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Tomislav Ivić
FC Porto (in verband met wedstrijd om Super Cup tegen Ajax) trainer Ivic, Bestanddeelnr 934-1341.jpg
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, Yugoslavia
(now Croatia)
Date of death 24 June 2011(2011-06-24) (aged 77)
Place of death Split, Croatia
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
RNK Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1957 RNK Split 125
1957–1963 Hajduk Split 11
Teams managed
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 Persepolis (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
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Tomislav Ivić (Croatian pronunciation: [tǒmislaʋ ǐːʋitɕ]; 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.

Managerial career

Training Ajax in Wassenaar trainer Ivic op het strand, Bestanddeelnr 929-4172
Ivić coaching Ajax in November 1977

Ivić managed teams in 14 countries along with four national teams, 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.

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.

In Croatia, Ivić coached RNK Split, Hajduk Split, Dinamo Zagreb and (in one match replacing suspended Miroslav Blažević) 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.

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%.

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.

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

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.

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.

Managerial statistics

Club

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

National teams

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Yugoslavia 19 December 1973 3 July 1974 &&&&&&&&&&&&&011.&&&&&011 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 &&&&&&&&&&&&&027.27000027.27
Croatia (c) 16 November 1994 16 November 1994 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&0100.&&&&&0100.000
United Arab Emirates August 1995 December 1996 &&&&&&&&&&&&&029.&&&&&029 &&&&&&&&&&&&&010.&&&&&010 &&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&07.&&&&&07 &&&&&&&&&&&&&034.48000034.48
Iran December 1997 20 April 1998 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 &&&&&&&&&&&&&020.&&&&&020.00
Total &&&&&&&&&&&&&046.&&&&&046 &&&&&&&&&&&&&015.&&&&&015 &&&&&&&&&&&&&017.&&&&&017 &&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014 &&&&&&&&&&&&&032.61000032.61
*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

Ajax

Anderlecht

Porto

Marseille

Al-Ittihad

  • Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 2004

United Arab Emirates

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
  • Split sports house hall of fame: 2009
  • Heart of Hajduk Award: 2011 (postmortem)
  • World Soccer 36th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013
  • France Football 42nd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019

Orders

  • Order of DH Franjo Bučar.jpg Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995
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