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

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

Honours

Rank	Manager	YL	RL	FL	PL	BC	BS	Total
1	Amar Osim	–	–	–	5	4	1	10
2	Enver Hadžiabdić	–	–	1	–	1	1	3
3	Milan Rajlić	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
	Milan Ribar	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Dino Đurbuzović	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Admir Adžem	–	–	–	–	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.

References

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

External links

History at themaniacs.org

[Seasons-1] "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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