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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

17 August 1999 (1999-08-17) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	FR 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)

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)

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)

8 October 1999 (1999-10-08) Euro 2000 qualif Gr 8	Croatia	2–2	FR 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)

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)

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
FR Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	8	4	+4	050.00
Total: 22 teams played	43	21	8	14	74	49	+25	048.84