Soccer World Cup 2006 / Croatia

This article covers the Croatian national soccer team at the 2006 soccer world championship in Germany .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Croatia	21: 5	24
2	Sweden	30: 4	24
3	Bulgaria	17:17	15th
4th	Hungary	13:14	14th
5	Iceland	14:27	4th
6th	Malta	4:32	3

	Croatia - Hungary		3: 0 (1: 0)
	Dado Pršo, Ivan Klasnić, Gabor Gyepes (ET)
	Sweden - Croatia		0: 1 (0: 0)
	Dario Srna
	Croatia - Bulgaria		2: 2 (2: 0)
	Dario Srna (2)
	Croatia - Iceland		4: 0 (1: 0)
	Niko Kovač (2), Josip Šimunić, Dado Pršo
	Croatia - Malta		3: 0 (2: 0)
	Dado Pršo (2), Igor Tudor
	Bulgaria - Croatia		1: 3 (0: 1)
	Marko Babić, Igor Tudor, Niko Kranjčar
	Iceland - Croatia		1: 3 (1: 0)
	Boško Balaban (2), Dario Srna
	Malta - Croatia		1: 1 (0: 1)
	Niko Kranjčar
	Croatia - Sweden		1: 0 (0: 0)
	Dario Srna
	Hungary - Croatia		0-0

Goalscorer list qualification

	1. Dario Srna		5 goals
	2. Dado Pršo		4 goals
	3. Igor Tudor, Niko Kranjčar, Boško Balaban, Niko Kovač		2 goals
	4. Ivan Klasnić, Marko Babić, Josip Šimunić		1 goal

Croatian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Stipe Pletikosa	HNK Hajduk Split	01/08/1979	3	0	1	0	0
12	Joey Didulica	FK Austria Vienna	10/14/1977	0	0	0	0	0
23	Tomislav Butina	Club Bruges	03/30/1974	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
3	Josip Šimunić	Hertha BSC	02/18/1978	3	0	2	1	0
4th	Robert Kovač	Juventus Turin	04/06/1974	2	0	2	0	0
5	Igor Tudor	AC Siena	04/16/1978	3	0	2	0	0
7th	Dario Simic	AC Milan	11/12/1975	3	0	1	1	0
11	Mario Tokic	FK Austria Vienna	07/23/1975	0	0	0	0	0
13	Stjepan Tomas	Galatasaray SK	03/06/1976	1	0	0	0	1
20th	Anthony Seric	Panathinaikos Athens	January 15, 1979	0	0	0	0	0
midfield player
2	Darijo Srna	Shakhtar Donetsk	05/01/1982	3	1	1	0	0
6th	Jurica Vranješ	SV Werder Bremen	01/30/1980	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Marko Babic	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	01/21/1981	3	0	0	0	0
10	Niko Kovač	Hertha BSC	October 15, 1971	3	1	1	0	0
14th	Luka Modrić	Dinamo Zagreb	09.09.1985	2	0	0	0	0
15th	Ivan Leko	Club Bruges	02/07/1978	0	0	0	0	0
16	Jerko Leko	Dynamo Kiev	04/09/1980	2	0	0	0	0
19th	Niko Kranjčar	HNK Hajduk Split	08/13/1984	3	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Dado Pršo	Glasgow Rangers	05/11/1974	3	0	0	0	0
17th	Ivan Klasnić	SV Werder Bremen	01/29/1980	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Ivica Olić	CSKA Moscow	09/14/1979	2	0	0	0	0
21st	Boško Balaban	Club Bruges	10/15/1978	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Ivan Bošnjak	Dinamo Zagreb	02/06/1979	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Zlatko Kranjčar		11/15/1956

Games of Croatia

Crew quarters

Hotel Dorint Resorts in Bad Brueckenau .

Preliminary round

• Brazil - Croatia 1: 0 (1: 0)

• Japan 0-0 Croatia

• Croatia - Australia 2: 2 (1: 1)

For details see Football World Cup 2006 / Group F