Italy 1–2 Croatia: 2002 World Cup match
Italy1–2Full time
Match in one glance
ItalyCroatiaGoalCard
Italy
Croatia
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Score progression
1Italy2Croatia
Christian Vieri opened the scoring at 55′.
Team comparison
ItalyCroatia
1Goals2
1Bookings1
2Substitutes used3
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1CVChristian VieriItaly · 55′1goal
- 2MRMilan RapaićCroatia · 76′1goal
- 3IOIvica OlićCroatia · 73′1goal
Decisive moments
3 eventsPath through 2002
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- Group Stage, Group G
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 2002-06-08
- Venue
- Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Kashima
- Result
- 1–2
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
Italy / CroatiaItaly
Croatia
Ivica Olić73′
Milan Rapaić76′
Complete match timeline
ItalyCroatiaGoalCardSubstitution
Italy
Croatia
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Event feed
10 eventsKey phases
Goals in each periodFirst half
0′–45′0 – 0No goals in this period
Second half
45′–90′1 – 2C. Vieri 55′ · I. Olić 73′ · M. Rapaić 76′
Event records: © Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Grouped and formatted for this timeline.
Italy
Reported roles- 1Gianluigi BuffonGK
- 2Christian PanucciRB
- 3Paolo MaldiniLB
- 5Fabio CannavaroCB
- 6Cristiano ZanettiCM
- 10Francesco TottiSS
- 11Cristiano DoniLM
- 13Alessandro NestaCB
- 17Damiano TommasiCM
- 19Gianluca ZambrottaRM
- 21Christian VieriCF
Reported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
- 9FIFilippo Inzaghi79′
- 23MMMarco Materazzi24′
Match contributions
- Christian Vieri⚽ 1▰ 51′
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 1GBGianluigi BuffonGoalkeeper
- 2CPChristian PanucciRight-back
- 3PMPaolo MaldiniLeft-back
- 5FCFabio CannavaroCentre-back
- 6CZCristiano ZanettiCentral midfielder
- 10FTFrancesco TottiSS
- 11CDCristiano DoniLeft midfielder
- 13ANAlessandro NestaCentre-back
- 17DTDamiano TommasiCentral midfielder
- 19GZGianluca ZambrottaRight midfielder
- 21CVChristian VieriCentre-forward
Croatia
Reported roles- 1Stipe PletikosaGK
- 3Josip ŠimunićCB
- 4Stjepan TomasCB
- 5Milan RapaićAM
- 7Davor VugrinecAM
- 10Niko KovačCM
- 11Alen BokšićCF
- 14Zvonimir SoldoCM
- 15Daniel ŠarićRWB
- 17Robert JarniLWB
- 21Robert KovačSW
Reported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
- 16JVJurica Vranješ62′
- 18IOIvica Olić57′
- 20DŠDario Šimić79′
Match contributions
- Milan Rapaić⚽ 1
- Robert Kovač▰ 39′
- Ivica Olić⚽ 1
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 1SPStipe PletikosaGoalkeeper
- 3JŠJosip ŠimunićCentre-back
- 4STStjepan TomasCentre-back
- 5MRMilan RapaićAttacking midfielder
- 7DVDavor VugrinecAttacking midfielder
- 10NKNiko KovačCentral midfielder
- 11ABAlen BokšićCentre-forward
- 14ZSZvonimir SoldoCentral midfielder
- 15DŠDaniel ŠarićRWB
- 17RJRobert JarniLWB
- 21RKRobert KovačSW
Portraits may show a later team kit. Starting positions are schematic; unused substitutes are not included. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Names and match IDs adapted.
Score progression
1Italy2Croatia
Christian Vieri opened the scoring at 55′.
Team comparison
ItalyCroatia
1Goals2
1Bookings1
2Substitutes used3
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1CVChristian VieriItaly · 55′1goal
- 2MRMilan RapaićCroatia · 76′1goal
- 3IOIvica OlićCroatia · 73′1goal
Available match data
Goals, bookings, substitutions and starting roles are recorded. This match does not have shot locations, xG, possession or passing data in the loaded sources.
Decisive moments
3 eventsPath through 2002
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- Group Stage, Group G
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 2002-06-08
- Venue
- Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Kashima
- Result
- 1–2
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
Italy / CroatiaItaly
Croatia
Ivica Olić73′
Milan Rapaić76′
Source: OpenFootball at the pinned revision. Missing assists and minute-level events are not estimated. Starting lineups, used substitutes and event records come from the Fjelstul World Cup Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), credited alongside each panel.