EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2019/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Gradski vrt - Osijek Saturday 8 June 2019 15.00CET (15.00 local time) Croatia Group E - Matchday -10 Wales Last updated 29/06/2021 15:47CET CMS error: Requested URL "/insideuefa/library/promo/presskits/european-qualifiers/_sponsorqualifiers.html" not found. Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Team facts 8 Legend 11 1 Croatia - Wales Saturday 8 June 2019 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time) Match press kit Gradski vrt, Osijek Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Bale 21 (P); Lovren 26/03/2013 QR (GS) Wales - Croatia 1-2 Swansea 77, Eduardo 87 Mandžukić 27, 16/10/2012 QR (GS) Croatia - Wales 2-0 Osijek Eduardo 57 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 Croatia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wales - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FIFA* Croatia 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 4 1 Wales 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 1 4 Friendlies Croatia - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 1 0 3 1 Wales - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0 1 1 1 3 Total Croatia 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 4 3 1 0 7 2 Wales 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 4 0 1 3 2 7 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Croatia - Wales Saturday 8 June 2019 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time) Match press kit Gradski vrt, Osijek Squad list Croatia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Lovre Kalinić 03/04/1990 29 Aston Villa - 2 0 0 0 15 - - Simon Sluga 17/03/1993 26 Rijeka - 0 0 0 0 - - Dinamo - Dominik Livaković 09/01/1995 24 - 0 0 0 0 2 - Zagreb Defenders - Dejan Lovren 05/07/1989 29 Liverpool - 1 0 0 0 47 2 - Domagoj Vida 29/04/1989 30 Beşiktaş - 2 0 0 0 69 4 - Mile Škorić 19/06/1991 27 Osijek - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Tin Jedvaj 28/11/1995 23 Leverkusen - 1 0 0 0 16 - - Duje Ćaleta-Car 17/09/1996 22 Marseille - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Filip Benković 13/07/1997 21 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 - - - Karlo Bartolec 20/04/1995 24 Nordsjælland - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Borna Barišić 10/11/1992 26 Rangers - 2 1 0 0 6 1 - Dario Melnjak 31/10/1992 26 Rizespor - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders - Luka Modrić 09/09/1985 33 Real Madrid - 2 0 0 0 115 14 - Milan Badelj 25/02/1989 30 Lazio - 1 0 0 0 44 2 - Ivan Perišić 02/02/1989 30 Internazionale - 2 0 0 0 76 22 - Mateo Kovačić 06/05/1994 25 Chelsea - 1 0 0 0 48 1 - Marcelo Brozović 16/11/1992 26 Internazionale - 1 0 0 0 42 6 - Mario Pašalić 09/02/1995 24 Atalanta - 0 0 0 0 8 - - Mijo Caktaš 08/05/1992 27 Hajduk Split - 0 0 0 0 - - Standard - Alen Halilović 18/06/1996 22 - 0 0 0 0 9 - Liège Forwards - Andrej Kramarić 19/06/1991 27 Hoffenheim - 2 1 0 0 41 11 Dinamo - Bruno Petković 16/09/1994 24 - 2 0 0 0 2 - Zagreb - Josip Brekalo 23/06/1998 20 Wolfsburg - 2 0 0 0 2 - Coach - Zlatko Dalic 26/10/1966 52 - 2 0 0 0 18 - 3 Croatia - Wales Saturday 8 June 2019 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time) Match press kit Gradski vrt, Osijek Wales Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Crystal - Wayne Hennessey 24/01/1987 32 - 1 0 0 0 78 - Palace - Danny Ward 22/06/1993 25 Leicester - 0 0 0 0 6 - - Adam Davies 17/07/1992 26 Barnsley - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Chris Gunter 21/07/1989 29 Reading - 0 0 0 0 91 - - Neil Taylor 07/02/1989 30 Aston Villa - 0 0 0 0 42 1 - Ashley Williams 23/08/1984 34 Stoke - 1 0 0 0 82 2 - Ben Davies 24/04/1993 26 Tottenham - 1 0 0 0 41 - - James Lawrence 22/08/1992 26 Anderlecht - 1 0 0 0 3 - Bristol - Tom Lockyer 03/12/1994 24 - 0 0 0 0 5 - Rovers - Connor Roberts 23/09/1995 23 Swansea - 1 0 0 0 5 - - Chris Mepham 05/11/1997 21 Bournemouth - 1 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders - Joe Allen 14/03/1990 29 Stoke - 1 0 0 0 45 2 - Tom Lawrence 13/01/1994 25 Derby - 0 0 0 0 13 2 - Daniel James 10/11/1997 21 Swansea - 1 1 0 0 2 1 - Matthew Smith 22/11/1999 19 Twente - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Ethan Ampadu 14/09/2000 18 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Dylan Levitt 17/11/2000 18 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 - - - Will Vaulks 13/09/1993 25 Rotherham - 1 0 0 0 2 - Forwards - Gareth Bale 16/07/1989 29 Real Madrid - 1 0 0 0 72 29 - Sam Vokes 21/10/1989 29 Stoke - 0 0 0 0 61 11 - Harry Wilson 22/03/1997 22 Derby - 1 0 0 0 7 1 - David Brooks 08/07/1997 21 Bournemouth - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Rabbi Matondo 09/09/2000 18 Schalke - 0 0 0 0 2 - Coach - Ryan Giggs 29/11/1973 45 - 1 0 0 0 7 - 4 Croatia - Wales Saturday 8 June 2019 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time) Match press kit Gradski vrt, Osijek Head coach Zlatko Dalić Date of birth: 26 October 1966 Nationality: Croatian Playing career: Hajduk Split (twice), Budućnost Titograd, Velež, Varteks (twice) Coaching career: Varteks, Rijeka, Dinamo Tirana, Slaven Belupo (twice), al-Faisaly, al-Hilal, al-Ain, Croatia • A midfielder, he spent the best years of his playing career at Varteks, scoring 13 goals in 108 matches from 1992– 96. • Played for Varteks in two spells, and after hanging up his boots in 2000, worked simultaneously as the club's assistant coach and sporting director. Took sole command on the field for the first time in 2005. • Dalić more recently found success in the Middle East with al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) and al-Ain (United Arab Emirates); in 2016, he led al-Ain to the AFC Champions League final, where they lost to South Korea's Jeonbuk FC over two legs. • Assistant coach of Croatia under-21s from 2006-11, he returned to the national-team set-up as boss of the senior side on 7 October 2017, stepping in following the departure of Ante Čačić. • A win away to Ukraine two days after Dalić's appointment earned a 2018 FIFA World Cup play-off place, where Greece were defeated as Croatia reached the finals, prompting Dalić to sign a contract running until 2020. They went on to excel in Russia, reaching the knockout stages for the first time since 1998 courtesy of wins against Nigeria, Argentina and Iceland; Denmark and hosts Russia were beaten on penalties en route to the semi-finals, where England were overcome in extra time, but France proved a step too far in the final. Ryan Giggs Date of birth: 29 November 1973 Nationality: Welsh Playing career: Manchester United Coaching career: Manchester United (caretaker), Manchester United (assistant), Wales • Manchester United's most successful ever player, Cardiff-born Giggs signed for the club on his 14th birthday and made his first-team debut in March 1991 at 17. He was capped at the same age, becoming Wales' youngest senior international. • An extravagantly gifted left-winger hailed at Old Trafford and beyond as the 'new George Best', Giggs was a United regular in his late teens and a champion of England before he reached 20 – the first of a record-breaking 13 English Premier League titles he would win, all under Sir Alex Ferguson, during 24 years as a first-teamer. He landed domestic doubles in 1993/94 and 1995/96 and a famous treble in 1998/99, when United added the UEFA Champions League by dramatically defeating Bayern München in the final at the Camp Nou. • He broke Sir Bobby Charlton's club record of 758 appearances when he came on as a substitute in the victorious 2008 UEFA Champions League final against Chelsea in Moscow and would end his United career with 963 games and 168 goals. In all he helped United win 25 major trophies and was voted both PFA Player of the Year and BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2009. • He played 64 times for Wales, scoring 12 goals, before retiring from international football in 2007 after three years as captain. Like Northern Ireland's Best, Giggs was never able to parade his talent at a major tournament. • Joined the coaching staff of Ferguson's replacement David Moyes while still active as a player during 2013/14 and assumed player-caretaker duties for the final four games of the campaign after Moyes' sacking. He announced his retirement from playing in May 2014 to take up a position as assistant to new manager Louis van Gaal and finally left Old Trafford two years later, appointed as Wales coach in January 2018 to succeed Chris Coleman. 5 Croatia - Wales Saturday 8 June 2019 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time) Match press kit Gradski vrt, Osijek Match officials Referee István Kovács (ROU) Assistant referees Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU) , Ovidiu Artene (ROU) Fourth official Marius Avram (ROU) UEFA Delegate Peter Lundström (FIN) UEFA Referee observer Costas Kapitanis (CYP) Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches István Kovács 16/09/1984 1 54 Istvan Kovacs Referee since: 1998 First division: 2007 FIFA badge: 2010 Tournaments: 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Finals N/A UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 30/10/2011 U17 QR Croatia Belgium 3-4 Novigrad 26/07/2018 UEL 2QR HNK Hajduk Split PFC Slavia Sofia 1-0 Split 21/02/2019 UEL R32 GNK Dinamo Zagreb FC Viktoria Plzeň 3-0 Zagreb 6 Croatia - Wales Saturday 8 June 2019 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time) Match press kit Gradski vrt, Osijek Match-by-match lineups Croatia European Qualifiers (21/03/2019) Croatia 2-1 Azerbaijan Goals: 0-1 Sheydaev 19, 1-1 Barišić 44, 2-1 Kramarić 79 Croatia: Kalinić, Brekalo, Barišić, Perišić, Ćaleta-Car, Rakitić, Kovačić (73 Vlašić), Kramarić, Modrić (91 Badelj), Petković (69 Rebić), Vida (24/03/2019) Hungary 2-1 Croatia Goals: 0-1 Rebić 13, 1-1 Szalai 34, 2-1 Pátkai 76 Croatia: Kalinić, Barišić (30 Leovac), Perišić, Lovren, Rakitić, Kramarić, Modrić, Brozović, Jedvaj (77 Petković), Rebić (67 Brekalo), Vida (08/06/2019) Croatia-Wales (06/09/2019) Slovakia-Croatia (09/09/2019) Azerbaijan-Croatia (10/10/2019) Croatia-Hungary (13/10/2019) Wales-Croatia (16/11/2019) Croatia-Slovakia Wales European Qualifiers (24/03/2019) Wales 1-0 Slovakia Goals: 1-0 James 5 Wales: Hennessey, Davies, Mepham, Allen, Smith, Brooks (60 Roberts), Bale, Roberts, Lawrence, Wilson (87 Vaulks), James (72 A.