FRANCE98 – Croatia Team Page
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Land area: 56 538km² Population: 4 780 000 Capital: Zagreb Main cities: Split, Bol, Umag System of government: Republic Head of state: Franjo Tujman Currency: Kuna Time difference: none
UEFA Zone, Group 1:
9 october 96 Bosnia – Croatia 1-4 10 november 96 Croatia – Greece 1-1 29 march 97 Croatia – Denmark 1-1 2 april 97 Croatia – Slovenia 3-3 30 april 97 Greece – Croatia 0-1 6 september 97 Croatia – Bosnia 3-2 10 september 97 Denmark – Croatia 3-1 11 october 97 Slovenia – Croatie 1-3
- 15 points
- 17 goals scored
- 12 goals conceded
Play Off
29 october 97 Croatia – Ukraine 2-0 11 november 97 Ukraine – Croatia 1-1
Goalkeeper : LADIC (age 34, 37 caps) Defenders : BILIC (age 29 , 34 caps) JURIC (age 27, 7 caps) SOLDO (age 30 , 15 caps) JARNI (age 29, 34 caps)
Midfielders : BOBAN (age 29, 31 caps) PROSINECKI (age 28, 26 caps) ASANOVIC (age 31, 35 caps) STANIC (age 25, 13 caps)
Strikers : SUKER (age 29, 32 caps)
BOKSIC (age 27, 23 caps)Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 29
National team colours: red and white
FIFA ranking (on 1 November 1997): 29th
- World Cup: no participation
- European nations championship : participed 1 time (1996)
Miroslav Blazevic
Miroslav Blazevic is quite a journeyman. After spells in Switzerland, France (FC Nantes), and Greece, this ex-defender returned to his native soil tos take over the reins at Croatia Zagreb. He was then appointed national team coach, working at first alongside Tomislav Ivic. Blazevic helped qualify his side for EURO 96 before gaining a berth at the 1998 World Cup finals.
