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UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2023 - Round 12 - Group 1

Marienlyst stadion - Drammen - Norway

June 03, 2022

Norway U-21

Norway

3 - 2

Croatia U-21

Croatia

Assist by Johan HoveErik Botheim

36'

Assist by Kristian ArnstadJesper Daland

90+1'

Jorgen Larsen

90+5'

Luka SucicAssist by Lukas Kacavenda

79'

Roko SimicAssist by Luka Sucic

logo Norway NOR

5' - Goal Luka Sucic

14' - Yellow card Nikola Soldo

36' - Goal Erik Botheim36

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46' - Substitution Josip Stanisicis substituted by Veldin Hodza

49' - Yellow card Kristian Arnstad49

61' - Substitution Igor Matanovicis substituted by Antonio Marin

79' - Substitution Henrik Heggheimis substituted by Ole Martin Kolskogen79

79' - Goal Roko Simic

81' - Substitution Leo Fuhr Hjeldeis substituted by Osame Sahraoui photo Tobias Christensen

81' - Substitution Hugo Vetlesenis substituted by Tobias Christensen photo Haakon Evjen

81' - Substitution Erik Botheimis substituted by Haakon Evjen81

82' - Yellow card Antonio Marin

89' - Substitution Luka Sucicis substituted by Hrvoje Smolcic

91' - Goal Jesper Daland91

95' - Goal Jorgen Larsen95

96' - Yellow card Emil Ceide96

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Norway U-21

3 - 2

Croatia U-21

Norway U-21 Croatia U-21

Team line-ups

Norway U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Botheim3681

Erik Botheim

Norway

B.date10/01/2000

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

9Larsen95

Jorgen Larsen

Norway

B.date06/02/2000

Age22 years

H1m93

positionForward

11Ceide96

Emil Ceide

Norway

B.date03/09/2001

Age20 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

6Hove

Johan Hove

Norway

B.date07/09/2000

Age21 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

16Arnstad49

Kristian Arnstad

Norway

B.date07/09/2003

Age18 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Vetlesen81

Hugo Vetlesen

Norway

B.date29/02/2000

Age22 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

13Hjelde81

Leo Fuhr Hjelde

Norway

B.date26/08/2003

Age18 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

4Daland91

Jesper Daland

Norway

B.date06/01/2000

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

3Heggheim79

Henrik Heggheim

Norway

B.date22/04/2001

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

2Sebulonsen

Sebastian Sebulonsen

Norway

B.date27/01/2000

Age22 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

1Klaesson

Kristoffer Klaesson

Norway

B.date27/11/2000

Age21 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Kristoffer Klaesson		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Henrik Heggheim	79	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Leo Fuhr Hjelde	81	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jesper Daland	91	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sebastian Sebulonsen		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Hugo Vetlesen	81	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Johan Hove		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Kristian Arnstad	49	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Erik Botheim	3681	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Emil Ceide	96	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jorgen Larsen	95	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Croatia U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Simic79

Roko Simic

Croatia

B.date10/09/2003

Age18 years

positionForward

17Matanovic61

Igor Matanovic

Croatia

B.date31/03/2003

Age19 years

H1m94

positionCentre forward

11Kacavenda

Lukas Kacavenda

Croatia

B.date02/03/2003

Age19 years

positionCentre Midfield

10Sucic589

Luka Sucic

Croatia

B.date08/09/2002

Age19 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

3Colina

David Colina

Croatia

B.date19/07/2000

Age21 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

21Soldo14

Nikola Soldo

Croatia

B.date25/01/2001

Age21 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

2Stanisic46

Josip Stanisic

Croatia

B.date02/04/2000

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

13Krizmanic

Kresimir Krizmanic

Croatia

B.date03/07/2000

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

4Vuskovic

Mario Vuskovic

Croatia

B.date16/11/2001

Age20 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

5Sutalo

Josip Sutalo

Croatia

B.date28/02/2000

Age22 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

1Kotarski

Dominik Kotarski

Croatia

B.date10/02/2000

Age22 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dominik Kotarski		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Kresimir Krizmanic		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Mario Vuskovic		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Josip Sutalo		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Nikola Soldo	14	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Josip Stanisic	46	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	David Colina		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luka Sucic	589	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Lukas Kacavenda		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Igor Matanovic	61	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Roko Simic	79	18	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Sander Tangvik		19
14	D	Ole Martin Kolskogen	79	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Robin Oström		19
18	M	Martin Palumbo		20
15	M	Eskil Edh		19
21	M	Tobias Christensen	81	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Aune Heggebö		20
8	F	Haakon Evjen	81	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Osame Sahraoui	81	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Karlo Sentic		20
6	D	Hrvoje Smolcic	89	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Veldin Hodza	46	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Martin Baturina		19
8	M	Jurica Prsir		22
19	M	Toni Fruk		21
7	F	Antonio Marin	6182	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Dion Drena Beljo		20
14	F	Gabriel Vidovic		18

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emil Ceide

Haakon Evjen

OUT

Erik Botheim

Noah Jean Holm

OUT

Kristian Arnstad

Elias Hagen

OUT

Hugo Vetlesen

Osame Sahraoui

OUT

Leo Fuhr Hjelde

Fredrik Oppegard

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lukas Kacavenda

Ante Palaversa

OUT

Kresimir Krizmanic

Bosko Sutalo

OUT

Igor Matanovic

Antonio Marin

OUT

Nikola Soldo

Bartol Franjic

OUT

David Colina

Martin Baturina

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Leif Gunnar Smerud

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Smerud vs Croatia U-21

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on June 03, 2022

Smerud vs Biscan

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 03, 2022

Manager

Age

Match num

Igor Biscan

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Biscan vs Norway U-21

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 03, 2022

Biscan vs Smerud

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 03, 2022

Referee

David Munro

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	General total	Croatia U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	Season total	Croatia U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 03, 2022					Latest figure on June 03, 2022

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Norway U-21 keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw vs Croatia U-21 running (since 05/09/2009). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Erik Botheim scores a goal in his professional career with Norway U-21 since the 03/09/2021 (with Norway U-21 vs Austria U-21)

It's the first time Roko Simic scores a goal in his professional career with Croatia U-21 since the 11/11/2021 (with Croatia U-21 vs Estonia U-21)

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

	1	Croatia U-21	19 pts	9 rd
+1	2	Norway U-21	18 pts	8 rd
+1	3	Finland U-21	16 pts	8 rd
-2	4	Austria U-21	16 pts	10 rd
	5	Azerbaijan U-21	7 pts	8 rd

General ranking

	1	Croatia U-21	19 pts	9 rd
+1	2	Norway U-21	18 pts	8 rd
+1	3	Finland U-21	16 pts	8 rd
-2	4	Austria U-21	16 pts	10 rd
	5	Azerbaijan U-21	7 pts	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNorway 0-4 Netherlands U-2115/10/2019

LNorway 2-3 Portugal U-2119/11/2019

VNorway 6-0 Gibraltar U-2104/09/2020

VNorway 3-1 Austria U-2103/09/2021

VNorway 3-0 Estonia U-2112/10/2021

VNorway 3-1 Finland U-2112/11/2021

Overall

VEstonia U-21 0-5 Norway07/09/2021

LCroatia U-21 3-2 Norway08/10/2021

VNorway 3-0 Estonia U-2112/10/2021

VNorway 3-1 Finland U-2112/11/2021

VAzerbaijan U-21 1-2 Norway16/11/2021

LAustria U-21 2-1 Norway29/03/2022

Current form

Away

DCzech Republic U-21 0-0 Croatia07/09/2020

VGreece U-21 0-1 Croatia13/10/2020

DScotland U-21 2-2 Croatia12/11/2020

VFinland U-21 0-2 Croatia07/09/2021

VAzerbaijan U-21 1-5 Croatia12/10/2021

VAustria U-21 1-3 Croatia16/11/2021

Overall

VCroatia 3-2 Norway U-2108/10/2021

VAzerbaijan U-21 1-5 Croatia12/10/2021

VCroatia 2-0 Estonia U-2111/11/2021

VAustria U-21 1-3 Croatia16/11/2021

DCroatia 0-0 Austria U-2125/03/2022

LCroatia 2-3 Finland U-2129/03/2022

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4
Loosing streak		1
Unbeaten streak	4
Winless streak		1
Drawless streak	7	7
Scoring streak	5	7
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3
Loosing streak		1
Unbeaten streak	12
Winless streak		2
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	1
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	8
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.38
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3.33
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.88
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Jorgen Larsen	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Roko Simic
Jorgen Larsen	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Roko Simic
Jorgen Larsen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Luka Sucic
Jorgen Larsen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Luka Sucic
Sebastian Sebulonsen	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Luka Sucic
Osame Sahraoui	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Ante Palaversa
Noah Jean Holm	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals, 3 assists during the last 8 matches	Luka Sucic

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

3 gf

10 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

4 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

10 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

13 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 13, 2014
Away	3 - 1	September 05, 2009

Latest head to head

October 08, 2021 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2023

Croatia U-21

3 - 2

Norway U-21 logo Norway

November 13, 2014 - Rencontres amicales Espoirs 2014

Croatia U-21

3 - 0

Norway U-21 logo Norway

August 11, 2010 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2011

Croatia U-21

4 - 1

Norway U-21 logo Norway

September 05, 2009 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2011

Norway U-21

1 - 3

Croatia U-21 logo Croatia

Best historical scorers against Croatia U-21

Markus Henriksen	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Emil Ceide	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Jo Inge Berget	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Sebastian Sebulonsen	1 goal	2021 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Norway U-21

Mato Jajalo	3 goals	2009 - 2010
Dejan Lovren	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Duje Caleta-Car	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Josip Sutalo	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Roko Simic	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Andrej Kramaric	1 goal	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Croatia U-21

Mads Stokkelien	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Tarik Elyounoussi	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Vegard Forren	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Jonathan Parr	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Magnus Lekven	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Haakon Evjen	1 match	2021 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norway U-21

Ivan Kelava	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Mirko Oremus	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Mato Jajalo	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Domagoj Vida	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Dejan Skolnik	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Milan Badelj	2 matches	2009 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

June 01, 2022

Belarus U-21

2 0

Cyprus U-21

Line-ups available

Faroe Islands U-21

0 4

Ukraine U-21

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June 02, 2022

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June 03, 2022

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June 04, 2022

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June 05, 2022

Belgium U-21

0 0

Scotland U-21

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Croatia U-21	19	9	6	1	2	21	10	+11
+12	Norway U-21	18	8	6	0	2	22	10	+12
+13	Finland U-21	16	8	5	1	2	15	11	+4
-24	Austria U-21	16	10	5	1	4	22	13	+9
5	Azerbaijan U-21	7	8	2	1	5	11	19	-8
6	Estonia U-21	0	9	0	0	9	0	28	-28

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Norway U-21 3-2 Croatia U-21 - June 03, 2022 / UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2023

Norway U-21

3 - 2

Croatia U-21

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Smerud vs Croatia U-21

Smerud vs Biscan

Manager

Biscan vs Norway U-21

Biscan vs Smerud

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Croatia U-21

Best historical scorers against Norway U-21

Players with most games played vs Croatia U-21

Players with most games played vs Norway U-21

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking