Josip Šebalj
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1927 | Željezničar | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1923–1934 | Željezničar | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Josip Šebalj was a Yugoslav professional footballer and football manager. He played as a goalkeeper for Željezničar.
Šebalj later started working as a manager at Željezničar. He is the club's longest-serving manager, managing Željezničar from 1923 to 1934.
Playing career
[edit]Šebalj played for Željezničar as a goalkeeper. The club competed in the second division of the Sarajevo football sub-association in the 1921–22 season. The following season, Šebalj led Željezničar as manager in the same league division, alongside Adolf Šmit.[1] He was the club's player-manager until 1927.[1]
Managerial career
[edit]In 1923, Šebalj started working full-time as manager of Željezničar. In the 1925–26 season, he led the club to first place in the Sarajevo football sub-association second division, achieving promotion to the first division.[2] In the 1926–27 season, Željezničar finished last in the first division. The club later competed in the first division of the Sarajevo sub-federal league.[3]
Šebalj worked as manager of Željezničar until 1934, making him the longest-serving manager in the club's history.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sastavi po sezonama". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ E.B. (19 September 2021). "Željo danas slavi 100. rođendan, veliki jubilej kultnog sarajevskog kluba" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Svaki početak je težak". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 December 2022.