List of HNK Hajduk Split managers

Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split is a professional football club based in Split, Croatia, which plays in the HNL. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Hajduk Split from 1911, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day.

The first manager of Hajduk Split was Bohemian Oldřich Just, who joined the club in 1911 as a player-manager. He was in charge from 1911 to 1912. The current manager is Gennaro Gattuso, who took over the club in June 2024.^[1]

List of Hajduk managers

1911–1992

• Oldřich Just (1911–12)
• Josef Šwagrovský (1912)
• Otto Bohata (1913)
• Norbert Zajíček (1914)
• Zdeňek Jahn (1915–18)
• Karel Šťastný (1919)
• Rudolf Sloup-Štapl (1920)
• Fraňo Zoubek (1920)
• Franz Mantler (1921)
• Jindřich Šoltis (1922)
• Václav Pinc (1922)
• Jaroslav Bohata (1923)
• Luka Kaliterna (1923–30)
• Erwin Puschner (1930)
• Luka Kaliterna (1930–36)
• Ante Blažević (1936)
• Karel Senecký (1937)
• Luka Kaliterna (1937)
• Illés Spitz (1938–39)
• Ljubo Benčić (1939–40)
• Jiří Sobotka (1940)
• Ljubo Benčić (1940)
• Jiří Sobotka (1941)
• Ljubo Benčić (1941–48)
• Luka Kaliterna (1948–51)
• Branko Bakotić (1951)
• Jozo Matošić (1952–54)
• Aleksandar Tomašević (1954–55)
• Ljubo Benčić (1955–56)
• Frane Matošić (1956–58)
• Ivo Radovniković (1958–59)
• Milovan Ćirić (1959–61)
• Leo Lemešić (1961–62)
• Florijan Matekalo (1962)
• Lenko Grčić (1963)
• Milovan Ćirić (1963)
• Ozren Nedoklan (1964)
• Frane Matošić (1965)
• Dušan Nenković (1965–69)
• Slavko Luštica (1969–71)
• Tomislav Ivić (1972)
• Branko Zebec (1972–73)
• Tomislav Ivić (1973–76)
• Josip Duvančić (1976–77)
• Vlatko Marković (1977–78)
• Tomislav Ivić (1978–80)
• Ante Mladinić (1980–82)
• Petar Nadoveza (1982–84)
• Stanko Poklepović (1984–86)
• Sergije Krešić (1986)
• Josip Skoblar (1986–87)
• Marin Kovačić (1987)
• Tomislav Ivić (1987)
• Ivan Vutsov (1987–88)
• Petar Nadoveza (1988–89)
• Luka Peruzović (1989–90)
• Josip Skoblar (1990–91)

1992–

• Only first-team competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
• Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 31 October 2021

Key

• M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = goals for; GA = goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
•    † Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments.
•    ‡ Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments promoted to full-time manager.

List of HNK Hajduk Split managers by season

Tenure	Manager
		Croatian Competitions							UEFA Competitions							Total
		P	W	D	L	GF	GA		P	W	D	L	GF	GA		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
1991–93	Stanko Poklepović	44	28	11	5	83	30			2	1	0	1	1		2		46	29	11	6	84	32	063.04
1993–95	Ivan Katalinić	81	49	22	10	189	71			14	5	5	4	12		17		95	54	27	14	201	88	056.84
1995–96	Mirko Jozić	20	13	3	4	44	23			0	0	0	0	0		0		20	13	3	4	44	23	065.00
1996–97	Ivan Buljan	54	33	10	11	109	50			4	3	0	1	7		3		58	36	10	12	116	53	062.07
1997	Luka Bonačić	9	8	0	1	15	2			6	4	0	2	13		8		15	12	0	3	28	10	080.00
1997	Tomislav Ivić	4	2	1	1	6	4			0	0	0	0	0		0		4	2	1	1	6	4	050.00
1997–98	Luka Bonačić	19	9	3	7	32	25			0	0	0	0	0		0		19	9	3	7	32	25	047.37
1998	Zoran Vulić †	5	1	2	2	7	10			0	0	0	0	0		0		5	1	2	2	7	10	020.00
1998–99	Ivan Katalinić	40	23	10	7	83	37			8	2	4	2	10		8		48	25	14	9	93	45	052.08
1999–00	Ivica Matković	23	12	8	3	43	23			0	0	0	0	0		0		23	12	8	3	43	23	052.17
2000	Petar Nadoveza	13	6	3	4	17	11			2	0	1	1	2		4		15	6	4	5	19	15	040.00
2000–01	Zoran Vulić	36	22	7	7	80	26			0	0	0	0	0		0		36	22	7	7	80	26	061.11
2001	Nenad Gračan	17	13	1	3	38	21			6	1	3	2	3		5		23	14	4	5	41	26	060.87
2001–02	Slaven Bilić	16	10	4	2	29	12			0	0	0	0	0		0		16	10	4	2	29	12	062.50
2002–04	Zoran Vulić	72	51	9	12	134	53			10	3	4	3	17		8		82	54	13	15	151	61	065.85
2004	Ivan Katalinić	6	3	1	2	9	7			2	1	0	1	3		4		8	4	1	3	12	11	050.00
2004–05	Blaž Slišković	23	14	3	6	41	23			0	0	0	0	0		0		23	14	3	6	41	23	060.87
2005	Igor Štimac †	12	4	5	3	22	13			0	0	0	0	0		0		12	4	5	3	22	13	033.33
2005	Miroslav Blažević	9	4	2	3	13	7			2	0	0	2	0		8		11	4	2	5	13	15	036.36
2005–06	Ivan Gudelj	14	5	6	3	19	13			0	0	0	0	0		0		14	5	6	3	19	13	035.71
2006	Luka Bonačić	16	5	4	7	18	20			0	0	0	0	0		0		16	5	4	7	18	20	031.25
2006–07	Zoran Vulić	31	22	4	5	59	23			0	0	0	0	0		0		31	22	4	5	59	23	070.97
2007	Ivan Pudar	13	6	6	1	26	13			3	1	1	1	2		2		16	7	7	2	28	15	043.75
2007	Sergije Krešić	9	5	1	3	32	13			1	0	1	0	1		1		10	5	2	3	33	14	050.00
2007–08	Robert Jarni	27	12	8	7	47	32			0	0	0	0	0		0		27	12	8	7	47	32	044.44
2008	Goran Vučević	13	7	2	4	20	15			4	2	1	1	7		2		17	9	3	5	27	17	052.94
2008–09	Ante Miše	30	18	7	5	55	19			1	0	1	0	1		1		31	18	8	5	56	20	058.06
2009	Ivica Kalinić	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	1	0		1		1	0	0	1	0	1	000.001
2009–10	Edoardo Reja	17	11	3	3	33	12			0	0	0	0	0		0		17	11	3	3	33	12	064.71
2010	Stanko Poklepović	32	20	8	4	69	22			7	3	1	3	11		10		39	23	9	7	80	32	058.97
2010–11	Goran Vučević ‡	12	6	2	4	18	15			3	0	0	3	3		8		15	6	2	7	21	23	040.00
2011	Ante Miše †	5	2	1	2	7	7			0	0	0	0	0		0		5	2	1	2	7	7	040.00
2011–12	Krasimir Balakov	26	16	5	5	51	21			2	0	0	2	0		2		28	16	5	7	51	23	057.14
2012–13	Mišo Krstičević	42	19	12	11	59	37			4	2	0	2	4		4		46	21	12	13	63	41	045.65
2013–15	Igor Tudor	67	32	19	16	120	90			10	3	2	5	12		12		77	35	21	21	132	102	045.45
2015	Stanko Poklepović †	9	2	3	4	12	13			0	0	0	0	0		0		9	2	3	4	12	13	022.22
2015	Hari Vukas †	10	6	1	3	14	14		0	0	0	0	0	0		10	6	1	3	14	14	060.00
2015–16	Damir Burić	41	20	10	11	60	36		8	4	1	3	17	9		49	24	11	14	77	45	048.98
2016	Marijan Pušnik	17	10	4	3	39	17		6	4	1	1	13	7		23	14	5	4	52	24	060.87
2016–17	Joan Carrillo	35	19	9	7	69	34		6	3	2	1	6	4		41	22	11	8	75	38	053.66
2017–18	Željko Kopić	30	14	9	7	58	35		4	2	1	1	5	4		34	16	10	8	63	39	047.06
2018	Zoran Vulić	11	5	4	2	16	12		0	0	0	0	0	0		11	5	4	2	16	12	045.45
2018–19	Siniša Oreščanin	22	14	3	5	40	19		2	1	0	1	3	3		24	15	3	6	43	22	062.50
2019	Damir Burić	21	11	5	5	33	20		0	0	0	0	0	0		21	11	5	5	33	20	052.38
2020	Igor Tudor	18	9	1	8	32	24		0	0	0	0	0	0		18	9	1	8	32	24	050.00
2020	Hari Vukas ‡	8	3	1	4	10	10		2	1	0	1	1	2		10	4	1	5	11	12	040.00
2020–21	Boro Primorac	6	2	1	3	10	12		0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	1	3	10	12	033.33
2021	Paolo Tramezzani	24	14	4	6	31	19		0	0	0	0	0	0		24	14	4	6	31	19	058.33
2021	Jens Gustafsson	15	8	3	4	25	16		2	1	0	1	3	4		17	9	3	5	28	20	052.94
2021–22	Valdas Dambrauskas	33	22	7	4	71	31		4	1	0	3	5	8		37	23	7	7	76	39	062.16
2022	Mislav Karoglan †	10	7	3	0	22	9		0	0	0	0	0	0		10	7	3	0	22	9	070.00
2022–23	Ivan Leko	35	22	3	10	49	30		2	0	1	1	0	3		37	22	4	11	49	33	059.46
2023–24	Mislav Karoglan	21	12	4	5	33	11		0	0	0	0	0	0		21	12	4	5	33	11	057.14
2024	Gennaro Gattuso	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	!—

¹ Kalinić tenure as Hajduk manager was terminated after suffering a heart attack following European League home loss against Žilina, his debut game in charge of the club.

Source: hrnogomet.com

Interim managers

Tenure	Manager
		Croatian Competitions							UEFA Competitions							Total
		P	W	D	L	GF	GA		P	W	D	L	GF	GA		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
1995	Ivan Buljan	1	0	1	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	1	0	0	0	000.00
2004	Petar Nadoveza	3	3	0	0	5	0			0	0	0	0	0		0		3	3	0	0	5	0	100.00
2009	Joško Španjić	2	0	1	1	3	4			0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	1	1	3	4	000.00
2010	Joško Španjić	1	1	0	0	2	1			0	0	0	0	0		0		1	1	0	0	2	1	100.00
2015	Hari Vukas	2	1	0	1	2	4			0	0	0	0	0		0		2	1	0	1	2	4	050.00
2015	Goran Vučević	2	0	0	2	1	3			0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	0	2	1	3	000.00
2016	Marko Lozo	1	0	0	1	1	2			0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0	1	1	2	000.00
2024	Jure Ivanković	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	!—

Source: hrnogomet.com

Honours

The following table lists managers according to trophies won. The most successful manager to date was Tomislav Ivić who had four spells with the club (1973–76, 1978–80, 1987, 1997) and led Hajduk to a total of 7 trophies, three Yugoslav First League championships (1974, 1975, and 1979) and four Yugoslav Cup titles (1972, 1973, 1974, and 1976).

Since the inception of Croatian association football league competition, the Prva HNL in 1992, most successful was Ivan Katalinić, who also claimed 7 trophies. During his three spells at Hajduk (1993–95, 1998–99, 2004), Katalinić won two Croatian First League championships (1994, 1995), two Croatian Cup titles (1993, 1995) and three Croatian Supercup titles (1993, 1994 and 2004).

Petar Nadoveza is the only manager to have won honours available to Hajduk in both the Yugoslav and Croatian football league systems, winning the Yugoslav Cup in 1984 and Croatian Cup in 2000. In 2004, he also won the Croatian First League, after taking over from Zoran Vulić three rounds before the end of the champhionship.

Key

• CL = Croatian First League
• CC = Croatian Cup
• CS = Croatian Supercup
• YL = Yugoslav First League (defunct since 1991)
• YC = Yugoslav Cup (defunct since 1991)

Winning managers

Manager	Tenure	Trophies						Total	Notes
		Domestic					Int.
		YL	YC	CL	CC	CS
Ljubo Benčić	1939–40, 1940, 1941–48, 1955–56	–	–	32	N/A		–	3
Luka Kaliterna	1923–30, 1930–36, 1937, 1948–51	3	–	N/A			–	3
Jozo Matošić	1952–54	1	–	N/A			–	1
Aleksandar Tomašević	1954–55	1	–	N/A			–	1
Dušan Nenković	1965–69	–	1	N/A			–	1
Slavko Luštica	1969–71	1	–	N/A			–	1
Josip Duvančić	1976–77	–	1	N/A			–	1
Josip Skoblar	1986–87, 1990–91	–	2	N/A			–	2
Tomislav Ivić	1972, 1973–76, 1978–80, 1987, 1997	3	4	–	–	–	–	7
Petar Nadoveza	1982–84, 1988–89, 2000, 2004	–	1	1	1	–	–	3	[nb 1]
Stanko Poklepović	1984–86, 1991–93, 2010, 2015	–	–	1	1	1	–	3
Ivan Katalinić	1993–95, 1998–99, 2004	N/A		2	2	3	–	7
Zoran Vulić	1998, 2000–01, 2002–04, 2006–07, 2018	N/A		1	1	–	–	2
Igor Štimac	2005	N/A		1	–	–	–	1	[nb 2]
Miroslav Blažević	2005	N/A		–	–	1	–	1
Igor Tudor	2013–15	N/A		–	1	–	–	1	[nb 3]
Valdas Dambrauskas	2021–22	N/A		–	1	–	–	1	[nb 4]
Ivan Leko	2022–23	N/A		–	1	–	–	1	[nb 5]
Total	1911–	9	9	9	8	5	–	41

² Croatian First League was temporarily played during 1940's, under flags of Banate of Croatia, Independent State of Croatia and Socialist Republic of Croatia. Hajduk won a title in Banate of Croatia (1940), two in SR Croatia (1945, 1946) while refusing to participate in championships during Independent State of Croatia (1941–45).

Notes

1. Nadoveza won Prva HNL Title in 2004 as an interim manager after Zoran Vulić was sacked only three rounds before end of the season.^[2]
2. Štimac won Prva HNL Title in 2005 as a caretaker manager (and at that time also a Director of football) after sacking Blaž Slišković eight rounds before end of the season.^[3]
3. Tudor won Croatian Cup in 2013 after leading the club only during Cup finals against Lokomotiva. The rest of the tournament was led by his predecessor Mišo Krstičević.^[4]
4. Dambrauskas won Croatian Cup in 2022 after leading the club from the quarter-finals. In the first and second round the club was led by his predecessor Jens Gustafsson.
5. Leko won Croatian Cup in 2023 after leading the club from the quarter-finals. In the first and second round the club was led by his predecessor Mislav Karoglan.