Croatia in the UEFA Nations League

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The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The Croatia national team contests this tournament in League A, with other major footballing nations. The team entered the Nations League's inaugural 2018–19 edition in League A, along with England and Spain, in January 2018.

Overall record

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2018–19	A	4	4	1	1	2	4	10		9th
2020–21	A	3	6	1	0	5	9	16		12th
2022–23	A	1	8	5	2	1	12	8		2nd
2024–25	A	1	In progress
Total			18	7	3	8	25	34	Best: 2nd

2018–19 League A

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A § Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	1–2	2–1
2	Spain	4	2	0	2	12	7	+5	6		2–3	—	6–0
3	Croatia	4	1	1	2	4	10	−6	4		0–0	3–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)20:45

Spain	6–0	Croatia
Saúl 24' Asensio 33' Kalinić 35' (o.g.) Rodrigo 49' Ramos 57' Isco 70'	Report

Manuel Martínez Valero, ElcheAttendance: 26,900Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)20:45

Croatia	0–0	England
	Report

Stadion Rujevica, RijekaAttendance: 0Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)20:45

Croatia	3–2	Spain
Kramarić 54' Jedvaj 69', 90+3'	Report	Ceballos 56' Ramos 78' (pen.)

Stadion Maksimir, ZagrebAttendance: 33,018Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)15:00 (14:00 UTC±0)

England	2–1	Croatia
Lingard 78' Kane 85'	Report	Kramarić 57'

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 78,221Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2020–21 League A

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A § Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	6	5	1	0	12	5	+7	16	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	0–0	4–2	4–2
2	Portugal	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13		0–1	—	4–1	3–0
3	Croatia	6	1	0	5	9	16	−7	3		1–2	2–3	—	2–1
4	Sweden (R)	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3	Relegation to League B	0–1	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Portugal	4–1	Croatia
Cancelo 41' Jota 58' Félix 70' A. Silva 90+5'	Report	Petković 90+1'

Estádio do Dragão, PortoAttendance: 0Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)20:45

France	4–2	Croatia
Griezmann 43' Livaković 45+1' (o.g.) Upamecano 65' Giroud 77' (pen.)	Report	Lovren 17' Brekalo 55'

Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 0Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)18:00

Croatia	2–1	Sweden
Vlašić 32' Kramarić 84'	Report	Berg 66'

Stadion Maksimir, ZagrebAttendance: 2,020Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)20:45

Croatia	1–2	France
Vlašić 64'	Report	Griezmann 8' Mbappé 79'

Stadion Maksimir, ZagrebAttendance: 6,266Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)20:45

Sweden	2–1	Croatia
Kulusevski 36' Danielson 45+2'	Report	Danielson 82' (o.g.)

Friends Arena, SolnaAttendance: 0Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)20:45

Croatia	2–3	Portugal
Kovačić 29', 65'	Report	Dias 52', 90' Félix 60'

Stadion Poljud, SplitAttendance: 0Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

2022–23 League A

Group stage

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A § Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Croatia	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	2–1	1–1	0–3
2	Denmark	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12		0–1	—	2–0	2–0
3	France	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2	5		0–1	1–2	—	2–0
4	Austria (R)	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4	Relegation to League B	1–3	1–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated 3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)20:45

Croatia	0–3	Austria
	Report	Arnautović 41' Gregoritsch 54' Sabitzer 57'

Gradski Vrt Stadium, OsijekAttendance: 13,994Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06)20:45

Croatia	1–1	France
Kramarić 83' (pen.)	Report	Rabiot 52'

Stadion Poljud, SplitAttendance: 30,000Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10)20:45

Denmark	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Pašalić 69'

Parken Stadium, CopenhagenAttendance: 35,862Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)20:45

France	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Modrić 5' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 77,410Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)20:45

Croatia	2–1	Denmark
Sosa 49' Majer 79'	Report	Eriksen 77'

Stadion Maksimir, ZagrebAttendance: 22,715Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25)20:45

Austria	1–3	Croatia
Baumgartner 9'	Report	Modrić 6' Livaja 69' Lovren 72'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, ViennaAttendance: 45,700Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Finals

Main article: 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals

Semi-finals

14 June 2023 (2023-06-14)20:45

Netherlands	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Croatia
Malen 34' Lang 90+6'	Report	Kramarić 55' (pen.) Pašalić 72' Petković 98' Modrić 116' (pen.)

De Kuip, RotterdamAttendance: 39,359Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Final

Main article: 2023 UEFA Nations League final 18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)20:45

Croatia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain
	Report
Penalties
Vlašić Brozović Modrić Majer Perišić Petković	4–5	Joselu Rodri Merino Asensio Laporte Carvajal

De Kuip, RotterdamAttendance: 41,110Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

2024–25 League A

Group stage

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A § Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portugal	6	4	2	0	13	5	+8	14	Advance to quarter-finals	—	2–1	2–1	5–1
2	Croatia	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Advance to quarter-finals	1–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	Scotland	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs	0–0	1–0	—	2–3
4	Poland (R)	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4	Relegation to League B	1–3	3–3	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated 5 September 2024 (2024-09-05)20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Portugal	2–1	Croatia
Dalot 7' Ronaldo 34'	Report	Dalot 41' (o.g.)

Estádio da Luz, LisbonAttendance: 57,675Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)20:45

Croatia	1–0	Poland
Modrić 52'	Report

Opus Arena, OsijekAttendance: 12,612Referee: François Letexier (France)

12 October 2024 (2024-10-12)18:00

Croatia	2–1	Scotland
Matanović 36' Kramarić 70'	Report	Christie 33'

Stadion Maksimir, ZagrebAttendance: 21,702Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)20:45

Poland	3–3	Croatia
Zieliński 5' Zalewski 45' S. Szymański 68'	Report	Sosa 19' P. Sučić 24' Baturina 26'

Stadion Narodowy, WarsawAttendance: 56,103Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

15 November 2024 (2024-11-15)20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Scotland	1–0	Croatia
McGinn 86'	Report

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 48,810Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)

18 November 2024 (2024-11-18)20:45

Croatia	1–1	Portugal
Gvardiol 65'	Report	Félix 33'

Stadion Poljud, SplitAttendance: 33,386Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Quarter-finals

First leg

20 March 2025 (2025-03-20)20:45

Croatia	v	France
	Report

Stadion Poljud, Split

Second leg

23 March 2025 (2025-03-23)20:45

France	v	Croatia
	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

List of matches

Edition	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Croatia scorers
2018–19	Group stage	Spain	0–6	L	Elche	—
		England	0–0	D	Rijeka	—
		Spain	3–2	W	Zagreb	Kramarić, Jedvaj (2)
		England	1–2	L	London	Kramarić
2020–21	Group stage	Portugal	1–4	L	Porto	Petković
		France	2–4	L	Saint-Denis	Lovren, Brekalo
		Sweden	2–1	W	Zagreb	Vlašić, Kramarić
		France	1–2	L	Zagreb	Vlašić
		Sweden	1–2	L	Solna	Danielson (o.g.)
		Portugal	2–3	L	Split	Kovačić (2)
2022–23	Group stage	Austria	0–3	L	Osijek	—
		France	1–1	D	Split	Kramarić
		Denmark	1–0	W	Copenhagen	Pašalić
		France	1–0	W	Saint-Denis	Modrić
		Denmark	2–1	W	Zagreb	Sosa, Majer
		Austria	3–1	W	Vienna	Modrić, Livaja, Lovren
	Semi-finals	Netherlands	4–2 (a.e.t.)	W	Rotterdam	Kramarić, Pašalić, Petković, Modrić
	Final	Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	D	Rotterdam	—
2024–25	Group stage	Portugal	1–2	L	Lisbon	Dalot (o.g.)
		Poland	1–0	W	Osijek	Modrić
		Scotland	2–1	W	Zagreb	Matanović, Kramarić
		Poland	3–3	D	Warsaw	Sosa, P. Sučić, Baturina
		Scotland	0–1	L	Glasgow	—
		Portugal	1–1	D	Split	Gvardiol
	Quarter-finals	France	–	TBD	Split
	Quarter-finals	France	–	TBD	Saint-Denis

Statistics

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Matches
1	Luka Modrić	22
2	Andrej Kramarić	21
3	Mateo Kovačić	20
	Mario Pašalić
	Ivan Perišić

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Andrej Kramarić	6
2	Luka Modrić	4
3	Tin Jedvaj	2
	Mateo Kovačić
	Dejan Lovren
	Mario Pašalić
	Bruno Petković
	Borna Sosa
	Nikola Vlašić

Notes

The Croatia v England match was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Croatia for racist behaviour in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home match against Italy.
^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.
^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

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v t e Croatia national football team
General	Croatian Football Federation History Managers
Statistics	Head to head Hat-tricks
Results	Pre-independence (1940–91) 1992–99 2000–09 2010–19 2020–present
Players	20+ caps 1–19 caps
World Cup Finals	Summary 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 2022
UEFA Euro Finals	Summary 1996 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
UEFA Nations League Finals	Summary 2023
Rivalries	Serbia
Matches	Croatia v Indonesia (1956) Croatia v United States (1990) 2018 FIFA World Cup final 2023 UEFA Nations League final
Goal scorers	Davor Šuker
Other teams	Men's B Under-23 Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Women's Under-19 Under-17 Under-15

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