Croatia's Dream Debut | France 1998 | FIFA World Cup 

🇭🇷 Favourite Croatia player of all time?

1998: Bronze 2018: Silver 2038: Gold?

Croatia and Uruguay are both the football powerhouses with small population. Incredible!

We are a Small Country, But in nearly every relevant Sports, we are World Class. Proud to be Croat🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

I wish that people would stop calling Croatia underdogs, they are not, its obvious that they are a footballing powerhouse nation

love croatia from india, igor stimac is now coach of india

*We love Hrvatska from Vietnam.*

I was in Zagreb at the time of the 2018 World Cup celebrations and man, what a beautiful summer it was🇭🇷🌞

Croatia is an amazing football nation punching far about there weightclass, with such a low population. Big respect here from Denmark.

Croatia Respect from Brazil

Big respect from Saudi Arabia to 🇭🇷

What a team I was just 13 back then but I remember that magical Croatia team. The 1998 world cup was the best I have ever seen

I am a Pakistani and a huge fan of Croatia since 1998. I love Croatian football team and intensity of players. I wanted Croatia to win world cups in 1998 and 2018 but it didn't happen.

Croatia vs Germany 1998 Croatia vs England 2018 Best moments in my croatian football life!!!! ⚽️⚽️🇭🇷🇭🇷🍻🍻

From first game in 1990. through devastating war till global success 1998/2018. One word: CROATIA!

I remember a game Croatia vs. Germany like it was yesterday. I was 8. My parents had a guest house in Croatia where we had a lot of German tourists during the summer. At the time, my father worked in Germany, but during the summers, he was in Croatia. On the ground floor, we had a big living room with lot of space. On that night, there were like 15 Germans and 4 Croats, my mother, father, uncle and me watching the game. We celebrated like crazy, so proud while our German guests were sad and confused because they could not understand that such a small country demolished their national team. It gives me goosebumps everytime I think about that! :) Proud to be Croat!!!

Love for Croatia from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 you guys can inspire us to finally do something about football. We have 0 investments in out country's football. Oh how I supported you in 2018 and everyone thought I was crazy. But I knew that was going to be Croatia's year

BIG RESPECT from Purwanti Allan of Indonesia to Croatia. 👋

Now ❤Igor Stimac is 🇮🇳 Indian soccer coach. Was great center back player in entire 1998 world cup. Wish under him, India 🇮🇳 qualify for world cup 2026.

1998: Bronze 2018: Silver 2022: Bronze

Anita : "(Ćiro) knew the boys inside and out" ĆIRO PEDERU ĆIRO PEDERU

Proud to be Croat 🇭🇷❤

Great country Croatia from Great Maghreb (Tunisia Algeria Morroco)

Para mi Brazil y Croacia fueron los mejores equipos de ese mundial. Que equipazo tenía Croacia.

It amazes me how a such little country can achieve such greatness. No other like them is so successful

My first ever World Cup, Croatia was my team love Suker!🇳🇬🇭🇷

Yes they where unknown as a country but on paper they were no where near under dogs...world class players, awesome team chemistry and could’ve easily became world champions...

I was 10 years old, my first world cup ever, I was leaving in Brava, Cape Verde Islands. Suker was amazing this team always in my heart 😍 ❤ loved their performance in 98.

I Love You ZAGREB CROATIA National Football Team

Suker was lethal. I want some love for Prosinecki too... He won me the Champions League for Rangers in FM 😄

Only sad thing is "Alien" Alen Boksic was injured before WC

Best ever debut on this tournament.

Davor Suker was one of my favorite players growing up. He was an elegant attacker with power. Every shot looked easy and it bent in mysterious ways. What a player he was. Great video.

Well done Croatia, support from Kosovo🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Keep in mind Croatia was missing Alen Boksic who was injured.

4 million population and winning against all these football giants . And have a 3rd place and a second place finish , thats pretty impresive

Suker....the man was really something..!!!

We are inspiration for all small countries in world ,you can achieve everything ,just belive and fight 💪❤🇭🇷

1998 bronze 2018 silver 2022 gold

For us southamericans to be understood is like Uruguay; a small country in terms of extension, but how big in heart, courage and patriotism. Favourites and honourable title contenders on every international “call of duty”. Greetings from Bogotá.

Love Croatia from india ❤️❤️

Srce Vatreno! Trully a remarkable achievement, which was only surpassed 20 years later by a new Golden Generation. There's only one place else to go, and that is to the top.

Croatia only made their debut at the 1998 world cup not because they were a bad team, but because the country was just independent. we have to admit that the team player material is great. This is an achievement that prides the Croatian public

We Croats are talented sport nation and believe me we will be one day WORLD CHAMPIONS AT WORLD CUP just wait and you will see I promise you :)

I was 11 when this world cup happened. Still remember number 9 Suker from Croatia and the Team. What a memory!

You should just see what was happening in Croatia during 2018 WC in Russia. Its so much love for our country that no one have. After a lot of suffer during a war for independence to one of the best sport nations in the world. Proud to be a Croat. 🇭🇷

Great generation! Greetings from Romania!

For me 98' and 06' world cups were the best in modern era. Such stacked quality all over at the pinacle of their powers.. 06' wc marked the end of that (passion) era of football and the beggining of the football we see today. Businesses and cash took the soul out of it.

As a Croatian and a football fan I feel blessed that I was able to witness Croatia win bronze and silver in the World Cup, after 1998 I thought that kind of a result will never repeat in my lifetime, but the generation of 2018 went one step further and now I won't tell or think that it is impossible that Croatia will one day become the champion of the world. We dare to dream....

HLAVA. DAVO SHUKER. RESPEKT FROM ALBANIA

Yeah, baby! Croatia all the way!

Love you❤ my favorite team Croatia🇭🇷

Croatia starting 11 by club ( all first team for their club ) Juventus Inter , Milan Barcelona , Inter , Real Madrid Milan , Dynamo K , Liverpool , Atletico Madrid Monaco Anyone who really follows football knew they were anything but underdogs

Suker was really a great player I used to watch him playing for Real Madrid...

Igor Stimac our Coach😍

Still remember 3-0 victory vs Germany. 2 powershot and closed by Suker My most memorable World Cup, '98.

Their first World Cup was in 1998 and they already have reached as many semi finals as Spain in their entire World Cup history

1998: RONALDO, ZIDANE, KLUIVERT AND SUKER... THE FANTASTIC STRIKERS!

HRVATSKA 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

I thought Croatia was gonna win it all, but 3rd place wasn't bad for the debutants. Too bad they didn't avenge it against France in Russia 2018 but we shall see in the future... 👍🏾

Ever since I started watching football the only Croatia team people have talked about is that magical 1998 team and year. Well now we have 1998 and now 2018 💪🇭🇷❤

Respect Croatia.

Started to compete in 1996 at the Euro and achieved a 3rd place 1998 at the World Cup and a 2nd Place at the Worldcup 2018....and several 1/4 finals at European Championships. Not too bad for a country of 4,5 m people and a global diaspora of another 6-7 m Croats. And with Two of the world‘s best Football academies (Hajduk Split‘s Luka Kaliterna football academy and Dinamo Zagreb‘s Hitrec-Kacijan football academy). Both in the Top 10 Football academies worldwide

Saludos desde Cúcuta Colombia buenos videos sigan así viva el mundo del futbol

Robert Jarni was such a gigantic player on the left, one of the all time bests

Suker and Modric

Just imagine, 20 years later, history repeated itself

This player was Amazing..

Suker was unbelivable

One of my most favorite football memories

I went there several times, nice country.

Croatia 1998: we did it! Croatia 2018: hold my rakija...

The Croatia national team is less than 30 years old and they already have 2 world cup medals. Hopefully it won't take until 2038 to win the gold.

I wouldnt call Croats the underdogs. They were one of the strongest teams in the tournament. Some of their players competed in world cup before with Yugoslavia too, and others were playing for top european teams. Plus this generation was product of super strong Yugoslavian league that gave also club european and world champion in 1991 Red Star. Yugoslavian team was also strong in this competition and lacked just a tiny bit of luck to get in last 8, with Mijatovic hitting the bar from penalty kick against never stronger Dutch team. I really wish Yugoslavia broke apart just 5 years later so we could see that best generation of our football playing one more WC together in their prime. I think they were ready to turn the world football upside down. That and the game of our basketball team against original NBA dream team.. I would give a year of my life just to watch that game happen.

Bilo crveni dresovi nadrazi i najbolji do dan danas! Koje vrijeme je to bilo!!

The most favorit team in thoss year.

Thank you fifa for making this video ❤

Great team ! 👏👏👏 Pozdro Poland

Boban,Šuker,Prosinečki,Jarni,Bokšič…what a stars ⭐️!!!

Croatia really strong. Was a great WM.

Nice played by team Croatia 🇭🇷 and won bronze 🥉🥉🥉

I love Croatia and davod suker ❤

Tsardom of Bulgaria and Croatia Brothers Forever !!! 🇧🇬 🇭🇷

Great play by a great team!!!)))

Boban, modric and davor suker 👍

No need to call them "Dark horse" or "Outsiders" anymore. Call them as they deserved - football super power that is playing against all odds.

2:57 that man yes that man 😁 🇭🇷 Igor Stimac 🇮🇳

He inspire me the leadership of lengend zvonimir boban

I was 8 years old in the final 98 ... I will never forget his gladiators ❤

France vs Croatia 1998: 2 of the LUCKIEST and random goals by none other then THURHAM who will go on to never score twice ever again in his career.. coincidence or luck you tell me. Croatia without Robert Prosinecki and Allen Boksic due to injury WHO would of took the team to gold had he played. The man made a deadly duo with Suker upfront, they would of been unstoppable, Suker alone was giving teams a hard time never mind with the likes of Boksic 2018 France vs Croatia: Croatia dominating possession and toying around with French defence and midfield for 60-70 minutes with Ref gifting France a dive which resulted in a free kick (1st goal) never should of happened and a handball that wasn’t an intentional penalty. France won solely because of Mpabbe, which I strongly feel without France wouldn’t of made it past the final 16 without him, crucial part of a pretty much useless forward line without him. 1st time around was very impressive, but how we played against France in the finals 2 years ago was the most beautiful football you can watch regardless of the score and ref working against us. Please rewatch the game, you can see Croatia seriously dominating possession, passing, temp etc against one of the best teams in the world. The golden generation of Croatian teams are some of the best I’m the world.. of all time.. for a country of 4 million people PROUD TO BE CROAT. BOG I HRVATI ❤️🇭🇷

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win until they play with Croats.

Why is draco malfoy playing for romania? 2:02

Brief, but wonderful video. Thank you for this beautiful memento of our glory days. And yes, 20 yrs later we went one step further. And the dream lives on.

7 world cups since we started. Top 3 in 3 of them. We sure deserve more. Time will give us that glorious moment. I know it will.

Regardless of 2018 and 2022, the 1/4 final against Germany in 1998 is the most epic Croatian game ever!

Anyone here after the 3rd place in Qatar in 2022? ♥️🇭🇷

Miss old memories. When i was at high school😁

Mijatovic-Suker Best duo in Real Madrid history.

Great squad in the late 90s. Wonderful team to watch.

Yeah...a small country, today less than 4 Million people was on WC 3rd 1998, 2nd in 2018. Beat that, I dare you...