Articles tagged with "croatia"
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 27th, 2008
Name: Niko Kranjčar
Team: Croatia
Group: B; Germany, Poland, Austria.
Caps (Goals): 39 (6) - as of May 26, 2008
DOB: August 13, 1984 (23 years old)
Position: ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 27th, 2008
To break some of the monotony, here's Meet Your Croat, The Limited Edition:
Name: One Of Many, The Fan
Born: 20th century
Position: The Stands
Club: Various
National caps: 165 ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 25th, 2008
Exactly two weeks before our EURO mission kicks off, our team decided to lock horns with a fairly modest Moldova side. The match was played ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | May 24th, 2008
Today, four of the sixteen teams going for Euro glory had warmup friendlies against sides that didn't manage to qualify for the big show in ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 22nd, 2008
In case you wanted to take a peek at all of Croatia's goals scored during the EURO qualifiers, here's your chance. But that's not all, ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 19th, 2008
Or five, to be exact. Here's some of the stuff that made the headlines over the weekend:
Supporters page launched:
Over at "www.uvijekvjerni.com" (translated as "always faithful"), ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 19th, 2008
The FIFA World Rankings for May were released recently, the final world rankings before Euro 2008 begins. So here's how FIFA ranks the Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | May 18th, 2008
Sometimes, you have to take the good with the bad. The following players (so far) have been both called up to their national squads ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 17th, 2008
Here we go again, Meet Your Croat, vol. II:
Name: Danijel Pranjic
Born: 2. 12. 1981. (age 26)
Position: Left Wing-back, Left Midfielder
Club: Left, I mean, SC Heerenveen
National ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | May 15th, 2008
You can pluralize this one. Back in 1996 Denmark was defending their title having won the whole thing back in '92. In the second group ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 14th, 2008
Besides the Russian flavored UEFA cup final, the second leg of Croatian Cup final was also played today, albeit with much more discretion and a ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 14th, 2008
Rather than his footballing, this time our coach gets a rival in his guitar playing skills. With Bilic flying high with his "Fiery Madness", a ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 13th, 2008
So here we go, I guess I might as well start with the most responsible position on the pitch.
Meet Your Croat, vol. I :
Name: ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 11th, 2008
A crowd of 20.000 gathered yesterday at Maksimir to greet the new/old Croatian First Division Champions, Dinamo Zagreb. That same crowd seemed to have inspired ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 9th, 2008
Remember we told you Croatia coach Slaven Bilić was penning a Euro 2008 fan anthem with his band Rawbau? Well, we weren't making it up. ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 8th, 2008
Some interesting data I've borrowed from Transfermarkt.de :
According to their data, we are apparently the 10th most expensive team in Europe today, with a summed ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 7th, 2008
Here it is ladies and gentlemen, the official video for Bilic's "Fiery Madness". Now go grab that beer and enjoy the video.
Lyrics go something like ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 6th, 2008
While other Euro 2008 managers are waiting on decisions for new contracts, are putting absolutely no effort into fronting a rock band, and are healthy ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 6th, 2008
With our 23 (+2) list announced yesterday, some folks here tend to think that Bilic might've overlooked a name or two. So who are these ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 5th, 2008
So here it is, the list of players that'll make the trip to Austria & Switzerland in a month or so.
Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa, Vedran Runje, ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | May 4th, 2008
It's been a pretty busy week here in Croatia, so here's a look back on the events which stole the headlines.
Modric Aftermath
It seems like a ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 1st, 2008
Over at UEFA's Euro 2008 website, fans of all 16 teams have voted on which slogans to emblazon on the team buses. The results are ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Apr 30th, 2008
Name: Luka Modric
Team: Croatia
Group: B; Germany, Poland, Austria.
Caps: 24 (3)
Age: 22
Position: Midfielder (L/C) - Playmaker
Club Team: Dinamo Zagreb/Tottenham
Already one of the most anticipated participants of ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Apr 26th, 2008
As both clubs have officially announced, Luka Modric will continue his career in North London, though not in an Arsenal shirt as many have at ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Apr 23rd, 2008
Well not much can be said about Croatia in France 98'. We sort of walked in there unannounced, caused havoc, and walked away with some ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Apr 19th, 2008
Ok, that probably didn't come out right. But I ask you honestly, who in the world wouldn't want to have a coach that's, well obviously ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Apr 18th, 2008
Despite his destroying England on the way to Euro 2008, Slaven Bilić might just be my favourite international coach right now. When he's not coaching ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Apr 15th, 2008
In an interesting article on Premiership fullbacks posted over at at Telegraph.co.uk, Corluka is mentioned as, I quote "Probably the most gifted right-back in the ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Apr 11th, 2008
A rumor or rumour (see spelling differences), is "an unverified account or explanation of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Apr 9th, 2008
No big surprises in the FIFA World Rankings announced today. Our draw with Croatia wasn't enough to keep up the good points average of ...
