Croatia women's national football team
Nickname(s) | Lavice[citation needed] | ||
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Association | Hrvatski Nogometni Savez | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Nenad Gračan | ||
Captain | Iva Landeka | ||
Most caps | Iva Landeka (92) | ||
Top scorer | Maja Joščak (20) | ||
FIFA code | CRO | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 60 ![]() | ||
Highest | 44 (July 2003) | ||
Lowest | 65 (November 2010) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Ižakovci, Slovenia; 28 October 1993) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Kecskemét, Hungary; 27 May 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Bucharest, Romania; 2 October 2004) |
The Croatia women's national football team represents the Republic of Croatia in international football. The team is managed by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country.
History
After winning independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, the newly established Croatian Football Federation immediately moved toward creating separate national football teams to represent the country, which included the establishment of the women's team. Three years after the men's team debut, the women's team of Croatia officially marked their international debut, playing against neighbouring Slovenia in a friendly on 28 October 1993, where Croatia lost 2–3 away.
Since its inception, the women's team of Croatia has suffered from the lack of coverage from the increasingly successful men's side. Most of Croatia's female footballers, unlike the male ones, are made up of only amateur or part-timers, and thus they are not adequately trained. As for the result, while the men's team has been largely competitive and qualified for several UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup, the women's team is unable to repeat the same as the men's one, and has a tendency of being finished near bottom or bottom of the qualifications for UEFA Women's Championship and FIFA Women's World Cup.
Team image
Nicknames
The Croatia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Lavice".[citation needed]
Rivalry
Like the men's counterparts, the Croatian women's team also maintained a rivalry with its neighbour Serbia. However, unlike the men's, the women's team of Croatia, long suffered from lack of investment, could not demonstrate its domination against its Serbian arch-rival.
Results and fixtures
- The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2021
22 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Italy ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Castel di Sangro |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia) |
26 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Switzerland ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Zürich |
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Report | Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark) |
26 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Croatia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Pula |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Referee: Nadezhda Gorinova (Russia) |
30 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Croatia ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Pula |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (Armenia) |
2022
8 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Moldova ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Chișinău |
17:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: María Martínez (Spain) |
12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Croatia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Velika Gorica |
17:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Gradski stadion Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales) |
2 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Croatia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Karlovac |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece) |
- Official Croatia Results and Fixtures
- Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com
- Results and Fixtures – FIFA.com
Coaching staff
- As of 30 May 2021
Position | Staff |
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Head Coach | ![]() |
Assistant Coach | ![]() |
Assistant Coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeping Coach | ![]() |
Source: [1]
Players
Current squad
- The following players were named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G match against Switzerland on 26 October 2021.[2]
- Caps and goals as of 22 February 2021.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Doris Bačić | 23 February 1995 | 48 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Ana Filipović | 4 July 2003 | ![]() | ||
3 | DF | Ana Jelenčić | 8 June 1994 | 21 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Leonarda Balog | 5 February 1993 | 45 | 1 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Katarina Pranješ | 7 October 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | DF | Lea Zdunić | 10 December 1998 | |||
14 | DF | Antonia Dulčić | 4 February 1997 | 13 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | DF | Maria Kunštek | 6 November 1998 | ![]() | ||
16 | DF | Martina Taritaš | 25 October 2000 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | DF | Janja Čanjevac | 8 August 1999 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | MF | Petra Bračević | 28 August 1997 | |||
7 | MF | Petra Pezelj | 28 October 1998 | ![]() | ||
13 | MF | Helena Spajić | 8 February 2000 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | MF | Nika Petarić | 2 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | MF | Fatjesa Gegollaj | 5 November 2001 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | MF | Anela Lubina | 18 December 1995 | 22 | 1 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Andrea Glibo | 5 April 2002 | ![]() | ||
10 | FW | Izabela Lojna | 11 May 1992 | ![]() | ||
11 | FW | Ivana Kirilenko | 21 June 2000 | 1 | 0 | Unattached |
17 | FW | Karla Jedvaj | 16 November 2000 | ![]() |
Recent call-ups
- The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.
- This list may be incomplete.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
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Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | ||||||||
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
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10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 27 | −23 | |||||||||
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10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | −13 | |||||||||
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8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | |||||||||
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | −12 | |||||||||
Total | 0/9 | – | 52 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 49 | 107 | −58 |
UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18 | −10 | ||||||||
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 23 | −21 | |||||||||
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | |||||||||
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 22 | −5 | |||||||||
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | |||||||||
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 26 | −20 | |||||||||
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | |||||||||
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | |||||||||
Total | 0/8 | – | 55 | 14 | 6 | 35 | 64 | 148 | −84 |
Individual statistics
- As of 16 September 2022
Most capped players
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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1 | Iva Landeka | 96 | 14 | 2006–2022 |
2 | Sandra Žigić | 89 | 10 | 2005–2019 |
3 | Kristina Nevrkla | 76 | 1 | 2008–2019 |
4 | Maja Joščak | 71 | 20 | 2006–2019 |
5 | Izabela Lojna | 63 | 11 | 2010– |
6 | Doris Bačić | 60 | 0 | 2011– |
7 | Kristina Šundov | 58 | 8 | 2003–2020 |
Violeta Baban | 58 | 8 | 2002–2016 | |
9 | Leonarda Balog | 57 | 1 | 2009– |
10 | Antonijela Horvat | 42 | 0 | 2001–2009 |
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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1 | Maja Joščak | 20 | 71 | 0.28 | 2006–2019 |
2 | Iva Landeka | 15 | 96 | 0.16 | 2006–2022 |
3 | Katarina Kolar | 14 | 33 | 0.42 | 2006–2014 |
4 | Marina Koljenik | 13 | 35 | 0.37 | 1994–2007 |
Ivana Rudelić | 36 | 0.36 | 2015– | ||
6 | Ljiljana Jakšić | 12 | 22 | 0.55 | 1995–2005 |
7 | Izabela Lojna | 11 | 63 | 0.17 | 2010– |
8 | Sandra Žigić | 10 | 89 | 0.11 | 2005–2019 |
9 | Kristina Šundov | 8 | 58 | 0.14 | 2003–2020 |
Violeta Baban | 2002–2016 |
See also
- Sport in Croatia
- Football in Croatia
- Women's football in Croatia
- Football in Croatia
- Croatia women's national under-19 football team
- Croatia women's national under-17 football team
- Croatia men's national football team
References
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Mate Prskalo objavio popis reprezentativki uoči utakmice s Rumunjskom" (in Croatian). Hrvatski Nogometni Savez. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
External links
- Official Croatia women's national football team website (in English)
- Croatia profile at FIFA.com (in English)
- CS1 Croatian-language sources (hr)
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Use dmy dates from July 2022
- Articles containing Croatian-language text
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from July 2019
- Pages using football kit with incorrect pattern parameters
- Articles with hCards
- Articles without Wikidata item
- Croatia women's national football team
- European women's national association football teams
- Women's football in Croatia