Croatia women's national football team

Croatia

Association	Hrvatski Nogometni Savez
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dean Klafurić
Most caps	Sandra Žigić (50)
Top scorer	Katarina Kolar (19)
FIFA code	CRO
FIFA ranking	62
Highest FIFA ranking	44 (July 2003)
Lowest FIFA ranking	65 (November 2010)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Slovenia 3–2 Croatia (Ižakovci, Slovenia; October 28, 1993)
Biggest win
Croatia 8–2 Slovenia (Kecskemét, Hungary; May 27, 2001)
Biggest defeat
Romania 10–0 Croatia (Bucharest, Romania; October 2, 2004)

The Croatia women's national football team represents the Republic of Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 1

Teamv · d · e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France 10 10 0 0 50 0 +50 30  Iceland 10 8 0 2 33 3 +30 24  Northern Ireland 10 3 2 5 8 16 −8 11  Estonia 10 3 1 6 7 44 −37 10  Serbia 10 2 3 5 7 19 −12 9  Croatia 10 0 2 8 4 27 −23 2

Croatia  – 0–3 0–7 0–3 0–1 1–2 Estonia  1–1 – 0–6 0–5 2–1 1–0 France  3–0 12–0 – 2–0 6–0 7–0 Iceland  3–0 12–0 0–1 – 2–0 5–0 Northern Ireland  3–1 3–0 0–4 0–1 – 0–0 Serbia  1–1 4–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 –

Current squad

Croatia squad for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers versus France and Iceland, 20 and 22 June 2010, announced on 18 June 2010.^[1]
Caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2010.

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club	Caps (Goals)	Debut
Goalkeepers
Branka Karnjus	28 November 1973 (1973-11-28) (age 37)	Rijeka-Jack Pot	2 (0)	vs. Serbia, 9 May 2010
Ivana Vrdoljak	24 June 1994 (1994-06-24) (age 17)	Split	1 (0)	vs. France, 20 June 2010
Defenders
Sara Klarić	10 July 1993 (1993-07-10) (age 18)	Dinamo-Maksimir	3 (0)	vs. Slovenia, 12 March 2010
Vanesa Zlosa	28 September 1988 (1988-09-28) (age 23)	Osijek	17 (0)	vs. Macedonia, 22 October 2006
Tihana Nemčić	20 February 1988 (1988-02-20) (age 23)	Plamen	9 (0)	vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 20 May 2006
Kristina Nevrkla	5 July 1990 (1990-07-05) (age 21)	Dinamo-Maksimir	19 (1)	vs. Malta, 27 June 2008
Dragica Cepernić	15 December 1981 (1981-12-15) (age 29)	Osijek	7 (0)	vs. Republic of Ireland, 10 April 2004
Sandra Žigić	19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) (age 23)	Plamen	50 (5)	vs. Macedonia, 7 May 2005
Tatjana Šolaja	21 November 1981 (1981-11-21) (age 30)	Agram	28 (2)	vs. Czech Republic, 17 June 2000
Midfielders
Iva Landeka (captain)	3 October 1989 (1989-10-03) (age 22)	Kelag	23 (4)	vs. Slovenia, 14 May 2006
Barbara Perić	17 August 1987 (1987-08-17) (age 24)	Rijeka-Jack Pot	6 (0)	vs. Slovenia, 12 March 2010
Jasna Babogredac	21 September 1985 (1985-09-21) (age 26)	Viktorija	13 (1)	vs. Slovenia, 11 March 2007
Izabela Lojna	11 May 1992 (1992-05-11) (age 19)	Ivankovo	2 (0)	vs. Serbia, 9 May 2010
Josipa Bokanović	19 March 1991 (1991-03-19) (age 20)	Fortuna Köln	2 (1)	vs. Serbia, 9 May 2010
Maja Joščak	4 August 1990 (1990-08-04) (age 21)	Osijek	22 (9)	vs. Macedonia, 22 October 2006
Martina Čop	18 May 1994 (1994-05-18) (age 17)	Rijeka-Jack Pot	1 (0)	vs. Serbia, 9 May 2010
Dušanka Juko	26 June 1984 (1984-06-26) (age 27)	Rijeka-Jack Pot	13 (1)	vs. Malta, 29 March 2006
Strikers
Antonija Ćorak	11 February 1986 (1986-02-11) (age 25)	Ombla	18 (5)	vs. Slovenia, 14 May 2006

References

1. ^ "Vijesti: 'A' - Žene / Okupljanje za Francusku i Island" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 18 June 2010. http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=hr&w=vijesti&d=zenski_nogomet&p=1&id=1856. Retrieved 30 June 2010. 

External links

Official

• Croatian Football Federation official website (Croatian)
• FIFA profile of Croatia