Croatia Under-17

Association	Hrvatski Nogometni Savez
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ivan Gudelj
FIFA code	CRO
Home colours Away colours
European Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1996)
Best result	Third place: 2001

The Croatia national under-17 football team represents Croatia in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Croatia.

The Head Coach is Ivan Gudelj. Most players play in their club's youth academy or reserve team.

[edit] Competition history

[edit] UEFA U-16/17 European Championship

[edit] Under-16

• 1994: Did not qualify (Finished 2nd out of 3 in qualification group.)
• 1995: Did not qualify (Finished 2nd out of 3 in qualification group.)
• 1996: Quarter-final
• 1997: Did not qualify (Finished 2nd out of 3 in qualification group.)
• 1998: Quarter-final
• 1999: Group stage
• 2000: Did not qualify (Finished 2nd out of 4 in qualification group.)
• 2001: Third place

[edit] Under-17

• 2002: Did not qualify (Finished 2nd out of 4 in qualification group.)
• 2003: Did not qualify (Finished 2nd out of 4 in the second qualifying round group.)
• 2004: Did not qualify (Finished 3nd out of 4 in the first qualifying round group.)
• 2005: Fourth place
• 2006: Did not qualify (Finished 3nd out of 4 in the first qualifying round group.)
• 2007: Did not qualify (Finished 3nd out of 4 in the first qualifying round group.)
• 2008: Did not qualify (Finished 2nd out of 4 in the second qualifying round group.)
• 2009: Did not qualify (Finished 2nd out of 4 in the second qualifying round group.)

[edit] FIFA U-17 World Championship

• 2001: Group stage

[edit] Players

[edit] Latest squad

The following players were named in the squad for the Qualifying round of the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, which was held in a tournament format from 23 to 28 September 2009 in Montenegro.^[1]

Name	DOB	Club
Goalkeepers
Oliver Zelenika	14 May 1993 (1993-05-14) (age 16)	Dinamo Zagreb
Simon Sluga	17 March 1993 (1993-03-17) (age 16)	Rijeka
Defenders
Toni Gorupec	4 July 1993 (1993-07-04) (age 16)	Dinamo Zagreb
Marcel Novko	17 February 1993 (1993-02-17) (age 16)	Međimurje
Josip Tomašević	26 September 1993 (1993-09-26) (age 16)	Osijek
Marko Barišić	3 March 1993 (1993-03-03) (age 16)	Hajduk Split
Jozo Šimunović	4 August 1994 (1994-08-04) (age 15)	Dinamo Zagreb
Midfielders
Filip Mrzljak	16 April 1993 (1993-04-16) (age 16)	Dinamo Zagreb
Tomislav Haramustek	17 July 1993 (1993-07-17) (age 16)	Dinamo Zagreb
Karlo Težak	30 October 1993 (1993-10-30) (age 16)	Varteks
Ivan Aleksić	6 March 1993 (1993-03-06) (age 16)	Osijek
Danijel Miškić	11 October 1993 (1993-10-11) (age 16)	Dinamo Zagreb
Luka Hadžić	28 February 1993 (1993-02-28) (age 16)	Dinamo Zagreb
Domagoj Pavičić	26 August 1993 (1993-08-26) (age 16)	Dinamo Zagreb
Forwards
Marko Livaja	26 August 1993 (1993-08-26) (age 16)	Hajduk Split
Kruno Ivančić	18 January 1994 (1994-01-18) (age 15)	Croatia Sesvete
Jakov Puljić	4 August 1993 (1993-08-04) (age 16)	Cibalia
Ante Živković	21 May 1993 (1993-05-21) (age 16)	Šibenik

[edit] See also

• Croatia (Senior) team
• Croatia Under-21 team
• Croatia Under-19 team
• UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Uefa Under-17 website