Croatian women's national soccer team

Croatia
Hrvatska

Association	Hrvatski nogometni savez
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Zvonimir Kolak
Assistant coach	Robert Krznarić
captain	Iva Landeka
Record scorer	Maja Joščak (20)
Record player	Sandra Žigić (89)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	CRO
FIFA rank	52nd (1453 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
157 games 50 wins 29 draws 78 losses
statistics
First international match Slovenia 3-2 (2-1) Croatia (Ižakovci, Slovenia ; October 28, 1993 )
Biggest victories Croatia 8: 2 Slovenia ( Kecskemét , Hungary ; May 27, 2001 ) Croatia 7: 1 Albania ( Belišće , Croatia ; August 31, 2015 )
Biggest defeat Romania 10-0 Croatia ( Bucharest , Romania ; October 2, 2004 )
(As of November 8, 2019 )

The Croatian women's national football team represents Croatia in international women's football . The selection is subordinate to the Croatian Association.

The Croatian national team has never qualified for a major tournament. In a European comparison, the Croatian selection is one of the weakest teams. When the FIFA world rankings for women were introduced in July 2003 to August 2005, Croatia was in 44th place, then dropped to 51st in March 2007 and dropped to 65th in November 2010 after a temporary 47th place. Currently (September 2019) the team occupies 54th place.

In qualifying for the 2011 World Cup , Croatia finished last in Group 1 without a win.

In qualifying for the European Championship 2013 , the Croatians met England , the Netherlands and the neighbors Slovenia and Serbia . After just five games it was clear that the Croatians could not qualify for the European Championship, as a point was only scored in the 3: 3 against Slovenia, which also did not qualify. At the end of the qualification, the Croatians finished last in the group with one draw and seven defeats.

Tournament balance sheet

European Championship

The Croatian national team in 2012 before the European Championship qualifier against Serbia

1984  : did not participate (part of Yugoslavia ) 1987  : did not participate (part of Yugoslavia) 1989  : did not participate (part of Yugoslavia) 1991  : did not participate (part of Yugoslavia) 1993  : did not take part (1st game only after the end of qualification) 1995  : not qualified 1997  : not qualified 2001  : not qualified 2005  : not qualified 2009  : not qualified 2013  : not qualified 2017  : not qualified

World Championship

1991  : not qualified (part of Yugoslavia) 1995  : not qualified 1999  : not qualified

2003  : not qualified 2007  : not qualified 2011  : not qualified

2015 : not qualified 2019 : not qualified

Olympic games

1996  : not qualified 2000  : not qualified 2004  : not qualified 2008  : not qualified

2012  : not qualified 2016  : not qualified 2020  : not qualified

Cyprus Cup

In 2020 the Croatians took part in the Cyprus Cup for the first time and were able to win the tournament with only four other participants.

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from a Croatian point of view.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
June 2, 1994	Zagreb	0: 7	European Championship qualification
September 21, 1994	Sindelfingen	0: 8	European Championship qualification
October 30, 2013	Frankfurt am Main	0: 4	World Cup qualification
November 27, 2013	Osijek	0: 8	World Cup qualification
22nd September 2015	Velika Gorica	0: 1	European Championship qualification
April 12, 2016	Osnabrück / Bremen Bridge	0: 2	European Championship qualification

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
November 10, 1993	Winterthur	2: 1	European Championship qualification
May 4, 1994	Zagreb	1: 1	European Championship qualification
September 7, 1996	Gerine	2: 3	European Championship qualification
September 28, 1996	Kubina	0: 3	European Championship qualification
October 8, 2019	Tuna	0: 2	European Championship qualification
September 18, 2020			European Championship qualification

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
June 28, 1998	Dietersdorf	0: 1	Friendly match
September 19, 1998	Mladost	1-0	Friendly match

See also

• List of Croatian national soccer players
• List of the international matches of the Croatian national football team
• Croatian national football team

Web links

Commons : Croatian Women's National Football Team  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Croatian Association (Croatian / English)
• Croatia on the FIFA homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ Croatia in the FIFA World Ranking