The Croatia national under-20 football team is the national under-20

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team of

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and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for

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History

The U20 team is the de facto under-19 of the previous year, and it acts mainly as a feeder team for the U21s and provides further international development for youth players. The team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 result. Under-20 national team of

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was formed in 1994. First match was played against team of

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, and first match against

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member was against

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on 8 February 1995. Croatia managed to qualify for

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. That was second appearance from Croatian football team on FIFA competition, after A-team appeared on FIFA World Cup in France in 1998. They passed the group, and then lost to

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by 4–0 in Round of 16. On 24 July 2010, after trashing

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5–0 in

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group game, Croatia qualified to semi-final and also secured spot in

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. Another good performance by U19 team at 2012 championship saw Croatia qualifying for the

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, this time to be held in

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Competitive record

Croatian under-20 team played most of its matches competing in regional cup called Mirop Cup, also known as Cup Alpe-Adria, with teams of

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, Hungary, Italy,

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and teams of some Austrian and Hungarian regions. Croatia won that cup three times in a row, in 1994, 1995 and 1996, and bever after.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the friendly match. * Match dates: 1 June 2022 * Opposition: * Caps and goals correct as of: 23 March 2022, after the match against

Previous squads

* 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship squad * 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad * 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

References