runners-up is the farthest croatia has gone in the world cup before.
runners-up is the farthest croatia has gone in the world cup before.
how far is the farthest croatia has gone in the world cup before?
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bullet::::- croatia v. england: croatia and england faced each other eight times, six times in competitive matches, of which some are regarded as the most remarkable fixtures in both teams' histories. during euro 2008 qualifying, in addition to a 2–0 victory over england on home soil in zagreb, croatia were the first team to triumph over england at the newly-built wembley stadium. the 3–2 defeat to croatia meant england failed to qualify for their first major competition since hosting euro 1996 twelve years earlier, which was also croatia's debut at a major tournament. england in turn went on to defeat croatia twice during qualifying for the 2010 fifa world cup, which caused croatia to miss their first world cup since gaining independence. this included a 5–1 defeat at the wembley stadium, which was croatia's biggest defeat until their 6-0 loss to spain. the two teams also competed for a place in the quarter-finals at the 2004 european championships, with england winning 4–2. they played again at the 2018 fifa world cup semi-finals, with croatia winning 2–1 and ending england's best run at the tournament in 28 years. it also marked croatia's first world cup final, their best achievement at the competition to date. four months later on 18 november, england beat croatia 2–1 at the wembley stadium in the group stage return leg of the inaugural edition of the nations league resulting in croatia's relegation to league b of the next edition of the competition, just a month after both teams drew 0–0 at the rujevica stadium in their first leg.
croatia national football team
croatia at the 2002 fifa world cup









































croatia participated in the 2002 fifa world cup. this was their second appearance after their debut-bronze madel appearance at the 1998 fifa world cup.









































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croatia was in group 6 of uefa's world cup qualifications. they played alongside belgium, scotland, latvia and san marino, finished first in the group and qualified directly for the 2002 fifa world cup.









































croatia national team started the qualification led by manager miroslav blažević, but after tying the initial two matches, he was replaced by mirko jozić.









































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the results of the group stage









































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croatia at the 2002 fifa world cup