 Petrović asZalaegerszegi manager in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1958-08-10)10 August 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade,FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1972 | Bežanija | ||
| 1972–1979 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979 | Red Star Belgrade | 0 | (0) |
| 1980 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Wormatia Worms | ||
| 1982–1987 | Olympia Lampertheim | ||
| 1987–1990 | Amicitia Viernheim | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1992–1996 | Alemannia Groß-Rohrheim | ||
| 1996–1997 | Amicitia Viernheim | ||
| 1997–1998 | Karlsruher SC (assistant) | ||
| 1998–1999 | Darmstadt 98 | ||
| 1999–2001 | Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
| 2002–2003 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 2005 | Waldhof Mannheim | ||
| 2007–2008 | Zalaegerszegi | ||
| 2011 | Borac Čačak | ||
| 2011 | Rad | ||
| 2011–2012 | Borac Čačak | ||
| 2014–2016 | Radnik Bijeljina | ||
| 2016–2017 | Željezničar | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sloboda Tuzla | ||
| 2020 | Radnik Bijeljina | ||
| 2020–2021 | Olimpik | ||
| 2022 | Spartak Subotica | ||
| 2024 | Tuzla City | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Slavko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic:Славко Петровић; born 10 August 1958) is a Serbian professionalfootball manager and formerplayer.
Petrović was a goalkeeper atRed Star Belgrade. Although he made no league appearances for them, he went to Germany, where he spent most of his career playing withFortuna Düsseldorf,Rot-Weiss Essen andWormatia Worms.[1] He won the1979–80 DFB-Pokal while playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf.
During the late 1990s, Petrović became a manager in Germany, getting the job of assistant manager atKarlsruher SC in 1997 after coaching Alemannia Groß-Rohrheim andAmicitia Viernheim earlier.[2] In the following season, he moved toSV Darmstadt 98 where he became the main manager. Until 2006, he was the manager ofCarl Zeiss Jena,Fortuna Düsseldorf andWaldhof Mannheim. During the season 2007–08, he was coachingZalaegerszegi in Hungary.
In January 2011, Petrović returned to Serbia and became the manager ofSuperLiga clubBorac Čačak. At the start of the2011–12 season, he became the coach ofRad.
On 5 September 2014, Petrović became the new manager ofBosnian Premier League clubRadnik Bijeljina.[3] He won theBosnian cup with Radnik in the2015–16 season, making that the club's highest achievement in its history.[4]
Petrović replacedMiloš Kostić asŽeljezničar manager after a terrible start to the2016–17 season where the club was winless in four consecutive matches, three of which were lost (two at home) and without scoring a single goal. Since Petrović arrived, he guided the club to the2017–18 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round, having lost only two games in the league out of 25 games played (scoring 2.16 goals per game).[5] At one point the club managed to stay top of the league for five weeks, but ultimately finished second overall due to a dubious penalty decision in injury time (game Radnik Bijeljina vsZrinjski Mostar 1–2; while at the same timeSarajevo beat Željezničar in theSarajevo derby 1–0), allowing Zrinjski to overtake Željezničar and win theBosnian championship; a first domestic title for, Zrinjski manager at the time,Blaž Slišković, with Željezničar a point behind.[6]
Throughout the league, Željezničar played simultaneously in the2016–17 Bosnian Cup, where they were eliminated in the semifinals stage to the eventual cup winnerŠiroki Brijeg. Under Petrović, Željezničar forwardIvan Lendrić finished astop goalscorer of the league with 19 scored goals.
Petrović received support to remain as Željezničar for the nextseason.[7] However just one day before the start of the season and the league match againstGOŠK Gabela, Petrović was sacked.[8]
In September 2017, Petrović was named the new manager ofSloboda Tuzla, afterVlado Jagodić left the club.[9] He led Sloboda to the2017–18 Bosnian cup semi-final, where the club lost to eventual cup winners Željezničar. Petrović also led Sloboda to a 10th-place finish in the league. Before the beginning of the2018–19 season, Petrović left Sloboda.[10]
On 13 January 2020, Petrović returned to Radnik Bijeljina3+1⁄2 years after leaving the club back in the summer of 2016.[11] In his first game back, Petrović's team drew against his former club Željezničar 0–0 in a league match on 22 February 2020.[12] His first win since his return to Radnik came on 7 March 2020, a 5–1 home win againstZvijezda 09.[13] Petrović decided to leave Radnik on 16 November 2020, saying that pressure and constant threats from fans forced him to make that decision.[14]
On 12 December 2020, Petrović became the new manager ofOlimpik.[15] In his first league game as Olimpik manager, Petrović's team beat fis former club Radnik Bijeljina on the same day that he became manager.[16] After the end of the2020–21 season and Olimpik's relegation, Petrović left the club.[17]
On 18 April 2022, Petrović was appointed manager of Serbian SuperLiga sideSpartak Subotica.[18] He successfully led the club to safety from relegation in the remainder of theseason.[19] On 20 September 2022, Petrović left Spartak by mutual consent.[20]
On 8 January 2024, Petrović returned to the Bosnian Premier League, becoming manager of relegation threatenedTuzla City.[21] His first match in charge was againstVelež Mostar in theBosnian Cup on 9 February 2024, which ended in a 3–2 defeat.[22] Following two more league defeats toBorac Banja Luka andPosušje, Petrović recorded his first win as Tuzla City manager on 2 March 2024, a 2–0 home victory against Zvijezda 09.[23] Following a 5–1 home defeat to Sarajevo on 29 March, he terminated his contract and left the club on 31 March.[24]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Darmstadt 98 | 1 July 1998 | 30 September 1999 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 030.77 | |||
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 29 November 1999 | 19 May 2001 | 55 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 040.00 | |||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1 July 2002 | 5 May 2003 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 042.42 | |||
| Waldhof Mannheim | 7 January 2005 | 22 December 2005 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 041.18 | |||
| Zalaegerszegi | 1 July 2007 | 30 April 2008 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 040.74 | |||
| Borac Čačak | 10 January 2011 | 30 May 2011 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 040.00 | |||
| Rad | 31 May 2011 | 18 September 2011 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 044.44 | |||
| Borac Čačak | 3 October 2011 | 26 March 2012 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 025.00 | |||
| Radnik Bijeljina | 5 September 2014 | 23 August 2016 | 72 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 038.89 | |||
| Željezničar | 24 August 2016 | 23 July 2017 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 058.33 | |||
| Sloboda Tuzla | 11 September 2017 | 8 June 2018 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 034.48 | |||
| Radnik Bijeljina | 13 January 2020 | 16 November 2020 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 021.05 | |||
| Olimpik | 12 December 2020 | 30 June 2021 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 026.67 | |||
| Spartak Subotica | 18 April 2022 | 20 September 2022 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 029.41 | |||
| Tuzla City | 8 January 2024 | 31 March 2024 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 016.67 | |||
| Total | 396 | 152 | 102 | 142 | 038.38 | |||||
Fortuna Düsseldorf[1]
Radnik Bijeljina[26]
