Croatia national futsal team

Croatia

Nickname(s)	Vatreni (The Blazers)
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	17 (13 July 2016) [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	5 (First in 1999)
Best result	Fourth place, (2012)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2013)
Best result	Fourth place, (2013)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	2 (First in 2006)
Best result	Third place, (2006)

The Croatia national futsal team represents Croatia during international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships.

Results

FIFA Futsal World Cup

UEFA European Futsal Championship

Grand Prix de Futsal

Confederations Cup

Futsal Mundialito

Mediterranean Cup

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ivo Jukić	(1986 -04-13)13 April 1986 (aged 27)	14	0	FK Nikars Riga
12	1GK	Marin Stojkić	(1984 -09-30)30 September 1984 (aged 29)	10	0	MNK Murter
2	2DF	Matija Capar	(1984 -10-20)20 October 1984 (aged 29)	6	0	MNK Alumnus
3	2DF	Jakov Grcić	(1983 -04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 30)	13	5	MNK Novo Vrijeme Makarska
4	2DF	Kristijan Grbeša	(1990 -01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 24)	5	1	MNK Alumnus
9	2DF	Alen Protega	(1987 -03-05)5 March 1987 (aged 26)	5	0	MNK Split
10	2DF	Tihomir Novak	(1986 -10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 27)	13	5	Asti
13	2DF	Vedran Matošević	(1990 -08-27)27 August 1990 (aged 23)	3	0	MNK Alumnus
14	2DF	Gordan Duvančić	(1987 -09-12)12 September 1987 (aged 26)	0	0	Skripta Osijek
5	4FW	Nikola Pavić	(1990 -08-10)10 August 1990 (aged 23)	3	0	FC Arena
6	4FW	Saša Babić	(1989 -08-04)4 August 1989 (aged 24)	10	1	MNK Novo Vrijeme Makarska
7	4FW	Franko Jelovčić	(1991 -07-06)6 July 1991 (aged 22)	10	4	MNK Split
8	4FW	Dario Marinović	(1990 -05-24)24 May 1990 (aged 23)	13	12	Al Yarmouk Kuwait
11	4FW	Josip Suton	(1988 -11-14)14 November 1988 (aged 25)	5	0	MNK Split

Results and Fixtures

2013

Slovakia  v  Croatia

18 September 2013 Euro 2014 Play-off	Slovakia	1 – 3	Croatia	Bratislava, Slovakia
17:15 CET	Haľk  19'	Report	Marinović  22', 23' Novak  28'	Stadium: Interhala Pasienky

Croatia  v  Slovakia

24 September 2013 Euro 2014 Play-off	Croatia	4 – 0	Slovakia	Dubrovnik, Croatia
20:00 CET	Jelovčić 4', 21', 37' Marinović  34'	Report		Stadium: Sports Hall

2014

Croatia  v  Belgium

7 January 2014 Friendly	Croatia	3 – 2	Belgium	Novigrad, Croatia
20:00		Report

Croatia  v  Belgium

8 January 2014 Friendly	Croatia	2 – 2	Belgium	Opatija, Croatia
20:00		Report

Spain  v  Croatia

29 January 2014 Euro 2014	Spain	3 – 3	Croatia	Antwerp, Belgium
18:30	Aicardo  16' Lin  27', 28'	Report	Babić  10' Jelovčić  18' Capar  38'	Stadium: Lotto Arena

Croatia  v  Czech Republic

31 January 2014 Euro 2014	Croatia	3 – 3	Czech Republic	Antwerp, Belgium
18:30		Report		Stadium: Lotto Arena

Italy  v  Croatia

4 February 2014 Euro 2014	Italy	2–1	Croatia	Sportpaleis, Antwerp
18:00	Romano  1' Fortino  10'	Report	Jelovčić  7'	Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

Notable players

Player statistics

As of 15 December 2015

Record against other teams

As of 2 Nov 2016

Wins/Defeats after penalty shootout counted as draw.

National team	Total				FIFA World Cup				Confederations Cup				UEFA European Championship				Mediterranean Games				Qualifications				Tournaments**
	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L
Albania	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1
Argentina	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2
Armenia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Belarus	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Belgium	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
Chile	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Colombia	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	13	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	4	1	0	3	2	2	0	0
France	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
Greece	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	21	6	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	0	0	2	7	1	2	4
Iran	6	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	17	0	2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4
Japan	5	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Libya	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Palestine	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Romania	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia	8	0	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia*	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	2	0	0	2
Slovenia	10	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	8	1	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Sweden	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Vietnam	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (44)	206	99	30	77

• *includes games against  Serbia and Montenegro / FR Yugoslavia
• **other international (invitational) competitions: Grand Prix de Futsal (2005-2014), Futsal Mundialito (2007-2008)

Biggest Wins

Biggest Losses

References

External links

• CROfutsal (in Croatian)
• HRfutsal.com (in Croatian)
• Croatia Mediterranean Futsal champions 2010 (in Croatian) (Last updated November 10, 2010)
• Detailed list of all Croatia's games (in Croatian) (Last updated July 1, 2009)

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