Ange Postecoglou

Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou (/ˈændʒ ˌpɒstəˈkɒɡluː/ ANJ POS-tə-KOG-loo; Greek: Άγγελος Ποστέκογλου) is an Australian former association football player and the former head coach of the Australia national soccer team. He is one of the most successful Australian club coaches with two premierships, four championships and a continental title. Currently, he is the manager of Yokohama F. Marinos.

Ange Postecoglou

Personal information
Full name	Angelos Postecoglou
Date of birth	27 August 1965 (age 53)
Place of birth	Nea Filadelfeia, Athens, Greece
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Yokohama F. Marinos (manager)
Youth career
1978–1983	South Melbourne
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1993	South Melbourne	193	(19)
1994	Western Suburbs		(4)
National team
1985	Australia U20	13	(1)
1986	Australia	4	(0)
Teams managed
1996–2000	South Melbourne
2000–2005	Australia U17
2000–2007	Australia U20
2008	Panachaiki
2009–2012	Brisbane Roar
2012–2013	Melbourne Victory
2013–2017	Australia
2018–	Yokohama F. Marinos
Honours[show]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Postecoglou was born in Athens, Greece. After Postecoglou's father, Dimitris ("Jim"), lost his business following the 1967 Greek military coup, Postecoglou emigrated to Australia by boat in 1970 at the age of five, growing up in Melbourne, Victoria.[1][2][3] In his early years he grew up playing Australian rules football[4] and is a lifelong supporter of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.[5] Postecoglou supports Liverpool.[6] Postecoglou is married to Georgia, who worked at South Melbourne as a marketing manager when he served as manager of the club.[7] Postecoglou has three sons, James, Max and Alexi.[8]

Playing career

After first joining the club as a nine year old,[9] Postecoglou played 193 games from 1984 to 1993 for South Melbourne in the National Soccer League, where he was involved in their 1984 and 1990–91 titles, the latter as captain, before moving into coaching.[10]
International career

In his international playing career, Postecoglou represented Australia on four occasions between 1986 and 1988 as well as representing Australia at youth level in 1985.[11]

Coaching career
South Melbourne

Postecoglou coached South Melbourne from 1996[12] until 2000. He led them to consecutive National Soccer League titles in 1997–98 and 1998–99, as well as winning the 1999 Oceania Club Championship, which in turn led to their participation in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.[13] After the 1999–2000 NSL season, he stood down from the South Melbourne coaching role when he was appointed coach of the Australian youth team. He is the only person to have been involved in all four of South Melbourne's NSL title-winning teams, the first two as a player and the latter two as coach.
Young Socceroos

Following his domestic coaching success, Postecoglou became coach of Australia's youth sides in 2000. During his tenure, he played a role in identifying and developing Australian players.[14][15] Postecoglou was involved in an on-air argument with football pundit Craig Foster on The World Game.[16][17] He was replaced as coach in February 2007 after Australia failed to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. After his departure as coach of the Australian youth teams,[18] Postecoglou worked as a football pundit for Fox Sports and as an elite consultant to Football Federation Victoria.

Panachaiki

Postecoglou coached Panachaiki in the Greek third division from March to December 2008. Despite keeping the traditional club well within contention for promotion, and more precisely in the top three for most of the season, a falling out with club management ended his tenure in Patras.[19]

Brisbane Roar

On 16 October 2009, Postecoglou was signed as the new Brisbane Roar coach, replacing Frank Farina.[20] Postecoglou started rebuilding the team by releasing Liam Reddy, Craig Moore, Bob Malcolm and Charlie Miller. Tommy Oar, Michael Zullo and Adam Sarota were bought by Dutch club FC Utrecht and striker Sergio van Dijk went to Adelaide United.[21] Postecoglou, who asked to be judged a year from the time he took over, proved the critics wrong by winning and playing an entertaining brand of football.[22][23][24][25] The Roar's possession based style of play under Postecoglou earned them the nickname "Roarcelona".[26]

The 4–0 win against Adelaide United in round 13 was highly praised in the media as some of the best football the A-League has ever seen.[27][28] Postecoglou led the Roar to the Premiership and Championship in the 2010–11 season, winning the Grand Final 4–2 on penalties against the Central Coast Mariners in front of 52,168 people at Lang Park. The Roar only lost one game all season and went on a 36-game unbeaten run, which broke the previous Australian football record.[29] On 18 March 2011, he signed a two-year extension with the club keeping him until the 2013–14 season.[30][31]

Postecoglou's side continued their winning streak in the 2011–12 season and now hold the all-time Australian football code record for longest undefeated sporting streak of 36 games, surpassing rugby league side Eastern Suburbs' record set 74 years ago.[32] Postecoglou is managed by sports management company Football Focus International. In the 2011–12 season, Brisbane Roar became the first team to win back-to-back A-League championships and Postecoglou became the most successful Australian domestic football (soccer) coach, with four national titles.[33]

On 24 April 2012, Postecoglou announced his resignation as head coach of Brisbane Roar. Postecoglou left the Roar after two-and-a-half years, during which he led the club to back-to-back A-League championships, a premiership and consecutive qualification for the AFC Champions League.[34]

Melbourne Victory

On 26 April 2012, it was announced that he had signed a three-year contract with A-League club Melbourne Victory as head coach.[35] Postecoglou started rebuilding the team by releasing Matthew Kemp, Grant Brebner, Rodrigo Vargas, Tom Pondeljak, Ante Čović, Carlos Hernández, Harry Kewell and Fabio Alves, with Jean Carlos Solórzano and Ubay Luzardo returned to their respective clubs after their loan deals had expired. Postecoglou rounded up his squad by signing Jonathan Bru, Guilherme Finkler, Adama Traoré, Marcos Flores, Mark Milligan, Theo Markelis, Sam Gallagher and Spase Dilevski.

Postecoglou's first game in charge of Melbourne Victory was the Round 1 clash against crosstown rivals Melbourne Heart, an encounter which the Victory lost 2–1. His first win came against Adelaide United in Round 4, with the Victory prevailing 2–1. The following year, Melbourne Victory made the A-League Preliminary Final after beating Perth Glory in an Elimination Final 2–1 at Docklands Stadium. Melbourne Victory then played in the Preliminary Final against Central Coast Mariners and lost 2–0.

Australian national team

Postecoglou was appointed head coach of Australia on 23 October 2013 on a five-year contract, replacing German Holger Osieck, who was sacked after successive 6–0 defeats to Brazil and France.[36][37] Postecoglou was tasked with regenerating the Australian national team, which was deemed to have been too reliant on members of their Golden Generation of 2006, subsequently leading to a stagnation of results, culminating in successive 6–0 defeats to Brazil and France.[38][39][40][41][42][43][44] In his first game as Australia's manager, a home friendly match against Costa Rica, Australia won 1–0, courtesy of a goal from Tim Cahill.[45]

2014 FIFA World Cup
Postecoglou in 2014

For the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Australia were drawn in Group B alongside holders Spain, 2010 runners-up Netherlands and Chile.[46] Their first match was off to a lacklustre start, having conceded only a goal from Tim Cahill before losing to South America's Chile 3–1. Their second match against the Netherlands was a close one, but their efforts ended in a 3–2 loss, thus earning their early exit along with the Spanish team. Australian fans praised the team for their outstanding efforts in a tough group. In the end, Australia finished Group B with a third defeat to former world champions Spain 3–0. Australia's competitive World Cup performances in a difficult group lead to belief that a new Golden Generation was about to begin,[47][48] although at that time nobody thought this would be a new Golden Generation.

2015 AFC Asian Cup

Postecoglou coached Australia in 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Australia beat Kuwait (4–1) and Oman (4–0), but lost to South Korea (0–1) in the group stage, before beating China (2–0) in quarter-final and United Arab Emirates (2–0) in the semi-final. Australia then beat South Korea (2–1) in extra time to win in the final to win its first AFC Asian Cup.

Resignation

Two weeks after Australia qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, on 22 November 2017, Postecoglou announced his resignation as Socceroos coach.[49]

Yokohama F. Marinos

On 19 December 2017 Yokohama F. Marinos announced they had appointed Postecoglou as head coach at the Succession of the 2017 Japanese Emperor's Cup.[50][51][52][53] Posecolgou's first domestic game as coach of Yokohmama ended with a 1–1 draw against Cerezo Osaka at Yanmar Stadium, Osaka.[54][55]
Australia results

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goalscorer(s)	Competition
2013
1	19 November 2013	Sydney, Australia	Costa Rica	1–0	Cahill	Friendly
2014
2	5 March 2014	London, England	Ecuador	3–4	Cahill (2), Jedinak	Friendly
3	26 May 2014	Sydney, Australia	South Africa	1–1	Cahill	Friendly
4	6 June 2014	Salvador, Brazil	Croatia	0–1		Friendly
5	13 June 2014	Cuiabá, Brazil	Chile	1–3	Cahill	2014 World Cup
6	18 June 2014	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Netherlands	2–3	Cahill, Jedinak
7	23 June 2014	Curitiba, Brazil	Spain	0–3
8	4 September 2014	Liège, Belgium	Belgium	0–2		Friendly
9	8 September 2014	London, England	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Cahill, Jedinak, Wright	Friendly
10	10 October 2014	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	0–0		Friendly
11	14 October 2014	Doha, Qatar	Qatar	0–1		Friendly
12	18 November 2014	Osaka, Japan	Japan	1–2	Cahill	Friendly
2015
13	9 January 2015	Melbourne, Australia	Kuwait	4–1	Cahill, Luongo, Jedinak, Troisi	2015 AFC Asian Cup
14	13 January 2015	Sydney, Australia	Oman	4–0	McKay, Kruse, Milligan, Juric
15	17 January 2015	Brisbane, Australia	South Korea	0–1
16	22 January 2015	Brisbane, Australia	China PR	2–0	Cahill (2)
17	27 January 2015	Newcastle, Australia	United Arab Emirates	2–0	Sainsbury, Davidson
18	31 January 2015	Sydney, Australia	South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Luongo, Troisi
19	25 March 2015	Kaiserslautern, Germany	Germany	2–2	Troisi, Jedinak	Friendly
20	31 March 2015	Skopje, Macedonia	Macedonia	0–0		Friendly
21	17 June 2015	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	2–1	Jedinak, Oar	2018 World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
22	3 September 2016	Perth, Australia	Bangladesh	5–0	Leckie, Rogic (2), Burns, Mooy
23	8 September 2015	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Tajikistan	3–0	Milligan, Cahill
24	8 October 2015	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	0–2
25	12 November 2015	Canberra, Australia	Kyrgyzstan	3–0	Jedinak (pen.), Cahill, Amirov (o.g.)
26	17 November 2015	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	4–0	Cahill (3), Jedinak
2016
27	24 March 2016	Adelaide, Australia	Tajikistan	7–0	Luongo, Jedinak (pen.), Milligan (pen.), Burns (2), Rogic (2)	2018 World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
28	29 March 2016	Sydney, Australia	Jordan	5–1	Cahill (2), Mooy, Rogic, Luongo
29	27 May 2016	Sunderland, England	England	1–2	Dier (o.g.)	Friendly
30	4 June 2016	Sydney, Australia	Greece	1–0	Leckie	Friendly
31	7 June 2016	Melbourne, Australia	Greece	1–2	Sainsbury	Friendly
32	1 September 2016	Perth, Australia	Iraq	2–0	Luongo, Juric	2018 World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
33	6 September 2016	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–0	Cahill
34	6 October 2016	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	2–2	Sainsbury, Juric
35	11 October 2016	Melbourne, Australia	Japan	1–1	Jedinak (pen.)
36	15 November 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	2–2	Jedinak (2) (pen.)
2017
37	23 March 2017	Tehran, Iran	Iraq	1–1	Leckie	2018 World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
38	28 March 2017	Sydney, Australia	United Arab Emirates	2–0	Irvine, Leckie
39	8 June 2017	Adelaide, Australia	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Juric (2), Rogic
40	13 June 2017	Melbourne, Australia	Brazil	0–4		Friendly
41	19 June 2017	Sochi, Russia	Germany	2–3	Juric, Rogic	2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
42	22 June 2017	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Cameroon	1–1	Milligan (pen.)
43	25 June 2017	Moscow, Russia	Chile	1–1	Troisi
44	31 August 2017	Saitama, Japan	Japan	0–2		2018 World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
45	5 September 2017	Melbourne, Australia	Thailand	2–1	Juric, Leckie
46	5 October 2017	Malacca, Malaysia	Syria	1–1	Kruse	2018 World Cup qualification – AFC Fourth Round
47	10 October 2017	Sydney, Australia	Syria	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	Cahill (2)
48	10 November 2017	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	0–0		2018 World Cup qualification (play-offs)
49	15 November 2017	Sydney, Australia	Honduras	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Jedinak (2) (pen.)

Honours
Postecoglou at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Player
Club

South Melbourne

National Soccer League Championship: 1984, 1990–91
National Soccer League Premiership: 1992–93
National Soccer League Southern Conference: 1984, 1985
NSL Cup: 1989–90

Manager
Club

South Melbourne

NSL Premiership: 1997–98
NSL Championship: 1997–98, 1998–99
Oceania Club Championship: 1999

Brisbane Roar

A-League Premiership: 2010–11
A-League Championship: 2010–11, 2011–12

Country

Australia U17

OFC U-17 Championship: 2001, 2003, 2005

Australia U20

OFC U-20 Championship: 2001, 2002, 2005
AFF U-19 Youth Championship: 2006

Australia

AFC Asian Cup: 2015

Individual

National Soccer League Coach of the Year: 1997–98
PFA Manager of the Year: 2010–11
A-League Coach of the Year: 2010–11
PFA Manager of the Decade: 2015
AFC Coach of the Year: 2015

Records

With Brisbane Roar FC

Longest undefeated streak in Australian sporting history: 36 games (2011–12)

Managerial statistics

As of 24 April 2018

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
South Melbourne		1996	2000	127	68	27	32	53.54
Australia U20		2000	2007
Panachaiki		March 2008	December 2008
Brisbane Roar		16 October 2009	24 April 2012	84	42	24	18	50.00
Melbourne Victory		26 April 2012	25 October 2013	32	15	7	10	46.88
Australia		23 October 2013	22 November 2017	49	22	12	15	44.90
Yokohama F. Marinos		1 January 2018	present	9	2	3	4	22.22
Total				301	149	73	79	49.50

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External links

Melbourne Victory profile
Oz Football profile
Ange Postecoglou – FIFA competition record (archive)
Ange Postecoglou at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
Ange Postecoglou at J.League (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata

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