Slaviša Jokanović

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Slaviša Jokanović
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Slaviša Jokanović (2015)
Personnel
Surname Slaviša Jokanović
birthday 16th August 1968
place of birth Novi Sad ,  SFR Yugoslavia
size 191 cm
position defensive midfielder
Juniors
Years station
0000-1986 FK Novi Sad
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1986-1988 FK Novi Sad 35 0(5)
1988-1990 FK Vojvodina 54 (10)
1990-1993 FK Partizan Belgrade 61 (20)
1993-1995 Real Oviedo 62 (12)
1995-1999 CD Tenerife 123 (17)
1999-2000 Deportivo La Coruña 23 0(2)
2000-2002 Chelsea FC 39 0(0)
2003-2004 Ciudad de Murcia 6 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
Yugoslavia U-21
1991 Yugoslavia 6 0(0)
1994-2002 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 58 (10)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2007-2009 FK Partizan Belgrade
2012-2013 Muangthong United
2013 Levski Sofia
2014 Hércules Alicante
2014-2015 Watford FC
2015 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015-2018 Fulham FC
1 Only league games are given.

Slaviša Jokanović ( Cyrillic spelling : Славиша Јокановић ; born August 16, 1968 in Novi Sad , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav, later Serbian-Montenegrin or Serbian football player . He played in the position of a mostly defensive midfielder and is now a football coach.

After starting his career in his home country, it took him via Spain and England back to Spain, where he ended his active career. His coaching career, which he began in Serbia, has taken him to Thailand , Bulgaria , Spain, England and Israel .

Club career

Career start in Novi Sad

Slaviša Jokanović was born on August 16, 1968 in the university town of Novi Sad, the capital of Vojvodina , in what was then the SFR of Yugoslavia. He started his career in men's football in 1986 with the local club FK Novi Sad , where he was previously active in the club's own youth team. In his first season with the men's team, he was in the 1986/87 season behind local rivals FK Vojvodina with seven points behind the runner-up in the Yugoslav second division. In the following season 1987/88 he reached with his team the 14th place in the table in the final classification, which in this case was a relegation place, since the league was completely changed at the end of the season. The top nine teams remained in the second highest soccer league in the country, the remaining nine teams relegated to the newly founded multi-track Yugoslav third division. By this time, Jokanović had scored a total of five goals in 35 championship games across the seasons.

Subsequently, Jokanović made the move to the 1st Yugoslav soccer league to the aforementioned local rivals FK Vojvodina and helped the team to the second Yugoslav championship title in the history of the soccer club founded in 1914 this season. The 191 cm tall midfielder was used in 24 of 34 possible league games and contributed four goals. In the Yugoslav Football Cup, the team made it to the quarter-finals in 1988/89, where they were eliminated from the current competition with a total score of 1: 2 from the two-way leg against FK Rudar Prijedor . In the European Cup of National Champions 1989/90 , in which the team participated because of the championship title from the first round, Jokanović also came to his missions. However, the team was eliminated in this round due to the away goals rule against Honvéd Budapest . Under master coach Ljupko Petrović , he was also used in the following season 1989/90 as a regular force and brought it this season to appearances in 30 league games, in which he scored six times. In the final standings, FK Vojvodina ranked eleventh in the table. The 1989/90 Yugoslav Football Cup also came to an abrupt end. After FK Vojvodina only progressed on penalties in the first round match against NK Čelik Zenica , he was eliminated in the second round with a total of 1: 7 from the return match against FK Red Star Belgrade .

Change to FK Partizan Belgrade

In the summer break before the beginning of the 1990/91 season, Jokanović moved to the eleven-time Yugoslav champions FK Partizan Belgrade , who had qualified for the 1990/91 UEFA Cup by finishing third in the previous season . In this competition, the midfielder was in all six games of his team under coach Miloš Milutinović for the full game and was only eliminated with the team in the third round against the eventual UEFA Cup winners Inter Milan . In the league, Jokanović made 20 appearances and four goals in 1990/91 and qualified for the UEFA Cup once again with a third place in the final standings. In the Yugoslav Football Cup 1990/91 he retired with the team after two games in the round of 16 against FK Budućnost Titograd . This season he also made the leap to the national soccer team of Yugoslavia and completed his first international match for his home country under coach Ivica Osim on February 27, 1991 in a friendly against Turkey when he came on the pitch in the 80th minute for Željko Petrović .

Under the new Partizan coach Ivica Osim, the player with strong headers was often used as a striker, including in Partizan's only two games in the 1991/92 UEFA Cup against Sporting Gijón . While he saw a yellow card in the first leg , he received another one in the second leg and had to leave the field early in extra time after yellow-red . As in the previous season, he only came to a few missions under Osim; at the end of the 1991/92 season there were 16 championship appearances, where he contributed a total of four goals and concluded the season with his team in second place in the table behind city rivals Red Star Belgrade. It was even more successful for Partizan in the Yugoslav Football Cup in 1991/92, in which the club emerged as the cup winner after nine games against city rivals Red Star with a total score of 3: 2 from the return leg.

Two days after the cup final, Osim retired as a coach; Ljubiša Tumbaković , who has worked as a youth coach at Partizan in recent years, took over. Under Tumbaković, Jokanović came after the dissolution of the SFR Yugoslavia to his actual breakthrough at Partizan, when he was used in the newly founded Prva liga SR Jugoslavije in the 1992/93 season in 31 of 36 possible league games and came to a total of 13 goals. Behind Predrag Mijatović (17 goals) and Savo Milošević (14 goals) he was Partizan Belgrade's third best scorer this season. With Partizan he won the first championship title of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with a considerable distance to the runner-up Red Star. The first soccer cup of the FR Yugoslavia ended with reversed roles; Partizan lost to Red Star in the final and came in second.

Legionnaire in Spain

Through his achievements in the league, he made the jump from the Yugoslav champions in the Spanish La Liga to Real Oviedo , who was being trained by his compatriot Radomir Antić at the time. Under Antić, who also used other native Yugoslavs such as Nikola Jerkan or Janko Janković , Jokanović quickly became a regular and made 32 championship appearances by the end of the 1993/94 season , in which he scored seven goals. While the team finished the season with a ninth place in the middle of the table, it came in the Copa del Rey 1993/94 to the round of 16 and was only defeated there, after a 1-0 win in the first leg with 0-5 in the second leg against the eventual finalists Celta Vigo and was eliminated from the current tournament. The following season 1994/95 was similar , in which the club from the Asturian city ​​of Oviedo again finished ninth in the table. In 30 league appearances, the tall defensive midfielder contributed five goals. In the Copa del Rey 1994/95, however, followed in the first round, in which the troops trained by Radomir Antić participated, an abrupt end against the league rivals SD Compostela .

For a rumored transfer fee of 500,000,000 pesetas (the equivalent of around 3 million euros ), the Yugoslav, who found his way into the newly created national team of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during his time in Spain, switched to league rivals  CD Tenerife , who are in a similar table situation . With the club from the Canary Islands island of Tenerife , he then managed under the German coach Jupp Heynckes with fifth place in the final ranking of the Primera División 1995/96, the best placement in the club's 80-year history; only in 1992/93 one reached a fifth place in the final table. Jokanović only missed four of the 38 championship games and scored two goals. In the 1995/96 Copa del Rey , the team only came out of the quarter-finals against eventual cup winners Atlético Madrid . After participating in the UEFA Cup in 1993/94 , the CD Tenerife took part in the UEFA Cup for the second time in 1996/97 and made it to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup after victories over Maccabi Tel Aviv , Lazio Rome , Feyenoord Rotterdam and Brøndby IF Competition and after a 1-0 win in the first leg only lost 2-0 to eventual UEFA Cup winners FC Schalke 04 in the extension of the second leg .

In the following season 1996/97 the CD Tenerife could no longer match the successes of the previous year. Jokanović completed 30 league games this season and finished ninth with the team in the end, a few points away from another international starting position. With ten goals scored, however, he was the leader of the team's internal goalscorer list and had thus scored more hits than the offensive colleagues around Juanele , Antonio Pinilla or Felipe Miñambres . In the 1996/97 Copa del Rey , the first round in which CD Tenerife took part, the round of 16 against Betis Sevilla , also ended quickly after a 5-0 home and away match. After Real Madrid failed to come to an agreement with Ottmar Hitzfeld in the summer of 1997 , another German, Jupp Heynckes, moved to the Spanish capital. The vacant coaching position then occupied interim coach Víctor Fernández Braulio , who was replaced by the Portuguese Artur Jorge after only ten league games . After he only looked after the team for 13 championship games, Juanma Lillo, the third coach of CD Tenerife in the current season , followed in February 1998 . After two more or less successful years in the Primera División, the team was again involved in the relegation battle in 1997/98 and only barely had to go into relegation on a 15th place in the final classification. Jokanović himself made 30 championship appearances, but the defensive midfielder's vulnerability to goals decreased significantly, with he scored three goals. As in the previous year, the CD Tenerife was soon eliminated in the Copa del Rey 1997/98 - against UD Las Palmas the team was eliminated early after the first round, the second main round.

In the 1998/99 season , the 191 cm tall Jokanović started under coach Juanma Lillo, who slipped into a crisis with the team and was in penultimate place in the table shortly before the turn of the year. Then began a number of other coach changes, of which the native Yugoslav should not see too many. From the end of December 1998 to the beginning of May 1999 he was used under the Argentine coach Carlos Aimar and from May 1999 to the end of the season he completed the remaining players under the interim coaching team Robert Aldavert Cellerino , called Robi , and the well-known Felipe Miñambres. None of these coaches was able to lead the team out of the table cellar, whereupon the CD Tenerife was relegated to the Segunda División as 19th and penultimate . All in all, Jokanović came to a record of 29 championship games, as well as two goals and had appearances in the Copa del Rey 1998/99 , in which he with the club only in the fourth main round, the second round for the Tenerife CD, due to the Away goals rule against CD Benidorm eliminated.

Third station in Spain

In the summer of 1999, the now 31-year-old moved within La Liga to Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña , which in the 1998/99 season took sixth place in the sometimes quite tightly staggered final table and thus an international starting position. In the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup , after victories over Stabæk Fotball , HSC Montpellier and Panathinaikos Athens, the team made it to the round of 16, in which Arsenal FC waited. A 2-1 win in the second leg did not help Deportivo La Coruña after a clear 1: 5 defeat in the first leg, whereupon the team was eliminated from the current tournament. Jokanović was used in the two games against Stabæk Fotball, as well as in the two games against HSC Montpellier. He even managed to hit the Norwegians from time to time. After he was not in the squad against Panathinaikos, he at least completed the first leg against Arsenal. With the two Brazilians Donato Gama da Silva and Mauro Silva formed a solid defensive midfield during the 1999/2000 season, but was not used as a full-fledged regular even under coach Javier Irureta . Of the 23 league games that he completed in the Primera División 1999/2000 , he brought only 13 over the full game, and came in the end on two goals scored. At the end of the season, the team was five points ahead of FC Barcelona at the top of the table and celebrated their first championship title in the club's more than 90-year history. With this championship title, the team qualified for the group stage of the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League , as well as for the 2001 FIFA Club World Cup . In the Copa del Rey 1999/2000 , the native Yugoslav and his team were eliminated in the round of 16 against CA Osasuna . On August 20, 2000 he won the Spanish Supercup 2000 against Espanyol Barcelona with Deportivo La Coruña .

Change to the island

Even before the start of the Champions League adventure, another change occurred for Jokanović. For a rumored transfer fee of 1.7 million pounds , the midfielder moved to the English Premier League for Chelsea in October 2000 . On October 21, 2000 he made his Premier League debut when he came on as a substitute for Samuele Dalla Bona in the 65th minute of the 6-1 home win over Coventry City . He then made regular appearances under coach Claudio Ranieri , but was usually used as a so-called joker . By the end of the 2000/01 season , he ranked with the team in sixth place in the table and just barely managed to qualify for the 2001/02 UEFA Cup . During this season, Jokanović was used in 19 championship games and remained goalless himself. Furthermore, he came to appearances in the FA Cup 2000/01 , when the team lost in the fifth main round to Arsenal , and in the League Cup 2000/01 , when in the first game, the third-round game against Liverpool , the premature out .

In the 2001/02 UEFA Cup, he rose with Chelsea in the first round against Levski Sofia , which they clearly defeated with a total score of 5-0; Jokanović was part of the starting lineup in both games. In the second round, which also meant the end of the Blues , the team played against Hapoel Tel Aviv and after a 2-0 defeat in the first leg only achieved a 1-1 draw in the second leg. The tall midfielder was only used in the first game. The 2001/02 Premier League season went for the Yugoslav, who made 20 league appearances, and his team almost the same as the previous season. In the final standings, the club was again in sixth place in the table and had thus achieved another international starting position. In addition, Jokanović completed games in the 2001/02 FA Cup , in which he made it to the finals with his team, but lost 2-0 to Arsenal, and in the 2001/02 League Cup , in which the semi-finals were reached. After his contract with Chelsea expired in the summer of 2002, he left the English and was henceforth without a club. At Chelsea, he was not really considered a crowd favorite and was sometimes even considered hated by his own fans. Despite 53 appearances across seasons and competitions, he did not make it a regular player.

Career conclusion on the Iberian Peninsula

After a year of non-association Jokanović returned to Spain, where he joined the Ciudad de Murcia club , which had just been promoted from third division to the Segunda División , and signed a one-year contract. He also stated that he hadn't trained during the time he was without a club and that he would need a certain amount of time to get back into the game. There he met again on his former coach Juanma Lillo , under whom he made his competitive debut for Ciudad de Murcia on September 14 in the third round match of the Segunda División 2003/04 . In the two subsequent rounds, Lillo used him as a regular, as well as in the second main round of the Copa del Rey 2003/04 against CD Numancia in early October. After that, the native Yugoslav was only used irregularly until December and often had to be replaced after only a few minutes of use. After only three months at the club, the 35-year-old was released from his duties after only six league appearances and one cup appearance and the contract was terminated by mutual agreement, as Jokanović did not perform as expected. The midfielder then announced the end of his career as an active player.

National team career

Debut for Yugoslavia before the breakup

In his second season with Partizan Belgrade Jokanović made it into the national team of Yugoslavia and completed under national coach Ivica Osim February 27, 1991 in a friendly match against Turkey his first cap for his country, as he, after 80 minutes of Željko Petrović on came the lawn. Before that, he had played for the Yugoslav U-21 national team for two years . In the course of the year, Osim used him in a total of six international matches, including three friendlies, one in the Pier-Cesare-Baretti memorial tournament and two qualifying games for the 1992 European Championship . With the last two European Championship qualifying victories against the Faroe Islands and Austria , Yugoslavia had qualified for the finals in Sweden , but was excluded from UEFA before the start because the state was in the midst of disintegration and no team represented the disintegrated Yugoslavia could.

Debut for the FR of Yugoslavia

It was not until the end of 1994, as a player for Real Oviedo , that the midfielder made it back into a national selection when he was called up by Slobodan Santrač to join the first country in the newly formed national soccer team of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . In the 2-0 defeat in the friendly against Brazil in Porto Alegre , he was used from the start and was replaced by Dejan Govedarica in the 76th minute . Another two friendly international appearances followed during his time at Real Oviedo. During his time at CD Tenerife, however, Jokanović was a regular player in the national team of his home country. After a friendly against Greece in September 1995 and another against Romania in March 1996, he started qualifying for the 1998 World Cup with the team in April 1996 . He was then used in the first five qualifying games of the year and also scored his first two international goals in the course of the World Cup qualifying when he contributed the 2-0 and 6-1 goals in the 8-1 victory over the Faroe Islands. On December 28, 1996, in a friendly against Argentina , Jokanović appeared for the first time as team captain .

Successful World Cup qualification

After another friendly international match in March 1997, he entered two further World Cup qualifiers with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in April and June 1997 and then took part with the team in the Korea Cup that took place in mid-June 1997 . In all three games of his team he appeared as captain, contributed a penalty in the first group game against Ghana and in the last group game against South Korea and finished the gymnast with the team in second place. In the friendly match against Russia in Saint Petersburg two months later , in which he also scored the 1-0 winning goal, he still led the team as captain, but gave the captain's armband back to Dragan Stojković in the subsequent World Cup qualifiers . With the FR of Yugoslavia, he then completed the last two group games of the World Cup qualification and took part in the relegation games against Hungary as second in the group behind Spain . Since only the best runners-up qualified directly for the world championship, the remaining runners-up had to go into relegation. In this, however, the Yugoslavs convinced against the Hungarians without any problems and after a 7-1 win in the first leg they also clearly won the second leg 5-0, which meant they would participate in the World Cup the following year.

Participation in the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship

At his next international match after the successful World Cup qualification, he appeared for the last time in his career as team captain; in the 3-0 victory over Tunisia on January 28, 1998, he managed a brace. Then he played five more friendly internationals by mid-June 1998, where he scored once before he started with the team in the World Cup finals in France . In Group F, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia met Germany , Iran and the United States and after three group games were able to prove themselves in second place, tied on points, behind Germany and made it into the round of 16, losing just 2-1 to the Netherlands . Jokanović was used by coach Santrač in all four games of his team over the full game in defensive midfield. The round of 16 was also his last appearance under Slobodan Santrač, who then took over a coaching position in China . From August 1998, Milan Živadinović then appeared as the new head coach of the FR of Yugoslavia. Under Živadinović, Jokanović remained a regular in the national squad and completed five international matches under the new coach by the summer of 1999, including two friendlies and three qualifying games for the 2000 European Championship .

While Jokanović moved to Deportivo La Coruña within the league , the Yugoslav head coach also changed. Živadinović was replaced after almost a year in office by the equally experienced Vujadin Boškov . This year Boškov used him in four of the last five European Championship qualifiers as a regular over the full 90 minutes. With 17 points, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia secured first place in Group 8 and thus qualified for the 2000 finals in Belgium and the Netherlands . In the following years, the tall defensive midfielder hardly played through the full time, but only played in the first half in four of the five friendlies in 2000, most of which served to prepare for the European Championship. In June 2000, he then took part in the European Championship finals as part of a 22-man squad. In Group C , the Yugoslavs almost failed to make it to the quarter-finals, but were able to keep the upper hand in a direct comparison with Norway with the same number of points and moved into the quarter-finals as second in the group. In this, however, the Yugoslavs had no chance against the Dutch, who were able to bring in a 6-1 victory.

Unsuccessful World Cup qualification and last international matches

After the EM-Aus there was another coach change; Vujadin Boškov was followed by Ilija Petković , who previously worked briefly as an assistant coach to the Yugoslavs. Under Petković, Jokanović started the first qualifying game for the 2002 World Cup ; in the 2-0 win over Luxemburg Luxemburg the tall midfielder scored the goal to make it 2-0. This was also the only game under the leadership of Ilija Petković, in which Jokanović took part. In January or February 2001 there was the next change of coach, which brought Milovan Đorić as the new head coach. Đorić put him after he was not part of the Yugoslav squad in the game against Switzerland , in qualifying games 3 and 4. When there was then another change in the coaching staff and Đorić was replaced by the three-man coaching team Dejan Savićević , Vujadin Boškov and Ivan Ćurković , Jokanović was not taken into account by this in the subsequent three World Cup qualifiers. It was not until September 1, 2001 that he made the jump back into the regular formation and then completed the last three qualifying games in his home country. In the final ranking of Group 1, the FR of Yugoslavia was one point behind Slovenia and four points behind Russia in third place and thus failed to qualify for a World Cup. Under the sole head coach Dejan Savićević, Jokanović came to a total of three appearances in friendly games. After he had announced in April 2001 that he would end his career in the Yugoslav national team, he did so after the friendly international match against Ecuador on May 8, 2002 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford after he had played a few more international matches . New Jersey .

Coaching career

Two-time double winner with Partizan

Slaviša Jokanović as coach of Muangthong United (2013)
Slaviša Jokanović a few weeks before his departure from Watford FC (2015)

After the end of his career, Jokanović lived mainly in the Spanish capital Madrid and took on a coaching position as part of the technical staff of the Spanish fourth division club CA Pinto . Three months later, after the departure of Miroslav Đukić , who took over the Serbian national team , he was appointed head coach of his former club, FK Partizan Belgrade . His wife and their three children stayed in the Spanish capital for the time being. After taking over the club a few days before the end of the year, he finished the 2007/08 season with the team in first place in the table. With a final victory over FK Zemun , Partizan also won the Serbian Football Cup 2007/08 and thus got the double . The championship title allowed Partizan to qualify for the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League . After advancing against İnter Baku in the second qualifying round, the team was eliminated with a total score of 3: 4 from the return leg against Fenerbahçe Istanbul and then appeared from the first round of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup . After a win over FC Timișoara in this round, the team made it into the group stage, but remained without points against Standard Liège , VfB Stuttgart , Sampdoria Genoa and FC Sevilla .

In the same year, Jokanović was voted the best coach in Serbia by the Serbian Football Association , but rejected this award due to the poor result of his team in the UEFA Cup. In 2008/09 , Jokanović led his team to the double again, making him the first coach in the club's history to defend a double. In the league, Partizan Belgrade even had a record advantage of 19 points over the runner-up, FK Vojvodina . In the final of the 2008/09 Cup , Partizan was also clearly superior to second division club FK Sevojno and clearly won 3-0. In the second qualifying round for the 2008/09 Champions League , he and his team clearly prevailed 4-0 in the first leg and 8-0 in the second leg against Rhyl FC from Wales . In the third qualifying round that followed, Partizan came to an abrupt end on the champions path against APOEL Nicosia and lost with an overall result of 1: 2. In contrast to the previous year, when the team then took part in the first round of the UEFA Cup, this year the team already competed in the play-offs of the qualifying for the 2009/10 Europa League . After a total score of 3: 1 over the MŠK Žilina , the team qualified for the group stage, but dropped out again prematurely as bottom of the group. He then started with the team in the Serbian SuperLiga 2009/10 , but was replaced after three championship games, two wins and one draw, by Goran Stevanović , with whom he briefly played at Partizan in the early 1990s. According to official reports, the contract was terminated by mutual agreement and Jokanović said goodbye by means of an open letter .

Adventure Thailand

After his departure from FK Partizan Belgrade, it was almost two and a half years before the former midfielder found a coaching station again. At the end of February 2012, he finally signed a one-year contract with the option of two more years with Muangthong United in the Thai League , the highest football league in Thai football. In addition to Phil Stubbins , Sven-Göran Eriksson and Stefano Cugurra Teco , he was only one of four foreign coaches in the 18-player league this year. With the team he remained undefeated in all 34 championship games and was Thai football champion after 25 wins and nine draws. In addition, the team achieved the highest away win with an 8-1 win over BBCU FC , as well as one of the two highest- scoring games of the season. Furthermore, the team provided one of the two top scorers, Teerasil Dangda (alongside Cleiton Silva from BEC-Tero Sasana ; both 24 goals each). With the championship title, the team secured a place in the group stage of the AFC Champions League 2013 . In Group F, Muangthong United then competed against Guangzhou Evergrande from China , Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors from South Korea and Urawa Red Diamonds from Japan and dropped out of the current tournament as the bottom of the group early. On June 4, 2018, the club became aware of the termination of Jokanović's contract, whereupon Winfried Schäfer , who then only worked for a little over a month, took over as coach.

Via Bulgaria and Spain to England

In mid-July 2013 he replaced Nikolay Mitov as the new head coach of the Bulgarian first division club Levski Sofia and signed a one-year contract with an option. Since he had hardly any positive results with the capital club, he was released from his contract in October of the same year and had to leave the club again. It was only in April 2014 that Jokanović took up a coaching position in Spain, where he still spent most of his time. The second division Hércules Alicante had offered him a coaching job until the end of the season, replacing the previous coach Quique Hernández , who had led the team to the bottom of the table. After the team could not get away from last place in the table with the help of the Serbian and after only one win in five games had to make the way to the third highest football league in the country , Jokanović also lost his job after just over a month.

On October 7, 2014 Jokanović was as coach of English Championship clubs frequently Watford presented and got there as the fourth in just five weeks, a fixed-term contract. Under Serbian leadership, the English made it into the Premier League in second place, one point behind AFC Bournemouth , and even had the opportunity to become champions in the Football League Championship during the last game. After the club's management did not renew his contract, he left the club on June 5, 2015 and was subsequently replaced by Quique Sánchez Flores .

After a flying visit to Israel back to England

Just a few days after his employment ended, he was introduced as the new head coach of the Israeli first division club Maccabi Tel Aviv from June 14, 2015 . Under his leadership, the team made it back into the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in eleven years, but retired prematurely in 2015/16 without any points as the last of the group. After around six months in Israel, he returned to England, where he was appointed coach of championship club Fulham at the end of December 2015 . With Fulham he managed to stay in the league in 2015/16 and promotion to the Premier League in 2017/18 . As Fulham FC were last five points in the 2018/19 season with five points, Jokanović was replaced by Claudio Ranieri .

Success as a player

Club successes

FK Novi Sad

  • Runner-up in the 2nd Yugoslav Football League: 1986/87

FK Vojvodina

Partizan Belgrade

Deportivo La Coruña

Chelsea FC

Success as a trainer

FK Partizan Belgrade

Muangthong United

Watford FC

Fulham FC

Web links

Commons : Slaviša Jokanović  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Jokanović, Slaviša
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav, later Serbian-Montenegrin, soccer player and Serbian soccer coach
DATE OF BIRTH 16th August 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Novi Sad , SFR Yugoslavia