List of FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers

Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Željezničar from 1922, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure, major honours won and significant achievements under his leadership. Caretaker managers are included, where known. As of the 2024–25 season, Željezničar has had 66 managers.

The first manager of Željezničar was Adolf Šmit.[1] He managed the club for one season. Josip Šebalj is the club's longest-serving manager, managing Željezničar for 11 years.[1]

The most successful Željezničar manager in terms of trophies won is Amar Osim, who won five Bosnian Premier League titles, four Bosnian Cups and one Bosnian Supercup.[2] Milan Ribar, Amar Osim and his father, Ivica Osim, are the three managers with the most managerial appearances for Željezničar.[3]

List of managers

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The complete list of Željezničar managers is shown in the following table:[1]

Information correct as of the match played 9 December 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Manager Nat. From To G W D L Win%[A] Honours Notes
Adolf Šmit Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1922 1923 2 1 0 1 050.00 [B]
Josip Šebalj Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1923 1934 82 35 7 40 042.68 [C]
Milovan Adamović Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1934 1935 12 5 0 7 041.67
Vilim Novak Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1935 1936 10 0 2 8 000.00
Petar Bugarinović Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1936 1939 34 6 3 25 017.65
Dušan Marković Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1939 1941 18 11 2 5 061.11
Zdravko Pavlić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945 1945 0 0 0 0 !
Milan Rajlić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945 1947 29 10 5 14 034.48 1 Bosnian Republic League
Ivica Medarić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1947 1947 10 3 2 5 030.00
Mensur Bajrami (interim) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1947 1948 7 3 1 3 042.86
František Bičiště Czechoslovakia 1948 1949 23 13 4 6 056.52
Josip Bulat Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1949 1949 18 11 4 3 061.11
Stevo Maslavarić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1950 1950 10 3 3 4 030.00
Aleksandar Petrović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1950 1950 11 2 2 7 018.18
Slavko Zagorac Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1951 1951 35 12 9 14 034.29
Zdravko Pavlić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1952 1953 22 16 3 3 072.73
Branislav Hrnjiček Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1953 1954 33 19 6 8 057.58
Prvoslav Dragićević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1954 1955 45 18 4 23 040.00
Milutin Pajević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1955 1955 3 0 3 0 000.00
Mensur Bajrami Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1955 1956 4 2 1 1 050.00
Branko Šalipur Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1956 1956 13 4 3 6 030.77
Miroslav Brozović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1956 1958 77 41 13 23 053.25
László Fenyvesi Hungary 1958 1959 11 3 2 6 027.27
Mensur Bajrami Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1959 1959 6 2 0 4 033.33
Dimitrije Tadić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1959 1960 7 6 0 1 085.71
Branko Stanković Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1960 1960 22 12 4 6 054.55
Joško Domorocki Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1960 1961 2 1 0 1 050.00
Vlatko Konjevod Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1961 1964 81 40 17 24 049.38
Munib Saračević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1964 1965 45 18 14 13 040.00
Josip Babić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1965 1966 24 9 8 7 037.50
Marcel Žigante Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1966 1967 70 35 15 20 050.00
Milan Ribar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1967 1976 344 151 90 103 043.90 1 Yugoslav First League
Vasilije Radović (interim) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 1977 29 8 7 14 027.59
Sulejman Rebac Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1977 1978 39 23 8 8 058.97
Ivica Osim Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1978 1986 301 118 81 102 039.20
Boris Bračulj Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1986 1987 25 7 8 10 028.00
Mile Prnjatović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1987 1987 14 8 2 4 057.14
Blagoje Bratić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1987 1988 37 10 14 13 027.03
Josip Bukal Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1988 1988 9 1 2 6 011.11
Mišo Smajlović
Boris Bračulj
(interim)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1988 1989 11 4 1 6 036.36
Nedeljko Gugolj Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1989 1989 17 8 2 7 047.06
Mišo Smajlović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1989 1991 74 26 20 28 035.14
Milan Ribar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1991 1992 23 8 4 11 034.78
Mišo Smajlović Bosnia and Herzegovina 1994 1997 67 31 9 27 046.27
Tarik Hodžić (interim) Bosnia and Herzegovina 1997 1997 14 7 1 6 050.00
Dino Đurbuzović Bosnia and Herzegovina 1997 1997 16 7 6 3 043.75
Boris Bračulj Bosnia and Herzegovina 1997 1998 15 6 2 7 040.00
Enver Hadžiabdić Bosnia and Herzegovina 1998 1999 39 19 10 10 048.72 1 Bosnian First League
1 Bosnian Supercup
Nedžad Verlašević Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 30 June 1999 20 8 7 5 040.00
Enver Hadžiabdić Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 July 1999 30 June 2000 38 22 8 8 057.89 1 Bosnian Cup
Dino Đurbuzović Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 July 2000 28 February 2001 27 18 3 6 066.67 1 Bosnian Supercup
Amar Osim Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 March 2001 10 October 2003 150 93 35 22 062.00 2 Bosnian Premier League
2 Bosnian Cup
1 Bosnian Supercup
[D]
Milomir Odović Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 October 2003 10 June 2004 20 15 1 4 075.00
Jiří Plíšek Czech Republic 11 June 2004 29 October 2004 18 11 2 5 061.11
Ismet Štilić (interim) Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 October 2004 31 December 2004 6 3 1 2 050.00
Ivo Ištuk Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 January 2005 31 May 2005 15 5 4 6 033.33
Ratko Ninković Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 June 2005 12 March 2006 23 10 5 8 043.48
Almir Memić (interim) Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 March 2006 27 June 2006 14 5 3 6 035.71
Nenad Starovlah Bosnia and Herzegovina 27 June 2006 19 September 2006 7 2 2 3 028.57
Dželaludin Muharemović (interim) Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 September 2006 31 December 2006 14 5 4 5 035.71
Enver Hadžiabdić Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 January 2007 18 January 2008 33 17 3 13 051.52
Simo Krunić Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 January 2008 24 November 2008 34 15 4 15 044.12
Demir Hotić Bosnia and Herzegovina 31 December 2008 31 May 2009 14 7 0 7 050.00
Amar Osim Bosnia and Herzegovina 22 June 2009 19 September 2013 144 85 28 31 059.03 3 Bosnian Premier League
2 Bosnian Cup
[D]
Dino Đurbuzović Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 September 2013 6 June 2014 22 13 7 2 059.09
Admir Adžem Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 June 2014 15 December 2014 22 11 7 4 050.00
Almir Memić Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 December 2014 7 January 2015 0 0 0 0 !
Milomir Odović Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 January 2015 11 September 2015 28 15 8 5 053.57
Vlado Čapljić Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 September 2015 29 September 2015 4 3 0 1 075.00
Edis Mulalić Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 September 2015 7 May 2016 23 16 4 3 069.57
Haris Alihodžić (interim) Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 May 2016 30 May 2016 1 0 1 0 000.00
Miloš Kostić Slovenia 30 May 2016 22 August 2016 6 2 1 3 033.33
Slavko Petrović Serbia 24 August 2016 23 July 2017 36 21 10 5 058.33
Admir Adžem Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 July 2017 4 June 2018 40 26 7 7 065.00 1 Bosnian Cup
Slobodan Krčmarević Serbia 4 June 2018 30 July 2018 5 3 0 2 060.00
Milomir Odović Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 July 2018 27 November 2018 18 7 4 7 038.89
Amar Osim Bosnia and Herzegovina 31 December 2018 11 April 2021 68 34 16 18 050.00
Blaž Slišković Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 April 2021 1 June 2021 4 0 1 3 000.00
Tomislav Ivković Croatia 18 June 2021 24 December 2021 21 7 8 6 033.33
Edis Mulalić Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 January 2022 6 April 2023 43 18 14 11 041.86
Nermin Bašić Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 April 2023 1 November 2023 26 10 4 12 038.46
Haris Alihodžić (interim) Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 November 2023 7 November 2023 1 1 0 0 100.00
Abdulhakeem Al-Tuwaijri Saudi Arabia 7 November 2023 2 January 2024 5 0 1 4 000.00
Bruno Akrapović Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 January 2024 20 April 2024 9 2 2 5 022.22
Dino Đurbuzović (interim) Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 April 2024 12 June 2024 6 5 1 0 083.33
Denis Ćorić Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 June 2024 Present 18 12 2 4 066.67

Honours

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Rank Manager YL RL FL PL BC BS Total
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Osim 5 4 1 10
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Enver Hadžiabdić 1 1 1 3
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Rajlić 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Ribar 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Đurbuzović 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Admir Adžem 1

Notes

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A. ^ Win % is rounded to two decimal places.

B. The club's first manager.

C. Longest-serving manager in club history.

D. Most honours won.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sastavi po sezonama". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ Nedim Kreštalica (10 February 2016). "Amar Osim". 1921.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ A. Čaušević (11 April 2019). "Amar Osim u subotu postaje član "kluba 300" FK Željezničar". Sportsport (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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