Prvoslav Dragićević was a Serbia

Serbia

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n football manager and former player.

Playing career

Dragićević played at BSK Beograd from 1936 to 1941 as a midfielder, and he made part of the memorable midfield line formed with Petar Manola

Petar Manola

Petar Manola was a Serbian international football player.-Club career:...

 and Gustav Lechner. The team won the Yugoslav First League in 1939. He was also capped for the national team from 1939 to 1940, playing 6 matches. After the Germans

Nazi Germany

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 invaded Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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 in 1941, he left the country. During his career he also played with Belgrade clubs Jedinstvo and Radnički

FK Radnicki Jugopetrol

FK Radnički Beograd is a football club from Novi Beograd, Serbia.The club was until recently know by its sponsor name of FK Radnički Jugopetrol, and is also often named as FK Radnički Novi Beograd, although the club is officially named simply as Beograd because it was initially formed in Belgrade...

 and with FK Dinamo Pančevo

FK Dinamo Pancevo

FK Dinamo Pančevo is a football club based in Pančevo, Serbia.They were formed in 1945. The club has complete independence regarding organisation, management, finances, material goods and facilities...

 where he finished his playing career in 1948.

Managing career

He coached FK Željezničar Sarajevo in the 1954-55 season. The team only managed to secure an 11th place that saved them from relegation.

In 1956, he came to Greece to coach Olympiacos F.C.. The team won the double

The Double

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 in the 1956-57 season. The league was won after a long run which ended with Olympiacos winning a play-off match against eternal rivals Panathinaikos F.C. in the neutral Nikos Goumas Stadium

Nikos Goumas Stadium

Nikos Goumas Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Nea Filadelfeia , a northwestern suburb of Athens, Greece. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of AEK Athens FC. It was named after a one-time club president, Nicholas Goumas, who contributed to its building and later...

 (1-0). In the cup, Olympiacos beat AEK Athens 1-0 in the quarter-finals with a goal by Babis Kotridis, and once again Panathinaikos (1-0) in the semi-finals. The team concluded by winning Iraklis FC 2-0 in the final and celebrated the first of three consecutive doubles (1957, 1958, 1959) that still remains a record for Greek teams. Although, Dragicevic left the club after the end of the 1956-57 season.

External sources

• Career story at Reprezentacija.rs.