Simon Rožman

Simon Rožman (born 6 April 1983) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Croatian First Football League club HNK Rijeka.

Simon Rožman
Personal information
Full name Simon Rožman
Date of birth (1983-04-06) 6 April 1983
Place of birth Celje, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rijeka (manager)
Youth career
0000–2002 Celje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Celje 1 (0)
2002 Mons Claudius 9 (0)
2004–2009 Kovinar Štore 74 (10)
Total 84 (10)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Celje
2016–2019 Domžale
2019– Rijeka
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Managerial career

Celje

Rožman started his managerial career at NK Celje, where he was at first part of the Academy coaching structure, and was in charge of the youth selections. During his time in Celje, he was also the Academy Director.[2] In April 2014, he took over first team of NK Celje, becoming the youngest manager in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.[3] He led the club to the second place in the league and was the runner-up of the national cup in 2015.[1]

Domžale

In 2016 he joined NK Domžale, first as a Sports Coordinator, but soon he was promoted to the first team manager.[4] In his first season, he won the national cup and came fourth in the league.[1] In the next season, he led the club to the third place in the league; he also managed to reach the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League, eliminating Bundesliga club SC Freiburg on the way. He left Domžale on 3 September 2019, after failing to win a single game during the first eight rounds of the 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga.[5]

Rijeka

On 23 September 2019, Rožman was named the new manager of Croatian First Football League club HNK Rijeka, replacing Igor Bišćan at that position.[6]

Managerial statistics
As of 15 August 2020[1]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Celje 29 April 2014[7] 1 September 2015[8] 59 28 14 17 047.46
Domžale 2 September 2016[9] 3 September 2019[10] 134 67 32 35 050.00
Rijeka 23 September 2019[11] Present 34 21 4 9 061.76
Total 227 116 50 61 051.10

Honours

Manager

Domžale

Rijeka

References
  1. "Simon Rozman". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. "Celjske nogometaše prevzema Simon Rožman, podarjamo vstopnice za tekme na Areni Petrol". Celje.info (in Slovenian). 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. Drago Perko (9 November 2014). "Celjski recept: napiflani trener in nori direktor". slovenskenovice.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. Rok Plestenjak (28 October 2016). "Najmlajši, a že trn v peti mnogim" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. D. S. (3 September 2019). "Rožman zapušča Domžale: Odhod je moja dolžnost in odgovornost" (in Slovenian). Domžale: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. "STIGLA POTVRDA! Simon Rožman je novi trener Rijeke, raspušta se i kompletni Bišćanov stožer". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). Rijeka: Novi list. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  7. M. Ž. (29 April 2014). "Rožman novi trener Celja". Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. M.J./STA (1 September 2015). "VIDEO: Rožman ni več trener Celja". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. Rok Plestenjak (2 September 2016). "Simon Rožman novi trener Domžal: Smo edinstven klub v Sloveniji" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  10. P. Z. (3 September 2019). "Simon Rožman ni več trener Domžal". Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  11. Rok Viškovič (23 September 2019). "Zdaj tudi uradno. Simon Rožman je novi trener Rijeke" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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