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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS National Stadium - Ta' Qali Tuesday 13 October 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Malta Group H - Matchday -3 Croatia Last updated 12/07/2021 18:34CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 12 Legend 14 1 Malta - Croatia Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Modrić 46, Kramarić 09/09/2014 QR (GS) Croatia - Malta 2-0 Zagreb 81 UEFA EURO 2012 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Mifsud 38; Vukojević 02/09/2011 QR (GS) Malta - Croatia 1-3 Ta' Qali 11, Badelj 32, Lovren 68 Kranjčar 18, 42, N. 17/11/2010 QR (GS) Croatia - Malta 3-0 Zagreb Kalinić 81 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Wellmen 74; Kranjčar 07/09/2005 QR (GS) Malta - Croatia 1-1 Ta' Qali 19 30/03/2005 QR (GS) Croatia - Malta 3-0 Zagreb Pršo 24, 35, Tudor 80 UEFA EURO 2000 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Stanić 34, Soldo 55; 21/08/1999 PR (GS) Croatia - Malta 2-1 Zagreb Carabott 60 Suda 29; Šimić 54, 10/10/1998 PR (GS) Malta - Croatia 1-4 Ta' Qali Vugrinec 68, 74, Šuker 81 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Malta 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 - - - - 5 0 0 5 3 14 Croatia 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 5 5 0 0 14 3 FIFA* Malta 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 1 1 1 4 Croatia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 4 1 Friendlies Malta - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Croatia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Malta 3 0 1 2 4 0 0 4 - - - - 7 0 1 6 4 18 2 Malta - Croatia Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Croatia 4 4 0 0 3 2 1 0 - - - - 7 6 1 0 18 4 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Malta - Croatia Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Match background Malta will hope to end a long wait for a competitive home win as they welcome Croatia to Ta' Qali for their final UEFA EURO 2016 Group H home fixture with the visitors in urgent need of a victory themselves. • Croatia, in third position and assured of at least a play-off place, are two points behind second-placed Norway but hold the edge on head-to-head record. To claim automatic qualification, they need to win in Malta and hope Norway fail to take three points from their trip to Group H leaders Italy in Rome. • Malta have taken two points from their first nine fixtures and will finish bottom even if they beat Croatia. Previous meetings • Luka Modrić scored on his 29th birthday and substitute Andrej Kramarić added a second as Croatia beat Malta 2-0 in the sides' Group H encounter in Zagreb in September 2014. • Malta's record in seven senior internationals against Croatia is W0 D1 L6 (W0 D1 L2 in Malta). That lone draw was a 1-1 home stalemate in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying, Stephen Wellman's second-half free-kick cancelling out Niko Kranjčar's 19th-minute opener. Form guide • Malta are without a victory in 23 competitive home matches (D4 L19) since a 2-1 success against Hungary in a EURO qualifier on 11 October 2006. • Croatia have won only one of their four Group H away fixtures (W1 D2 L1), and have failed to score in their last two away games in the section. Disciplinary • The latest booking list is available here: http://www.uefa.org/disciplinary/disciplinary-cases/booking-lists/index.html. Trivia and links • Malta reserve goalkeeper Henry Bonello turns 27 on 13 October, the day of Croatia's visit. • Croatia have taken on Malta in eight youth and age-group matches at international level in UEFA competition: all eight ended in Croatian victories, with no goals conceded. • Sides from these countries have met in 16 UEFA competition games, with the Croatian clubs' record reading W13 D2 L1 (W7 D1 L0 at home – W6 D1 L1 in Malta). That sole defeat was NK Slaven Koprivnica's 2-1 loss at Hibernians FC in a 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup first-round tie; Slaven won the return fixture 3-0. 4 Malta - Croatia Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Squad list Malta Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Justin Haber 09/06/1981 34 Birkirkara - 1 0 0 0 54 - - Andrew Hogg 02/03/1985 30 Kalloni - 8 0 0 0 43 - - Henry Bonello 13/10/1988 26 Valletta - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Alex Muscat 14/12/1984 30 Sliema - 4 0 0 0 32 - - Ryan Camilleri 22/05/1988 27 Valletta - 8 0 0 0 24 - - Justin Grioli 20/09/1987 28 Balzan - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Andrei Agius 12/08/1986 29 Hibernians - 9 0 0 0 54 1 Aris - Steve Borg 15/05/1988 27 - 5 0 0 0 16 - Limassol - Clifford Baldacchino 09/02/1988 27 Sliema - 1 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - Roderick Briffa 24/08/1981 34 Valletta - 8 0 0 0 87 1 - Gareth Sciberras 29/03/1983 32 Birkirkara - 1 0 0 0 40 - - Paul Fenech 20/12/1986 28 Birkirkara - 8 0 0 0 30 1 - Clayton Failla 08/01/1986 29 Hibernians - 8 1 0 0 44 2 - Joseph Zerafa 31/05/1988 27 Birkirkara - 2 0 0 0 5 - - Rowen Muscat 05/06/1991 24 Birkirkara - 9 0 0 0 21 - - Clyde Borg 20/03/1992 23 Floriana - 0 0 0 0 - - - Bjorn Kristensen 05/04/1993 22 Hibernians - 4 0 0 0 9 - - Zach Muscat 22/08/1993 22 Birkirkara - 8 0 0 0 11 - Forwards - Michael Mifsud 17/04/1981 34 Sliema - 6 1 0 0 111 40 - Andrew Cohen 13/05/1981 34 Hibernians - 3 0 0 0 65 1 - André Schembri 27/05/1986 29 Omonia - 9 0 0 0 69 3 - Stephen Pisani 07/08/1992 23 Floriana - 2 0 0 0 2 - - Alfred Effiong 29/11/1984 30 Balzan - 5 1 0 0 7 2 Coach - Pietro Ghedin 21/11/1952 62 - 9 0 0 0 54 - 5 Malta - Croatia Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Croatia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Danijel Subašić 27/10/1984 30 Monaco - 9 0 0 0 17 - - Lovre Kalinić 03/04/1990 25 Hajduk Split - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Ivan Vargić 15/03/1987 28 Rijeka - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders Shakhtar - Darijo Srna 01/05/1982 33 - 8 0 0 0 124 21 Donetsk Lokomotiv - Vedran Ćorluka 05/02/1986 29 - 8 0 0 0 83 4 Moskva - Domagoj Vida 29/04/1989 26 Dynamo Kyiv - 8 0 0 0 32 1 - Šime Vrsaljko 10/01/1992 23 Sassuolo - 3 0 0 0 14 - - Marko Lešković 27/04/1991 24 Rijeka - 0 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - Danijel Pranjić 02/12/1981 33 Panathinaikos - 6 1 0 0 57 1 - Luka Modrić 09/09/1985 30 Real Madrid - 8 2 0 0 86 10 - Milan Badelj 25/02/1989 26 Fiorentina - 4 0 0 0 15 1 - Ivan Rakitić 10/03/1988 27 Barcelona - 9 1 0 0 73 10 Dinamo - Josip Pivarić 30/01/1989 26 - 1 0 0 0 3 - Zagreb - Ivan Perišić 02/02/1989 26 Internazionale - 8 5 0 0 41 10 - Mateo Kovačić 06/05/1994 21 Real Madrid - 7 0 0 0 23 1 - Marcelo Brozović 16/11/1992 22 Internazionale - 8 2 0 0 12 2 Forwards - Ivica Olić 14/09/1979 36 Hamburg - 7 1 0 0 102 20 - Nikola Kalinić 05/01/1988 27 Fiorentina - 3 1 0 0 24 7 - Andrej Kramarić 19/06/1991 24 Leicester - 5 2 0 0 7 3 Dinamo - Marko Pjaca 06/05/1995 20 - 3 0 0 0 5 - Zagreb Coach - Niko Kovač 15/10/1971 43 - 8 0 0 0 19 - - Ante Čačić 29/09/1953 62 - 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 Malta - Croatia Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Stadium, Ta' Qali Head coach Pietro Ghedin Date of birth: 21 November 1952 Nationality: Italian Playing career: ACF Fiorentina, SS Lazio, AC Venezia, Calcio Catania, Pescara Calcio, AC Pistoiese, AC Siena Coaching career: Italy Under-18, Malta U21, Malta (twice), Italy (assistant), Italy women • Defender Ghedin played in Serie A with Fiorentina and Lazio, joining the latter immediately after the capital side had won their first-ever Scudetto in 1974 and remaining at the Stadio Olimpico until 1981. He played out his career in the lower divisions. • Ghedin became an Italian Football Federation (FIGC) coach in 1987, leading the country's U18s and becoming senior national team scout ahead of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.