ZAGREB: Factfile on Croatia ahead of Euro 2024, which starts on June 14:
Previous Euro performances: Six participations, best performance quarter-finals 1996, 2008
Other: World Cup runners-up 2018, third place 1998, 2022
FIFA ranking: 10th
Nickname: Vatreni
Coach: Zlatko Dalic
Star players: Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Josko Gvardiol
Main clubs: Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, HNK Rijeka
How did they qualify: Finished runners-up in Group D behind Turkiye
Pre-Euro friendlies:
Croatia 3 North Macedonia 0 (June 3)
Portugal v Croatia (June 8)
Squad
Goalkeepers: Dominik Livakovic (Fenerbahce/TUR), Ivica Ivusic (Pafos/GRE), Nediljko Labrovic (Rijeka)
Defenders: Domagoj Vida (AEK Athens/GRE), Josip Juranovic (Union Berlin/GER), Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City/ENG), Borna Sosa (Ajax/NED), Josip Stanisic (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Josip Sutalo (Ajax/NED), Martin Erlic (Sassuolo/ITA), Marin Pongracic (Lecce/ITA)
Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid/ESP), Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City/ENG), Marcelo Brozovic (Al Nassr/KSA), Mario Pasalic (Atalanta/ITA), Nikola Vlasic (Torino/ITA), Lovro Majer (Wolsfburg/GER), Luka Ivanusec (Feyenoord/NED), Luka Sucic (RB Salzburg/AUT), Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb)
Forwards: Ivan Perisic (Hajduk Split), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim/GER), Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Marko Pjaca (Rijeka), Ante Budimir (Osasuna/ESP), Marco Pasalic (Rijeka)