Ljubiša Broćić

Ljubiša Broćić (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубиша Броћић; 3 October 1911 – 16 August 1995) was a Yugoslav football player and manager.

Ljubiša Broćić

Broćić coaching PSV Eindhoven in 1959
Personal information
Date of birth	(1911-10-03)3 October 1911
Place of birth	Guča, Kingdom of Serbia
Date of death	16 August 1995(1995-08-16) (aged 83)
Place of death	Melbourne, Australia
Position(s)	Midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1940	SK Jugoslavija[2]	46	(2)
Managerial career
1946	Albania
1947–1950	Metalac Beograd
1951	Red Star Belgrade
1952	Vojvodina
1953	Red Star Belgrade
1954–1955	Egypt
1955	Racing Beirut
1956	Lebanon
1956–1957	PSV
1957–1958	Juventus
1959–1960	PSV
1960–1961	Barcelona
1961	Tenerife
1962	Kuwait
1962–1964	New Zealand
1964–1966	South Melbourne Hellas
1968–1969	New Zealand
1969	South Melbourne Hellas
1970	Kuwait
1971–1975	Bahrain
1976–1979	Al Nassr
1984–1985	Al Hilal
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Broćić was at the helm of some of the top European sides: PSV Eindhoven, Juventus, FC Barcelona, and Red Star Belgrade.^[3] He also was the manager of Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, OFK Beograd,^[4] Racing Beirut, as well as the Albania, Lebanon,^[5] Kuwait and Bahrain national teams.^[6] With Albania, Broćić won the Balkan Cup in 1946.

In 1953, the Yugoslavia national team was traveling in Brazil, where, according to senior officials in the then Yugoslav Football Association contacted the Chetnik emigrants, why was never allowed to return to Belgrade. The coach did not allow the communist authorities to interfere in his team selection during the World Cup in Brazil and tried to maintain his authority claiming he was defamed for allowing Serbian and Croatian immigrants in Brazil to simply take photos with the national team players.^{[citation needed]}

He also coached Footscray JUST and South Melbourne Hellas^[7] in the Victorian State League during the 1960s, and also had stints with the New Zealand national team.^[8]

Honours

Manager

Red Star Belgrade

• Yugoslav First League: 1951, 1952–53
• Yugoslav Cup: 1950

Juventus

• Serie A: 1957–58

Albania

• Balkan Cup: 1946

Al Nassr

• King's Cup: 1976
• Saudi Federation Cup: 1976