Croatia women's national football team

Croatia
Nickname(s)Lavice
AssociationHrvatski Nogometni Savez
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMate Prskalo
CaptainIva Landeka
Most capsSandra Žigić (88)
FIFA codeCRO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 59 5 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest44 (July 2003)
Lowest65 (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)
This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Croatia national football team.

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
Main article: Croatia women's national football team results
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
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)
Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)
26 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G Switzerland   5–0  Croatia Zürich
 Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)
30 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G Croatia  4–0  Moldova Pula
 Report Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina
Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (Armenia)

2022
12 Aril 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G Croatia  v  Romania
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
2003 Did not qualify 84131611+5
2007 630311110
2011 10028427−23
2015 10226720−13
2019 8035520−15
2023 Qualification in progress 4004015−15
Total 0/8 – 46 9 8 29 43 104 −61

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 6312818−10
1997 8017223−21
2001 6105719−12
2005 84131722−5
2009 320196+3
2013 8017626−20
2017 8215815−7
2022 8215719−12
Total 0/8 – 55 14 6 35 64 148 −84

Records
As of 30 May 2021

Most capped players
# Name Caps
1 Sandra Žigić 88
2 Iva Landeka 86
3 Kristina Nevrkla 74
4 Maja Joščak 69

Top goalscorers
# Name Goals Caps

See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. "Mate Prskalo objavio popis reprezentativki uoči utakmice s Rumunjskom" (in Croatian). Hrvatski Nogometni Savez. Retrieved 22 February 2021.


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