Croatia 1990 Retro Football ShirtCroatia became an independent country in 1990 and established a national football team almost simultaneously. This team celebrated its new status by playing a debut fixture against the USA in October of that year. 1992 represented a significant year in the development of football in the new republic with the formalization of admission to FIFA for Stanko Poklepovic's team. Croatia's first games as an official football nation in those distinctive red