• News
  • Sport
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Education
  • TV Licences
  • Contact Us

For all official information and updates regarding COVID-19, visit the South African Department of Health's website at www.sacoronavirus.co.za

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION
Home Features Euro 2020 Groups and Team Profiles

Croatia FACTBOX

2 June 2021, 10:24 PM  |
Reuters Reuters |  @SABCNews
Croatia have never won the Euros, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996 and 2008.

Croatia have never won the Euros, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996 and 2008.

Image: Reuters

Croatia have never won the Euros, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996 and 2008.

FIFA ranking: 14

Coach: Zlatko Dalic

Dalic, who took over in October 2017, impressed in his second year when he led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup final where they lost 4-2 to France. However, he came under fire after the Balkan nation had a poor run in the following year’s UEFA Nations League where they finished bottom of their group behind England and Spain.

Captain: Luka Modric

Voted the best player in the world in 2018, Modric is Croatia’s most-capped player with 136 appearances and the 35-year-old midfielder has continued to pull the strings for his club side Real Madrid.

Top player: Ivan Perisic

Perisic has scored 27 goals in 99 appearances for Croatia. The 32-year-old was part of Inter Milan’s Serie A title-winning team this season with three goals and five assists.

Tournament history    

Croatia have never won the Euros, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996 and 2008. They were knocked out in the last 16 in 2016 and suffered first-round exits in 2004 and 2012. Their worst performance dates back to 2000 when they failed to qualify for the tournament.

Recent form    

2021    Croatia 3-0 Malta       World Cup qualifying
2021    Croatia 1-0 Cyprus      World Cup qualifying
2021    Slovenia 1-0 Croatia    World Cup qualifying
2020    Croatia 2-3 Portugal    UEFA Nations League
2020    Sweden 2-1 Croatia      UEFA Nations League

Tournament fixtures:    

June 13: v England, London
June 18: v Czech Republic, Glasgow
June 22: v Scotland, Glasgow

Share article
Previous Post

Czech Republic FACTBOX

Next Post

England FACTBOX

Related Posts

This is the first time North Macedonia have qualified for a major international tournament.

North Macedonia FACTBOX

4 June 2021, 8:41 PM
Austria have never reached the knockout phase, exiting in the group stage in 2008, when they were co-hosts, and 2016 when they finished bottom of their group without a win.

Austria FACTBOX

4 June 2021, 8:29 PM
Frank De Boer replaced Barcelona-bound Ronald Koeman in September 2020.

Netherlands FACTBOX

4 June 2021, 8:21 PM
Ukraine have never reached the knockout phase, exiting at the group stage in 2012, when they were co-hosts, and in 2016.

Ukraine FACTBOX

4 June 2021, 8:05 PM
Spain are three-times European champions, having won the tournament in 1964, 2008 and 2012.

Spain FACTBOX

2 June 2021, 10:35 PM
England have never won the tournament, coming closest on home soil in 1996 when they lost to Germany in the semi-finals.

England FACTBOX

2 June 2021, 10:29 PM
Next Post
England have never won the tournament, coming closest on home soil in 1996 when they lost to Germany in the semi-finals.

England FACTBOX

Most Viewed

  • 24hrs
  • Week
  • Month
  • EMS says fire at Bree Street Taxi Rank in Johannesburg has been extinguished
  • The public has until 18 May to make submissions on Icasa’s regulations for extension of expiry period for data, airtime
  • ANC NEC expected to hold a special meeting on Sunday
  • Eastern Cape flood victims plead for support as access to food, services remains difficult
  • Amathole Regional Secretary elated to have corruption charges against him dropped
  • East London police search for clues that led to tavern death; calls to revoke tavern’s licence 
  • UPDATE: At least 17 people killed in an East London tavern stampede
  • South Africans no longer required to wear face masks indoors
  • E Cape Liquor Board says Enyobeni tavern owner will face criminal charges
  • Zulu Royal Palace abuzz as King Misuzulu’s cleansing ceremony continues
  • East London police search for clues that led to tavern death; calls to revoke tavern’s licence 
  • UPDATE: At least 17 people killed in an East London tavern stampede
  • Mosimane alleges sabotage from CAF President Patrice Motsepe
  • SANTACO and NTA calls on COSATU to join the national shutdown over the hiking fuel prices
  • NTA yet to decide whether to support calls for national shutdown amid fuel price hikes

LATEST

The gavel which is used by judges in a court of law.
  • South Africa

Thoriso Themane murder case’s sentencing proceedings expected to continue in Polokwane


Models present creations by designer Hedi Slimane as part of his Spring/Summer 2023 Menswear collection show for fashion house Celine during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France June 26, 2022.
  • Lifestyle

Celine closes Paris Fashion Week with bare-chested models and dazzling blazers


[File Image] Farm workers busy at work.
  • Business

Farmers worried rain will negatively affect their output harvesting season


Cocaine is displayed to journalists after being seized by Guinea-Bissau's judicial police in the capital Bissau, March 21, 2012.
  • Africa

Drug use high in West and Central Africa, trafficking funds conflict: UN


Workers pressure wash the logo of NASA on the Vehicle Assembly Building before SpaceX will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Falcon 9 rocket, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, May 19, 2020.
  • Sci-tech

NASA to launch first rocket from a commercial spaceport in Australia


[File Image] A charred car is seen in front of an apartment building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 30, 2022.
  • World
  • Russia, Ukraine conflict

‘At least 13 killed in Russian missile strike on shopping mall’


Weather

  • About the SABC
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Site Map

SABC © 2022

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION

© 2022

Previous Czech Republic FACTBOX
Next England FACTBOX