UEFA

Croatia

Croatian Football FederationFIFA ranking TBC

Group Fixtures

Full Group L

Thu, Jun 18

10:00 PM ET

🇭🇷vs🏴England

AT&T Stadium · Dallas

Mon, Jun 22

7:00 PM ET

🇭🇷vs🇵🇦Panama

Lumen Field · Seattle

Sat, Jun 27

1:00 PM ET

🇭🇷vs🇬🇭Ghana

Arrowhead Stadium · Kansas City

Squad

Expected squad — official selection TBC

World Cup Squad

👔

Zlatko Dalić

Croatian · Since 2017

Defensive organizer

Key Players

MID#10

Luka Modrić

38y

Ballon d'Or legend

MID#8

Ivan Rakitić

35y

Experienced midfielder

FWD#9

Marko Livaja

30y

Forward striker

GK#1

Dominik Livaković

28y

Shot-stopper goalkeeper

DEF#6

Dejan Lovren

34y

Veteran defender

DEF#4

Jozo Šimunović

29y

Center-back defender

FWD#11

Ante Ćorić

25y

Young attacking talent

MID#5

Kristijan Jakić

28y

Defensive midfielder

From The Journal

2026-04-28

You Cannot Buy a Press

The four clubs left in the Champions League — Arsenal, Atletico, Bayern, PSG — share one thing their eliminated rivals don't: a pressing system built across multiple seasons. None of them bought one. Here is why that distinction matters.