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Croatia will be appearing in their second consecutive World Cup in 2018 in Russia and fifth overall. Croatia was able to finish second in their qualifying group, although they did have to win a playoff against Greece to do it. Croatia is getting a little bit of respect from the oddsmakers, as they are a darkhorse candidate to win the 2018 World Cup at odds of +3300. Croatia has some marquee players including captain Luka Modric and playmaker Ivan Rakitic.

Croatia 2018 World Cup Odds: +3300

Croatia is getting some attention in World Cup odds, as they are listed at +3300. That puts them ahead of the longshots into the darkhorse category. Croatia probably doesn’t have enough overall talent to win the 2018 World Cup, but they do have the talent to get out of the group stage and perhaps advance to the quarterfinals or maybe even the semifinals.

2018 World Cup Qualifying Results

Croatia was able to defeat Greece in the playoffs by a 4-1 aggregate margin. Croatia won the first leg 4-1 and the teams played to a scoreless draw in the second leg. It was all about defense for Croatia in qualifying, as they allowed just four goals in their ten games. They scored 15 goals for a goal differential of +11.

2018 FIFA World Cup Groups

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Players to Watch

Croatia has some talented played led by Modric and Rakitic. Those two are joined by a couple of other top players in Ivan Perisic and Mario Mandzukic.

The Coach

Zlato Dalic replaced Ante Cacic as head coach after Croatia played to a 1-1 draw against Finland in qualifying. Dalic led Al-Ain to the AFC Champions League final last year. Dalic led Croatia to a win in Ukraine and to the playoff win over Greece. Modric said on the FIFA website that the team needs to make Dalic the full-time manager. "It would be crazy if Dalic wasn't the coach for the World Cup," Modric said, "He has done a phenomenal job.”

Croatia World Cup History

Croatia has played 16 previous World Cup matches and won seven and lost seven, with two draws. They have scored 21 goals for an average of 1.3 goals per game. Croatia first played in the World Cup in 1998 and made it all the way to the semifinals before losing 2-1 to eventual champion France. Croatia did win the third place game against Netherlands. The most recent efforts for Croatia have not been nearly as good. They didn’t make it out of the group stage in 2002, 2006 or in 2014 and in 2010 they didn’t even qualify.

Croatia 2018 World Cup Predictions

Croatia will be an interesting team to watch at the 2018 World Cup. They have plenty of experienced players who can handle the big stage and it now appears they have a coach in Dalic who can get the most out of the players. Croatia seems poised to get out of the group stage and be a serious darkhorse contender to make it the quarterfinals.

Croatia 2018 World Cup Roster

GK - Dominik Livakovic

GK - Lovre Kalinic

GK - Danijel Subašic

GK - Antun Markovic

GK - Andrej Prskalo

DF - Šime Vrsaljko

DF - Ivan Strinic

DF - Matej Mitrovic

DF - Dejan Lovren

DF - Zoran Nižic

DF - Marin Leovac

DF - Domagoj Vida

DF - Josip Pivaric

DF - Tin Jedvaj

DF - Antonio Milic

DF - Duje Caleta-Car

DF - Borna Barišic

DF - Marko Leškovic

DF - Jakov Filipovic

DF - Nikola Katic

DF - Denis Kolinger

DF - Mato Miloš

DF - Vedran Corluka

DF - Nikola Matas

DF - Mateo Barac

DF - Toni Datkovic

DF - Josip Juranovic

MF - Milan Badelj

MF - Mateo Kovacic

MF - Franko Andrijaševic

MF - Fran Tudor

MF - Lovro Majer

MF - Mile Škoric

MF - Ivan Šunjic

MF - Ante Coric

MF - Domagoj Antolic

MF - Luka Ivanušec

MF - Josip Mišic

MF - Filip Ozobic

MF - Mario Šitum

MF - Mate Maleš

MF - Ivan Perišic

MF - Ivan Rakitic

MF - Luka Modric 

MF - Marcelo Brozovic

MF - Marko Rog

MF - Filip Bradaric

MF - Nikola Vlašic

MF - Mario Pašalic

FW - Ante Rebic

FW - Andrej Kramaric

FW - Nikola Kalinic

FW - Mario Mandžukic

FW - Marko Pjaca

FW - Duje Cop

FW - Ivan Santini

FW - Mirko Maric

FW - Antonio Peroševic

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