 Stamenković in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1964-07-21)21 July 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Vlasotince,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Železničar Smederevo | |||
| 1988–1990 | OFK Beograd | 27 | (6) |
| Smederevo | |||
| Mladi Radnik | |||
| Balkan Mirijevo | |||
| Vranovo | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| Mladost Goša (assistant) | |||
| 1997–1998 | Zvezdara (assistant) | ||
| 1998–1999 | Mladi Radnik Radinac | ||
| 1999–2000 | Mladi Radnik | ||
| 2000–2001 | Napredak Kušiljevo | ||
| 2001–2002 | Mladenovac | ||
| 2002–2003 | Timok | ||
| 2003–2006 | Sevojno | ||
| 2006–2007 | Mladenovac | ||
| 2007–2008 | Bežanija | ||
| 2008–2010 | Sevojno | ||
| 2010–2014 | Sloboda Užice[1] | ||
| 2015 | Napredak Kruševac | ||
| 2016 | Borac Čačak | ||
| 2016–2017 | OFK Beograd | ||
| 2018 | Smederevo | ||
| 2019–2020 | Jagodina | ||
| 2024 | Sloboda Užice | ||
| 2025 | Sloboda Užice | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ljubiša "Piskavac" Stamenković (Serbian Cyrillic:Љубиша "Пискавац" Стаменковић; born 21 July 1964) is aSerbianfootball manager.[2]
Born inVlasotince, he spent almost whole his life inSmederevo, where he started playing for local clubŽelezničar.[3] Then he has moved toBelgrade for studies and joinedOFK Beograd just to spend a short time there. For most of his career he played for lower league level clubsSmederevo andMladi Radnik whose shirts he has worn on several occasions. At the end of playing career, he played forBalkan Mirijevo andVranovo.[4]
After retiring as a player, Stamenković has started working as an assistant coach with Velimir Ciga Đorđević.[5]
In the middle of 2003, then 39-year-old Stamenković took the job at then 3rd league clubSevojno. In his first season the club finished short in achieving promotion finished second, 11 points behind the promotedMladost Lučani[6] The following season the club achieved what they failed the previous season, promotion.[7] In the 2005–06 season they found themselves in the second division and finished in a respectable 8th spot, thus avoiding relegation, which was the goal at the beginning of the season.[8] That was undoubtedly his first successful period as a coach.
After leaving Sevojno, Stamenković returned to his old clubMladenovac which then played in theSerbian First League second highest tier in Serbian football. They finished in a solid 10th position and were 4 points short of promotion play-offs, the main reason being too many draws.[9]
Stamenković started the season as OFK Mladenovac coach but in October 2007Bežanija, struggling in theJelen SuperLiga with only one win, offered the job to Stamenković. His job was to help the club survive and avoid relegation. In the end he failed to achieve survival in the league. Under his management the club only won four games and was relegated convincingly.[10] This was the first time Stamenković managed in the top tier of Serbian football.
Stamenković returned to the club in which he had his biggest success,Sevojno which also played in the Serbian First League, just so he could make the biggest success in history of the club, entering a Cup final, on the way beating Serbian giantsRed Star[11] and thus achievedUEFA Europa League qualifications. In the league, however, they were not that successful and finished 7th, 4 points behind promotion.[12]
The following season club started in the UEFA Europa League qualification where his second division club knocked out Lithuanian sideFBK Kaunas,[13] but next rival, FrenchLille were too strong and they lost 4–0 on aggregate. However, this season the club achieved promotion finishing 2nd in the First League and thus achieving the joy of playing in the highest rank of Serbian football.[14]
That summer (2010)Sevojno andSloboda Užice have merged.[15] In his first full season in the elite rank Sloboda finished in 6th place[16] and again being successful in theSerbian Cup reaching the semi-finals, but losing to Vojvodina 3–1 on aggregate.
In the2011–12 season the club finished 5th and didn't achieve the Europa League qualifications on goal difference. That was also the highest ranking in the history of the club.
The2012–13 season was the same as they finished 5th again.
On 26 October 2013, Stamenković coached his 100th SuperLiga game with Sloboda, againstJavor at home. However, Sloboda lost 1–0.
On 6 November 2013, Stamenković, alongsideMilovan Rajevac, was selected to be the head coach of the media selection team that would playSerbia national football team in a revival match inUžice. Media selected Stamenković because he is the longest serving coach in theSerbian SuperLiga and the first person to be in charge of a club for 100 games in the Serbian SuperLiga.[17] Media selection team lost 2–0.[18]
On 23 November 2013, Stamenković coached his 200th game since joining the club in 2008. Sloboda lost 4–1 toRed Star Belgrade. On 26 April 2014, Sloboda lost 4–0 toJagodina at home, this being their biggest defeat at home under Stamenković. In the final round of the2013–14 season, Sloboda lost toVoždovac 1–0 at home, and finished in 16th place therefore being relegated. At the end of the season Stamenković left Sloboda after four years with the club.
He was appointed manager ofNapredak Kruševac in May 2015[19] and managedFK Borac Čačak in the 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga season.[20]
Stamenković is rarely mentioned after his full name, instead he is referred as "Piskavac" (Serbian word for whistler), the nickname that he has gained as a kid.[21]
Beside a coaching licence, Stamenković has a diploma from a Faculty of Organizational Sciences inUniversity of Belgrade.[22]
On 13 April 2013, Stamenković's side Sloboda drew 2–2 withFK Vojvodina atKarađorđe Stadium in Novi Sad. After the match some unknown person hit Stamenković while he was going to the locker room. After the match a delegate said that Stamenković was indeed hit in the face but Stamenković denied it and said he only wanted to concentrate on football. After the investigation it was confirmed that Stamenković was hit and that the person who did it was in custody. Stamenković and the crowd had some exchanges during and after the game.[23]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Bežanija | 15 October 2007 | 30 June 2008 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 015.38 |
| Sevojno | 1 July 2008 | 30 June 2010 | 79 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 039.24 |
| Sloboda Užice | 1 July 2010 | 1 June 2014 | 131 | 50 | 34 | 47 | 038.17 |
| Napredak Kruševac | 27 May 2015 | 3 June 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 000.00 |
| Borac Čačak | 31 January 2016 | 23 April 2016 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 016.67 |
| OFK Beograd | 22 December 2016 | 5 April 2017 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 020.00 |
| Smederevo 1924 | 19 March 2018 | 17 October 2018 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 050.00 |
| Jagodina | 1 July 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 070.59 |
| Sloboda Užice | 4 March 2024 | 26 November 2024 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 033.33 |
| Sloboda Užice | 6 February 2025 | 1 June 2025 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 023.53 |
| Total | 345 | 127 | 94 | 124 | 036.81 | ||
| Champions | Runners-up | Third / SF | Promoted | Unfinished | Relegated |
| Season | Club | Domestic | International | Trophies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Cup | UCL | UEL | |||
| 2007–08 | Bežanija | 12th | R16 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Sevojno | 7th2 | RU | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Sevojno | 2nd2 | R16 | 3QR1 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Sloboda Užice | 6th | SF | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Sloboda Užice | 5th | R16 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Sloboda Užice | 5th | 1R | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Sloboda Užice | 16th | QF | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Napredak Kruševac | 14th | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Borac Čačak | 7th | SF | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | OFK Beograd | 16th2 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Smederevo 1924 | 3rd3 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Smederevo 1924 | 3rd3 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Jagodina | 1st3 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Sloboda Užice | 12th2 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Sloboda Užice | 16th2 | 1R | 0 | ||
1 Third qualifying round
2 Secondtier
3 Thirdtier