzberger (Switzerland) Antonio Caselle (Switzerland) |
| 1 September 2001 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6 | Scotland | 0–0 | Croatia | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 47,584 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Martin Balko (Slovakia) |
| 5 September 2001 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6 | San Marino | 0–4 | Croatia | Serravalle, San Marino |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 1,387 Referee: Knud Stadsgaard (Denmark) Assistant referees: Ole Hansen (Denmark) Svend Jensen (Denmark) |
| 6 October 2001 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6 | Croatia | 1–0 | Belgium | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 36,077 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) Assistant referees: Harry Ehing (Germany) Kurt Ertl (Germany) |
| 10 November 2001 Friendly | South Korea  | 2–0 | Croatia | Seoul, South Korea |
| Report | Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 64,677 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Assistant referees: Naoki Ezumi (Japan) Visva Nathan (Singapore) |
| 13 November 2001 Friendly | South Korea | 1–1 | Croatia | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Report | Stadium: Gwangju Stadium Attendance: 42,965 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan) Assistant referees: Naoki Ezumi (Japan) Yau Tak Lee (Hong Kong) |
2002[edit]
| 13 February 2002 Friendly | Croatia | 0–0 |  Bulgaria | Rijeka, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Ivan Žunič (Slovenia) Andrej Kokolj (Slovenia) |
| 27 March 2002 Friendly | Croatia | 0–0 |  Slovenia | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary) Assistant referees: János Ring (Hungary) Tibor Vámos (Hungary) |
| 17 April 2002 Friendly | Croatia | 2–0 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria) Assistant referees: Herbert Krenn (Austria) Michael Robitsch (Austria) |
| 8 May 2002 Friendly | Hungary  | 0–2 | Croatia | Pécs, Hungary |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion PMFC Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) Assistant referees: Wojciech Gorgon (Austria) Alain Hoxha (Austria) |
| 3 June 2002 2002 World Cup, Gr G | Croatia | 0–1 |  Mexico | Niigata, Japan |
| Report | Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 32,239 Referee: Lu Jun (China) Assistant referees: Komaleeswaran Sankar (India) Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia) Fourth official: Falla Ndoye (Senegal) |
| 8 June 2002 2002 World Cup, Gr G | Italy  | 1–2 | Croatia | Kashima, Japan |
| Report | Stadium: Kashima Attendance: 36,472 Referee: Graham Poll (England) Assistant referees: Jens Larsen (Denmark) Philip Sharp (England) Fourth official: William Mattus (Costa Rica) |
| 13 June 2002 2002 World Cup, Gr G | Ecuador  | 1–0 | Croatia | Yokohama, Japan |
| Report | Stadium: International Stadium Attendance: 65,862 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica) Assistant referees: Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay) Roland Van Nylen (Belgium) Fourth official: Mark Shield (Australia) |
| 21 August 2002 Friendly | Croatia | 1–1 |  Wales | Varaždin, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany) Assistant referees: Stefan Trautmann (Germany) Olaf Blumenstein (Germany) |
| 7 September 2002 Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8 | Croatia | 0–0 |  Estonia | Osijek, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juan Fernández Marín (Spain) Assistant referees: Rafael Guerrero Alonso (Spain) Antonio Cardos Peterna (Spain) |
| 12 October 2002 Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8 | Bulgaria | 2–0 | Croatia | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 43,200 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) Assistant referees: Kenneth Petersson (Sweden) Leif Lindberg (Sweden) |
| 20 November 2002 Friendly | Romania  | 0–1 | Croatia | Timișoara, Romania |
| Report | Stadium: Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 36,000 Referee: János Megyebíró (Hungary) Assistant referees: Nicușor Asandei (Romania) Ion Mureșan (Romania) |
2003[edit]
| 9 February 2003 Friendly | Croatia | 2–2 |  Macedonia | Šibenik, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Siniša Zrnić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Assistant referees: Mujo Tutun (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Vladimir Dominiković (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 12 February 2003 2003 Marjan Trophy | Croatia | 0–0 |  Poland | Split, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany) Assistant referees: Markus Scheibel (Germany) Felix Brych (Germany) |
| 29 March 2003 Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8 | Croatia | 4–0 | Belgium | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 18,117 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany) Assistant referees: Harald Sather (Germany) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) |
| 2 April 2003 Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8 | Croatia | 2–0 |  Andorra | Varaždin, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 8,290 Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania) Assistant referees: Dan Lăzărescu (Romania) George Vidan (Romania) |
| 30 April 2003 Friendly | Sweden  | 1–2 | Croatia | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Report | Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Arie Brink (Netherlands) Wijnand Rutgers (Netherlands) |
| 11 June 2003 Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8 | Estonia | 0–1 | Croatia | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Report | Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) Assistant referees: Henri Reuter (Luxembourg) Francis Crelo (Luxembourg) |
| 20 August 2003 Friendly | England  | 3–1 | Croatia | Ipswich, England |
| Report | Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 28,700 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Ole Hansen (Denmark) Finn Rasmussen (Denmark) |
| 6 September 2003 Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8 | Andorra | 0–3 | Croatia | Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
| Report | Stadium: Estadi Comunal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic) Assistant referees: Evžen Amler (Czech Republic) Patrik Filípek (Czech Republic) |
| 10 September 2003 Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8 | Belgium | 2–1 | Croatia | Brussels, Belgium |
| Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England) Assistant referees: Philip Sharp (England) Darren Drysdale (England) |
| 11 October 2003 Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8 | Croatia | 1–0 | Bulgaria | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) Assistant referees: Serge Vallin (France) Frederic Arnault (France) |
| 15 November 2003 Euro 2004 qualif, play-off | Croatia | 1–1 | Slovenia | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) Assistant referees: Christian Schräer (Germany) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) |
| 19 November 2003 Euro 2004 qualif, play-off | Slovenia | 0–1 (1–2 agg.) | Croatia | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Report | Stadium: Bežigrad Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland) Martin Iseli (Switzerland) |
2004[edit]
| 18 February 2004 Friendly | Croatia | 1–2 | Germany | Split, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 9,212 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) Assistant referees: Stefan Wittberg (Sweden) Ingemar Larsson (Sweden) |
| 31 March 2004 Friendly | Croatia | 2–2 |  Turkey | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 12,000 Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal) Assistant referees: João Ferreira dos Santos (Portugal) Luís Miguel Cordas Tavares (Portugal) |
| 28 April 2004 Friendly | Macedonia | 0–1 | Croatia | Skopje, Macedonia |
| Report | Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: İsmet Arzuman (Turkey) Assistant referees: Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Serkan Ok (Turkey) |
| 29 May 2004 Friendly | Croatia | 1–0 | Slovakia | Rijeka, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Assistant referees: Attila Kelemen (Hungary) Gábor Erős (Hungary) |
| 5 June 2004 Friendly | Denmark  | 1–2 | Croatia | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Report | Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 30,843 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) Assistant referees: Wojciech Gorgon (Austria) Gerald Kainz (Austria) |
| 13 June 2004 Euro 2004, Gr B | Switzerland  | 0–0 | Croatia | Leiria, Portugal |
| Report | Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 24,090 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal) Assistant referees: Paulo Jorge Januário Leite Ribeiro (Portugal) José Cardinal (Portugal) Fourth official: Terje Hauge (Norway) |
| 17 June 2004 Euro 2004, Gr B | Croatia | 2–2 | France | Leiria, Portugal |
| Report | Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 29,160 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Jens Larsen (Denmark) Jørgen Jepsen (Denmark) Fourth official: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
| 21 June 2004 Euro 2004, Gr B | Croatia | 2–4 | England | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,047 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Assistant referees: Marco Ivaldi (Italy) Narciso Pisacreta (Italy) Fourth official: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) |
| 18 August 2004 Friendly | Croatia | 1–0 |  Israel | Varaždin, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland) Assistant referees: Sławomir Stempniewski (Poland) Dariusz Wardak (Poland) |
| 4 September 2004 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8 | Croatia | 3–0 | Hungary | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 20,853 Referee: Mike Riley (England) Assistant referees: David Babski (England) Glenn Turner (England) |
| 8 September 2004 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8 | Sweden | 0–1 | Croatia | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Report | Stadium: Nya Ullevi Attendance: 40,023 Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain) Assistant referees: Clemente Ayete Plou (Spain) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) |
| 9 October 2004 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8 | Croatia | 2–2 | Bulgaria | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 31,565 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Assistant referees: Marco Ivaldi (Italy) Claudio Puglisi (Italy) |
| 16 November 2004 Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | Croatia | Dublin, Ireland |
| Report | Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 42,300 Referee: Gylfi Þór Orrason (Iceland) Assistant referees: Gunnar Gylfason (Iceland) Guðmundur Jónsson (Iceland) |
2005[edit]
| 9 February 2005 Friendly | Israel | 3–3 | Croatia | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Report | Stadium: Teddy Kollek Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Panikos Kailis (Cyprus) Assistant referees: Erez Zatelman (Israel) Shmuel Shteif (Israel) |
| 26 March 2005 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8 | Croatia | 4–0 |  Iceland | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 17,912 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa) Assistant referees: Tshotleno Enock Molefe (South Africa) Justice Yeboah (Ghana) |
| 30 March 2005 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8 | Croatia | 3–0 |  Malta | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 15,510 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus) Assistant referees: Frixos Petrou (Cyprus) Andreas Xanthou (Cyprus) |
| 4 June 2005 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8 | Bulgaria | 1–3 | Croatia | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 43,200 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Jørgen Jepsen (Denmark) Torben Jensen (Denmark) |
| 17 August 2005 Friendly | Croatia | 1–1 |  Brazil | Split, Croatia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 27,256 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany) Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann (Germany) Heiner Müller (Germany) |
| 3 September 2005 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8 | Iceland | 1–3 | Croatia | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Report | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 5,520 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Assistant referees: Harald Sather (Germany) Markus Scheibel (Germany) |