Croatia women's national football team

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Croatia
Nickname(s)Lavice[citation needed]
AssociationHrvatski Nogometni Savez
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coach
CaptainIva Landeka
Most capsSandra Žigić (88)
FIFA codeCRO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 54 Steady (20 August 2021)[1]
Highest44 (July 2003)
Lowest65 (November 2010)
First international
Slovenia Slovenia 3–2 Croatia Croatia
(Ižakovci, Slovenia; 28 October 1993)
Biggest win
Croatia Croatia 8–2 Slovenia Slovenia
(Kecskemét, Hungary; 27 May 2001)
Biggest defeat
Romania Romania 10–0 Croatia Croatia
(Bucharest, Romania; 2 October 2004)

The Croatia women's national football team represents the Republic of Croatia in international football. The team is managed by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country.

History[]

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The Croatia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Lavice".[citation needed]

Results and fixtures[]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2020[]

18 September Euro 2022 qualifying Croatia  1–1   Switzerland Zaprešić, Croatia
17:30
Report (UEFA)
Report
(HNS)

Report
(Soccerway)
  • Bachmann Goal 74'
Stadium: Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium
Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)
22 September Euro 2022 qualifying Romania  4–1  Croatia Mogoșoaia, Romania
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
  • Landeka Goal 16' (o.g.)
  • Goal 39'
  • Herczeg Goal 45+3'
  • Rus Goal 67'
Report (UEFA)
Report
(HNS)

Report
(Soccerway)
Rudelić Goal 9' Stadium: Stadionul Mogoșoaia
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
27 November Euro 2022 qualifying Croatia  1–0  Lithuania Pula, Croatia
16:00
Report (UEFA)
Report
(HNS)

Report
(Soccerway)
Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

2021[]

22 February Euro 2022 qualifying Croatia  0–1  Romania Pula, Croatia
Report (UEFA)
Report
(HNS)

Report
(Soccerway)
Ciolacu Goal 53' Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
12 June Friendly Slovenia  4–1  Croatia
11:30 UTC+1
17 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G Romania  2–0  Croatia Mogoșoaia
19:30
Report Stadium: Stadionul Mogoșoaia
Referee: Lizzy Van Der Helm (Netherlands)

Coaching staff[]

As of 30 May 2021
Position Staff
Head Coach Croatia Mate Prskalo
Assistant Coach Croatia Stella Gotal
Assistant Coach Croatia Božidar Miletić
Goalkeeping Coach Croatia Blaž Bugarin

Source: [1]

Current squad[]

The following players were named to the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group H match against Romania on 23 February 2021.[2]
Caps and goals as of 22 February 2021.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Doris Bačić (1995-02-23) 23 February 1995 (age 26) 48 0 Italy Juventus
1GK Stephanie Bukovec (1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 (age 25) 3 0 Croatia Split

2DF Leonarda Balog (1993-02-05) 5 February 1993 (age 28) 45 1 Austria St. Pölten
2DF Ana Dujmović (1996-02-21) 21 February 1996 (age 25) 16 0 Croatia Split
2DF Antonia Dulčić (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 (age 24) 13 0 Croatia Split
2DF Mihaela Horvat (1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 (age 27) 35 2 Austria Horn
2DF Ana Jelenčić (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 27) 21 0 Italy Hellas Verona
2DF Tea Pedić (1996-09-06) 6 September 1996 (age 25) 2 0 Croatia Split
2DF Katarina Pranješ (2002-10-07) 7 October 2002 (age 18) 1 0 Croatia Split
2DF (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 20) 3 0 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb

3MF Matea Bošnjak (1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 (age 23) 32 2 Croatia Split
3MF Fatjesa Gegollaj (2001-11-05) 5 November 2001 (age 19) 3 0 Croatia Split
3MF Iva Landeka (1989-10-03) 3 October 1989 (age 31) 88 13 France Montpellier
3MF Nika Petarić (2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
3MF Karla Šabašov (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 18) 1 0 Croatia Split
3MF Helena Spajić (2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 (age 21) 11 0 Austria Horn

4FW Iva Bukač (1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 (age 26) 9 0 Croatia Split
4FW Ivana Kirilenko (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Croatia Split
4FW Ivana Rudelić (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 29) 33 13 Germany Bayern Munich
4FW Ivana Slipčević (1998-08-23) 23 August 1998 (age 23) 7 0 Germany FC Ingolstadt

Recent call-ups[]

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.
This list may be incomplete.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Danijela Vidović (2003-06-05) 5 June 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Croatia Rijeka v.  Lithuania on 27 November 2020
GK Anamarija Mišetić (1993-06-04) 4 June 1993 (age 28) 2 0 Croatia Split v.  Romania, 22 September 2020

DF Janja Čanjevac (1999-08-08) 8 August 1999 (age 22) 2 0 Croatia Split v.  Lithuania on 27 November 2020
DF Lucija Domazet (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 18) 1 0 Croatia Split v.  Lithuania on 27 November 2020

MF Anela Lubina (1995-12-18) 18 December 1995 (age 25) 22 1 Croatia Split v.  Lithuania on 27 November 2020
MF Andrea Glibo (2002-04-05) 5 April 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Austria Wacker Innsbruck v.  Romania, 22 September 2020
MF Petra Pezelj (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 22) 8 0 Croatia Split v.  Romania, 22 September 2020

FW Kristina Šundov (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 35) 58 8 Switzerland Basel v.  Lithuania on 27 November 2020

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pld W D L GF GA GD
Sweden 1995 Did not enter
United States 1999
United States 2003 Did not qualify 8 4 1 3 16 11 +5
China 2007 6 3 0 3 11 11 0
Germany 2011 10 0 2 8 4 27 −23
Canada 2015 10 2 2 6 7 20 −13
France 2019 8 0 3 5 5 20 −15
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/8 42 9 8 25 43 89 −46

UEFA Women's Championship[]

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pld W D L GF GA GD
Germany 1995 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 8 18 −10
Norway Sweden 1997 8 0 1 7 2 23 −21
Germany 2001 6 1 0 5 7 19 −12
England 2005 8 4 1 3 17 22 −5
Finland 2009 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3
Sweden 2013 8 0 1 7 6 26 −20
Netherlands 2017 8 2 1 5 8 15 −7
England 2022 8 2 1 5 7 19 −12
Total 0/8 55 14 6 35 64 148 −84

Records[]

As of 30 May 2021

Most capped players[]

# Name Caps
1 Sandra Žigić 88
2 Iva Landeka 86
3 Kristina Nevrkla 74
4 Maja Joščak 69

Top goalscorers[]

# Name Goals Caps

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Mate Prskalo objavio popis reprezentativki uoči utakmice s Rumunjskom" (in Croatian). Hrvatski Nogometni Savez. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

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