 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Chikwata chemazuva ano chakatamba mitambo yemakwikwi kubvira muna 1994 kutanga nemushandirapamwe wekukodzera kuenda kuEuropean Championship ya1996. Muna 1998, vakakwikwidza mukombe wavo wekutanga weFIFA World Cup, vachipedza vechitatu uye vachipa mukwikwidzi wepamusoro wevatambi, Davor Šuker. Makore makumi maviri gare gare, Croatia yakasvika ku2018 World Cup Final, ichipa mutambi akanakisa wemutambo, Luka Modrić. Ivo ndeimwe yezvikwata zvechidiki zvemunyika kubvira pakagadzwa kuti vasvike padanho rekurova kwemutambo mukuru pamwe nechikwata chechidiki kutora nzvimbo yepamusoro gumi muFIFA World Rankings. 