Croatia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Dominik Livaković ( 1995-01-09 ) 9 January 1995 ( aged 23 ) 1 0 Dinamo Zagreb
2 2 DF Šime Vrsaljko ( 1992-01-10 ) 10 January 1992 ( aged 26 ) 35 0 Atlético Madrid
3 2 DF Ivan Strinić ( 1987-07-17 ) 17 July 1987 ( aged 30 ) 43 0 Sampdoria
4 4 FW Ivan Perišić ( 1989-02-02 ) 2 February 1989 ( aged 29 ) 66 18 Inter Milan
5 2 DF Vedran Ćorluka ( 1986-02-05 ) 5 February 1986 ( aged 32 ) 99 4 Lokomotiv Moscow
6 2 DF Dejan Lovren ( 1989-07-05 ) 5 July 1989 ( aged 28 ) 39 2 Liverpool
7 3 MF Ivan Rakitić ( 1988-03-10 ) 10 March 1988 ( aged 30 ) 92 14 Barcelona
8 3 MF Mateo Kovačić ( 1994-05-06 ) 6 May 1994 ( aged 24 ) 41 1 Real Madrid
9 4 FW Andrej Kramarić ( 1991-06-19 ) 19 June 1991 ( aged 26 ) 31 9 1899 Hoffenheim
10 3 MF Luka Modrić ( captain ) ( 1985-09-09 ) 9 September 1985 ( aged 32 ) 106 12 Real Madrid
11 3 MF Marcelo Brozović ( 1992-11-16 ) 16 November 1992 ( aged 25 ) 35 6 Inter Milan
12 1 GK Lovre Kalinić ( 1990-04-03 ) 3 April 1990 ( aged 28 ) 11 0 Gent
13 2 DF Tin Jedvaj ( 1995-11-28 ) 28 November 1995 ( aged 22 ) 12 0 Bayer Leverkusen
14 3 MF Filip Bradarić ( 1992-01-11 ) 11 January 1992 ( aged 26 ) 4 0 Rijeka
15 2 DF Duje Ćaleta-Car ( 1996-09-17 ) 17 September 1996 ( aged 21 ) 1 0 Red Bull Salzburg
16 4 FW Nikola Kalinić ( 1988-01-05 ) 5 January 1988 ( aged 30 ) 42 15 Milan
17 4 FW Mario Mandžukić ( 1986-05-21 ) 21 May 1986 ( aged 32 ) 83 30 Juventus
18 4 FW Ante Rebić ( 1993-09-21 ) 21 September 1993 ( aged 24 ) 16 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
19 3 MF Milan Badelj ( 1989-02-25 ) 25 February 1989 ( aged 29 ) 38 1 Fiorentina
20 4 FW Marko Pjaca ( 1995-05-06 ) 6 May 1995 ( aged 23 ) 16 1 Schalke 04
Draw -- Squad
Coach : Zlatko Dalić A 32-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018 . [ 5 ] The squad was reduced to 24 players on 21 May . [ 6 ] The final squad was announced on 4 June . [ 7 ] .mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player th { background-color : inherit ; border:0 } .mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player td { text-align : center ; border:0 }
Croatia participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was their fifth appearance.