Croatian national football team (U-20 men)

Croatia
Hrvatska

Nickname (s)	mali vatreni (the little fiery ones )
Association	Hrvatski nogometni savez
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Dinko Jelicic
Home stadium	Maksimir , Zagreb
FIFA code	CRO
First jersey Second jersey
(As of June 14, 2014)

The Croatian U-20 national soccer team is a selection team of Croatian soccer players. It is subject to the Hrvatski nogometni savez and represents it internationally at U20 level, for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations or at the junior soccer world championship .

The team achieved their best result at a World Cup in 1999 and 2013 , when they made it to the round of 16 and lost to Brazil 0: 4 (1999) and Chile 0: 2 (2013).

Participation in the junior soccer world championship

1977 in Tunisia	Independent since 1991
1979 in Japan	Independent since 1991
1981 in Australia	Independent since 1991
1983 in Mexico	Independent since 1991
1985 in the Soviet Union	Independent since 1991
1987 in Chile	Independent since 1991
1989 in Saudi Arabia	Independent since 1991
1991 in Portugal	not qualified
1993 in Australia	not qualified
1995 in Qatar	not qualified
1997 in Malaysia	not qualified
1999 in Nigeria	Round of 16
2001 in Argentina	not qualified
2003 in the United Arab Emirates	not qualified
2005 in the Netherlands	not qualified
2007 in Canada	not qualified
2009 in Egypt	not qualified
2011 in Colombia	Preliminary round
2013 in Turkey	Round of 16
2015 in New Zealand	not qualified
2017 in South Korea	not qualified
2019 in Poland	not qualified

Squad

The following players were in the squad at the time of the U-20 World Cup in Turkey (June to July 2013).

player	society	Date of birth
goalkeeper
Oliver Zelenika	NK Rudes	May 14, 1993
Dominik Livaković	NK Zagreb	January 9, 1995
Simon Sluga	Hellas Verona	March 17, 1993
Defense
Toni Gorupec	NK Radnik Sesvete	4th July 1993
Toni Datkovic	NK Pomorac Kostrena	November 6, 1993
Jozo Šimunović	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	4th August 1994
Ivan Aleksic	NK Osijek	March 6, 1993
Dino Peric	NK Radnik Sesvete	July 12, 1994
midfield
Filip Mrzljak	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	April 16, 1993
Marko Pjaca	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	May 6, 1995
Dario Čanađija	NK Slaven Belupo	April 17, 1994
Hrvoje Miličević	HSK Zrinjski Mostar	April 20, 1993
Petar Brlek	NK Slaven Belupo	January 20, 1994
Danijel Miškić	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	October 11, 1993
Marko Pajač	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	May 11, 1993
attack
Ante Rebić	NCR split	September 21, 1993
Marko Livaja	Atalanta Bergamo	August 26, 1993
Stipe Perica	NK Zadar	July 7, 1995
Kruno Ivancic	NK Radnik Sesvete	January 18, 1994

See also

• Croatian national football team
• Croatian national football team (U-17 juniors)
• Croatian national football team (U-21 men)

Web links

• Official website at www.hns-cff.hr