Goran Miscevic
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Miscevic in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Virovitica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1995–1997 | VfR Pforzheim | ||
| 2000–2002 | Ontario U19 | ||
| 2003–2004 | Metro Lions | ||
| 2007 | Canadian Lions | ||
| 2008–2009 | Al-Wakrah | ||
| 2010–2011 | Al-Hazm | ||
| 2011–2012 | Salalah | ||
| 2012–2013 | Al Urooba | ||
| 2013 | Al-Ittihad Kalba | ||
| 2014–2016 | Al-Arabi | ||
| 2017 | Zhenjiang Huasa | ||
| 2018 | Yunnan Kunlu | ||
| 2019–2020 | Al-Seeb | ||
| 2020–2022 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ||
| 2022–2023 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt (sporting director) | ||
| 2026 | AFC Câmpulung Muscel | ||
Goran Miscevic (pronounced [ɡǒran mǐʃtʃeʋitɕ];[1][2] born 26 March 1963) is a Serbian-Canadian soccer manager and former player. He most recently served as both manager and sporting director of German club Rot-Weiß Erfurt.
Career
Miscevic was born in Virovitica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, to a Serbian family. He played professionally in Yugoslavia and Germany. After his retirement from competitive soccer, he obtained a coaching license from the German Football Association. Miscevic managed VfR Pforzheim in Germany for two years. In 1997, he immigrated to Canada and in 2000 served as an assistant coach for Glen Shields of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.[3] In 2003, he was appointed the head coach for the Metro Lions, and in the 2004 season, he led the team to a second-place position in the Eastern Conference.[4][5]
He returned to the Lions in 2007 (this time under the name Canadian Lions) with his assistant being former Yugoslavia international Blagoje Bratić.[6] His tenure with the club was notable as he promoted Dejan Jakovic to the first team and secured the team a postseason berth by finishing fourth in the International Division.[7] In 2008, he went overseas to coach Al-Wakrah Sport Club in the Qatar Stars League.[8][7] In 2010, he went to Saudi Arabia to coach Al-Hazm F.C. of the Saudi Professional League.[9] In 2011, he went to Oman to coach Salalah SC of the Oman Professional League. In 2012, he moved to the United Arab Emirates and had stints with Al Urooba and was unbeaten for 12 games in a row, which was a league record he lost only 3 games in the season, Al-Ittihad Kalba SC, and Al-Arabi.[10]
In 2017, he moved to China to coach Zhenjiang Huasa/Kunshan FC. In 2018, he moved to another Chinese club, Yunnan Kunlu, and led them to a win that year as well as a 10th-place finish in the 2018 Chinese Champions League, enough for gaining promotion to China League Two. In 2019, he went back to the Middle East and signed with the top division team Al-Seeb Club of the Oman Professional League. In the season 2019–20, he won the Oman Professional League Championship. In 2020, he was named the head coach for Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd , gaining promotion to the Regional League North East.[11] In the summer of 2025, he left Rot-Weiss Erfurt.[12]
In 2026, he was named manager for Câmpulung Muscel in the Romanian Liga II.[13] After three months with Câmpulung Muscel, he was dismissed from his position.[14]
References
- ^ "gòra". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2018.
Gòran
- ^ "Mihòvil". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2018.
Mìščević
- ^ عمان, جريدة (9 July 2019). "الكرواتي جوران مـدربـا للســيـب" [Croatian Goran is coach of Al-Seeb]. جريدة عمان (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 31 August 2004. Archived from the original on 31 August 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "CPSL weekend futnotes". It's Called Futbol. 11 August 2003.
- ^ "L'Attak s'impose" [The Attak wins]. RDS.ca. 24 June 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Brampton Lions Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software". 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Hylton, Kamal. "A Canadian coach in the Middle East". www.rednationonline.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Saudi Pro League Statistics 2010/2011". www.slstat.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Canadian coaches abroad". Major Ligue Soccer. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ Steinhorst, Frank (9 September 2020). "RWE hat Goran Miscevic als Trainer verpflichtet". www.thueringer-allgemeine.de (in German). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Lukacsek, Axel (16 April 2025). "Rot-Weiß-Trainer Gerber sucht nach Miscevic-Weggang neuen Assistenten" [Red-White coach Gerber seeks new assistant after Miscevic's departure]. Thüringer Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ Belivacă, Tudor (26 January 2026). "Numire ciudată în Liga 2! Echipa e pe marginea prăpastiei, dar a adus un antrenor străin care n-a mai activat din 2022" [Strange appointment in League 2! The team is on the brink of collapse, but they brought in a foreign coach who hasn't been active since 2022]. GSP.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ Manole, Narcis (11 March 2026). "Cutremur pe banca tehnică a Muscelului! Mișcevic și Durić, demiși după eșecul de la Iași. Sârbul Vladislav Rošić, favorit să preia echipa" [Earthquake on Muscele's technical bench! Miscevic and Duric, dismissed after failure in Iasi. Serbian Vladislav Rosic, favorite to take over the team]. Evenimentul Muscelean. Retrieved 11 March 2026.