Euro 2004 lineups: Croatia national team © EuroFootball.com

Croatia's national team coach Otto Baric announced the composition of the 23 players for the European Football Championship.

O.Baric had announced the preliminary composition of 26 players on May 16. As expected, the coach left Nika Kranjcar and Jasmin Agic from Zagreb's "Dinamo" and Marijo Maric from the "Kaernten" club off the list.

Croatia will participate in the European Championship in Group B along with the national teams of France, England, and Switzerland. They will play their first match on June 13 against the Swiss.

Composition of the Croatian national team:

Goalkeepers:

Stipe Pletikosa (Shakhtar)

Tomislav Butina (Brugge)

Joey Didulica (Vienna)

Defenders:

Dario Simic (Milan)

Robert Kovac (Bayern)

Igor Tudor (Juventus)

Boris Zivkovic (Stuttgart)

Josip Simunic (Hertha)

Stjepan Tomas (Fenerbahce)

Mato Neretljak (Hajduk)

Mario Tokic (Graz)

Midfielders:

Niko Kovac (Hertha)

Milan Rapaic (Ancona)

Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev)

Marko Babic (Bayer)

Darijo Srna (Shakhtar)

Nenad Bjelica (Kaiserslautern)

Giovanni Rosso (Maccabi Haifa)

Forwards:

Dado Prso (Monaco)

Tomo Sokota (Benfica)

Ivica Mornar (Portsmouth)

Ivica Olic (CSKA)

Ivan Klasnic(Werder)