Croatia women's national football team

Croatia
Nickname(s)	Lavice
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
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	60 1 (25 March 2022)[1]
Highest	44 (July 2003)
Lowest	65 (November 2010)
First international
	Slovenia 3–2 Croatia ; (Ižakovci, Slovenia; 28 October 1993)
Biggest win
	Croatia 8–2 Slovenia ; (Kecskemét, Hungary; 27 May 2001)
Biggest defeat
	Romania 10–0 Croatia ; (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.

Team image

Nicknames

The Croatia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Lavice".

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 February Euro 2022 qualifying	Croatia	0–1	Romania	Pula, Croatia
		Report (UEFA) Report (HNS) Report (Soccerway)	Ciolacu 53'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

12 June Friendly	Slovenia	4–1	Croatia
11:30 UTC+1

17 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Romania	2–0	Croatia	Mogoșoaia
19:30	Rus 12' Carp 32'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Mogoșoaia Referee: Lizzy Van Der Helm (Netherlands)

21 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Croatia	0–5	Italy	Karlovac, Croatia
18:00		Report (UEFA)	Gama 17' Giacinti 31', 47' Girelli 50' Cernoia 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

22 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Italy	3–0	Croatia	Castel di Sangro
	Cernoia 2' Girelli 9' (pen.) Pirone 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

26 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Switzerland	5–0	Croatia	Zürich
	Crnogorčević 8' Maritz 45+2' Bachmann 82', 90+1' (pen.) Rinast 88'	Report		Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

26 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Croatia	0–0	Lithuania	Pula
		Report		Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Referee: Nadezhda Gorinova (Russia)

30 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Croatia	4–0	Moldova	Pula
	Marković 6' Landeka 35' (pen.) Lubina 65' Jelenčić 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (Armenia)

2022

19 February Friendly

Slovenia

1–0

Croatia

8 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Moldova	0–1	Croatia	Chișinău
		Report	Ljuština 36'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium

12 Aril 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Croatia	0–1	Romania
		Report

2 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Croatia	v	Switzerland
		Report

6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Lithuania	v	Croatia
		Report

Coaching staff

As of 30 May 2021

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Mate Prskalo
Assistant Coach	Stella Gotal
Assistant Coach	Božidar Miletić
Goalkeeping Coach	Blaž Bugarin

Source:

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
1	1GK	Doris Bačić	(1995-02-23) 23 February 1995	48	0	Juventus
12	1GK	Ana Filipović	(2003-07-04) 4 July 2003

3	2DF	Ana Jelenčić	(1994-06-08) 8 June 1994	21	0	Hellas Verona
4	2DF	Leonarda Balog	(1993-02-05) 5 February 1993	45	1	St. Pölten
5	2DF	Katarina Pranješ	(2002-10-07) 7 October 2002	1	0	Split
6	2DF	Lea Zdunić	(1998-12-10) 10 December 1998
14	2DF	Antonia Dulčić	(1997-02-04) 4 February 1997	13	0	Split
15	2DF	Maria Kunštek	(1998-11-06) 6 November 1998
16	2DF	Martina Taritaš	(2000-10-25) 25 October 2000	3	0	Dinamo Zagreb
19	2DF	Janja Čanjevac	(1999-08-08) 8 August 1999	2	0	Split

2	3MF	Petra Bračević	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997
7	3MF	Petra Pezelj	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998
13	3MF	Helena Spajić	(2000-02-08) 8 February 2000	11	0	Horn
20	3MF	Nika Petarić	(2002-06-02) 2 June 2002	0	0	Dinamo Zagreb
21	3MF	Fatjesa Gegollaj	(2001-11-05) 5 November 2001	3	0	Split
22	3MF	Anela Lubina	(1995-12-18) 18 December 1995	22	1	Split

9	4FW	Andrea Glibo	(2002-04-05) 5 April 2002
10	4FW	Izabela Lojna	(1992-05-11) 11 May 1992
11	4FW	Ivana Kirilenko	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000	1	0	Split
17	4FW	Karla Jedvaj	(2000-11-16) 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
GK	Stephanie Bukovec	(1995-09-22) 22 September 1995	3	0	Split	v. Romania, 23 February 2021

DF	Mihaela Horvat	(1994-03-21) 21 March 1994	35	2	Horn	v. Romania, 23 February 2021
DF	Ana Dujmović	(1996-02-21) 21 February 1996	16	0	Split	v. Romania, 23 February 2021
DF	Tea Pedić	(1996-09-06) 6 September 1996	2	0	Split	v. Romania, 23 February 2021

MF	Iva Landeka	(1989-10-03) 3 October 1989	88	13	Montpellier	v. Romania, 23 February 2021
MF	Matea Bošnjak	(1997-12-21) 21 December 1997	32	2	Split	v. Romania, 23 February 2021
MF	Karla Šabašov	(2003-03-15) 15 March 2003	1	0	Split	v. Romania, 23 February 2021

FW	Ivana Rudelić	(1992-01-25) 25 January 1992	33	13	Bayern Munich	v. Romania, 23 February 2021
FW	Iva Bukač	(1994-11-27) 27 November 1994	9	0	Split	v. Romania, 23 February 2021
FW	Ivana Slipčević	(1998-08-23) 23 August 1998	7	0	FC Ingolstadt	v. Romania, 23 February 2021

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1995	Did not enter
1999	Did not enter
2003	Did not qualify								8	4	1	3	16	11	+5
2007									6	3	0	3	11	11	0
2011									10	0	2	8	4	27	−23
2015									10	2	2	6	7	20	−13
2019									8	0	3	5	5	20	−15
2023	Qualification in progress								6	1	1	4	4	15	−11
Total	0/8	–							48	10	9	29	47	104	−57

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1995	Did not qualify								6	3	1	2	8	18	−10
1997									8	0	1	7	2	23	−21
2001									6	1	0	5	7	19	−12
2005									8	4	1	3	17	22	−5
2009									3	2	0	1	9	6	+3
2013									8	0	1	7	6	26	−20
2017									8	2	1	5	8	15	−7
2022									8	2	1	5	7	19	−12
Total	0/8	–							55	14	6	35	64	148	−84

Individual statistics

As of 12 April 2022

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Iva Landeka	94	14	2006–
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	Kristina Šundov	58	8	2003–2020
	Violeta Baban	58	8	2002–2016
	Doris Bačić	58	0	2011–
9	Leonarda Balog	55	1	2009–
10	Antonijela Horvat	42	0	2001–2009

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Maja Joščak	20	71	0.28	2006–2019
2	Katarina Kolar	14	33	0.42	2006–2014
2	Iva Landeka	14	94	0.15	2006–
4	Ivana Rudelić	13	34	0.38	2015–
4	Marina Koljenik	13	35	0.37	1994–2007
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
9	Violeta Baban	8	58	0.14	2002–2016

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 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)

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[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[2] "Mate Prskalo objavio popis reprezentativki uoči utakmice s Rumunjskom" (in Croatian). Hrvatski Nogometni Savez. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

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