Croatia boss Zlatko Dalic named his 26-man squad on Tuesday, while also including seven players on stand-by.

Modric's availability for the tournament was in doubt after the midfielder suffered a broken cheekbone while playing for AC Milan, but he will once again lead his country at the finals.

Modric has the most World Cup finals appearances for Croatia, which went unbeaten in its qualifying campaign.

Modric has completed more line-breaking passes across the last three World Cup tournaments than any other player – the Croatian captain has broken the opposition’s lines 199 times in 17 matches.

Manchester City duo Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic were both included in the squad, along with former Tottenham man Ivan Perisic.

Perisic has been directly involved in more goals than any other Croatian in major tournament history (18 – 10 goals, eight assists in World Cup/EUROs).

He’s also one of only three players to have both scored and assisted at each of the last three World Cups, alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar.

Croatia World Cup squad in full:

Dominik Livakovic, Dominik Kotarski, Ivor Pandur; Josko Gvardiol, Duje Caleta-Car, Josip Sutalo, Josip Stanisic, Marin Pongracic, Martin Erlic, Luka Vuskovic; Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Mario Pasalic, Nikola Vlasic, Luka Sucic, Martin Baturina, Kristijan Jakic, Petar Sucic, Nikola Moro, Toni Fruk; Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric, Ante Budimir, Marco Pasalic, Petar Musa, Igor Matanovic.

Stand-by players:

Lovro Majer, Franjo Ivanovic, Dion Drena Beljo, Ivan Smolcic, Karlo Letica, Adrian Segecic, Luka Stojkovic.