Abdulah Gegić


Abdulah Gegić was a Yugoslav football coach of Bosniak ethnicity who also had Turkish citizenship. While in Turkey he went by the name Abdullah Gegiç.
As a player, he played with OFK Beograd and with FK Mačva Šabac in the Yugoslav First League.
Gegić began his coaching career as coach of Serbian clubs FK Bor and FK Radnički Niš, and later of the Yugoslav u-21 team, and also the Yugoslavia national football team. He coached Partizan Belgrade where he reached the Final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1966 where he saw a 2–1 defeat against Real Madrid. He was named the second best coach of Europe by France Football magazine. If Gegić had won the final, he would have been named the new coach of Real Madrid.
Gegić then went to Turkey to coach Eskişehirspor, where he became very successful and led the club to many victories. He also coached Beşiktaş J.K., Fenerbahçe S.K. and the Turkish national football team.
Gegić is nicknamed Futbol Profesörü by the Turkish press. In 1979, he took Turkish nationality and became a citizen of Turkey. He is still an important figure in Turkish football having mentored most of the top Turkish coaches of today such as Fatih Terim, Mustafa Denizli, and Şenol Güneş.
On 4 June 2008, in Novi Sad, the 84-year-old Gegić had a stroke and died 17 days later.

Managerial honours

Club

Partizan
Fenerbahçe
Turkey
Eskişehirspor
Beşiktaş