Croatia to face France at Poljud in Split, Austria in Osijek

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Poljud stadium in Split (Photo credit: MaGa/CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) on Friday revealed the host cities for Croatia’s opening 2022/23 UEFA Nations League matches. 

Croatia was been draw in League A Group 1 with France, Denmark and Austria and will will kick off in June with matches against the world champions France and Austria.  

Croatia v Austria 

Zlatko Dalić’s side will first face Austria on 3 June in Osijek at Gradski vrt with kick-off at 20:45. 

Croatia v France

Three days later on 6 June Croatia will face France at Poljud stadium in Split in a repeat of the 2018 World Cup final. The kick-off will also be at 20:45.

Also in June, Croatia will play Denmark away (10 June) and France (13 June) also away. 

The last two matches in the UEFA Nations League for Croatia will be a home match against Denmark (22 September) and Austria at home (25 September). 

The semi-finals and finals of the UEFA Nations League will take place in June 2023. 

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