- Croatia national under-20 football team
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Croatia under-20 Nickname(s) Mali vatreni Association Hrvatski Nogometni Savez Confederation UEFA (Europe) Head coach Ivica Grnja Top scorer Domagoj Abramović (6) FIFA code CRO 
Home colours
Away coloursFirst international 
Croatia 1–1 Italy 
(Poreč, Croatia; 8 February 1995)Biggest win 
Hungary 0–6 Croatia
(Hungary; 5 September 1995)
Croatia 6-0 Italy
(Umag, Croatia; 15 March 2006)Biggest defeat 
Slovenia 4–0 Croatia
(Brežice, Slovenia; 4 April 2006)FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances 2 (First in 1999) Best result Round of 16, 1999 The Croatia national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Croatia and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Croatia.
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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 Croatia was formed in 1994. First match was played against team of Austrian region Styria, and first match against FIFA member was against Italy on 8 February 1995.
Croatia managed to qualify for 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup. 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 Brazil by 4-0 in Round of 16.
On 24 July 2010, after trashing Portugal 5-0 in 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship group game, Croatia qualified to semi-final and also secured spot in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.
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 Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia 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.
Totally, U-20 team has played 64 matches as of 10 August 2010, with 37 wins, 14 draws and 13 losses.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
FIFA U-20 World Cup record Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD 1995 to 1997 Did Not Qualify 
1999Round of 16 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 2001 to 2009 Did Not Qualify 
2011Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 Total 7 1 2 4 8 14 −6 Current squad
This is the squad for 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
# Name Date of Birth (Age) Club Goalkeepers 1 Matej Delač 20 August 1992 
Chelsea12 Dominik Picak 12 February 1992 Lokomotiva21 Michael Paradžiković 9 January 1992 CibaliaDefenders 2 Ivor Horvat 19 August 1991 Lokomotiva5 Renato Kelić 31 March 1991 
Slovan Liberec6 Tomislav Glumac 14 May 1991 Zadar13 Marko Lešković 27 April 1991 Osijek14 Roberto Punčec 27 October 1991 VaraždinMidfielders 3 Dejan Glavica 20 August 1991 Varaždin4 Franko Andrijašević 22 June 1991 Hajduk Split7 Zvonko Pamić 4 February 1991 
Duisburg8 Arijan Ademi 29 May 1991 Dinamo Zagreb10 Filip Ozobić 8 April 1991 
Spartak Moscow11 Mario Tičinović 20 August 1991 Hajduk Split15 Antonio Jakoliš 28 February 1992 Šibenik16 Frano Mlinar 30 March 1992 Lokomotiva20 Ivan Blažević 25 July 1992 Inter ZaprešićForwards 9 Andrej Kramarić 19 June 1991 Dinamo Zagreb17 Anton Maglica 11 November 1991 Osijek18 Marin Zulim 26 October 1991 Lučko19 Ivan Lendrić 8 August 1991 Hajduk SplitPrevious squads
- 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship squad
- 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad
See also
- Croatia national football team
- Croatia national under-21 football team
- Croatia national under-19 football team
- Croatia national under-17 football team
Football in Croatia Croatian Football Federation National teams League system Domestic cups Seasons 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12List of clubs · List of venues · List of players National sports teams of Croatia Categories:- European national under-20 association football teams
- Youth association football by country
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