Prvoslav Dragićević (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Првослав Драгићевић; 4 March 1914 – 27 December 1974) was a
Serbian football
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manager and player.
Playing career
Club career
Dragićević played at
SK Jedinstvo Beograd and
BSK Beograd from 1936 to 1941 as a midfielder, and he was part of the memorable midfield line formed with
Petar Manola and
Gustav Lechner. The team won the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...
in 1939. During his career he also played with Belgrade club
Radnički and
Dinamo Pančevo where he finished his playing career in 1949.
International career
He has played six matches for the
national team
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from 1939 to 1940.
After the
Germans
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invaded
Yugoslavia
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in 1941, he left the country.
Managing career
Željezničar Sarajevo
He coached
FK Željezničar Sarajevo
Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English language, English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional Association fo ...
in the
1954–55 season. Although the team secured only 11th place, it sufficed to save them from relegation.
Olympiacos
In 1956, he went to Greece to coach
Olympiacos. The team won
the double in the 1956–57 season. The league was won after a long run which ended with Olympiacos winning a play-off match against eternal rivals
Panathinaikos in the neutral
Nikos Goumas Stadium (1–0). In the cup, Olympiacos beat
AEK Athens 1–0 in the quarter-finals with a goal by Babis Kotridis, and once again Panathinaikos (1–0) in the semi-finals. The team concluded by winning
Iraklis 2–0 in the final and celebrated the first of three consecutive doubles (1957, 1958, 1959) that still remains a record for Greek teams.
Honours
Player
BSK Beograd
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Yugoslav Championship:
1938–39
Manager
Olympiacos
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Panhellenic Championship
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:
1956–57
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Greek Cup
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The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...
:
1956–57
References
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1914 births
1974 deaths
Footballers from Kragujevac
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav men's footballers
Yugoslavia men's international footballers
SK Jedinstvo Beograd players
OFK Beograd players
FK Radnički Beograd players
FK Dinamo Pančevo players
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav football managers
FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers
Olympiacos F.C. managers
Yugoslav First League managers
Super League Greece managers
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