Croatia v Germany: head-to-head

Clubs from Croatia against clubs from Germany, counted for the country they played for that season.

Played
14
Results
Goals
12–37
Croatia – Germany

Key facts

Current run: Germany: 4 wins in a row

First meeting
16.09.1997 · Europe League, First round
2–0, Loss
Latest meeting
27.11.2024 · Champions League, League phase
0–3, Loss
Biggest Croatia win
22.08.2013 · Europe League, Play-off round
2–1, Win
Biggest Germany win
17.09.2024 · Champions League, League phase
9–2, Loss

Meetings by season

1997/98: 2 1998/99: 0 1999/00: 0 2000/01: 0 2001/02: 0 2002/03: 0 2003/04: 2 2004/05: 1 2005/06: 0 2006/07: 0 2007/08: 3 2008/09: 0 2009/10: 0 2010/11: 0 2011/12: 0 2012/13: 0 2013/14: 2 2014/15: 0 2015/16: 2 2016/17: 0 2017/18: 0 2018/19: 0 2019/20: 0 2020/21: 0 2021/22: 0 2022/23: 0 2023/24: 0 2024/25: 2
Meetings each season
Meetings each season
1997/982
1998/990
1999/000
2000/010
2001/020
2002/030
2003/042
2004/051
2005/060
2006/070
2007/083
2008/090
2009/100
2010/110
2011/120
2012/130
2013/142
2014/150
2015/162
2016/170
2017/180
2018/190
2019/200
2020/210
2021/220
2022/230
2023/240
2024/252

By competition

Competition P W D L Goals
Champions League / European Cup 6 0 0 6 5–24
Europa League / UEFA Cup 8 1 2 5 7–13

Clubs from Croatia with the most meetings

Club P W D L Goals
Dinamo Zagreb 8 0 0 8 6–28
Hajduk Split 2 0 0 2 2–5
Rijeka 2 1 1 0 4–3
Kamen Ingrad 2 0 1 1 0–1

Clubs from Germany with the most meetings

Club P W D L Goals
Schalke 4 0 1 3 2–6
Bayern 3 0 0 3 2–16
Stuttgart 3 1 1 1 5–5
Bremen 2 0 0 2 3–5
Dortmund 1 0 0 1 0–3
Hamburger 1 0 0 1 0–2

All meetings

2024/25

27.11.2024 · Champions League, League phase
0–3, Loss
17.09.2024 · Champions League, League phase
9–2, Loss

2015/16

09.12.2015 · Champions League, Group Stage
0–2, Loss
29.09.2015 · Champions League, Group Stage
5–0, Loss

2013/14

29.08.2013 · Europe League, Play-off round
2–2, Draw
22.08.2013 · Europe League, Play-off round
2–1, Win

2007/08

05.12.2007 · Europe League, Group stage
0–2, Loss
29.08.2007 · Champions League, Third qualifying round
2–3, Loss
15.08.2007 · Champions League, Third qualifying round
2–1, Loss

2004/05

15.12.2004 · Europe League, Group stage
2–1, Loss

2003/04

16.10.2003 · Europe League, First round
1–0, Loss
25.09.2003 · Europe League, First round
0–0, Draw

1997/98

30.09.1997 · Europe League, First round
2–3, Loss
16.09.1997 · Europe League, First round
2–0, Loss

Side by side

Each side's whole European record, whether or not they have met.

Croatia Germany
Seasons in Europe 34 (1993/94 to 2026/27) 72 (1955/56 to 2026/27)
Matches 723 3300
Won–drawn–lost 306–154–263 1623–691–986
Points per match 1.48 1.69
Goals 1063–932 5895–4019
Titles 0 21
Finals 0 54 (won 21, lost 33)
Knockout ties won 156 of 280 733 of 1134
UEFA ranking No. 19 in 2026/27; best No. 13 (1998/99) No. 4 in 2026/27; best No. 1 (1989/90)
Best run: Champions League / European Cup Quarter-finals Champion ×8
Best run: Europa League / UEFA Cup Quarter-finals Champion ×7
Best run: Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finals Champion ×4
Best run: Fairs Cup — Semi-finals
Best run: Conference League Round of 16 Quarter-finals
Best run: UEFA Super Cup — Champion ×2

Points are 3 for a win in every era. Ranking places are from the 5-year UEFA ranking.

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