2004 European Football Championship - Croatia

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On June 2, 2004, Croatia coach Otto Barić named his final 23-man squad:

Contents

1 Squad 2 Qualifying 2.1 Group 8 2.2 Play-off 3 Final tournament 3.1 Group B

Squad

#	Name	Club in 2004	Date of Birth	Age	Pld	Goals	Y	Y/R	R
Goalkeepers
-	Stipe Pletikosa (injured)	Shakhtar Donetsk	08.01.1979	25	-	-	-	-	-
1	Vladimir Vasilj (replacement)	NK Varteks	06.07.1975	28	0	0	0	0	0
12	Tomislav Butina	Club Brugge	30.03.1974	30	3	0	0	0	0
23	Joey Didulica	FK Austria Wien	14.10.1977	26	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
13	Dario Šimić	A.C. Milan	18.02.1978	26	3	0	1	0	0
21	Robert Kovač	Bayern München	06.04.1974	30	3	0	1	0	0
6	Boris Živković	VfB Stuttgart	15.11.1975	28	2	0	1	0	0
3	Josip Šimunić	Hertha Berlin	18.02.1978	26	3	0	0	0	0
5	Igor Tudor	Juventus	16.08.1978	25	2	1	1	0	0
4	Stjepan Tomas	Fenerbahçe	06.03.1976	28	0	0	0	0	0
14	Mato Neretljak	Hajduk Split	03.06.1979	25	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mario Tokić	Grazer AK	23.07.1975	28	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
10	Niko Kovač	Hertha Berlin	15.10.1971	32	3	1	0	0	0
7	Milan Rapaić	Ancona	16.08.1973	30	3	1	1	0	0
15	Jerko Leko	Dynamo Kyiv	09.04.1980	24	1	0	1	0	0
16	Marko Babić	Bayer Leverkusen	28.01.1981	23	0	0	0	0	0
8	Darijo Srna	Shakhtar Donetsk	01.05.1982	22	2	0	0	0	0
22	Nenad Bjelica	Kaiserslautern	20.08.1971	32	2	0	1	0	0
20	Giovanni Rosso	Maccabi Haifa	17.11.1972	31	3	0	1	0	0
Forwards
9	Dado Pršo	Rangers	05.11.1974	29	3	1	1	0	0
11	Tomislav Šokota	Benfica	08.04.1977	27	3	0	0	0	0
19	Ivica Mornar	Portsmouth	12.01.1974	30	3	0	1	0	0
18	Ivica Olić	CSKA Moscow	14.09.1979	24	3	0	0	0	0
17	Ivan Klasnić	Werder Bremen	29.01.1980	24	0	0	0	0	0
Coach
	Otto Barić		19.06.1932	72

• Key: Pld - Games played; Y - Yellow cards; Y/R - Yellow/Red cards; R - Red cards
• Date format: dd.mm.yyyy

Qualifying

Group 8

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Bulgaria	17	8	5	2	1	13	4	+9
2. Croatia	16	8	5	1	2	12	4	+8
3. Belgium	16	8	5	1	2	11	9	+2
4. Estonia	8	8	2	2	4	4	6	-2
5. Andorra	0	8	0	0	8	1	18	-17

September 7, 2002 Croatia 0 – 0 Estonia October 12, 2002 Bulgaria 2 – 0 Croatia March 29, 2003 Croatia 4 – 0 Belgium April 2, 2003 Croatia 2 – 0 Andorra

June 11, 2003 Estonia 0 – 1 Croatia September 6, 2003 Andorra 0 – 3 Croatia September 10, 2003 Belgium 2 – 1 Croatia October 11, 2003 Croatia 1 – 0 Bulgaria

Play-off

First leg: November 15, 2003 Croatia 1 – 1 Slovenia

Second leg: November 19, 2003 Slovenia 0 – 1 Croatia

• Croatia won 2 - 1 on aggregate.

Final tournament

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. France	7	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3
2. England	6	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4
3. Croatia	2	3	0	2	1	4	6	-2
4. Switzerland	1	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5

June 13, 2004
Switzerland	0 – 0 (0-0)	Croatia	17:00	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	Details
June 17, 2004
Croatia	2 – 2 (0-1)	France	19:45	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	Details
June 21, 2004
Croatia	2 – 4 (1-2)	England	19:45	Estádio da Luz	Details