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Croatia

Croatian Football FederationFIFA ranking #11

Group Fixtures

Full Group L

Thu, Jun 18

10:00 PM ET

🇭🇷vs🇬🇧England

AT&T Stadium · Dallas

Mon, Jun 22

7:00 PM ET

🇭🇷vs🇵🇦Panama

Lumen Field · Seattle

Sat, Jun 27

1:00 PM ET

🇭🇷vs🇬🇭Ghana

Arrowhead Stadium · Kansas City

Squad

World Cup Squad

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Zlatko Dalić

Croatian · Since 2017

Tournament midfield manager

Key Players

MID#10

Luka Modrić

AC Milan · 40y

Captain and midfield controller

DEF#4

Joško Gvardiol

Manchester City · 24y

Elite left-sided defender

MID#8

Mateo Kovačić

Manchester City · 32y

Press-resistant midfielder

Goalkeepers (3)

GK#12

D. Kotarski

FC Copenhagen

Goalkeeper · 25y

GK#1

D. Livaković

Dinamo Zagreb

Goalkeeper · 31y

GK#12

I. Pandur

Hull City

Goalkeeper · 25y

Defenders (8)

DEF#4

Joško Gvardiol

Manchester City

Defender · 24y

DEF#5

D. Ćaleta-Car

Real Sociedad

Defender · 29y

DEF#22

M. Erlić

FC Midtjylland

Defender · 27y

DEF#4

J. Gvardiol

Manchester City

Defender · 23y

DEF#3

M. Pongračić

Fiorentina

Defender · 28y

DEF#2

J. Stanišić

Bayern München

Defender · 25y

DEF#6

J. Šutalo

Ajax

Defender · 25y

DEF#4

L. Vušković

Hamburger SV

Defender · 18y

Midfielders (12)

MID#10

Luka Modrić

AC Milan

Midfielder · 40y

MID#8

Mateo Kovačić

Manchester City

Midfielder · 32y

MID#16

M. Baturina

Como

Midfielder · 22y

MID#19

T. Fruk

HNK Rijeka

Midfielder · 24y

MID#18

K. Jakić

FC Augsburg

Midfielder · 28y

MID#8

M. Kovačić

Manchester City

Midfielder · 31y

MID#10

L. Modrić

AC Milan

Midfielder · 40y

MID#8

N. Moro

Bologna

Midfielder · 27y

MID#15

M. Pašalić

Atalanta

Midfielder · 30y

MID#21

L. Sučić

Real Sociedad

Midfielder · 23y

MID#17

P. Sučić

Inter

Midfielder · 22y

MID#13

N. Vlašić

Torino

Midfielder · 28y

Forwards (6)

FWD#11

A. Budimir

Osasuna

Forward · 34y

FWD#9

A. Kramarić

1899 Hoffenheim

Forward · 34y

FWD#21

I. Matanović

SC Freiburg

Forward · 22y

FWD#11

P. Musa

FC Dallas

Forward · 27y

FWD#7

M. Pašalić

Orlando City SC

Forward · 25y

FWD#14

I. Perišić

PSV Eindhoven

Forward · 36y

From The Journal

2026-05-22

Forty and Eighteen

Modrić at 40, heading to a fifth World Cup after a broken cheekbone ended his season. Vušković at 18. Dalić bridges two eras.