List of FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers
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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 2026–27 season, Željezničar has had 69 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 10 May 2026. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Manager | Nat. | From | To | G | W | D | L | Win%[A] | Honours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolf Šmit |  |
1922 | 1923 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | [B] | |
| Josip Šebalj | |
1923 | 1934 | 82 | 35 | 7 | 40 | 42.68 | [C] | |
| Milovan Adamović | |
1934 | 1935 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 41.67 | ||
| Vilim Novak | |
1935 | 1936 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0.00 | ||
| Petar Bugarinović | |
1936 | 1939 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17.65 | ||
| Dušan Marković | |
1939 | 1941 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 61.11 | ||
| Zdravko Pavlić |  |
1945 | 1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| Milan Rajlić | |
1945 | 1947 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 34.48 | 1 Bosnian Republic League | |
| Ivica Medarić | |
1947 | 1947 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30.00 | ||
| Mensur Bajrami (interim) | |
1947 | 1948 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 42.86 | ||
| František Bičiště |  |
1948 | 1949 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 56.52 | ||
| Josip Bulat | |
1949 | 1949 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 61.11 | ||
| Stevo Maslavarić | |
1950 | 1950 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 30.00 | ||
| Aleksandar Petrović | |
1950 | 1950 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 18.18 | ||
| Slavko Zagorac | |
1951 | 1951 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 34.29 | ||
| Zdravko Pavlić | |
1952 | 1953 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 72.73 | ||
| Branislav Hrnjiček | |
1953 | 1954 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 57.58 | ||
| Prvoslav Dragićević | |
1954 | 1955 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 40.00 | ||
| Milutin Pajević | |
1955 | 1955 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Mensur Bajrami | |
1955 | 1956 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | ||
| Branko Šalipur | |
1956 | 1956 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 30.77 | ||
| Miroslav Brozović | |
1956 | 1958 | 77 | 41 | 13 | 23 | 53.25 | ||
| László Fenyvesi |  |
1958 | 1959 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 27.27 | ||
| Mensur Bajrami | |
1959 | 1959 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33 | ||
| Dimitrije Tadić | |
1959 | 1960 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.71 | ||
| Branko Stanković | |
1960 | 1960 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 54.55 | ||
| Joško Domorocki | |
1960 | 1961 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | ||
| Vlatko Konjevod | |
1961 | 1964 | 81 | 40 | 17 | 24 | 49.38 | ||
| Munib Saračević | |
1964 | 1965 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 40.00 | ||
| Josip Babić | |
1965 | 1966 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 37.50 | ||
| Marcel Žigante | |
1966 | 1967 | 70 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 50.00 | ||
| Milan Ribar | |
1967 | 1976 | 344 | 151 | 90 | 103 | 43.90 | 1 Yugoslav First League | |
| Vasilije Radović (interim) | |
1976 | 1977 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 27.59 | ||
| Sulejman Rebac | |
1977 | 1978 | 39 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 58.97 | ||
| Ivica Osim | |
1978 | 1986 | 301 | 118 | 81 | 102 | 39.20 | ||
| Boris Bračulj | |
1986 | 1987 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 28.00 | ||
| Mile Prnjatović | |
1987 | 1987 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 57.14 | ||
| Blagoje Bratić | |
1987 | 1988 | 37 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 27.03 | ||
| Josip Bukal | |
1988 | 1988 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11.11 | ||
| Mišo Smajlović Boris Bračulj (interim) |
|
1988 | 1989 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 36.36 | ||
| Nedeljko Gugolj | |
1989 | 1989 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 47.06 | ||
| Mišo Smajlović | |
1989 | 1991 | 74 | 26 | 20 | 28 | 35.14 | ||
| Milan Ribar | |
1991 | 1992 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34.78 | ||
| Mišo Smajlović |  |
1994 | 1997 | 67 | 31 | 9 | 27 | 46.27 | ||
| Tarik Hodžić (interim) | |
1997 | 1997 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 50.00 | ||
| Dino Đurbuzović | |
1997 | 1997 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 43.75 | ||
| Boris Bračulj | |
1997 | 1998 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 40.00 | ||
| Enver Hadžiabdić |  |
1998 | 1999 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 48.72 | 1 Bosnian First League 1 Bosnian Supercup |
|
| Nedžad Verlašević | |
1999 | 30 June 1999 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 40.00 | ||
| Enver Hadžiabdić | |
1 July 1999 | 30 June 2000 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 57.89 | 1 Bosnian Cup | |
| Dino Đurbuzović | |
1 July 2000 | 28 February 2001 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 66.67 | 1 Bosnian Supercup | |
| Amar Osim | |
1 March 2001 | 10 October 2003 | 150 | 93 | 35 | 22 | 62.00 | 2 Bosnian Premier League 2 Bosnian Cup 1 Bosnian Supercup |
[D] |
| Milomir Odović | |
11 October 2003 | 10 June 2004 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 75.00 | ||
| Jiří Plíšek | |
11 June 2004 | 29 October 2004 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 61.11 | ||
| Ismet Štilić (interim) | |
30 October 2004 | 31 December 2004 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50.00 | ||
| Ivo Ištuk | |
5 January 2005 | 31 May 2005 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 33.33 | ||
| Ratko Ninković | |
1 June 2005 | 12 March 2006 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 43.48 | ||
| Almir Memić (interim) | |
12 March 2006 | 27 June 2006 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 35.71 | ||
| Nenad Starovlah | |
27 June 2006 | 19 September 2006 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28.57 | ||
| Dželaludin Muharemović (interim) | |
19 September 2006 | 31 December 2006 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 35.71 | ||
| Enver Hadžiabdić | |
10 January 2007 | 18 January 2008 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 51.52 | ||
| Simo Krunić | |
18 January 2008 | 24 November 2008 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 44.12 | ||
| Demir Hotić | |
31 December 2008 | 31 May 2009 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 50.00 | ||
| Amar Osim | |
22 June 2009 | 19 September 2013 | 144 | 85 | 28 | 31 | 59.03 | 3 Bosnian Premier League 2 Bosnian Cup |
[D] |
| Dino Đurbuzović | |
19 September 2013 | 6 June 2014 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 59.09 | ||
| Admir Adžem | |
6 June 2014 | 15 December 2014 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 50.00 | ||
| Almir Memić | |
17 December 2014 | 7 January 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| Milomir Odović | |
8 January 2015 | 11 September 2015 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 53.57 | ||
| Vlado Čapljić | |
11 September 2015 | 29 September 2015 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | ||
| Edis Mulalić | |
29 September 2015 | 7 May 2016 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 69.57 | ||
| Haris Alihodžić (interim) | |
7 May 2016 | 30 May 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Miloš Kostić |  |
30 May 2016 | 22 August 2016 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.33 | ||
| Slavko Petrović |  |
24 August 2016 | 23 July 2017 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 58.33 | ||
| Admir Adžem | |
23 July 2017 | 4 June 2018 | 40 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 65.00 | 1 Bosnian Cup | |
| Slobodan Krčmarević | |
4 June 2018 | 30 July 2018 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00 | ||
| Milomir Odović | |
30 July 2018 | 27 November 2018 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 38.89 | ||
| Amar Osim | |
31 December 2018 | 11 April 2021 | 68 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 50.00 | ||
| Blaž Slišković | |
14 April 2021 | 1 June 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| Tomislav Ivković |  |
18 June 2021 | 24 December 2021 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 33.33 | ||
| Edis Mulalić | |
7 January 2022 | 6 April 2023 | 43 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 41.86 | ||
| Nermin Bašić | |
12 April 2023 | 1 November 2023 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 38.46 | ||
| 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 | 0.00 | ||
| Bruno Akrapović | |
8 January 2024 | 20 April 2024 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 22.22 | ||
| Dino Đurbuzović (interim) | |
20 April 2024 | 12 June 2024 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | ||
| Denis Ćorić | |
12 June 2024 | 19 May 2025 | 37 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 62.16 | ||
| Admir Adžem | |
10 June 2025 | 7 December 2025 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 35.00 | ||
| Slaviša Stojanović | |
29 December 2025 | 22 February 2026 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00 | ||
| Savo Milošević | |
3 March 2026 | 14 May 2026 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 36.36 | ||
| David Muslera Rodríguez |  |
14 July 2026 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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.