page_title: Ilija Petković
hierarchical_section_title: Ilija Petković
caption_attribution_description: English: Serbian coach and retired footballer Ilija Petković in Canada in 2006.
context_page_description: Ilija Petković was a Serbian footballer and manager. From the early 1990s until his death, Petković was a football manager, with his most notable appointment being with the Serbia and Montenegro national team.
  Petković played 43 games for Yugoslavia, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968, and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup where he scored a goal in a big 9–0 win against Zaire. He played much of his career between 1964–1983 in OFK Beograd, with a stint in the middle in Troyes AC between 1973–1976.
  He began his coaching career in 1990 with his original club, OFK Beograd, and coached many clubs. He coached Yugoslavia three times, first as an assistant in 1997–98, then in 2000–01, following Vujadin Boškov's departure after UEFA Euro 2000.
context_section_description: Ilija Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Петковић, [ǐlija pětkoʋitɕ]; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. From the early 1990s until his death, Petković was a football manager, with his most notable appointment being with the Serbia and Montenegro national team.
  Petković played 43 games for Yugoslavia, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968, and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup where he scored a goal in a big 9–0 win against Zaire. He played much of his career between 1964–1983 in OFK Beograd, with a stint in the middle in Troyes AC between 1973–1976.
  He began his coaching career in 1990 with his original club, OFK Beograd, and coached many clubs. He coached Yugoslavia three times, first as an assistant in 1997–98, then in 2000–01, following Vujadin Boškov's departure after UEFA Euro 2000.
caption: Petković in 2006
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