Brontekst bekijken van Kroatië op het wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2018

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'''[[Kroatisch voetbalelftal (mannen)|Kroatië]]''' is een van de deelnemende landen aan het '''[[Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2018]]''' in [[Rusland]]. Het is de vijfde deelname voor het land. Kroatië haalde de finale waar het verloor van Frankrijk en zo de tweede plaats bereikte.

== Kwalificatie ==
{{Zie ook|[[Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2018 (kwalificatie UEFA)]]}}

=== Kwalificatieduels ===
{{footballbox
|date       = 5 september 2016
|time       = 20:45
|team1      = {{CROf-r}}
|score      = 1 − 1
|report     = 
|team2      = {{TURf}}
|goals1     = [[Ivan Rakitić|Rakitić]] {{goal|45|p}}
|goals2     = {{goal|45+4}} [[Hakan Çalhanoğlu|Çalhanoğlu]]
|stadium    = [[Maksimirstadion]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = {{PL-VLAG}} [[Szymon Marciniak]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = 6 oktober 2016
|time       = 20:45
|team1      = {{KOSf-r}}
|score      = 0 − 6
|report     = 
|team2      = {{CROf}}
|goals2     = {{goal|6||24||35}} [[Mario Mandžukić|Mandžukić]] <br /> {{goal|68}} [[Matej Mitrović|Mitrović]] <br /> {{goal|83}} [[Ivan Perišić|Perišić]] <br /> {{goal|90+2}} [[Nikola Kalinić|Kalinić]]
|stadium    = [[Loro Boriçistadion]], [[Shkodër (stad)|Shkodër]] ([[Albanië]])
|attendance = 15.500
|referee    = {{ES-VLAG}} [[David Fernández (scheidsrechter)|David Fernández]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = 9 oktober 2016
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{FINf-r}}
|score      = 0 − 1
|report     = 
|team2      = {{CROf}}
|goals2     = {{goal|18}} [[Mario Mandžukić|Mandžukić]]
|stadium    = [[IJsbaan van Tampere|Ratinastadion]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance = 15.567
|referee    = {{FR-VLAG}} [[Ruddy Buquet]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = 12 november 2016
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{CROf-r}}
|score      = 2 − 0
|report     = 
|team2      = {{ISLf}}
|goals1     = [[Marcelo Brozović|Brozović]] {{goal|15||90+1}}
|stadium    = [[Maksimirstadion]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = {{IT-VLAG}} [[Gianluca Rocchi]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = 24 maart 2017
|time       = 20:45
|team1      = {{CROf-r}}
|score      = 1 − 0
|report     = 
|team2      = {{UKRf}}
|goals1     = [[Nikola Kalinić|Kalinić]] {{goal|38}}
|stadium    = [[Maksimirstadion]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance = 27.351
|referee    = {{ES-VLAG}} [[Antonio Mateu Lahoz]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = 11 juni 2017
|time       = 20:45
|team1      = {{ISLf-r}}
|score      = 1 − 0
|report     = 
|team2      = {{CROf}}
|goals1     = [[Hörður Björgvin Magnússon|Magnússon]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium    = [[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavik]]
|attendance = 9.775
|referee    = {{ES-VLAG}} [[Alberto Undiano Mallenco]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = 2 september 2017
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{CROf-r}}
|score      = 1 − 0
|report     = 
|team2      = {{KOSf}}
|goals1     = [[Domagoj Vida|Vida]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium    = [[Maksimirstadion]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance = 6.838
|referee    = {{SE-VLAG}} [[Stefan Johannesson]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = 5 september 2017
|time       = 20:45
|team1      = {{TURf-r}}
|score      = 1 − 0
|report     = 
|team2      = {{CROf}}
|goals1     = [[Cenk Tosun|Tosun]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium    = [[Eskişehir Atatürkstadion]], [[Eskişehir (stad)|Eskişehir]]
|attendance = 33.000
|referee    = {{HU-VLAG}} [[Viktor Kassai]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = 6 oktober 2017
|time       = 20:45
|team1      = {{CROf-r}}
|score      = 1 − 1 
|report     = 
|team2      = {{FINf}}
|goals1     = [[Mario Mandžukić|Mandžukić]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2     = {{goal|90}} [[Pyry Soiri|Soiri]]
|stadium    = [[Stadion Gradski vrt]], [[Osijek]]
|attendance = 7.578
|referee    = {{PL-VLAG}} [[Daniel Stefański]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = 9 oktober 2017
|time       = 20:45
|team1      = {{UKRf-r}}
|score      = 0 − 2
|report     = 
|team2      = {{CROf}}
|goals2     = {{goal|63||71}} [[Andrej Kramarić|Kramarić]]
|stadium    = [[NSK Olimpiejsky]], [[Kiev]]
|attendance = 60.200
|referee    = {{DE-VLAG}} [[Felix Brych]]
}}

=== Eindstand Groep I ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! width="30" | Pos.
! width="150" | Land
! width="25" | {{Afkorting|GW|Gespeelde wedstrijden}}
! width="25" | {{Afkorting|W|Winst}}
! width="25" | {{Afkorting|G|Gelijk}}
! width="25" | {{Afkorting|V|Verloren}}
! width="30" | {{Afkorting|DV|Doelpunten voor}}
! width="30" | {{Afkorting|DT|Doelpunten tegen}}
! width="30" | {{Afkorting|DS|Doelpuntensaldo}}
! width="30" | {{Afkorting|Ptn|Punten}}
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| '''1''' || align="left" | {{ISLf}} || 10 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 16 || 7 || +9 || '''22'''
|-bgcolor="#ffffaa"
| '''2''' || align="left" | {{CROf}} || 10 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 15 || 4 || +11 || '''20'''
|-
| '''3''' || align="left" | {{UKRf}} || 10 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 13 || 9 || +4 || '''17'''
|-
| '''4''' || align="left" | {{TURf}} || 10 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 14 || 13 || +1 || '''15'''
|-
| '''5''' || align="left" | {{FINf}} || 10 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 9 || 13 || –4 || '''9'''
|-
| '''6''' || align="left" | {{KOSf}} || 10 || 0 || 1 || 9 || 3 || 24 || –21 || '''1'''
|}

===Play-offs===
{{footballbox
|date       = [[9 november]] [[2017]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Kroatië - Griekenland|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>20:45 ([[UTC+1]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{CROf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 4 − 1
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{GREf}}'''</big>
|goals1     = [[Luka Modrić|Modrić]] {{goal|13|p}} <br /> [[Nikola Kalinić|N. Kalinić]] {{goal|19}} <br /> [[Ivan Perišić|Perišić]] {{goal|33}} <br />[[Andrej Kramarić|Kramarić]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2     = {{goal|30}} [[Sokratis Papastathopoulos|Papastathopoulos]]
|stadium    = [[Maksimirstadion]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance = 30.013
|referee    = {{IT-VLAG}} [[Gianluca Rocchi]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = [[12 november]] [[2017]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Kroatië - Griekenland|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>20:45 ([[UTC+1]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{GREf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 0 − 0
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{CROf}}'''</big>
|stadium    = [[Georgios Karaiskákisstadion]], [[Piraeus (stad)|Piraeus]] ([[Athene (stad)|Athene]])
|attendance = 18.667
|referee    = {{NL-VLAG}} [[Björn Kuipers]]
}}

== WK-voorbereiding ==
=== Wedstrijden ===
{{footballbox
|date       = [[24 maart]] [[2018]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Kroatië - Peru|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>01:00 ([[UTC+1]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{PERf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 2 – 0
|team2      = <big>'''{{CROf}}'''</big>
|goals1     = [[André Carrillo|Carrillo]] {{goal|12}} <br /> [[Edison Flores|Flores]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium    = [[Hard Rock Stadium]], [[Miami]] ([[Verenigde Staten]])
|attendance = 
|referee    = {{US-VLAG}} [[Ismail Elfath]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = [[28 maart]] [[2018]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Kroatië - Mexico|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>04:00 ([[UTC+2]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{MEXf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 0 – 1
|team2      = <big>'''{{CROf}}'''</big>
|goals2     = {{goal|62|p}} [[Ivan Rakitić|Rakitić]]
|stadium    = [[Cowboys Stadium|AT&T Stadium]], [[Dallas (Texas)|Dallas]] ([[Verenigde Staten]])
|attendance = 79.128
|referee    = {{GT-VLAG}} [[Mario Alberto Escobar]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = [[3 juni]] [[2018]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Brazilië - Kroatië|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>16:00 ([[UTC+2]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{CROf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 0 – 2
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{BRAf}}'''</big>
|goals2     = {{goal|69}} [[Neymar]] <br /> {{goal|90+4}} [[Roberto Firmino|Firmino]]
|stadium    = [[Anfield]], [[Liverpool]] ([[Engeland]])
|attendance = 
|referee    = {{EN-VLAG}} [[Michael Oliver (scheidsrechter)|Michael Oliver]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = [[8 juni]] [[2018]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Kroatië - Senegal|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>18:00 ([[UTC+2]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{CROf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 2 – 1
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{SENf}}'''</big>
|goals1     = [[Ivan Perišić|Perišić]] {{goal|63}} <br /> [[Andrej Kramarić|Kramarić]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2     = {{goal|48}} [[Ismaïla Sarr|Sarr]]
|stadium    = [[Stadion Gradski vrt]], [[Osijek]]
|attendance = 15.998
|referee    = {{HU-VLAG}} [[Ádám Farkas]]
}}

== Het wereldkampioenschap ==
Op 1 december 2017 werd er geloot voor de groepsfase van het [[Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2018]]. Kroatië werd samen met [[Argentijns voetbalelftal (mannen)|Argentinië]], [[IJslands voetbalelftal (mannen)|IJsland]] en [[Nigeriaans voetbalelftal (mannen)|Nigeria]] ondergebracht in groep D, en kreeg daardoor [[Kaliningrad]], [[Nizjni Novgorod]] en [[Rostov aan de Don]] als speelsteden.

=== Wedstrijden ===
==== Groepsfase ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! width="30" | Nr.
! width="150" | Land
! width="25" | {{Afkorting|GW|Gespeelde Wedstrijden}}
! width="25" | {{Afkorting|W|Winst}}
! width="25" | {{Afkorting|G|Gelijk}}
! width="25" | {{Afkorting|V|Verloren}}
! width="30" | {{Afkorting|DV|Doelpunten Voor}}
! width="30" | {{Afkorting|DT|Doelpunten Tegen}}
! width="30" | {{Afkorting|DS|Doelpuntensaldo}}
! width="30" | {{Afkorting|Ptn|Punten}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| '''1''' || align="left" | {{CROf}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 1 || +6 || '''9'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| '''2''' || align="left" | {{ARGf}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 5 || −2 || '''4'''
|-
| '''3''' || align="left" | {{NGRf}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 4 || −1 || '''3'''
|-
| '''4''' || align="left" | {{ISLf}} || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 5 || −3 || '''1'''
|}

{{footballbox
|date       = [[16 juni]] [[2018]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Kroatië - Nigeria|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>21:00 ([[UTC+2]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{CROf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 2 – 0
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{NGRf}}'''</big>
|goals1     = [[Oghenekaro Etebo|Etebo]] {{goal|32|e.d.}} <br /> [[Luka Modrić|Modrić]] {{goal|71|p}}
|stadium    = [[Arena Baltika]], [[Kaliningrad]]
|attendance = 31.136
|referee    = {{BR-VLAG}} [[Sandro Ricci]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = [[21 juni]] [[2018]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Argentinië - Kroatië|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>21:00 ([[UTC+3]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{ARGf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 0 – 3
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{CROf}}'''</big>
|goals2     = {{goal|53}} [[Ante Rebić|Rebić]] <br /> {{goal|80}} [[Luka Modrić|Modrić]] <br /> {{goal|90+1}} [[Ivan Rakitić|Rakitić]]
|stadium    = [[Strelka Stadium]], [[Nizjni Novgorod]]
|attendance = 43.319
|referee    = {{UZ-VLAG}} [[Ravshan Irmatov]]
}}
{{footballbox
|date       = [[26 juni]] [[2018]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands IJsland - Kroatië|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>21:00 ([[UTC+3]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{ISLf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 1 – 2
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{CROf}}'''</big>
|goals1     = [[Gylfi Sigurðsson]] {{goal|76|p}}
|goals2     = {{goal|53}} [[Milan Badelj|Badelj]] <br /> {{goal|90}} [[Ivan Perišić|Perišić]]
|stadium    = [[Rostov Arena]], [[Rostov aan de Don]]
|attendance = 43.472
|referee    = {{ES-VLAG}} [[Antonio Mateu Lahoz]]
}}

==== Achtste finale ====
{{footballbox
|date       = [[1 juli]] [[2018]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Denemarken - Kroatië|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>21:00 ([[UTC+3]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{CROf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 1 – 1 <br/> ([[Verlenging|n.v.]])
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{DENf}}'''</big>
| goals1 = [[Mario Mandžukić|Mandžukić]] {{goal|4}}
| goals2 = {{goal|1}} [[Mathias Jørgensen|M. Jørgensen]]
| stadium = [[Strelkastadion]], [[Nizjni Novgorod]]
| attendance = 40.851
| referee = {{AR-VLAG}} [[Néstor Pitana]] 
| penalties1= [[Milan Badelj|Badelj]] {{penmiss}}<br/>[[Andrej Kramarić|Kramarić]] {{pengoal}}<br/>[[Luka Modrić|Modrić]] {{pengoal}}<br/>[[Josip Pivarić|Pivarić]] {{penmiss}}<br/>[[Ivan Rakitić|Rakitić]] {{pengoal}}
| penaltyscore= 3 – 2
| penalties2= {{penmiss}} [[Christian Eriksen|Eriksen]]<br/>{{pengoal}} [[Simon Kjaer|Kjaer]]<br/>{{pengoal}} [[Michael Krohn-Dehli|Krohn-Dehli]]<br/>{{penmiss}} [[Lasse Schöne|Schöne]]<br/>{{penmiss}} [[Nicolai Jørgensen|N. Jørgensen]]
}}

==== Kwartfinale ====
{{footballbox
|date       = [[7 juli]] [[2018]]
|time       = <small>21:00 ([[UTC+3]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{RUSf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 2 – 2 <br /> ([[Verlenging|n.v.]])
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{CROf}}'''</big>
|goals1     = [[Denis Tsjerysjev|Tsjerysjev]] {{goal|31}} <br> [[Mário Fernandes|Fernandes]] {{goal|115}}
|goals2     = {{goal|39}} [[Andrej Kramarić|Kramarić]] <br> {{goal|101}} [[Domagoj Vida|Vida]] 
|stadium    = [[Olympisch Stadion Fisjt]], [[Sotsji]]
|attendance = 44.287
|referee    = {{BR-VLAG}} [[Sandro Ricci]]
|penalties1 = [[Fjodor Smolov|Smolov]] {{penmiss}}<br>[[Alan Dzagojev|Dzagojev]] {{pengoal}}<br>[[Mário Fernandes|Fernandes]] {{penmiss}}<br>[[Sergej Ignasjevitsj|Ignasjevitsj]] {{pengoal}}<br>[[Daler Koezjajev|Koezjajev]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 3 – 4
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Marcelo Brozović|Brozović]]<br>{{penmiss}} [[Mateo Kovačić|Kovačić]]<br>{{pengoal}} [[Luka Modrić|Modrić]]<br>{{pengoal}} [[Domagoj Vida|Vida]]<br>{{pengoal}} [[Ivan Rakitić|Rakitić]]
}}

==== Halve finale ====
{{footballbox
|date       = [[11 juli]] [[2018]]<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Engeland - Kroatië|«onderlinge duels»]]''
|time       = <small>21:00 ([[UTC+3]])</small>
|team1      = <big>'''{{CROf-r}}'''</big>
|score      = 2 – 1 <br> ([[Verlenging|n.v.]])
|report     = 
|team2      = <big>'''{{ENGf}}'''</big>
|goals1     = [[Ivan Perišić|Perišić]] {{goal|68}} <br /> [[Mario Mandžukić|Mandžukić]] {{goal|109}}
|goals2     = {{goal|5}} [[Kieran Trippier|Trippier]]  
|stadium    = [[Olympisch Stadion Loezjniki]], [[Moskou]]
|attendance = 78.011
|referee    = {{TR-VLAG}} [[Cüneyt Çakir]]
}}

==== Finale ====
{{footballbox
| date = 15 juli 2018<br>''[[Lijst van voetbalinterlands Frankrijk - Kroatië|«onderlinge duels»]]''
| time = <small>{{tijdstip|18.00|utc1=+3}}</small>
| team1 = <big>'''{{FRAf-r}}'''</big>
| score =  4 – 2
| team2 = <big>'''{{CROf}}'''</big>
| goals1 = [[Mario Mandžukić|Mandžukić]] {{goal|18|e.d.}}<br /> [[Antoine Griezmann|Griezmann]] {{goal|38|p}}<br /> [[Paul Pogba|Pogba]] {{goal|59}}<br /> [[Kylian Mbappé|Mbappé]] {{goal|65}}
| goals2 = {{goal|28}} [[Ivan Perišić|Perišić]] <br /> {{goal|69}} [[Mario Mandžukić|Mandžukić]]  
| stadium = [[Olympisch Stadion Loezjniki]], [[Moskou]]
| attendance = 78.011
| referee = {{AR-VLAG}} [[Néstor Pitana]]
| report= 
}}

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[[Categorie:Kroatië op het wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2018| ]]