The Croatia national football team has contested this tournament since 1996, having been part of Yugoslavia up until the qualifying stages for the 1992 edition. Croatia's Euro cup side has qualified for every Euro competition except for the 2000 edition, played in Belgium and the Netherlands. The team's best performances have been reaching the quarter-finals twice in the Euro Cup in 1996 and 2008 Euro cup, losing to Germany Euro cup team and Turkey, respectively.
In the qualifiers, Croatia was drawn into Group E of Euro Cup 2008's qualifications, along with Andorra, England, Estonia, Macedonia, Israel and Russia.
Throughout qualifying, Croatia racked up nine wins, two draws, and one loss. Croatia's loss was a 2–0 defeat at Skopje, Macedonia. Croatia and Romania became the final teams to record their first loss, both on the 17 November 2007 matchday, in a qualification cycle where every team suffered at least one defeat. Croatia gathered numerous headlines after knocking England out on the final matchday, with a 3–2 victory at Wembley Stadium.
Group D of UEFA Euro Cup 2024 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group D consisted of five teams: Armenia, Croatia, Latvia, Turkey and Wales. The teams played against each other home and away in a round-robin format.
The top two teams, Turkey and Croatia Euro Cup teams, qualified directly for the Euro 2024.