Croatia qualified for Euro 2008 from Group E.
European Championships
Croatia have made two previous appearances at the European
Championship Finals: in 1996 and 2004.
Croatia reached the quarter-finals at England 1996 but went out in the
1st Round at Portugal 2004.
World Cup Appearences
Croatia have made 3 World Cup Finals appearances:
1998, 2002 and 2006.
Croatia finished third in France 1998.
Croatia Team Manager: Slaven Bilic.
Forwards
9 Nikola Kalinic (Hajduk Split)
17 Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen)
18 Ivica Olic (Hamburger SV)
20 Igor Budan (Parma)
21 Mladen Petric (Borussia Dortmund)
Midfielders
7 Ivan Rakitic (Schalke 04)
8 Ognjen Vukojevic (Dinamo Zagreb)
10 Niko Kovac (FC Salzburg)
11 Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk)
14 Luka Modric (Tottenham Hotspur)
16 Jerko Leko (AS Monaco)
19 Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth)
22 Danijel Pranjic (Heerenveen)
Defenders
2 Dario Šimic (AC Milan)
3 Josip Šimunic (Hertha Berlin)
4 Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund)
5 Vedran Corluka (Manchester City)
6 Hrvoje Vejic (FC Tom Tomsk)
13 Nikola Pokrivac (AS Monaco)
15 Dario Kneževic (AS Livorno)
Goalkeepers
1 Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moskva)
12 Mario Galinovic (Panathinaikos)
23 Vedran Runje (RC Lens)
Croatia Team Hotel
Avita - Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria.
Croatia kick off their Group B campaign
in Vienna and then play two games in Klagenfurt.
Sunday, 8th June
Vienna: Austria vs
Croatia (0:1)
Thursday, 12th June
Klagenfurt: Croatia vs Germany (2:1)
Croatia win Group B with a game to spare.
Monday, 16th June
Klagenfurt: Poland
vs Croatia (0:1)
Quarter-finals
Friday, 20th June (QF2)
Vienna: Croatia vs Turkey
(1:1 1:3 pens)
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