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

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sastavi po sezonama". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ↑ E.B. (19 September 2021). "Željo danas slavi 100. rođendan, veliki jubilej kultnog sarajevskog kluba" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Svaki početak je težak". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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