
Greece 0-1 Croatia - April 30, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998
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Davor Suker
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CRO
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Team line-ups
Greece

First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
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G |
Ilias Atmatsidis | 28 | 28 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Ilias Poursanidis | 80 | 25 | 8 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Stratos Apostolakis | 46 | 32 | 90 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Marinos Ouzounidis | 28 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Nikos Dabizas | 23 | 20 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Kyriakos Karataidis | 31 | 29 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Michalis Kasapis | 25 | 22 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Theodoros Zagorakis | 25 | 29 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Kostas Frantzeskos | 28 | 19 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Demis Nikolaidis | 10 | 23 | 18 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Giorgos Donis | 27 | 23 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Average age
26.8 years
Average number of matches played for the team
28
Croatia
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
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G |
Drazen Ladic | 34 | 32 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Slaven Bilic | 28 | 30 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Goran Juric | 34 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Dario Simic | 21 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Zvonimir Soldo | 52 | 29 | 20 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Aljosa Asanovic | 31 | 30 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Robert Jarni | 28 | 30 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Robert Prosinecki | 73 | 28 | 22 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Zvonimir Boban | 28 | 26 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Alen Boksic | 67 | 27 | 19 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Davor Suker | 74 | 29 | 27 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Average age
28.8 years
Average number of matches played for the team
22
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
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D |
Kostas Konstantinidis | 46 | 24 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Nikos Machlas | 10 | 23 | 33 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Alexios Alexandris | 80 | 28 | 31 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
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M |
Silvio Maric | 52 | 22 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Igor Cvitanovic | 67 | 26 | 15 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Goran Vlaovic | 73 | 24 | 20 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Kostas Frantzeskos
IN
Vassilis Tsartas
OUT
Nikos Dabizas
IN
Giannis Kalitzakis
OUT
Michalis Kasapis
IN
Christos Kostis
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Davor Suker
IN
Goran Vlaovic
OUT
Drazen Ladic
IN
Tonci Gabric
OUT
Zvonimir Soldo
IN
Nikola Jerkan
OUT
Robert Jarni
IN
Igor Cvitanovic
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
60
28
Success rate in this team:
50 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
34 %
Polychroniou vs Croatia
0 victory
1 draw
1 loss
Polychroniou vs Blazevic
0 victory
1 draw
1 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
62
32
Success rate in this team:
53 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
43 %
Blazevic vs Greece
1 victory
1 draw
0 loss
Blazevic vs Polychroniou
1 victory
1 draw
0 loss
Referee
Antonio López Nieto
0 victory |
0 draw |
2 losses |
Greece2 matches | General total | Croatia1 match | 1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
Greece1 match | Season total | Croatia1 match | 1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Latest figure on September 02, 2000 | Latest figure on April 30, 1997 |
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Key figures

Greece keeps its 6 matches without scoring any goal at home running (since 20/09/1989). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 11/06/1980 (5 matches)

End of streak for Croatia after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone (since 08/10/1996). It's a record streak. The first of history

Greece keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win at home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 23/05/1965). It's a record streak. The first of history
Pre-match
Current form
Home | VGreece 2-1 Israel24/01/1996 | VGreece 2-0 Slovenia24/04/1996 | VGreece 2-1 Georgia08/05/1996 | VGreece 2-1 Albania14/08/1996 | VGreece 3-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina01/09/1996 | DGreece 0-0 Portugal19/02/1997 |
Overall | LDenmark 2-1 Greece09/10/1996 | DCroatia 1-1 Greece10/11/1996 | DIsrael 1-1 Greece22/01/1997 | DGreece 0-0 Portugal19/02/1997 | VCyprus 0-4 Greece12/03/1997 | VBosnia and Herzegovina 0-1 Greece02/04/1997 |
Current form
Away | VItaly 1-2 Croatia16/11/1994 | DLithuania 0-0 Croatia29/03/1995 | VSlovenia 1-2 Croatia15/11/1995 | DEngland 0-0 Croatia24/04/1996 | DIreland 2-2 Croatia02/06/1996 | DMorocco 2-2 Croatia11/12/1996 |
Overall | VBosnia and Herzegovina 1-4 Croatia08/10/1996 | DCroatia 1-1 Greece10/11/1996 | DMorocco 2-2 Croatia11/12/1996 | DCroatia 1-1 Czech Republic12/12/1996 | DCroatia 1-1 Denmark29/03/1997 | DCroatia 3-3 Slovenia02/04/1997 |
Running streaks
Home | Total | |
---|---|---|
Winning streak | 0 | 2 |
Drawing streak | 1 | 0 |
Unbeaten streak | 7 | 5 |
Winless streak | 1 | 0 |
Drawless streak | 0 | 2 |
Scoring streak | 0 | 2 |
Goalless streak | 1 | 0 |
Invincibility streak | 2 | 3 |
Running streaks
Away | Total | |
---|---|---|
Drawing streak | 3 | 5 |
Unbeaten streak | 9 | 6 |
Winless streak | 3 | 5 |
Scoring streak | 2 | 7 |
Conceding streak | 2 | 8 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
5 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
4 |
2 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
0 |
3 |
Victories (Competition total) |
1 |
2 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
0 |
1 |
Draws (Competition total) |
3 |
0 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
0 |
1 |
Losses (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
0 |
Goals
8 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
9 |
5 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
0 |
3 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
6 |
0 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
0 |
1.6 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
2.25 |
2.5 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
0 |
0.6 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
1.5 |
0 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
0 |
Betting aid
2 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
2 |
1 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
0 |
3 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
0 |
2 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
0 |
0 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
0 |
2 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
4 |
0 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
0 |
2-0 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
0
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Bookings
12 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
8 |
3 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
Key players
![]() | Demis Nikolaidis | 3 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 2 goals | Davor Suker | ![]() |
![]() | Demis Nikolaidis | 2 goals | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | - | ||
![]() | Kostas Frantzeskos | 1 goal during the last match | The fittest player | 2 goals during the last match | Zvonimir Boban | ![]() |
Historical head to head
Away
1 gf
1 ga
Total
1 gf
1 ga
Historical head to head
Home
1 gf
1 ga
Total
1 gf
1 ga
Latest head to head
November 10, 1996 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1998
Best historical scorers against Croatia
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Demis Nikolaidis | 1 goal | 1996 - 1996 |
Best historical scorers against Greece
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Davor Suker | 1 goal | 1996 - 1996 |
Players with most games played vs Croatia
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Stratos Apostolakis | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Kyriakos Karataidis | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Giorgos Donis | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Demis Nikolaidis | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Vassilis Tsartas | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Theodoros Zagorakis | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
Players with most games played vs Greece
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Robert Jarni | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Drazen Ladic | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Slaven Bilic | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Nikola Jerkan | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Goran Vlaovic | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
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Robert Prosinecki | 1 match | 1996 - 1996 |
Competition info
The other matches
April 24, 1996
September 01, 1996
October 08, 1996
October 09, 1996
November 10, 1996
March 29, 1997
April 02, 1997
April 30, 1997
June 08, 1997
August 20, 1997
September 06, 1997
September 10, 1997
October 11, 1997
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