European Championship 2008 - Croatia
Croatia are a very strong team, technically excellent very well organised and will go to the finals next summer thinking that they have a great chance and they have done very well in the last few big tournaments. Croatia has one of the leading scorers in their set up in Arsenal's Eduardo da Silva, a man with a superb 10 goals to his name, whilst Portsmouth's Niko Kranjcar is also a big threat from midfield as he has shown with a string of excellent Premiership performances.
Croatia are readily available with the online bookies at 20/1 and these are one of the teams that could well give anyone backing them at this price a very good run for their money.
Player To Watch - Luca Modric
One of the players that could well make a real name for himself this summer is Luca Modric who is reported to be on his way to either Chelsea or Arsenal and if Wenger is interested he must be good.
The 22-year-old currently plays for Dinamo Zagreb and is said to want to play in the English Premier League and this is very understandable considering the amount of money he would make should he get the dream move.
| No. |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Goals |
Position |
| Euro 2008 Squad |
| 1 |
Stipe Pletikosa |
08/01/1979 (29) |
69 |
0 |
Goalkeeper |
| 23 |
Vedran Runje |
10/02/1976 (32) |
4 |
0 |
Goalkeeper |
| 12 |
Mario Galinovic |
01/01/1970 (38) |
2 |
0 |
Goalkeeper |
| 2 |
Dario Simic |
12/11/1975 (32) |
98 |
3 |
Defender |
| 4 |
Robert Kovac |
06/04/1974 (34) |
74 |
0 |
Defender |
| 3 |
Josip Simunic |
18/02/1978 (30) |
62 |
3 |
Defender |
| 5 |
Vedran Corluka |
05/02/1986 (22) |
20 |
0 |
Defender |
| 15 |
Dario Knezevic |
20/04/1982 (26) |
7 |
1 |
Defender |
| 6 |
Hrvoje Vejic |
08/06/1977 (31) |
2 |
0 |
Defender |
| 10 |
Niko Kovac |
15/10/1971 (36) |
77 |
14 |
Midfielder |
| 16 |
Jerko Leko |
09/04/1980 (28) |
52 |
2 |
Midfielder |
| 11 |
Darijo Srna |
01/03/1982 (26) |
55 |
15 |
Midfielder |
| 19 |
Niko Kranjcar |
13/08/1984 (23) |
41 |
6 |
Midfielder |
| 14 |
Luka Modric |
09/09/1985 (22) |
26 |
3 |
Midfielder |
| 22 |
Danijel Pranjic |
02/12/1981 (26) |
11 |
0 |
Midfielder |
| 7 |
Ivan Rakitic |
10/12/1988 (19) |
8 |
1 |
Midfielder |
| 8 |
Ognjen Vukojevic |
20/12/1983 (24) |
5 |
1 |
Midfielder |
| 13 |
Nikola Pokrivac |
26/11/1985 (22) |
1 |
0 |
Midfielder |
| 21 |
Mladen Petric |
01/01/1981 (27) |
24 |
9 |
Forward |
| 18 |
Ivica Olic |
14/09/1979 (28) |
54 |
9 |
Forward |
| 17 |
Ivan Klasnic |
29/01/1980 (28) |
29 |
8 |
Forward |
| 20 |
Igor Budan |
22/04/1980 (28) |
5 |
0 |
Forward |
| 9 |
Nikola Kalinic |
05/01/1988 (20) |
1 |
0 |
Forward |
DATE
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
EURO 2008 QUALIFICATION GROUP E RESULTS
21 November 2007
England
Croatia
17 November 2007
Macedonia
Croatia
13 October 2007
Croatia
Israel
12 September 2007
Andorra
Croatia
08 September 2007
Croatia
Estonia
06 June 2007
Croatia
Russia
02 June 2007
Estonia
Croatia
24 March 2007
Croatia
Macedonia
15 November 2006
Israel
Croatia
11 October 2006
Croatia
England
07 October 2006
Croatia
Andorra
06 September 2006
Russia
Croatia
| |
TEAM |
PLD |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
PTS |
| EURO 2008 QUALIFICATION GROUP E TABLE |
| 1 |
Croatia |
12 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
28 |
8 |
20 |
29 |
| 2 |
Russia |
12 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
18 |
7 |
11 |
24 |
| 3 |
England |
12 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
24 |
7 |
17 |
23 |
| 4 |
Israel |
12 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
20 |
12 |
8 |
23 |
| 5 |
Macedonia |
12 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
14 |
| 6 |
Estonia |
12 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
21 |
-16 |
7 |
| 7 |
Andorra |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
42 |
-40 |
0 |
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