The Vatreni Squad for Nations League preliminary matches November 2026 ←Last Croatian Squad that faced England (1093)
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Baturina, Martin	16 February 2003 in Zurich, Switzerland	23	M	Como 1907, Italy	25	2
Beljo, Dion Drena	1 March 2002	24	F	Gnk Dinamo Zagreb	4	1
Budimir, Ante	22 July 1991 in Zenica, Yugoslavia	35	F	CA Osasuna, Spain	43	7
Ćaleta-Car, Duje	17 September 1996	30	CB	US Sassuolo Calcio, Italy	38	1
Fruk, Toni	9 March 2001	25	AM	HNK Rijeka	7	1
Gvardiol, Joško	23 January 2002	24	LB	Manchester City FC, England	56	4
Hrgović, Šimon	20 March 2004	22	LB	HNk Hajduk Split	0	0
Jakić, Kristijan	14 May 1997	29	DM	Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinopolitón, Greece, on loan from FC Augsburg 1907, Germany	17	2
Kotarski, Dominik	10 February 2000	26	Gk	Gnk Dinamo, on loan from FK København, Denmark	4	0
Kovačić, Mateo	6 May 1994 in Linz, Austria	32	CM	Manchester City FC, England	121	5
Letica, Karlo	11 February 1997	29	Gk	FC Luzern, Switzerland	0	0
Livaković, Dominik	9 January 1995	31	Gk	FC Barcelona, Spain	83	0
Majer, Lovro	17 January 1998	28	M	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos, Greece	38	9
Matanović, Igor	31 March 2003 in Hamburg, Germany	23	F	SC Freiburg, Germany	15	2
				also has German U17 & U18 appearances
Mišić, Josip	28 June 1994	32	DM	Gnk Dinamo	4	0
Modrić, Luka	9 September 1985 as part of Yugoslavia	41	CM	AC Milan, Italy	206	30
Musa, Petar	4 March 1998	28	F	FC Dallas, United States	14	2
Pandur, Ivor	25 March 2000	26	Gk	Rangers FC, Scotland	0	0
Pašalić, Marco	14 September 2000 in Karlsruhe, Germany	26	RF	Orlando City SC, United States	20	2
Pašalić, Mario	9 February 1995 in Mainz, Germany	31	AM	Atalanta BC, Italy	93	12
Perišić, Ivan	2 February 1989 as part of Yugoslavia	37	LF	Philips Sport Vereniging, Netherlands	162	40
Smolčić, Ivan	17 August 2000	26	R/CB	Como 1907, Italy	3	0
Stanišić, Josip	2 April 2000 in Munich, Germany	26	FB	FC Bayern München, Germany	38	0
				also has two German U19 appearances
Sučić, Luka	8 September 2002 in Linz, Austria	24	M	Real Sociedad, Spain	23	1
Sučić, Petar	25 October 2003 in Livno, Bosnia & Herzegovina	23	CM	FC Internazionale Milano, Italy	25	2
				also has numerous Bosnia youth appearances
Šotiček, Marin	18 September 2004 in Novo Mesto, Slovenia	22	F	HNk Hajduk Split, on loan from FC Basel 1893, Switzerland	0	0
Šutalo, Josip	28 February 2000 in Čaplina, Bosnia & Herzegovina	26	CB	SS Lazio, Italy, on loan from Amsterdamsche FC Ajax, Netherlands	40	0
Vlašić, Nikola	4 October 1997	29	AM	FC Torino, Italy	69	11
Vušković, Luka	24 February 2007	19	CB	Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England	10	1

Squad details correct up to and including Croatia's match against Spain on 6 October 2026.
Tallies taken from HNS

Diary

Friday, 6 November 2026 - The Croatian Head Coach, Slaven Bilić, has announced the list of 25 players for the final Nations League preliminary matches next week. Hoffenehim forward, Andrej Kramarić, misses out because of injury. Fiorentina's Marin Pongračić also misses out because of a hamstring injury. Lens' striker Franjo Ivanović is out because of concussion.

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