Croatia roster: Modric leads, Perisic is on the list, Kovacic is injured and retired after being selected

Football     5:27am, 8 November 2025

Croatia announced the latest roster. This month, the team will face the Faroe Islands at home and Montenegro away in the World Cup preliminaries.

Croatia roster:

Goalkeepers: Livakovic (Girona), Ivucic (Hajduk), Kotarski (Copenhagen)

Defenders: Gvadiol (Manchester City), Caleta Carr (Real Sociedad), Sutalo (Ajax), Stanisic (Bayern), Pangracic (Folkoli) Lorenza), Ellic (Midtjylland), Vushkovic (Hamburg)

Midfielder: Modric (Milan), Kovacic (Manchester City, withdrew due to injury), Pasalic (Atalanta), Vlasic (Turin), Jakic (Augsburg), Peta Suchic (Inter Milan), Moreau (Bologna), Fruk (Rijeka)

Forwards: Perisic (Eindhoven), Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Budimir (Osasuna, withdrew due to injury), Marko Pasalic (Orlando City), Ivanovic (Benfica), Matanovic (Freiburg)

Substitute players: Mayer (Wolfsburg), Orsic (Paphos) , selected), Luka Sucic (Real Sociedad), Baturina (Como), Peta Musa (FC Dallas, selected), Bradalic (Verona), Smosic (Como), Jakusic (Slaven), Kovacevic (Celje), Retica (Lausanne), Pandu (Hull City), Valincic (Dinamo Zagreb)

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