Sulejman Rebac

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Sulejman Rebac
Personal information
Date of birth	(1929-03-29)29 March 1929
Place of birth	Mostar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	17 November 2006(2006-11-17) (aged 77)
Place of death	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1947-1954	FK Velež Mostar
1954-1957	Hajduk Split
–	FK Sarajevo
National team
1956	Croatia	1	(2)
Teams managed
1968-1976	FK Velež Mostar
1973–1974	Yugoslavia
1977-1978	FK Željezničar Sarajevo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Sulejman "Sula" Rebac (born 29 March 1929 in Mostar, died on November 17, 2006 in Mostar^[1]) was a Bosnian football player and manager.

He started playing football in Velež Mostar in 1947. In 1954, he moved to Hajduk Split where he stayed for several seasons. He also played one season for FK Sarajevo. In total, he played more than 1000 games, scoring 620 goals. He is considered to be one of the most celebrated football players in history of Velež and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1956, Rebac played only game which Croatian football team played against some foreign country as separate team from rest of the Yugoslavia, in this case against Indonesia, and Rebac scored two goals.

After retirement, he began his coaching career. He started in 1963^[2] as a coach of Velež Mostar. Although they have never managed to win a title, Velež Mostar was among the top Yugoslav clubs at the time. Players like Dušan Bajević, Enver Marić, Franjo Vladić, Džemal Hadžiabdić, Vahid Halilhodžić, Aleksandar Ristić, Boro Primorac, Vladimir Pecelj, Momčilo Vukoje, Ahmed Glavović, Dubravko Ledić, Jadranko Topić, Marijan Kvesić, Marko Čolić and Slobodan Mrgan, all made their names under the guidance of Sulejman Rebac. In 1977/1978 season, he was a coach of FK Željezničar.

In December 1973, he was appointed to a coaching commission, alongside Miljan Miljanić, Milan Ribar, Tomislav Ivić and Milovan Ćirić, created to lead the Yugoslavia national team. As a part of it, he was present at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

Sulejman Rebac died on November 17, 2006 in Mostar.

Yugoslavia national football team – managers

Ugrinić (1920–24)
Sekulić (1924)
Zinaja (1924–25)
Pandaković (1926–30)
Simonović (1930–32)
Veljković (1933)
Simonović (1933–34)
Šuste, Miodragović & Pleše (1934–35)
Simonović (1935)
Simić (1936)
Popović (1937–38)
Simonović (1939)
Popović (1939)
Simonović (1939–40)
Popović (1940–41)
Arsenijević & Tirnanić (1946–48)
Arsenijević (1948–52)
Arsenijević, Tirnanić, Lemešić (1952–54)
Pešić, Tirnanić, Lemešić, Wölfl & Ćirić (1954)
Tirnanić (1955–58)
Nikolić, Tirnanić & Lovrić (1959–61)
Lovrić, Mihajlović & Ruševljanin (1961–63)
Lovrić & Ruševljanin (1963–64)
Lovrić (1964)
Tirnanić, Antolković, Miljanić & Gegić (1965)
Tirnanić, Antolković & Miljanić (1966)
Tirnanić & Miljanić (1966)
Tirnanić, Miljanić, Mitić, Boškov & Stanković (1966)
Mitić (1967–70)
Boškov (1971–73)
Miljanić, Ribar, Rebac, Ivić & Ćirić (1973–74)
Mladinić (1974–76)
Toplak (1976–77)
Valok, Vilotić & Zec (1977)
Vilotić (1978)
Luštica (1978)
Mladinić (1978)
Jerković (1978)
Miljanić (1979–82)
Veselinović (1982–84)
Milutinović (1984–85)
Toplak & Osim (1986)
Osim (1986–1992)

FK Željezničar Sarajevo – managers

unknown (1921–1922)
Šmit (1922–1923)
Šebalj (1923–1934)
Adamović (1934–1935)
Novak (1935–1936)
Bugarinović (1936–1939)
Marković (1939–1941)
Pavlić (1945)
Rajlić (1945–1947)
Medarić (1947)
Bajrami (1947–1948)
Bičiště (1948–1949)
Bulat (1949)
Maslavarić (1950)
Petrović (1950)
Zagorac (1951)
Pavlić (1952–1953)
Hrnjiček (1953–1954)
Dragićević (1954–1955)
Pajević (1955)
Bajrami (1955–1956)
Šalipur (1956)
Brozović (1956–1958)
Fenyvesi (1958–1959)
Bajrami (1959)
Tadić (1959–1960)
Stanković (1960)
Domorocki (1960–1961)
Konjevod (1961–1964)
Saračević (1964–1965)
Babić (1965–1966)
Žigante (1966–1967)
Ribar (1967–1976)
Radović (1976–1977)
Rebac (1977–1978)
Osim (1978–1986)
Bračulj (1986–1987)
Prnjatović (1987)
Bratić (1987–1988)
Bukal (1988)
Smajlović & Bračulj (1988–1989)
Gugolj (1989)
Smajlović (1988–1991)
Ribar (1991–1992)
Smajlović (1994–1997)
Hodžić (1997^c)
Đurbuzović (1997)
Bračulj (1997–1998)
Hadžiabdić (1998–1999)
Verlašević (1999)
Hadžiabdić (1999–2000)
Đurbuzović (2000–2001)
Osim (2001–2003)
Odović (2003–2004)
Plíšek (2004)
Štilić (2004–2005^c)
Ištuk (2005)
Ninković (2005–2006)
Memić (2006^c)
Starovlah (2006)
Muharemović (2006–2007^c)
Hadžiabdić (2007–2008)
Krunić (2008)
Hotić (2009)
Osim (2009–13)
Đurbuzović (2013–)

References

↑ http://www.24sata.info/1691
↑ Fudbaleri i timovi 1975-76
↑ http://www.reprezentacija.rs/cgi-bin/index.pl?str=selektor&igrac=Sulejman%20Rebac&period=19731974

Persondata
Name	Rebac, Sulejman
Alternative names
Short description	Yugoslav footballer
Date of birth	29 March 1929
Place of birth	Mostar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	November 17, 2006
Place of death	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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