Head to head · Men's national teams
Croatia v Japan
Croatia and Japan have met 4 times since 1997: Croatia lead 2–1.
2Croatia wins
1draw
1Japan win
Goals: Croatia 5, Japan 5 · 4 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Sunday, 8 June 1997: Japan 4–3 Croatia in Tokyo.
- The most recent was on Monday, 5 December 2022: Japan 1–1 Croatia (FIFA World Cup).
- Croatia's biggest win: Japan 0–1 Croatia, 1998.
- Japan's biggest win: Japan 4–3 Croatia, 1997.
- 4 of the 4 meetings were competitive matches and 0 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2022 | ||
| 5 Dec | Japan 1–1 Croatia (pens) FIFA World Cup · Al Wakrah, Qatar (neutral) |
Croatia |
| 2006 | ||
| 18 Jun | Japan 0–0 Croatia FIFA World Cup · Nuremberg, Germany (neutral) |
Draw |
| 1998 | ||
| 20 Jun | Japan 0–1 Croatia FIFA World Cup · Nantes, France (neutral) |
Croatia |
| 1997 | ||
| 8 Jun | Japan 4–3 Croatia Kirin Cup · Tokyo, Japan |
Japan |
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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.