Football in Croatia

Supporters of Croatia and Ukraine have used a match played by their national football teams to provoke Serbians and Russians.

The qualifier for the 2018 World Cup in Russia was played in Zagreb, Croatia.

A meeting was held in Zagreb, Croatia on Monday, to discuss setting up a regional football league for youth categories.

The meeting has once again brought to the fore the issue of this format of competition.

Croatia's footballers beat Malta on Tuesday and qualified for the Euro 2016 tournament finals in France, but some fans and media have not been sharing in the sporting enthusiasm - instead, they have been boycotting the team.

The Croatian football scooped an easy victory against Bulgaria in a UEFA EURO 2016 qualifier game in Zagreb on Saturday evening.

Croatia's Ivan Peri?i? managed to score as early as the 2nd minute of the first half, and the second goal followed in the 42nd minute by Ivan Rakiti?. N. Kalini? followed in the 81st minute.

Bulgaria's football team is to play against Croatia in a Group H match of the EURO 2016 qualifying round.

The game begins at 20:45 local time, CEST (21:45 EEST) in Croatia's capital Zagreb.

The previous encounter in Sofia, on the same day a year ago, ended with a loss for Bulgaria (0:1).

Croatia was given a one-point deduction in the Euro 2016 tournament qualifiers after a swastika was imprinted on the pitch at a qualifying match in Split last month.

Zagreb County Court on Wednesday ordered the release on bail of Dinamo's executive president, Zdravko Mamic, the club manager, Zoran Mamic, and the former club director, Damir Vrbanovic, for a total of 1.6 million euro.

All suspects left custody prison on Wednesday afternoon, after their bails were deposited at court.

Zagreb county court on Sunday refused the bail offer from Dinamo Zagreb football club executive president Zdravko Mamic and his brother, club manager Zoran Mamic, and remanded them both in custody prison for a month.

Croatian Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic told a TV show on Thursday that an internal arrest warrant had been issued for senior officials of the Zagreb football club Dinamo.

The main man in question, Zdravko Mamic, via a video link to the same TV show, called the minister a liar and said he was a victim of a political plot.

Croatia's Office for suppression of corruption and organized crime, USKOK, on Wednesday raided the homes and office of the bosses of the Zagreb football club, Dinamo.

They said they suspect the club president, Zdravko Mamic, and manager Zoran Mamic of tax evasion, bribery and other unspecified criminal acts.