Croatia in the World Cup Finals

Croatia qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on October 8th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Croatia's 3rd appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Third -- France 98.

Croatia World Cup Preparations

Croatia Team Hotel
Dorint Bad Brueckenau:
Heinrich Von Bibra Str 13, Bad Brueckenau.
The Croatia World Cup team have chosen to stay in the Dorint Bad Brückenau; the historical summer residence of Ludwig I of Bayern (1819-1848). The hotel, located 70km from Würzburg and 110km from Frankfurt am Main, is set in a beautiful park.

The German World Cup organisers are expecting up to 30,000 Croatian guests in Bad Brückenau during the Finals and will be setting up a large screen for the fans.

Croatia Friendly Matches
Beat Argentina (3-2), Wednesday 1st March. (St Jakob Park)
Goals from: Ivan Klasnic (3), Darijo Srna (52) and Dario Simic (90).

Austria, Tuesday 23rd May.

Iran, Sunday 28th May.

Poland, Saturday 3rd June.

Croatia in the 2006 World Cup
Group F
Tuesday, 13th June
Brazil vs Croatia
Berlin -- (21:00)

Sunday, 18th June
Japan vs Croatia
Nürnberg -- (15:00)

Thursday, 22nd June
Croatia vs Australia
Stuttgart -- (21:00)

Knockout Stage
Group F winner travels to Dortmund and the runner-up goes to Kaiserslautern.

Croatia World Cup Squad 2006
Vatreni (Fiery)

Goalkeepers:
1 Stipe Pletikosa (Hajduk Split)
12 Joe Didulica (Austria Vienna)
Tomislav Butina (Club Bruges, Belgium)

Defenders:
3 Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin, Germany)
4 Robert Kovac (Juventus, Italy)
5 Igor Tudor (Siena, Italy)
7 Dario Simic (AC Milan, Italy)
11 Mario Tokic (Austria Vienna)
13 Stjepan Tomas (Galatasaray, Turkey)

Midfielders:
2 Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine)
6 Jurica Vranjes (Werder Bremen, Germany)
8 Marko Babic (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
10 Niko Kovac (Hertha Berlin, Germany)
14 Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb)
15 Ivan Leko (Club Bruges, Belgium)
16 Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine)
19 Niko Kranjcar (Hajduk Split)
20 Anthony Seric (Panathinaikos, Greece)

Forwards:
9 Dado Prso (Rangers, Scotland)
17 Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen, Germany)
21 Bosko Balaban (Club Bruges, Belgium)
18 Ivica Olic (CSKA Moscow, Russia)
22 Ivan Bosnjak (Dinamo Zagreb)

Trainer:
Zlatko Kranjcar.

Players to watch:
2 Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine)
9 Dado Prso (Rangers, Scotland)
17 Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen, Germany)

Destination Croatia

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