The Croatian national team manager, Igor Štimac, announced the squad for their upcoming qualifiers in September against Macedonia and Belgium.

Igor Štimac, the new Croatian manager who took over from Slaven Bilić, has announced the squad for the two September qualifiers, including one match against Macedonia.  Štimac had an unsuccessful debut in charge of Croatia as they lost 4:2 to Switzerland earlier in the month.  He will be looking to improve upon that in the qualifier against Macedonia on the 7th of September.

Štimac has called up 26 players, which include Petrić and Šimunić, but left out Pranjić and Sammir.

Goalkeepers:
Stipe Pletikosa – Rostov, Russia
Danijel Subašić – Monaco, France
Ivan Kelava – Dinamo Zagreb

Defenders:
Darijo Srna – Shakhtar, Ukraine
Vedran Ćorluka – Lokomotiv Moskva, Russia
Ivan Strinić – Dnipro, Ukraine
Josip Šimunić – Dinamo Zagreb
Domagoj Vida – Dinamo Zagreb
Gordon Schildenfeld – Dinamo Moskva, Russia
Dejan Lovren – Lyon, France
Manuel Pamić – Sparta Praha, Czech Republic

Midfielders:
Luka Modrić – Tottenham, England
Niko Kranjčar – Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine
Ognjen Vukojević – Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine
Ivan Perišić – Borussia Dortmund, Germany
Ivan Rakitić – Sevilla, Spain
Milan Badelj – Dinamo Zagreb
Ivo Iličević – Hamburger SV, Germany
Josip Radošević – Hajduk Split

Attackers:
Mario Mandžukić – Bayern München, Germany
Ivica Olić – Wolfsburg, Germany
Nikica Jelavić – Everton, England
Eduardo da Silva – Shakhtar, Ukraine
Mladen Petrić – Fulham, England
Nikola Kalinić – Dnipro, Ukraine
Ante Vukušić – Hajduk Split