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No previous appearances in World Cup
1994 award from FIFA for team that made the most
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World Under-21 champions (when part of Yugoslavia)
| Pos. |
Name |
Age |
Club |
| GK | Drazen Ladic | 35 | Croatia Zagreb |
| GK | Marjan Mrmic | 32 | Besiktas |
| GK | Vladimir Vasilj | 22 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | |
| D | Slaven Bilic | 29 | Everton |
| D | Dario Simic | 22 | Croatia Zagreb |
| D | Igor Stimac | 30 | Derby County |
| D | Goran Juric | 35 | Croatia Zagreb |
| D | Igor Tudor | 20 | Hajduk Split |
| D | Zvonimir Soldo | 30 | VfB Stuttgart |
| D | Zoran Mamic | 26 | Vfl Bochum | |
| M | Zvonimir Boban | 29 | AC Milan |
| M | Robert Prosinecki | 29 | Croatia Zagreb |
| M | Mario Stanic | 26 | Parma |
| M | Krunoslav Jurcic | 28 | Croatia Zagreb |
| M | Anthony Seric | 19 | Hajduk Split |
| M | Aljosa Asanovic | 32 | Naples |
| M | Robert Jarni | 29 | Real Betis |
| M | Silvio Maric | 23 | Croatia Zagreb | |
| F | Davor Suker | 30 | Real Madrid |
| F | Goran Vlaovic | 25 | Valencia |
| F | Petar Krpan | 23 | Osijek |
| F | Ardian Kozniku | 30 | Bastia |
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| Won |
Lost |
Tied |
GF |
GA |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 |
| How Qualified: 2nd place
in UEFA Group 1, defeated
Ukraine in playoff | |
| Date | Result |
| UEFA Second Place Playoffs |
| Nov. 15, 1997 | Ukraine 1, Croatia 1 |
| Oct. 29, 1997 | Croatia 2, Ukraine 0 |
| UEFA Group 1 |
| Oct. 11, 1997 | Slovenia 1, Croatia 3 |
| Sept. 10, 1997 | Denmark 3, Croatia 1 |
| Sept. 6, 1997 | Croatia 3, Bosnia-Hervegovina 2 |
| April 30, 1997 | Greece 0, Croatia 1 |
| April 2, 1997 | Croatia 3, Slovenia 3 |
| March 29, 1997 | Croatia 1, Denmark 1 |
| Nov. 10, 1996 | Croatia 1, Greece 1 |
| Oct. 8, 1996 | Croatia 4, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 |
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Knight-Ridder/Tribune
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between
Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population: 4.7 million (1995 estimate)
Capital: Zagreb
Comparative area: Slightly smaller than West Virginia
Religions: Catholic 76.5 percent, Orthodox 11.1 percent, Slavic Muslim
1.2 percent, Protestant 0.4 percent, others and unknown 10.8 percent
Landscape: Flat plains along Hungarian border; low mountains and
highlands near Adriatic coast; coastline; islands
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