Croatia at the UEFA Nations League

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This is a record of Croatia's results at the UEFA Nations League.

The Croatian team played first time on UEFA Nations League in season 2018–19 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 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA
2018–19 A 4 Group stage (3rd) 9th 4 1 1 2 4 10
2020–21 A 3 To be determined
Total Group stage
League A 		1/1 4 1 1 2 4 10

2018–19 League A

Group 4

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a] England Spain Croatia
1  England 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Qualification for 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
Spain 6–0 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 26,900[3]
Croatia 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Croatia 3–2 Spain
Kramarić 54'
Jedvaj 69', 90+3'		 Report Ceballos 56'
Ramos 78' (pen)
Attendance: 33,018
England 2–1 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 78,221

2020–21 League A

Group 3

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation France Portugal Croatia Sweden
1  France 6 5 1 0 12 5 +7 16 Qualification for 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[a] 1–2 2–3 — 2–1
4  Sweden (R) 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3[a] Relegation to League B 0–1 0–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Portugal v Croatia
Report
France v Croatia
Report
Croatia v Sweden
Report
Croatia v France
Report
Sweden v Croatia
Report
Croatia v Portugal
Report


Players with most appearances

No. Name Matches
1 Luka Modrić 4
Ivan Perišić
Domagoj Vida

Goalscorers

No. Name Goals
1 Tin Jedvaj 2
Andrej Kramarić

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ "UEFA Nations League draw seedings". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.com). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Format change for 2020/21 UEFA Nations League". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.com). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Spain 6–0 Croatia". livescore.net. LiveScore. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ "England's Nations League match in Croatia will be behind closed doors". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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