Croatian National Soccer (Football) Team

The  Hrvatski Nogometni Savez (HNS) is the soccer team repersenting Croatia. They play their games at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb. The team was claimed FIFA's Best mover of the year.

History
Croatia was  intruduced to soccer by English immigrants. They had a rulebook by 1896. Croatia had their first soccer game in 1940. A while after, Croatia became part of Yugoslavia.

"Golden Generation"
The golden generation was 1996-1998, When Croatia's soccer team had some of the best players of all time, such as Zvonimir Boban. It was also the Golden Generation when Croatia came third place in FIFA 1998.

Croatian Club Teams
Croatia has two main club teams, which are Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split.

Croatian Soccer Team 1998
In 1998, Croatia sweeped Germany away 3-0 to try and win the third place  title. After a tough game versing the Dutch, Croatia walked away with the third-place medal.

Croatian soccer team 2008
In  2008, Croatia qualified for Euro. They did extremely well in the qualification, only losing one out of 12 games, and were 5 points ahead of Russia in the final standings.

Croatia at Euro 2012
Croatia managed to qualify for the Euro in 2012, starting off by crushing Ireland 3-1, then tied Italy 1-1. Sadly, Croatia lost to Spain 1-0.