Slaviša Stojanovič

Slaviša Stojanović

Personal information
Full name	Slaviša Stojanović
Date of birth	(1969-12-06) December 6, 1969
Place of birth	Gornji Dejan, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1994	Slovan
1994–1995	Ljubljana	24	(0)
1996	Celje	9	(0)
1996-1997	Ljubljana	10	(2)
1997–1998	Vevče	8	(0)
Managerial career
1998–2001	Slovan
2001–2002	Livar
2002–2008	Domžale
2008–2009	Celje
2009–2011	United Arab Emirates (assistant)
2011–2012	Slovenia
2013–2014	Red Star Belgrade
2014–2015	Lierse S.K.
2016	Changchun Yatai
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2011

Slaviša Stojanović (born 6 December 1969) is a former Slovenian footballer and manager of Serbian descent. Stojanović made a huge impression when he won the Slovenian PrvaLiga twice, with Domžale, and winning Serbian championship title with Red Star Belgrade.

Career

Slovan

Slaviša Stojanović started his manager career at the age of 29. He immediately won the Under-16 and Under-18 championship in Slovenia, with Slovan.

Domžale

He was appointed at Domžale in 2002. In his first year in charge, the manager promoted the team in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Later on, Stojanović qualified his squad for UEFA Cup (2005 and 2006). Slaviša's glory years were 2007 and 2008, when Domžale won the title. The Slovenian manager became the youngest manager in the Slovenian history to win the championship two times in a row. With Stojanović on the bench, Domžale won the Slovenian Supercup in 2007.

Celje

Slaviša Stojanović signed for Celje in 2008. In that season, his new team finished the Slovenian PrvaLiga with 3 points more than the champions from Domžale.

UAE national team

In 2009, he took his job as assistant manager at the United Arab Emirates national football team. Stojanović helped manager Srečko Katanec qualify the squad for 2011 AFC Asian Cup. On 6 September 2011, Katanec was sacked as manager of United Arab Emirates after two successive defeats in the third round of qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Stojanović as the assistant manager was sacked as well.

Slovenia national team

On 24 October 2011, Slaviša Stojanović became the new manager of the Slovenia national team after the Football Association of Slovenia had had the contract with Matjaž Kek terminated by mutual agreement earlier that day. On 9 December 2012, he resigned as the manager of the Slovenia national team.

Red Star Belgrade

On 24 June 2013 he replaced Ricardo Sá Pinto as a coach of Red Star Belgrade. He lost his first game in Jelen Super Liga against FK Javor Ivanjica but in the end of first half-season he was just 1 point behind FK Partizan. In second half-season of 2013/2014 Jelen Super Liga he made 15 wins in a row and he won championship, giving championship title back to Red Star after 7 years.

K. Lierse SK

On 5 September 2014 he replaced Stanley Menzo as a coach of Lierse S.K.. He signed a contract until the end of the season. On January 28 he resigned as manager for Lierse S.K. after bad results

Honours

• Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2

2006–07, 2007–08

• Slovenian Supercup: 1

2007

• Serbian SuperLiga: 1

2013–14

Individual honours

• Manager of the year in the Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2005, 2006, 2007