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Croatia
v England⁠

1–4

Full time

Croatia v England finished 1–4.

Croatia
Mandžukić 78'
Date
Wednesday 10 September 2008 · England in 2008
Kick-off
20:00 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. 9, Mladen Petric FW Off in the 56'
  • No. 18, Ivica Olic FW Off in the 73'
  • No. 3, Josip Simunic D Yellow card 40'
  • No. 4, Robert Kovac D Red card 53'
  • No. 5, Vedran Corluka D
  • No. 6, Danijel Pranjic M
  • No. 7, Ivan Rakitić M
  • No. 10, Nico Kovac M Off in the 62'
  • No. 11, Darijo Srna M Yellow card 47'
  • No. 14, Luka Modric M

Substitutes

  • No. 15, Dario Knezevic On in the 56'
  • No. 13, Nikola Pokrivac On in the 62'
  • No. 8, Mario Mandzukic On in the 73'
  • No. 2, Ivica Krizanac (not used)
  • No. 12, Vedran Runje (not used)
  • No. 16, Jerko Leko (not used)
  • No. 17, Ivan Klasnic (not used)

Referee: Lubos Michel.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1996 – 2007

01 21 Nov 2007
UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group E Wembley Stadium, London

England 2–3 Croatia England lost

England: Lampard 56' pen, Crouch 65'

Croatia: Kranjčar 8', Olić 14', Petrić 77'

Match page: England v Croatia, 21 November 2007

03 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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