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Niko Kovač announces list of candidates for October qualifiers
28.09.2014.

Photo by: Drago Sopta/HNS
Croatia head coach Niko Kovač presented the list of candidates for the upcoming matches of the EURO 2016 qualifying campaign.
In October, Croatia will face Bulgaria in Sofia and Azerbaijan in Osijek, with head coach Kovač announcing the following list of candidates:
Goalkeepers: Danijel Subašić (Monaco), Lovre Kalinić (Hajduk), Ivan Vargić (Rijeka)
Defenders: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar), Vedran Ćorluka (Lokomotiv), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Ivan Strinić (Dnipro), Šime Vrsaljko (Sassuolo), Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kiev), Marko Lešković (Rijeka), Hrvoje Milić (Rostov), Ivan Tomečak (Rijeka)
Midfielders: Luka Modrić (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona), Mateo Kovačić (Inter), Marcelo Brozović (Dinamo), Danijel Pranjić (Panathinaikos), Domagoj Antolić (Dinamo), Alen Halilović (Barcelona B), Ivan Perišić (Wolfsburg)
Strikers: Mario Mandžukić (Atletico Madrid), Ivica Olić (Wolfsburg), Nikica Jelavić (Hull City), Andrej Kramarić (Rijeka), Duje Čop (Dinamo)
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