| The Croatian national football team has played in | | | | national soccer team played its first international |
| international tournaments as a national team since | | | | match in 1921. |
| Croatia's independence in 1990-1992 and is controlled | | | | There are hundreds of professional and amateur |
| by the Croatian Football Federation. | | | | soccer teams in Poland. The soccer teams are |
| The team played in their first major tournament in | | | | organized into the national 1st league and 2nd league, |
| 1996 and has been a strong force in international | | | | 4 regional 3rd leagues, 19 regional 4th leagues, 49 |
| soccer ever since. Finishing third in the 1998 World | | | | regional 5th leagues and many more lower level |
| Cup against all Sportsbook odds, led by Golden Boot | | | | leagues. There are also Polish Cup and Polish |
| winner Davor Ã… uker. They have qualified for | | | | Supercup competitions. |
| every World Cup that they have entered as an | | | | The Poland national soccer team (Polish: polska |
| independent nation. | | | | reprezentacja narodowa) is the national soccer team |
| Between October 17, 1990 and March 1, 2006, | | | | of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Football |
| Croatia has played 141 international games and had 71 | | | | Association. |
| victories, 42 draws and 28 losses. The team has | | | | It played its first international match on 18 December |
| been FIFA's "Best Mover of the Year" in 1994 and | | | | 1921 in Budapest against Hungary and was defeated |
| 1998 | | | | 0:1. Poland won the Gold medal in the 1972 Summer |
| Soccer is probably the most popular sport in Poland. | | | | Olympics in Munich, the Silver medal in the 1976 |
| Over 400,000 Poles play soccer regularly, millions | | | | Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1992 Summer |
| more play soccer sometimes. The first professional | | | | Olympics in Barcelona. In the World Cup, Poland |
| clubs were founded in the early 1900s and the Polish | | | | finished third twice: in 1974 and 1982. |