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
Adolf Šmit		1922	1923	First part of the 1922–23 season
Josip Šebalj	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	1923	1934
Milovan Adamović	Yugoslavia	1934	1935
Vilim Novak	Yugoslavia	1935	1936
Petar Bugarinović	Yugoslavia	1936	1939
Dušan Marković	Yugoslavia	1939	1941
-	-	1941	1945	World War II
Zdravko Pavlić	Yugoslavia	1945	1945	Only for short period
Milan Rajlić	Yugoslavia	1945	1947	Second part of 1945–46 and most of the 1946–47 season
Ivica Medarić	Yugoslavia	1947	1947	End of 1946–47 and start of the 1947–48 season
Mensur Bajrami	Yugoslavia	1947	1948	Caretaker coach and a player at the same time
František Bičiště	Czechoslovakia	1948	1949	Second part of 1947–48 and first part of 1948–49 season
Josip Bulat	Yugoslavia	1949	1949	Second part of 1948–49 season
Stevo Maslavarić	Yugoslavia	1950	1950	First part of 1950 season
Aleksandar Petrović	Yugoslavia	1950	1950	Second part of 1950 season
Slavko Zagorac	Yugoslavia	1951	1951
Zdravko Pavlić	Yugoslavia	1952	1953	Second time as a coach
Branislav Hrnjiček	Yugoslavia	1953	1954	Second part of 1952–53 and first part of 1953–54 season
Prvoslav Dragičević	Yugoslavia	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	Yugoslavia	1955	1955	Only for short period
Mensur Bajrami	Yugoslavia	1955	1956	Second time as a coach, again just for short period
Branko Šalipur	Yugoslavia	1956	1956	Second part of 1955–56 season
Miroslav Brozović	Yugoslavia	1956	1958
László Fenyvesi	Hungary	1958	1959	Second part of 1958–59 season
Mensur Bajrami	Yugoslavia	1959	1959	Third time as a coach, one part of 1959–60 season
Dimitrije Tadić	Yugoslavia	1959	1960	One part of 1959–60 season
Branko Stanković	Yugoslavia	1960	1960	End of 1959–60 and first part of 1960–61 season
Joško Domorocki	Yugoslavia	1960	1961	Part of 1960–61 season
Vlatko Konjevod	Yugoslavia	1961	1964	He came in second part of 1960–61 and stayed until winter of 1963–64 season
Munib Saračević	Yugoslavia	1964	1965	He took the team in winter of 1964–65 and stayed until the end of 1964–65 season
Josip Babić	Yugoslavia	1965	1966	First part of 1965–66 season
Marcel Žigante	Yugoslavia	1966	1967	Second part of 1965–66 and until the first part of 1967–68 season
Milan Ribar	Yugoslavia	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	Yugoslavia	1976	1977	Second part of 1976–77 season
Sulejman Rebac	Yugoslavia	1977	1978	1977–78 season
Ivica Osim	Yugoslavia	1978	1986	Eight seasons	1984–85 UEFA Cup Semi-finals
Boris Bračulj	Yugoslavia	1986	1987	1986–87 season
Mile Prnjatović	Yugoslavia	1987	1987	End of 1986–87 season
Blagoje Bratić	Yugoslavia	1987	1988	1987–88 season
Josip Bukal	Yugoslavia	1988	1988	Beginning of 1988–89 season
Mišo Smajlović and Boris Bračulj	Yugoslavia	1988	1989	Caretaking team, part of the 1986–87 season
Nedeljko Gugolj	Yugoslavia	1989	1989	Second part of the 1988–89 season
Mišo Smajlović	Yugoslavia	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	Yugoslavia	1991	1992	Second time as a coach. 1991–92 season
-		1992	1994	War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mišo Smajlović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	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	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1997	1997	Caretaker coach, part of 1996–97 season
Dino Đurbuzović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1997	1997	End of 1996–97 season
Boris Bračulj	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1997	1998	Second time as a coach, first part of 1997–98 season
Enver Hadžiabdić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	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	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1999	1999	Second part of 1998–99 season
Enver Hadžiabdić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1999	2000	Second time as a coach, 1999–00 season	1999–00 Bosnian Cup
Dino Đurbuzović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	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	Bosnia and Herzegovina	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	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Oct 2003	June 2004
Jiří Plíšek	Czech Republic	June 2004	Oct 2004
Ismet Štilić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Oct 2004	Jan 2005	Caretaker coach
Ivo Ištuk	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Jan 2005	June 2005
Ratko Ninković	Bosnia and Herzegovina	June 2005	March 2006
Almir Memić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	March 2006	July 2006	Caretaker manager
Nenad Starovlah	Bosnia and Herzegovina	July 2006	Sept 2006
Dželaludin Muharemović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sept 2006	Jan 2007	Caretaker manager
Enver Hadžiabdić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Jan 10, 2007	June 30, 2008	Third time as a manager
Simo Krunić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Jan 20, 2008	Nov 24, 2008
Demir Hotić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dec 31, 2008	May 31, 2009
Amar Osim	Bosnia and Herzegovina	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	Bosnia and Herzegovina	August 1, 2013	June 6, 2014	Third time as a coach
Admir Adžem	Bosnia and Herzegovina	June 6, 2014	January 8, 2015
Milomir Odović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	January 8, 2015	September 11, 2015	Second time as a coach
Vlado Čapljić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	September 11, 2015	September 29, 2015
Edis Mulalić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	September 29, 2015

References

• History at themaniacs.org