Slobodan Jovanić

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Slobodan "Bobby" Jovanić (born October 6, 1946 in Belgrade ) is a former Yugoslav football player and coach .

Career

Jovanić played in Yugoslavia for FK Crvenka . With the club he rose in 1970 to the 1st Yugoslav football league . There he played 33 of the 34 championship games in the course of the 1970/71 season, among others alongside Ratko Svilar and Milan Živadinović, who later also worked abroad as a coach . At the end of the season, the team occupied the last place in the table and directly relegated, Jovanić is the player with the most first division appearances for the club.

In autumn 1973 Jovanić had qualified for a move to western countries due to his age, after which he went to Germany in December of that year. There he was active for VfR Mannheim and FC Jadran Mannheim. He then played in the 1974/75 and 1975/76 seasons in the southern season of the 2nd Bundesliga in defense of SV Chio Waldhof . With the club he reached eighth place in the table twice in the final standings, while Jovanić scored two goals in a total of 28 games.

In the second division season 1981/82 "Bobby" Jovanić coached VfR Wormatia Worms , but he was released in October 1981 and replaced by Josef Stabel .

In the 1982/1983 season, Jovanic coached FV 09 Weinheim, where he was promoted from the Association League North Baden to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. In the summer of 1983 Slobodan Jovanić began his successful coaching work at SV Sandhausen in the Baden-Württemberg Football League . In the 1984/85 and 1986/87 seasons he was with the SVS each champion of the league, but failed in the promotion games to the 2nd Bundesliga . In the promotion round in 1987, the opponents were Kickers Offenbach, Eintracht Trier and SpVgg Bayreuth. With the 1-0 win against Trier, the Jovanić team got off to a good start. However, it should not be enough for advancement. The later promoted team, the Kickers from Offenbach, were defeated 2-1 at home in front of a large crowd. On the Bieberer Berg, in front of 12,000 spectators, despite the 2-0 defeat, they pulled out of the affair well. The 1985/86 DFB Cup season was also extremely successful . "Bobby" Jovanić led his team to the quarter-finals against Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund , where they lost 3-1 at home in Hardtwald in front of 10,000 spectators after victories over SG Union Solingen and Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin thanks to the goals of cup hero Gerd Dais .

After four years of successful work in Sandhausen, the football teacher switched to the league competitor VfR Mannheim in 1987 . However, he left the relegation-threatened club during the current 1988/89 season and Jovanić took over the coaching position at 1. FC Pforzheim , where he reached the league runner-up in the same season. With the traditional Pforzheim club "Bobby" Jovanić celebrated another championship in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in the 1990/91 season . Before participating in the promotion games to the 2nd Bundesliga, he was fired because he had already signed a contract with SV Sandhausen to return from the summer of 1991. After a weak first year, Jovanić was able to lead his team in the Oberliga 1992/93 up to the runner-up, which was equivalent to qualifying for the German amateur championship. He became German amateur champion in 1993 with SV Sandhausen and thus achieved one of the SVS's greatest club successes. Jovanić stayed with SV Sandhausen until 1994, making him the longest-serving coach in the club's history.

After the end of his coaching activity, Jovanić stayed in football and worked from 1999 to 2006 as a scout for SV Waldhof Mannheim and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim .

successes

  • Oberliga championship 1984/85, 1986/87, 1990/91
  • Oberliga runner-up in 1988/89, 1992/93
  • DFB Cup quarter-finals 1985/86
  • German amateur champion 1993

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c bnn.de: "" Bobby "Jovanic celebrates his 70th birthday"
  2. ^ SV Sandhausen - Oberligameister 1986/87 ( Memento from September 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), Statistics Klein
  3. ^ 1. FC Pforzheim - Oberligameister 1990/91 ( Memento of January 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Statistics Klein
personal data
SURNAME Jovanić, Slobodan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jovanić, Bobby (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1946