Croatia in the UEFA Nations League
This is a record of Croatia's results at the UEFA Nations League.
Croatia first time took part in UEFA Nations League in the 2018–19 season where they were seeded for League A in Pot 3.[1] They were drawn into Group 4 along with Spain and England. They were supposed to be relegated to the League B for the 2020–21 season, but due to changes in format of the competition, managed to stay in League A.[2]
Records
| UEFA Nations League | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Division | Group | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rank |
 2018–19 |
A | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |  |
9th |
 2020–21 |
A | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |
12th |
| Total | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 9th | |||
2018–19 League A
Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification[lower-alpha 1] |  |
 |
 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Qualification to Nations League Finals | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Spain |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | 2–3 | — | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | Croatia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — |
- Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
2020–21 League A
Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |  |
|
|
 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 16 | Qualification to Nations League Finals | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | |
| 2 | Portugal |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Croatia |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Sweden (R) |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | Relegation to League B | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |
- Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
| Sweden | 2–1 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
Players with most appearances
| No. | Name | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Perišić | 10 |
| 2 | Dejan Lovren | 8 |
| Luka Modrić | ||
| Mateo Kovačić | ||
| Josip Brekalo | ||
| Nikola Vlašić | ||
Goalscorers
| No. | Name | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrej Kramarić | 3 |
| 2 | Tin Jedvaj | 2 |
| Nikola Vlašić | ||
| Mateo Kovačić | ||
| 5 | Josip Brekalo | 1 |
| Dejan Lovren | ||
| Bruno Petković | ||
Notes
- The Croatia v England match was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Croatia for racist behaviour in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home match against Italy.[4]
References
- "UEFA Nations League draw seedings". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.com). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- "Format change for 2020/21 UEFA Nations League". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.com). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "Spain 6–0 Croatia". livescore.net. LiveScore. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- "England's Nations League match in Croatia will be behind closed doors". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Igrači". hrnogomet. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "Strijelci". hrnogomet. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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