Croatia national under-20 football team

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Croatia under-20

Nickname(s)	Mali vatreni
Association	Croatian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ognjen Vukojević
Captain	Ante Palaversa
Top scorer	Domagoj Abramović (6)
FIFA code	CRO
First colours Second colours
First international
Croatia 1–1 Italy  (Poreč, Croatia; 8 February 1995)
Biggest win
Hungary 0–6 Croatia  (Hungary; 5 September 1995)  Croatia 6-0 Italy  (Umag, Croatia; 15 March 2006)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 4–0 Croatia  (Calabar, Nigeria; 14 April 1999)  Slovenia 4–0 Croatia  (Brežice, Slovenia; 4 April 2006)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1999)
Best result	Round of 16, 1999 & 2013

The Croatia national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Croatia and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Croatia.

History[]

The U20 team is the de facto under-19 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 qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 result.

Under-20 national team of Croatia was formed in 1994. First match was played against team of Austrian region Styria, and 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 second appearance from Croatian football team on FIFA competition, after A-team appeared on FIFA World Cup in France in 1998. They passed the group, and 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 Football Championship group game, Croatia qualified to semi-final and also secured spot in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.

Another good performance by U19 team at 2012 championship saw Croatia qualifying for the World Cup, this time to be held in Turkey in 2013.

Competitive record[]

Croatian under-20 team played most of its matches competing in regional cup called Mirop Cup, also known as Cup Alpe-Adria, with teams 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 bever after.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	6	6	0
2001	Did not qualify
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6
2013	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	4	4	0
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019
2021	To be determined
Total	3/13	11	3	3	5	12	18	−6

Players[]

The following is the list of players for the international friendly fixture against  Turkey on 26 March 2021.^[1]
Caps, numbers and goals as of 26 March 2021 after match against  Turkey; only matches as FIFA member are included.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ivor Pandur	(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Hellas Verona
	1GK	Renato Josipović	(2001-06-12) 12 June 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Dinamo Zagreb
	1GK		(2001-08-13) 13 August 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Junak Sinj
	2DF	Stipe Radić	(2000-06-10) 10 June 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Beerschot
	2DF		(2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Hajduk Split
	2DF	Alois Dominik Oroz	(2000-10-29) 29 October 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Vitesse
	2DF	Josip Šutalo	(2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Istra 1961 (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
	2DF	Niko Galešić	(2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Rijeka
	2DF		(2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Hajduk Split
	3MF		(2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 22)	3	0	Osijek
	3MF		(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Osijek
	3MF	Ante Palaversa	(2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Kortrijk (on loan from Manchester City)
	3MF	Edin Julardžija	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Slaven Belupo (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
	3MF	Mario Čuić	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Hajduk Split
	3MF	Marko Bulat	(2001-09-26) 26 September 2001 (age 20)	1	1	Šibenik (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
	3MF	Marin Ljubičić	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Hajduk Split
	4FW	Roko Baturina	(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Ferencváros
	4FW		(2000-07-17) 17 July 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Rudeš
	4FW		(2000-06-11) 11 June 2000 (age 21)	2	1	Gorica
	4FW	Ivan Dolček	(2000-04-24) 24 April 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Hajduk Split
	4FW	Antonio Marin	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 21)	1	2	Lokomotiva (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
	4FW		(2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Osijek
	4FW	Ivan Brnić	(2001-08-23) 23 August 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Hajduk Split

Previous squads[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup

• 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship squad
• 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad
• 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

See also[]

• Croatia national football team
• Croatia national under-21 football team
• Croatia national under-19 football team
• Croatia national under-17 football team

References[]