Croatia national under-21 football team
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| Nickname(s) | Vatreni ("The Blazers") | ||
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| Association | Croatian Football Federation | ||
| Head coach | Dražen Ladić | ||
| Captain | Mato Jajalo | ||
| Most caps | Tomislav Vranjić (26) | ||
| Top scorer | Tomo Šokota (10) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Croatia 0-0 Italy  February 131993, friendly |
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| Biggest win | |||
| Croatia 6-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Template:Country data Bosnia And Herzegovina Osijek, September 51997, qual.EC |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
| Croatia 0-4 Bosnia And Herzegovina Template:Country data Bosnia And Herzegovina Vinkovci, November 172004, friendly  Brazil 4-0 Croatia Calabar, Nigeria, April 141999, WC |
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| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2000) | ||
| Best result | Group stage 2000 & 2004 | ||
The Croatia national under-21 football team has played since Croatia's independence in 1990 and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation. (For the team under the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia see Yugoslavia national under-21 football team.)
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[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record
1996: Did not qualify Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
1998: Did not qualify Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
2000: Group stage
2002: Did not qualify Lost in playoff.
2004: Group stage
2006: Did not qualify Lost in playoff.
2007: Did not qualify Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
2009: Did not qualify Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group.
[edit] Current Squad
Last update on June 3, 2009.
GOALKEEPERS
DEFENDERS
- NK Dinamo Zagreb - Tomislav Barbarić
- NK Zadar - Goran Jozinović
- NK Slaven Belupo - Elvis Kokalović
- NK Dinamo Zagreb - Dejan Lovren
- HNK Hajduk Split - Mario Maloča
- NK Varteks - Karlo Šimek
- NK Dinamo Zagreb - Ivan Tomečak
- NK Osijek - Domagoj Vida
MIDFIELDERS
- NK Zagreb - Besart Abdurahimi
- NK Dinamo Zagreb - Milan Badelj
- A.C. Siena - Mato Jajalo
- HNK Hajduk Split - Krešo Ljubičić
- NK Zadar - Marin Ljubičić
FC Spartak Moscow - Filip Ozobić- NK Croatia Sesvete - Antun Palić
- HNK Hajduk Split - Mario Tičinović
- HNK Cibalia - Vlatko Šimunac
NK Maribor - Dejan Školnik- NK Zagreb - Matija Špičić
FORWARDS
- AFC Ajax - Darko Bodul
- NK Rijeka - Sandi Križman
- NK Osijek - Ivan Miličević
- HNK Hajduk Split - Mirko Oremuš
- NK Lokomotiva - Marko Šimić
[edit] See also
- Croatian Football Federation
- Croatia national football team
- UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
[edit] External links
- UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
- Cronogomet.net - nogometne vijesti, forum...
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
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