List of FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers
Since it had been founded in 1921, FK Željezničar had 56 different coaches or managers. Some of them were named at that position more than once. It is interesting that the club did not have a coach at the beginning. It was before the second season that Adolf Šmit was chosen to be the coach and a player at the same time.
It is important to notice that frequent coach changes are not unusual in FK Željezničar. However, there were several coaches that stayed more than the others. Josip Šebalj, Milan Ribar and Ivica Osim are rare examples of long serving managers at the club.
FK Željezničar had three foreign managers as well. František Bičiště was from former Czechoslovakia, László Fenyvesi from Hungary and most recently, Jiří Plíšek from Czech Republic. All the others were from Bosnia and Herzegovina or other parts of former Yugoslavia.
FK Željezničar managers timeline
Name | Nationality | From | To | Notes | Honors and/or Titles |
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Adolf Šmit | 1922 | 1923 | First part of the 1922–23 season | ||
Josip Šebalj | ![]() |
1923 | 1934 | ||
Milovan Adamović | ![]() |
1934 | 1935 | ||
Vilim Novak | ![]() |
1935 | 1936 | ||
Petar Bugarinović | ![]() |
1936 | 1939 | ||
Dušan Marković | ![]() |
1939 | 1941 | ||
- | - | 1941 | 1945 | World War II | |
Zdravko Pavlić | ![]() |
1945 | 1945 | Only for short period | |
Milan Rajlić | ![]() |
1945 | 1947 | Second part of 1945–46 and most of the 1946–47 season | |
Ivica Medarić | ![]() |
1947 | 1947 | End of 1946–47 and start of the 1947–48 season | |
Mensur Bajrami | ![]() |
1947 | 1948 | Caretaker coach and a player at the same time | |
František Bičiště | ![]() |
1948 | 1949 | Second part of 1947–48 and first part of 1948–49 season | |
Josip Bulat | ![]() |
1949 | 1949 | Second part of 1948–49 season | |
Stevo Maslavarić | ![]() |
1950 | 1950 | First part of 1950 season | |
Aleksandar Petrović | ![]() |
1950 | 1950 | Second part of 1950 season | |
Slavko Zagorac | ![]() |
1951 | 1951 | ||
Zdravko Pavlić | ![]() |
1952 | 1953 | Second time as a coach | |
Branislav Hrnjiček | ![]() |
1953 | 1954 | Second part of 1952–53 and first part of 1953–54 season | |
Prvoslav Dragičević | ![]() |
1954 | 1955 | He came in second part of 1953–54 and stayed for short period in the first part of 1955–56 season | |
Miloš Pajević | ![]() |
1955 | 1955 | Only for short period | |
Mensur Bajrami | ![]() |
1955 | 1956 | Second time as a coach, again just for short period | |
Branko Šalipur | ![]() |
1956 | 1956 | Second part of 1955–56 season | |
Miroslav Brozović | ![]() |
1956 | 1958 | ||
László Fenyvesi | ![]() |
1958 | 1959 | Second part of 1958–59 season | |
Mensur Bajrami | ![]() |
1959 | 1959 | Third time as a coach, one part of 1959–60 season | |
Dimitrije Tadić | ![]() |
1959 | 1960 | One part of 1959–60 season | |
Branko Stanković | ![]() |
1960 | 1960 | End of 1959–60 and first part of 1960–61 season | |
Joško Domorocki | ![]() |
1960 | 1961 | Part of 1960–61 season | |
Vlatko Konjevod | ![]() |
1961 | 1964 | He came in second part of 1960–61 and stayed until winter of 1963–64 season | |
Munib Saračević | ![]() |
1964 | 1965 | He took the team in winter of 1964–65 and stayed until the end of 1964–65 season | |
Josip Babić | ![]() |
1965 | 1966 | First part of 1965–66 season | |
Marcel Žigante | ![]() |
1966 | 1967 | Second part of 1965–66 and until the first part of 1967–68 season | |
Milan Ribar | ![]() |
1967 | 1976 | Second part of 1967–68 and until the first part of 1976–77 season | 1971–72 Yugoslav Championship, UEFA Cup 1971–72 Quarter finals |
Vasilije Radović | ![]() |
1976 | 1977 | Second part of 1976–77 season | |
Sulejman Rebac | ![]() |
1977 | 1978 | 1977–78 season | |
Ivica Osim | ![]() |
1978 | 1986 | Eight seasons | 1984–85 UEFA Cup Semi-finals |
Boris Bračulj | ![]() |
1986 | 1987 | 1986–87 season | |
Mile Prnjatović | ![]() |
1987 | 1987 | End of 1986–87 season | |
Blagoje Bratić | ![]() |
1987 | 1988 | 1987–88 season | |
Josip Bukal | ![]() |
1988 | 1988 | Beginning of 1988–89 season | |
Mišo Smajlović and Boris Bračulj | ![]() |
1988 | 1989 | Caretaking team, part of the 1986–87 season | |
Nedeljko Gugolj | ![]() |
1989 | 1989 | Second part of the 1988–89 season | |
Mišo Smajlović | ![]() |
1989 | 1991 | Second time as a coach. He took the team before the 1989–90 and stayed until the end of 1990–91 season | |
Milan Ribar | ![]() |
1991 | 1992 | Second time as a coach. 1991–92 season | |
- | 1992 | 1994 | War in Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Mišo Smajlović | ![]() |
1994 | 1997 | Third time as a coach. He took the team in 1994 and stayed until the late stages of 1996–97 season | |
Tarik Hodžić | ![]() |
1997 | 1997 | Caretaker coach, part of 1996–97 season | |
Dino Đurbuzović | ![]() |
1997 | 1997 | End of 1996–97 season | |
Boris Bračulj | ![]() |
1997 | 1998 | Second time as a coach, first part of 1997–98 season | |
Enver Hadžiabdić | ![]() |
1998 | 1999 | He took the team in winter of 1997–98 and stayed until the winter of 1998–99 season | 1997–98 Bosnian Championship; 1998 Bosnian Super Cup |
Nedžad Verlašević | ![]() |
1999 | 1999 | Second part of 1998–99 season | |
Enver Hadžiabdić | ![]() |
1999 | 2000 | Second time as a coach, 1999–00 season | 1999–00 Bosnian Cup |
Dino Đurbuzović | ![]() |
2000 | 2001 | Second time as a coach, he was named before the start of 2000–01 season and sacked in spring of 2001 | 2000–01 Bosnian Super Cup |
Amar Osim | ![]() |
2001 | 2003 | He took the team in spring of 2001 and was sacked in October 2003 | 2000–01 and 2001–02 Bosnian Championship, 2000–01 and 2002–03 Bosnian Cup, 2002–03 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. |
Milomir Odović | ![]() |
Oct 2003 | June 2004 | ||
Jiří Plíšek | ![]() |
June 2004 | Oct 2004 | ||
Ismet Štilić | ![]() |
Oct 2004 | Jan 2005 | Caretaker coach | |
Ivo Ištuk | ![]() |
Jan 2005 | June 2005 | ||
Ratko Ninković | ![]() |
June 2005 | March 2006 | ||
Almir Memić | ![]() |
March 2006 | July 2006 | Caretaker manager | |
Nenad Starovlah | ![]() |
July 2006 | Sept 2006 | ||
Dželaludin Muharemović | ![]() |
Sept 2006 | Jan 2007 | Caretaker manager | |
Enver Hadžiabdić | ![]() |
Jan 10, 2007 | June 30, 2008 | Third time as a manager | |
Simo Krunić | ![]() |
Jan 20, 2008 | Nov 24, 2008 | ||
Demir Hotić | ![]() |
Dec 31, 2008 | May 31, 2009 | ||
Amar Osim | ![]() |
June 22, 2009 | August 1, 2013 | Second time as a manager | 2009–10 Bosnian Championship, 2010–11 Bosnian Cup, 2011–12 Bosnian Championship, 2011–12 Bosnian Cup, 2012–13 Bosnian Championship |
Dino Đurbuzović | ![]() |
August 1, 2013 | June 6, 2014 | Third time as a coach | |
Admir Adžem | ![]() |
June 6, 2014 | January 8, 2015 | ||
Milomir Odović | ![]() |
January 8, 2015 | September 11, 2015 | Second time as a coach | |
Vlado Čapljić | ![]() |
September 11, 2015 | September 29, 2015 | ||
Edis Mulalić | ![]() |
September 29, 2015 | |||
References
- History at themaniacs.org