Tomislav Ivić

Tomislav Ivić (Croatian pronunciation: [tǒmislaʋ ǐːʋitɕ];^[1][2] 30 June 1933 – 24 June 2011) was a Croatian professional football 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 daily La Gazzetta dello Sport proclaimed him as the most successful football manager in history, due to his seven league titles won in five countries.^[3]

Tomislav Ivić

Ivić, the coach of FC Porto, following the European Super Cup first leg in Amsterdam in November 1987
Personal information
Date of birth	(1933-06-30)30 June 1933
Place of birth	Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	24 June 2011(2011-06-24) (aged 77)
Place of death	Split, Croatia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	RNK Split
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1957	RNK Split	125
1957–1963	Hajduk Split	11
Total		136
Managerial career
1967–1968	RNK Split
1968–1972	Hajduk Split (youth)
1972–1973	Šibenik
1973–1974	Yugoslavia
1973–1976	Hajduk Split
1976–1978	Ajax
1978–1980	Hajduk Split
1980–1982	Anderlecht
1983–1984	Galatasaray
1984–1985	Dinamo Zagreb
1985–1986	Avellino (caretaker)
1986	Panathinaikos
1987	Hajduk Split (caretaker)
1987–1988	Porto
1988–1990	Paris Saint-Germain
1990–1991	Atlético Madrid
1991–1992	Marseille (caretaker)
1992–1993	Benfica
1993–1994	Porto
1994	Croatia (caretaker)
1995	Fenerbahçe
1995–1996	United Arab Emirates
1996	Al Wasl
1997	Hajduk Split
1997–1998	Pirouzi (caretaker)
1997–1998	Iran
1998–1999	Standard Liège
2000	Standard Liège
2001	Marseille
2003–2004	Al-Ittihad
Honours Men's football Representing  United Arab Emirates (as manager) AFC Asian Cup Runner-up 1996 UAE
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career

 

Ivić coaching Ajax in November 1977

Ivić managed teams in 14 countries along with four national teams,^[4][5][6] and he won titles and cups in seven countries: Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and France. Ivić never won the league title in Greece.^[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); an UEFA Super Cup and an Intercontinental Cup.^[8]

In Croatia, Ivić coached RNK Split, Hajduk Split, Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia national team; in the Netherlands, Ajax; in Belgium, Anderlecht and Standard Liège; in Turkey, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe; in Italy, Avellino; in Greece, Panathinaikos; in Portugal, Porto and Benfica; in France, Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille (the latter, his last club before retiring in 2002); in Spain, Atlético Madrid; in the United Arab Emirates, Al Wasl and the UAE national team; and in Iran, Persepolis and the Iran national selection.^[9]

European and international club competitions

He took Hajduk Split to the European Cup quarter final two times: 1975–76 and in 1979–80, he also reached it with Ajax in 1977–78. His biggest achievement in the European Cup was reaching the semi-finals during the 1981–82 season with Anderlecht. With Porto he won the 1987 European Super Cup and the 1987 Intercontinental Cup.

Ivić has one of the best Champions League win ratios, having won 29 out of 46 matches with a ratio of 63.0%.^[10]

International career

He was national team head coach of Yugoslavia, Iran, United Arab Emirates and even Croatia for one match as caretaker manager subbing in for Miroslav Blažević.^[11]

While UAE head coach, Ivić lost the 1996 AFC Asian Cup final against Saudi Arabia on penalties.^[12]

Retirement

In 2001, under the advisement of his doctor Ivić retired from coaching so he could be under less stress. Three years later he coached Al-Ittihad Club for a season before taking up the youth selections of Standard Liège.^[13]

Death

Ivić died on 24 June 2011, six days before his 78th birthday, in his hometown of Split. He was reportedly suffering from cardiac troubles, as well as diabetes.^[14]

Managerial statistics

Club

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Club	From	To	Competition	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
RNK Split	1967	1968	Second League (West)	34	14	6	14	041.18
RNK Split Total				34	14	6	14	041.18
Šibenik	1972	1973	Second League (West)	34	13	10	11	038.24
Šibenik Total				34	13	10	11	038.24
Hajduk Split	19 August 1973	11 July 1976	First League	102	57	28	17	055.88
			Yugoslav Cup	16	14	2	0	087.50
			European Cup	10	8	0	2	080.00
Hajduk Split Total				128	79	30	19	061.72
Ajax	22 August 1976	30 April 1978	Eredivisie	68	43	15	10	063.24
			KNVB Cup	6	4	0	2	066.67
			European Cup	6	3	2	1	050.00
			UEFA Cup	2	1	0	1	050.00
Ajax Total				82	51	17	14	062.20
Hajduk Split	13 August 1978	29 June 1980	First League	68	35	18	15	051.47
			Yugoslav Cup	2	0	1	1	000.00
			European Cup	6	4	0	2	066.67
			UEFA Cup	4	2	0	2	050.00
Hajduk Split Total				80	41	19	20	051.25
Anderlecht	26 August 1980	18 September 1982	First Division	75	49	16	10	065.33
			Belgian Cup	5	3	0	2	060.00
			European Cup	8	5	2	1	062.50
			UEFA Cup	3	2	0	1	066.67
Anderlecht Total				91	59	18	14	064.84
Galatasaray	21 August 1983	26 May 1984	1.Lig	34	17	10	7	050.00
			Türkiye Kupası	6	2	2	2	033.33
			Balkans Cup	4	1	0	3	025.00
Galatasaray Total				44	20	12	12	045.45
Dinamo Zagreb	7 October 1984	5 May 1985	First League	20	10	4	6	050.00
			Yugoslav Cup	4	2	1	1	050.00
Dinamo Zagreb Total				24	13	4	7	054.17
Calcio Avellino (c)	22 August 1986	2 November 1986	Serie A	9	2	4	3	022.22
			Coppa Italia	5	1	3	1	020.00
Calcio Avellino Total				8	2	4	2	025.00
Panathinaikos	21 August 1985	27 April 1986	Alpha Ethniki	10	5	2	3	050.00
			European Cup	2	1	0	1	050.00
Panathinaikos Total				12	6	2	4	050.00
Hajduk Split	13 August 1978	29 June 1980	First League	68	35	18	15	051.47
			Yugoslav Cup	2	0	1	1	000.00
			European Cup	6	4	0	2	066.67
			UEFA Cup	4	2	0	2	050.00
Hajduk Split Total				80	41	19	20	051.25
Porto	26 August 1987	19 June 1988	Primeira Divisão	38	29	8	1	076.32
			Taça de Portugal	9	6	3	0	066.67
			European Cup	4	2	0	2	050.00
			UEFA Super Cup	2	2	0	0	100.00
			Intercontinental Cup	1	0	1	0	000.00
Porto Total				54	39	12	3	072.22
Paris Saint-Germain	15 July 1988	31 May 1990	Division 1	76	37	19	20	048.68
			Coupe de France	6	3	1	2	050.00
			UEFA Cup	2	0	0	2	000.00
Paris Saint-Germain Total				84	40	20	24	047.62
Atlético Madrid	9 September 1990	28 June 1991	La Liga	37	17	12	8	045.95
			Copa del Rey	6	3	1	2	050.00
			UEFA Cup	2	1	0	1	050.00
Atlético Madrid Total				45	21	13	11	046.67
Olympique de Marseille	20 July 1991	23 October 1991	Division 1	13	8	4	1	061.54
			European Cup	3	3	0	0	100.00
Olympique de Marseille Total				16	11	4	1	068.75
Benfica	30 August 1992	25 October 1992	Primeira Divisão	8	4	2	2	050.00
			Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	1	0	1	0	000.00
			UEFA Cup	3	3	0	0	100.00
Benfica Total				12	7	3	2	058.33
Porto	22 August 1993	23 January 1994	Primeira Divisão	17	8	6	3	047.06
			Taça de Portugal	3	3	0	0	100.00
			Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	2	1	0	1	050.00
			UEFA Champions League	6	3	2	1	050.00
Porto Total				28	15	8	5	053.57
Fenerbahçe	19 December 1994	30 June 1995	1.Lig	17	11	3	3	064.71
			Türkiye Kupası	6	2	4	0	033.33
Fenerbahçe Total				23	13	7	3	056.52
Hajduk Split	15 October 1997	2 November 1997	Prva HNL	3	1	1	1	033.33
			Croatian Cup	1	1	0	0	100.00
Hajduk Split Total				4	2	1	1	050.00
Standard Liège	21 August 1998	17 September 1999	First Division	40	18	4	18	045.00
			Belgian Cup	6	4	1	1	066.67
Standard Liège	11 May 2000	20 December 2000	First Division	19	10	4	5	052.63
			Belgian Cup	4	1	1	2	025.00
Standard Liège Total				69	33	10	26	047.83
Marseille	10 April 2001	19 May 2001	Division 1	4	2	1	1	050.00
Marseille	6 September 2001	16 November 2001	Division 1	11	3	6	2	027.27
Olympique de Marseille Total				15	5	7	3	033.33
Al-Ittihad	28 August 2003	18 June 2004	Premier League	23	17	5	1	073.91
			Saudi Crown Prince Cup	5	4	1	0	080.00
			AFC Champions League	6	4	1	1	066.67
Al-Ittihad Total				34	25	7	2	073.53
Totals				1,001	550	233	218	054.95

*Dates of first and last games under Ivić not dates of official appointments

National teams

^[19]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Yugoslavia	19 December 1973	3 July 1974	11	3	3	5	027.27
Croatia (c)	16 November 1994	16 November 1994	1	1	0	0	100.00
United Arab Emirates	August 1995	December 1996	29	10	12	7	034.48
Iran	December 1997	20 April 1998	5	1	2	2	020.00
Total			46	15	17	14	032.61

*Dates of first and last games under Ivić; not dates of official appointments

Honours

Manager

Hajduk Split (Youth)

• Yugoslav Youth Cup: 1970, 1971, 1972

Hajduk Split

• Yugoslav First League: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79
• Yugoslav Cup: 1971–72, 1973, 1974, 1975–76

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1976–77

Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division: 1980–81

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 1987–88
• Taça de Portugal: 1988
• European Super Cup: 1987
• Intercontinental Cup: 1987

Marseille

• French Division 1: 1991–92

Al-Ittihad

• Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 2004

United Arab Emirates

• AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 1996

Individual

• Hajduk Split golden badge: 1975
• Golden badge and charter by the city of Paris awarded by Jacques Chirac: 1990
• Croatian Olympic Committee trophy: 2003
• Most successful manager in history by La Gazzetta dello Sport: 2007^[20]
• Split sports house hall of fame: 2009
• Heart of Hajduk Award: 2011 (postmortem)
• World Soccer 36th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013^[21][22]
• France Football 42nd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019^[23][24][25]

Orders

•   Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995^[26]

References

1. "Tòmislav". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Tòmislav
2. "Ìvan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Ívić
3. Staff (22 April 2007). "Il primatista è Ivić: 8 titoli in 6 nazioni". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Milan. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
4. Maxim Olenev (19 July 1999). "Yugoslavia national team coaches (before 1979)". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
5. Staff. "United Arab Emirates". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
6. Staff (1 December 2004). "Al Ittihad win Asian Champions League". espnfc.com. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
7. ο μεγάλος Τόμισλαβ Ίβιτς 25 June 2011, ag sport-fm.gr (in Greek)
8. Staff (25 June 2011). "Notice of death of Tomislav Ivić". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
9. Staff (24 June 2011). "ADIO, LEGENDO Umro Tomislav Ivić". Slobodna Dalmacija. Split. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
10. Paul Saffer (11 February 2016). "Coaches with the best Champions League win ratio". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
11. "Nogometni leksikon Miroslava Krleža Tomislav Ivić". nogomet.lzmk.hr. Miroslav Krleža. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
12. "Saudi Arabia Saturday, 21. December 1996 UA Emirates". www.weltfussball.de. www.weltfussball.de. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
13. "Interview with Tomislav Ivić: The only Croatian strategist". arhiva.nacional.hr. nacional.hr. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
14. "Legendarische trainer Tomislav Ivić overleden". De Standaard. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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16. "2010年中超联赛战绩". foradejogo.net. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
17. . mackolik.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
18. "Tomislav Ivic". hrnogomet.com/. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
19. "Football MANAGER: Tomislav Ivić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
20. "Za Belgijce je najveći trener u povijesti, za Francuze je revolucionar..." (in Croatian). sportske.jutarnji.hr.
21. Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
22. Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer.
23. "Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
24. "Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia". FOX Sports. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
25. "Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia del fútbol". ABC. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
26. "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.

Further reading

• Holiga, Aleksandar (7 October 2013). "A Man for all Seasons". The Blizzard. Sunderland: Blizzard Media (10): 102–109.

External links

• Tomislav Ivić at Turkish Football Federation (manager) 
• Tomislav Ivić at FootballDatabase.eu 
• Tomislav Ivić at Soccerway.com 
• Tomislav Ivić at WorldFootball.net 
• Managerial stats
• Tomislav Ivić managerial stats
• Croatia statistics

 

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by   Anghel Iordănescu	UEFA Super Cup winning manager 1987	Succeeded by   Aad de Mos
Preceded by   Héctor Veira	Intercontinental Cup winning manager 1987	Succeeded by   Roberto Fleitas