Vujadin Boškov

Vujadin Boškov
Вујадин Бошков

Personal information
Full name	Vujadin Boškov
Date of birth	16 May 1931 (1931-05-16)
Place of birth	Begeč, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Playing position	Manager (Right winger as a player)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1946–1960	FK Vojvodina
1961–1962	Sampdoria
1962–1964	BSC Young Boys
National team
1951–1958	Yugoslavia	57	(0)
Teams managed
1962–1964	BSC Young Boys (player/coach)
1964–1971	FK Vojvodina (technical director)
1966	Yugoslavia (co-coach)
1971–1973	Yugoslavia
1974–1976	FC Den Haag
1976–1978	Feyenoord
1978–1979	Real Zaragoza
1979–1982	Real Madrid
1982–1984	Sporting de Gijon
1984–1986	Ascoli
1986–1992	Sampdoria
1992–1993	AS Roma
1994–1996	SSC Napoli
1996–1997	Servette Geneva
1997–1998	Sampdoria
1999	AC Perugia
1999–2000	FR Yugoslavia
2001	FR Yugoslavia (co-coach)
2006–	Sampdoria (Scout)
Honours Competitor for Yugoslavia Men's football Silver 1952 Helsinki Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Vujadin Boškov (Serbian: Вујадин Бошков, born 16 May 1931) is a retired Serbian football player and coach.

Boškov was born in the village of Begeč near Novi Sad, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He played with FK Vojvodina for most of his career (1946–1960). He also became a playing member of the Yugoslavia national team, and was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1952 Olympic football tournament.

In 1961 he moved to Italy to play for Serie A club Sampdoria for one season (1961/62), before accepting a stint as a player/coach at Swiss side Young Boys (1962–1964). Boškov then returned to the club that made him as a player – FK Vojvodina – and coached it for 7 seasons (1964–1971) winning one Yugoslav league championship in 1965–66.

He soon developed a successful international coaching career with stints in Dutch Eredivisie (FC Den Haag (1974–1976), and Feyenoord (1976–1978)), Spanish La Liga (Real Zaragoza (1978/79), Real Madrid (1979–1982), and Sporting de Gijon (1983–84)), Italian Serie A (Ascoli Calcio 1898 (1984–1986), U.C. Sampdoria (1986–1992, 1998–99), A.S. Roma (1992–93), S.S.C. Napoli (1994–1996), and A.C. Perugia (1999)), and Swiss league (Servette Geneva (1996–97)).

Arguably his greatest achievement as a coach came in 1991, when he steered Sampdoria to the Serie A scudetto. The following season, he got them to the European Cup final, where they lost 1–0 to Barcelona at Wembley.

He also coached Yugoslavia at Euro 2000, where they famously lost 4–3 to Spain in Brugge and later went out to Holland in the quarter-finals.

Management Titles

Vojvodina Novi Sad

• Yugoslav Championship 1966

ADO Den Haag

• KNVB Cup1975

Real Madrid

• La Liga 1980
• Copa del Rey 1980; 1982

Ascoli

• Italian Championship Serie B 1986

Sampdoria

• Cup Winners Cup 1990
• Serie A 1991
• Coppa da Italia 1988; 1989
• Supercoppa da Italia 1991

References

• (Serbian) Serbian national football team website

Preceded by Johan Cruyff

Cup Winners' Cup Winning Coach 1989–90

Succeeded by Alex Ferguson