2022 FIFA World Cup: Croatia Team Profile, Complete Squad, Schedule, Live Telecast, Streaming Details

Croatia did pretty well to reach the final of the previous World Cup in 2018. Zlatko Dalic’s side edged past Denmark, Russia, and England, before losing out to France in the Final.

Croatia high on confidence after an emphatic World Cup qualifying campaign and an equally outstanding Nations League. ( Image Source :Twitter/@HNS_CFF )

Croatia Team Profile FIFA Qatar World Cup: The FIFA World Cup 2022 is slated to start on November 20th and will continue till December 18th 2022 in Qatar.  The mega event will see 32 teams participating in and playing for the ultimate prize in football. Croatia’s squad is filled with players who compete in the top five European leagues and the team did pretty well to reach the final of the FIFA 2018 World Cup. Zlatko Dalic’s side edged past Denmark, Russia, and England, before losing out to France in the Russia World Cup Final.

Croatia must be riding high on confidence after an emphatic World Cup qualifying campaign and an equally outstanding Nations League.

Croatia was placed in Group H for the World Cup Qualifiers along with Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, and Malta and they topped the group. Competing with Denmark, France, and Austria in a tough group in Nations League, they emerged at the top with seven wins out of 10 matches. They lost one match and two matches ended in a draw.

Croatia looks favourite alongside Belgium to storm past Group F. However, both Morocco and Canada games could be a tough challenge, and Modric’s side needs to bring their A-game from the start of the tournament to gain momentum.

Croatia Squad 2022 FIFA World Cup

Goalkeepers: Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivica Ivusic (Osijek), Ivo Grbic (Atletico Madrid)

Defenders: Domagoj Vida (AEK Athens), Dejan Lovren (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Borna Barisic (Rangers), Josip Juranovic (Celtic), Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), Borna Sosa (Stuttgart), Josip Stanisic (Bayern Munich), Martin Erlic (Sassuolo), Josip Sutalo (Dinamo Zagreb)

Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan), Mario Pasalaic (Atalanta), Nikola Vlasic (Torino), Lovro Majer (Rennes), Kristijan Jakic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Luka Sucic (Red Bull Salzburg)

Forwards: Ivan Perisic (Tottenham), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ante Budimir (Osasuna), Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split)

Head Coach: Zlatko Dalic

2022 FIFA World Cup: Croatia’s Complete Schedule (IST)

November 24 - Morocco vs Croatia - 3:30 PM - Al Bayt Stadium

November 27 - Croatia vs Canada - 9:30 PM - Khalifa International Stadium

December 1 - Croatia vs Belgium - 8:30 PM - Al Rayyan Stadium

2022 FIFA World Cup Live Telecast In India

The live broadcast rights of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in India are with Viacom18 (that's Sports18 and Sports18 HD for TV viewers), while the live streaming of the tournament will be available for free on JioCinema.