Dragutin Spasojević

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

Dragutin Spasojević

Personal information
Date of birth	(1934-02-15)15 February 1934
Place of birth	Nikšić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	21 May 2016(2016-05-21) (aged 82)
Place of death	Podgorica, Montenegro
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1960	Sutjeska Nikšić
1961–1962	Priština	17	(1)
Managerial career
1964–1966	Priština
1966–1967	Trepča
1967–1970	Sloga Kraljevo
1970–1972	Sutjeska Nikšić
1972–1973	Bor
1974–1976	Bor
1976–1979	Rijeka
1979–1981	Budućnost Titograd
1983–1984	OFK Beograd
1984	Čelik Zenica
1987–1988	GOŠK-Jug
1989–1990	Sutjeska Nikšić
1990	Rad
1993–1994	Borac Čačak
1996–1998	Sutjeska Nikšić
	Spartak Subotica
	Čukarički
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He managed NK Rijeka, FK Bor, NK Čelik Zenica, FK Rad, FK Sutjeska Nikšić, FK Trepča, FK Borac Čačak, FK Budućnost Titograd, OFK Beograd, FK Spartak Subotica, FK Čukarički, NK GOŠK-Jug and FK Sloga Kraljevo.^[1] He was also president of the board for FSSCG and FSCG.^[2]

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

Managerial career

Spasojević began his coaching career in Prizren, 1962 where he formed a football school for youth players.

With Sloga he won Yugoslav Second League in 1970, but failed to qualify for First League losing to Crvenka.^[3] He began coaching Sutjeska Nikšić a year later and won the Second League and gained promotion. He also managed FK Bor two times in 1972–73 and 1974–1976.^[4]

Spasojević became manager of NK Rijeka in April 1976 replacing Gojko Zec. He stayed with club for two years accumulating over 100 matches.^[5] 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 Balkans Cup.^[6] He became a club legend after winning the clubs first trophies.^[7]

Personal life

He was married to Leposava and father of Krsto, Ilija and Mirko.^[8] Spasojević was a big supporter of Sutjeska^[9]

Managerial statistics

Club	From	To	Competition	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
NK Rijeka	20 August 1976	25 March 1979	First League	89	30	33	26	033.71
			Yugoslav Cup	10	8	1	1	080.00
			Balkans Cup	9	7	0	2	077.78
			European Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	2	1	025.00
NK Rijeka total				112	46	36	30	041.07

^[10]

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

Honours

Sloga Kraljevo

• Yugoslav Second League East: 1969–70

Sutjeska Nikšić

• Yugoslav Second League South: 1970–71

Rijeka

• Yugoslav Cup: 1977–78
• Balkans Cup: 1977–78

Borac Čačak

• Second League of FR Yugoslavia: 1993–94