1990 Croatia–United States football match

August 2023 Promotional poster created by Miroslav Šutej International friendly Croatia 2 1 CRO 1990 30px 17 October 1990 USA 30px United States Sergio Coppetelli (Italy) Zagreb Maksimir Stadium 30,000 Croatia–United States File:CRO-USA-90.jpg On 17 October 1990, Croatia hosted the United States in capital city of Zagreb to play their first international football match.Croatia - International Matches 1990-1995 https://web.archive.org/web/20080612091143/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kroa-intl9095.html June 12, 2008 , RSSSFHistory https://hns-cff.hr/en/hns/about-us/history/ Croatian Football Federation 24 March 2015 The match was an unofficial exhibition game ("friendly") played in Maksimir Stadium, the largest football stadium in Croatia. The match is considered historically significant for the national team as it was held on the eve of the nation's independence from Yugoslavia. This was Croatia's second match as a team since 1956. The Croatian Football Federation was readmitted into FIFA on 3 July 1992 and UEFA on 16 June 1993, so this match was considered "unaffiliated" in the transition period. Background With the abolishing of the one-party political system in SFR Yugoslavia in 1990, SR Croatia's (constituent republic within the Yugoslav federation) first parliamentary elections were held over two rounds of voting on 22 April and 7 May 1990 resulting in an overwhelming victory for the nationalist Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) led by Franjo Tuđman. With the rising nationalism and ethnic tensions, several incidents took place at football matches in SR Croatia over the coming months. Only six days later, on Sunday, 13 May 1990, a riot broke out at Maksimir Stadium during a Yugoslav First League match between the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb and the Serbian club Red Star Belgrade. Dinamo midfielder 21-year-old Zvonimir Boban attacked a policeman and got a 6-month suspension by the Yugoslav FA (FSJ), causing him to miss the 1990 FIFA World Cup as well as the pre-tournament friendlies.The Day Yugoslav Soccer Died At one of those friendlies on 3 June 1990 versus the Netherlands at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb (Yugoslavia's last preparation match before the World Cup) local Croatian fans booed the Yugoslav anthem and players, while cheering for the opposing Netherlands side which won the match 0-2. On 26 September 1990, several weeks into the following Yugoslav League season, another incident broke out, this time in Split. Hajduk Split's home match against Partizan Belgrade at Poljud Stadium was cancelled after local fans stormed the pitch, chased Partizan players off, tore down the Yugoslav flag from the official mast and burned it.Knjiga o najvećim Hajdukovim utakmicamaJuly 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Game The United States was on a tour of Europe where the team was already scheduled to play Poland. Croatian businessman Jure Klarić financed the US$90,000 needed for the Americans to subsequently travel to Zagreb.Modri zakon o oplodnji https://web.archive.org/web/20100915182852/http://www.jutarnji.hr/modri-zakon-o-oplodnji/304115/ 2010-09-15 , Jutarnji list The exhibition took place on 17 October 1990. The match took place at the same time as the final of the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, in which several young Croatian talents played for Yugoslavia (Zvonimir Boban, Davor Šuker, Robert Jarni, Igor Štimac, Robert Prosinečki and Alen Bokšić). The exhibition was permitted by the Croat secretary of the Football Association of Yugoslavia, Ante Pavlović, who suspended the decision of the association's own committees regarding the match.Ante Pavlović odlikovan Ordenom Reda časti Despite conflicting with the Yugoslav juniors' match in the European finals, the match drew 30,000 spectators. Croatia won the match 2–1. The match was officiated by a group of Italian officials consisting of Sergio Coppetelli, Dario Boemo, and Giancarlo Dal Forno, with the Croat Atif Lipovac being the fourth official.http://www.zdencida.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=789&Itemid=46 Hrvatska - SAD 2:0 2010-02-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724140551/http://www.zdencida.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=789&Itemid=46 2011-07-24 dead The match marked the debut of the Croatian national team's checkered jersey, designed by Miroslav Šutej who also designed the modern Flag of Croatia and the banknotes for the Croatian kuna.http://www.nacional.hr/articles/view/23275/ Nacional (weekly) Croatian chequy are fashionable again Hrvatske kocke opet modni hit hr 20 February 2006 Mario Duspara Tanja Simić 30 June 2012 28 July 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120728160544/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/23275/hrvatske-kocke-opet-modni-hit Match details 17 October 1990 (Report) Croatia 1990 2–1 United States Asanović 29Cvjetković 33 Dayak 80 Maksimir Stadium Zagreb 30,000 Sergio Coppetelli (Italy) _MAS10a _cro12h _MAS10a _redwhiteblueborder FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF 0000CD Croatia _usa88h _2blueshoulderstripes _usa88h _usa1990_home _color_3_stripes_blue FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF United States GK Dražen Ladić DF Zoran Vulić DF Drago Čelić DF Darko Dražić DF Vlado Kasalo MF Saša Peršon MF Kujtim Shala MF Zlatko Kranjčar MF Ivan Cvjetković FW Aljoša Asanović FW Marko Mlinarić Substitutes: GK Tonči Gabrić MF Gregor Židan MF Mladen Mladenović Manager:Croatia 1990 Dražan Jerković GK Tony Meola DF Steve Trittschuh DF Marcelo Balboa DF Desmond Armstrong DF Robin Fraser MF Jimmy Banks MF John Harkes MF Eric Eichmann MF Paul Krumpe FW Bruce Murray FW Peter Vermes Substitutes:DF Mike Windischmann DF Brian Bliss DF Troy Dayak Manager:United States Bob Gansler See also 1956 Croatia–Indonesia football match Footnotes External links Game footage United States 1990 1990 Category:1990–91 in Croatian football Category:1990 in American soccer Category:October 1990 sports events in Europe 1990 1990