European Football Championship 1996 / Croatia

This article covers the Croatian national team at the 1996 European Football Championship in England.

qualification

Group 4

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Croatia	10	7th	2	1	022: 500	+17	23
2.	Italy	10	7th	2	1	020: 600	+14	23
3.	Lithuania	10	5	1	4th	013:120	+1	16
4th	Ukraine	10	4th	1	5	011:150	−4	13
5.	Slovenia	10	3	2	5	013:130	± 0	11
6th	Estonia	10	0	0	10	003:310	−28	00

Game results

09/04/1994	Estonia	-	Croatia	0: 2 (0: 1)
10/09/1994	Croatia	-	Lithuania	2: 0 (0: 0)
11/16/1994	Italy	-	Croatia	1: 2 (0: 1)
03/25/1995	Croatia	-	Ukraine	4: 0 (2: 0)
03/29/1995	Lithuania	-	Croatia	0-0

04/26/1995	Croatia	-	Slovenia	2: 0 (1: 0)
06/11/1995	Ukraine	-	Croatia	1: 0 (1: 0)
09/03/1995	Croatia	-	Estonia	7: 1 (4: 1)
10/08/1995	Croatia	-	Italy	1: 1 (0: 1)
11/15/1995	Slovenia	-	Croatia	1: 2 (1: 1)

Croatian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Dražen Ladic	Croatia Zagreb	01/01/1963	3	0	0	0	0
12	Marijan Mrmić	NK Varteks Varaždin	05/06/1965	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Tonči Gabrić	HNK Hajduk Split	11/11/1961	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
4th	Igor Štimac	Derby County	09/06/1967	3	0	1	1	0
5	Nikola Jerkan	Real Oviedo	06/26/1968	3	0	0	0	0
6th	Slaven Bilic	West Ham United	09/11/1968	4th	0	0	0	0
15th	Dubravko Pavličić	Hércules Alicante	11/28/1967	2	0	1	0	0
16	Mladen Mladenović	Gamba Osaka	09/13/1964	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Elvis Brajković	TSV 1860 Munich	06/12/1969	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Dario Simic	Croatia Zagreb	11/12/1975	1	0	0	0	0
midfield player
2	Nikola Jurčević	Sc freiburg	09/14/1966	3	0	0	0	0
3	Robert Jarni	Betis Seville	10/26/1968	4th	0	1	0	0
7th	Aljoša Asanović	HNK Hajduk Split	December 14, 1965	4th	0	1	0	0
8th	Robert Prosinečki	FC Barcelona	01/12/1969	3	0	1	0	0
10	Zvonimir Boban	AC Milan	10/08/1968	4th	1	1	0	0
13	Mario Stanic	Club Bruges	04/10/1972	3	0	1	0	0
14th	Zvonimir Soldo	Croatia Zagreb	11/02/1967	3	0	1	0	0
striker
9	Before that, Šuker	Sevilla FC	01/01/1968	4th	3	0	0	0
11	Alen Bokšić	Lazio Rome	01/21/1970	1	0	0	0	0
17th	Igor Pamic	NK Osijek	11/19/1969	1	0	1	0	0
19th	Goran Vlaović	Calcio Padova	08/07/1972	4th	1	1	0	0
21st	Igor Cvitanović	Croatia Zagreb	11/01/1970	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Miroslav Blažević		02/10/1935

Croatian games

Preliminary round

Final table of group 4

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5: 1	+4	7th
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	4: 3	+1	6th
3	Denmark	3	1	1	1	4: 4	+0	4th
4th	Turkey	3	0	0	3	0: 5	−5	0

June 11, 1996 in Nottingham (City Ground)
Croatia	-	Turkey	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 16, 1996 in Sheffield (Hillsborough Stadium)
Croatia	-	Denmark	3: 0 (0: 0)
June 19, 1996 in Nottingham (City Ground)
Portugal	-	Croatia	3: 0 (2: 0)

Quarter finals

23 June 1996 in Manchester ( Old Trafford )
Germany	-	Croatia	2: 1 (1: 0)