Dragutin Spasojević (15 February 1934 – 21 May 2016) was a Montenegrin football player and manager. He managed

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, FK Bor, NK Čelik Zenica, FK Rad, FK Sutjeska Nikšić,

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, FK Čukarički, NK GOŠK-Jug and FK Sloga Kraljevo. He was also president of the board for FSSCG and

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. He is most famous for winning the 1978 Yugoslav Cup with

Managerial career

Spasojević began his coaching career in

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, 1962 where he formed a football school for youth players. With Sloga he won

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in 1970, but failed to qualify for First League losing to

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. He began coaching

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a year later and won the Second League and gained promotion. He also managed FK Bor two times in 1972–73 and 1974–1976. Spasojević became manager of

in April 1976 replacing Gojko Zec. He stayed with club for two years accumulating over 100 matches. In 1978 he led the club to the Yugoslav Cup final where Rijeka beat his former club Trepča. The same year he also won the

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. He became a club legend after winning the clubs first trophies.

Personal life

He was married to Leposava and father of Krsto, Ilija and Mirko.Preminuo Dragutin Spasojević
- Onogost Spasojević was a big supporter of Sutjeska

Managerial statistics

: *Dates of first and last games under Spasojević; not dates of official appointments

Honours

;Sloga Kraljevo *

East: 1969–70 ;Sutjeska Nikšić *

South: 1970–71 ;Rijeka *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

: 1977–78 *

: 1977–78 ;Borac Čačak * Second League of FR Yugoslavia: 1993–94

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