Croatia U21 — Overview
Recent Form
Croatia U21's last 5 matches: 3 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses. Most recent game was against Georgia U21. Recent form is one of the strongest predictors of upcoming match outcomes.
Season Statistics
Comprehensive team statistics derived from match data including goals scored and conceded, home and away performance splits, and form charts. Each metric is computed from official match results across all competitions this season. These statistics reveal patterns in attacking strength, defensive solidity, and situational performance that directly inform match-result, over/under, and handicap betting decisions.
Season Record
| Home | Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Played | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Drawn | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lost | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Goals
25
Scored
2.5 per game
10
Conceded
1.0 per game
Goals by minute
0
16
31
46
61
76
Top Performers
Top Scorers
- 1M. LjubiÄiÄ6
- 2D. Beljo5
- 3V. Hodža3
- 4D. Bukvić1
- 5L. Sučić1
Top Assists
- 1B. Buljan0
- 2Jan Jurčec0
- 3J. Badelj0
- 4N. Mikic0
- 5M. Prekodravac0
Most Appearances
- 1V. Hodža11
- 2N. Čavlina11
- 3F. Ivanović10
- 4G. Vidović10
- 5S. Biuk8
2Croatia U21
P 10W 7D 1L 2GD +15Pts 22
4Croatia U21
P 8W 5D 1L 2GD +9Pts 16
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Croatia U21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 22 | |
| 4 | Croatia U21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 16 |
Croatia U21 are currently 2 in the UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification with 22 points from 10 matches (goal difference: +15). leads the table. The standings show form, goal difference, and qualification/relegation zones — key context for evaluating match odds.
Croatia U21 Squad
| Player | # | Position | Age | Nationality | Appearances | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards | Red Cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1B. Buljan | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age20 | Nationality Croatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionDefender | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
3J. Badelj0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
4N. Mikic | — | PositionDefender | Age18 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
5M. Prekodravac | — | PositionMidfielder | Age20 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
6K. Krizmanić | — | PositionDefender | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
7S. Biuk0Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances8 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionDefender | Age21 | Nationality Spain | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— | |
9T. Fruk | — | PositionMidfielder | Age24 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
10N. Janković | — | PositionMidfielder | Age24 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
11M. Lisica0Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances3 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
12M. Soldo0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances7 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
13B. PaviÄ0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age19 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances1 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
14L. Stojković0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
15N. Galešić | — | PositionDefender | Age24 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
16M. Živković0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
17M. Valinčić0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances7 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
18A. Marin | — | PositionMidfielder | Age24 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
19M. Katinić0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances4 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
20R. Jureškin | — | PositionMidfielder | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
21M. Šego | — | PositionAttacker | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
22J. Pršir | — | PositionMidfielder | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
23L. Jelenić | — | PositionDefender | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
24L. Škaričić | — | PositionDefender | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
25N. Tepšić | — | PositionDefender | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
26F. Kolić0Goals | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
27M. Zadro | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
28T. Silić | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
29L. Belcar0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances6 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
30I. Cvijanović0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances3 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
31D. Bukvić1Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances7 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
32T. Sajko | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionDefender | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances5 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— | |
34M. Capan | — | PositionMidfielder | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
35F. Krivak | — | PositionMidfielder | Age20 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
36L. Vrbančić | — | PositionMidfielder | Age20 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
37K. Špeljak | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
38A. Maurić0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
39A. MatkoviÄ0Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age19 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
40N. Sigur0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances5 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
41K. Lusavec | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
42D. Grozdanić0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances5 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
43L. Sučić1Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances2 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
44D. Kotarski | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
45D. Prpić0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances5 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
46V. Hodža3Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances11 | Goals3 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards3 | Red Cards— |
47F. Ivanović1Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances10 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
49M. Šotiček1Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances7 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
50A. Palaversa | — | PositionMidfielder | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
51I. Dolček | — | PositionAttacker | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
52M. Bulat | — | PositionMidfielder | Age24 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
53M. Perković0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances5 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
54L. Kačavenda1Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances4 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
55N. Čavlina0Goals | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances11 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards1 |
56M. Baturina1Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances2 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
57M. Frigan0Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances6 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
58I. Pandur | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
59A. Crnac0Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances7 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
60A. Tikvić0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age21 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances3 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
61H. Smolčić | — | PositionDefender | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
62B. Franjić | — | PositionDefender | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
63D. Čolina | — | PositionDefender | Age25 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
64N. Soldo | — | PositionDefender | Age24 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
65D. Beljo5Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances4 | Goals5 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
66I. Matanović0Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
67N. Rak0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances1 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
68R. Šimić1Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances3 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
69G. Vidović0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances10 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
70M. LjubiÄiÄ6Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age23 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances8 | Goals6 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
71L. Zvonarek0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age20 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances8 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
72L. Vušković1Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age18 | NationalityCroatia | Appearances6 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
Croatia U21's full squad of 72 players (avg. age 22.4). Top scorer: M. LjubiÄiÄ with 6 goals, followed by D. Beljo (5). Squad depth and player availability directly affect match predictions — thin squads underperform when fixtures pile up.
Coach Profile
Photo: Антон Зайцев · CC BY-SA 3.0
Playing career
NK Marsonia1996–1998
Croatia national under-17 football team1996–1996
Croatia national under-19 football team1997–1998
Croatia national under-18 football team1997–1997
Croatia national under-20 football team1998–1998
Hertha BSC II1998–2000
Croatia national under-21 football team2000–2001
N.K. Zagreb2001–2002
Croatia men's national football team2002–2015
GNK Dinamo Zagreb2002–2003
PFC CSKA Moscow2003–2007
Hamburger SV2007–2009
FC Bayern Munich2009–2012
VfL Wolfsburg2012–2015
TSV 1860 München2016–2017
Awards & honours
Croatian Footballer of the Year
Goal of the Month
Footballer of the month
Croatia U21 — Player Comparison
Side-by-side comparison of 30 Croatia U21 players ranked by appearances, goals, assists, and cards this season. M. LjubiÄiÄ leads with 6 goal contributions (6 goals, 0 assists). Spot which players are in peak form for anytime scorer and player prop markets.
Croatia U21 — Season by Season
Croatia U21's performance across 1 seasons (2025–2025), with 2025 highlighted. Best season: 2025. Long-term trajectory helps identify whether current form is sustainable or due for regression.
★ Current season
Browse by Season:2025
Results
12 matchesPlay-offs15/11/2024 – 19/11/2024
Group Stage - 2415/10/2024
Group Stage - 2211/10/2024
Group Stage - 2110/09/2024
Group Stage - 1705/09/2024
Group Stage - 1626/03/2024
Group Stage - 1321/03/2024
Group Stage - 1120/11/2023
Group Stage - 817/10/2023
Group Stage - 613/10/2023
Group Stage - 512/09/2023
8W · 1D · 3L · 67%
API data: 11 May 2026 · Stats updated: 26 Apr 2026