Croatia national under-21 football team
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| Nickname | Vatreni (The Fiery) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Croatian Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Dražen Ladić | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Top scorer | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First International Croatia 2-0 Denmark Šibenik, March 28, 1997 |
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| Largest win Croatia 6-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Osijek, September 5, 1997 |
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| Worst defeat Six losses by a two-goal margin[1] (Records for competitive matches only) |
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| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Group stage 2000 & 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Croatia national under-21 football team has played since Croatia's independence in 1990-1992 and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation. (For the team under the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia see Yugoslavia national under-21 football team.)
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- 1996: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
- 1998: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
- 2000: Group stage.
- 2002: Did not qualify. Lost in playoff.
- 2004: Group stage.
- 2006: Did not qualify. Lost in playoff.
- 2007: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
- ^ Croatia U21s' six losses by a two-goal margin in competitive games:
- Croatia 0-2 Slovenia, Zagreb, April 25, 1995
- Slovenia 4-2 Croatia, Celje, November 14, 1995
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 Croatia, Imola, October 8, 1996
- Greece 2-0 Croatia, Edessa, April 29, 1997
- Portugal 2-0 Croatia, Faro, November 13, 1999
- Serbia and Montenegro 3-1 Croatia, Belgrade, November 12, 2005
- UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
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