FIFA has finally tallied up the rankings after the World Cup, and even though Croatia finished second in Russia, the Vatreni are now ranked fourth in the world.     There’s a new ranking system in place which weighs international tournaments much higher than in the past and lessens the impact of friendly matches, Forbes reports. Also, games […]

    At 32 years of age, Croatian striker “Super Mario” Mandžukić is retiring from the national team.     Mandza scored 33 goals for Croatia in 89 appearances, which is 2nd all-time behind only Davor Šuker (45). His most memorable goal in a Croatian uniform only came one month ago, when he struck home a 109th minute winner against […]

      Osijek is the only club in the league who has successfully found victory in the first three matches of the season. Victories over Hajduk Split, NK Rudeš and most recently, NK Istra 1961 have given Osijek a table-topping nine points.     After their tough 2-1 (3-1 agg.) defeat to Rangers FC, Osijek haven’t looked back and […]

    29 year-old Ivan Santini scored his seventh goal of the season for Belgian club Anderlecht, in just their third game of the season. After posting back-to-back hat tricks in his first two games, Santini had an easy one Sunday night as he tapped in the game winner in a 2-1 victory over Sporting Charleroi.     Santini was scrapped […]