Croatia national football team results (1940–1991)

This is a list of the Croatia national football team results from 1940 in Yugoslavia up to the country's independence in 1991.

The 1940s matches include four played by the Banovina of Croatia and another fifteen by the Independent State of Croatia. Then, the Socialist Republic of Croatia played a 1956 match against Indonesia.

In the modern era, the nation played three friendly matches under its new name, the Republic of Croatia, shortly before its independence from Yugoslavia, the first being against the United States in 1990.

Key

All matches listed are friendlies. Numbered matches are recognised by FIFA, while non-numbered matches are recognised by the Croatian Football Federation and/or the other team's governing body but not by FIFA.

Match outcomes

Win

Draw

Loss

1940s–1950s

1940: Banovina of Croatia

2 April 1940 (1940-04-02) Friendly	Croatia	4–0	Switzerland	Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
	Matekalo 46' Cimermančić 70', 82' Lešnik 84'	Report		Stadium: Igralište Građanskog Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy) Assistant referees: Antun Mlinarić (Croatia) Assistant referees: Branko Višnjić (Croatia)

21 April 1940 (1940-04-21) Friendly	Switzerland	0–1	Croatia	Bern, Switzerland
		Report	Jazbec 21'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Raffaelle Scorzzoni (Italy)

2 May 1940 (1940-05-02) Friendly	Hungary	1–0	Croatia	Budapest, Hungary
	Dudás 86'	Report		Stadium: Üllői út Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania)

8 December 1940 (1940-12-08) Friendly	Croatia	1–1	Hungary	Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
	Wölfl 10'	Report	Spielmann 26'	Stadium: Igralište Građanskog Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy) Assistant referees: Antun Mlinarić (Croatia) Assistant referees: Branko Višnjić (Croatia)

1941: Independent State of Croatia

15 June 1941 (1941-06-15) Friendly	Germany	5–1	Croatia	Vienna, Germany
	Lehner 31', 50' (pen.) Walter 65', 80' Wilimowski 70'	Report	Wölfl 16'	Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Adolf Miesz (Germany)

8 September 1941 (1941-09-08) Friendly	Slovakia	1–1	Croatia	Bratislava, Slovakia
	Vysocký 89'	Report	Beda 82'	Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alois Beranek (Germany)

28 September 1941 (1941-09-28) Friendly	Croatia	5–2	Slovakia	Zagreb, Croatia
	Pavletić 5', 34' Wölfl 28', 55' Pleše 46'	Report	Bešina 75' Bolček 88'	Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alois Beranek (Germany)

1942: Independent State of Croatia

17 January 1942 (1942-01-17) Friendly	Croatia	0–2	Germany	Zagreb, Croatia
23:00		Report	Brozović 43' (o.g.) Decker 65'	Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Josef Mohler (Slovakia)

5 April 1942 (1942-04-05) Friendly	Italy	4–0	Croatia	Genoa, Italy
	Gabetto 55' Ferraris 58' Biavati 63' Gretar 70' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Helmut Fink (Germany) Assistant referees: Scotto (Italy) Assistant referees: Boggetti (Italy)

12 April 1942 (1942-04-12) Friendly	Croatia	6–0	Bulgaria	Zagreb, Croatia
	Kacian 20' Wölfl 26', 48' Cimermančić 38' Pleše 71' Antolković 86'	Report		Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Josef Mohler (Slovakia)

7 June 1942 (1942-06-07) Friendly	Slovakia	1–2	Croatia	Bratislava, Slovakia
	Fabián 8'	Report	Cimermančić 7', 30'	Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Karl Weimar (Germany)

14 June 1942 (1942-06-14) Friendly	Hungary	1–1	Croatia	Budapest, Hungary
	Szusza 60'	Report	Pleše 78' Kacian 87'	Stadium: Üllői út Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Friedrich Müller (Germany)

6 September 1942 (1942-09-06) Friendly	Croatia	6–1	Slovakia	Zagreb, Croatia
	Wölfl 32' Lešnik 65', 76', 90' Antolković 83' Cimermančić 88'	Report	Podhradský 81' Fabián 8'	Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Todor Atanasov (Bulgaria)

11 October 1942 (1942-10-11) Friendly	Romania	2–2	Croatia	Bucharest, Romania
	Radu 30' Bogdan 70'	Report	Cimermančić 9' Wölfl 18'	Stadium: ANEF Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Todor Atanasov (Bulgaria) Assistant referees: Tică Iliescu (Romania) Assistant referees: Mielu Petrescu (Romania)

31 October 1942 (1942-10-31) Friendly	Germany	5–1	Croatia	Stuttgart, Germany
23:00	Janes 20' Walter 43' Wilimowski 57', 69' Klingler 86'	Report	Wölfl 75'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ferenc Palásti (Hungary)

1943: Independent State of Croatia

4 April 1943 (1943-04-04) Friendly	Switzerland	1–0	Croatia	Zürich, Switzerland
	Amadò 9'	Report		Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)

10 April 1943 (1943-04-10) Friendly	Croatia	1–0	Slovakia	Zagreb, Croatia
	Antolković 65'	Report		Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Todor Atanasov (Bulgaria)

6 June 1943 (1943-06-06) Friendly	Slovakia	1–3	Croatia	Bratislava, Slovakia
	Danko 35'	Report	Kokotović 2', 85' Wölfl 82'	Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Peter Kroner (Romania)

1944: Independent State of Croatia

9 April 1944 (1944-04-09) Friendly	Croatia	7–3	Slovakia	Zagreb, Croatia
	Wölfl 8', 19', 76' Lokošek 27' Cimermančić 31' Lešnik 37', 70'	Report	Arpáš 25', 47' (pen.), 88'	Stadium: Igralište Concordije Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Johann Brandweiner (Germany)

1945: Federal State of Croatia

3 September 1945 (1945-09-03) 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament	Croatia	6–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
16:00	Cimermančić ?', 24' Golub ?', ?' Reberski ?' Reiss ?'	Report	Matijašević ?'	Stadium: 20 Oktobar Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Moni Kario (Football Association of Yugoslavia\|Yugoslavia)

8 September 1945 (1945-09-08) 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament	Serbia	3–1	Croatia	Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
16:00	Mitić ?', 90' Jezerkić 71'	Report	Reiss ?'	Stadium: 20 Oktobar Stadium Attendance: 12,000

9 September 1945 (1945-09-09) 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament	Croatia	3–0	Vojvodina	Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
14:00	Reiss ?' Kacian ?' Čajkovski ?'	Report		Stadium: 20 Oktobar Stadium Attendance: 15,000

1956: Socialist Republic of Croatia

12 September 1956 (1956-09-12) Friendly	Croatia	5–2	Indonesia	Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
	Matuš 9' Krstulović 13' Rebac 17', 54' Benko 43'	Report	Tan Liong Houw 24' Aang Witarsa 70'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ezio Damiani (Croatia) Assistant referees: Antun Marek (Croatia) Assistant referees: Hermenegildo Kranjc (Croatia)

1990s

1990: Republic of Croatia

17 October 1990 (1990-10-17) Friendly	Croatia	2–1	United States	Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
	Asanović 29' Cvjetković 33'	Report	Murray 36' Shala 40' Balboa 61' Dayak 80'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sergio Coppetelli (Italy) Assistant referees: Dario Boemo (Italy) Assistant referees: Giancarlo Dal Forno (Italy)

22 December 1990 (1990-12-22) Friendly	Croatia	2–0	Romania	Rijeka, Croatia, Yugoslavia
	Peršon 19' Z. Kranjčar 24' Bogdan 49'	Report	Petrescu 52'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gerhard Köpel (Austria) Assistant referees: Werner Windismann (Austria) Assistant referees: Karl Hitzenhauer (Austria)

1991: Republic of Croatia

19 June 1991 (1991-06-19) Friendly	Slovenia	0–1	Croatia	Murska Sobota, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
	Englaro 19'	Report	Vuković 52' Komljenović 65'	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Igor Bučar (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Danko Jamšek (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Zdravko Martun (Slovenia)

Record per opponent

More wins than losses

As many wins as losses

Fewer wins than losses

Only official matches are displayed.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Germany	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	000.00
Hungary	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Romania	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Slovakia	7	6	1	0	25	9	+16	085.71
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total: 8 teams played	17	8	3	6	37	30	+7	047.06

External links

Croatia Archived 30 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA.com
Croatian Football Statistics

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