According to Mehr reporter, Persepolis football team managed to get 30 points out of 15 games in the first half of the Premier League season and was ranked third in the table after Esteghlal Tehran and Sepahan. After the 1-1 draw of Persepolis against Mes Rafsanjan in the 15th week of the Premier League, the head coach of this team, Yahya Golmohammadi, resigned from his position in a press conference after the game, and the efforts of the Persepolis managers to convince him to return to the team did not bear fruit. On the evening of Monday, December 18, the Persepolis club announced the final departure of Gol Mohammadi from this team by publishing a statement.
After that, Reza Darvish, CEO of Persepolis Club, in a TV program, announced the negotiation with the former head coach of Persepolis, Branko Ivankovic, and said that he will wait for the response of this head coach for 48 hours, and if Branko’s presence is ruled out, he will look for other options.
On the evening of Tuesday, January 19th, a voice message from Branko was published in the virtual space, in which he addressed the Persepolis fans and said that due to personal problems, he could not attend Persepolis. After that, the Persepolis club issued a statement stating that the efforts of the club’s management to convince Bronco will continue.
Great performance of Bronco in Persepolis
Branko was in charge of Persepolis for about 4 years and was able to achieve many successes with this team in various competitions.
Branko was the 40th head coach in the history of Persepolis, the 5th Croat and the 14th foreigner on the team’s bench. In the first season of his presence, he was able to climb a few steps with Persepolis in addition to winning in Shahrvard by leaving out several team players. In the next season, Bronko and Persepolis, while obtaining different records in the domestic league of Iran, became the runners-up of the premier league after Esteghlal Khuzestan, due to the smaller goal difference, and in the season of 2016-2015, Bronko and Persepolis had the biggest difference (points in the table). He won the championship of the history of the Premier Football League of Iran and became the champion of the Iranian Football Super Cup 3 times (1396, 1397, 1398).
In that season, Persepolis broke many records, and Bronco took Persepolis to the final of the Asian Champions League for the first time in 2018, when the Reds failed to win the championship and lost the game to Kashima, Japan. Also, Bronco with Persepolis won the championship in Iran’s elimination cup has also been held.
He was able to win the 11th and 12th championships of Persepolis in the national league of Iran with this team, and 3 weeks earlier, he won the 17th and 18th league championships, which showed his great performance in the Persepolis team.
Early dismissal in Saudi Arabia
After a successful appearance in Persepolis, Bronko was offered by Al-Ahly Club of Saudi Arabia and took over the leadership of this team for two years with a contract. However, the life of the Persepolis professor was not long in Saudi Arabia and he was dismissed from his position after 5 games and two wins, two defeats and one draw. During that period of time, Bronko also had differences with Omar Al-Soma, the goalscorer of the Al-Ahli team at the time, and the dissatisfaction of the fans forced the managers of the Al-Ahli club to terminate the contract with Bronko as soon as possible and fire him.
Absolute failure in Oman
After being fired in Saudi Arabia, Bronko took over the leadership of the Oman national team from January 2020, and after one year in this country in September 1402, he was appointed to lead the team until the end of the 2023 Asian Nations Cup. be in charge
Failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, elimination in the quarter-finals of the Arab Cup, and failure to win the Persian Gulf Cup are proof of the poor performance of this Croatian coach in the Oman national team, and the Arab media recently announced that if he does not The conclusion of the Asian Nations Cup is to say goodbye to the national team of Oman. The only positive performance of Bronco in Oman can be attributed to this team’s qualification to the 2023 Asian Nations Cup in Qatar, and other than that, no positive point can be seen in Bronco’s statistics in the Oman national team.
Branko rejected the initial offer of Persepolis, while he has never won a prestigious title after leaving this team, and his last honors come from being in the Persepolis team. Also, Branko should not forget that he showed himself in the Asian arena by participating in Iranian football, and certainly he will not have the popularity he has in Iran even in his own country.