Croatia national futsal team

The Croatia national futsal team represents Croatia during international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships.

Croatia

Nickname(s)	Vatreni (The Blazers)
Association	Croatian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mato Stanković
Captain	Franco Jelovčić
Most caps	Ivo Jukić (111)
Top scorer	Dario Marinović (59)
Home stadium	Arena Zagreb
FIFA code	CRO
FIFA ranking	10 (12 May 2020) [1]
Home colours Away colours
First international
Italy 4–1 Croatia  (Milano, Italy; March 14, 1994)
Biggest win
Croatia 18–4 Japan  (Milano, Italy; March 15, 1994)
Biggest defeat
Croatia 0–10 Spain  (Águilas, Spain; March 30, 2013)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2000)
Best result	Fifth place (2000)
European Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1999)
Best result	Fourth place (2012)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2013)
Best result	Fourth place (2013)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	2 (First in 2006)
Best result	Third place (2006)

Results

FIFA Futsal World Cup

See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Netherlands 1989	Part of Yugoslavia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala 2000	Second round	6	3	0	3	18	15	+3
Chinese Taipei 2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand 2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia 2016	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania 2020	To de determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/9	6	3	0	3	18	15	+3

UEFA European Futsal Championship

See also: UEFA Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Spain 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1999	Group stage	3	1	0	2	8	14	–6
Russia 2001	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	9	–7
Italy 2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic 2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal 2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hungary 2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Croatia 2012	Fourth place	4	2	1	1	10	10	0
Belgium 2014	Quarterfinals	3	0	2	1	7	8	–1
Serbia 2016	Group stage	2	0	1	1	4	6	–2
Slovenia 2018	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Netherlands 2022	To be determined
Total	5/12	15	4	4	7	31	47	–16

Grand Prix de Futsal

See also: Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Brazil 2005	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2006	Third place	4	2	1	1	8	15	–7
Brazil 2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	Seventh place	6	3	0	3	8	14	–6
Brazil 2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2010	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2011	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2013	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2015	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2017	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/11	10	5	1	4	16	29	–13

Confederations Cup

See also: Futsal Confederations Cup

Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Libya 2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2013	Fourth place	3	0	1	2	3	12	–9
Kuwait 2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/3	3	0	1	2	3	12	–9

Futsal Mundialito

See also: Futsal Mundialito

Futsal Mundialito Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Italy 1994	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	38	18	+20
Brazil 1995	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 1998	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2001	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy 2002	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal 2006	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	14	5	+9
Portugal 2007	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	17	18	–1
Portugal 2008	Fifth place	3	1	0	2	7	9	–2
Total	4/9	16	9	1	6	76	50	+26

Mediterranean Cup

See also: Mediterranean Futsal Cup

Mediterranean Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	DIF
Libya 2010	Champions	6	5	1	0	31	9	+22
Total	1/1	6	5	1	0	31	9	+22

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Žarko Luketin	(1989 -03-16)16 March 1989 (aged 31)	36	3	MNK Olmissum
20	1GK	Zoran Primić	(1991 -04-21)21 April 1991 (aged 29)	11	0	MNK Square
1	1GK	Marko Vuković	(1997 -08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 22)	1	0	MNK Uspinjača Gimka
5	2DF	Duje Bajrušović	(1984 -10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 35)	53	17	MNK Novo Vrijeme Apfel Makarska
7	2DF	Franco Jelovčić	(1991 -07-06)6 July 1991 (aged 28)	80	51	FSP Halle Gooik
6	2DF	Davor Kanjuh	(1989 -07-20)20 July 1989 (aged 30)	24	5	MNK Futsal Dinamo
2	2DF	Vedran Matošević	(1990 -08-27)27 August 1990 (aged 29)	60	17	KMN Dobovec
10	2DF	Tihomir Novak	(1986 -10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 33)	96	34	AC Sparta Praha Futsal
13	2DF	Kristijan Postružin	(1995 -08-28)28 August 1995 (aged 24)	22	3	MNK Uspinjača - Gimka
11	2DF	Josip Suton	(1988 -11-14)14 November 1988 (aged 31)	63	24	HMNK Vrgorac
15	4FW	Matej Horvat	(1994 -01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 26)	38	3	MNK Olmissum
3	4FW	Josip Jurlina	(2000 -01-13)13 January 2000 (aged 20)	6	1	MNK Olmissum
8	4FW	Duško Martinac	(1987 -01-13)13 January 1987 (aged 33)	27	2	HMNK Vrgorac
9	4FW	Luka Perić	(1997 -02-09)9 February 1997 (aged 23)	31	7	MNK Split Tommy
16	4FW	Luka Suton	(1998 -12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 21)	12	3	HMNK Vrgorac

Results and Fixtures

2013

Slovakia  v  Croatia

18 September 2013 Euro 2014 Play-off	Slovakia	1 – 3	Croatia	Bratislava, Slovakia
17:15 CET	Haľk  19'	Report	Marinović  22', 23' Novak  28'	Stadium: Interhala Pasienky

Croatia  v  Slovakia

24 September 2013 Euro 2014 Play-off	Croatia	4 – 0	Slovakia	Dubrovnik, Croatia
20:00 CET	Jelovčić 4', 21', 37' Marinović  34'	Report		Stadium: Sports Hall

2014

Croatia  v  Belgium

7 January 2014 Friendly	Croatia	3 – 2	Belgium	Novigrad, Croatia
20:00		Report

Croatia  v  Belgium

8 January 2014 Friendly	Croatia	2 – 2	Belgium	Opatija, Croatia
20:00		Report

Spain  v  Croatia

29 January 2014 Euro 2014	Spain	3 – 3	Croatia	Antwerp, Belgium
18:30	Aicardo  16' Lin  27', 28'	Report	Babić  10' Jelovčić  18' Capar  38'	Stadium: Lotto Arena

Croatia  v  Czech Republic

31 January 2014 Euro 2014	Croatia	3 – 3	Czech Republic	Antwerp, Belgium
18:30		Report		Stadium: Lotto Arena

Italy  v  Croatia

4 February 2014 Euro 2014	Italy	2–1	Croatia	Sportpaleis, Antwerp
18:00	Romano  1' Fortino  10'	Report	Jelovčić  7'	Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

Notable players

• Robert Grdović
• Patrik Drndić
• Robertino Jelovčić
• Nikola Tomičić
• Mićo Martić
• Ivica Lemo
• Goran Eklić
• Tomislav Gričar
• Dinko Huskić
• Josip Palić
• Pjer Malvasija
• Alen Delpont
• Željko Mijić
• Boris Držanić
• Boris Durlen
• Dean Delevski
• Tomislav Papeš
• Velimir Čarapina
• Edin Dervišagić
• Siniša Alebić
• Božidar Butigan
• Edin Derviščaušević
• Mate Čuljak
• Alen Jukić
• Marijan Brnčić
• Ivica Gvozden
• Robert Karašić
• Korab Morina
• Kujtim Morina
• Dario Marinović

Player statistics

As of 5 February 2020

Most appearances # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Name Matches Position Years Ivo Jukić 111 GK 2006 - 2017 Tihomir Novak 96 D 2007 - Jakov Grcić 91 D 2007 - 2017 Franco Jelovčić 80 D 2011 - Dario Marinović 74 P 2008 - Saša Babić 65 P 2011 - 2017 Frane Despotović 64 2006 - 2015 Josip Suton 63 D 2009 - Vedran Matošević 60 D 2009 - Matija Đulvat 57 2003 - 2012 Robert Grdović 56 1998 - 2008 Kristijan Grbeša 52 P 2011 -

Top scorers # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Name Goals Position Years Dario Marinović 59 P 2008 - Franco Jelovčić 51 D 2011 - Robert Grdović 40 1998 - 2008 Jakov Grcić 36 D 2007 - 2017 Tihomir Novak 34 D 2007 - Josip Suton 24 D 2009 - Matija Đulvat 18 2003 - 2012 Dean Banić 18 2006 - 2011 Duje Bajrušović 17 D 2004 - Vedran Matošević 17 D 2009 - Kristijan Grbeša 14 P 2011 - Frane Despotović 14 2006 - 2015

Record against other teams

As of 5 February 2020

Key

	Positive total balance (more wins)
	Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative total balance (more losses)

Wins/Defeats after penalty shootout counted as draw.

National team	Total				FIFA World Cup				Confederations Cup				UEFA European Championship				Mediterranean Games				Qualifications				Tournaments *
	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L
Albania	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1
Argentina	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2
Armenia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Belarus	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Belgium	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
Chile	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Colombia	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	18	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	4	1	0	3	2	2	0	0
England	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
Greece	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	22	6	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	0	0	2	7	1	2	4
Iran	6	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	21	3	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4
Japan	5	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Libya	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	5	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Palestine	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Romania	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia	10	0	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia **	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	2	0	0	2
Slovenia	10	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	8	1	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	11	3	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Vietnam	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (47)	240	120	37	83

** includes games against  Serbia and Montenegro / FR Yugoslavia

* other international (invitational) competitions: Grand Prix de Futsal (2005-2014), Futsal Mundialito (2007-2008)

Biggest Wins

FIFA World Cup	Confederations Cup	European Championship	Mediterranean Games	Qualifications	Tournaments
+6 vs. Australia (6-0) 2000 +3 vs. Costa Rica (4-1) 2000 +3 vs. Netherlands (5-2) 2000	—	+1 multiple opponents	+7 vs. Palestine (8-1) 2010 +4 vs. Lebanon (5-1) 2010 +4 vs. Morocco (5-1) 2010 +4 vs. Slovenia (7-3) 2010	+10 vs. Turkey (10-0) 2015 +8 vs. Armenia (8-0) 2015 +7 vs. Sweden (7-0) 2013	+5 vs. Angola (7-2) 2007 +4 vs. Georgia (5-1) 2008 +3 vs. Chile (3-0) 2008

Biggest Losses

FIFA World Cup	Confederations Cup	European Championship	Mediterranean Games	Qualifications	Tournaments
-5 vs. Spain (0-5) 2000 -2 vs. Russia (2-4) 2000	-7 vs. Brazil (0-7) 2013 -2 vs. Colombia (2-4) 2013	-5 vs. Netherlands (3-8) 1999 -5 vs. Ukraine (0-5) 2001	—	-10 vs. Spain (0-10) 2013 -3 vs. Belarus (4-7) 2016 -3 vs. Italy (3-6) 2008 -3 vs. Italy (0-3) 2008 -3 vs. Ukraine (1-4) 2012	-7 vs. Brazil (0-7) 2008 -6 vs. Hungary (3-9) 2007 -5 vs. Brazil (1-6) 2006 -5 vs. Italy (1-6) 2006

References

1. Futsal World Ranking

External links

• CROfutsal (in Croatian)
• HRfutsal.com (in Croatian)
• Croatia Mediterranean Futsal champions 2010 (in Croatian) (Last updated November 10, 2010)
• Detailed list of all Croatia's games (in Croatian) (Last updated July 1, 2009)