Goce Sedloski

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Goce Sedloski

| image = Goce Sedloski - SV Mattersburg.jpg

| upright = 0.8

| caption = Sedloski pictured while a part of SV Mattersburg

| fullname = Goce Sedloski

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|4|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Golemo Konjari, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
{{small|(now North Macedonia)}}

| height = 1.88 m

| currentclub = Vardar (manager)

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1994

| youthclubs1 = Pobeda

| years1 = 1994–1996

| years2 = 1996–1998

| years3 = 1998

| years4 = 1998–2004

| years5 = 2004

| years6 = 2005

| years7 = 2005–2006

| years8 = 2006–2011

| clubs1 = Pobeda

| clubs2 = Hajduk Split

| clubs3 = Sheffield Wednesday

| clubs4 = Dinamo Zagreb

| clubs5 = Vegalta Sendai

| clubs6 = Dinamo Zagreb

| clubs7 = Diyarbakırspor

| clubs8 = SV Mattersburg

| caps1 = 1

| caps2 = 60

| caps3 = 4

| caps4 = 121

| caps5 = 21

| caps6 = 17

| caps7 = 27

| caps8 = 134

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 7

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 22

| goals5 = 3

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = 3

| goals8 = 11

| nationalyears1 = 1996–2010

| nationalteam1 = Macedonia

| nationalcaps1 = 100

| nationalgoals1 = 8

| totalcaps = 368

| totalgoals = 43

| manageryears1 = 2010–2013

| managerclubs1 = SV Mattersburg (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs2 = Macedonia (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2012

| managerclubs3 = Macedonia (caretaker)

| manageryears4 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs4 = Turnovo

| manageryears5 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs5 = Vardar (director of football)

| manageryears6 = 2015–2017

| managerclubs6 = Vardar

| manageryears7 = 2018

| managerclubs7 = Riga

| manageryears8 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs8 = Široki Brijeg

| manageryears9 = 2020

| managerclubs9 = Dinamo Zagreb II

| manageryears10 = 2021–2023

| managerclubs10 = Shkupi

| manageryears11 = 2023

| managerclubs11 = Vllaznia

| manageryears12 = 2023–2024

| managerclubs12 = Rabotnički

| manageryears13 = 2024–

| managerclubs13 = Vardar

}}

Goce Sedloski ({{langx|mk|Гоце Седлоски}}; born 10 April 1974) is a Macedonian professional football manager who is current manager Macedonian First Football League club Vardar and former player.

Playing as a central defender, he was the captain of the Macedonia national team, earning 100 caps for his country.

Club career

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 career

Sedloski made his debut for the Macedonia national team in a March 1996 friendly match against Malta, earning a total of 100 caps and scoring 8 goals from then until 2010.{{cite web | author=RSSSF | author-link=RSSSF | title=Macedonia - Record International Players | url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fyrom-recintlp.html}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18901|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=2020-05-03}}

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.{{Cite web |title=GOCE SEDLOSKI POSLAO NAJLJEPŠU PORUKU NAVIJAČIMA DINAMA 'Ma Dinamo to prolazi bez problema! Kvalitetniji je, igra sve bolje...' |first=Davorin |last=Olivari |work=Sportske Novosti |date=17 August 2017 |access-date=14 September 2018 |url= https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/nogomet/europska-liga/goce-sedloski-poslao-najljepsu-poruku-navijacima-dinama-ma-dinamo-to-prolazi-bez-problema-kvalitetniji-je-igra-sve-bolje/6468577/}}{{Cite web |title=Vardar Fenerbahçe maçı ne zaman saat kaçta hangi kanalda? |work=hurriyet.com.tr |date=15 August 2017 |access-date=14 September 2018 |url= http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/vardar-fenerbahce-maci-ne-zaman-saat-kacta-hangi-kanalda-40551301}}

=Riga=

Sedloski was the manager of Latvian club Riga from January to May 2018.{{Cite web |title="Riga" FC vadīs Maķedonijas čempions Sedloskis |publisher=Riga FC |access-date=14 September 2018 |url= https://rigafc.lv/riga-fc-vadis-makedonijas-cempions-sedloskis/ }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/sedloski-i-zvanicno-na-pecari-potpisao-dvogodisnji-ugovor/288488|title=Sedloski i zvanično na Pecari, potpisao dvogodišnji ugovor|date=31 August 2018|access-date=31 August 2018|language=bs|author=A. Pašić|publisher=sportsport.ba}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/siroki-jedva-probio-bunker-zvijezde-09/290985|title=Široki jedva probio bunker Zvijezde 09|date=23 September 2018|access-date=23 September 2018|language=bs|author=M. Šljivak|publisher=sportsport.ba}}

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).{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/fk-sarajevo-osvojio-kup-bosne-i-hercegovine/190515118|title=FK Sarajevo osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine|date=15 May 2019|access-date=15 May 2019|language=bs|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}} In the league, Široki Brijeg qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds by finishing on 3rd place.{{cite web|url=https://www.rezultati.com/nogomet/bosna-hercegovina/premier-league/|title=2018/19 Premier League BiH stats|access-date=15 May 2019|language=bs|website=rezultati.com}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/goce-sedloski-vise-nije-trener-nk-siroki-brijeg/326946|title=Goce Sedloski više nije trener NK Široki Brijeg|date=23 July 2019|access-date=23 July 2019|language=bs|author=E. Čaušević|publisher=sportsport.ba}}

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup{{efn\|Includes Croatian Cup, FA Cup, Emperor's Cup, Turkish Cup, Austrian Cup}} !colspan="2"\|League cup{{efn\|Includes Football League Cup, J.League Cup}} !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{NFT player\|4007\|accessdate=15 May 2019}}
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="3"\|Hajduk Split \|1996–97 \|rowspan="2"\|Prva HNL \|29	1							29	1
1997–98 \|14	1							14	1
colspan="2"\|Croatia !43	2							43	2
Sheffield Wednesday \|1997–98 \|Premier League \|4	0							4	0
rowspan="7"\|Dinamo Zagreb{{efn\|"Croatia Zagreb" until 1999}} \|1998–99 \|rowspan="6"\|Prva HNL \|3	0							3	0
1999–2000 \|10	1							10	1
2000–01 \|28	4							28	4
2001–02 \|25	3							25	3
2002–03 \|30	3							30	3
2003–04 \|30	11							30	11
colspan="2"\|Croatia !126	25							126	25
Vegalta Sendai \|2004 \|J2 League \|21	3	1	0					22	3
Dinamo Zagreb \|2004–05 \|Prva HNL \|12	1							12	1
Diyarbakırspor \|2005–06 \|Süper Lig \|27	3							27	3
rowspan="6"\|SV Mattersburg \|2006–07 \|rowspan="5"\|Bundesliga \|35	3							35	3
2007–08 \|35	4							35	4
2008–09 \|34	1							34	1
2009–10 \|29	1							29	1
2010–11 \|1	0							0	0
colspan="2"\|Total !134	9							134	9
colspan="3"\|Career total !366	40	1	0					367	40

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/sedloski-intl.html Goce Sedloski international appearances] at rsssf.org
rowspan="15"\|Macedonia \|1996	7	0
1997	6	0
1998	5	0
1999	3	0
2000	7	0
2001	5	0
2002	7	1
2003	9	2
2004	9	1
2005	7	0
2006	8	1
2007	8	2
2008	7	0
2009	10	1
2010	2	0
colspan="2"\|Total	100	8

:As of match played 29 May 2010. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sedloski goal.{{soccerway|goce-sedloski/259948}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
scope=col\|No. !scope=col data-sort-type=date\|Date !scope=col\|Venue !scope=col\|Cap !scope=col\|Opponent !scope=col\|Score !scope=col\|Result !scope=col\|Competition
scope=row\|1 \|20 November 2002\|\|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia\|\|align=center\|40\|\|{{fb\|Israel}}\|\|align=center\|2–3\|\|align=center\|2–3\|\|Friendly
scope=row\|2 \|9 February 2003\|\|Stadion Šubićevac, Šibenik, Croatia\|\|align=center\|41\|\|{{fb\|Croatia}}\|\|align=center\|1–0\|\|align=center\|2–2\|\|Friendly
scope=row\|3 \|7 June 2003\|\|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia\|\|align=center\|45\|\|{{fb\|Liechtenstein}}\|\|align=center\|1–1\|\|align=center\|3–1\|\|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
scope=row\|4 \|11 June 2004\|\|A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia\|\|align=center\|55\|\|{{fb\|Estonia}}\|\|align=center\|1–0\|\|align=center\|4–2\|\|Friendly
scope=row\|5 \|16 August 2006\|\|A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia\|\|align=center\|69\|\|{{fb\|Estonia}}\|\|align=center\|1–0\|\|align=center\|1–0\|\|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
scope=row\|6 \|24 March 2007\|\|Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia\|\|align=center\|75\|\|{{fb\|Croatia}}\|\|align=center\|1–0\|\|align=center\|1–2\|\|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
scope=row\|7 \|17 October 2007\|\|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia\|\|align=center\|79\|\|{{fb\|Andorra}}\|\|align=center\|2–0\|\|align=center\|3–0\|\|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
scope=row\|8 \|14 November 2009\|\|Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, Croatia\|\|align=center\|97\|\|{{fb\|Canada}}\|\|align=center\|1–0\|\|align=center\|3–0\|\|Friendly

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

scope=col|No.

!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date

!scope=col|Venue

!scope=col|Cap

!scope=col|Opponent

!scope=col|Score

!scope=col|Result

!scope=col|Competition

scope=row|1

|20 November 2002||Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||align=center|40||{{fb|Israel}}||align=center|2–3||align=center|2–3||Friendly

scope=row|2

|9 February 2003||Stadion Šubićevac, Šibenik, Croatia||align=center|41||{{fb|Croatia}}||align=center|1–0||align=center|2–2||Friendly

scope=row|3

|7 June 2003||Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||align=center|45||{{fb|Liechtenstein}}||align=center|1–1||align=center|3–1||UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

scope=row|4

|11 June 2004||A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia||align=center|55||{{fb|Estonia}}||align=center|1–0||align=center|4–2||Friendly

scope=row|5

|16 August 2006||A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia||align=center|69||{{fb|Estonia}}||align=center|1–0||align=center|1–0||UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

scope=row|6

|24 March 2007||Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia||align=center|75||{{fb|Croatia}}||align=center|1–0||align=center|1–2||UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

scope=row|7

|17 October 2007||Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||align=center|79||{{fb|Andorra}}||align=center|2–0||align=center|3–0||UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

scope=row|8

|14 November 2009||Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, Croatia||align=center|97||{{fb|Canada}}||align=center|1–0||align=center|3–0||Friendly

Managerial statistics

{{updated|10 December 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/hr/trener/goce-sedloski/11485|title=Goce Sedloski|access-date=10 December 2023|language=hr|website=Sofascore}}

class="wikitable" tyle="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure !rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
align="left"\|Macedonia \|align="left"\|15 August 2012 \|align="left"\|15 August 2012 {{WDL\|1\|1\|0\|0}}
align="left"\|Turnovo \|align="left"\|17 September 2013 \|align="left"\|15 July 2014 {{WDL\|33\|18\|6\|9}}
align=left\|Vardar \|align=left\|27 July 2015 \|align=left\|15 August 2017 {{WDL\|75\|52\|14\|9}}
align=left\|Riga \|align=left\|27 January 2018 \|align=left\|24 May 2018 {{WDL\|9\|4\|1\|4}}
align=left\|Široki Brijeg \|align=left\|31 August 2018 \|align=left\|22 July 2019 {{WDL\|39\|18\|12\|9}}
align=left\|Dinamo Zagreb II \|align=left\|13 April 2020 \|align=left\|14 October 2020 {{WDL\|17\|9\|2\|6}}
align=left\|Shkupi \|align=left\|16 April 2021 \|align=left\|21 March 2023 {{WDL\|72\|39\|19\|14}}
align=left\|Vllaznia \|align=left\|4 April 2023 \|align=left\|30 June 2023 {{WDL\|11\|3\|4\|4}}
align=left\|Rabotnički \|align=left\|14 November 2023 \|align=left\|2 April 2024 {{WDL\|11\|2\|2\|7}}
align=left\|Vardar \|align=left\|5 November 2024 \|align=left\| {{WDL\|19\|8\|7\|4}}
colspan="3" \|Total {{WDLtot\|270\|147\|63\|60}}

class="wikitable" tyle="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

Win %

align="left"|Macedonia

|align="left"|15 August 2012

align="left"|Turnovo

|align="left"|17 September 2013

|align="left"|15 July 2014

align=left|Vardar

|align=left|27 July 2015

|align=left|15 August 2017

align=left|Riga

|align=left|27 January 2018

|align=left|24 May 2018

align=left|Široki Brijeg

|align=left|31 August 2018

|align=left|22 July 2019

align=left|Dinamo Zagreb II

|align=left|13 April 2020

|align=left|14 October 2020

align=left|Shkupi

|align=left|16 April 2021

|align=left|21 March 2023

align=left|Vllaznia

|align=left|4 April 2023

|align=left|30 June 2023

align=left|Rabotnički

|align=left|14 November 2023

|align=left|2 April 2024

align=left|Vardar

|align=left|5 November 2024

|align=left|

colspan="3" |Total

Honours

=Player=

Dinamo Zagreb

=Manager=

Vardar

Široki Brijeg

Bosnian Cup runner up: 2018–19

References

External links

{{WorldFootball.net}}
[http://macedonianfootball.com/goce-sedloski/ Profile at Macedonian Football] {{in lang|en}}
{{Soccerbase}}
{{Soccerway}}
{{J.League player}}

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