Goce Sedloski

Goce Sedloski (Macedonian: Гоце Седлоски; born 10 April 1974) is a Macedonian professional football manager and former player. He most recently managed Druga HNL club Dinamo Zagreb II.

Goce Sedloski
Sedloski pictured while a part of SV Mattersburg
Personal information
Full name Goce Sedloski
Date of birth (1974-04-10) 10 April 1974
Place of birth Golemo Konjari, SR Macedonia,
SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1994 Pobeda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Pobeda 1 (0)
1996–1998 Hajduk Split 60 (7)
1998 Sheffield Wednesday 4 (0)
1998–2004 Dinamo Zagreb 121 (22)
2004 Vegalta Sendai 21 (3)
2005 Dinamo Zagreb 17 (2)
2005–2006 Diyarbakırspor 27 (3)
2006–2011 Mattersburg 134 (11)
Total 368 (43)
National team
1996–2010 Macedonia 100 (8)
Teams managed
2010–2013 SV Mattersburg (assistant)
2011–2012 Macedonia (assistant)
2012 Macedonia (caretaker)
2013–2014 Turnovo
2014–2015 Vardar (director of football)
2015–2017 Vardar
2018 Riga
2018–2019 Široki Brijeg
2020 Dinamo Zagreb II
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He earned 100 caps for the Macedonia national team.

Playing career

Club

Sedloski started his professional career at Pobeda Prilep in 1994 and played two seasons for the club before leaving it for Hajduk Split from Croatia.

After a season and half, he moved to English club Sheffield Wednesday and returned to Croatia after two half-seasons by signing with Dinamo Zagreb in January 1999. He played for Dinamo until June 2004 and moved then to Japanese club Vegalta Sendai, where he spent one half-season before returning to Dinamo in January 2005.

In July 2005, he signed with Turkish club Diyarbakirspor and spent one season with the club before leaving it for SV Mattersburg, where he signed a two-year contract. After leaving Mattersburg after 5 years in 2011, he finished his playing career.

He had the biggest success while playing for Dinamo Zagreb, winning the Croatian First League 3 times, the Croatian Cup 3 times and the Croatian Super Cup 2 times.

International

Sedloski made his debut for the Macedonian national team in a March 1996 friendly match against Malta, earning a total of 100 caps and scoring 8 goals from then until 2010.[1]

On 16 August 2006, Sedloski became the first player to score a goal in the Euro 2008 qualifying tournament, when Macedonia beat Estonia 1–0 in Tallinn. His final international was a May 2010 friendly against Azerbaijan.[2]

Managerial career

Early career

Sedloski was assistant and interim coach for the Macedonian national team and also assistant coach at Austrian Bundesliga club SV Mattersburg.

Turnovo

In 2013 he became the new manager of Macedonian club Turnovo.

In his only season with the club he guided them to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round eliminating Lithuanian club Sūduva Marijampolė in the first qualifying round and after they were eliminated by Croatian club Hajduk Split in the second qualifying round.

He also guided the club to a 2nd-place finish in the Macedonian First League.

Vardar

Sedloski coached Macedonian club FK Vardar, joining the club in 2015 and resigning in August 2017. With Vardar he won two league titles and one supercup.[3][4]

Riga

Sedloski was the manager of Latvian club Riga from January to May 2018.[5] While at Riga, in 9 matches Sedloski won 4 matches, drew 1 and lost 4.

Široki Brijeg

Sedloski was named new the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg on 31 August 2018 where he currently still is the manager.[6] His first league win as Široki Brijeg's manager came on 23 September 2018, a 2–0 home win against newly promoted FK Zvijezda 09.[7]

In the 2018–19 season, Sedloski led Široki Brijeg all the way to the 2018–19 Bosnian Cup final, where the club lost to FK Sarajevo in the two legged cup final 3–1 on aggregate (Sarajevo won 3–0 in Sarajevo and Široki Brijeg won 1–0 in Široki Brijeg).[8] In the league, Široki Brijeg qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds by finishing on 3rd place.[9]

On 23 July 2019, after a 0–1 home league loss against NK Čelik Zenica the day before, and after 2 consecutive UEFA Europa League losses against Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Kairat in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, Sedloski decided to resign from the manager position of Široki Brijeg.[10]

Career statistics

Club

[11]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Croatia League Croatian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1996/97Hajduk SplitPrva HNL291291
1997/98141141
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1997/98Sheffield WednesdayPremier League4040
Croatia League Croatian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1998/99Croatia ZagrebPrva HNL3030
1999/00Dinamo ZagrebPrva HNL101101
2000/01284284
2001/02253253
2002/03303303
2003/0430113011
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2004Vegalta SendaiJ2 League21310223
Croatia League Croatian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2004/05Dinamo ZagrebPrva HNL121121
Turkey League Türkiye Kupası League Cup Europe Total
2005/06DiyarbakırsporSüper Lig273273
Austria League Austrian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2006/07MattersburgBundesliga353353
2007/08354354
2008/09341341
2009/10291291
2010/111000
CountryCroatia 1812518125
England 4040
Japan 21310223
Turkey 273273
Austria 13391339
Total 366401036740

[12]

Macedonia national team
YearAppsGoals
199670
199760
199850
199930
200070
200150
200271
200392
200491
200570
200681
200782
200870
2009101
201020
Total1008

Managerial statistics
As of 4 October 2020[13]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Macedonia 2012 2012 1 1 0 0 100.00
Turnovo September 2013 July 2014 33 18 6 9 054.55
Vardar July 2015 August 2017 75 52 14 9 069.33
Riga January 2018 May 2018 9 4 1 4 044.44
Široki Brijeg August 2018 July 2019 39 18 12 9 046.15
Dinamo Zagreb II April 2020 October 2020 17 9 2 6 052.94
Total 164 96 32 36 058.54

Honours

Club

Dinamo Zagreb

Manager

Vardar

Široki Brijeg

References
  1. RSSSF. "Macedonia - Record International Players".
  2. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. Olivari, Davorin (17 August 2017). "GOCE SEDLOSKI POSLAO NAJLJEPŠU PORUKU NAVIJAČIMA DINAMA 'Ma Dinamo to prolazi bez problema! Kvalitetniji je, igra sve bolje...'". Sportske Novosti. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. "Vardar Fenerbahçe maçı ne zaman saat kaçta hangi kanalda?". hurriyet.com.tr. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ""Riga" FC vadīs Maķedonijas čempions Sedloskis". Riga FC. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. A. Pašić (31 August 2018). "Sedloski i zvanično na Pecari, potpisao dvogodišnji ugovor" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  7. M. Šljivak (23 September 2018). "Široki jedva probio bunker Zvijezde 09" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  8. E.B. (15 May 2019). "FK Sarajevo osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  9. "2018/19 Premier League BiH stats". rezultati.com (in Bosnian). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  10. E. Čaušević (23 July 2019). "Goce Sedloski više nije trener NK Široki Brijeg" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  11. "Goce Sedloski". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  12. Goce Sedloski international appearances at rsssf.com
  13. "Goce Sedloski". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Artim Šakiri		 Macedonia captain
2004–2009		 Succeeded by
Veliče Šumulikoski
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