The Vatreni Squad for the matches against England and Jordan  October 2018
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Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
all born in Croat area of Yugoslavia or in Croatia (8 October 1991), except where stated
Badelj, Milan	25 February 1989	29	M	SS Lazio, Italy	42	2
Barišić, Borna	10 November 1992	25	LB	Rangers FC, Scotland	4	0
	Bar�iić withdrew from the squad on 9 October because of injury.
Bartolec, Karlo	20 April 1995	23	RM	FC Nordsjælland, Denmark	0	0
	Bartolec was drafted into the squad on 8 October as cover for Vrsaljko
Bradarić, Filip	11 January 1992	26	M	Cagliari Calcio, Italy	5	0
Brozović, Marcelo	16 November 1992	25	M	FC Internazionale Milano, Italy	42	6
	Brozović withdrew from the squad on 9 October because of injury.
Ćop, Duje	1 February 1990	28	F	Real Valladolid CF, Spain, on loan from Royal Standard de Liége, Belgium	14	2
	Ćop withdrew from the squad on 9 October because of injury.
Jedvaj, Tin	28 November 1995	22	D	Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany	14	0
Kalinić, Lovre	3 April 1990	28	GK	KAA Gent, Belgium	14	0
	Kalinić withdrew from the squad on 9 October because of injury.
Kovačić, Mateo	6 May 1994 in Linz, Austria	24	CM	Chelsea FC, England, on loan from Real Madrid CF, Spain	48	1
Kramarić, Andrej	19 June 1991	27	F	TSv 1899 Hoffenheim, Germany	38	10
Letica, Karlo	11 February 1997	21	GK	Club Brugge KV, Belgium	0	0
Livaja, Marko	26 August 1993	25	F	Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupóleos, Greece	2	0
Livaković, Dominik	9 January 1995	23	GK	Gnk Dinamo Zagreb	1	0
Lovren, Dejan	5 July 1989 in Zenica, Yugoslavia	29	CD	Liverpool FC, England	46	2
Milić, Antonio	10 March 1994	24	DM	RSC Anderlecht, Belgium	1	0
Mitrović, Matej	10 November 1993	24	CD	Club Brugge KV, Belgium	11	1
Modrić, Luka	9 September 1985	33	CM	Real Madrid CF, Spain	115	14
Pašalić, Mario	9 February 1995 in Mainz, Germany	23	CM	Atalanta, Italy, on loan from Chelsea FC, England	7	0
Perišić, Ivan	2 February 1989	29	AM	FC Internazionale Milano, Italy	75	21
Pivarić, Josip	30 January 1989	29	LB	FC Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine	24	0
Pjaca, Marko	6 May 1995	23	F	ACF Fiorentina, Italy, on loan from Juventus FC, Italy	21	1
Rakitić, Ivan	10 March 1988 in Rheinfelden, Switzerland	30	M	FC Barcelona, Spain	100	15
				four appearances with Swiss U21
Rebić, Ante	21 September 1993	25	F	Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany	22	2
Rog, Marko	19 July 1995	23	M	SSC Napoli, Italy	14	0
Santini, Ivan	21 May 1989	29	F	RSC Anderlecht, Belgium	4	0
Sluga, Simon	17 March 1993	25	G	HNK Rijeka	0	0
	Sluga replaced Vrsaljko on 9 October
Vida, Domagoj	29 April 1989	29	CD	Beşiktaş JK, Turkey	67	3
Vrsaljko, Šime	10 January 1992	26	RB	FC Internazionale Milano, Italy	43	0
	Vrsaljko withdrew from the squad on 9 October because of injury.

Squad details correct up to and including Croatia's match against Spain on 11 September 2018.
Tallies taken from HNS-CFF

Diary

Tuesday, 28 September 2018 - Zlato Dalić has announced his 26-man squad for the matches against England and Jordan next month, both to be played in Rijeka. The squad will meet up on 8th October.

Tuesday, 2 October 2018 - HNS have announced that the national team will play a friendly match on 9 October against NK Bjelovar, as part of its 110th birthday celebrations. The match will be played at 4pm. Then three days later, Croatia face England in a match that will only be played in front of the media, as the remainder of UEFA's punishment is played out, after a swastika was found on the pitch in a match against Italy in 2015.

Monday, 8 October 2018 - As the squad gathers together in Zagreb, Dalić has a number of injury concerns and has called up 23-year-old Karlo Bartolec from Danish club Nordsjælland to join the squad, as cover for Šime Vrsaljko. "Brozović because of injury did not play for Inter yesterday and we will see today his condition. Barišić has a ruptured muscle and will not likely be in contention for the match, whilst Santini had some cuts on his leg. Vrsaljko played yesterday but we will see how his knee reacts and maybe he will need a break so we may send him back to Inter and let him use the break to rest and recover. We have an option with Vida and Jedvaj at right back and I still have not given up with the option of Rog, I think with this skill and running he could play there. Lovre Kalinić had a scan which did not show any injuries but if there are problems we will call up Sluga from Rijeka." Dalić said.

Tuesday, 9 October 2018 - On day two of training, there are many more withdrawals. Šime Vrsaljko has left to be replaced with Rijeka's Simon Sluga. Also leaving the Zagreb training camp is Marcelo Brozović, Lovre Kalinić, Duje Ćop and Borna Baršić.
The friendly anniversary match against NK Bjelovar ends in a 15-1 victory to the National Team. Andrej Kramarić scores five of the goals, while Marko Livaja scores three. Ivan Perisic scored twice, while there was one each for Ivan Rakitić, Ante Rebić, Tin Jedvaj, Milan Badelj and Mario Pašalić.

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