List of FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers

Since it had been founded in 1921, FK Željezničar had 53 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 Titles
- - 1921 1922
Adolf Šmit  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1922 1923 First part of the 1922-1923 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 1945-1946 and most of the 1946-1947 season
Ivica Medarić  Yugoslavia 1947 1947 End of 1946-1947 and start of the 1947-1948 season
Mensur Bajrami  Yugoslavia 1947 1948 Caretaker coach and a player at the same time
František Bičiště  Czechoslovakia 1948 1949 Second part of 1947-1948 and first part of 1948-1949 season
Josip Bulat  Yugoslavia 1949 1949 Second part of 1948-1949 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 1952-1953 and first part of 1953-1954 season
Prvoslav Dragičević  Yugoslavia 1954 1955 He came in second part of 1953-1954 and stayed for short period in the first part of 1955-1956 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 1955-1956 season
Miroslav Brozović  Yugoslavia 1956 1958
László Fenyvesi  Hungary 1958 1959 Second part of 1958-1959 season
Mensur Bajrami  Yugoslavia 1959 1959 Third time as a coach, one part of 1959-1960 season
Dimitrije Tadić  Yugoslavia 1959 1960 One part of 1959-1960 season
Branko Stanković  Yugoslavia 1960 1960 End of 1959-1960 and first part of 1960-1961 season
Joško Domorocki  Yugoslavia 1960 1961 Part of 1960-1961 season
Vlatko Konjevod  Yugoslavia 1961 1964 He came in second part of 1960-1961 and stayed until winter of 1963-1964 season
Munib Saračević  Yugoslavia 1964 1965 He took the team in winter of 1964-1965 and stayed until the end of 1964-1965 season
Josip Babić  Yugoslavia 1965 1966 First part of 1965-1966 season
Marcel Žigante  Yugoslavia 1966 1967 Second part of 1965-1966 and until the first part of 1967-1968 season
Milan Ribar  Yugoslavia 1967 1976 Second part of 1967-1968 and until the first part of 1976-1977 season 1971-1972 Yugoslav Championship
Vasilije Radović  Yugoslavia 1976 1977 Second part of 1976-1977 season
Sulejman Rebac  Yugoslavia 1977 1978 1977-1978 season
Ivica Osim  Yugoslavia 1978 1986 Eight seasons
Boris Bračulj  Yugoslavia 1986 1987 1986-1987 season
Mile Prnjatović  Yugoslavia 1987 1987 End of 1986-1987 season
Blagoje Bratić  Yugoslavia 1987 1988 1987-1988 season
Josip Bukal  Yugoslavia 1988 1988 Beginning of 1988-1989 season
Mišo Smajlović and Boris Bračulj  Yugoslavia 1988 1989 Caretaking team, part of the 1986-1987 season
Nedeljko Gugolj  Yugoslavia 1989 1989 Second part of the 1988-1989 season
Mišo Smajlović  Yugoslavia 1988 1991 Second time as a coach. He took the team before the 1989-1990 and stayed until the first part of the 1990-1991 season
Milan Ribar  Yugoslavia 1991 1992 Second time as a coach. 1991-1992 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 1996-1997 season
Tarik Hodžić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1997 1997 Caretaker coach, part of 1996-1997 season
Hajrudin Đurbuzović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1997 1997 End of 1996-1997 season
Boris Bračulj  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1997 1998 Second time as a coach, first part of 1997-1998 season
Enver Hadžiabdić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1998 1999 He took the team in winter of 1997-1998 and stayed until the winter of 1998-1999 season 1997-1998 Bosnian Championship; 1998 Bosnian Super Cup
Nedžad Verlašević  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 1999 Second part of 1998-1999 season
Enver Hadžiabdić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 2000 Second time as a coach, 1999-2000 season 1999-2000 Bosnian Cup
Hajrudin Đurbuzović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000 2001 Second time as a coach, he was named before the start of 2000-2001 season and sacked in spring of 2001 2000-2001 Bosnian Super Cup
Amar Osim  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001 2003 He took the team in spring of 2001 and was sacked in October 2003 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 Bosnian Championship, 2000-2001 and 2002-2003 Bosnian Cup
Milomir Odović  Bosnia and Herzegovina October 2003 June 2004
Jiří Plíšek  Czech Republic June 2004 October 2004
Ismet Štilić  Bosnia and Herzegovina October 2004 January 2005 Caretaker coach
Ivo Ištuk  Bosnia and Herzegovina January 2005 June 2005
Ratko Ninković  Bosnia and Herzegovina June 2005 March 2006
Almir Memić  Bosnia and Herzegovina March 2006 July 2006 Caretaker coach
Nenad Starovlah  Bosnia and Herzegovina July 2006 September 2006
Dželaludin Muharemović  Bosnia and Herzegovina September 2006 January 2007 Caretaker coach
Enver Hadžiabdić  Bosnia and Herzegovina January 2007 January 2008 Third time as a coach
Simo Krunić  Bosnia and Herzegovina January 18th, 2008 December 30th, 2008
Demir Hotić  Bosnia and Herzegovina January 30th, 2009 June 22nd, 2009
Amar Osim  Bosnia and Herzegovina June 22nd, 2009 Second time as a manager 2009-2010 Bosnian Championship, 2010-2011 Bosnian Cup