Euro 1996
At its first major tournament, Croatia reached the quarterfinals where it lost against later winner Germany.
Read moreAt its first major tournament, Croatia reached the quarterfinals where it lost against later winner Germany.
Read moreAt its first World Cup, held in France, Croatian team won the historic bronze medal.
Read moreFIFA World Cup 2002 was held in Japan and South Korea, with Croatian team participating in the group stage.
Read moreEURO 2004 was held in Portugal, with Croatian team participating in the group stage.
Read moreFIFA World Cup 2006 was held in Germany, with Croatian team participating in the group stage.
Read moreEURO 2008 was held in Switzerland and Austria, with Croatian team losing a dramatic quarterfinal against Turkey.
Read moreEURO 2012 was held in Ukraine and Poland, with Croatian team stopped in the group stage by later finalists Spain and Italy.
Read moreFIFA World Cup 2014 was held in Brazil, with Croatian team participating in the group stage.
Read moreEURO 2016 was held in France, with Croatia reaching the Round of 16 and bowing out against later winners Portugal.
Read moreAt the FIFA World Cup in Russia, Croatia national team achieved the biggest success in history by reaching the final and winning the silver medal.
Read moreDue to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Pan-European EURO 2020 was held in 2021, with Croatia national team reaching the Round of 16.
Read moreFIFA World Cup 2022 was held in Qatar, with Croatia national team winning the bronze medal.
Read moreUEFA Nations League final tournament in 2023 was held in Netherlands. As a first-time participant, Croatia won the silver medal.
Read moreEURO 2024 was held in Germany, with Croatian team participating in the group stage.
Read moreNakon što je propustila nastup na Europskom prvenstvu 2000. godine u Belgiji i Nizozemskoj, Hrvatska je nastojala doći do svoje druge europske smotre i pritom u dodatnim kvalifikacijama eliminirala susjede Slovence.
Hrvatska je na Euru igrala u skupini sa Švicarskom, Francuskom i Engleskom, a najviše hrvatskih nada i snova uloženo je u uvodnu utakmicu sa Švicarcima u Leiriji. Momčad predvođena izbornikom Ottom Barićem imala je brojčanu prednost uslijed isključenja Vogela, no obje su se momčadi na kraju morale zadovoljiti jednim bodom (0:0).
Drugi zadatak Hrvatske bio je dokazati se protiv aktualnih europskih prvaka Francuza, koji su bili ohrabreni pobjedom u posljednjoj utakmici nad Englezima. U prvom poluvremenu autogol Tudora doveo je Francuze u prednost, no Hrvatska je u prvim minutama drugog dijela preokrenula tijek utakmice.
Milan Rapaić pogodio je za izjednačenje, a Dado Pršo iz voleja sjajno zatresao Barthezovu mrežu i odjednom je Francuska postala lovac, a Hrvatska lovina. Trezeguet je konačno iskoristio propuste obrane Hrvatske (2:2) i odluka je pala u posljednjoj utakmici.
Francuska je odradila posao protiv Švicarske, a Engleska se oporavila od ranog gola Nike Kovača u Lisabonu. Pogoci Scholesa i Rooneyja ostavili su Hrvatskoj malo izgleda. Tudor je prepolovio prednost Engleza, ali je Lampard spustio zavjesu (2:4) na nastup Hrvatske u Portugalu.