Nickname(s) Vatreni ("The Blazers")
Association Hrvatski nogometni savez
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Slaven Bilić
Captain Niko Kovač
Most caps Dario Šimić (95)
Top scorer Davor Šuker (45)
Home stadium Maksimir Stadium
FIFA code CRO
FIFA ranking 10
Highest FIFA ranking 3 (January 1999)
Lowest FIFA ranking 125 (March 1994)
Elo ranking 11
Highest Elo ranking 5 (July 1998)
The Croatian national football team represents Croatia in international matches and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation. The team has been in existence since 1990 and was recognised by FIFA and UEFA in the summer of 1992, one year after Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia.
The team played their first competitive matches in the qualifying campaign for the Euro 1996 and qualified for the finals to make their first appearance in a major international tournament. They have been a strong force in international football ever since, finishing third in the 1998 World Cup, led by Golden Boot winner Davor Šuker. They have qualified for every World Cup that they have entered as an independent nation.
The team was FIFA's "Best Mover of the Year" in 1994 and 1998, and have been more volatile in the FIFA World Rankings than any other nation, having been rated as high as third, and as low as 125th. They are still undefeated in all competitive matches they played on home soil since 1994. They also qualified for both 2002 and 2006 World Cups without losing a qualifying match.
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