CROATIA
The
Team
| NAME |
POSITION
|
AGE
|
CLUB |
| |
|
|
|
| Dtazen Ladic |
GK
|
34
|
Croatia Zagreb |
| Marijian Mrmic |
GK
|
32
|
Besiktas |
| Tonci Gabric |
GK
|
36
|
Hajduk Split |
| |
|
|
|
| Slaven Bilic |
D
|
29
|
Everton |
| Robert Jarni |
D
|
29
|
Betis |
| Niko Kovac |
D
|
26
|
Bayer Leverkusen |
| Dario Simic |
D
|
22
|
Croatia Zagreb |
| Igor Stimac |
D
|
28
|
Derby Cunty |
| Nikola Jerkan |
D
|
33
|
Rapid Vienna |
| Goran Juric |
D
|
34
|
Croatia Zagreb |
| Danjel Sanric |
D
|
25
|
Croatia Zagreb |
| Igor Tudor |
D
|
19
|
Hajduk Split |
| |
|
|
|
| Zvonimir Soldo |
M
|
30
|
VfB Stuuugart |
| Aljosa Asanovic |
M
|
32
|
Derby County |
| Zvonimir Boban |
M
|
29
|
AC Milan |
| Robert Prosinecki |
M
|
28
|
Croatia Zagreb |
| Nikola Jurcevic |
M
|
31
|
Salzburg Austria |
| Krunoslav Jurcic |
M
|
28
|
Croatia Zagreb |
| Silvio Mario |
M
|
22
|
Croatia Zagreb |
| |
|
|
|
| Davor Suker |
F
|
29
|
Real Madrid |
| Igor Cvitanovic |
F
|
27
|
Croatia Zagreb |
| Alen Boksic |
F
|
27
|
Lazio |
| Goran Vlaovic |
F
|
25
|
Valencia |
| Tomislav Erceg |
F
|
26
|
Hajduk |
The
Coach
Croatian coach MIROSLAV BLAZEVIC saw his team through a roller-coaster
qualifying campaign that several times looked like coming off the rails.
But at the end of a nail-biting year which ended in victory over Ukraine
in the playoffs, Blazevic was able to tell his nation: " I told you I would
take Croatia to France, and this was in an even more spectacular way."
He was smiling as he spoke. The smartly-dressed, 60-year-old chain-smoker
almost lost his job at one point halfway through the qualifiers, but securing
Croatian soccer its biggest success in the seven-year long history cemented
his position.
How
They Qualified
Europe
Group 1
| Bosnia - Croatia |
1 - 4
|
| Croatia - Greece |
1 - 1
|
| Croatia - Denmark |
1 - 1
|
| Croatia - Slovenia |
3 - 3
|
| Greece - Croatia |
0 - 1
|
| Croatia - Bosnia |
3 - 2
|
| Denmark - Croatia |
3 - 1
|
| Slovenia - Croatia |
1 - 3
|
Final
Table
|
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Pts
|
| Denmark |
8
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
14
|
6
|
17
|
| Croatia |
8
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
17
|
12
|
15
|
| Greece |
8
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
11
|
4
|
14
|
| Bosnia |
8
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
9
|
14
|
9
|
| Slovenia |
8
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
20
|
1
|
World
Cup Record
NONE