List of FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers explained

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

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

Information correct as of the match played on 17 August 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

ManagerFromToHonoursNotes
Adolf Šmit19221923
Josip Šebalj19231934
Milovan Adamović19341935
Vilim Novak19351936
Petar Bugarinović19361939
Dušan Marković19391941
Zdravko Pavlić19451945
Milan Rajlić194519471 Bosnian Republic League
Ivica Medarić19471947
Mensur Bajrami (interim)19471948
František Bičiště19481949
Josip Bulat19491949
Stevo Maslavarić19501950
Aleksandar Petrović19501950
Slavko Zagorac19511951
Zdravko Pavlić19521953
Branislav Hrnjiček19531954
Prvoslav Dragićević19541955
Milutin Pajević19551955
Mensur Bajrami19551956
Branko Šalipur19561956
Miroslav Brozović19561958
László Fenyvesi19581959
Mensur Bajrami19591959
Dimitrije Tadić19591960
Branko Stanković19601960
Joško Domorocki19601961
Vlatko Konjevod19611964
Munib Saračević19641965
Josip Babić19651966
Marcel Žigante19661967
Milan Ribar196719761 Yugoslav First League
Vasilije Radović (interim)19761977
Sulejman Rebac19771978
Ivica Osim19781986
Boris Bračulj19861987
Mile Prnjatović19871987
Blagoje Bratić19871988
Josip Bukal19881988
Mišo Smajlović
Boris Bračulj
(interim)
19881989
Nedeljko Gugolj19891989
Mišo Smajlović19891991
Milan Ribar19911992
Mišo Smajlović19941997
Tarik Hodžić (interim)19971997
Dino Đurbuzović19971997
Boris Bračulj19971998
Enver Hadžiabdić199819991 Bosnian First League
1 Bosnian Supercup
Nedžad Verlašević199930 June 1999
Enver Hadžiabdić1 July 199930 June 20001 Bosnian Cup
Dino Đurbuzović1 July 200028 February 20011 Bosnian Supercup
Amar Osim1 March 200110 October 20032 Bosnian Premier League
2 Bosnian Cup
1 Bosnian Supercup
Milomir Odović11 October 200310 June 2004
Jiří Plíšek11 June 200429 October 2004
Ismet Štilić (interim)30 October 200431 December 2004
Ivo Ištuk5 January 200531 May 2005
Ratko Ninković1 June 200512 March 2006
Almir Memić (interim)12 March 200627 June 2006
Nenad Starovlah27 June 200619 September 2006
Dželaludin Muharemović (interim)19 September 200631 December 2006
Enver Hadžiabdić10 January 200718 January 2008
Simo Krunić18 January 200824 November 2008
Demir Hotić31 December 200831 May 2009
Amar Osim22 June 200919 September 20133 Bosnian Premier League
2 Bosnian Cup
Dino Đurbuzović19 September 20136 June 2014
Admir Adžem6 June 201415 December 2014
Almir Memić17 December 20147 January 2015
Milomir Odović8 January 201511 September 2015
Vlado Čapljić11 September 201529 September 2015
Edis Mulalić29 September 20157 May 2016
Haris Alihodžić (interim)7 May 201630 May 2016
Miloš Kostić30 May 201622 August 2016
Slavko Petrović24 August 201623 July 2017
Admir Adžem23 July 20174 June 20181 Bosnian Cup
Slobodan Krčmarević4 June 201830 July 2018
Milomir Odović30 July 201827 November 2018
Amar Osim31 December 201811 April 2021
Blaž Slišković14 April 20211 June 2021
Tomislav Ivković18 June 202124 December 2021
Edis Mulalić7 January 20226 April 2023
Nermin Bašić12 April 20231 November 2023
Haris Alihodžić (interim)1 November 20237 November 2023
Abdulhakeem Al-Tuwaijri7 November 20232 January 2024
Bruno Akrapović8 January 202420 April 2024
Dino Đurbuzović (interim)20 April 2024 12 June 2024
Denis Ćorić12 June 2024Present

Honours

RankManagerYLRLFLPLBCBSTotal
15 4 1 10
21 1 1 3
31 1
1
1
1

Notes

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sastavi po sezonama. 24 December 2022. bs. fkzeljeznicar.ba.
  2. Web site: Amar Osim. 26 April 2020. bs. Nedim Kreštalica. 1921.ba. 10 February 2016 .
  3. News: Amar Osim u subotu postaje član "kluba 300" FK Željezničar. 11 April 2019. 11 April 2019. bs. A. Čaušević. Sportsport . sportsport.ba.