_trainer_Ivic%2c_Bestanddeelnr_934-1341_(cropped).jpg) Ivić withPorto in 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1933-06-30)30 June 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Split,Yugoslavia (nowCroatia) | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 June 2011(2011-06-24) (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Split, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| RNK Split | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1953–1957 | RNK Split | 125 | |||||||||||||||
| 1957–1963 | Hajduk Split | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | RNK Split | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1972 | Hajduk Split (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Šibenik | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Ajax | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1983 | Anderlecht | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Avellino (technical director) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Hajduk Split (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Marseille | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Croatia (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Al Wasl | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Persepolis (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Iran | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Standard Liège | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Standard Liège | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Marseille | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Tomislav Ivić (Croatian pronunciation:[tǒmislaʋǐːʋitɕ];[1][2] 30 June 1933 – 24 June 2011) was a Croatian professionalfootball player and manager. Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game. In April 2007, Italian sports dailyLa Gazzetta dello Sport proclaimed him as the most successful football manager in history, due to his seven league titles won in five countries.[3]
Ivić managed teams in 14 countries along with four national teams,[4][5][6] and he won titles and cups in seven countries:Yugoslavia, theNetherlands,Belgium, Portugal,Spain andFrance. Ivić never won the league title inGreece.[7]
Ivić won seven top flight championships (three in Yugoslavia and one each in the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and France); six national cups (four in Yugoslavia and one each in Spain and Portugal); anUEFA Super Cup and anIntercontinental Cup.[8]
In Croatia, Ivić coachedRNK Split,Hajduk Split,Dinamo Zagreb and (in one match replacing suspendedMiroslav Blažević) theCroatia national team; in the Netherlands,Ajax; in Belgium,Anderlecht andStandard Liège; in Turkey,Galatasaray andFenerbahçe; in Italy,Avellino; in Greece,Panathinaikos; in Portugal,Porto andBenfica; in France,Paris Saint-Germain andMarseille (the latter, his last club before retiring in 2002); in Spain,Atlético Madrid; in the United Arab Emirates,Al Wasl and theUAE national team; and in Iran,Persepolis and theIran national selection.[9]
Ivić's coaching career began with a year-long engagement inRNK Split from 1967 to 1968. In that season, his team finished 8th in theYugoslav Second League West Division. From 1968 to 1972, he was the coach at theHajduk Split Academy. At the end of the 1971-72 season, he replaced Slavko Luštica as Hajduk Split's first team manager. His first and only game was a 2-1 win overDinamo Zagreb inthe 1972 Yugoslav Cup Final.[10] The season after, he was coaching the then second division teamHNK Šibenik, finishing 5th.[11]
In 1973, Ivić came back as coach. He knew what potential lay in the youngsters who had been in his charge at the academy, and immediately gave many of them a taste of first-team action. The talented youngster such asVedran Rožić,Šime Luketin, andSlaviša Žungul developed to be key players under Ivic.[12]
In the 1973-1974 season, Hajduk Split won thedouble for the first time in their history. The team finished 1st in the league with the same points collected withVelež Mostar but a betterGoal difference. Hajduk Split defeatedRed star Belgrade in the final of the1973 Yugoslav Cup. Hajduk Split successfully defended both titles and won the double for 2 years in a row. In the European Cup, they were eliminated in the Second Round bySaint-Étienne.[12]
In the 1975-1976 season, the title race was very intense and emotional. Onmatchday 27th, there was a match between Hajduk Split, second in the league, and Partizan, the league leader at the time. Ivić's team dominated the game and managed to crush them 6-1 on their home ground. That game represents"the Hajduk Split golden generation" and Ivić'stotal football tactic.[13] Hajduk Split andPartizan battled it out until the last match of the season, in which Hajduk Split unexpectedly drew withOFK Beograd but that was enough for them to qualify as champion as Partizan still could not beatOlimpija in the 90th minute. However, the referee extended the game until Partizan ultimately scored and was crowned champion. The team's performance in the European Cup was improved, Hajduk Split beatFloriana andMolenbeek on their way to facePSV Eindhoven in the quarter final. They got eliminated in extra time. Ivić left Hajduk Split at the end of the season.[12]
Ivić joinedAjax in 1976, he guided them to their 17th Eredivisie in his first season. Ajax was eliminated from the UEFA Cup in the first round after a 2-0 loss toManchester United atOld Trafford, despite winning 1-0 at home.[14] In the 1977-78 season, Ajax finished second in Eredivisie and lost the final of the KNVB Cup toAZ. Ajax returned to compete in the European Cup, eliminated by Juventus in the quarter final.[15] During his 2 seasons with Ajax, Ivić had his team play counter-attack style which was against the club's culture.[16] A group of players led byRuud Krol initially opposed his style but later believed in his approach.[17] He left Ajax at the end of the season to rejoin Hajduk Split.
Ivić returned to Hajduk Split for the third time in 1978. He won another yugoslav league title in his first season back, the club first league title since he done it in the 1974-75 season. Ivić's team stayed strong in the second half of the season after Slaviša Žungul left for the United States in December 1978. In the 1979-80 season, Hajduk Split was underperforming. They were knocked out in the first round of the Yugoslav Cup, and after seven winless games from April to June, the team sat in fifth of the table and ended the season there. Ivić left Hajduk Split, marking the end of their golden generation.[12]
Ivić joinedAnderlecht in the summer of 1980. He introduced a defensive style of football as he had done with Ajax, but with high pressing. Anderlecht lost multiple key players that summer, includingRob Rensenbrink,Gilbert Van Binst,François Van der Elst andNico de Bree. Ivić brought inMorten Olsen and transformed him to become alibero.[18] In his first season, Anderlecht became champions for the first time in seven years, with an eleven-point lead over second placeLokeren.
The following season, Anderlecht lost their firstBelgian Super Cup toStandard Liège. They finished second in the league, two points behind Standard Liège. In the European Cup, Ivić's team has an impressive performance. They beatTrapattoni'sJuventus in the second round andRed Star Belgrade in the quarter final, only to be eliminated by the eventual winner,Aston Villa in the semi-final.
In the summer of 1982, chairmanConstant Vanden Stock brought theBelgian national team's striker duo,Erwin Vandenbergh andAlexandre Czerniatynski to Anderlecht. However, Ivić did not agree because he thought the duo would not suit his system.[19] Anderlecht has struggled to deliver good results, they lost 4-1 to Standard Liège on the seventh matchday and dropped to seventh in the table. After a 2–1 defeat againstWaregem on the eighth matchday, Ivić was dismissed and replaced byPaul Van Himst.[20]
Ivić joinedGalatasaray in 1983, He coached them forone season. Galatasaray finished third in theTurkish First Football League and were eliminated in quarter final of theTurkish Cup. He parted ways with the club at the end of the season.
Ivić returned to Yugoslavia in 1984, this time to joinDinamo Zagreb. Unfortunately, Dinamo Zagreb finished outside the top five, meaning they did not qualify for European football. After a poor result, Ivić was dismissed before the season ended.Zdenko Kobešćak took over as an interim coach and reached the1984–85 Yugoslav Cup final.[21]
On July 11, 1985,Avellino presented Tomislav Ivić as the club's technical director. Despite his role, he would be on the bench in every match like a coach. He was supported by the ItalianEnzo Robotti, who was officially a coach. After a poor start to the season, he was accused of having issues with the players and a lack of knowledge of Italian football. Avellino was fighting hard to avoid relegation, they earned some good results against big teams such as a 1-0 win overInter andRoma and a draw withAC Milan andJuventus. The two defeats in February and a draw against Pisa, the other relegation battle team, resulted in Avellino being fourth-last on the table with one point over the relegation zone. Ivić was sacked on 24th February 1986 and Robotti continued his role until the end of the season. There was a report that Ivić did not expect to be sacked and Avellino's fans were furious with the board's decision.[22]
On June 10, 1986,Panathinaikos announced that Tomislav Ivić had been appointed as the club's new manager. After one win in six matches in the league, and being knocked out in the first round of the European Cup, he was dismissed on November 2 after about five months in the job.[23]
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He tookHajduk Split to theEuropean Cup quarter final two times:1975–76 and in1979–80; he also reached it withAjax in1977–78. His biggest achievement in theEuropean Cup was reaching the semi-finals during the1981–82 season withAnderlecht. With Porto, he won the1987 European Super Cup and the1987 Intercontinental Cup.
Ivić has one of the bestChampions League win ratios, having won 29 out of 46 matches with a ratio of 63.0%.[24]
He was national team head coach ofYugoslavia,Iran,United Arab Emirates and evenCroatia for one match as caretaker manager subbing in forMiroslav Blažević.[25]
While UAE head coach, Ivić lost the1996 AFC Asian Cup final againstSaudi Arabia on penalties.[26]
In 2001, under the advisement of his doctor Ivić retired from coaching so he could be under less stress. Three years later, he coachedAl-Ittihad for a season before taking up the youth selections ofStandard Liège.[27]
Ivić died on 24 June 2011, six days before his 78th birthday, in his hometown of Split. He was reportedly suffering fromcardiac troubles, as well asdiabetes.[28]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| RNK Split |  | 1 June 1967 | 1 June 1968 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 041.18 |
| Hajduk Split | | 10 June 1972 | 29 June 1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| HNK Šibenik | | 30 June 1972 | 1 June 1973 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 038.24 |
| Hajduk Split | | 1 June 1973 | 30 July 1976 | 128 | 79 | 30 | 19 | 181 | 70 | +111 | 061.72 |
| Yugoslavia | | 19 December 1973 | 3 July 1974 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 027.27 |
| Ajax |  | 1 August 1976 | 30 May 1978 | 84 | 51 | 18 | 15 | 177 | 77 | +100 | 060.71 |
| Hajduk Split | | 1 June 1978 | 30 July 1980 | 80 | 41 | 19 | 20 | 132 | 85 | +47 | 051.25 |
| Anderlecht |  | 1 August 1980 | 19 September 1982 | 92 | 60 | 16 | 16 | 195 | 81 | +114 | 065.22 |
| Galatasaray |  | 1 August 1983 | 6 June 1984 | 44 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 44 | +23 | 045.45 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | | 5 October 1984 | 10 May 1985 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 050.00 |
| Avellino |  | 11 July 1985 | 24 February 1986 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 022.22 |
| Panathinaikos |  | 20 June 1986 | 2 November 1986 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 033.33 |
| FC Porto |  | 1 June 1987 | 30 June 1988 | 54 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 115 | 24 | +91 | 074.07 |
| PSG |  | 1 July 1988 | 30 May 1990 | 86 | 41 | 21 | 24 | 111 | 88 | +23 | 047.67 |
| Atlético Madrid |  | 10 August 1990 | 1 July 1991 | 47 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 046.81 |
| Marseille | | 1 August 1991 | 24 October 1991 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 12 | +25 | 068.75 |
| SL Benfica | | 1 July 1992 | 25 October 1992 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 058.33 |
| FC Porto | | 1 August 1993 | 30 January 1994 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 055.56 |
| Croatia (caretaker) |  | 16 November 1994 | 16 November 1994 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Fenerbahçe | | 17 December 1994 | 30 June 1995 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 064.71 |
| UAE |  | 1 August 1995 | 23 December 1996 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 042.31 |
| Al Wasl | | 1 August 1996 | 30 December 1996 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Hajduk Split | | 13 October 1997 | 3 November 1997 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Iran |  | 4 December 1997 | 23 April 1998 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 020.00 |
| Persepolis (caretaker) | | 23 December 1997 | 5 January 1998 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Standard Liège | | 1 August 1998 | 18 September 1999 | 46 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 74 | 65 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Standard Liège | | 10 May 2000 | 22 December 2000 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 044.44 |
| Marseille | | 9 April 2001 | 31 July 2001 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Marseille | | 31 August 2001 | 30 November 2001 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 13 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Al-Ittihad |  | 1 August 2003 | 30 June 2004 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 81 | 22 | +59 | 076.47 |
| Career total | 1,023 | 548 | 245 | 230 | 1,668 | 946 | +722 | 053.57 | |||
Hajduk Split (Youth)
Hajduk Split
Ajax
Anderlecht
Porto
Al-Ittihad
United Arab Emirates
Tòmislav
Ívić
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | UEFA Super Cup winning manager 1987 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Intercontinental Cup winning manager 1987 | Succeeded by Roberto Fleitas |
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