The Croatian Football Federation has sacked national coach Niko Kovac for poor results in 2016 European Championship qualifiers.

Croatia has only one point from the last two games, a 0-0 draw in Azerbaijan and a 2-0 defeat in Norway.

Davor Suker, the head of the federation, said on Wednesday that potential successors will be interviewed in the next 10 days. He gave no names.

Kovac took over from Igor Stimac in 2013, and led Croatia to the 2014 World Cup.

The Croatians are third in Europe's Group H, and next face Bulgaria before concluding their games against Malta at Ta' Qali on 13 October.

Croatia was stripped of one point after a swastika was painted on the field before a match against Italy in June.