Croatia national under-21 football team results (2020–present)

This is a list of the Croatia national under-21 football team results from 2020 to the present.

Croatia entered its fourth 2021 Euro, where it was eliminated in the quarter-finals, its greatest accomplishment in the tournament so far. The team also qualified the 2023 Euro that is scheduled to be played in Romania and Georgia in June and July 2023.

Key[edit]

Match outcomes

Win

Draw

Loss

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

By year[edit]

2020[edit]

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) Euro 2021 qualif Gr 4	Croatia	5–0	Greece	Varaždin, Croatia
19:00	Moro 1' Majer 5', 24' Musa 14', 52'	Report	Alexandropoulos 27' Diamantis 45'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy) Assistant referees: Alessandro Costanzo (Italy) Assistant referees: Dario Cecconi (Italy) Fourth official: Rosario Abisso (Italy)

7 September 2020 (2020-09-07) Euro 2021 qualif Gr 4	Czech Republic	0–0	Croatia	České Budějovice, Czechia
18:00	Drchal 17' Plechatý 45+2' Havelka 53' Šašinka 76'	Report	Sosa 45+2' Ivanušec 60' Moro 76' Šverko 79'	Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria) Assistant referees: Martin Venev (Bulgaria) Assistant referees: Dimitar Stoilov (Bulgaria) Fourth official: Nikolai Yordanov (Bulgaria)

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) Euro 2021 qualif Gr 4	Croatia	10–0	San Marino	Zagreb, Croatia
18:00	Kulenović 2' Majer 23' Špikić 34' Ivanušec 40', 44', 73' Nejašmić 52', 56' Vizinger 78' Gvardiol 81'	Report	Quaranta 19' Ceccaroli 82'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland) Assistant referees: Birkir Sigurdarson (Iceland) Assistant referees: Johann Gudmundsson (Iceland) Fourth official: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) Euro 2021 qualif Gr 4	Greece	0–1	Croatia	Athens, Greece
16:00	Papanikolaou 84'	Report	Sosa 5' Majer 27' Vizinger 84'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain) Assistant referees: Iñigo Prieto (Spain) Assistant referees: Alfonso Baena Espejo (Spain) Fourth official: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez (Spain)

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) Euro 2021 qualif Gr 4	Scotland	2–2	Croatia	Edinburgh, Scotland
16:00	Johnston 43' Reading 50' Middleton 54' McCrorie 65' McLennan 70' Gilmour 71' Porteous 77'	Report	Moro 20' Bistrović 25' Sosa 56' Šverko 84'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 132 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy) Assistant referees: Giorgio Peretti (Italy) Assistant referees: Valerio Colarossi (Italy) Fourth official: Gianpaolo Calvarese (Italy)

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) Euro 2021 qualif Gr 4	Croatia	7–0	Lithuania	Pula, Croatia
16:00	Špikić 13' Musa 29', 66' 44' Šverko 36' Šutalo 57' Moro 70', 76'	Report	Kružikas 21' Jankauskas 40' Krapikas 58' Paulauskas 63' 72'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland) Assistant referees: Georgios Argyropoulos (Northern Ireland) Assistant referees: Andrew Nethery (Northern Ireland) Fourth official: Lee Philip Tavinder (Northern Ireland)

2021[edit]

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) Euro 2021 Gr D	Portugal	1–0	Croatia	Koper, Slovenia
21:00	Vieira 68'	Report		Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland) Assistant referees: Jakub Winkler (Poland) Assistant referees: Dawid Golis (Poland) Fourth official: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) Euro 2021 Gr D	Croatia	3–2	Switzerland	Koper, Slovenia
18:00	Babec 6' Ivanušec 8' Franjić 45+2' Vizinger 45+3' 64' Moro 61' (pen.) Kulenović 90+1'	Report	Sidler 45' Van Der Werff 48' Lotomba 60' Imeri 79' (pen.) Kulenović 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Joost van Zuilen (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Johan Balder (Netherlands) Fourth official: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) Euro 2021 Gr D	Croatia	1–2	England	Koper, Slovenia
18:00	Ivanušec 12' Bradarić 45+3' 90+1' Špikić 62' Žaper 87'	Report	Eze 12' (pen.) Kelly 45' Jones 74' 90+3' 90+8' Tanganga 85' Skipp 90'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany) Assistant referees: Eduard Beitinger (Germany) Assistant referees: Dominik Schaal (Germany) Fourth official: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

31 May 2021 (2021-05-31) Euro 2021 quarter-finals	Spain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Croatia	Maribor, Slovenia
18:00	Puado 66', 110' Mingueza 88' Guillamón 90+3'	Report	Musa 43' Šutalo 63' Bradarić 88' Ivanušec 90+4' (pen.) 120+1'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,886 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia) Assistant referees: Levan Varamishvil (Georgia) Assistant referees: Zaza Pipia (Georgia) Fourth official: Irakli Kvirikashvili (Georgia)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Croatia	2–0	Azerbaijan	Velika Gorica, Croatia
19:00 CEST	Sučić 10' Šimić 24' Franjić 33'	Report	Huseynov 9' Yusifli 29' Valizada 62'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine) Assistant referees: Oleksandr Korniyko (Ukraine) Assistant referees: Viktor Nyzhnyk (Ukraine) Fourth official: Viktor Kopiievskyi (Ukraine)

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Finland	0–2	Croatia	Oulu, Finland
17:00 CEST	Marhiev 10' Suhonen 24' 90+5' Hämäläinen 56'	Report	Šimić 7' Kačavenda 30' Sučić 73' (pen.) Šutalo 84' Ljubičić 87' Mitrović 90+5'	Stadium: Raatti Stadium Referee: Vitor Ferreira (Portugal) Assistant referees: Pedro Ribeiro (Portugal) Assistant referees: Paulo Brás (Portugal) Fourth official: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

8 October 2021 (2021-10-08) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Croatia	3–2	Norway	Varaždin, Croatia
18:00 CEST	Šimić 2' Sučić 16' Šutalo 47' Vušković 57' 71'	Report	Heggheim 51' Sebulonsen 55' Ceïde 58' Daland 81'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Varteks Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine) Assistant referees: Valentyn Kutsev (Ukraine) Assistant referees: Volodymyr Vysotskyi (Ukraine) Fourth official: Dmytro Kryvushkin (Ukraine)

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Azerbaijan	1–5	Croatia	Sumgait, Azerbaijan
18:30 CEST (20:30 AZT)	Valizada 27' 69' Gurbanli 55' (pen.) Aghjabayov 59'	Report	Šimić 9', 13', 44' (pen.) Soldo 25' Pršir 30' Šutalo 81'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czechia) Assistant referees: Ivo Nadvornik (Czechia) Assistant referees: Matěj Vlček (Czechia) Fourth official: Pavel Orel (Czechia)

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Croatia	2–0	Estonia	Pula, Croatia
18:00 CET	Šimić 39' Pršir 62' Franjić 79'	Report	Palumets 65' Hussar 69'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta) Assistant referees: Roberto Vella (Malta) Assistant referees: Duncan Sultana (Malta) Fourth official: Emanuel Grech (Malta)

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Austria	1–3	Croatia	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
20:30 CET	Schmid 67' Aiwu 70'	Report	Kačavenda 14' Franjić 41' Šutalo 37' Sučić 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden) Assistant referees: Fredrik Klyver (Sweden) Assistant referees: Max Robin Wilde (Sweden) Fourth official: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)

2022[edit]

25 March 2022 (2022-03-25) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Croatia	0–0	Austria	Varaždin, Croatia
18:00 CET	Kačavenda 45' 82' Marin 50' Palaversa 63'	Report	Zimmermann 27' Klarer 67'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Varteks Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania) Assistant referees: Vytenis Kazlauskas (Lithuania) Assistant referees: Mangirdas Mirauskas (Lithuania) Fourth official: Mindaugas Jackus (Lithuania)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Croatia	2–3	Finland	Varaždin, Croatia
18:00 CEST	Šimić 32' Franjić 56' Šutalo 66' 70' Vidović 72' Fruk 87'	Report	Skyttä 11', 29' 89' Ablade 45+3' Marhiev 90+1'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Varteks Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary) Assistant referees: Péter Kóbor (Hungary) Assistant referees: Gergo Vigh-tarsonyi (Hungary) Fourth official: Mihály Káprály (Hungary)

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Norway	3–2	Croatia	Drammen, Norway
18:00	Botheim 37' Arnstad 49' Daland 90+1' Strand Larsen 90+5' Konradsen Ceïde 90+6'	Report	Sučić 5' Soldo 14' Šimić 79' Marin 83'	Stadium: Marienlyst Referee: David Munro (Scotland) Assistant referees: David Roome (Scotland) Assistant referees: Craig Ferguson (Scotland) Fourth official: Greg Aitken (Scotland)

8 June 2022 (2022-06-08) Euro 2023 qualif Gr A	Estonia	0–4	Croatia	Pärnu, Estonia
	Vušković 14' Marin 41' Fruk 55' Čolina 64'	Report	Šarnin 79'	Stadium: Pärnu Rannastaadion Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (Armenia) Assistant referees: Mesrop Ghazaryan (Armenia) Assistant referees: Artur Gdlyan (Armenia) Fourth official: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

23 September 2022 (2022-09-23) Euro 2023 qualif play-offs	Croatia	2–1	Denmark	Pula, Croatia
18:00	Vidović 9' Pršir 20' Beljo 37' Čolina 87'	Report	Tengstedt 59' Frendrup 71'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia) Assistant referees: Giorgi Elikashvili (Georgia) Assistant referees: David Akhvlediani (Georgia) Fourth official: Irakli Kvirikashvili (Georgia)

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) Euro 2023 qualif play-offs	Denmark	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (4–5 p)	Croatia	Vejle, Denmark
18:00		Report		Stadium: Vejle Stadium Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria) Assistant referees: Roland Riedel (Austria) Assistant referees: Santino Schreiner (Austria) Fourth official: Walter Altmann (Austria)
	Penalties
	Dyhr Grønbæk Jørgensen Kristensen Madsen Ross		Vušković Fruk Soldo Matanović Sučić Pašalić

17 November 2022 (2022-11-17) Friendly	Croatia	3–1	Poland	Pula, Croatia
18:00	Biuk 32', 44' Ljubičić 89'	Report	Szymczak 20'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina

21 November 2022 (2022-11-21) Friendly	Croatia	1–1	Austria	Pula, Croatia
18:00	Jureškin 57'	Report	Lang 90'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina

2023[edit]

23 March 2023 (2023-03-23) Friendly	Croatia	0–0	Israel	Varaždin, Croatia
18:00 (UTC+02:00)		Report	Blorian 82'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Referee: Toni Dadić (Croatia)

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) Friendly	England	1–2	Croatia	London, England
19:45 (UTC+01:00)	Lewis 33' Gibbs-White 87' (pen) Johnson 90+5'		Baturina 34' Beljo 53' (pen) Pršir 83'	Stadium: Craven Cottage

21 June 2023 (2023-06-21) 2023 Euro Gr B	Ukraine	2–0	Croatia	Bucharest, Romania
19:00	Kashchuk 19' Sikan 48'	Report	Kačavenda 16' Stojković 82'	Stadium: Superbet Arena Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE) Assistant referees: Fredrik Klyver (SWE) Assistant referees: Max Robin Wilde (SWE) Fourth official: Andrei Chivulete (ROU)

24 June 2023 (2023-06-24) 2023 Euro Gr B	Spain	1–0	Croatia	Bucharest, Romania
21:45	Ruiz 1'	Report	Frigan 13' Šego 34' Stojković 60'	Stadium: Superbet Arena Referee: Allard Lindhout (NED) Assistant referees: Rogier Honig (NED) Assistant referees: Patrick Inia (NED) Fourth official: João Pinheiro (POR)

27 June 2023 (2023-06-27) 2023 Euro Gr B	Croatia	0–0	Romania	Bucharest, Romania
21:45	Hodža 21' Sigur 34' Franjić 35' Baturina 70' Perković 86'	Report	Popescu 24'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Referee: João Pinheiro (POR) Assistant referees: Bruno Jesus (POR) Assistant referees: Luciano Maia (POR) Fourth official: Allard Lindhout (NED)

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) Euro 2025 qualif Gr G	Faroe Islands	2–4	Croatia	Klaksvík, Faroe Islands
	Nielsen 45' Dahl-Olsen 78', 85'	Report	Šimić 17' Hodža 44' Peković 47' Beljo 75' Sigur 83' Bukvić 88' Ljubičić 90+2'	Stadium: Við Djúpumýrar Referee: Jérémy Muller (LUX) Assistant referees: Claude Ries (LUX) Assistant referees: Rafael Morim (LUX) Fourth official: Cédric Biever (LUX)

13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) Euro 2025 qualif Gr G	Greece	2–2	Croatia	Tripoli, Greece
16:00	Sourlis 11' 53' Kostis 54' Koutsias 89'	Report	Hodža 23' 32' Katinić 29' Ljubičić 67' 73'	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Tom Owen (WAL) Assistant referees: Johnathon Bryant (WAL) Assistant referees: Ian David Bird (WAL) Fourth official: John Andrew Jones (WAL)

17 October 2023 (2023-10-17) Euro 2025 qualif Gr G	Croatia	2–0	Belarus	Velika Gorica, Croatia
17:30	Sučić 45+1' (pen.) Baturina 55' Čavlina 82'	Report	Barkovski 41' Rylach 45+5' Baranok 60'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Referee: Igor Stojchevski (MKD) Assistant referees: Goce Petreski (MKD) Assistant referees: Slagjan Markoski (MKD) Fourth official: Trpchevski Stojancho (MKD)

16 November 2023 (2023-11-16) Friendly	Slovakia	2–2	Croatia	Nitra, Slovakia
	Nebyla 13' Kaprálik 41'	Report	Ljubičić 15' Ivanović 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Referee: Ferenc Karakó (HUN)

20 November 2023 (2023-11-20) Euro 2025 qualif Gr G	Belarus	0–1	Croatia	Armavir, Armenia^{[note 2]}
11:00	Maskalenchyk 20' Makarenko 45' Kovalevich 90+4'	Report	Hodža 64' Maruić 79' Ljubičić 83'	Stadium: Armavir City Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Peter Kralović (SVK) Assistant referees: Milan Štrbo (SVK) Assistant referees: Matej Zemko (SVK) Fourth official: Peter Ziemba (SVK)

2024[edit]

21 March 2024 Euro 2025 qualif Gr G

Andorra

v

Croatia

26 March 2024 Euro 2025 qualif Gr G

Portugal

v

Croatia

5 September 2024 Euro 2025 qualif Gr G

Croatia

v

Faroe Islands

10 September 2024 Euro 2025 qualif Gr G

Croatia

v

Portugal

11 October 2024 Euro 2025 qualif Gr G

Croatia

v

Andorra

15 October 2024 Euro 2025 qualif Gr G

Croatia

v

Greece

Record per opponent[edit]

More wins than losses

As many wins as losses

Fewer wins than losses

Correct as of 20 November 2023, after the match against Belarus.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austria	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	033.33
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Belarus	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Czech Republic	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Denmark	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
England	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Estonia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Faroe Islands	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Finland	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Greece	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	066.67
Israel	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Norway	2	1	0	1	5	5	+0	050.00
Poland	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Romania	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
San Marino	1	1	0	0	10	0	+10	100.00
Scotland	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Spain	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Ukraine	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total: 22 teams played	34	18	8	8	75	34	+41	052.94

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[1]^[2]
^ ^a ^b Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA. Basel. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[behind_closed_doors-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[1]^[2]

[Belarus-5] Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.^[3]

[1] "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[2] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[4] "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA. Basel. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

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