The Vatreni World Cup 2026 Squad  June 2026 ←Last Croatian Squad that faced England (1015)
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Baturina, Martin	16 February 2003 in Zurich, Switzerland	23	M	Como 1907, Italy	17	1
Budimir, Ante	22 July 1991 in Zenica, Yugoslavia	34	F	CA Osasuna, Spain	36	6
Ćaleta-Car, Duje	17 September 1996	29	CB	Real Sociedad, Spain, on loan from Olympique Lyonnais France	38	1
Erlić, Martin	24 January 1998	28	CB	FC Midtjylland, Denmark	12	1
Fruk, Toni	9 March 2001	25	AM	HNK Rijeka	7	1
Gvardiol, Joško	23 January 2002	24	LB	Manchester City FC, England	46	4
Jakić, Kristijan	14 May 1997	29	DM	FC Augsburg 1907, Germany	16	2
Kotarski, Dominik	10 February 2000	26	Gk	FK København, Denmark	3	0
Kovačić, Mateo	6 May 1994 in Linz, Austria	32	CM	Manchester City FC, England	111	5
Kramarić, Andrej	19 June 1991 as part of Yugoslavia	34	F	TSv 1899 Hoffenheim, Germany	114	36
Livaković, Dominik	9 January 1995	31	Gk	Gnk Dinamo Zagreb, on loan from Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey, until 30 June	73	0
Matanović, Igor	31 March 2003 in Hamburg, Germany	23	F	SC Freiburg, Germany	8	2
				also has German U17 & U18 appearances
Modrić, Luka	9 September 1985 as part of Yugoslavia	40	CM	AC Milan, Italy	196	28
Moro, Nikola	12 March 1988	28	DM	Bologna FC 1909, Italy	9	0
Musa, Petar	4 March 1998	28	F	FC Dallas, United States	10	1
Pandur, Ivan	25 March 2000	26	Gk	Hull City AFC, England	0	0
Pašalić, Marco	14 September 2000 in Karlsruhe, Germany	25	RF	Orlando City SC, United States	13	1
Pašalić, Mario	9 February 1995 in Mainz, Germany	31	AM	Atalanta, Italy	25	3
Perišić, Ivan	2 February 1989 as part of Yugoslavia	37	LF	Philips Sport Vereniging, Netherlands	152	38
Pongračić, Marin	11 September 1997 in Landshut, Germany	28	CB	ACF Fiorentina, Italy	18	0
Stanišić, Josip	2 April 2000 in Munich, Germany	26	FB	FC Bayern München, Germany	29	0
				also has two German U19 appearances
Sučić, Luka	8 September 2002 in Linz, Austria	23	M	Real Sociedad, Spain	19	1
Sučić, Petar	25 October 2003 in Livno, Bosnia & Herzegovina	22	CM	FC Internazionale Milano, Italy	15	1
				also has numerous Bosnia youth appearances
Šutalo, Josip	28 February 2000 in Čaplina, Bosnia & Herzegovina	26	CB	Amsterdamsche FC Ajax, Netherlands	31	0
Vlašić, Nikola	4 October 1997	28	AM	FC Torino, Italy	61	10
Vušković, Luka	24 February 2007	19	CB	SV Hamburger, Germany, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur FC, England	4	1

the Sučićs are cousins

Squad details correct up to and including Croatia's match against Brazil on 31 March 2026.
Tallies taken from HNS

Diary

Monday, 18 May 2026 - The head coach of the Croatian national football team, Zlatko Dalić, has announced the preliminary list of players for the upcoming World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA. The squad gathers on May 25 and will prepare in Rijeka, where they will play a friendly match with Belgium on June 2. On June 6, the Vatreni travel to Varaždin, where they will play a friendly match with Slovenia on June 7, and two days later they are scheduled to leave for Washington.
Reserves are: Lovro Majer (Wolfsburg), Franjo Ivanović (Benfica), Dion Drena Beljo (Dinamo), Ivan Smolčić (Como), Karlo Letica (Lausanne), Adrian Segečić (Portsmouth), Luka Stojković (Dinamo).

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