Vladan Ivic has been appointed as Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach after the 45-year-old Serbian signed a 2-year-deal.
Owner, Mitch Goldhar stated: “I look forward to working closely with Vladan again. I am confident that he and his staff will bring the focus and work ethic necessary to succeed ”.
Ivic, who led Maccabi Tel Aviv to win the championship in the 18/19 and 19/20 seasons, told the club’s official website: “I am looking forward to the challenge and I am focused on working hard to achieve our targets”.
Ivic was appointed as Head Coach in the summer of 2018 and in his first season in charge (2018/19) guided Maccabi to the league title by a 31-point margin as well as the Toto Cup. Under Ivic’s stewardship Maccabi won the Championship for the second season in succession having won the Super Cup at the start of the 2019/20. In the summer of 2020 Ivic moved to England and was appointed as Watford manager a position he held before leaving in December that year.
Ivic’s coaching staff will see the return to Tel Aviv of Milos Veselinovic and Christos Kelpekis who were both part of the coaching staff during the previous tenure as they will be joined by two new additions in Sinisa Gogic as second assistant coach and Pavlos Gotsis as fitness coach.
