Branko Smiljanić

Branko Smiljanić
Personal information
Branko Smiljanić, Serbian football manager
Date of birth	(1957-09-27) September 27, 1957
Place of birth	Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	BEC Tero Sasana (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1970-1978	OFK Beograd	107	(78)
1978-1979	Mercator	40	(20)
1979-1981	OFK Beograd	45	(22)
1981-1983	Sloboda Užice	58	(32)
1983-1985	Kalmar AIK	60	(38)
1985-1988	Mönsterås	61	(29)
1988-1993	Obilić	78	(48)
Total		449	(267)
National team
1974-1975	Yugoslavia	50	(11)
Teams managed
1993-1995	Obilić U-20 (Head Coach)
1995-1996	Obilić (Assistant Coach)
1996-1997	Mladi Radnik (Head Coach)
1997-1998	Sloga Kraljevo (Head Coach)
1998-1999	Borac Čačak (Head Coach)
1999-2000	Milicionar(Head Coach)
2000-2002	Jordan (Technical Director)
2002-2003	Sutjeska Nikšić (Head Coach)
2003-2004	Al-Faisaly (Head Coach)
2004-2005	Vojvodina (Head Coach)
2005-2006	Al-Faisaly (Head Coach)
2006-2008	Al-Ittihad (Head Coach)
2008-2009	Libya U-20 (Head Coach)
2009-2012	Libya (Head Coach)
2012-2013	Al-Wehdat (Head Coach)
2013-2014	Al-Ittihad (Head Coach)
2014	Napredak Kruševac (Head Coach)
2015	Saham (Head Coach)
2016–	BEC Tero Sasana (Head Coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Branko Smiljanić (born 27 September 1957)^[1] is a Serbian football manager, a former footballer, who is the current manager of BEC Tero Sasana.

Personal life

His son, Milan Smiljanić is a professional footballer who has played for top European clubs like FK Partizan, RCD Espanyol, Sporting de Gijón and is currently playing for Gençlerbirliği S.K. in the Süper Lig.

Playing career

Branko began his professional footballing career in 1970 with his parent club, OFK Beograd, based in his hometown Belgrade, and played there for the next 8 years. He was also part of the squad which reached the Quarter-finals of the 1972–73 UEFA Cup. In 1978, he signed a one-year contract with FC Mercator. He moved back on a one-year contract to Belgrade and his former club, OFK Beograd. In 1981, he moved to Užice where he signed a long-term contract with FK Sloboda Užice.

He first moved out of Serbia in 1983 to Sweden and more accurately to Kalmar where he signed a long-term contract with Kalmar AIK FK. After a two-year spell with the Kalmar-based club, he moved to the city of Mönsterås where he signed a long term contract with FC Mönsterås.

In 1988, he moved back to Serbia and more accurately to Vračar where he signed a long term contract with FK Obilić and played there for the next 5 years.

Managerial career

Branko holds the UEFA Pro Licence, the highest football coaching qualification. He received the UEFA Pro Licence in 2007 from the Football Association of Serbia. He also holds the UEFA A License (from the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro since 2005), UEFA B License (from the Swedish Football Association since 1988) and also the UEFA C License (from the Swedish Football Association since 1987). He has also obtained a graduate degree in Physical Education in 1996 from the University of Novi Sad.

Obilić

He began his professional managerial career with the U-20 team of FK Obilić in 1993. In 1995, he was appointed as the assistant coach of the first team of the club. In his one-year spell with the club, he helped them achieve the runners-up position in the 1994–95 FR Yugoslavia Cup.

Mladi Radnik

In 1996, he moved to Požarevac where he was appointed as the head coach of FK Mladi Radnik.

Sloga Kraljevo

In 1997, he moved to Kraljevo where he was appointed as the head coach of FK Sloga Kraljevo.

Borac Čačak

In 1998, he moved to Čačak where he was appointed as the head coach of FK Borac Čačak. He helped the club win the 1998–99 Second League of FR Yugoslavia (West Group) with 47 points from 14 wins and 5 draws.

Milicionar

In 1999, he moved back to his hometown Belgrade where he was appointed as the head coach of FK Milicionar.

Jordan

He first moved out of Serbia to the Middle East and more accurately to Jordan in 2000 where he was appointed as the technical director of the Jordan Football Association.

Sutjeska Nikšić

In 2002, he moved back to Europe and more accurately to Montenegro where he was appointed as the head coach of Nikšić-based club, FK Sutjeska Nikšić.

Al-Faisaly

In 2003, he moved back to Jordan and to the capital city, Amman where he was appointed as the head coach of Jordan League club, Al-Faisaly SC. In his one-year spell with the Amman-based club, he helped them secure the second position in the 2003–04 Jordan League, win the 2004 Jordan FA Cup and the 2004 Jordan Super Cup.

Vojvodina

In 2005, he moved back to Serbia and more accurately to Novi Sad where he was appointed as the head coach of FK Vojvodina.

Al-Faisaly

In 2005, he moved back to Jordan and his former club, Al-Faisaly SC. He again helped them secure the second position in the 2005–06 Jordan League and win the 2005 Jordan FA Cup.

Al-Ittihad

In 2006, he moved to the North Africa and more accurately to Libya where he was appointed as the head coach of Libyan Premier League club, Al-Ittihad Club. In his two-year spell with the Tripoli-based club, he helped them win the 2006–07 Libyan Premier League, 2006 Libyan Super Cup, 2007 Libyan Al-Fatih Cup, 2007–08 Libyan Premier League and the 2007 Libyan Super Cup. He also helped the club to reach the Semi-finals of the 2007 CAF Champions League which is till-date the best performance of the club in the competition.

Libya U-20

In 2008, he was appointed as the head coach of Libya national under-20 football team. During his one-year spell with the U-20 national team, he helped them achieve the bronze medal in the 2009 Mediterranean Games. His team first topped the Group C with two draws against Montenegro U-20 and with the help of a 4-2 penalty shootout win over the Europeans in the second match. In the Semi-finals, they were defeated 1-0 by Italy U-20 and in the Third Place match they won 8-7 on penalties against France U-20 after the match had ended 0-0 at normal time.

Libya

After a successful stint with the U-20 national team of Libya, he was appointed as the head coach of the Libya national football team on a three-year contract.

Al-Wehdat

In 2012, he moved back to Jordan where he was appointed as the head coach of Al-Wehdat SC, fierce rivals of his former club, Al-Faisaly SC. He helped the Amman New Camp-based club reach the Quarter-finals of the 2012 AFC Cup. On 31 August 2012, he was sacked by the club after a 2-0 defeat against Al-Arabi (Irbid), the club's second defeat in the past three matches.^[2]

Al-Ittihad

In 2013, he moved back to Libya and to his former club, Al-Ittihad on a one-year contract.

Napredak Kruševac

In 2014, he returned to Serbia and more accurately to Kruševac where he was appointed as the head coach of Serbian SuperLiga club, FK Napredak Kruševac.

Saham

Branko Smiljanić - 2014–15 Oman Professional League

With Assistant Coach, Yaqoob Ismail
Saham SC - Technical Staff - 2014–15 Oman Professional League
2014–15 Oman Professional League

On 20 November 2015, he arrived in Muscat, Oman and then moved to Saham where on 22 November 2014, he signed a six-month contract to be appointed as the head coach of Saham SC of Oman Professional League.

Achievements as manager

Honors

With Obilić
FR Yugoslavia Cup (0):

Runners-up 1994–95

With Borac Čačak
Second League of FR Yugoslavia (1):

Winners 1998–99 (West)

With Al-Faisaly
Jordan League (0):

Runners-up 2003–04, 2005–06

Jordan FA Cup (2):

Winners 2004, 2005

Jordan Super Cup (1):

Winners 2004

AFC Cup (1):

Winners 2005

With Al-Ittihad
Libyan Premier League (2):

Winners 2006–07, 2007-08

Libyan Cup (1):

Winners 2007

Libyan Super Cup (2):

Winners 2006, 2007

With Libya U-20
Mediterranean Games (0):

Third Place 2009

Best Coach Award 2006,2007,2008

References

↑ "Branko Smiljanić". SOCCERWAY.
↑ "Jordan's Al Wehdat sack head coach Branko Smiljanic". BOXSCORE.

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Libya national football team – managers

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Ord (2012)
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Alves (2013–14)
Bandović (2014–15)
Sheils (2015)
Rangsan (2015^c)
Cajuda (2015)
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Smiljanić (2016–)

BEC Tero Sasana F.C. – current squad

1 Prasit 3 Suporn 4 Sarawut 5 Adison 6 Sretenović 7 Wichan 8 Jung-woo 10 Nwokolo 11 Apichet (c) 13 Pitakpong 15 Adisak 16 Phitiwat 20 Sivakorn 21 Teeraphol 22 Chananan 23 Bubalo 25 Chayaphat 26 Sitthichok 29 Chenrop 30 Suriya 31 Chainarong 32 Bosančić 40 Somporn Manager: Smiljanić

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