Croatia national under-20 football team
| Nickname(s) | Mali vatreni |
|---|---|
| Association | Croatian Football Federation |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Dinko Jeličić |
| Top scorer | Domagoj Abramović (6) |
| FIFA code | CRO |
| First international | |
 Croatia 1–1 Italy  (Poreč, Croatia; 8 February 1995) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Hungary 0–6 Croatia (Hungary; 5 September 1995) Croatia 6-0 Italy (Umag, Croatia; 15 March 2006) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Brazil 4–0 Croatia (Calabar, Nigeria; 14 April 1999)  Slovenia 4–0 Croatia (Brežice, Slovenia; 4 April 2006) |
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| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1999) |
| Best result | Round of 16, 1999 & 2013 |
The Croatia national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Croatia and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Croatia.
The U20 team is the de facto under-19 of the previous year, and it acts mainly as a feeder team for the U21s and provides further international development for youth players. The team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 result.
Under-20 national team of Croatia was formed in 1994. First match was played against team of Austrian region Styria, and first match against FIFA member was against Italy on 8 February 1995.
Croatia managed to qualify for 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup. That was second appearance from Croatian football team on FIFA competition, after A-team appeared on FIFA World Cup in France in 1998. They passed the group, and then lost to Brazil by 4-0 in Round of 16.
On 24 July 2010, after trashing Portugal 5-0 in 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship group game, Croatia qualified to semi-final and also secured spot in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.
Another good performance by U19 team at 2012 championship saw Croatia qualifying for the World Cup, this time to be held in Turkey in 2013.
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