Croatia national futsal team

Croatia

Nickname(s)	Vatreni (The Blazers)
Association	Hrvatski Nogometni Savez
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mato Stanković
Captain	Ivo Jukić
Most caps	Frane Despotović (80)
Top scorer	Robert Grdović (40)
Home stadium	Arena Zagreb
FIFA code	CRO
FIFA ranking	17 (13 July 2016) [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	Second round, (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)

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.

Results

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/8	6	3	0	3	18	15	+3

UEFA European 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	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	5/11	15	4	4	7	31	47	–16

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 2016	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/11	10	5	1	4	16	29	–13

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

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

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

The following players were named for UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Ivo Jukić	13 April 1986 (aged 27)	14	0	FK Nikars Riga
12	GK	Marin Stojkić	30 September 1984 (aged 29)	10	0	MNK Murter
2	DF	Matija Capar	20 October 1984 (aged 29)	6	0	MNK Alumnus
3	DF	Jakov Grcić	12 April 1983 (aged 30)	13	5	MNK Novo Vrijeme Makarska
4	DF	Kristijan Grbeša	17 January 1990 (aged 24)	5	1	MNK Alumnus
9	DF	Alen Protega	5 March 1987 (aged 26)	5	0	MNK Split
10	DF	Tihomir Novak	24 October 1986 (aged 27)	13	5	Asti
13	DF	Vedran Matošević	27 August 1990 (aged 23)	3	0	MNK Alumnus
14	DF	Gordan Duvančić	12 September 1987 (aged 26)	0	0	Skripta Osijek
5	FW	Nikola Pavić	10 August 1990 (aged 23)	3	0	FC Arena
6	FW	Saša Babić	4 August 1989 (aged 24)	10	1	MNK Novo Vrijeme Makarska
7	FW	Franko Jelovčić	6 July 1991 (aged 22)	10	4	MNK Split
8	FW	Dario Marinović	24 May 1990 (aged 23)	13	12	Al Yarmouk Kuwait
11	FW	Josip Suton	14 November 1988 (aged 25)	5	0	MNK Split

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

Player statistics

As of 15 December 2015

Most appearances # Name Matches Position Years 1 Ivo Jukić 81 GK 2006– 2 Jakov Grcić 65 D 2007– 3 Tihomir Novak 62 W 2007– 4 Frane Despotović 59 2006– 5 Matija Dulvat 57 2003–2012 6 Robert Grdović 56 –2008 7 Dario Marinović 50 P 2008– 8 Duje Bajrušović 47 D 2004– 9 Matija Capar 41 D 2004– 10 Franco Jelovčić 39 D 2011– 11 Saša Babić 38 P 2011– 12 Josip Suton 37 D 2009–

Top scorers # Name Goals Average Position Years 1 Robert Grdović 38 0.68 1998–2008 2 Dario Marinović 37 P 2008– 3 Jakov Grcić 26 D 2007– 4 Tihomir Novak 23 W 2007– 5 Franco Jelovčić 19 D 2011– 6 Dean Banić 18 0.46 2006– 7 Matija Dulvat 18 0.32 2003–2012 8 Duje Bajrušović 15 D 2004– 9 Frane Despotović 14 2006– 10 Josip Suton 14 D 2009– 11 Kristijan Grbeša 8 2011– 12 Saša Babić 7 P 2011–

Record against other teams

As of 2 Nov 2016

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	4	3	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	5	4	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	10	4	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	13	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	4	1	0	3	2	2	0	0
France	3	3	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
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	21	6	8	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	17	0	2	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	2	1	0	1	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	8	7	0	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
Netherlands	3	1	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	8	0	3	5	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	7	5	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
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	2	2	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	5	1	1	3	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 (44)	206	99	30	77

• *includes games against  Serbia and Montenegro / FR Yugoslavia
• **other international (invitational) competitions: Grand Prix de Futsal (2005-2014), Futsal Mundialito (2007-2008)

Biggest Wins

World Championship	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

World Championship	European Championship	Mediterranean Games	Qualifications	Tournaments
-5 vs. Spain (0-5) 2000 -2 vs. Russia (2-4) 2000	-5 vs. Netherlands (3-8) 1999 -5 vs. Ukraine (0-5) 2001	—	-10 vs. Spain (0-10) 2013 -3 vs. Italy (3-6) 2008 -3 vs. Italy (0-3) 2008 -3 vs. Ukraine (1-4) 2012 -3 vs. Belarus (4-7) 2016	-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 (Croatian)
• HRfutsal.com (Croatian)
• Croatia Mediterranean Futsal champions 2010 (Croatian) (Last updated November 10, 2010)
• Detailed list of all Croatia's games (Croatian) (Last updated July 1, 2009)