Croatia v Italy: head-to-head

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

Played
26
Results
Goals
20–43
Croatia – Italy

Key facts

First meeting
15.09.1998 · Europe League, First round
2–1, Loss
Latest meeting
29.01.2025 · Champions League, League phase
2–1, Win
Biggest Croatia win
18.09.2019 · Champions League, Group Stage
4–0, Win
Biggest Italy win
27.09.2016 · Champions League, Group Stage
0–4, Loss

Meetings by season

1998/99: 2 1999/00: 0 2000/01: 4 2001/02: 0 2002/03: 0 2003/04: 2 2004/05: 0 2005/06: 0 2006/07: 0 2007/08: 2 2008/09: 1 2009/10: 0 2010/11: 0 2011/12: 0 2012/13: 2 2013/14: 0 2014/15: 2 2015/16: 0 2016/17: 2 2017/18: 2 2018/19: 0 2019/20: 2 2020/21: 2 2021/22: 0 2022/23: 2 2023/24: 0 2024/25: 1
Meetings each season
Meetings each season
1998/992
1999/000
2000/014
2001/020
2002/030
2003/042
2004/050
2005/060
2006/070
2007/082
2008/091
2009/100
2010/110
2011/120
2012/132
2013/140
2014/152
2015/160
2016/172
2017/182
2018/190
2019/202
2020/212
2021/220
2022/232
2023/240
2024/251

By competition

Competition P W D L Goals
Champions League / European Cup 9 2 0 7 8–22
Europa League / UEFA Cup 17 3 4 10 12–21

Clubs from Croatia with the most meetings

Club P W D L Goals
Dinamo Zagreb 12 3 0 9 10–26
Hajduk Split 8 1 3 4 5–9
Rijeka 4 1 0 3 5–7
Split 2 0 1 1 0–1

Clubs from Italy with the most meetings

Club P W D L Goals
Milan 7 2 0 5 8–17
Internazionale 2 1 0 1 2–3
Juventus 2 0 0 2 0–6
Roma 2 0 1 1 1–2
Fiorentina 2 0 1 1 1–2
Sampdoria 2 0 1 1 1–2
Napoli 2 0 0 2 1–4
Parma 2 1 0 1 1–2
Torino 2 0 1 1 0–1
Atalanta 2 1 0 1 4–2

All meetings

2024/25

29.01.2025 · Champions League, League phase
2–1, Win

2022/23

25.10.2022 · Champions League, Group stage
0–4, Loss
14.09.2022 · Champions League, Group stage
3–1, Loss

2020/21

26.11.2020 · Europe League, Group stage
2–0, Loss
05.11.2020 · Europe League, Group stage
1–2, Loss

2019/20

26.11.2019 · Champions League, Group Stage
2–0, Loss
18.09.2019 · Champions League, Group Stage
4–0, Win

2017/18

07.12.2017 · Europe League, Group Stage
2–0, Win
28.09.2017 · Europe League, Group Stage
3–2, Loss

2016/17

07.12.2016 · Champions League, Group Stage
2–0, Loss
27.09.2016 · Champions League, Group Stage
0–4, Loss

2014/15

28.08.2014 · Europe League, Play-off round
1–0, Loss
21.08.2014 · Europe League, Play-off round
0–0, Draw

2012/13

09.08.2012 · Europe League, Third qualifying round
0–2, Win
02.08.2012 · Europe League, Third qualifying round
0–3, Loss

2008/09

03.12.2008 · Europe League, Group stage
2–1, Loss

2007/08

30.08.2007 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
1–1, Draw
16.08.2007 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
0–1, Loss

2003/04

27.11.2003 · Europe League, Second round
1–1, Draw
06.11.2003 · Europe League, Second round
1–0, Loss

2000/01

09.11.2000 · Europe League, Second round
1–0, Win
26.10.2000 · Europe League, Second round
2–0, Loss
22.08.2000 · Champions League, Third qualifying round
0–3, Loss
09.08.2000 · Champions League, Third qualifying round
3–1, Loss

1998/99

29.09.1998 · Europe League, First round
0–0, Draw
15.09.1998 · Europe League, First round
2–1, Loss

Side by side

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

Croatia Italy
Seasons in Europe 34 (1993/94 to 2026/27) 72 (1955/56 to 2026/27)
Matches 723 3282
Won–drawn–lost 306–154–263 1602–789–891
Points per match 1.48 1.71
Goals 1063–932 5148–3426
Titles 0 40
Finals 0 79 (won 40, lost 39)
Knockout ties won 156 of 280 739 of 1115
UEFA ranking No. 19 in 2026/27; best No. 13 (1998/99) No. 2 in 2026/27; best No. 1 (1998/99)
Best run: Champions League / European Cup Quarter-finals Champion ×12
Best run: Europa League / UEFA Cup Quarter-finals Champion ×10
Best run: Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finals Champion ×7
Best run: Fairs Cup — Champion ×1
Best run: Conference League Round of 16 Champion ×1
Best run: UEFA Super Cup — Champion ×9

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

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