Croatia national football team records and statistics

This article lists various football records in relation to the Croatia national football team.

Most capped players

 * First player to reach 100 appearances

Dario Šimić, 20 August 2008, Slovenia 2–3 Croatia


 * Fastest player to reach 100 appearances

Ivan Perišić, 10 years 2 months 6 days, 26 March 2011 – 1 June 2021

Top goalscorers

 * First goal

Florijan Matekalo, 2 April 1940, Croatia 4–0 Switzerland

Managers results
The following table provides a summary of the complete record of each Croatia manager including their results regarding World Cups and European Championships.

Last updated: Croatia v Italy, 24 June 2024.

Source: Croatian Football Federation

Home matches
Key: Pld–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage Last updated: Croatia vs. Wales, 25 March 2023. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

FIFA World Cup
Croatia qualified for and competed in three consecutive World Cup tournaments between 1998 and 2006, but failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after finishing 3rd in Group 6 behind England and Ukraine. Although they had joined both FIFA and UEFA by 1992, they were unable to enter the 1994 World Cup as qualification had started before the side was officially recognised as a state. In the following three World Cup groups they were eliminated after finishing third in all of them, before finally advancing further than the group stage at the 2018 World Cup. On 11 July 2018, Croatia won their semi-final match against England, advancing the national team to their first FIFA World Cup final wherein they secured second place as runners-up against winners France. Supplanting their third place positioning in 1998, this is the nation's best performance to date.


 * *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 17 December 2022 after the match against Morocco.

UEFA European Championship

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 24 June 2024 after the match against Italy.

UEFA Nations League

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 18 June 2023 after the match against Spain.

Head-to-head records
The following table show the Croatia national football team's all-time international record.

''Only FIFA matches are counted. Correct as of 4 June 2024, after the match against .''


 * Notes