Английская Википедия:Croatia national under-20 football team
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The Croatia national under-20 football team represents Croatia in international football matches for players 20 or under. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Croatia. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions. The team's colours reference two national symbols: the Croatian checkerboard and the country's tricolour. They are colloquially referred to as the Mladi vatreni ('Young Blazers'). So far, the Mladi vatreni qualified for three FIFA U-20 World Cups, namely in 1999, 2011 and 2013. The team's greatest accomplishment is passing the group stage at the 1999 and 2013 tournaments.
The U20 team is the de facto U19 of the previous year, and it acts mainly as a feeder team for the U21s and provides further international development for youth players. The team qualifies for the FIFA U-20 World Cup based on the success of the U19 at the UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
History
The U20 national team was formed in 1994. The first match was played against the team of Austrian region Styria, and the first match against FIFA member was against Italy on 8 February 1995.
Croatia managed to qualify for 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup. That was the second appearance from the Croatian football team in the FIFA competition, after A team appeared on FIFA World Cup in France in 1998. They passed the group, then lost to Brazil by 4–0 in Round of 16.
On 24 July 2010, after trashing Portugal 5–0 in 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship group game, Croatia qualified for the semi-final. Also, it secured a spot in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.
Another good performance by the U19 team at 2012 championship saw Croatia qualifying for the World Cup, this time held in Turkey in 2013.
Recent results
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach | Шаблон:Flagicon Ognjen Vukojević |
| Assistant coaches | Шаблон:Flagicon Mato NeretljakШаблон:-Шаблон:Flagicon Mario Carević |
| Goalkeeping coach | Шаблон:Flagicon Marjan Mrmić |
| Fitness coach | Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Krakan |
| Physiotherapists | Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Halambek |
| Doctors | Шаблон:Flagicon Goran Madžarac |
| Chief instructor | Шаблон:Flagicon Petar Krpan |
| Team manager | Шаблон:Flagicon Denis Lukša |
Current squad
The following is the squad named for friendly matches against China played on 1 and 3 June 2023.[1]
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Competitive record
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Croatian under-20 team played most of its matches competing in a regional cup called Mirop Cup, also known as Cup Alpe-Adria, with groups of Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia and teams of some Austrian and Hungarian regions. Croatia won that cup three times in a row, in 1994, 1995 and 1996, and ever after.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
| colspan=10 style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|FIFA U-20 World Cup record | colspan=7 rowspan=2 style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|Qualifications record | |||||||||
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| style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Year | style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Round | style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Position | style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Шаблон:Abbr | style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Шаблон:Abbr | style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Шаблон:Abbr | style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Шаблон:Abbr | style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Шаблон:Abbr | style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Шаблон:Abbr | style="background:#ff0000; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border|Squad | |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1977 | colspan=9 rowspan=8 Шаблон:N/A | colspan=7 rowspan=9 Шаблон:N/A | ||||||||
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| Шаблон:Flagicon 1993 | colspan=9 Шаблон:N/A | |||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1995 | colspan=9 rowspan=2 Шаблон:NA | UEFA European Under-19 Championship | 1994 | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1997 | 1996 | |||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1999 | Round of 16 | 14/24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1999 | 1998 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2001 | colspan=9 rowspan=5 Шаблон:NA | 2000 | ||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2003 | 2002 | |||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2005 | 2004 | |||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2011 | Group stage | 23/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2011 | 2010 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2013 | Round of 16 | 11/24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2013 | 2012 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2015 | colspan=9 rowspan=4 Шаблон:NA | 2014 | ||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2025 | To be determined | 2024 | ||||||||
| style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|Total | style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|Round of 16 | style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|3/24 | style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|11 | style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|3 | style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|3 | style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|5 | style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|12 | style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|18 | style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"| | colspan=7 style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"| |
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| style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|First match | Шаблон:Fbu 1–1 Шаблон:Fbu-rt (Kaduna, Nigeria; 4 April 1999) |
| style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|Biggest win | Шаблон:Fbu 5–1 Шаблон:Fbu-rt (Kaduna, Nigeria; 7 April 1999) |
| style="background:#171796; color:white; Шаблон:Box-shadow border"|Biggest defeat | Шаблон:Fbu 4–0 Шаблон:Fbu-rt (Calabar, Nigeria; 14 April 1999) |
Record per opponent
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See also
- Croatia national football team
- Croatia national football B team
- Croatia national under-23 football team
- Croatia national under-21 football team
- Croatia national under-19 football team
- Croatia national under-18 football team
- Croatia national under-17 football team
- Croatia national under-16 football team
- Croatia national under-15 football team
- Croatia women's national football team
- Croatia women's national under-19 football team
- Croatia women's national under-17 football team
- Croatia women's national under-15 football team
References
Шаблон:Croatia national football team Шаблон:UEFA under-20 teams Шаблон:Football in Croatia Шаблон:National sports teams of Croatia
