# Goce Sedloski

Goce Sedloski (Macedonian: Гоце Седлоски; born 10 April 1974) is a Macedonian professional football manager who is current manager Macedonian First Football League club Vardar and former player.
Playing as a central defender, he was the captain of the Macedonia national team, earning 100 caps for his country.

## Club career

Sedloski started his professional career at Pobeda Prilep in 1994 and played two seasons for the club before leaving it for Hajduk Split from Croatia. After a season and half, he moved to English club Sheffield Wednesday and returned to Croatia after two half-seasons by signing with Dinamo Zagreb in January 1999. He played for Dinamo until June 2004 and moved then to Japanese club Vegalta Sendai, where he spent one half-season before returning to Dinamo in January 2005.
In July 2005, he signed with Turkish club Diyarbakirspor and spent one season with the club before leaving it for SV Mattersburg, where he signed a two-year contract. After leaving Mattersburg after 5 years in 2011, he finished his playing career.
He had the biggest success while playing for Dinamo Zagreb, winning the Croatian First League 3 times, the Croatian Cup 3 times and the Croatian Super Cup 2 times.

## International career

Sedloski made his debut for the Macedonia national team in a March 1996 friendly match against Malta, earning a total of 100 caps and scoring 8 goals from then until 2010.
On 16 August 2006, Sedloski became the first player to score a goal in the Euro 2008 qualifying tournament, when Macedonia beat Estonia 1–0 in Tallinn. His final international was a May 2010 friendly against Azerbaijan.

## Managerial career
### Early career

Sedloski was assistant and interim coach for the Macedonian national team and also assistant coach at Austrian Bundesliga club SV Mattersburg.

### Turnovo

In 2013 he became the new manager of Macedonian club Turnovo.
In his only season with the club he guided them to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round eliminating Lithuanian club Sūduva Marijampolė in the first qualifying round and after they were eliminated by Croatian club Hajduk Split in the second qualifying round.
He also guided the club to a 2nd-place finish in the Macedonian First League.

### Vardar

Sedloski coached Macedonian club FK Vardar, joining the club in 2015 and resigning in August 2017. With Vardar he won two league titles and one supercup.

### Riga

Sedloski was the manager of Latvian club Riga from January to May 2018. While at Riga, in 9 matches Sedloski won 4 matches, drew 1 and lost 4.

### Široki Brijeg

Sedloski was named new the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg on 31 August 2018 where he currently still is the manager. His first league win as Široki Brijeg's manager came on 23 September 2018, a 2–0 home win against newly promoted FK Zvijezda 09.
In the 2018–19 season, Sedloski led Široki Brijeg all the way to the 2018–19 Bosnian Cup final, where the club lost to FK Sarajevo in the two legged cup final 3–1 on aggregate (Sarajevo won 3–0 in Sarajevo and Široki Brijeg won 1–0 in Široki Brijeg). In the league, Široki Brijeg qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds by finishing on 3rd place.
On 23 July 2019, after a 0–1 home league loss against NK Čelik Zenica the day before, and after 2 consecutive UEFA Europa League losses against Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Kairat in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, Sedloski decided to resign from the manager position of Široki Brijeg.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Hajduk Split | 1996–97 | Prva HNL | 29 | 1 | | | | | | | 29 | 1 |
| Hajduk Split | 1997–98 | Prva HNL | 14 | 1 | | | | | | | 14 | 1 |
| Hajduk Split | Croatia | Croatia | 43 | 2 | | | | | | | 43 | 2 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1997–98 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | 4 | 0 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1998–99 | Prva HNL | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | 3 | 0 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1999–2000 | Prva HNL | 10 | 1 | | | | | | | 10 | 1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2000–01 | Prva HNL | 28 | 4 | | | | | | | 28 | 4 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2001–02 | Prva HNL | 25 | 3 | | | | | | | 25 | 3 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2002–03 | Prva HNL | 30 | 3 | | | | | | | 30 | 3 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2003–04 | Prva HNL | 30 | 11 | | | | | | | 30 | 11 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Croatia | Croatia | 126 | 25 | | | | | | | 126 | 25 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 2004 | J2 League | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | | | | | 22 | 3 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2004–05 | Prva HNL | 12 | 1 | | | | | | | 12 | 1 |
| Diyarbakırspor | 2005–06 | Süper Lig | 27 | 3 | | | | | | | 27 | 3 |
| SV Mattersburg | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 35 | 3 | | | | | | | 35 | 3 |
| SV Mattersburg | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 35 | 4 | | | | | | | 35 | 4 |
| SV Mattersburg | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 34 | 1 | | | | | | | 34 | 1 |
| SV Mattersburg | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | | | | | | | 29 | 1 |
| SV Mattersburg | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| SV Mattersburg | Total | Total | 134 | 9 | | | | | | | 134 | 9 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 366 | 40 | 1 | 0 | | | | | 367 | 40 |
* ↑ Includes Croatian Cup, FA Cup, Emperor's Cup, Turkish Cup, Austrian Cup
* ↑ Includes Football League Cup, J.League Cup
* ↑ "Croatia Zagreb" until 1999

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Macedonia | 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 2002 | 7 | 1 |
| Macedonia | 2003 | 9 | 2 |
| Macedonia | 2004 | 9 | 1 |
| Macedonia | 2005 | 7 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 2006 | 8 | 1 |
| Macedonia | 2007 | 8 | 2 |
| Macedonia | 2008 | 7 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 2009 | 10 | 1 |
| Macedonia | 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 100 | 8 |
    As of match played 29 May 2010. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sedloski goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition :
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 20 November 2002 | Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia | 40 | Israel | 2–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 2 | 9 February 2003 | Stadion Šubićevac, Šibenik, Croatia | 41 | Croatia | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 7 June 2003 | Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia | 45 | Liechtenstein | 1–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 4 | 11 June 2004 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | 55 | Estonia | 1–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
| 5 | 16 August 2006 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | 69 | Estonia | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 6 | 24 March 2007 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia | 75 | Croatia | 1–0 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 7 | 17 October 2007 | Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia | 79 | Andorra | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 8 | 14 November 2009 | Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, Croatia | 97 | Canada | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |

## Managerial statistics

    As of 10 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | G | W | D | L | Win % |
| Macedonia | 15 August 2012 | 15 August 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Turnovo | 17 September 2013 | 15 July 2014 | 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 054.55 |
| Vardar | 27 July 2015 | 15 August 2017 | 75 | 52 | 14 | 9 | 069.33 |
| Riga | 27 January 2018 | 24 May 2018 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 044.44 |
| Široki Brijeg | 31 August 2018 | 22 July 2019 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 046.15 |
| Dinamo Zagreb II | 13 April 2020 | 14 October 2020 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 052.94 |
| Shkupi | 16 April 2021 | 21 March 2023 | 72 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 054.17 |
| Vllaznia | 4 April 2023 | 30 June 2023 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 027.27 |
| Rabotnički | 14 November 2023 | 2 April 2024 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 018.18 |
| Total | Total | Total | 251 | 139 | 56 | 56 | 055.38 |

## Honours
### Player

Dinamo Zagreb
* Croatian First League: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03
* Croatian Cup: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04
* Croatian Super Cup: 2002, 2003

### Manager

Vardar
* Macedonian First League: 2015–16, 2016–17
* Macedonian Supercup: 2015
Široki Brijeg
* Bosnian Cup runner up: 2018–19