Euro 2008- Croatia: Croatia national football team will have their first match of Euro 2008 at the Ernst Happel Stadion against Austria (host) on 8th of June. They will next face Germany, who is probably the strongest team in Euro 2008 Group C. The match will be held at Worthersee Stadion of Klagenfurt on 12th of June. Croatia will play their last match of their group league on 16th of June against Poland at the same venue. The Croatian supporters will surely expect some outstanding performances from their favorite team in this Euro Cup match.
Croatia played in Group E of UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers. The other teams in this group were:
England
Estonia
FYR Macedonia
Andorra
Russia and
Israel
Many of the Croatian players play for the reputed clubs across the globe. Some of the most important players of the Croatian team are Robert Kovac, Dario Simic, Darijo Srna, Niko Kovac and Eduardo.
Croatia has Slaven Bilic as the head coach. They emerged as the champions of Group E of UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers by acquiring 29 points from twelve games that they played. In their home matches, Croatia national football team had a draw against Russia, but won all the other matches. They again had a draw with Russia in their away match.
Given below is a list of the Euro 2008- Croatia players:
Midfielders:
- Jurica Vranjes
- Jerko Leko
- Milan Rapaic
- Niko Kovac
- Danijel Pranjic
- Ognjen Vukojevic
- Marko Babic
- Luka Modric
- Darijo Srna
- Marijo Mandzukic
- Niko Kranjcar
- Ivan Rakitic
Defenders:
- Dario Simic
- Dario Knezevic
- Vedran Corluka
- Hrvoje Vejic
- Josip Simunic
- Anthony Seric
- Dino Drpic
- Robert Kovac
Forwards:
- Nikola Kalinic
- Eduardo da Silva
- Mladen Petric
- Bosko Balaban
- Ivica Olic
- Igor Budan
Goalkeepers:
- Vedran Runje
- Mario Galinovic
- Stipe Pletikosa
