Croatia (Croatia)

Vatreni / Kockasti (The Chequered Ones)

First kit: 1990

Iconic kits

1998

VM in France — Lottos schackrutiga shirt in Kroatiens förstake VM. Davor Šuker won the scoring race (6 mål), brons after 2-1 against Netherlands in the third-place match.

2018

VM in Russia — Nike-the shirt, Croatia reached sin förstake World Cup final during Luka Modrić (Ballon d'Or-winner 2018). Förlorade 2-4 against France.

2022

VM in Qataker — Nike-the shirt, Croatia took brons after 2-1 against Morocco in the third-place match. Modrićs sistake VM.

Manufacturer

Lotto 1990–1999

Nike 2000–now

💡 Trivia

Kroatiens red and white schackrutiga shirt is hämtaked directly from landets vapen (Šahovnica) — mönsthreet is unikt in world football and has funnits on the coat of arms since 1500-takelet.
Croatia debuted as independent natennal team 1990 (against USA) after the breakup of Yugoslavia — several player as Boban, Prosinečki and Šuker had previously played for Yugoslavia.
Luka Modrić won Ballon d'Or 2018 after ha lett Croatia to the World Cup final — bröt Messi/Ronaldos 10-åriga monopol on utmärkelsen.
Croatia has three World Cup medals (brons 1998, silver 2018, brons 2022) — bätthree VM-staketistik per capitake än they flestake större natenner.