A Nation’s Story: Croatia Event Guide

The FC Mobile 26 event A Nation’s Story: Croatia is the fourth nation in the Chronicles series, after Japan, the Netherlands, and Portugal. This event focuses on Croatia’s national football team history and their legendary players, while giving players a chance to earn Shards and Rank Up Points.

Event Duration: March 05, 2026 – Ongoing

Table of Contents

• Daily Challenges
• Beneath the Checkerboard
• Rewards
• Gallery
• Players

Daily Challenges

Complete two daily challenges to reveal the iconic moments of Croatia national football team. Each time you complete a match, a puzzle in the Beneath the Checkerboard will be revealed.

Beneath the Checkerboard

Each match you complete in the Daily Challenges reveals a part of the historic photo hidden behind the puzzles, along with a piece of its description. Open all the puzzles to fully reveal the photo and complete its story.

1st Photo

• 1998 FIFA World Cup
• Croatia made their World Cup debut in France.
• They beat Germany 3-0 in the quarterfinals.
• Davor Suker won the Golden Boot with six goals.
• Croatia took third place after defeating the Netherlands.

2nd Photo

• 2018 FIFA World Cup
• Mario Mandzukic scored the winning goal in the semifinal against England.
• Croatia won three consecutive knockout matches after extra time.
• Croatia reached the 2018 FIFA World Cup final for the first time in history.
• The team finished as runners-up after a hard-fought final against France.

3rd Photo

• 2022 FIFA World Cup
• Dominik Livakovic made key saves in penalty shootouts against Japan and Brazil.
• Luka Modrid led the team with exceptional performances at age 37.
• The team demonstrated resilience by going unbeaten in regular time until the semifinals.
• Croatia finished third after defeating Morocco.

4th Photo

• 2022-23 UEFA Nations League
• Croatia defeated strong teams like Denmark and France in the group stage.
• Mario Pasalic scored the only goal in Croatia’s 1-0 victory over Denmark.
• Croatia reached the UEFA Nations League final for the first time.
• The team finished as runners-up after a hard-fought final against Spain.

Rewards

You can unlock rewards by collecting and fully revealing photos of Croatia’s historic football moments. Each photo layer you complete grants a specific reward as you progress.

Gallery

Here is the list of featured players from Croatia and the number of shards you need to claim them using A Nation’s Story Shards.

Croatia is the final nation in the Nation’s Story events. The event then continues with Nation’s Story Part II, starting with the USA as the first nation and Mexico as the second.

Players

Below are the Nation’s Story: Croatia Players and their refresh times. All times are after daily reset (01:00 UTC) and repeat every two hours.