page_title: Goran Tomić
section_title: Beijing Baxy
hierarchical_section_title: Goran Tomić / Managerial career / Beijing Baxy
caption_attribution_description: English: Tomic with his Coach of the Year award
context_page_description: Goran Tomić is a Croatian former footballer who played as a forward, and the current manager of NK Lokomotiva.
  Previous managerial success came at Beijing Baxy during 2013 and 2014, and at Tianjin Songjiang in 2015. He started his managerial career with his hometown club HNK Šibenik in the Croatian First League.
context_section_description: Chinese League One side Beijing Baxy had just been relegated with 31 points, losing half of their fixtures and finishing 15th of 16 teams. However, due to the merge of Chinese Super League sides Dalian Shide and Dalian Aerbin, they were spared from relegation to the third tier in order to preserve the integrity and stability of the Chinese Leagues. On 26 February 2013, Tomić was officially announced as new manager of Beijing Baxy.
  During the 2013 season, Baxy were widely expected to struggle, the aim of the season was to steady the ship and avoid relegation. Although the core of the side relegated in 2012 remained, marquee signings came in the form of Ryan Griffiths and Lucian Goian, whilst fellow Croatian Antonio Cinotti was added to the backroom staff. Tomić managed to guide Baxy not only clear of relegation, but to the highest place finish in the club's history, finishing in a very respectable 7th position (P30, W11, D8, L11 - 41 pts).
  The aim for the 2014 season was to improve on 2013 by finishing in the top 6 and in preparation for this Tomić drafted in Ivica Matas to join his backroom staff. Baxy also proudly announced the news of four signings from Super League teams whom joined up with the squad for pre-season training in South Korea. Shortly after returning to China however all four players had returned to their original clubs, and with other first team players also leaving in the off season, including Ryan Griffiths, preparations for the new season were plunged into crisis as the squad was left threadbare.
  Despite these challenges during pre-season, having less preparation time relative to other teams in the league, Baxy consistently performed above all expectations. An unprecedented run of 22 games undefeated, meant that Baxy were being touted as serious contenders for promotion to the Super League. Tomić had found a blend of foreign aid and Chinese talent meaning they were fighting for promotion all the way to the final day of the season. Eventually finishing in 4th position (P30, W14, D13, L3 - 55 pts), for the second straight year they recorded the highest classification in the club's history.
  For his achievements in 2014, Tomić won the China League One Coach of the Year award, receiving nearly 60% of the entire voting whilst Baxy also had two players elected into the Team of the Year.
  Beijing Baxy's continual progression and improvement under Tomić was well noted within China. The club drew new investment from both Yanjing Beer and the Beijing Enterprises Group, promising funds to help turn Baxy into a team competing for continental prizes.
   Beijing Enterprises Group completed the take over of Beijing Baxy at the end of the 2014 season. Along with a new name, new crest and new club colours, came the decision to opt for a new, higher profile coach. Tomić left Beijing Baxy in January 2015.
caption: Tomić in 2015 with Beijing Baxy
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