Croatia national futsal team

Croatia
Nickname(s)Mini vatreni (The Mini Blazers)
AssociationCroatian Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMarinko Mavrović
CaptainFranco Jelovčić
Most capsIvo Jukić (119)
Top scorerDario Marinović (68)
Home stadiumArena Zagreb
FIFA codeCRO
FIFA ranking 15 2 (4 April 2025)[1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Italy 4–1  
(Milano, Italy; March 14, 1994)
Biggest win
  18–4 Japan 
(Milano, Italy; March 15, 1994)
Biggest defeat
  0–10 Spain 
(Águilas, Spain; March 30, 2013)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 2000)
Best resultFifth place (2000)
European Championship
Appearances5 (First in 1999)
Best resultFourth place (2012)
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2013)
Best resultFourth place (2013)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances2 (First in 2006)
Best result Third place (2006)

The Croatia national futsal team represents Croatia during international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships.

Results

FIFA Futsal World Cup

See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Netherlands 1989 Part of Yugoslavia - - - - - - -
Hong Kong 1992 did not enter - - - - - - -
Spain 1996 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Guatemala 2000 Second round 6 3 0 3 18 15 +3
Chinese Taipei 2004 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Brazil 2008 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Thailand 2012 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Colombia 2016 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Lithuania 2021 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Uzbekistan 2024 Round of 16 4 1 0 3 9 12 -3
Total 2/10 10 4 0 6 27 27 0

UEFA European Futsal Championship

See also: UEFA Futsal Championship
UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Spain 1996 did not enter - - - - - - -
Spain 1999 Group stage 3 1 0 2 8 14 –6
Russia 2001 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 9 –7
Italy 2003 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Czech Republic 2005 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Portugal 2007 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Hungary 2010 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Croatia 2012 Fourth place 4 2 1 1 10 10 0
Belgium 2014 Quarterfinals 3 0 2 1 7 8 –1
Serbia 2016 Group stage 2 0 1 1 4 6 –2
Slovenia 2018 did not qualify - - - - - - -
Netherlands 2022 Group stage 3 1 0 2 6 10 –4
Latvia/Lithuania 2026 to be determined
Total 6/13 18 5 4 9 37 57 –20

Grand Prix de Futsal

See also: Grand Prix de Futsal
Grand Prix de Futsal Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Brazil 2005 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2006 Third place 4 2 1 1 8 15 –7
Brazil 2007 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2008 Seventh place 6 3 0 3 8 14 –6
Brazil 2009 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2010 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2011 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2013 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2014 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2015 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2017 TBD - - - - - - -
Total 2/11 10 5 1 4 16 29 –13

Confederations Cup

See also: Futsal Confederations Cup
Confederations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Libya 2009 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2013 Fourth place 3 0 1 2 3 12 –9
Kuwait 2014 did not enter - - - - - - -
Total 1/3 3 0 1 2 3 12 –9

Futsal Mundialito

See also: Futsal Mundialito
Futsal Mundialito Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Italy 1994 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 38 18 +20
Brazil 1995 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 1996 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 1998 did not enter - - - - - - -
Brazil 2001 did not enter - - - - - - -
Italy 2002 did not enter - - - - - - -
Portugal 2006 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 14 5 +9
Portugal 2007 Fourth place 4 2 0 2 17 18 –1
Portugal 2008 Fifth place 3 1 0 2 7 9 –2
Total 4/9 16 9 1 6 76 50 +26

Mediterranean Cup

See also: Mediterranean Futsal Cup
Mediterranean Cup Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Libya 2010 Champions 6 5 1 0 31 9 +22
Total 1/1 6 5 1 0 31 9 +22
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Žarko Luketin (1989 -03-16)16 March 1989 (aged 32) 50 3 MNK Futsal Pula Stanoinvest
12 1GK Zoran Primić (1991 -04-21)21 April 1991 (aged 30) 27 0 HMNK Vrgorac
7 2DF Franco Jelovčić (1991 -07-06)6 July 1991 (aged 30) 94 56 FP Halle-Gooik
2 2DF Vedran Matošević (1990 -08-27)27 August 1990 (aged 31) 71 21 FK Dobovec
10 2DF Tihomir Novak (1986 -10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 35) 107 37 FK Dobovec
13 2DF Kristijan Postružin (1995 -08-28)28 August 1995 (aged 26) 32 6 MNK Olmissum Omiš
11 2DF Josip Suton (1988 -11-14)14 November 1988 (aged 33) 76 27 CAME Dosson Calcio a 5
5 2DF Davor Kanjuh (1989 -07-20)20 July 1989 (aged 32) 34 7 MNK Futsal Dinamo
6 4FW Maro Đuraš (1994 -06-06)6 June 1994 (aged 27) 28 6 MNK Square Dubrovnik
15 4FW Matej Horvat (1994 -01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 28) 51 5 MNK Olmissum Omiš
17 4FW Antonio Sekulić (1999 -01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 23) 13 5 MNK Olmissum Omiš
4 4FW Josip Jurlina (2000 -01-13)13 January 2000 (aged 22) 18 2 MNK Olmissum Omiš
3 4FW Kristian Čekol (1997 -12-30)30 December 1997 (aged 24) 18 0 MNK Futsal Dinamo
8 4FW Dario Marinović (1990 -05-24)24 May 1990 (aged 31) 89 68 Futsal Cartagena

Results and fixtures

2013

18 September 2013 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 play-off Slovakia  1–3   Bratislava, Slovakia
17:15 CET Haľk 19' Report Marinović 22', 23'
Novak 28'		 Stadium: Interhala Pasienky
24 September 2013 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 play-off   4–0  Slovakia Dubrovnik, Croatia
20:00 CET Jelovčić 4', 21', 37'
Marinović 34'		 Report Stadium: Sports Hall

2014

7 January 2014 Friendly   3–2  Belgium Novigrad, Croatia
20:00 Report
8 January 2014 Friendly   2–2  Belgium Opatija, Croatia
20:00 Report
29 January 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 Spain  3–3   Antwerp, Belgium
18:30 Aicardo 16'
Lin 27', 28'		 Report Babić 10'
Jelovčić 18'
Capar 38'		 Stadium: Lotto Arena
31 January 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014   3–3  Czech Republic Antwerp, Belgium
18:30 Report Stadium: Lotto Arena
4 February 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 Italy  2–1   Antwerp, Belgium
18:00 Romano 1'
Fortino 10'		 Report Jelovčić 7' Stadium: Sportpaleis
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

Notable players

  • Robert Grdović
  • Patrik Drndić
  • Robertino Jelovčić
  • Nikola Tomičić
  • Mićo Martić
  • Ivica Lemo
  • Goran Eklić
  • Tomislav Gričar
  • Dinko Huskić
  • Josip Palić
  • Pjer Malvasija
  • Alen Delpont
  • Željko Mijić
  • Boris Držanić
  • Boris Durlen
  • Dean Delevski
  • Tomislav Papeš
  • Velimir Čarapina
  • Edin Dervišagić
  • Siniša Alebić
  • Božidar Butigan
  • Edin Derviščaušević
  • Mate Čuljak
  • Alen Jukić
  • Marijan Brnčić
  • Ivica Gvozden
  • Robert Karašić
  • Korab Morina
  • Kujtim Morina
  • Dario Marinović

Player statistics

As of 30 January 2022

Most appearances
Name Matches Position Years
Ivo Jukić 119 GK 2006–2017
Tihomir Novak 107 D 2007–Present
Franko Jelovčić 94 D 2011–Present
Jakov Grcić 91 D 2007–2017
Dario Marinović 89 P 2008–Present
Josip Suton 76 D 2009–Present
Vedran Matošević 71 D 2009–Present
Saša Babić 65 P 2011–2017
Frane Despotović 64 2006–2015
Matija Dulvat 57 2003–2012
Robert Grdović 56 1998–2008
Kristijan Grbeša 52 P 2011–2019
Top scorers
Name Goals Position Years
Dario Marinović 68 P 2008–Present
Franko Jelovčić 56 D 2011–Present
Robert Grdović 40 1998–2008
Tihomir Novak 37 D 2007–Present
Jakov Grcić 36 D 2007–2017
Josip Suton 27 D 2009–Present
Vedran Matošević 21 D 2009–Present
Matija Dulvat 18 2003–2012
Dean Banić 18 2006–2011
Duje Bajrušović 17 D 2004–2020
Kristijan Grbeša 14 P 2011–2019
Frane Despotović 14 2006–2015

Record against other teams

As of 30 January 2022

Key
Positive total balance (more wins)
Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
Negative total balance (more losses)
National team Total FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup UEFA European Championship Mediterranean Games Qualifications Tournaments *
Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L
 Albania 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Andorra 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Angola 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1
 Argentina 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
 Armenia 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Australia 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Azerbaijan 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Belarus 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Belgium 6 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 — — — — 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and
Herzegovina 		11 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 4 1 0 3
 Brazil 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
 Chile 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
 Colombia 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
 Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Czech Republic 21 13 2 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 2 2 — — — — 4 2 0 2 4 2 0 2
 Denmark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
 England 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
 France 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Finland 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Georgia 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
 Greece 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Hungary 22 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 2 0 0 2 7 1 2 4
 Iran 6 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Italy 21 3 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 4
 Japan 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Kazakhstan 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 — — — — 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Latvia 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Lebanon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Libya 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Macedonia 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Morocco 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Mozambique 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Montenegro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Netherlands 5 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 — — — — 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Palestine 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Paraguay 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Poland 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 — — — — 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Portugal 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
 Romania 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Russia 11 0 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Serbia ** 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Slovakia 10 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 — — — — 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 2
 Slovenia 12 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 San Marino 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Spain 8 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Ukraine 13 5 2 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 — — — — 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1
 Vietnam 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total (49) 258 131 39 88
** includes games against  Serbia and Montenegro / FR Yugoslavia
* other international (invitational) competitions: Grand Prix de Futsal (2005-2014), Futsal Mundialito (2007-2008)

Biggest Wins

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup European Championship Mediterranean Games Qualifications Tournaments
  • +6 vs. Australia (6-0) 2000
  • +3 vs. Costa Rica (4-1) 2000
  • +3 vs. Netherlands (5-2) 2000
  • —
  • +2 vs. Poland (3-1) 2022
  • +7 vs. Palestine (8-1) 2010
  • +4 vs. Lebanon (5-1) 2010
  • +4 vs. Morocco (5-1) 2010
  • +4 vs. Slovenia (7-3) 2010
  • +10 vs. Turkey (10-0) 2015
  • +8 vs. Armenia (8-0) 2015
  • +7 vs. Sweden (7-0) 2013
  • +5 vs. Angola (7-2) 2007
  • +4 vs. Georgia (5-1) 2008
  • +3 vs. Chile (3-0) 2008

Biggest Losses

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup European Championship Mediterranean Games Qualifications Tournaments
  • -5 vs. Spain (0-5) 2000
  • -2 vs. Russia (2-4) 2000
  • -7 vs. Brazil (0-7) 2013
  • -2 vs. Colombia (2-4) 2013
  • -5 vs. Netherlands (3-8) 1999
  • -5 vs. Ukraine (0-5) 2001
  • —
  • -10 vs. Spain (0-10) 2013
  • -3 vs. Belarus (4-7) 2016
  • -3 vs. Italy (3-6) 2008
  • -3 vs. Italy (0-3) 2008
  • -3 vs. Ukraine (1-4) 2012
  • -7 vs. Brazil (0-7) 2008
  • -6 vs. Hungary (3-9) 2007
  • -5 vs. Brazil (1-6) 2006
  • -5 vs. Italy (1-6) 2006

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
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