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Croatia
v England⁠

2–4

Full time

Croatia v England finished 2–4.

Croatia
N. Kovač 5', Tudor 73'
Date
Monday 21 June 2004 · England in 2004
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Croatia

Starting XI

  • No. 12, Tomislav Butina GK
  • No. 9, Dado Prso FW
  • No. 11, Tomislav Sokota FW
  • No. 3, Josip Simunic D
  • No. 5, Igor Tudor M
  • No. 6, Boris Zivkovic D
  • No. 7, Milan Rapaic M Off in the 55'
  • No. 10, Nico Kovac M
  • No. 13, Dario Simic D Off in the 67'
  • No. 20, Giovanni Rosso M
  • No. 21, Robert Kovac D Off in the 45'

Substitutes

  • No. 19, Ivica Mornar On in the 45'
  • No. 18, Ivica Olic On in the 55'
  • No. 8, Darijo Srna On in the 67'
  • No. 1, Vladimir Vasilj (not used)
  • No. 2, Mario Tokic (not used)
  • No. 4, Stjepan Tomas (not used)
  • No. 14, Mato Neretljak (not used)
  • No. 15, Jerko Leko (not used)
  • No. 16, Marko Babic (not used)
  • No. 17, Ivan Klasnic (not used)
  • No. 22, Nenad Bjelica (not used)
  • No. 23, Joseph Didulica (not used)

Referee: P Collina.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 2 meetings before this one

1996 – 2003

Official meetings since 1996

England v Croatia stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings13In our results database
England wins8England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
Croatia wins3Croatia victories

England have scored 33 goals to Croatia's 15 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

5

Lampard

5 goals against Croatia in matches we hold scorer data for.

Croatia · Fixture leader

2

Eduardo

Croatia's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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