Six White and Blues called up to their national teams

Six NK Osijek players will represent their national teams this month. As we have already reported, Armando Leon has received his first call-up to the Mexico senior national team, which will face Jamaica in two CONCACAF Nations League quarter-final matches on 11 and 14 November. The first match will be played in Kingston, with the return leg in Monterrey.

On Tuesday, 17 November, Croatia U21 will play a friendly against Germany at Rujevica Stadium in Rijeka. Luka Tunjić received a late call-up after initially being named among the standby players. Luka Vrbančić and Domagoj Bukvić were also called up, but after consultations with the medical staff, both will miss the camp to make sure they are fully fit for the rest of the season. Admir Ljatifi had been named in the North Macedonia U21 squad, which will play a friendly against Serbia in Novi Sad on Thursday, 12 November. However, due to a minor health issue, he has also been excused.

Izak Ježić and Luka Posavec at the World Cup

Izak Ježić and Luka Posavec have been included in the final squad selected by the Croatia U17 head coach for the World Cup in Qatar. Their opponents will be Senegal, Tajikistan and Cuba, with matches scheduled for 20, 23 and 26 November. Before that, Izak will join Luka Kolar in representing Croatia U17 in the European Championship qualifiers. From 11 to 17 November, they will face Latvia, Kosovo and Belgium in Karlovac.

Finally, David Kalem is part of the Croatia U19 squad, which is also continuing its European Championship qualifying campaign. From 11 to 17 November, Croatia will face Hungary, Czechia and the Netherlands in Nedelišće.

We are delighted and proud that so many of our players are representing their countries. Wearing the national team shirt is an honour for each of them. We wish them all the best and hope they return to Opus Arena healthy and ready for everything that lies ahead with the White and Blues.