At the World Cup, Croatia was drawn into Group H along with Argentina, Jamaica, Japan. The team advanced to the round of sixteen, finishing in second place in the group. The team had the following results:
With this victory, Croatia finished in third, becoming the surprise of the tournament. Striker Davor Šuker also earned the tournament's Golden Boot for his six goals.[1]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message At the 1998 FIFA World Cup Croatia participated in the event for the first time The country went on to finish third Contents 1 Qualifications 1 1 Players 2 World Cup Squad 3 Croatia at the World Cup 4 ReferencesQualifications editCroatia was drawn in Group A of UEFA s World Cup qualifications along with Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark Greece and Slovenia Croatia finished second behind Denmark and qualified for the World Cup The team had the following results Results Date Venue Opponent Score October 8 1996 Stadio Renato Dall Ara Bologna Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 1 November 10 1996 Maksimir Stadium Zagreb Greece 1 1 March 29 1997 Poljud Stadium Split Denmark 1 1 April 2 1997 Poljud Stadium Split Slovenia 3 3 April 30 1997 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki Greece 1 0 September 6 1997 Maksimir Stadium Zagreb Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 September 10 1997 Parken Stadium Copenhagen Denmark 1 3 October 11 1997 Bezigrad Stadium Ljubljana Slovenia 3 1 The final standings were the following Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD nbsp Denmark 17 8 5 2 1 14 6 8 nbsp Croatia 15 8 4 3 1 17 12 5 nbsp Greece 14 8 4 2 2 11 4 7 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 8 3 0 5 9 14 5 nbsp Slovenia 1 8 0 1 7 5 20 15 Players edit Team captain Zvonimir Boban is the only players that appeared in all 10 qualifying matches Davor Suker was top scorer with 5 goals Ardian Kozniku Petar Krpan Anthony Seric and Vladimir Vasilj did not appear in any of the qualifying matches but made the final World Cup squad Complete list of players in the qualifying matches Name Games Played Goals 1 Zvonimir Boban 10 3 2 Davor Suker 9 5 Alen Boksic 9 4 Slaven Bilic 9 3 Aljosa Asanovic 9 0 6 Goran Vlaovic 8 2 Robert Jarni 8 0 8 Zvonimir Soldo 7 1 Dario Simic 7 1 Goran Juric 7 0 Drazen Ladic 7 0 12 Robert Prosinecki 6 1 Igor Cvitanovic 6 0 14 Nikola Jerkan 4 0 Krunoslav Jurcic 4 0 16 Silvio Maric 3 1 Niko Kovac 3 0 Marjan Mrmic 3 0 Igor Stimac 3 0 20 Tomislav Erceg 2 0 Tonci Gabric 2 0 Nenad Pralija 2 0 Mario Stanic 2 0 24 Nikola Jurcevic 1 0 Zoran Mamic 1 0 Daniel Saric 1 0 Igor Tudor 1 0 Source Croatian Football Federation Player was not selected for the 1998 FIFA World Cup squadWorld Cup Squad editHead coach Miroslav Blazevic No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Club 1 1 GK Drazen Ladic 1 January 1963 nbsp Croatia Zagreb 2 4 FW Petar Krpan 1 July 1974 nbsp NK Osijek 3 3 MF Anthony Seric 15 January 1979 nbsp Hajduk Split 4 2 DF Igor Stimac 6 September 1967 nbsp Derby County 5 2 DF Goran Juric 5 February 1963 nbsp Croatia Zagreb 6 2 DF Slaven Bilic 11 September 1968 nbsp Everton 7 3 MF Aljosa Asanovic 14 December 1965 nbsp Napoli 8 3 MF Robert Prosinecki 12 January 1969 nbsp Croatia Zagreb 9 4 FW Davor Suker 1 January 1968 nbsp Real Madrid 10 3 MF Zvonimir Boban 8 October 1968 nbsp AC Milan 11 3 MF Silvio Maric 20 March 1975 nbsp Croatia Zagreb 12 1 GK Marijan Mrmic 6 May 1965 nbsp Besiktas 13 3 MF Mario Stanic 10 April 1972 nbsp Parma 14 2 DF Zvonimir Soldo 2 November 1967 nbsp VfB Stuttgart 15 2 DF Igor Tudor 16 April 1978 nbsp Hajduk Split 16 4 FW Ardian Kozniku 27 October 1967 nbsp Bastia 17 3 MF Robert Jarni 26 October 1968 nbsp Real Betis 18 2 DF Zoran Mamic 30 September 1971 nbsp VfL Bochum 19 4 FW Goran Vlaovic 7 August 1972 nbsp Valencia 20 2 DF Dario Simic 12 November 1975 nbsp Croatia Zagreb 21 3 MF Krunoslav Jurcic 26 November 1969 nbsp Croatia Zagreb 22 1 GK Vladimir Vasilj 6 July 1975 nbsp NK Hrvatski DragovoljacCroatia at the World Cup editAt the World Cup Croatia was drawn into Group H along with Argentina Jamaica Japan The team advanced to the round of sixteen finishing in second place in the group The team had the following results Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD nbsp Argentina 9 3 3 0 0 7 0 7 nbsp Croatia 6 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 nbsp Jamaica 3 3 1 0 2 3 9 6 nbsp Japan 0 3 0 0 3 1 4 3 Croatia 3 1 Jamaica Croatia 1 0 Japan Croatia 0 1 Argentina June 14 1998 Jamaica nbsp 1 3 1 1 nbsp Croatia 21 00 Stade Felix Bollaert LensRef Vitor Pereira Portugal Attendance 38 058 Earle 45 Stanic 27 Prosinecki 53 Suker 69 June 20 1998 Japan nbsp 0 1 0 0 nbsp Croatia 14 30 Stade de la Beaujoire NantesRef Ramesh Ramdhan Trinidad and Tobago Attendance 35 500 Suker 77 June 26 1998 Argentina nbsp 1 0 1 0 nbsp Croatia 16 00 Parc Lescure BordeauxRef Said Belqola Morocco Attendance 31 800 Pineda 36 Croatia went on to face the Romanian squad in the round of sixteen June 30 1998 Romania nbsp 0 1 0 1 nbsp Croatia 16 30 Parc Lescure BordeauxRef Javier Castrilli Argentina Attendance 31 800 Suker p 45 2 Croatia then played the heavily favoured German squad in the quarter finals after their victory over Romania July 4 1998 Germany nbsp 0 3 0 1 nbsp Croatia 21 00 Stade Gerland LyonRef Rune Pedersen Norway Attendance 39 100 Jarni 45 3 Vlaovic 80 Suker 85 After this surprise victory Croatia played the host French team July 8 1998 France nbsp 2 1 0 0 nbsp Croatia 21 00 Stade de France Saint DenisRef Jose Garcia Aranda Spain Attendance 76 000 Thuram 47 Suker 46 Thuram 69 Croatia lost the match against France ending their World Cup dreams However they entered the third place consolation match against the Netherlands July 11 1998 Netherlands nbsp 1 2 1 2 nbsp Croatia 21 00 Parc des Princes ParisRef Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez Paraguay Attendance 45 500 Zenden 21 Prosinecki 13 Suker 35 With this victory Croatia finished in third becoming the surprise of the tournament Striker Davor Suker also earned the tournament s Golden Boot for his six goals 1 References edit Suker Croatia s golden player fifa com FIFA 26 May 2006 Archived from the original on September 21 2018 Retrieved 15 July 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup amp 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