Croatia women's national football team

Croatia
Nickname(s)	Lavice
Association	Hrvatski Nogometni Savez
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Nenad Gračan
Most caps	Iva Landeka (96)
Top scorer	Maja Joščak (20)
FIFA code	CRO
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	58 2 (24 March 2023)[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.

History

After winning independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, the newly established Croatian Football Federation immediately moved toward creating separate national football teams to represent the country, which included the establishment of the women's team. Three years after the men's team debut, the women's team of Croatia officially marked their international debut, playing against neighbouring Slovenia in a friendly on 28 October 1993, where Croatia lost 2–3 away.

Since its inception, the women's team of Croatia has suffered from the lack of coverage from the increasingly successful men's side. Most of Croatia's female footballers, unlike the male ones, are made up of only amateur or part-timers, and thus they are not adequately trained. As for the result, while the men's team has been largely competitive and qualified for several UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup, the women's team is unable to repeat the same as the men's one, and has a tendency of being finished near bottom or bottom of the qualifications for UEFA Women's Championship and FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team image

Nicknames

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

Rivalry

Like the men's counterparts, the Croatian women's team also maintained a rivalry with its neighbour Serbia. However, unlike the men's, the women's team of Croatia, long suffered from lack of investment, could not demonstrate its domination against its Serbian arch-rival.

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

2022

12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Croatia	0–1	Romania	Velika Gorica
17:00		Report	Geréd 4'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

2 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Croatia	0–2	Switzerland	Karlovac
		Report	Bachmann 53' Bühler 65'	Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G	Lithuania	0–1	Croatia
		Report

10 November International friendly	Azerbaijan	0–0	Croatia	Baku, Azerbaijan
		Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Fəridə Lütfəliyeva (Azerbaijan)

13 November Friendly	Azerbaijan	1–2	Croatia	Baku, Azerbaijan
	Parlak 31'	Report	Pranješ 50' Kunštek 90'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Fəridə Lütfəliyeva (Azerbaijan)

2023

16 February 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup	Croatia	1–4	Finland	Larnaca, Cyprus
	Nevrkla 8'		Summanen 3' Sällström 15' Ahtinen 62' Rantala 69'	Stadium: GSZ Stadium Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

19 February 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup	Romania	0–2	Croatia	Larnaca, Cyprus
			Nevrkla 52' Rudelić 57'	Stadium: AEK Arena

22 February 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup	Hungary	0–1	Croatia	Larnaca, Cyprus
				Stadium: AEK Arena

7 April Friendly	Greece	1–1	Croatia	Athens, Greece
12:00	Spyridonidou 18'	Report	Rudelić 62'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)

10 April Friendly	Greece	2–1	Croatia	Athens, Greece
11:00 UTC+3	Spyridonidou 50', 72'	Report	42'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium

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	Levante Las Planas
12	1GK	Ana Filipović	(2003-07-04) 4 July 2003			ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb

3	2DF	Ana Jelenčić	(1994-06-08) 8 June 1994	21	0	Parma
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			ŽNK Osijek
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	Hajduk

2	3MF	Petra Bračević	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997
7	3MF	Petra Pezelj	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998			ŽNK Split
13	3MF	Helena Spajić	(2000-02-08) 8 February 2000	11	0	Dinamo Zagreb
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	Sion
22	3MF	Anela Lubina	(1995-12-18) 18 December 1995	22	1	Osijek

9	4FW	Andrea Glibo	(2002-04-05) 5 April 2002			SK Sturm Graz
10	4FW	Izabela Lojna	(1992-05-11) 11 May 1992			ŽNK Osijek
11	4FW	Ivana Kirilenko	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000	1	0	Unattached
17	4FW	Karla Jedvaj	(2000-11-16) 16 November 2000			ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb

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

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
1991	Part of Yugoslavia
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									10	3	1	6	6	18	−12
Total	0/9	–							52	12	9	31	49	107	−58

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 16 September 2022

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Iva Landeka	96	14	2006–2022
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	Doris Bačić	60	0	2011–
7	Kristina Šundov	58	8	2003–2020
7	Violeta Baban	58	8	2002–2016
9	Leonarda Balog	57	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	Iva Landeka	15	96	0.16	2006–2022
3	Katarina Kolar	14	33	0.42	2006–2014
4	Marina Koljenik	13	35	0.37	1994–2007
4	Ivana Rudelić	13	36	0.36	2015–
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. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
"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. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

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

Croatia national football team
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