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The national team of Croatia has competed in the FIFA World Cup six times, finishing on podium on three occasions. [1] Since gaining independence in 1991 , Croatia has appeared in and qualified for the 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022 editions of the tournament.
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- Croatia Best Finish at A World Cup
- Croatia Biggest Win at A World Cup
- Croatia Top Scorer at The World Cup
Since gaining independence in 1991 and thus no longer competing as Yugoslavia, Croatia have participated in six World Cups. They first featured at a World Cup finals in France in 1998 – just seven years since their inception as a national football team. They could hardly have asked for a better World Cup debut as a nation, finishing third overall a...
Croatia's shock run to the final in Russia is their greatest ever finish at a World Cup finals. They knocked out Denmark, Russia and England to book their date with France in the final. They were well beaten 4-2 in the end but not before they could do their nation proud and exceed many expectations.
Interestingly, Croatia's biggest win came in a tournament where they failed to escape the group. In Brazil in 2014, Croatia beat Cameroon 4-0 with goals from Ivica Olic, Ivan Perisic, and a brace from Mario Mandzukic.
The title of Croatia's top scorer at the World Cup is held jointly by both Davor Suker and Perisic, who have both scored six World Cup goals.
- Tom Macrae
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.
Information about Croatia National Team and its appearances in the FIFA Soccer World Cup with stats of games, goals, top scorers, world cups played and won, best and worst performances and much more data.
Information about Croatia National Soccer Team and its performance in the FIFA World Cups with appearances in the WC, games, goals scored, history, standings and more.
Croatia national football team statistics and records: all-time record. Competitions: Games played, won, drawn and lost, goals for and against. Croatia's overall record against each of their opponents. Croatia national football team statistics and records: top scorers.
Croatia's best result since gaining admission into FIFA in 1992, was securing second place against France in the 2018 World Cup Final, where they lost 4–2. [2] The national side has collected three World Cup medals, two bronze ( 1998 , 2022 ) and one silver ( 2018 ).
