Croatia national futsal team

Croatia
Nickname(s) Vatreni
Association Hrvatski Nogometni Savez
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Mato Stanković
Captain Ivo Jukić
Most caps Frane Despotović (80)
Top scorer Robert Grdović (40)
Home stadium Arena Zagreb
FIFA code CRO
FIFA ranking 15 [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Italy  4–1  Croatia
(Milano, Italy; March 14, 1994)
Biggest win
 Croatia 18–4 Japan 
(Milano, Italy; March 15, 1994)
Biggest defeat
 Croatia 0–10 Spain 
(Águilas, Spain; March 30, 2013)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2000)
Best result Second round (2000)
European Championship
Appearances 4 (First in 1999)
Best result 4th (2012)

The Croatia national futsal team represents Croatia during international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation.Croatia had the greatest success at Euro 2012 when they won 4 place.

Results

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Spain 1996Did not qualify------
Guatemala 20002nd round63031815
TPE 2004Did not qualify------
Brazil 2008Did not qualify------
Thailand 2012Did not qualify------
Total1/563031815

European Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Spain 1996Did not qualify------
Spain 19991st round3102814
Russia 20011st round310229
Italy 2003Did not qualify------
Czech Republic 2005Did not qualify------
Portugal 2007Did not qualify------
Hungary 2010Did not qualify------
Croatia 2012Semifinals42111010
Belgium 2014Quarterfinals302178
Serbia 2016Qualifying starts 2015------
Slovenia 2018-------
Total4/994362741

Mediterranean Cup

Mediterranean Cup Record
Year Round
2010 Champions

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Ivo Jukić 13 April 1986 (aged 27) 14 0 Latvia FK Nikars Riga
12 GK Marin Stojkić 30 September 1984 (aged 29) 10 0 Croatia MNK Murter
2 DF Matija Capar 20 October 1984 (aged 29) 6 0 Croatia MNK Alumnus
3 DF Jakov Grcić 12 April 1983 (aged 30) 13 5 Croatia MNK Novo Vrijeme Makarska
4 DF Kristijan Grbeša 17 January 1990 (aged 24) 5 1 Croatia MNK Alumnus
9 DF Alen Protega 5 March 1987 (aged 26) 5 0 Croatia MNK Split
10 DF Tihomir Novak 24 October 1986 (aged 27) 13 5 Italy Asti
13 DF Vedran Matošević 27 August 1990 (aged 23) 3 0 Croatia MNK Alumnus
14 DF Gordan Duvančić 12 September 1987 (aged 26) 0 0 Croatia Skripta Osijek
5 FW Nikola Pavić 10 August 1990 (aged 23) 3 0 Croatia FC Arena
6 FW Saša Babić 4 August 1989 (aged 24) 10 1 Croatia MNK Novo Vrijeme Makarska
7 FW Franko Jelovčić 6 July 1991 (aged 22) 10 4 Croatia MNK Split
8 FW Dario Marinović 24 May 1990 (aged 23) 13 12 Kuwait Al Yarmouk Kuwait
11 FW Josip Suton 14 November 1988 (aged 25) 5 0 Croatia MNK Split

Results and Fixtures

2013

2014

Notable players

  • Robert Grdović
  • Patrik Drndić
  • Robertino Jelovčić
  • Nikola Tomičić
  • Mićo Martić
  • Ivica Lemo
  • Goran Eklić
  • Tomislav Gričar
  • Dinko Huskić
  • Josip Palić
  • Pjer Malvasija
  • Alen Delpont
  • Željko Mijić
  • Boris Držanić
  • Boris Durlen
  • Dean Delevski
  • Tomislav Papeš
  • Velimir Čarapina
  • Edin Dervišagić
  • Siniša Alebić
  • Božidar Butigan
  • Edin Derviščaušević
  • Mate Čuljak
  • Alen Jukić
  • Marijan Brnčić
  • Ivica Gvozden
  • Robert Karašić
  • Korab Morina
  • Kujtim Morina

References

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