Ljubiša Ranković

He started his football career at FK Rad in 1990. Five years later, he moved to Ilhwa Chunma in South Korea where he spent one season, before returning to Serbia to join FK Partizan. For the following five years he played in Belgrade and then was sent on loan to Chinese outfit Sichuan Dahe FC and to FK Zemun.

In the summer of 2003, he was acquired by SM Caen, then featuring in Ligue 2. With Ranković as a vital cog of their squad, the side from Normandy got promoted to Ligue 1 and in the following season they reached the French League Cup final, where they lost 2-1 to RC Strasbourg Alsace. In 2005, he moved to FC Metalurh Zaporizhya and retired from football one season later, at the ranks of FC Sète 34.

He turned to coaching in 2008. He joined the coaching staff of FK Partizan and got to cooperate with Aleksandar Stanojević while the latter was at the helm of the Belgrade club (2010-12). In 2015, he worked alongside Vuk Rašović for FC Dinamo Minsk, before returning to Serbia last season as assistant of Marko Nikolić at FK Partizan and celebrating the domestic double.

In June 2017 he left FK Partizan and gave the nod to Stanojević and the PAOK challenge.

Vladimir Čepzanović

He graduated from the Sports Studies Department of Belgrade University, focusing on physical condition through coaching and specializing on football. After completing his studies, he continued his academic career with lectures in the university.

In 2012, he was appointed physical condition trainer at Red Star Belgrade where he remained until 2014. He then worked for two seasons at PFC Ludogorets Razgrad and in 2016 he collaborated with Aleksandar Stanojević at Beijing Enterprises. In early 2017, he was appointed at Everton FC as their rehabilitation trainer.

Čepzanović is a specialist in data analysis regarding preventing and dealing with injuries and owns a rehabilitation centre in Serbia. He has also worked as personal fitness coach for several players, such as Dejan Lovren, Milan Jovanović and Miloš Krasić.

Branimir Mićović

He played for FK Mladost Lučani from 1992 to 2004, with a one-year spell at Internazionale in 1997-98. After hanging up his football boots, he took up various projects in Belgrade University and worked with young players in Red Star Belgrade’s football academy.

In 2008, he joined the coaching staff of Red Star Belgrade as rival scouting specialist. A season later, he moved to FK Partizan becoming their head scout of the rivals. He remained there for three seasons and got the opportunity to meet and collaborate with Aleksandar Stanojević. He became a close assistant of the Serbian coach and followed him to Dalian Aerbin FC, Beijing Guoan FC, Maccabi Haifa FC and Beijing Enterprises Group FC.

He has a UEFA B coaching degree.

Giorgos Skiathitis

Born in Kozani, Giorgos Skiathitis got a degree in Physical Education specialized in football, has a UEFA B coaching degree and has trained as goalkeeping coach in England and Poland. He owns the goalkeeping school PST – Personal Soccer Training – PST Keepers. He joined PAOK to train the young goalkeepers of U15, U14, U13 and U12 squads.

He has also worked for the Arsenal FC academy, responsible for scouting picks from South-Eastern Europe for the 12-16 age group. He had also spells at Apollon Kalamaria, Achilleas Triandria’s senior squad, Anagennisi Epanomi, Niki Polygyros, Anatolia College, as well as Machites Pefka and Shooters academies.

In his football career, he got to play for Apollon Kalamaria, Lyki, Orfeas Souroti, Niki Polygyros, Anagennisi Epanomi, Pyrsos Grevena, Eordaikos, Prosotsani and Pandramaikos.

He speaks English.