Friday, April 6, 2018

WORLD CUP 2018 NATION PRESENTATION: CROATIA

Hrvatska Panini Svjetsko Prvenstvo 2018 grb

NICKNAME: The Blazers

MANAGER: Zlatko Dalić

Darijo Srna Hrvatska Panini Svjetsko Prvenstvo
MOST CAPS: Darijo Srna- 134 caps from 2002 to 2016

Davor Šuker Hrvatska Panini Svjetsko Prvenstvo
TOP SCORER: Davor Šuker- 45 goals from 1992 to 2002

HOST NATION: -


WORLD CUP RECORD: From 1930 to 1990s they were part of Yugoslavia. They could not enter into 1994 WC qualifiers because they gained admission into UEFA in June 1993, which was too late. From 1998 and first WC tournament on which they could qualified they missed only one WC finals and it was in 2010.  

Hrvatska Panini Svjetsko Prvenstvo 1998
BEST RESULT: Croatian best result is from 1998, their first World Cup. As debutant they managed to win 3rd place. In group stage they made two wins and one lose. Croatia won in their first WC match against Jamaica. In second match they were better then Japan while they lost from Argentina in third group match. In first knock-out round Croatia faced Romania and went throught with one goal win. In quarter-final they made amazing win against Germany. In next round Croatia played against host nation France. Despite they took lead, France came back and won it 2-1. In third place match Croatia beat Netherlands for their best result at WC finals. Glory days for Croatian football.

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