A 26-member Croatian squad was named by its coach Igor Stimac Monday for the next month's World Cup Group qualifiers against Belgium and Scotland, Xinhua reported.
The squad is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov/RUS), Danijel Subasic (Monaco/FRA), Dario Kresic (Lokomotiv Moscow/RUS)
Defenders: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kiev/UKR), Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow/RUS), Dejan Lovren (Southampton/ENG), Josip Pivaric (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivan Strinic (Dniepropetrvsk/UKR), Gordon Schindelfeld (Panathinaikos/GRE), Sime Vrsaljko (Genoa/ITA), Igor Bubnjic (Udinese/ITA)
Midfielders: Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla/ESP), Luka Modric (Real Madrid/ESP), Ivan Perisic (VfL Wolfsburg/GER), Mateo Kovacic (Inter Milan/ITA), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dynamo Kiev/UKR), Niko Kranjcar (QPR/ENG), Arijan Ademi (Dinamo Zagreb), Alen Halilovic (Dinamo Zagreb)
Forwards: Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich/GER), Ivica Olic (VfL Wolfsburg/GER), Eduardo Da Silva (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Nikica Jelavic (Everton/ENG), Nikola Kalinic (Dniepropetrvsk/UKR), Ante Rebic (Fiorentina/ITA)
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