Croatia_national_football_team_results_(1940–91)
This is a list of the Croatia national football team results from 1940 in Yugoslavia up to the country's independence in 1991.
The 1940s matches include four played by the Banovina of Croatia and another fifteen by the Independent State of Croatia. Then, the Socialist Republic of Croatia played a 1956 match against Indonesia.
In the modern era, the nation played three friendly matches under its new name, the Republic of Croatia, shortly before its independence from Yugoslavia, the first being against the United States in 1990.
All matches listed are friendlies. Numbered matches are recognised by FIFA, while non-numbered matches are recognised by the Croatian Football Federation and/or the other team's governing body but not by FIFA.
- Match outcomes
1940: Banovina of Croatia
2 April 1940 (1940-04-02) Friendly | Croatia | 4–0 | Switzerland | Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Report | Stadium: Igralište Građanskog Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy) Assistant referees: Antun Mlinarić (Croatia) Assistant referees: Branko Višnjić (Croatia) |
21 April 1940 (1940-04-21) Friendly | Switzerland | 0–1 | Croatia | Bern, Switzerland |
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Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Raffaelle Scorzzoni (Italy) |
2 May 1940 (1940-05-02) Friendly | Hungary | 1–0 | Croatia | Budapest, Hungary |
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Report | Stadium: Üllői út Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania) |
8 December 1940 (1940-12-08) Friendly | Croatia | 1–1 | Hungary | Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: Igralište Građanskog Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy) Assistant referees: Antun Mlinarić (Croatia) Assistant referees: Branko Višnjić (Croatia) |
1941: Independent State of Croatia
15 June 1941 (1941-06-15) Friendly | Germany | 5–1 | Croatia | Vienna, Germany |
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Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Adolf Miesz (Germany) |
8 September 1941 (1941-09-08) Friendly | Slovakia | 1–1 | Croatia | Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alois Beranek (Germany) |
1942: Croatia
17 January 1942 (1942-01-17) Friendly | Croatia | 0–2 | Germany | Zagreb, Croatia |
23:00 | Report | Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Josef Mohler (Slovakia) |
5 April 1942 (1942-04-05) Friendly | Italy | 4–0 | Croatia | Genoa, Italy |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Helmut Fink (Germany) Assistant referees: Scotto (Italy) Assistant referees: Boggetti (Italy) |
12 April 1942 (1942-04-12) Friendly | Croatia | 6–0 | Bulgaria | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Report | Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Josef Mohler (Slovakia) |
7 June 1942 (1942-06-07) Friendly | Slovakia | 1–2 | Croatia | Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Karl Weimar (Germany) |
14 June 1942 (1942-06-14) Friendly | Hungary | 1–1 | Croatia | Budapest, Hungary |
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Report | Stadium: Üllői út Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Friedrich Müller (Germany) |
6 September 1942 (1942-09-06) Friendly | Croatia | 6–1 | Slovakia | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Todor Atanasov (Bulgaria) |
1943: Independent State of Croatia
4 April 1943 (1943-04-04) Friendly | Switzerland | 1–0 | Croatia | Zürich, Switzerland |
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Report | Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy) |
1944: Independent State of Croatia
1945: Federal State of Croatia
3 September 1945 (1945-09-03) 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament | Croatia | 6–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: 20 Oktobar Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Moni Kario (Football Association of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia) |
8 September 1945 (1945-09-08) 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament | Serbia | 3–1 | Croatia | Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
16:00 |
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Stadium: 20 Oktobar Stadium Attendance: 12,000 |
1956: Socialist Republic of Croatia
12 September 1956 (1956-09-12) Friendly | Croatia | 5–2 | Indonesia | Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ezio Damiani (Croatia) Assistant referees: Antun Marek (Croatia) Assistant referees: Hermenegildo Kranjc (Croatia) |
1990: Republic of Croatia
17 October 1990 (1990-10-17) Friendly | Croatia | 2–1 | United States | Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sergio Coppetelli (Italy) Assistant referees: Dario Boemo (Italy) Assistant referees: Giancarlo Dal Forno (Italy) |
22 December 1990 (1990-12-22) Friendly | Croatia | 2–0 | Romania | Rijeka, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gerhard Köpel (Austria) Assistant referees: Werner Windismann (Austria) Assistant referees: Karl Hitzenhauer (Austria) |
1991: Republic of Croatia
19 June 1991 (1991-06-19) Friendly | Slovenia | 0–1 | Croatia | Murska Sobota, Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
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Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Igor Bučar (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Danko Jamšek (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Zdravko Martun (Slovenia) |
Only official matches are displayed.
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
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Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 000.00 |
Hungary | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
Slovakia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 085.71 |
Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
Total: 8 teams played | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 047.06 |
- Croatia Archived 30 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA.com
- Croatian Football Statistics