Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split is a professional football club based in Split, Croatia, which plays in the HNL. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Hajduk Split from 1911, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day.
The first manager of Hajduk Split was Bohemian Oldřich Just, who joined the club in 1911 as a player-manager. He was in charge from 1911 to 1912. The current manager is Gennaro Gattuso, who took over the club in June 2024.[1]
Only first-team competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 31 October 2021
Key
M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = goals for; GA = goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
† Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments.
‡ Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments promoted to full-time manager.
1 Kalinić tenure as Hajduk manager was terminated after suffering a heart attack following European League home loss against Žilina, his debut game in charge of the club.
The following table lists managers according to trophies won. The most successful manager to date was Tomislav Ivić who had four spells with the club (1973–76, 1978–80, 1987, 1997) and led Hajduk to a total of 7 trophies, three Yugoslav First League championships (1974, 1975, and 1979) and four Yugoslav Cup titles (1972, 1973, 1974, and 1976).
Petar Nadoveza is the only manager to have won honours available to Hajduk in both the Yugoslav and Croatian football league systems, winning the Yugoslav Cup in 1984 and Croatian Cup in 2000. In 2004, he also won the Croatian First League, after taking over from Zoran Vulić three rounds before the end of the champhionship.
2 Croatian First League was temporarily played during 1940's, under flags of Banate of Croatia, Independent State of Croatia and Socialist Republic of Croatia. Hajduk won a title in Banate of Croatia (1940), two in SR Croatia (1945, 1946) while refusing to participate in championships during Independent State of Croatia (1941–45).
Notes
^Nadoveza won Prva HNL Title in 2004 as an interim manager after Zoran Vulić was sacked only three rounds before end of the season.[2]
^Štimac won Prva HNL Title in 2005 as a caretaker manager (and at that time also a Director of football) after sacking Blaž Slišković eight rounds before end of the season.[3]
^Tudor won Croatian Cup in 2013 after leading the club only during Cup finals against Lokomotiva. The rest of the tournament was led by his predecessor Mišo Krstičević.[4]
^Dambrauskas won Croatian Cup in 2022 after leading the club from the quarter-finals. In the first and second round the club was led by his predecessor Jens Gustafsson.
^Leko won Croatian Cup in 2023 after leading the club from the quarter-finals. In the first and second round the club was led by his predecessor Mislav Karoglan.