| Germany 2006: |
| CROATIA |
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| KEY FACTS |
| World Ranking |
| 19th |
| CROATIA NEWS |
| Croatia found themselves co-favourites in a two horse race between themselves and Sweden in group 8 and unsurprisingly, they progressed as top place. Infact Croatia and Sweden finished level on points, Croatia tho having the best head-to-head record. Their home record was impressive with 13 from 15 possible points and only 2 goals conceded in 5 matches. However only dropping six points all campaign is impressive enough. Croatia can thank Dado Prso and Darijo Srna for helping them qualify for their third straight world cup finals after the duo scored just under half Croatia's goals between them. |
| Qualifying Group Position |
| 1st |
| Group H |
| Top Scorers |
| Dado Prso Darijo Srna |
| 5 Goals |
| QUALIFYING |
| 2-2 |
| Bulgaria |
| Drew |
| 09-Oct-04 |
| 3-0 |
| Dft |
| 1-0 |
| Dft |
| 08-Oct-05 |
| 3-1 |
| Iceland |
| Dft |
| 03-Sep-05 |
| 1-1 |
| Malta |
| Drew |
| 07-Sep-05 |
| 0-0 |
| Hungary |
| Drew |
| 12-Oct-05 |
| 1-0 |
| Dft |
| 08-Sep-04 |
| 30-Mar-05 |
| 4-0 |
| Iceland |
| Dft |
| 26-Mar-05 |
| 3-0 |
| Hungary |
| Dft |
| 04-Sep-04 |
| Malta |
| 3-1 |
| Dft |
| 04-Jun-05 |
| Bulgaria |
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| Appearances (Champions in bold) |
| 1998, 2002, 2006 |
| CROATIA'S WORLD CUP HISTORY |
| SQUAD (club in brackets) |
| Goalkeepers |
| Tomislav Butina (Club Bruges, Belgium) |
| Joe Didulica (Austria Vienna, Austria) |
| Stipe Plekikosa (Hajduk Split, Croatia) |
| Defenders |
| Robert Kovac (Juventus, Italy) |
| Dario Simic (AC Milan, italy) |
| Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin, Germany) |
| Mario Tokic (Austria Vienna, Austria) |
| Stjepan Tomas (Galatasaray, Turkey) |
| Igor Tudor (Siena, Italy) |
| Midfielders |
| Marko Babic (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) |
| Niko Kovic (Hertha Berlin, Germany) |
| Niko Kranjcar (Hajduk Split, Croatia) |
| Ivan Leko (Club Bruges, Belgium) |
| Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia) |
| Anthony Seric (Panathinaikos, Greece) |
| Dario Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine) |
| Forwards |
| Bosko Balaban (Club Bruges, Belgium) |
| Ivan Bosnjak (Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia) |
| Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen, Germany) |
| Ivica Olic (CSKA Moscow, Russia) |
| Jurica Vranjes (Werder Bremen, Germany) |
| Dado Prso (Rangers, Scotland) |