Croatia national football B team

Croatia B

Association	HNS
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mirko Jozić
Most caps	Nino Bule (2) Mario Cvitanović (2)
Top scorer	Dalibor Filipović (1) Goran Vlaović (1) Igor Tudor (1)
FIFA code	CRO
First colours Second colours
First international
Italy 3–1 Croatia   (Venice, Italy; 13 February 1993)
Biggest defeat
Italy 3–1 Croatia   (Venice, Italy; 13 February 1993)   France 2–0 Croatia   (Nimes, France; 19 January 1999)
Website	hns-cff.hr

The Croatia national football B team represents Croatia in international football matches as a secondary team for the Croatia national football team. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Croatia. The team's colours reference two national symbols: the Croatian checkerboard and the country's tricolour.

Croatia's B team has played three matches so far, all of which were friendlies against other nations B teams. Its first match, played in 1993 against Italy ended in a 3–1 defeat. ^[1] Croatia's B team then played against France in 1999, losing 2–0. ^[2] In 2001, they met with Romania in a game that ended in a 2–2 draw. ^[3] This is, so far, the last match played by Croatia's B team.

Results

Italy   v   Croatia

13 February 1993 (1993-02-13) Friendly	Italy	3–1	Croatia	Venice, Italy
	Cherubini 15' Lamacchi 57' Iuliano 73'	Report	Filipović 87'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robert Sedlacek (Austria)

France   v   Croatia

19 January 1999 (1999-01-19) Friendly	France	2–0	Croatia	Nimes, France
	Laigle 64' Née 70'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jorge Emanuel Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Croatia   v   Romania

30 January 2001 (2001-01-30) Friendly	Croatia	2–2	Romania	Pula, Croatia
	Vlaović 50' Tudor 67'	Report	Mara 77' Mutu 85'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Srečko Kandare (Slovenia)

See also

• Croatia national football team
• Croatia national under-23 football team
• Croatia national under-21 football team
• Croatia national under-20 football team
• Croatia national under-19 football team
• Croatia national under-18 football team
• Croatia national under-17 football team
• Croatia national under-16 football team
• Croatia national under-15 football team
• Croatia women's national football team
• Croatia women's national under-19 football team
• Croatia women's national under-17 football team
• Croatia women's national under-15 football team

Footnotes

1. Večernji list 1993, p. 32: "Reprezentacija drugoligaških igrača Hrvatske izgubila od odgovarajuće selekcije Italije u Veneciji sa 1:3 (0:1)".
2. Večernji list 1999, p. 41: "Francuska B – Hrvatska B 2:0".
3. Večernji list 2001, p. 41: "Hrvatska B nogometna reprezentacija odigrala neodlučeno 2:2 u prijateljskom susretu s Rumunjskom".

References

• "Iznevjerena očekivanja" [Betrayed expectations]. Večernji list (in Croatian). No. 12687. Zagreb. 20 January 1999.
• "Nedohvatljiva "serija B"" [The untouchable Seria B]. Večernji list (in Croatian). No. 10590. Zagreb. 14 February 1993.
• "Nedostatak igrača uzeo pobjedu" [The victory decided by the lack of players]. Večernji list (in Croatian). No. 13406. Zagreb. 31 January 2001.