Croatia's all-time FIFA World Cup statistics

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In this continuously-updated article, we take a look at Croatia's all-time FIFA World Cup statistics.

All-time record across 7 FIFA World Cup appearances (1998–2026)

Confederation	UEFA
Best FIFA World Cup achievement	Runners-up (2018)
FIFA World Cup appearances (inc 2026)	7 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026)
First FIFA World Cup	1998 (third place)
Most recent FIFA World Cup	2022 (third place)
Current sequence of successive qualifications (inc 2026)	4 (since 2014)
FIFA World Cup hosts	n/a

Record by tournament

Year - Host	Result	Head coach	Top scorer	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
1930 - URU	Did not participate
1934 - ITA	Did not participate
1938 - FRA	Did not participate
1950 - BRA	Did not participate
1954 - SUI	Did not participate
1958 - SWE	Did not participate
1962 - CHI	Did not participate
1966 - ENG	Did not participate
1970 - MEX	Did not participate
1974 - FRG	Did not participate
1978 - ARG	Did not participate
1982 - ESP	Did not participate
1986 - MEX	Did not participate
1990 - ITA	Did not participate
1994 - USA	Did not participate
1998 - FRA	Third place	Miroslav Ciro Blazevic, BIH	Davor Suker (6)	7	5	0	2	11	5	6
2002 - JPN/KOR	Group stage	Mirko Jozic, CRO	Ivica Olic, Milan Rapaic (1)	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1
2006 - GER	Group stage	Zlatko Kranjcar, CRO	Niko Kovac, Darijo Srna (1)	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1
2010 - RSA	Did not qualify
2014 - BRA	Group stage	Niko Kovac, CRO	Mario Mandzukic, Ivan Perisic (2)	3	1	0	2	6	6	0
2018 - RUS	Runners-up	Zlatko Dalic, CRO	Mario Mandzukic, Ivan Perisic (3)	7	4	2	1	14	9	5
2022 - QAT	Third place	Zlatko Dalic, CRO	Andrej Kramaric (2)	7	2	4	1	8	7	1
OVERALL RECORD				30	13	8	9	43	33	10

P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · F = Goals for · A = Goals against · GD = Goal difference

All-time World Cup record

Phase	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Overall	30	13	8	9	43	33	10
Group stage	18	8	4	6	25	16	9
Knockout phase	12	5	4	3	18	17	1

GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference

General team records

Biggest win	4-0: vs Cameroon (group stage, 18/06/2014)
Biggest defeat	0-3: vs Argentina (semi-finals, 13/12/2022)
Highest scoring draw	2-2: twice, most recently, vs Russia (quarter-finals, 07/07/2018) aet W 4-3 PSO
Highest scoring match	6 goals: Croatia 2-4 France (final, 15/07/2018)
Most goals scored in a match	4 goals: 4-0 vs Cameroon (group stage, 18/06/2014) 4 goals: 4-1 vs Canada (group stage, 27/11/2022)
Most goals conceded in a match	4 goals: 2-4 vs France (final, 15/07/2018)
Most goals scored at a FIFA World Cup	14: 2018 (7 matches)
Fewest goals scored at a FIFA World Cup	2: twice, most recently, 2006 (3 matches)
Most goals conceded at a FIFA World Cup	9: 2018 (7 matches)
Fewest goals conceded at a FIFA World Cup	3: twice, most recently, 2006 (3 matches)

Streaks

Successive wins	3: 16/06/2018 - 26/06/2018
Successive defeats	2: 13/06/2002 - 13/06/2006
Successive draws	3: 01/12/2022 - 09/12/2022
Successive matches without a defeat	6: 16/06/2018 - 11/07/2018
Successive matches without a win	5: 13/06/2002 - 18/06/2014
Successive matches with a goal scored	11: 22/06/2006 - 15/07/2018
Successive matches without scoring	3: 13/06/2002 - 18/06/2006
Successive clean sheets	2: twice, most recently, 16/06/2018 - 21/06/2018

Knockout records

Round by round WL record *ties won or lost

Round of 16 - W3 L0

Quarter-finals - W3 L0

Semi-finals - W1 L2

Third place - W2 L0

Final - W0 L1

Extra time

Croatia vs Denmark	1-1 AET (1-1, 1-1) 3-2 PSO	2018, round of 16
Russia vs Croatia	2-2 AET (1-1, 1-1) 3-4 PSO	2018, quarter-finals
Croatia vs England	2-1 AET (1-1, 0-1)	2018, semi-finals
Japan vs Croatia	1-1 AET (1-1, 1-0) 1-3 PSO	2022, round of 16
Croatia vs Brazil	1-1 AET 4-2 PSO	2022, quarter-finals

Penalty shoot-outs

W4 L0

W 3-2 vs Denmark (2018, round of 16)

W 4-3 vs Russia (2018, quarter-finals)

W 3-1 vs Japan (2022, round of 16)

W 4-2 vs Brazil (2022, quarter-finals)

Player records

Most FIFA World Cup participations

4 - Luka Modric (2006, 2014, 2018, 2022)

3 - Ten players

Most FIFA World Cup matches played

19 - Luka Modric (2-2006; 3-2014; 7-2018; 7-2022)

17 - Ivan Perisic (3-2014; 7-2018; 7-2022)

16 - Dejan Lovren (3-2014; 7-2018; 6-2022)

15 - Mateo Kovacic (3-2014; 5-2018; 7-2022)

14 - Andrej Kramaric (7-2018; 7-2022)

13 - Marcelo Brozovic (1-2014; 6-2018; 6-2022)

11 - Dario Simic (6-1998; 2-2002; 3-2006)

10 - Robert Jarni (7-1998; 3-2002)

10 - Ivan Rakitic (3-2014; 7-2018)

9 - Mario Stanic (7-1998; 2-2002)

9 - Stipe Pletikosa (3-2002; 3-2006; 3-2014)

9 - Ante Rebic (3-2014; 6-2018)

Most FIFA World Cup goals scored

6 - Davor Suker (6-1998)

6 - Ivan Perisic (2-2014; 3-2018; 1-2022)

5 - Mario Mandzukic (2-2014; 3-2018)

3 - Andrej Kramaric (1-2018; 2-2022)

2 - Luka Modric (2-2018)

2 - Ivica Olic (1-2002; 1 -2014)

2 - Robert Prosinecki (2-1998)

1 - 16 players

Most FIFA World Cup tournaments with a goal

3 - Ivan Perisic (2014, 2018, 2022)

Youngest player to make an appearance at a FIFA World Cup

20y 37d - Mateo Kovacic vs Brazil (12/06/2014)

20y 65d - Igor Tudor vs Japan (20/06/1998)

20y 264d - Ante Rebic vs Brazil (12/06/2014)

20y 282d - Luka Modric vs Japan (18/06/2006)

20y 304d - Josko Gvardiol vs Morocco (23/11/2022)

Youngest goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup

20y 328d - Josko Gvardiol vs Morocco (17/12/2022)

22y 267d - Ivica Olic vs Italy (08/06/2002)

24y 52d - Darijo Srna vs Australia (22/06/2006)

24y 273d - Ante Rebic vs Argentina (21/06/2018)

24y 314d - Lovro Majer vs Canada (27/11/2022)

Oldest player to make an appearance at a FIFA World Cup

37y 99d - Luka Modric vs Morocco (17/12/2022)

35y 191d - Drazen Ladic vs Netherlands (11/07/1998)

35y 166d - Stipe Pletikosa vs Mexico (23/06/2014)

34y 282d - Ivica Olic vs Mexico (23/06/2014)

34y 250d - Niko Kovac vs Australia (22/06/2006)

Oldest goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup

34y 277d - Ivica Olic vs Cameroon (18/06/2014)

34y 250d - Niko Kovac vs Australia (22/06/2006)

33y 306d - Ivan Perisic vs Japan (05/12/2022)

32y 285d - Luka Modric vs Argentina (21/06/2018)

32y 55d - Mario Mandzukic vs France (15/07/2018)

Most consecutive appearances with a goal

4 - Davor Suker (30/06/1998 - 11/07/1998)

Most goals in a match

2 - Mario Mandzukic vs Cameroon (2014, group stage)

2 - Andrej Kramaric vs Canada (2022, group stage)

Hat-tricks

N/A

Fastest goal scored

2' - Darijo Srna vs Australia (2006, group stage)

3' 43'' - Mario Mandzukic vs Denmark (2018, round of 16)

6' 30'' - Josko Gvardiol vs Morocco (2022, third place play-off)

Most clean sheets (GK)

3 - Drazen Ladic (3-1998)

Red cards

Boris Zivkovic vs Mexico (2002, group stage)

Dario Simic vs Australia (2006, group stage)

Josip Simunic vs Australia (2006, group stage)

Ante Rebic vs Mexico (2014, group stage)

Coaches

Most final tournaments

2 - Zlatko Dalic, CRO (2018, 2022)

Most matches

14 - Zlatko Dalic, CRO (7-2018; 7-2022)

7 - Miroslav Ciro Blazevic, BIH (7-1998)

Most matches won

6 - Zlatko Dalic, CRO (4-2018; 2-2022)

Youngest coach

42y 240d - Niko Kovac vs Brazil (12/06/2014)

49y 210d - Zlatko Kranjcar vs Brazil (13/06/2006)

51y 233d - Zlatko Dalic vs Nigeria (16/06/2018)

Oldest coach

63y 151d - Miroslav Blazevic vs Netherlands (11/07/1998)

62y 66d - Mirko Jozic vs Ecuador (13/06/2002)

56y 52d - Zlatko Dalic vs Morocco (17/12/2022)

Penalties taken

Min.	Span	Player	Date	Match	Execution	Reason
45+2'	O1H	Davor Suker, CRO	30/06/1998	ROU vs CRO	scored	Goal
22'	1H	Darijo Srna, CRO	18/06/2006	JPN vs CRO	not scored	Saved
71'	2H	Luka Modric, CRO	16/06/2018	CRO vs NGA	scored	Goal
116'	E2H	Luka Modric, CRO	01/07/2018	CRO vs DEN	not scored	Saved

Penalties faced

Min.	Span	Goalkeeper	Opposition player	Team	Date	Match	Execution
60'	2H	Stipe Pletikosa	Cuauhtemoc Blanco	Mexico	03/06/2002	CRO vs MEX	Conceded
38'	1H	Stipe Pletikosa	Craig Moore	Australia	22/06/2006	CRO vs AUS	Conceded
71'	2H	Stipe Pletikosa	Neymar	Brazil	12/06/2014	BRA vs CRO	Conceded
76'	2H	Lovre Kalinic	Gylfi Sigurdsson	Iceland	26/06/2018	ISL vs CRO	Conceded
38'	1H	Danijel Subasic	Antoine Griezmann	France	15/07/2018	FRA vs CRO	Conceded
34'	1H	Dominik Livakovic	Lionel Messi	Argentina	13/12/2022	ARG vs CRO	Conceded

Complete World Cup match results

Tournament	Date	Match
1998	14/06/1998	Jamaica 1-3 Croatia, Group stage (Lens-FRA)
1998	20/06/1998	Japan 0-1 Croatia, Group stage (Nantes-FRA)
1998	26/06/1998	Argentina 1-0 Croatia, Group stage (Bordeaux-FRA)
1998	30/06/1998	Romania 0-1 Croatia, Round of 16 (Bordeaux-FRA)
1998	04/07/1998	Germany 0-3 Croatia, Quarter-finals (Lyon-FRA)
1998	08/07/1998	France 2-1 Croatia, Semi-finals (Saint-Denis-FRA)
1998	11/07/1998	Netherlands 1-2 Croatia, Third-place play-off (Paris-FRA)
2002	03/06/2002	Croatia 0-1 Mexico, Group stage (Niigata-JPN)
2002	08/06/2002	Italy 1-2 Croatia, Group stage (Kashima-JPN)
2002	13/06/2002	Ecuador 1-0 Croatia, Group stage (Yokohama-JPN)
2006	13/06/2006	Brazil 1-0 Croatia, Group stage (Berlin-GER)
2006	18/06/2006	Japan 0-0 Croatia, Group stage (Nuremberg-GER)
2006	22/06/2006	Croatia 2-2 Australia, Group stage (Stuttgart-GER)
2014	12/06/2014	Brazil 3-1 Croatia, Group stage (Sao Paulo-BRA)
2014	18/06/2014	Cameroon 0-4 Croatia, Group stage (Manaus-BRA)
2014	23/06/2014	Croatia 1-3 Mexico, Group stage (Recife-BRA)
2018	16/06/2018	Croatia 2-0 Nigeria, Group stage (Kaliningrad-RUS)
2018	21/06/2018	Argentina 0-3 Croatia, Group stage (Nizhny Novgorod-RUS)
2018	26/06/2018	Iceland 1-2 Croatia, Group stage (Rostov-on-Don-RUS)
2018	01/07/2018	Croatia 1-1 Denmark, Round of 16 (Nizhny Novgorod-RUS) aet (3-2 PSO)
2018	07/07/2018	Russia 2-2 Croatia, Quarter-finals (Sochi-RUS) aet (3-4 PSO)
2018	11/07/2018	Croatia 2-1 England, Semi-finals (Moscow-RUS) aet
2018	15/07/2018	France 4-2 Croatia, Final (Moscow-RUS)
2022	23/11/2022	Morocco 0-0 Croatia, Group stage (Al Khor-QAT)
2022	27/11/2022	Croatia 4-1 Canada, Group stage (Al Rayyan-QAT)
2022	01/12/2022	Croatia 0-0 Belgium, Group stage (Al Rayyan-QAT)
2022	05/12/2022	Japan 1-1 Croatia, Round of 16 (Al Wakrah-QAT) aet (1-3 PSO)
2022	09/12/2022	Croatia 1-1 Brazil, Quarter-finals (Doha-QAT) aet (4-2 PSO)
2022	13/12/2022	Argentina 3-0 Croatia, Semi-finals (Al Dayyan-QAT)
2022	17/12/2022	Croatia 2-1 Morocco, Third-place play-off (Al Rayyan-QAT)