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England
v Croatia⁠

2–3

Full time

England v Croatia finished 2–3.

Croatia
Kranjčar 8', Olić 14', Petrić 77'
Date
Wednesday 21 November 2007 · England in 2007
Kick-off
20:00 UK
Venue
Wembley Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Croatia

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Stipe Pletikosa GK
  • No. 18, Ivica Olic FW Off in the 84'
  • No. 22, Eduardo FW Off in the 69'
  • No. 2, Dario Simic D
  • No. 3, Josip Simunic D
  • No. 4, Robert Kovac D
  • No. 5, Vedran Corluka D
  • No. 10, Nico Kovac M
  • No. 11, Darijo Srna M
  • No. 14, Luka Modric M
  • No. 19, Niko Kranjcar M Off in the 75'

Substitutes

  • No. 21, Mladen Petric On in the 69'
  • No. 24, Danijel Pranjic On in the 75'
  • No. 7, Ivan Rakitić On in the 84'
  • No. 8, Marko Babic (not used)
  • No. 13, Dario Knezevic (not used)
  • No. 16, Jerko Leko (not used)
  • No. 23, Vedran Runje (not used)

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 4 meetings before this one

1996 – 2006

02 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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