Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanic - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding Yugoslav coach coached the Yugoslav national team for 123 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 15- 7-1910
Died: 13-12-1992
Country: Yugoslavia
Matches as Coach:		124	(W65-D28-L31 - GF300-GA177 - %63,71)

Age First Match: 35 yr 298 d	    9- 5-1946 vs. Czechoslovakia 2-0
Age Last Match:  56 yr 114 d	    6-11-1966 vs. Bulgaria 1-6
National Team Career: 20 yr 181 d 

Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
first tenure (as member of selection commission of Yugoslavia) 
  1    9- 5-46	Praha   	Czechoslovakia	2-0	
  2   29- 9-46	Beograd 	Czechoslovakia	2-4	
  3    7-10-46	Tiranë  	Albania 	3-2	Balkan Cup
  4   11-10-46	Tiranë  	Romania 	1-2	Balkan Cup
  5   13-10-46	Tiranë  	Bulgaria	2-1	Balkan Cup
  6   11- 5-47	Praha   	Czechoslovakia	1-3	
  7   22- 6-47	Bucuresti	Romania 	3-1	Balkan Cup
  8   29- 6-47	Beograd 	Hungary 	2-3	Balkan Cup
  9   14- 9-47	Tiranë  	Albania 	4-2	Balkan Cup
 10   12-10-47	Zagreb  	Bulgaria	2-1	Balkan Cup
 11   19-10-47	Beograd 	Poland  	7-1	
 12   27- 6-48	Beograd 	Albania 	0-0	Balkan Cup
 13    4- 7-48	Sofia   	Bulgaria	3-1	Balkan Cup
 14   31- 7-48	London  	Luxembourg	6-1	Olympic Games
 15    5- 8-48	London  	Turkey  	3-1	Olympic Games
 16   11- 8-48	London  	Great Britain	3-1	Olympic Games
 17   13- 8-48	London  	Sweden  	1-3	Olympic Games
 18   25- 8-48	Warszawa	Poland  	1-0	Balkan Cup
second tenure
 19   15- 7-52	Helsinki	India          10-1	Olympic Games
 20   20- 7-52	Tampere 	Soviet Union	5-5	Olympic Games
 21   22- 7-52	Tampere 	Soviet Union	3-1	Olympic Games
 22   25- 7-52	Helsinki	Denmark 	5-3	Olympic Games
 23   29- 7-52	Helsinki	West Germany 	3-1	Olympic Games
 24    2- 8-52	Helsinki	Hungary 	0-2	Olympic Games
 25   21- 9-52	Beograd 	Austria 	4-2	
 26    2-11-52	Beograd 	Egypt   	5-0	
 27   21-12-52	Ludwigshafen	West Germany 	2-3	
 28   16- 1-53	Cairo   	Egypt   	3-1	
 29    9- 5-53	Beograd 	Greece  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 30   14- 5-53	Brussel 	Belgium 	3-1	
 31   21- 5-53	Beograd 	Wales   	5-2	
 32    5- 6-53	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-2	
 33   18-10-53	Zagreb  	France   	3-1	
 34    8-11-53	Skopje  	Israel  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 35   21- 3-54	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 36   28- 3-54	Athinai 	Greece  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 37    9- 5-54	Zagreb  	Belgium 	0-2	
 38   16- 5-54	Beograd 	England 	1-0	
 39   16- 6-54	Lausanne	France   	1-0	World Cup
 40   19- 6-54	Lausanne	Brazil  	1-1	World Cup
 41   27- 6-54	Genève  	West Germany 	0-2	World Cup
 42   22- 9-54	Cardiff 	Wales   	3-1	
 43   26- 9-54	Saarbrücken	Saar    	5-1	
 44    3-10-54	Wien    	Austria 	2-2	
 45   17-10-54	Sarajevo	Turkey  	5-1	
third tenure (as head coach of Yugoslavia)
 46   15- 5-55	Beograd 	Scotland	2-2	
 47   29- 5-55	Torino    	Italy   	4-0	Dr. Gerö Cup
 48   26- 6-55	Beograd 	Switzerland	0-0	Dr. Gerö Cup
 49   25- 9-55	Beograd 	West Germany 	3-1	
 50   19-10-55	Dublin  	Ireland 	4-1	
 51   30-10-55	Wien    	Austria 	1-2	Dr. Gerö Cup
 52   11-11-55	Colombes	France   	1-1	
 53   22- 4-56	Beograd 	Romania 	1-0	
 54   29- 4-56	Budapest	Hungary 	2-2	Dr. Gerö Cup
 55   17- 6-56	Zagreb  	Austria 	1-1	Dr. Gerö Cup
 56    9- 9-56	Beograd 	Indonesia	4-2	
 57   16- 9-56	Beograd 	Hungary 	1-3	Dr. Gerö Cup
 58   30- 9-56	Beograd 	Czechoslovakia	1-2	Dr. Gerö Cup
 59   21-11-56	Glasgow 	Scotland	0-2	
 60   28-11-56	London  	England 	0-3	
 61   28-11-56	Melbourne	United States	9-1	Olympic Games
 62    4-12-56	Melbourne	India   	4-1	Olympic Games
 63    8-12-56	Melbourne	Soviet Union	0-1	Olympic Games
 64   23-12-56	Jakarta 	Indonesia	5-1	
 65    5- 5-57	Athinai 	Greece  	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 66   12- 5-57	Zagreb  	Italy   	6-1	Dr. Gerö Cup
 67   18- 5-57	Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	0-1	Dr. Gerö Cup
 68   15- 9-57	Beograd 	Austria 	3-3	
 69   29- 9-57	Bucuresti	Romania 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 70   10-11-57	Beograd 	Greece  	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 71   17-11-57	Beograd 	Romania 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 72   20- 4-58	Budapest	Hungary 	0-2	
 73   11- 5-58	Beograd 	England 	5-0	
 74    8- 6-58	Västerås	Scotland	1-1	World Cup
 75   11- 6-58	Västerås	France   	3-2	World Cup
 76   15- 6-58	Eskilstuna	Paraguay	3-3	World Cup
 77   19- 6-58	Malmö   	West Germany 	0-1	World Cup
 78   14- 9-58	Wien    	Austria 	4-3	
 79    5-10-58	Zagreb  	Hungary 	4-4
third tenure (as member of selection commission of Yugoslavia) 
 80   19- 4-59	Budapest	Hungary 	0-4	
 81   26- 4-59	Basel   	Switzerland	5-1	Dr. Gerö Cup
 82   31- 5-59	Beograd 	Bulgaria	2-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 83   11-10-59	Beograd 	Hungary 	2-4	
 84   21-10-59	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	2-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
 85   25-10-59	Sofia   	Bulgaria	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
 86   15-11-59	Beograd 	Greece  	4-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 87   20-12-59	Hannover	West Germany 	1-1	
 88    1- 1-60	Casablanca	Morocco 	5-0	
 89    3- 1-60	Tunis   	Tunisia 	5-1	
 90    8- 1-60	Cairo   	Egypt   	1-0	
 91   10- 4-60	Beograd 	Israel  	1-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
 92   24- 4-60	Athinai 	Greece  	5-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 93    8- 5-60	Lisboa  	Portugal	1-2	European Ch. Qualifier
 94   11- 5-60	London  	England 	3-3	
 95   22- 5-60	Beograd 	Portugal	5-1	European Ch. Qualifier
 96    6- 7-60	Paris   	France   	5-4	European Champ.
 97   10- 7-60	Paris   	Soviet Union	1-2	European Champ.
 98    6- 8-60	Beograd 	Tunisia 	7-0	
 99   26- 8-60	Pescara 	Egypt   	6-1	Olympic Games
100   29- 8-60	Firenze  	Turkey  	4-0	Olympic Games
101    1- 9-60	Roma    	Bulgaria	3-3	Olympic Games
102    5- 9-60	Napoli  	Italy Olympic	1-1	Olympic Games
103   10- 9-60	Roma    	Denmark 	3-1	Olympic Games
104    9-10-60	Budapest	Hungary 	1-1	
105    7- 5-61	Beograd 	Hungary 	2-4	
106    4- 6-61	Beograd 	Poland  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
107   18- 6-61	Beograd 	Morocco 	3-2	
108   25- 6-61	Chorzów 	Poland  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
fourth tenure
109   18- 4-65	Beograd 	France   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
110    9- 5-65	Beograd 	England 	1-1	
111   16- 6-65	Oslo    	Norway  	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
112    4- 9-65	Moskva  	Soviet Union	0-0	
113   19- 9-65	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	5-2	World Cup Qualifier
114    9-10-65	Paris   	France   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
115    7-11-65	Beograd 	Norway  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
116    4- 5-66	London  	England 	0-2	
117    8- 5-66	Zagreb  	Hungary 	2-0	
118    1- 6-66	Beograd 	Bulgaria	0-2	
119   23- 6-66	Hannover	West Germany 	0-2	
120   27- 6-66	Malmö   	Sweden  	1-1	
121   18- 9-66	Beograd 	Soviet Union	1-2	
122   12-10-66	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	3-1	
123   19-10-66	Beograd 	Czechoslovakia	1-0	
124    6-11-66	Sofia   	Bulgaria	1-6 


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    124	 65  28  31	300- 177	158	63.71


Types of Matches
Friendlies		 54
Olympic Games		 18
World Cup Qualifier	 15
Balkan Cup		 10
Dr. Gerö Cup		 10
World Cup		  7
European Ch. Qualifier	  4
European Championship	  2
Olympic Games Qualifier   4 
  
Total matches:  	124



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