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Croatia
v England⁠

2–0

Full time

Croatia v England finished 2–0.

England
None
Croatia
Eduardo 61', G. Neville 68' og
Date
Wednesday 11 October 2006 · England in 2006
Kick-off
19:00 UK
Venue
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Croatia

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Stipe Pletikosa GK
  • No. 21, Mladen Petric FW
  • No. 22, Eduardo FW Off in the 81'
  • No. 2, Dario Simic D
  • No. 3, Josip Simunic D
  • No. 4, Robert Kovac D
  • No. 5, Vedran Corluka D
  • No. 7, Milan Rapaic M Off in the 76'
  • No. 10, Nico Kovac M
  • No. 14, Luka Modric M
  • No. 19, Niko Kranjcar M Off in the 89'

Substitutes

  • No. 18, Ivica Olic On in the 76'
  • No. 16, Jerko Leko On in the 81'
  • No. 8, Marko Babic On in the 89'
  • No. 9, Bosko Balaban (not used)
  • No. 15, Dario Knezevic (not used)
  • No. 17, Ivan Klasnic (not used)
  • No. 20, Anthony Seric (not used)
  • No. 23, Vedran Runje (not used)

Referee: Paolo Bertini.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 3 meetings before this one

1996 – 2004

01 21 Jun 2004
UEFA European Championship · Group B Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Croatia 2–4 England England won

England: Scholes 40', Rooney 45+1', Rooney 68', Lampard 79'

Croatia: N. Kovač 5', Tudor 73'

Match page: Croatia v England, 21 June 2004

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

Kane

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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