Igor Štimac (; born 6 September 1967) is a Croatian professional
football
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manager
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and former
player
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.
In his playing career, Štimac had three spells with
Hajduk Split and also played for
Cádiz
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in Spain, and for
Derby County and
West Ham United
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in England. He represented the
Croatia national team 53 times, playing at
Euro 1996 and at the
1998 World Cup, when Croatia finished third. He also represented
Yugoslavia
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when they won the
1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.
As a manager, Štimac was in charge of the Croatia national team from 2012 to 2013. In club football, he has had brief spells in charge of Hajduk Split,
Cibalia,
NK Zagreb,
Zadar
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, Iranian club
Sepahan and Qatari club
Al-Shahania. On 15 May 2019, Štimac was appointed as the head coach of the
India national football team
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on a two-year contract,
where he served as the head coach until 2024.
Club career
At the club level Štimac played for his local Croatian club
Hajduk Split and, most notably, the English club
Derby County. Štimac arrived at the
Baseball Ground on 31 October 1995 for a fee of £1.5 million from Hajduk Split. He scored a goal on his debut for
the Rams away at
Tranmere, but the Rams fell to a heavy 5–1 defeat. The rest of the season was more successful, as Derby gained promotion and remained unbeaten in 20 consecutive matches. During this time he formed a strong partnership with
Dean Yates in the centre of Derby's defence.
Štimac played nearly four years with the Rams, and made 84 league appearances for the Rams, in addition to seven
FA Cup
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appearances and two League Cup appearances. He was sold on 29 August 1999 to
West Ham United
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for £600,000, where he scored once, against Newcastle United.
International career
Štimac played for the
Croatia national team, winning 53
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and scoring two goals, and formed part of a Croatia squad that won the bronze medal at the
1998 FIFA World Cup
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. His final international was a February 2002
friendly match
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against
Bulgaria
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.
Previously, Štimac was a member of the highly talented
Yugoslavia under-20 team that won the
1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, playing four games and scoring two goals in the tournament.
International goals
Managerial career
Early days
Štimac started his managerial career in 2001, taking charge of the
Hajduk Split football academy and also acting as the club's sport director. Hajduk won two championships during this time (2003–04 and 2004–05). In 2004–05 season he took managerial position for the last 10 games after replacing
Blaž Slišković
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. With many difficulties he managed to win championship but lost the cup final to
HNK Rijeka
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. In the spring of 2006, he also spent a few months coaching Croatian first division side
Cibalia, saving them from relegation. On 14 September 2009, he was appointed as the new
NK Zagreb manager after they lost the first seven games of the season, replacing Luka Pavlović. However Štimac managed to save NK Zagreb from relegation and left the club at the end of the season.
Croatia national team
On 5 July 2012, Štimac was appointed as the new
Croatia national football team
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manager, after the departure of his former national team teammate
Slaven Bilić
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Bilić, who played as a defender, began his career in 1988 with his hometown club Hajduk Split, later having successful spells with Karls ...
. His first match as Croatia manager came in a friendly game against
Switzerland
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at
Poljud Stadium, which ended in a disappointing 2–4 loss. Despite that loss, Croatia entered the
2014 World Cup qualifies in decent fashion, taking 16 points from first six games. However, the results were not representative of Croatia's form on the pitch, as the team only had a goal difference of +7 from those six matches and scored the majority of their goals from set pieces, counterattacks, and defensive errors by their opponents. Then started a period of very poor results starting with a 0–1 loss to
Scotland
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at
Maksimir
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on 7 June 2013. Following this Croatia lost 0–1 in a friendly match to
Portugal
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on 10 June 2013 and then barely beat 148th ranked
Liechtenstein
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3–2 in a friendly match thanks to an 86th-minute goal by
Eduardo on 14 August 2013.
In their next world cup qualifying match, Croatia drew 1–1 against rivals
Serbia
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in Belgrade, despite only having one shot on target and two shots overall. This was followed by another loss at home at Maksimir, this time to eventual group winners
Belgium
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with a result of 1–2. With only one World Cup qualifying match to go, Štimac had become widely unpopular in Croatia with one poll conducted by popular domestic newspaper ''
24sata'' resulting in 98% of voters in favor of sacking Štimac. On 15 October 2013, Croatia lost their final World Cup qualifying match 0–2 against Scotland. After the 0–2 loss to Scotland, Štimac tendered his resignation to the
HNS president, former star footballer and national team teammate of Štimac,
Davor Šuker
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. The following day, Šuker accepted his resignation. Croatia ending qualifying as the second to last ranked second place team, having only one more point than last placed
Denmark
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, thus taking the final play-off round spot.
Despite some criticism Štimac managed to take the
FIFA Ranking of Croatia to 4th position just behind
Spain
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,
Germany
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and
Argentina
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, respectively. Players like
Mateo Kovačić and
Alen Halilović
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As the Prva HNL's youngest ever goalscorer (until May 2021) and the youngest ...
also made their debuts for the Croatia national team during Štimac's stint.
Zadar
In the beginning of 2015, Štimac was named as new manager at
Prva HNL
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club
Zadar
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. Štimac quit after only six months in charge, as club was administratively relegated to second division by the licensing board of the HNS due to financial irregularities 3 games before the league ended. Following Štimac's resignation, Zadar club president Josip Bajlo said, "I would like to thank Mr. Štimac for the five months that he has worked in Zadar, and he has still done the best in such situation".
Sepahan
On 12 November 2015, Štimac became head coach of
Sepahan, replacing
Hossein Faraki. He resigned as Sepahan head coach on 20 April 2016, after a run of unsuccessful results which led Sepahan in the 11th place and out of both season's cups,
Hazfi Cup
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and
AFC Champions League
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.
India national team
On 15 May 2019, the
All India Football Federation
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It is affiliated wit ...
announced Štimac as the country's head coach after the departure of
Stephen Constantine.
His first campaign with India was
2019 King's Cup where his first match as head coach was against
Curaçao
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, which ended up as a 3−1 loss where he gave six players their international debut but in the next match against the host
Thailand
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he managed the team to a 1−0 victory earning third place in the tournament and his first win as head coach.
For
2022 World Cup qualification, Štimac's campaign with India started with a 1–2 home loss to
Oman
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, but he steered the team to a respectable draw against the
2019 Asian Champion and
2022 FIFA World Cup
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hosts
Qatar
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. Despite this, India only managed draws against much lower ranked teams,
Bangladesh
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at home and
Afghanistan
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away. India were beaten by Oman and Qatar, gained only a draw with Afghanistan, and their only win in qualification came with a 2–0 victory over neighbour Bangladesh. A third place finish with only six points meant India did not qualify for the
2022 FIFA World Cup
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. However, it was India's highest position since the
2002 qualification and guaranteed India a place in the upcoming
2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification.
Under Štimac, India reached the
2023 AFC Asian Cup
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finals in Qatar after a 2–0 victory over
Cambodia
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, a 2–1 victory over Afghanistan and a 4–0 victory over
Hong Kong
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, on 8, 11 and 14 June 2022 respectively, at the
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan stadium in
Kolkata
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. This was the first time India qualified twice in a row for the AFC Asian Cup.
2023: India unbeaten runs
As coach of the India national team, Štimac achieved 12 victories (up to 9 June 2023) when India overcame
Mongolia
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2–0 at the
Kalinga Stadium
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in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. This surpassed his previous best of 11 wins as coach for NK Zagreb.
On 22 and 28 March 2023 respectively, Štimac led India to a 1–0 victory over
Myanmar
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and a 2–0 victory over
Kyrgyzstan
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at the
Khuman Lampak in Imphal. These were the first internationals to be played in northeast India and culminated in India winning the 2023 Tri-Nations Series Trophy, under Štimac's guidance.
On 18 June 2023, under Štimac's leadership, India won a second
Intercontinental Cup after overcoming
Lebanon
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2–0 in the final at the Kalinga Stadium.
Under Štimac, on 24 June 2023 at the
Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, India achieved eight consecutive clean sheets with a 2–0 victory over
Nepal
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, breaking the previous record of seven between 3 June 1948 and 23 March 1952. It was also India's ninth consecutive clean sheet at home (stretching back to the 4–0 victory over Hong Kong on 14 June 2022), the 11th of an undefeated run (from the 22 March 2023 victory over Myanmar), and the 15th undefeated at home (since a 15 October 2019 draw with Bangladesh). The latter run includes 10 wins, three draws and two draws that ended as penalty shoot-out wins - the last being an extended penalty shoot-out victory at home against
Kuwait
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on 4 July 2023 in the
2023 SAFF Championship Final.
Štimac became the first foreign head coach to win back-to-back SAFF Championship titles. The 2023 SAFF Championship was the first time India had defeated two West Asian countries in back-to-back matches, after winning the semi-final against Lebanon, also on penalties.
Štimac has led India to three titles in 2023, the most ever won by India in a calendar year.
Igor Stimac, the current head coach of the India national football team, is poised to become the longest-serving coach in the history of independent India. Stimac, who has been at the helm since 2019, received a contract extension that will keep him in charge of both the senior and under-23 men’s national football teams until June 2026. Furthermore, if Stimac guides India to the third round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, which commence in November 2024, his contract will automatically be renewed until 2028.
2024: Poor run and termination
India lost all matches in the group stage, against
Australia
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(0–2),
Uzbekistan
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(0–3), and
Syria
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(0-1). India was the worst-ranked according to points table and goal difference in the competition. Following the poor run of results during the AFC Asian cup and India's second round exit during the
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
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campaign, Štimac was sacked by the AIFF on 24 June 2024.
India U23
Štimac took charge of the
India national under-23 football team at the start of their qualification campaign for the 2022 AFC Under-23 Cup in Uzbekistan, by playing three games for Group E in the centralised venue at the Fujairah Stadium,
Fujairah
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, UAE. On 24 October 2021, he started with a 2–1 victory over the Oman U23 team in Group E encounter in Fujairah.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Player
Hajduk Split
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Croatian First League:
1992
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,
1994–95
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Croatian Cup:
1995
1995 was designated as:
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*
Yugoslav Cup
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:
1991
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*
Croatian Super Cup:
1994
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Derby County
*
First Division runner-up:
1995–96
Yugoslavia U-20
*
FIFA U-20 World Cup
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:
1987
Events January
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Manager
Hajduk Split
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Croatian First League:
2004–05
India
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SAFF Championship
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:
2021
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,
2023
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*
Tri-Nation Series:
2023
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*
InterContinental Cup:
2023
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Orders
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Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995
*
Order of the Croatian Trefoil
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– 1998
References
External links
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Igor Štimac profileat
Hajduk Split website
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1967 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Metković
Men's association football central defenders
Yugoslav men's footballers
Croatian men's footballers
Croatia men's international footballers
UEFA Euro 1996 players
1998 FIFA World Cup players
HNK Hajduk Split players
HNK Cibalia players
Cádiz CF players
Derby County F.C. players
West Ham United F.C. players
Yugoslav First League players
Croatian Football League players
La Liga players
Premier League players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in England
Croatian football managers
HNK Hajduk Split managers
HNK Cibalia managers
NK Zagreb managers
Croatia national football team managers
NK Zadar managers
Sepahan S.C. managers
Al-Shahania Sports Club managers
India national football team managers
Persian Gulf Pro League managers
Croatian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Iran
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
Expatriate football managers in Qatar
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate football managers in India
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in India
HNK Hajduk Split non-playing staff
2023 AFC Asian Cup managers