Croatia national under-21 football team results (1992–1999)

This is a list of the Croatia national under-21 football team results from 1992 to 1999.

The first match played by Croatia was against Hungary in 1992 in Zagreb, Croatia.

Croatia's first-ever competitive matches were in the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification. The team failed to qualify for the final tournament. After a successful run at the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Croatia entered the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship after beating Portugal through play-offs in 1999.

Croatia also participated in the 1997 Toulon Tournament in France, dropping out in a group stage.

Key

Match outcomes

  Win

  Draw

  Loss

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

By year

1992

Croatia v Hungary

14 October 1992 (1992-10-14) Friendly	Croatia	6–1	Hungary	Zagreb, Croatia
15:00	Vlaović 7', 78' (pen.), 84' Mornar 30' Ban 34', 59'	Report	Sándor 22'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)

1993

Hungary v Croatia

14 April 1993 (1993-04-14) Friendly	Hungary	3–2	Croatia	Szombathely, Hungary
	Horváth 15' Faragó 71' Bekő 76'	Report	Roso 52' Filipović 84'	Stadium: Rohonci út Attendance: 2,000

1994

Slovakia v Croatia

19 April 1994 (1994-04-19) Friendly	Slovakia	1–0	Croatia	Myjava, Slovakia
17:00	Medveď 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Myjava Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Karl Finzinger (Austria)

Hungary v Croatia

18 May 1994 (1994-05-18) Friendly	Hungary	1–1	Croatia	Győr, Hungary
17:00	Sándor 10'	Report	Karić 25' Šunjić  26' Horvat  38'	Stadium: Stadion ETO Attendance: 500 Referee: Geza Kiss (Hungary)

Israel v Croatia

17 August 1994 (1994-08-17) Friendly	Israel	2–0	Croatia	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Holtzman 25', 83'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)

Estonia v Croatia

3 September 1994 (1994-09-03) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Estonia	1–2	Croatia	Pärnu, Estonia
16:00	Švets 30'	Report	Vugrinec 37' Bilić  60' Gašpar  72' 74' Rapaić  90+2'	Stadium: Pärnu Rannastaadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tore Hollung (Norway)

Croatia v Lithuania

8 October 1994 (1994-10-08) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Croatia	2–0	Lithuania	Zagreb, Croatia
15:00	Šimić 21' Rapaić 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jef van Vliet (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Berend Talens (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Ton Lammers (Netherlands) Fourth official: Hugo Luyten (Netherlands)

Italy v Croatia

16 November 1994 (1994-11-16) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Italy	2–1	Croatia	Caltanissetta, Italy
	Del Piero 12' (pen.) Dionigi 28'	Report	Vugrinec 18' Rukavina  50' Šimić  78'	Stadium: Ianto Lago Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juan Roca Ansuategui (Spain)

1995

Croatia v Ukraine

24 March 1995 (1995-03-24) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Croatia	1–0	Ukraine	Zaprešić, Croatia
15:30	Jurič  7' Gašpar  15' Marić  48' Bogdan 57'	Report		Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Werner Müller (Switzerland)

Lithuania v Croatia

28 March 1995 (1995-03-28) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Lithuania	0–1	Croatia	Panevėžys, Lithuania
		Report	Šabić  51' Sabitović 81'	Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zbigniew Przesmycki (Poland)

Croatia v Slovenia

25 April 1995 (1995-04-25) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Croatia	0–2	Slovenia	Zaprešić, Croatia
16:30	Šabić  21'	Report	Šiljak 52' Brezič  59'  61' Usnik 86'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium) Assistant referees: Fernand Weytens (Belgium) Assistant referees: Hennisen Romb Out (Belgium) Fourth official: Johny Ver Eecke (Belgium)

Ukraine v Croatia

11 June 1995 (1995-06-11) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Ukraine	1–1	Croatia	Kyiv, Ukraine
	Shevchenko 14'	Report	Rapaić 51' Jurić  51' Rukavina  51' Osibov  51' Bogdan  90'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Karol Ihring, Slovakia

Croatia v Estonia

2 September 1995 (1995-09-02) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Croatia	1–0	Estonia	Varaždin, Croatia
17:00	Marić 33' Kosić  67'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 4,000 Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

Croatia v Italy

5 October 1995 (1995-10-05) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Croatia	2–2	Italy	Varaždin, Croatia
15:00	Bogdan 38' Rukavina  53' Šimić  56' Mornar 71' (pen.)	Report	Delvecchio 28' Galante 39'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Antoine de Pandis (France)

Slovenia v Croatia

14 November 1995 (1995-11-14) Euro 1996 qualif Gr 4	Slovenia	4–2	Croatia	Celje, Slovenia
13:30	Cugmas  2' Karić  5' Lukič  15' Kečan 22' Šiljak 44', 75' Sešlar 81'	Report	Marić 25', 60'  21' Tokić  29' Čović  44'	Stadium: Skalna Klet Attendance: 500 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) Assistant referees: Evgeni Volnin (Russia) Assistant referees: Vyacheslav Sorokin (Russia) Fourth official: Sergey Anokhin (Russia)

1996

Croatia v Israel

26 March 1996 (1996-03-26) Friendly	Croatia	0–0	Israel	Čakovec, Croatia
14:00	Tomas  20' Krznarić  61' Živković  64' Katulić  90'	Report	Sivilia  70'	Stadium: Stadion SRC Mladost Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Darko Cvitković (Croatia)

Croatia v Hungary

9 April 1996 (1996-04-09) Friendly	Croatia	1–1	Hungary	Vinkovci, Croatia
17:00	Bulat 29' Tokić  38'	Report	Kenesei 69'	Stadium: Stadion HNK Cibalia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ante Kulušić (Croatia)

England v Croatia

23 April 1996 (1996-04-23) Friendly	England	0–1	Croatia	Sunderland, England
17:00		Report	Vučko 1' Čizmek  51'	Stadium: Roker Park

Bosnia and Herzegovina v Croatia

8 October 1996 (1996-10-08) Euro 1998 qualif Gr 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Croatia	Imola, Italy
17:00	Uščuplić 17' (pen.), 31' (pen.) Gogalić  24' Hadžiahmetović  40' Smajlagić  63' Granov 69'	Report	Milić  35' Vučko  37' Vugrinec 45' Čizmek  57' Čović  65' Živković  67' Cvitanović  79'	Stadium: Romeo Galli Attendance: 300 Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)

Croatia v Greece

9 November 1996 (1996-11-09) Euro 1998 qualif Gr 1	Croatia	0–1	Greece	Karlovac, Croatia
14:00	Lalić  51' Živković  51' Tokić  51' Tapalović  80'	Report	Liberopoulos 60'	Stadium: Stadion 13. srpanj Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy)

1997

Croatia v Denmark

28 March 1997 (1997-03-28) Euro 1998 qualif Gr 1	Croatia	2–0	Denmark	Šibenik, Croatia
16:00	Vučko 45' (pen.) Jurić  65' Kosić 82' Tapalović  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany

Croatia v Slovenia

3 April 1997 (1997-04-03) Euro 1998 qualif Gr 1	Croatia	2–0	Slovenia	Šibenik, Croatia
17:00	Marić 32', 65' Jurić  37' Tudor  82'	Report	Pavlović  25' Knavs  67'	Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 4,000 Referee: John Ashman (Wales) Assistant referees: Kerry Morgan (Wales) Assistant referees: Gareth Randles(Wales) Fourth official: Raymond Ellingham (Wales)

Greece v Croatia

29 April 1997 (1997-04-29) Euro 1998 qualif Gr 1	Greece	2–0	Croatia	Edessa, Greece
	Liberopoulos 75' Konstantinidis 88'	Report	Vasilj  38' Tokić  64' Vučko  67' Katulić  70'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

France v Croatia

26 May 1997 (1997-05-26) 1997 Toulon Tournament	France	1–0	Croatia	Nîmes, France
	Anelka	Report	Balaban  54' Sabljak  74'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Alan Freeland (Scotland)

Croatia v Netherlands

28 May 1997 (1997-05-28) 1997 Toulon Tournament	Croatia	3–2	Netherlands	Aubagne, France
	Šokota 22' (pen.) Hucika 24' Sabljak  77' Perić 80'	Report	Bruggink 47' Lurling 52'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal)

Mexico v Croatia

30 May 1997 (1997-05-30) 1997 Toulon Tournament	Mexico	1–0	Croatia	Mallemort, France
	Lillingston	Report	Rodin  13' Pilipović  24' Šokota  39' Rožajac  70'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Alan Freeland (Scotland)

Morocco U20 v Croatia

3 June 1997 (1997-06-03) 1997 Toulon Tournament	Morocco U20	4–0	Croatia	Le Pontet, France
	Ramzi Jabrane Larabi	Report		Stadium: Stade de Fargues Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Croatia v Bosnia and Herzegovina

5 September 1997 (1997-09-05) Euro 1998 qualif Gr 1	Croatia	6–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Osijek, Croatia
19:00	Živković  9' Bule 20', 34' Žilić 24' Vugrinec 36' Smoje  39' Jurić 40' Bazina  46' Leko 76'	Report	Hota 10'  68'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Peter Jones (England)

Denmark v Croatia

9 September 1997 (1997-09-09) Euro 1998 qualif Gr 1	Denmark	1–0	Croatia	Køge, Denmark
18:30	Jørgensen 66'	Report	Smoje  39' Kosić  48' Žilić  56' Živković  90'	Stadium: Køge Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

Slovenia v Croatia

12 October 1997 (1997-10-12) Euro 1998 qualif Gr 1	Slovenia	1–2	Croatia	Velenje, Slovenia
15:00	Balagič  13' Bulat 30' (o.g.) Cugmas  66'	Report	Cvitanović  20' Bazina 37' Jurić  40' Čović 47'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia) Assistant referees: Vladimirs Osipovs (Latvia) Assistant referees: Adolfs Supe (Latvia) Fourth official: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

1998

Croatia v Slovakia

24 March 1998 (1998-03-24) Friendly	Croatia	4–1	Slovakia	Čakovec, Croatia
15:30	Leko 37' (pen.) Sabljak 53' Balaban 61' Šokota 72'	Report		Stadium: Stadion SRC Mladost Attendance: 1,200

Croatia v Poland

22 April 1998 (1998-04-22) Friendly	Croatia	1–1	Poland	Vinkovci, Croatia
16:30	Bišćan 3' Smoje  20' Pilipović  54' Tomić  86'	Report	Paszulewicz 62'	Stadium: Stadion HNK Cibalia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Miroslav Vitković (Croatia)

Republic of Ireland v Croatia

4 September 1998 (1998-09-04) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Croatia	Kilkenny, Ireland
16:30	Conlon 2'  44' Baker 62'	Report	Šokota 60', 81' Smoje  80'	Stadium: Buckley Park Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

Malta v Croatia

9 October 1998 (1998-10-09) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	Malta	0–3	Croatia	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:00	Nwoko  16' Grima  35' Azzopardi  89'	Report	Leko 48' Bišćan 62' Tomić  70' Hucika  76' Deranja 85'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Muhittin Bosat (Turkey)

Croatia v FYR Macedonia

14 October 1998 (1998-10-14) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	Croatia	4–0	FYR Macedonia	Sisak, Croatia
15:00	Miladin  11' Pilipović  33' 59' Tomić  60' Šokota 66', 87' Leko 69' Vejić  80'	Report	Stamenovski  65' Novakov  68' I. Stojanov  78'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Florin Chivulete (Romania)

1999

Croatia v Italy

28 April 1999 (1999-04-28) Friendly	Croatia	1–0	Italy	Zagreb, Croatia
14:30	Šimić 41'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 800 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

FYR Macedonia v Croatia

5 June 1999 (1999-06-05) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	FYR Macedonia	0–2	Croatia	Kratovo, FYR Macedonia
14:00	Simonovski  73'	Report	Šerić  22' Smoje 37' Leko 56' Pilipović  75'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Kratovo Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Wolfgang Sowa (Austria)

Yugoslavia v Croatia

17 August 1999 (1999-08-17) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	Yugoslavia	2–6	Croatia	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
20:00	Lazetić  7' Ivić 33'  45' Ilić 50'	Report	Šerić 6'  71' Hucika  26' Šokota  40' 68', 85' Smoje  47' Mikić 49', 90' Deranja 65' Balaban  90'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy)

Croatia v Malta

21 August 1999 (1999-08-21) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	Croatia	1–0	Malta	Zagreb, Croatia
17:00	Pilipović 24' Mikić  35' Deranja  44'	Report	Bonnici  73'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jan Hald (Denmark)

Croatia v Republic of Ireland

3 September 1999 (1999-09-03) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	Croatia	5–1	Republic of Ireland	Zagreb, Croatia
17:00	Pilipović 12' Šokota 22' Mikić 24' Vranješ  90' Balaban 88', 90'	Report	Hawkins 41' Dunne  90'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Croatia v Yugoslavia

8 October 1999 (1999-10-08) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	Croatia	2–2	Yugoslavia	Zagreb, Croatia
16:00	Šerić 8' Vranješ  27' 52' Deranja  41' Šokota 46' Smoje  47' Mikić 49', 90' Balaban  90'	Report	Bošković  21' 44' Vitakić  47' Jelenković  70' Francišković 75'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Portugal v Croatia

13 November 1999 (1999-11-13) Euro 2000 qualif play-off	Portugal	2–0	Croatia	Faro, Portugal
18:45	Sousa  17' Boa Morte 35', 81' Delfim  42'	Report	Pilipović  21' Bišćan  44' Tudor  79'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Croatia v Portugal

17 November 1999 (1999-11-17) Euro 2000 qualif play-off	Croatia	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Portugal	Split, Croatia
17:00	Smoje  30' Miladin  35' Šimić 38' Deranja 40'  53' Balaban 99'	Report	Boa Morte  32' Ramos  107' Basto  111' Meira  119'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 7,033 Referee: Oguz Sarvan (Turkey)

Record per opponent

  More wins than losses

  As many wins as losses

  Fewer wins than losses

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Denmark	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Estonia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
France	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Greece	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Hungary	4	1	2	1	10	6	+4	025.00
Republic of Ireland	2	1	1	0	7	3	+4	050.00
Israel	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33
Lithuania	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
FYR Macedonia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Malta	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Morocco U20	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Poland	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Portugal	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Slovenia	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	050.00
Ukraine	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	8	4	+4	050.00
Total: 22 teams played	43	21	8	14	74	49	+25	048.84