CROATIAN NATIONAL TEAM
The modern Croatian team was formed in 1990, shortly before
Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia, and by 1993 had
gained membership in FIFA and UEFA. The team played their
first competitive matches in the successful qualifying
campaign for UEFA Euro 1996, leading to their first appearance
at a major tournament. In Croatia's FIFA World Cup debut
in 1998 the team finished third and provided the tournament's
top scorer, Davor Šuker. Since becoming eligible to compete
in international tournaments, Croatia have missed only one
World Cup and one European Championship.

Facts
Hovedtrener: Slaven Bilic Honours:  Bronze in WC 1998 Euro-final as Yugosl. in 1960 & 68 Euro-qualification: Nr.2 in group F behind Greece. Beat Turkey 3-0 in play-off. Most caps: Dario Simic (100) Most goals: Davor Suker (45)	Team colours: Red and white shirts, blue shorts
Croatian squad 2012
Head coach: Slaven Bilic Goalkeepers: 1 Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov) 12 Ivan Kelava (Dinamo Zagreb) 23 Danijel Subašić (AS Monaco) Defenders: 2 Ivan Strnic (Dnipro) 4 Jurica Buljat (Maccabi Haifa) 5 Vedran Ćorluka (Tottenham) 6 Danijel Pranjić (Bayern München) 13 Gordon Schildenfeld (E.Frankfurt) 3 Josip Šimunić (Dinamo Zagreb) 15 Sime Vrsaljko (Dinamo Zagreb) 21 Domagoj Vida (Dinamo Zagreb)	Midfielders: 14 Milan Badelj (Dinamo Zagreb) 16 Tomislav Dujmović (Din. Moskva) 19 Niko Kranjčar (Dynamo Kiev ) 10 Luka Modrić (Tottenham ) 20 Ivan Perišić (Bor. Dortmund) 7 Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla) 8 Ognjen Vukojević (Dyn. Kiev) 11 Dario Srna (Shaktar Donetsk) C Forwards: 22 Eduardo (Shakhtar Donetsk) 9 Nikica Jelavić (Everton) 17 Mario Mandžukić (Wolfsburg) 18 Nikola Kalinic (Dnipro)
Croatia`s games 2012	Res
10.juni: Croatia - Ireland 14.juni: Croatia - Italy 18.juni: Croatia - Spain	3-1 1-1 0-1

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