Croatia national football team results (2000–2009)

This is a list of the Croatia national football team results from 2000 to 2009.

After missing out UEFA Euro 2000, the team qualified for the next four major tournaments, the FIFA World Cups in 2002 and 2006 and the UEFA European Championships in 2004 and 2008, reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2008. It then failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.

Key

Match outcomes

Win

Draw

Loss

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

By year

2000

23 February 2000 (2000-02-23) Friendly	Croatia	0–0	Spain	Split, Croatia
	Asanović 13'	Report	Hierro 17'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary) Assistant referees: Béla Mező (Hungary) Assistant referees: János Ring (Hungary)

29 March 2000 (2000-03-29) Friendly	Croatia	1–1	Germany	Zagreb, Croatia
	Šuker 39' N. Kovač 70' 73' R. Kovač 78'	Report	Rehmer 12' Bierhoff 57' Ramelow 58'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ľubomír Suchý (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Ivan Bartoš (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Martin Balko (Slovakia)

26 April 2000 (2000-04-26) Friendly	Austria	1–2	Croatia	Vienna, Austria
	Vastić 16' Schopp 26'	Report	Bokšić 29' 40' Stanić 66'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany) Assistant referees: Helmut Bley (Germany) Assistant referees: Peter Weise (Germany)

28 May 2000 (2000-05-28) Friendly	Croatia	0–2	France	Zagreb, Croatia
	Šuker 83'	Report	Pires 23' Zidane 62' Trezeguet 70'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) Assistant referees: Wojciech Gorgon (Austria) Assistant referees: Johann Almer (Austria)

16 August 2000 (2000-08-16) Friendly	Slovakia	1–1	Croatia	Bratislava, Slovakia
	Németh 28'	Report	Balaban 23' 70' Cvitanović 58'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic) Assistant referees: Petr Časný (Czech Republic) Assistant referees: Milan Ondo (Czech Republic)

2 September 2000 (2000-09-02) 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Belgium	0–0	Croatia	Brussels, Belgium
	Vanderhaeghe 86'	Report	N. Kovač 11' Bišćan 67' R. Kovač 73' Šuker 84'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 27,510 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) Assistant referees: Mikhail Semyonov (Russia) Assistant referees: Sergey Germanchuk (Russia)

11 October 2000 (2000-10-11) 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Croatia	1–1	Scotland	Zagreb, Croatia
	Bokšić 16' N. Kovač 89'	Report	Gallacher 24' Johnston 27' Naysmith 47' Dickov 77' Hutchison 88'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 17,995 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) Assistant referees: Jacques Mas (France) Assistant referees: Serge Vallin (France)

2001

23 February 2001 (2001-02-23) Friendly	Croatia	1–0	Austria	Rijeka, Croatia
	Vugrinec 53' Balaban 63'	Report	Prilasing 83'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden) Assistant referees: Per-Inge Nyberg (Sweden) Assistant referees: Erik Bergsten (Sweden)

24 March 2001 (2001-03-24) 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Croatia	4–1	Latvia	Osijek, Croatia
	Balaban 8', 42', 45' Vugrinec 44' 88' Tudor 64' Cvitanović 81'	Report	Laizāns 10' Troickis 30' Štolcers 60'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 13,345 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden) Assistant referees: Kenneth Petersson (Sweden) Assistant referees: Henrik Hansson (Sweden)

25 April 2001 (2001-04-25) Friendly	Croatia	2–2	Greece	Varaždin, Croatia
	Tomas 34' Jarni 43' Vlaović 67' Rapaić 90'	Report	Alexandris 38', 51' Karagounis 45'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany) Assistant referees: Christian Schräer (Germany) Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann (Germany)

2 June 2001 (2001-06-02) 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Croatia	4–0	San Marino	Varaždin, Croatia
	Vlaović 2' Balaban 29' R. Kovač 31' Šuker 53' (pen.) Vugrinec 61'	Report	Albani 11'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Oleg Timofeev (Estonia) Assistant referees: Heigo Niilop (Estonia) Assistant referees: Are Habicht (Estonia)

6 June 2001 (2001-06-06) 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Latvia	0–1	Croatia	Riga, Latvia
	Isakovs 21' Laizāns 41' Astafjevs 49' Štolcers 73'	Report	Balaban 39' Prosinečki 72'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland) Assistant referees: John Peter Kelly (Republic of Ireland) Assistant referees: Anthony Ryan (Republic of Ireland)

15 August 2001 (2001-08-15) Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Croatia	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Duff 21' Morrison 78'	Report	Soldo 52' Vugrinec 80' Šuker 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Renato Salzberger (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Antonio Caselle (Switzerland)

1 September 2001 (2001-09-01) 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Scotland	0–0	Croatia	Glasgow, Scotland
	Elliott 22' McCann 23'	Report	Soldo 34' Stanić 65' Tudor 76'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 47,584 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Martin Balko (Slovakia)

5 September 2001 (2001-09-05) 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	San Marino	0–4	Croatia	Serravalle, San Marino
	Marani 32' Zonzini 45' Selva 52'	Report	N. Kovač 29' 40' Prosinečki 48' (pen.), 90' Šimić 52' Soldo 76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 1,387 Referee: Knud Stadsgaard (Denmark) Assistant referees: Ole Hansen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Svend Jensen (Denmark)

6 October 2001 (2001-10-06) 2002 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Croatia	1–0	Belgium	Zagreb, Croatia
	Soldo 28' Bokšić 76' Balaban 76'	Report	Baseggio 24'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 36,077 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) Assistant referees: Harry Ehing (Germany) Assistant referees: Kurt Ertl (Germany)

10 November 2001 (2001-11-10) Friendly	South Korea	2–0	Croatia	Seoul, South Korea
	Kim Nam-il 32' 66' Choi Tae-uk 63'	Report	Hrman 39' Karić 73'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 64,677 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Assistant referees: Naoki Ezumi (Japan) Assistant referees: Visva Nathan (Singapore)

13 November 2001 (2001-11-13) Friendly	South Korea	1–1	Croatia	Gwangju, South Korea
	Choi Yong-soo 42' Lee Chun-soo 60' Cha Du-ri 78'	Report	Jarni 50' Živković 63' Šarić 75'	Stadium: Gwangju Stadium Attendance: 42,965 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan) Assistant referees: Naoki Ezumi (Japan) Assistant referees: Yau Tak Lee (Hong Kong)

2002

13 February 2002 (2002-02-13) Friendly	Croatia	0–0	Bulgaria	Rijeka, Croatia
	Štimac 43' Šerić 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Ivan Žunič (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Andrej Kokolj (Slovenia)

27 March 2002 (2002-03-27) Friendly	Croatia	0–0	Slovenia	Zagreb, Croatia
	Andrić 23' Tomas 42'	Report	Pavlin 21'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary) Assistant referees: János Ring (Hungary) Assistant referees: Tibor Vámos (Hungary)

17 April 2002 (2002-04-17) Friendly	Croatia	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zagreb, Croatia
	Olić 44' Šuker 52' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria) Assistant referees: Herbert Krenn (Austria) Assistant referees: Michael Robitsch (Austria)

8 May 2002 (2002-05-08) Friendly	Hungary	0–2	Croatia	Pécs, Hungary
		Report	Dárdai 12' (o.g.) Leko 17' N. Kovač 24' 72'	Stadium: Stadion PMFC Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) Assistant referees: Wojciech Gorgon (Austria) Assistant referees: Alain Hoxha (Austria)

3 June 2002 (2002-06-03) 2002 World Cup, Gr G	Croatia	0–1	Mexico	Niigata, Japan
	Živković 59'	Report	Blanco 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 32,239 Referee: Lu Jun (China) Assistant referees: Komaleeswaran Sankar (India) Assistant referees: Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia) Fourth official: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

8 June 2002 (2002-06-08) 2002 World Cup, Gr G	Italy	1–2	Croatia	Kashima, Japan
	Vieri 51' 55'	Report	R. Kovač 39' Olić 73' Rapaić 76'	Stadium: Kashima Attendance: 36,472 Referee: Graham Poll (England) Assistant referees: Jens Larsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Philip Sharp (England) Fourth official: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

13 June 2002 (2002-06-13) 2002 World Cup, Gr G	Ecuador	1–0	Croatia	Yokohama, Japan
	Méndez 48' Chalá 86'	Report	Tomas 72' Šimunić 90+2'	Stadium: International Stadium Attendance: 65,862 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica) Assistant referees: Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay) Assistant referees: Roland Van Nylen (Belgium) Fourth official: Mark Shield (Australia)

21 August 2002 (2002-08-21) Friendly	Croatia	1–1	Wales	Varaždin, Croatia
	Petrić 79'	Report	Davies 11' Hartson 16' Delaney 32'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany) Assistant referees: Stefan Trautmann (Germany) Assistant referees: Olaf Blumenstein (Germany)

7 September 2002 (2002-09-07) Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8	Croatia	0–0	Estonia	Osijek, Croatia
	Babić 63' Živković 71'	Report	Zelinski 50' Rooba 79' Allas 90'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juan Fernández Marín (Spain) Assistant referees: Rafael Guerrero Alonso (Spain) Assistant referees: Antonio Cardos Peterna (Spain)

12 October 2002 (2002-10-12) Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8	Bulgaria	2–0	Croatia	Sofia, Bulgaria
	S. Petrov 22' Berbatov 37' 37' Balakov 76' G. Petrov 87'	Report	Leko 13' Tudor 75' Stanić 78'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 43,200 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) Assistant referees: Kenneth Petersson (Sweden) Assistant referees: Leif Lindberg (Sweden)

20 November 2002 (2002-11-20) Friendly	Romania	0–1	Croatia	Timișoara, Romania
	Pancu 32'	Report	Marić 47' Leko 63'	Stadium: Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 36,000 Referee: János Megyebíró (Hungary) Assistant referees: Nicușor Asandei (Romania) Assistant referees: Ion Mureșan (Romania)

2003

9 February 2003 (2003-02-09) Friendly	Croatia	2–2	Macedonia	Šibenik, Croatia
	Marić 32' (pen.) Tokić 60' Andrić 71'	Report	Sedloski 10' (pen.) 40' Hristovski 29' Toleski 60'	Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Siniša Zrnić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Assistant referees: Mujo Tutun (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Assistant referees: Vladimir Dominiković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

12 February 2003 (2003-02-12) 2003 Marjan Trophy	Croatia	0–0	Poland	Split, Croatia
	Tomas 68'	Report	Głowacki 52'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany) Assistant referees: Markus Scheibel (Germany) Assistant referees: Felix Brych (Germany)

29 March 2003 (2003-03-29) Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8	Croatia	4–0	Belgium	Zagreb, Croatia
	Srna 9' Roso 26' Pršo 55' Marić 70' Leko 76'	Report	De Cock 20' Deflandre 70'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 18,117 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany) Assistant referees: Harald Sather (Germany) Assistant referees: Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)

2 April 2003 (2003-04-02) Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8	Croatia	2–0	Andorra	Varaždin, Croatia
	Rapaić 10' (pen.), 43' Tudor 63' N. Kovač 73'	Report	Jonas 10'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 8,290 Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania) Assistant referees: Dan Lăzărescu (Romania) Assistant referees: George Vidan (Romania)

30 April 2003 (2003-04-30) Friendly	Sweden	1–2	Croatia	Stockholm, Sweden
	Ibrahimović 33'	Report	Olić 6' Živković 58' Leko 88'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Arie Brink (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Wijnand Rutgers (Netherlands)

11 June 2003 (2003-06-11) Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8	Estonia	0–1	Croatia	Tallinn, Estonia
	Kristal 20' Piiroja 38'	Report	Šimić 12' Srna 32' Živković 66' N. Kovač 76' Olić 90+3'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) Assistant referees: Henri Reuter (Luxembourg) Assistant referees: Francis Crelo (Luxembourg)

20 August 2003 (2003-08-20) Friendly	England	3–1	Croatia	Ipswich, England
	Beckham 9' (pen.) Owen 51' Gerrard 68' Lampard 80'	Report	N. Kovač 11' R. Kovač 63' Mornar 77'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 28,700 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Ole Hansen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Finn Rasmussen (Denmark)

6 September 2003 (2003-09-06) Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8	Andorra	0–3	Croatia	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
	González 12' Ramirez 18' Sonejee 67'	Report	N. Kovač 5' Šimunić 17' Leko 32' Roso 71' R. Kovač 78' Tomas 87'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic) Assistant referees: Evžen Amler (Czech Republic) Assistant referees: Patrik Filípek (Czech Republic)

10 September 2003 (2003-09-10) Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8	Belgium	2–1	Croatia	Brussels, Belgium
	Van Buyten 18' Sonck 35', 43' Martens 90'	Report	Mornar 4' Šimić 36' Živković 68' Šimunić 18' 72' Tomas 75' N. Kovač 83'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England) Assistant referees: Philip Sharp (England) Assistant referees: Darren Drysdale (England)

11 October 2003 (2003-10-11) Euro 2004 qualif, Gr 8	Croatia	1–0	Bulgaria	Zagreb, Croatia
	Tudor 38' R. Kovač 41' Olić 48' Leko 89'	Report	Dimitrov 14' Krastev 35' Petrov 82'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) Assistant referees: Serge Vallin (France) Assistant referees: Frederic Arnault (France)

15 November 2003 (2003-11-15) Euro 2004 qualif, play-off	Croatia	1–1	Slovenia	Zagreb, Croatia
	Pršo 5' 86' Olić 32' Neretljak 47' Tomas 72' Srna 83'	Report	Karić 4' Šiljak 22' 32' Šukalo 80'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) Assistant referees: Christian Schräer (Germany) Assistant referees: Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)

19 November 2003 (2003-11-19) Euro 2004 qualif, play-off	Slovenia	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Croatia	Ljubljana, Slovenia
	Karić 11'	Report	Tudor 37' 59' Pršo 61' Leko 90'	Stadium: Bežigrad Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Martin Iseli (Switzerland)

2004

18 February 2004 (2004-02-18) Friendly	Croatia	1–2	Germany	Split, Croatia
	Šimunić 43' N. Kovač 55' Neretljak 86'	Report	Klose 34' Ramelow 90'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 9,212 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) Assistant referees: Stefan Wittberg (Sweden) Assistant referees: Ingemar Larsson (Sweden)

31 March 2004 (2004-03-31) Friendly	Croatia	2–2	Turkey	Zagreb, Croatia
	Šokota 2' Srna 76'	Report	Balcı 24' Özat 54' Biryol 73' Yelek 75' Atan 78'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 12,000 Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal) Assistant referees: João Ferreira dos Santos (Portugal) Assistant referees: Luís Miguel Cordas Tavares (Portugal)

28 April 2004 (2004-04-28) Friendly	Macedonia	0–1	Croatia	Skopje, Macedonia
	Stojanoski 36' Šumulikoski 70'	Report	Klasnić 34' Tokić 35' Didulica 75'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: İsmet Arzuman (Turkey) Assistant referees: Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Assistant referees: Serkan Ok (Turkey)

29 May 2004 (2004-05-29) Friendly	Croatia	1–0	Slovakia	Rijeka, Croatia
	Olić 29' Agić 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Assistant referees: Attila Kelemen (Hungary) Assistant referees: Gábor Erős (Hungary)

5 June 2004 (2004-06-05) Friendly	Denmark	1–2	Croatia	Copenhagen, Denmark
	Sand 56'	Report	Šokota 27' Bjelica 31' Olić 39' Živković 60'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 30,843 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) Assistant referees: Wojciech Gorgon (Austria) Assistant referees: Gerald Kainz (Austria)

13 June 2004 (2004-06-13) Euro 2004, Gr B	Switzerland	0–0	Croatia	Leiria, Portugal
	Stiel 73' Vogel 4' 50' Huggel 41'	Report	Pršo 13' Bjelica 30' Rapaić 48' Živković 51' Mornar 52'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 24,090 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal) Assistant referees: Paulo Jorge Januário Leite Ribeiro (Portugal) Assistant referees: José Cardinal (Portugal) Fourth official: Terje Hauge (Norway)

17 June 2004 (2004-06-17) Euro 2004, Gr B	Croatia	2–2	France	Leiria, Portugal
	Tudor 39' Rapaić 48' (pen.) Pršo 52' Roso 61' R. Kovač 64' Leko 78'	Report	Tudor 22' (o.g.) Vieira 32' Dacourt 60' Trezeguet 64'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 29,160 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Jens Larsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Jørgen Jepsen (Denmark) Fourth official: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

21 June 2004 (2004-06-21) Euro 2004, Gr B	Croatia	2–4	England	Lisbon, Portugal
	N. Kovač 5' Šimić 63' Tudor 73'	Report	Scholes 40' Rooney 40+1' (pen.), 68' Lampard 79'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,047 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Assistant referees: Marco Ivaldi (Italy) Assistant referees: Narciso Pisacreta (Italy) Fourth official: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

18 August 2004 (2004-08-18) Friendly	Croatia	1–0	Israel	Varaždin, Croatia
	Šimunić 29' Balaban 65' Leko 76'	Report	Golan 70' Ben Haim 79' Nimni 80' Afek 82' Badir 83'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland) Assistant referees: Sławomir Stempniewski (Poland) Assistant referees: Dariusz Wardak (Poland)

4 September 2004 (2004-09-04) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Croatia	3–0	Hungary	Zagreb, Croatia
	Kranjčar 15' Pršo 32' Klasnić 57' Gyepes 80' (o.g.)	Report	Simek 7' Huszti 11' Gera 21' Bodnár 22' Rósa 51' Molnár 83'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 20,853 Referee: Mike Riley (England) Assistant referees: David Babski (England) Assistant referees: Glenn Turner (England)

8 September 2004 (2004-09-08) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Sweden	0–1	Croatia	Gothenburg, Sweden
	Jonson 86'	Report	R. Kovač 34' Srna 64' Babić 72' Leko 79' Šimunić 86' Vranješ 89'	Stadium: Nya Ullevi Attendance: 40,023 Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain) Assistant referees: Clemente Ayete Plou (Spain) Assistant referees: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)

9 October 2004 (2004-10-09) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Croatia	2–2	Bulgaria	Zagreb, Croatia
	Srna 15', 31' (pen.) 60' R. Kovač 74' Babić 84'	Report	Kishishev 54' Yanev 66' M. Petrov 78' 84' Berbatov 86'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 31,565 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Assistant referees: Marco Ivaldi (Italy) Assistant referees: Claudio Puglisi (Italy)

16 November 2004 (2004-11-16) Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Croatia	Dublin, Ireland
	Keane 24'	Report		Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 42,300 Referee: Gylfi Þór Orrason (Iceland) Assistant referees: Gunnar Gylfason (Iceland) Assistant referees: Guðmundur Jónsson (Iceland)

2005

9 February 2005 (2005-02-09) Friendly	Israel	3–3	Croatia	Jerusalem, Israel
	Balili 39' Benayoun 76' Golan 85'	Report	Klasnić 15', 79' Srna 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Teddy Kollek Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Panikos Kailis (Cyprus) Assistant referees: Erez Zatelman (Israel) Assistant referees: Shmuel Shteif (Israel)

26 March 2005 (2005-03-26) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Croatia	4–0	Iceland	Zagreb, Croatia
	Pršo 27' 90' N. Kovač 40', 75' 55' Šimunić 71' 86' Srna 83' Leko 90'	Report	Helguson 31' I. Sigurðsson 38'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 17,912 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa) Assistant referees: Tshotleno Enock Molefe (South Africa) Assistant referees: Justice Yeboah (Ghana)

30 March 2005 (2005-03-30) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Croatia	3–0	Malta	Zagreb, Croatia
	Pršo 23', 35' Tudor 80'	Report	Agius 19' Mattock 62'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 15,510 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus) Assistant referees: Frixos Petrou (Cyprus) Assistant referees: Andreas Xanthou (Cyprus)

4 June 2005 (2005-06-04) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Bulgaria	1–3	Croatia	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Stoyanov 20' Berbatov 41' M. Petrov 73'	Report	Olić 16' Babić 18' Tudor 30' 58' R. Kovač 42' Kranjčar 80'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 43,200 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Jørgen Jepsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Torben Jensen (Denmark)

17 August 2005 (2005-08-17) Friendly	Croatia	1–1	Brazil	Split, Croatia
	Kranjčar 32'	Report	Ricardinho 42' Luisão 72'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 27,256 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany) Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann (Germany) Assistant referees: Heiner Müller (Germany)

3 September 2005 (2005-09-03) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Iceland	1–3	Croatia	Reykjavík, Iceland
	Guðjohnsen 24' Þorvaldsson 25' Helgason 42' Gunnarsson 60' K. Sigurðsson 72'	Report	Šimunić 8' Srna 38' 82' (pen.) R. Kovač 52' Balaban 56', 64' Tudor 60'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 5,520 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Assistant referees: Harald Sather (Germany) Assistant referees: Markus Scheibel (Germany)

7 September 2005 (2005-09-07) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Malta	1–1	Croatia	Attard, Malta
	Agius 20' Wellman 78' Sammut 78' Grima 90'	Report	Kranjčar 19' Babić 44' Tokić 53' 90'	Stadium: Ta' Qali Attendance: 916 Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece) Assistant referees: Konstantinos Dallas (Greece) Assistant referees: Dimitris Tsortanidis (Greece)

8 October 2005 (2005-10-08) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Croatia	1–0	Sweden	Zagreb, Croatia
	N. Kovač 15' Kranjčar 39' Srna 56' (pen.)	Report	Edman 23'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 34,015 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy) Assistant referees: Marco Ivaldi (Italy) Assistant referees: Alessandro Griselli (Italy)

12 October 2005 (2005-10-12) 2006 World Cup qualif, Gr 8	Hungary	0–0	Croatia	Budapest, Hungary
	Stark 4'	Report	Tomas 59'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 6,979 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Bill Rene Hansen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Anders Norrestrand (Denmark)

12 November 2005 (2005-11-12) Friendly	Portugal	2–0	Croatia	Coimbra, Portugal
	Petit 32' Pauleta 65'	Report	R. Kovač 37' Leko 40'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Coimbra Attendance: 16,370 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Jørgen Jepsen (Denmark) Assistant referees: Torben Jensen (Denmark)

2006

29 January 2006 (2006-01-29) 2006 Lunar New Year Cup	South Korea	2–0	Croatia	Hong Kong, China
	Kim Dong-jin 36' Lee Chun-soo 50' Baek Ji-hoon 88'	Report	Leko 27'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 16,841 Referee: Wong Chi Tang (Hong Kong) Assistant referees: Ming Fai Poon (Hong Kong) Assistant referees: Chi Ming Yeung (Hong Kong)

1 February 2006 (2006-02-01) 2006 Lunar New Year Cup	Hong Kong	0–4	Croatia	Hong Kong, China
	Poon Yiu Cheuk 31'	Report	Knežević 15' Benko 25' Leko 29' Eduardo 64' Bošnjak 72'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 13,971 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto (Japan) Assistant referees: Yim Yau Cheung (Hong Kong) Assistant referees: Siu Chuen Lui (Hong Kong)

1 March 2006 (2006-03-01) Friendly	Argentina	2–3	Croatia	Basel, Switzerland
	Tevez 4' Messi 6'	Report	Klasnić 3' Srna 50' 52' Tudor 87' Šimić 90'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Markus Nobs (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Stéphane Cuhat (Switzerland)

23 May 2006 (2006-05-23) Friendly	Austria	1–4	Croatia	Vienna, Austria
	Ivanschitz 14'	Report	Klasnić 11', 35' Babić 55' Balaban 69'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany) Assistant referees: Heiner Müller (Germany) Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach (Germany)

28 May 2006 (2006-05-28) Friendly	Croatia	2–2	Iran	Osijek, Croatia
	Pršo 31' Babić 90' (pen.)	Report	Karimi 21' Borhani 82'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia) Assistant referees: Predrag Borovec (Croatia) Assistant referees: Tomislav Šetka (Croatia)

3 June 2006 (2006-06-03) Friendly	Croatia	0–1	Poland	Wolfsburg, Germany
		Report	Smolarek 54' Rasiak 90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany) Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach (Germany) Assistant referees: Holger Henschel (Germany)

7 June 2006 (2006-06-07) Friendly	Spain	2–1	Croatia	Geneva, Switzerland
	Pernía 62' Torres 90'	Report	Kranjčar 14'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France) Assistant referees: Patrick Reinbold (France) Assistant referees: Éric Dansault (France)

13 June 2006 (2006-06-13) 2006 World Cup, Gr F	Brazil	1–0	Croatia	Berlin, Germany
	Emerson 42' Kaká 44'	Report	N. Kovač 32' R. Kovač 67' Tudor 90'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico) Assistant referees: José Ramírez Díaz (Mexico) Assistant referees: Héctor Vergara (Canada) Fourth official: Mohammed Guezzaz (Morocco)

18 June 2006 (2006-06-18) 2006 World Cup, Gr F	Japan	0–0	Croatia	Nuremberg, Germany
	Miyamoto 21' Kawaguchi 42' Santos 72'	Report	R. Kovač 32' Srna 69'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Assistant referees: Peter Hermans (Belgium) Assistant referees: Walter Vromans (Belgium) Fourth official: Kevin Stott (United States)

22 June 2006 (2006-06-22) 2006 World Cup, Gr F	Croatia	2–2	Australia	Stuttgart, Germany
	Srna 2' Šimić 32' 85' Tudor 39' N. Kovač 56' Šimunić 61' 90' 90+3'^[1] Pletikosa 70'	Report	Moore 38' (pen.) Kewell 79' Emerton 81' 87'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England) Assistant referees: Philip Sharp (England) Assistant referees: Glenn Turner (England) Fourth official: Kevin Stott (United States)

16 August 2006 (2006-08-16) Friendly	Italy	0–2	Croatia	Livorno, Italy
	Terlizzi 36' Liverani 36' Chiellini 74'	Report	Eduardo 21' 28' Srna 36' Modrić 42' Leko 50' Petrić 90'	Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Attendance: 16,150 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany) Assistant referees: Wolfgang Walz (Germany) Assistant referees: Thorsten Schiffner (Germany)

6 September 2006 (2006-09-06) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Russia	0–0	Croatia	Moscow, Russia
	Aldonin 68'	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) Assistant referees: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Assistant referees: Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain) Fourth official: Alfonso Pino Zamorano (Spain)

7 October 2006 (2006-10-07) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Croatia	7–0	Andorra	Zagreb, Croatia
	Petrić 14', 38', 48', 50' Klasnić 57' Balaban 62' Modrić 83'	Report	García 31' Toscano 65' Fernández 87'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta) Assistant referees: Philip Agius (Malta) Assistant referees: Konrad Borg (Malta) Fourth official: Joseph Attard (Malta)

11 October 2006 (2006-10-11) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Croatia	2–0	England	Zagreb, Croatia
	N. Kovač 63' Eduardo 59' Neville 65' (o.g.)	Report	Ferdinand 20' Cole 76'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Assistant referees: Marco Ivaldi (Italy) Assistant referees: Paolo Calcagno (Italy) Fourth official: Paolo Bertini (Italy)

15 November 2006 (2006-11-15) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Israel	3–4	Croatia	Ramat Gan, Israel
	Colautti 8', 88' 40' Aouate 34' Tal 60' Benayoun 67'	Report	Srna 34' (pen.) Eduardo 38', 53', 72'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) Assistant referees: Rafael Guerrero Alonso (Spain) Assistant referees: Jesús Calvo Guadamuro (Spain) Fourth official: (Spain)

2007

7 February 2007 (2007-02-07) Friendly	Croatia	2–1	Norway	Rijeka, Croatia
	Petrić 26' Modrić 38' Ćorluka 55'	Report	Johnsen 26' Moen 86'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Philippe Kalt (France) Assistant referees: Christophe Capelli (France) Assistant referees: Fabrice Meslin (France)

24 March 2007 (2007-03-24) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Croatia	2–1	Macedonia	Zagreb, Croatia
	Srna 58' Eduardo 87'	Report	Sedloski 8' 36' 68' Šumulikoski 46' Naumoski 47' Pandev 67'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria) Assistant referees: Markus Mayr (Austria) Assistant referees: Andreas Fellinger (Austria) Fourth official: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

2 June 2007 (2007-06-02) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Estonia	0–1	Croatia	Tallinn, Estonia
	Poom 67' Piiroja 37' Dmitrijev 55' Klavan 90'	Report	Eduardo 32' Šimunić 38'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Assistant referees: Tibor Vámos (Hungary) Assistant referees: Gábor Erős (Hungary) Fourth official: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

6 June 2007 (2007-06-06) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Croatia	0–0	Russia	Zagreb, Croatia
	Leko 72'	Report	Torbinski 69' Saenko 71'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Martin Balko (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Roman Csabay (Slovakia) Fourth official: Pavel Olšiak (Slovakia)

22 August 2007 (2007-08-22) Friendly	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–5	Croatia	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Muslimović 40', 70', 77' Ibišević 90'	Report	Eduardo 18' Srna 35' 74' Petrić 58' Ćorluka 69' N. Kovač 72', 81' R. Kovač 90'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Marko Stančin (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Primož Arhar (Slovenia)

8 September 2007 (2007-09-08) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Croatia	2–0	Estonia	Zagreb, Croatia
	Eduardo 39', 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Allas 19'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Stéphane Cuhat (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Jean-Paul Rémy (Switzerland) Fourth official: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

12 September 2007 (2007-09-12) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Andorra	0–6	Croatia	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
	Sivera 33' Lima 63' García 77'	Report	Srna 34' Petrić 38', 44' Kranjčar 49' Eduardo 55'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Olivier Thual (France) Assistant referees: Christophe Capelli (France) Assistant referees: Éric Castellani (France) Fourth official: Philippe Kalt (France)

13 October 2007 (2007-10-13) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Croatia	1–0	Israel	Zagreb, Croatia
	Leko 24' Eduardo 45' 52'	Report	Balili 62' Ben Haim 65' Cohen 71' Antebi 87'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach (Germany) Assistant referees: Peter Henes (Germany) Fourth official: Florian Meyer (Germany)

16 October 2007 (2007-10-16) Friendly	Croatia	3–0	Slovakia	Rijeka, Croatia
	Olić 45', 69' Vukojević 48'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Francesco Buragina (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Stefan Bühlmann (Switzerland)

17 November 2007 (2007-11-17) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	Macedonia	2–0	Croatia	Skopje, Macedonia
	Tasevski 14' Naumoski 27' 83' Maznov 71'	Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Assistant referees: Peter Hermans (Belgium) Assistant referees: Danny Huens (Belgium) Fourth official: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

21 November 2007 (2007-11-21) Euro 2008 qualif, Gr E	England	2–3	Croatia	London, England
	Lampard 56' (pen.) Crouch 65'	Report	Kranjčar 8' Olić 14' R. Kovač 32' Eduardo 50' Petrić 77'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 88,091 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) Assistant referees: Kenneth Petersson (Sweden) Assistant referees: Stefan Wittberg (Sweden) Fourth official: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

2008

6 February 2008 (2008-02-06) Friendly	Croatia	0–3	Netherlands	Split, Croatia
	Ćorluka 20' Srna 53' R. Kovač 54'	Report	Heitinga 9' Huntelaar 37' 62' De Zeeuw 73' Vennegoor of Hesselink 89'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 30,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain) Assistant referees: Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain) Assistant referees: José Fernández Miranda (Spain)

26 March 2008 (2008-03-26) Friendly	Scotland	1–1	Croatia	Glasgow, Scotland
	Miller 31' Brown 43' McManus 55' Naysmith 59'	Report	Kranjčar 10' N. Kovač 45' R. Kovač 57' Vukojević 87' Šimunić 90'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 28,821 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) Assistant referees: Steinar Holvik (Norway) Assistant referees: Jan Petter Randen (Norway)

24 May 2008 (2008-05-24) Friendly	Croatia	1–0	Moldova	Rijeka, Croatia
	N. Kovač 30' R. Kovač 37' Vukojević 72'	Report	Golovatenco 84'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Andrej Kokolj (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Bojan Ul (Slovenia)

31 May 2008 (2008-05-31) Friendly	Hungary	1–1	Croatia	Budapest, Hungary
	Gera 31' Vaskó 44' Hajnal 78'	Report	N. Kovač 24' Pranjić 73'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 6,979 Referee: Damien Ledentu (France) Assistant referees: Philippe Larose (France) Assistant referees: Éric Dansault (France)

8 June 2008 (2008-06-08) Euro 2008, Gr B	Austria	0–1	Croatia	Vienna, Austria
	Pogatetz 3' Säumel 21' Prödl 68'	Report	Modrić 4' (pen.) R. Kovač 51'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 51,428 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Adriaan Inia (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Hans ten Hoove (Netherlands) Fourth official: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

12 June 2008 (2008-06-12) Euro 2008, Gr B	Croatia	2–1	Germany	Klagenfurt, Austria
	Srna 24' 27' Šimunić 45+1' Olić 62' Leko 90+2' Modrić 90+3'	Report	Ballack 75' Podolski 79' Lehmann 90+2' Schweinsteiger 90+2'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 30,461 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Assistant referees: Peter Hermans (Belgium) Assistant referees: Alex Verstraeten (Belgium) Fourth official: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

16 June 2008 (2008-06-16) Euro 2008, Gr B	Poland	0–1	Croatia	Klagenfurt, Austria
	Lewandowski 38' Zahorski 84'	Report	Vejić 45' Klasnić 53' Vukojević 85'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 30,461 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece) Assistant referees: Dimitrios Bozatzidis (Greece) Assistant referees: Dimitrios Saraidaris (Greece) Fourth official: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

20 June 2008 (2008-06-20) Euro 2008, quarterfinal	Croatia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Turkey	Vienna, Austria
	Klasnić 119'	Report	Tuncay 27' Turan 49' Boral 89' Aşık 107' Şentürk 120+2'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 51,428 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Assistant referees: Alessandro Griselli (Italy) Assistant referees: Paolo Calcagno (Italy) Fourth official: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Penalties
	Modrić Srna Rakitić Petrić		Turan Şentürk Altıntop

20 August 2008 (2008-08-20) Friendly	Slovenia	2–3	Croatia	Maribor, Slovenia
	Šuler 4' Jokić 51' Šišić 55' (pen.)	Report	Leko 31' Rakitić 37', 64' 88' Vukojević 55' Srna 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Raffael Zeder (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Devis Dettamanti (Switzerland)

6 September 2008 (2008-09-06) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Croatia	3–0	Kazakhstan	Zagreb, Croatia
	N. Kovač 13' Modrić 35' R. Kovač 77' Petrić 79'	Report	Irismetov 25' Chichulin 90'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 17,424 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) Assistant referees: Stefan Wittberg (Sweden) Assistant referees: Peter Ekström (Sweden)

10 September 2008 (2008-09-10) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Croatia	1–4	England	Zagreb, Croatia
	Šimunić 39' Srna 47' R. Kovač 53' Mandžukić 78'	Report	Walcott 27', 57', 81' Heskey 61' Rooney 63'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 35,218 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Martin Balko (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Roman Csabay (Slovakia)

11 October 2008 (2008-10-11) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Ukraine	0–0	Croatia	Kharkiv, Ukraine
		Report	N. Kovač 45' Srna 71'	Stadium: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist Attendance: 38,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Arie Brink (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Patrick Gerritsen (Netherlands)

15 October 2008 (2008-10-15) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Croatia	4–0	Andorra	Zagreb, Croatia
	Rakitić 16', 84' (pen.) Olić 32' Modrić 73' Šimunić 85'	Report	Rodríguez 30' García 55' Lima 84'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 20,000 Referee: István Vad (Hungary) Assistant referees: Zsolt Szpisják (Hungary) Assistant referees: György Ring (Hungary)

2009

11 February 2009 (2009-02-11) Friendly	Romania	1–2	Croatia	Bucharest, Romania
	Marica 22' Bucur 78'	Report	Rakitić 28' Kranjčar 75' Srna 87'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania) Assistant referees: Cristian Nica (Romania) Assistant referees: Aurel Onița (Romania)

1 April 2009 (2009-04-01) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Andorra	0–2	Croatia	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
	Lima 33' Jiménez 57'	Report	Klasnić 15' Eduardo 33' 35'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus) Assistant referees: Andreas Papapanayiotou (Cyprus) Assistant referees: Aristides Christou (Cyprus)

6 June 2009 (2009-06-06) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Croatia	2–2	Ukraine	Zagreb, Croatia
	Petrić 2' Modrić 68' Srna 72' Leko 83'	Report	Shevchenko 13' Seleznyov 23' Gai 54' Nazarenko 59' Mandzyuk 80' Kucher 90'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) Assistant referees: Steinar Holvik (Norway) Assistant referees: Kim Tomas Haglund (Norway)

12 August 2009 (2009-08-12) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Belarus	1–3	Croatia	Minsk, Belarus
	Sosnovski 57' Kutuzov 75' Verkhawtsow 81'	Report	Olić 22', 85' Eduardo 69' Mandžukić 71'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 21,651 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) Assistant referees: Thorsten Schiffner (Germany) Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (Germany)

5 September 2009 (2009-09-05) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Croatia	1–0	Belarus	Zagreb, Croatia
	Rakitić 24' Ćorluka 29' 79' Križanac 89'	Report	Bardachow 14' Kornilenko 25' Hleb 57' Verkhawtsow 75' Kalachev 89' Kovel 90'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria) Assistant referees: Markus Mayr (Austria) Assistant referees: Armin Eder (Austria)

9 September 2009 (2009-09-09) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	England	5–1	Croatia	London, England
	Lampard 7' (pen.), 59' Gerrard 18', 67' Rooney 77' Terry 85'	Report	Šimunić 43' Eduardo 72'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,319 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Assistant referees: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Assistant referees: Fermín Martínez (Spain)

8 October 2009 (2009-10-08) Friendly	Croatia	3–2	Qatar	Rijeka, Croatia
	Ćorluka 7' Klasnić 11' Vukojević 22' Jelavić 90+1'	Report	Siddiq 45' Majid 61' Soria 69'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania) Assistant referees: Cristian Nica (Romania) Assistant referees: Aurel Onița (Romania)

14 October 2009 (2009-10-14) 2010 World Cup qualif, Gr 6	Kazakhstan	1–2	Croatia	Astana, Kazakhstan
	Nurgaliev 1' Khizhnichenko 26' Nusserbayev 77'	Report	Vukojević 10' 82' Kranjčar 44' 90+2' Srna 87' Jelavić 90+4'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 10,250 Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Manuel Navarro (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Beat Hidber (Switzerland)

14 November 2009 (2009-11-14) Friendly	Croatia	5–0	Liechtenstein	Vinkovci, Croatia
	Bilić 1', 49' Srna 10' Eduardo 23', 47'	Report		Stadium: Stadion HNK Cibalia Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Mihály Fábián (Hungary) Assistant referees: Oszkár Lémon (Hungary) Assistant referees: László Viszokai (Hungary)

Record per opponent

More wins than losses

As many wins as losses

Fewer wins than losses

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Andorra	6	6	0	0	24	0	+24	100.00
Argentina	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Australia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Austria	4	4	0	0	8	2	+6	100.00
Belarus	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Belgium	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	050.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	100.00
Brazil	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Bulgaria	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	040.00
Denmark	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
England	6	2	0	4	10	18	−8	033.33
Estonia	4	3	1	0	4	0	+4	075.00
France	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Germany	3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33
Greece	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Hungary	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	050.00
Iceland	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Iran	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Israel	4	3	1	0	9	6	+3	075.00
Italy	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Japan	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Latvia	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Macedonia	4	2	1	1	5	5	+0	050.00
Malta	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	050.00
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Moldova	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Norway	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Poland	3	1	1	1	1	1	+0	033.33
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Republic of Ireland	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Romania	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Russia	2	0	2	0	0	0	+0	000.00
San Marino	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
Scotland	3	0	3	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	066.67
Slovenia	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	050.00
South Korea	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	000.00
Spain	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Sweden	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Turkey	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Ukraine	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Wales	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total: 49 teams played	112	59	34	19	185	102	+83	052.68

References

^ Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match: the referee (Graham Poll) failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow. The original FIFA match report listed all three yellow cards, however was revised shortly after, with the second yellow card (90') not being recorded; it is unknown whether this was for consistency in the reports, or whether the card was retrospectively overturned.

External links

Croatia Archived 30 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA.com
Croatian Football Statistics

[1] Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match: the referee (Graham Poll) failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow. The original FIFA match report listed all three yellow cards, however was revised shortly after, with the second yellow card (90') not being recorded; it is unknown whether this was for consistency in the reports, or whether the card was retrospectively overturned.

[1]