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First participation for Croatia to the final phase of the Soccer World Cup !
Selection 1998 of Croatia
Goalkeeper:
Drazen Ladic (Croatia Zagreb), Marijan Mrmic (Besiktas Istanbul/Tur),
Vladimir Vasilj (Croatia)
Defenders:
Goran Juric (Croatia), Zvonimir Soldo (FC Stuttgart/All), Slaven Bilic
(Everton/Ang), Igor Stimac (Derby County/Ang), Dario Simic (Croatia), Igor
Tudor (Hajduk Split), Ante Seric (Hajduk Split)
Midfielders:
Robert Jarni (Betis Séville/Esp), Zoran Mamic (FC Bochum/All), Krunoslav
Jurcic (Croatia), Mario Stanic (Parme/Ita), Silvio Maric (Croatia), Robert
Prosinecki (Croatia), Aljosa Asanovic (Naples/Ita), Zvonimir Boban (Milan
AC/Ita)
Forwards:
Davor Suker (Real Madrid/Esp), Ardian Kozniku (Bastia/Fra), Goran Vlaovic
(Valence/Esp), Petar Krpan (Osijek)
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To resume the preliminary competition
Europe Group 1 :
Bosnia-Herzegovinia, Denmark, Greece, Slovenia.
Play-off results:
1st leg: Croatia 2 / Ukraine 0
2nd leg: Ukraine 1 / Croatia 1
Matches played in the group 1
| CROATIA |
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4-1
1-1
1-1
3-3
1-0
3-2
1-3
3-1
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Bosnia-H.
Greece
Denmark
Slovenia
Greece
Bosnia-H.
Denmark
Slovenia
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Final Table in the group 1
| Pos |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Goals |
Pts |
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| 2 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
17:12 |
15 |
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Team of the eliminatories France98.
Best players:Suker, Boban, Boksic, Prosinecki.
ASANOVIC Aljosa
BILIC Slaven
BOBAN Zvonimir
BOKSIC Alen
CVITANOVIC Igor
GABRIC Tonci
JARNI Robert
JERKAN Nikola
JURCEVIC Nikola
JURIC Goran
KOVAC Niko
LADIC Drazen
MAMIC Zoran
MARIC Silvio
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MLADINIC Srdan
PAMIC Igor
PETROVIC Vladimir
PRALIJA Nenad
PROSINECKI Robert
SILJAK Ermin
SIMIC Dario
SOLDO Zvonimir
STANIC Robert
STIMAC Mario
SUKER Davor
TUDOR Igor
VLAOVIC Goran
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Typical team:
Ladic - Bilic, Juric, Soldo (ou Simic) - Stanic, Boban, Asanovic, Prosinecki, Jarni
- Suker, Boksic.
CROATIA
Country caracteristics:
4 780 000 inhabitants, 56 538 km²
City:
Zagreb
ystem of governmen :
Constitutional Republic
Time difference:
any with Paris
Colors:
t-shirt with a red and white check, white short, white socks
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Federation:
Croatian Football Federation created in 1912, affiliated in 1992
Principals clubs:
Croatia Zagreb, Hadjuk Split, FC Zagreb, Osijek.
Principals stadiums:
Poljud (Split, 60.000), Maksimir (Zagreb, 56.500), Kantrida (Rijeka, 35. 000), Gradski vrt
(Osijek, 35.000).
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