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Team – Founded: 1912 • Affiliated: 1992
Squad's local nickname: Vatreni (The Fiery)
| The Squad (by jersey number) | The Squad (by field position) |
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 Stipe Pletikosa   Darijo Srna ° ° Josip Šimunic'  Robert Kovac  Igor Tudor   Jurica Vranješ  Dario Šimic'  Marko Babic' Dado Pršo Nico Kovac  °° Mario Tokic' Joe Didulica Stjepan Tomas  Luka Modric' Ivan Leko Jerko Leko Ivan Klasnic' Ivica Olic'  Niko Kranjcar  Anthony Šeric'  Boško Balaban  Ivan Bošnjak Tomislav Butina
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 Tomislav Butina (FC Bruges, Belgium) Stipe Pletikosa (Hajduk Split) Joseph (Joe) Didulica (Austria Vienna, Austria)  Robert Kovac (Juventus Turin, Italy) Stjepan Tomas (Galatasaray, Turkey) Dario Šimic' (AC Milan, Italy) Mario Tokic' (Austria Vienna, Austria) Josip Šimunic' (Hertha Berlin, Germany) Igor Tudor (Sienna, Italy–on loan from Juventus, Italy)  Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) Jurica Vranješ (Werder Bremen, Germany) Antony Šeric' (Panathinaikos, Greece) Niko Kovac (Hertha Berlin, Germany) Marko Babic' (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine) Ivan Leko (FC Bruges, Belgium) Luka Modric' (Dynamo Zagreb) Niko Kranjcar (Hajduk Split)  Ivan Klasnic' (Werder Bremen, Germany) Ivan Bošnjak (Dynamo Zagreb) Boško Balaban (FC Bruges, Belgium) Ivica Olic' (CSKA Moscow, Russia) Dado Pršo (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland) |
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(Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – to see.
Coach⁄Manager: Zlatko Kranjcar
° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {}='own goal')
also took part in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.
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 Germany
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 Costa Rica
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Squad Abbreviations used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook
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