Antun Pogačnik

Antun Pogačnik
Personal information
Date of birth	6 January 1913
Place of birth	Livno, Condominium of; Bosnia and Herzegovina,; Austria-Hungary
Date of death	1 May 1978 (aged 65)
Place of death	Bali, Indonesia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1931–1933	SAŠK Sarajevo
1934–1938	Građanski Zagreb
1938–1941	Concordia Zagreb
International career
1937	Yugoslavia
1941	Independent State of Croatia
Managerial career
1947–1949	Metalac Zagreb
1952–1953	Partizan
1954–1963	Indonesia
1958–1960	Grasshopper Club Zürich
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antun "Toni" Pogačnik (6 January 1913 – 21 May 1978) was a Croatian footballer who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. He is notable for being a manager of Indonesia between 1954 and 1963 and is considered one of the best in the history of the Indonesia national team.

Playing career

Club

Pogačnik started his football career in

Građanski Zagreb and then in 1938 to Concordia Zagreb

where he ended his club career.

International

Pogačnik played two matches for Yugoslavia, one against Turkey (3–1) and the other against Romania (2–1). Both matches were played in Belgrade. He also played one match for the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany. against Nazi Germany in Vienna on 15 June 1941 (1–5).^[1]

Managerial career

Pogačnik led arguably the most successful Indonesia national team. Under him, Indonesia held the Soviet Union to a 0–0 draw in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics quarter final game before losing 0–4 in the replay two days later. It was a strong Soviet team captained by the great Lev Yashin which then went on to win the gold medal.

As the Dutch East Indies, Indonesia competed in the

1938 World Cup but since then has not appeared in a world tournament at a senior level. Antun Pogačnik is the only coach who has been able to take the Indonesia national team to the Olympic Games. He is remembered very fondly in Indonesian football circles.^[2] He later became a manager, with Metalac Zagreb, FK Partizan, Grasshopper Club Zürich.^[3]