page_title: Tomaž Kavčič
section_title: Qingdao Jonoon
hierarchical_section_title: Tomaž Kavčič / Managerial career / Qingdao Jonoon
caption_attribution_description: English: Slovenian manager Tomaž Kavčič signing autographs after the derby win with Qingdao Jonoon against Qingdao Hainiu
context_page_description: Tomaž Kavčič is a Slovenian football manager and former player who is currently a manager of Qingdao Red Lions. Previously, he managed Slovenian national team between 2017 and 2018, and Slovenian under-21 team for eight years between 2008 and 2014; Kavčič was also an assistant manager of the national team manager Srečko Katanec between 2016 and 2017. While playing for Gorica he scored his debut goal in the Slovenian PrvaLiga aged 38 years and 4 months, which is still a Slovenian record.
context_section_description: In July 2014, Kavčič was confirmed as the new manager of Qingdao Jonoon. The Jia League was already under way and Kavčič helped the club finish strongly, only to be denied in the fight for promotion by a seven-point deduction following the January transfer of Liu Jian. His first full season didn't start as planned, but Jonoon soon silenced the critics after the opening day defeat against Harbin Yiteng. After the 4–1 loss they racked up a nine-game unbeaten run which started with winning the Qingdao derby against Qingdao Hainiu by two goals without reply.
  Round 10 brought renewed hope to the fans as one of the founding members of the Chinese Super League topped the league standings for the first time. Beating Jiangxi Liansheng 2–0 reignited talks of a return to the top tier in their second attempt. On 12 July Jonoon won the derby against city rivals Hainiu courtesy of a Quan Lei strike in the 80th minute  but despite the 1–0 win a good run of results with a depleted squad Kavčič was frozen out of the team since the middle of July - when Jonoon was still fighting for promotion.
  On 5 October he confirmed that he and his assistant Robert Englaro are leaving the club by mutual consent with their now former team down in 7th place in the Jia League. Kavčič had lost overall control of the team months ago but remained in the city. Jonoon only won once since the controversial decision of the club's leadership and were in danger of finishing in the bottom half of the table. He immediately returned to China and became head coach of Hunan Xiangtao on 30 November.
caption: Kavčič signing autographs in Qingdao after winning the derby against Hainiu in July 2015.
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