Goran Lozanovski

Goran Lozanovski

Personal information
Full name	Goran Lozanovski
Date of birth	(1974-01-11) 11 January 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Altona Magic (Head Coach)
Youth career
	Altona Magic
1990–1991	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1993	Preston Makedonia	18	(1)
1993–1996	Adelaide City	86	(7)
1996–1997	Collingwood Warriors	17	(0)
1997–2001	South Melbourne	97	(15)
2001–2002	Alemannia Aachen	12	(0)
2002–2003	Adelaide City	29	(4)
2003–2004	Adelaide United	14	(0)
2004	Western Strikers	12	(6)
2005	Heidelberg United	8	(0)
2005–2008	Preston Lions	2	(0)
International career
1993	Australia U20
1996	Australia U23
1996–1998	Australia	9	(0)
Managerial career
2007–2008	Preston Lions
2008–2009	Hume City FC
2010–2011	Bentleigh Greens
2011–2012	Northcote City FC (Asst.)
2012–2015	Northcote City FC
2016	Port Melbourne SC (Asst.)
2017–2020	Altona Magic
2021–2022	Westgate FC
2022	Hume City
2023	Sydenham Park
2024–	Altona Magic
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's Association football OFC Nations Cup Runner-up 1998 Australia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2007

Goran Lozanovski (born 11 January 1974) is a former Australian soccer player and current manager holding the role of senior coach at Altona Magic.

Playing career

Club

Noted for his ability at taking set pieces, began his National Soccer League career with Preston Lions, before joining Adelaide City where he was a part of that club's championship winning team in the 1993/94 season.[1]

Later joining Collingwood Warriors, after that club's dissolution, Lozanovski signed with South Melbourne in 1997 under Ange Postecoglou, where he would go on to win 2 grand finals in both the 1997–1998, and 1998–1999 seasons. In the 1999 Grand Final against Sydney United, Lozanovski was awarded the prestigious Joe Marston Medal in South Melbourne's 3–2 victory.[2]

Lozanovski's success at South Melbourne paved the way for him to link up with fellow Australian Mark Rudan at then-2. Bundesliga club Alemannia Aachen. However, his stay at the club would last only 12 games after being embroiled in the 'suitcase affair' corruption scandal in 2001, after financial irregularities arose following both Australian players transfers to the club.[3] After Rudan was briefly arrested by German authorities over the scandal,[4] charges were laid on the clubs treasurer Bernd Krings, who was convicted of financial fraud.[5] Both Lozanovski and Rudan were eventually cleared, with both players departing the club shortly after.

Returning home, Lozanovski had stints in South Australia with Adelaide City, Adelaide United, and Western Strikers during the dying years of the National Soccer League. He saw out his career in the Victorian State Leagues with Heidelberg United and Preston Lions respectively, where he retired in 2008.

Managerial

Following his retirement, Lozanovski immediately took up a head coaching position at Preston Lions. He would go on to briefly coach both Hume City, and his 2013 Grand Final opponents, Bentleigh Greens before joining Northcote City. During the 2012 season at Northcote, Lozanovski was promoted to head coach, following Peter Tsolakis' departure to South Melbourne.[6]

In 2013, Lozanovski took Northcote FC to their first ever Victorian Premier League Championship, defeating Bentleigh Greens in which would be the last season of the Victorian Premier League system, before it was re-branded into the National Premier Leagues Victoria.[7] Lozanovski decided to resign as Manager at Northcote following the 2015 season[8] and joined Port Melbourne SC as an Assistant Manager ahead of the 2016 season.[9]

In 2023, Lozanovski return to Altona Magic for second time as manager. Lozanovski said he was "excited and proud" to be back at the Magic. It is great to be back at my home club, and it felt exciting to be walking back through the front gate, he said. I have some unfinished business at Magic and I have already hit the ground running in preparation for 2024.[10]

Honours

Player

Adelaide City

• National Soccer League Championship 1993-1994

South Melbourne FC

• National Soccer League Premiership: 1997-1998
• National Soccer League Championship: 1997-1998,1998-1999
• Joe Marston Medal: 1999

Australia

• OFC Nations Cup: runner-up 1998[11]

Manager

Preston Lions FC

• Victorian Premier League Premiership: 2007
• Victorian Premier League Championship:2007

Northcote City FC|Northcote FC

• Victorian Premier League Premiership: 2013
• Victorian Premier League Championship: 2013

References

1. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9394/Playoff.html
2. Clark, Alan (1999). "Grand Final report by Alan Clark South Melbourne v Sydney United". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
3. Schumacher, Wolfgang (6 November 2002). "Anklage gegen Ex-Alemannen Rudan" (in German). Aachener Nachrichten. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
4. McDermott, Quentin (27 May 2002). "Final Whistle?". ABC TV. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
5. "Geldkoffer-Prozess: Frano Zelic entlastet Bernd Krings" (in German). Alemannia Aachen. 21 October 2003. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
6. Pollock, Tom (28 March 2013). "Lozanovski hopes old school approach will deliver success". MFootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
7. "Northcote defeat Bentleigh to win VPL crown". FourFourTwo Australia. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
8. http://northcotecity.com.au/announcement-goran-lozanovski-departs-northcote-city-fc/
9. "Port Melbourne confirms 2016 coaching staff, signs Karvelis, Obradovic". 31 October 2015.
10. "Altona Magic locks in senior coach for season 2024". 7 November 2023.
11. "Oceania Nations Cup 1998". Retrieved 14 October 2024.

External links

• Oz Football profile