Croatian national football team (U-21 men)

Croatia
Hrvatska

Association

Hrvatski nogometni savez

confederacy

UEFA

Technical sponsor

Nike

Head coach

Nenad Gračan

captain

Filip Mrzljak

Record scorer

Tomislav Bušic (13)

Record player

Tomislav Vranjic (26)

FIFA code

CRO

home

Away

statistics

First international match Croatia 0-0 Italy 13 February 1993

Biggest win Croatia 6-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Osijek ; September 5, 1997)

Biggest defeat Spain 6-0 Croatia ( Alicante , 10 September 2012)

(As of January 21, 2012)

The Croatian U-21 national soccer team is a selection team of Croatian soccer players .

It is subject to Hrvatski nogometni savez (HNS) and represents it internationally on the U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European Championships of the continental federation UEFA and the Football World Cup of FIFA .

Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are Croatian citizens . In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game or on January 1st of the year specified in the tournament rules is decisive.

history

After the Croatian Football Association (HNS) was recognized by UEFA in June 1993, Croatia took part in a qualification for an U-21 tournament for the first time in 1994. The team ended up in 4th place in a group with Ukraine , Italy , Estonia , Slovenia and Lithuania and consequently did not qualify for the European Championship in 1996 .

They were also unable to qualify for the 1998 European Championship , but two years later the team qualified for the 2000 European Championship . In a group with the Netherlands , Spain and the Czech Republic , Croatia landed on a disappointing 4th place. In 2004 the team achieved their last qualification for an EM . Here, too, they landed on 4th place.

Participation in U-21 European championships

1996 in Spain	not qualified
1998 in Romania	not qualified
2000 in Slovakia	Group stage
2002 in Switzerland	not qualified
2004 in Germany	Group stage
2006 in Portugal	not qualified
2007 in the Netherlands	not qualified
2009 in Sweden	not qualified
2011 in Denmark	not qualified
2013 in Israel	not qualified
2015 in the Czech Republic	not qualified
2017 in Poland	not qualified

Former known players (selection)

Croatia's U-21 coach

Name of the trainer	Period
Unknown	1993-2000
Croatia Mirko Jozić	1999-2000
Croatia Martin Novoselac	2000-2004
Croatia Slaven Bilic	2004-2006
Croatia Dražen Ladic	2006-2011
Croatia Ivo Šušak	2011-2013
Croatia Niko Kovač	2013
Croatia Nenad Gračan	2013–

Croatian national football team (U-21 men)

contents

history

Participation in U-21 European championships

Former known players (selection)

Croatia's U-21 coach

See also