Английская Википедия:Croatia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Croatia participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was their fifth appearance. Croatia managed to reach the final where they lost to France and finished second in the tournament.
Qualifying
Croatia was in Group I of UEFA's World Cup qualifications. They played alongside Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland and Kosovo. Croatia finished as runner-up in the group and entered the second-round play-offs where the team beat Greece and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Croatia national team was led by manager Ante Čačić until 7 October 2017 when he was, due to a series of bad results, replaced by Zlatko Dalić.[1]
- Standings
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- The results of the second-round play-off
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Players
Altogether 26 players appeared in the qualifying matches. Domagoj Vida is the only player that appeared in all 12 matches playing the full 90 minutes of all games. Mario Mandžukić was the top scorer with 5 achieved goals. Filip Bradarić, Duje Ćaleta-Car and Dominik Livaković did not appear in any of the qualifying matches but made the final World Cup squad.
Complete list of players in the qualifying matches
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1 | Domagoj Vida | 12 | 1 |
2 | Mario Mandžukić | 11 | 5 |
Marcelo Brozović | 11 | 2 | |
Andrej Kramarić | 11 | 3 | |
Ivan Perišić | 11 | 1 | |
6 | Danijel Subašić | 10 | 0 |
Šime Vrsaljko | 10 | 0 | |
Luka Modrić | 10 | 0 | |
9 | Nikola Kalinić | 9 | 2 |
Milan Badelj | 9 | 0 | |
Josip Pivarić | 9 | 0 | |
12 | Ivan Rakitić | 8 | 1 |
13 | Mateo Kovačić | 7 | 0 |
14 | Matej Mitrović | 6 | 1 |
Dejan Lovren | 6 | 0 | |
16 | Marko Rog | 5 | 0 |
17 | Duje Čop | 4 | 0 |
18 | Ivan Strinić | 3 | 0 |
Vedran Ćorluka[2] | 3 | 0 | |
Mario Pašalić | 3 | 0 | |
21 | Lovre Kalinić | 2 | 0 |
Tin Jedvaj | 2 | 0 | |
Ante Rebić | 2 | 0 | |
24 | Marko Pjaca[3] | 1 | 0 |
Ivan Santini | 1 | 0 | |
Nikola Vlašić | 1 | 0 |
Player was not selected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup squad |
World Cup preparation
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Draw
Croatia was drawn into Group D. Croatia's opponents in the first stage were Nigeria, Argentina and Iceland.
Squad
Coach: Zlatko Dalić
A 32-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018.[4] The squad was reduced to 24 players on 21 May.[5] The final squad was announced on 4 June.[6]
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Matches
Group stage
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Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Standings
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Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16 |
References
External links
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- ↑ Ćorluka missed most of the qualifying matches due to injury.
- ↑ Pjaca missed most of the qualifying matches due to injury.
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