Ljubiša Tumbaković

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Ljubiša Tumbaković
Personal information
Full name	Ljubiša Tumbaković
Date of birth	2 September 1952 (1952-09-02) (age 57)
Place of birth	FPR Yugoslavia
Club information
Current club	Shandong Luneng
Teams managed
1992-1999 1999–2000 2000–2002 2003 2004–2009	FK Partizan AEK Athens FK Partizan Al-Nasr Shandong Luneng
* Appearances (Goals)

Ljubiša Tumbaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубиша Тумбаковић) (September 2, 1952) is a Serbian soccer manager. Tumbaković is the most successful coach in the history of Partizan Belgrade where he won six national championships and three national cups. From January 7, 2004 to December 2009, he was the manager of Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League.^[1]

Contents 1 Coach career 1.1 FK Partizan 1.2 Return to FK Partizan 1.3 Shandong Luneng 2 References

[edit] Coach career

[edit] FK Partizan

Ljubiša Tumbaković started his management career with Partizan Belgrade in 1992. Partizan were in the doldrums when Tumbakovic took control, however he immediately brought success to Partizan by winning the league with them in his debut season^[2]. This was a feat that he would repeat five times during his first time with Partizan as well as winning three Yugoslav Cup's. These achievements caught the eye of AEK Athens F.C. who finished third in the league under Tumbaković's management^[3].

[edit] Return to FK Partizan

Ljubiša Tumbaković returned to FK Partizan at the beginning of the 2000/01 league season after a season away from the club and with the NATO attacks on Yugoslavia firmly behind the league, Tumbaković would continue establishing Partizan as one of the strongest teams in the league^[4]. However despite more domestic success with Partizan where they won the 2001/02 league title European success was far more difficult to achieve. He would stand down from his position after almost a decade in charge of FK Partizan where he was one of the most successful coaches in Yugoslavian football history^[2].

[edit] Shandong Luneng

In 2003 he would coach Saudi football team Al-Nasr for a short period. However he quickly moved to Chinese football team Shandong Luneng at the beginning of their 2004 league season. Ljubiša Tumbaković who was the second Serbian to manage Shandong after Slobodan Santrač, was to made a quick impression at the club when he won the Chinese FA Cup and took them second in league^[5]. Ljubiša would continue to establish Shandong as genuine title contenders throughout the 2005 league season despite them coming third within the league and being unable to retain their FA Cup^[6]. It was within the 2006 league season which established Shandong as a significant force within the Chinese Super League when they won the league by 17 points and FA cup. Their dominance was repeated when they again won the league title in 2008.

[edit] References

Preceded by Vladimir Petrović	Chinese Football Association Coach of the year 2006	Succeeded by Gao Hongbo
Preceded by Gao Hongbo	Chinese Football Association Coach of the year 2008	Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e FK Partizan – Managers Glaser (1945) · Spitz (1946–51) · Pogačnik (1952) · Spitz (1952–53) · Ćirić (1953–54) · Spitz (1954–55) · Tomašević (1955–56) · Simonovski (1956–57) · Matekalo (1957) · Kalocsay (1957–58) · Spitz (1958–60) · Bobek (1960–63) · Simonovski (1963) · Valok (1963–64) · Matekalo (1964) · Atanacković (1964) · Valok (1965) · Gegić (1965–67) · Vilotić (1967) · Bobek (1967–69) · Vilotić (1969) · Simonovski (1969–70) · Zec (1970–71) · Vasović (1971–73) · Damjanović (1973–74) · Kaloperović (1974–76) · Miladinović (1976) · Mladinić (1977–78) · Matekalo (1979) · Miladinović (1979) · Duvančić (1979–80) · Kaloperović (1980–82) · Milutinović (1982–84) · Bjeković (1984–87) · Jusufi (1987–88) · Vukotić (1988–89) · Golac (1989–90) · Bjeković (1990) · Milutinović (1990–91) · Osim (1991–1992) · Tumbaković (1992–99) · Ješić (1999–00) · Tumbaković (2000–02) · Matthäus (2002–03) · Vermezović (2004–05) · Röber (2005–06) · Ješić (2006–07) · Đukić (2007) · Jokanović (2007–09) Stevanović (2009–)

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