Friendly

Croatia 0–3 Netherlands

Wednesday 6 Feb 2008 · Split, Croatia

Croatia0–3Netherlands

Goals3

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Heitinga Huntelaar Hesselink

9′0–1Johnny Heitinga Netherlands
36′0–2Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Netherlands
89′0–3Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Netherlands

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Croatia

1Stipe PletikosaGK
2Dario SimicDF ↓46′
3Josip SimunicDF
4Robert KovacDF ↓69′
5Vedran CorlukaDF
10Nico KovacMF ↓70′
11Darijo SrnaMF ↓86′
14Luka ModricMF
19Niko KranjcarMF ↓46′
21Mladen PetricFW
22EduardoFW ↓70′

Came on

24Danijel PranjicMF↑46′
18Ivica OlicFW↑46′
13Dario KnezevicDF↑69′
16Jerko LekoMF↑70′
7Ivan RakitićFW↑70′
8Marko BabicMF↑86′

Netherlands

Came on

18Ibrahim AfellayMF↑55′
15Nigel de JongMF↑71′
14Urby EmanuelsonDF↑75′
19Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkFW●↑84′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Croatia: 1915 → 1895
Netherlands: 1954 → 1975

Expected score for Croatia: 58.7% (a draw counts half), home advantage included.

Head to head

Meeting 2 of 3, 1998–2023.

Croatia wins: 2
Draws: 0
Netherlands wins: 1

Form either side

Croatia

Before

6–0 v Andorra 12 Sep 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
1–0 v Israel 13 Oct 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
3–0 v Slovakia 16 Oct 2007 · Friendly
0–2 v North Macedonia 17 Nov 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
3–2 v England 21 Nov 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007

After

1–1 v Scotland 26 Mar 2008 · Friendly
1–0 v Moldova 24 May 2008 · Friendly
1–1 v Hungary 31 May 2008 · Friendly
1–0 v Austria 8 Jun 2008 · UEFA Euro 2008
2–1 v Germany 12 Jun 2008 · UEFA Euro 2008

Netherlands

Before

1–0 v Albania 12 Sep 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
0–1 v Romania 13 Oct 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
2–0 v Slovenia 17 Oct 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
1–0 v Luxembourg 17 Nov 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
1–2 v Belarus 21 Nov 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007

After

4–3 v Austria 26 Mar 2008 · Friendly
3–0 v Ukraine 24 May 2008 · Friendly
1–1 v Denmark 29 May 2008 · Friendly
2–0 v Wales 1 Jun 2008 · Friendly
3–0 v Italy 9 Jun 2008 · UEFA Euro 2008

Every Croatia v Netherlands match3

From Croatia's side.


14 Jun 2023	Netherlands	4–2	Away	UEFA Nations League 2023	—
6 Feb 2008	Netherlands	0–3	Home	Friendly	—
11 Jul 1998	Netherlands	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 1998	Third-place play-off

Score: openfootball · Scorers: ESPN · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN