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{{Short description|Croatian footballer (1923–2010)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Stjepan Bobek
| image          = S. Kragujević, Sjepan Bobek, fudbaler, 21. 8. 1949 (cropped).jpg
| upright        = 0.9
| caption        = Bobek in 1949
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1923|12|3|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Zagreb]], [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]]
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2010|8|22|1923|12|3|df=y}}
| death_place    = [[Belgrade]], Serbia
| height         =
| position       = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1    = 1936–1938 | youthclubs1 = HŠK Derbi
| youthyears2    = 1938–1942 | youthclubs2 = ŠK Zagreb
| youthyears3    = 1942–1944 | youthclubs3 = HŠK Ličanin
| years1         = 1942      | clubs1 = [[VfB Admira Wacker Mödling|Admira Wacker]] | caps1 = 8   | goals1 = 7
| years2         = 1944–1945 | clubs2 = [[Građanski Zagreb]]                        | caps2 = 15  | goals2 = 13
| years3         = 1945      | clubs3 = [[Yugoslav People's Army|Yugoslav Army]]    | caps3 = 3   | goals3 = 8
| years4         = 1946–1959 | clubs4 = [[FK Partizan|Partizan]]                    | caps4 = 198 | goals4 = 121
| totalcaps      = 224
| totalgoals     = 149
| nationalyears1 = 1943–1945
| nationalteam1  = [[Croatia national under-21 football team|Croatia U21]]
| nationalcaps1  = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| nationalyears2 = 1946–1956
| nationalteam2  = [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]
| nationalcaps2  = 63
| nationalgoals2 = 38
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{YUG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]|[[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]]|[[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
| manageryears1  = 1959       | managerclubs1  = [[Legia Warsaw]]
| manageryears2  = 1960–1963  | managerclubs2  = [[FK Partizan|Partizan]]
| manageryears4  = 1963–1967  | managerclubs4  = [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| manageryears5  = 1967–1969  | managerclubs5  = [[FK Partizan|Partizan]]
| manageryears6  = 1969–1970  | managerclubs6  = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| manageryears7  = 1970       | managerclubs7  = [[Altay S.K.|Altay]]
| manageryears8  = 1970–1972  | managerclubs8  = [[FK Zemun|Galenika Zemun]]
| manageryears9  = 1972       | managerclubs9  = [[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| manageryears10 = 1973–1974  | managerclubs10 = [[FK Zemun|Galenika Zemun]]
| manageryears11 = 1974–1975  | managerclubs11 = [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| manageryears12 = 1975–1976  | managerclubs12 = [[Panetolikos F.C.|Panetolikos]]
| manageryears13 = 1976–1978  | managerclubs13 = [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance]]
| manageryears14 = 1978–1982  | managerclubs14 = [[FK Vardar|Vardar]]
}}

'''Stjepan Bobek''' ({{IPA|sh|stjêpaːn bǒbek|pron}}; 3 December 1923 – 22 August 2010) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional [[Association football|football]] [[Forward (association football)|striker]] and later [[Manager (association football)|football manager]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arhiva.kurir-info.rs/Arhiva/2006/oktobar/29/SP-01-29102006.shtml|title=INTERVJU: Stjepan Bobek. Srbi su sjajni|language=sr|publisher=kurir-info.rs|date=29 October 2006|access-date=1 May 2013|quote=Ja sam Hrvat, normalno, ali istina je da sam zavoleo Srbiju.|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184110/http://arhiva.kurir-info.rs/Arhiva/2006/oktobar/29/SP-01-29102006.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Usually a forward or attacking midfielder, Bobek was renowned for his technique, vision and goalscoring ability and is commonly regarded as one of Yugoslavia's greatest players. He is remembered for his time at Belgrade's [[FK Partizan|Partizan]], where he moved to following the end of [[World War II]]. He played for Partizan between 1945 and 1959 helping them win two [[Yugoslav First League]] titles and four [[Yugoslav Cup]]s, and was named the club's greatest player in history in 1995. Internationally, he is the second all-time top scorer for the [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia national team]], scoring 38 goals in 63 appearances between 1946 and 1956, and was member of Yugoslav squads which won two Olympic silver medals (in 1948 and 1952) and played in two [[FIFA World Cup]]s (in 1950 and 1954).

After retiring from active football in 1959, he was a successful manager, winning Yugoslav and Greek national titles with Partizan and [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]].

==Club career==
Bobek was born in Zagreb and started playing at the age of 13 for Viktorija, a lower league club, using his brother's registration papers. When he was 20 he became the center-forward of [[Građanski Zagreb]].

He was the top scorer of the [[Yugoslav First League]] twice, in [[1945 Yugoslav First League|1945]] (25 goals) and [[1953–54 Yugoslav First League|1954]] (21 goals).

===Partizan===
He came to [[FK Partizan]] in 1946 and played for them until 1959. During his time in Partizan, he played 468 games and scored 403 goals, still holding the club record. Bobek won two Yugoslav League titles and the [[Yugoslav Cup]] four times.

He scored his first goals in official matches, on 1 September 1946, in the 2nd leg of the [[1946–47 Yugoslav First League|Yugoslav First League]]. He scored twice in a 6–1 home victory over [[FK Budućnost Titograd|Budućnost]]. On 5 January 1947, Bobek scored his first goal, in his first [[Eternal derby (Serbia)|Eternal derby]] against [[Red Star Belgrade]], in a 3–4 home defeat. That was also the first goal in the Derby scored by Partizan player, because the previous two were own goals. On 8 June 1947 in a league match played in [[Niš]] between [[14. Oktobar Niš|14. Oktobar]] and Partizan (1–10), Bobek scored eight goals – an absolute record that has never been broken until the end of Yugoslav First League or its successor leagues. He scored 25 goals in 22 matches in his first season of First League of SFR Yugoslavia and also won his first title.

In May 1951, Partizan played three friendly matches in England. The first match was played on 9 May, against [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] and Partizan beat them 3–2. Bobek scored two goals in that victory. Three days later he again played brilliantly and scored a goal in Partizan's second victory over English teams. The result was the same three days later against [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]. One month later, he scored twice in one of the biggest victories in Eternal Derby, in a 6–1 home victory over Red Star. In November of that year, Bobek scored a six goals against [[FK Sloboda Užice|Sloboda Titovo Užice]], in a ''qualifying round'' of Yugoslav Cup, in a 11–1 away victory. A week later, he also set a record in the Yugoslav Cup. He scored eight goals in 15–0 home victory over [[FK Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi|Sloga Petrovac]].

On 29 November 1952, Bobek scored a goal in a 6–0 victory over a arch rival Red Star Belgrade in the final of the Yugoslav Cup. A three weeks before, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 home victory over one of the best [[West Germany|German]] teams at that time – [[1. FC Köln]].

Bobek continued with great performances in following seasons. He scored a goal in biggest victory ever in Eternal Derby. After four minutes, he scored first goal on the match, in a 7–1 home victory over Red Star, on 6 December 1953. On 11 April 1954, he scored four goals in 8–0 home league victory over [[FK Rabotnički|Rabotnički]].

Two years later after winning second Yugoslav Cup, he won a third. Again Partizan beat Red Star, but this time 4–1 and Bobek again scored one goal.

On 4 September 1955, Bobek scored a goal in first ever match of [[European Cup]]. Partizan draw (3–3) with [[Sporting CP]], in [[Lisbon]]. He played all four matches in the [[1955–56 European Cup]] including a legendary victory 3–0 over [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] in the quarter-finals.

==International career==
Bobek played for [[Croatia national under-21 football team|Croatia U21]] between 1943 and 1945.<ref>[https://www.tportal.hr/sport/clanak/vosini-navijaci-izvrijedali-nedavno-preminulog-bobeka-20101002/print Vošini navijači izvrijeđali nedavno preminulog Bobeka]</ref> He made his debut for the [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia national team]] on 9 May 1946, in a 2–0 win over [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] at the [[Letná Stadion (Zlín)|Letná Stadium]], which was the nation's inaugural match as [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]. He scored his first international goal against the same opponents on 29 September 1946, in a 4–2 win at the [[Partizan Stadium|JNA Stadium]].<ref name="RSSSF">{{Cite web|date=14 January 2016|title=Stjepan Bobek - Goals in International Matches|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bobek-intlg.html|access-date=27 March 2021|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>

Bobek won two [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] silver medals for Yugoslavia, scoring four goals in [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|London 1948]] and three in [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Helsinki 1952]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27877 |title=Stjepan Bobek |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> He also appeared at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] and [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] [[FIFA World Cup]]s, scoring once in a 1950 4–1 win over [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]].<ref name="RSSSF"/>

On 17 October 1954, Bobek scored a [[hat-trick]] in a 5–1 win over [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], which were also his last goals on international duty. He reached 38 goals for Yugoslavia on that day and became the national side's top scorer, surpassing [[Blagoje Marjanović]]'s 37-goal tally.<ref name="RSSSF"/> Bobek's record stood for over 66 years, until it was beaten by [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]]'s [[Aleksandar Mitrović]] on 27 March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 March 2021|title=Mitrovic becomes Serbia's all-time top scorer with goal against Portugal|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/mitrovic-becomes-serbias-all-time-top-scorer-with-goal/v7hj7prwp8wn161wif3xc5f68|access-date=27 March 2021|website=Goal.com}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
After retiring from active playing Bobek went into management. In 1959 he became the coach of [[Legia Warsaw]] in [[Poland]], moving back to Yugoslavia the next season to manage [[FK Partizan|Partizan]]. He won three successive Yugoslav league championships with Partizan (1961, 1962, 1963) before being replaced by [[Kiril Simonovski]] in 1963. 

In 1963 Bobek moved to [[Greece]] where he spent four years at the helm of [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]. He led the club to two Greek championship titles, including the first undefeated season for any Greek club, in the 1963–64 season. 

Bobek returned to Yugoslavia and again took over Partizan, finishing second in the Yugoslav league in the 1967–68 season and third in 1968–69. After that, he returned to Greece to manage [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]], spending ten months at the club. He briefly worked in Turkey, and then took over the recently promoted [[FK Zemun|Galenika Zemun]] in the Yugoslav second level.

He was then hired by [[Dinamo Zagreb]] for the 1972–73 season, but was sacked in November 1972 after only four months, with the club sitting at the bottom of the table, winning only two out of their first 13 games. During the 1974–75 season he returned to Panathinaikos for a second time, but without much success. He also coached [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance ST]] in Tunisia, and his last managing job was at [[FK Vardar|Vardar]], with whom he won the [[1978–79 Yugoslav Second League]] East Division title and promotion to the First League.

In 1995, he was named the all-time greatest player of Partizan.<ref name="seebiz">{{cite news|url=http://www.seebiz.eu/hr/karijere/stjepan-bobek,-jedan-od-najvecih-hrvatskih-nogometasa,-umro-u-87.-godini,89306.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827004101/http://www.seebiz.eu/hr/karijere/stjepan-bobek,-jedan-od-najvecih-hrvatskih-nogometasa,-umro-u-87.-godini,89306.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 August 2010|title=IN MEMORIAM: Stjepan Bobek, jedan od najvećih hrvatskih nogometaša, umro u 87. godini|date=22 August 2010|work=SEEbiz.eu|language=hr|access-date=22 August 2010}}</ref> In 2009, Bobek's biography written by sports journalist Fredi Kramer was published.<ref name="kramer">{{cite news|url=http://web2.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Nogomet/tabid/84/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/42227/Default.aspx|title=U Beogradu predstavljena monografija o Stjepanu Bobeku|date=15 February 2009|work=[[Slobodna Dalmacija]]|language=hr|access-date=22 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721102813/http://web2.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Nogomet/tabid/84/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/42227/Default.aspx|archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref>

==Death==
Bobek died shortly after midnight on 22 August 2010 in Belgrade.<ref name="seebiz"/> He is interred in the [[Belgrade New Cemetery#Alley of Distinguished Citizens|Alley of Distinguished Citizens]] in the [[Belgrade New Cemetery]].<ref>[http://graves.mf.uni-lj.si/graves/885/stjepan-bobek International graves]</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[FK Partizan|Partizan]]
|[[1946–47 Yugoslav First League|1946–47]]
|rowspan="13"|[[Yugoslav First League]]
|23||24||colspan="2"|—||23||24
|-
|[[1947–48 Yugoslav First League|1947–48]]
|12||4||colspan="2"|—||12||4
|-
|[[1948–49 Yugoslav First League|1948–49]]
|17||13||colspan="2"|—||17||13
|-
|[[1950 Yugoslav First League|1950]]
|17||6||colspan="2"|—||17||6
|-
|[[1951 Yugoslav First League|1951]]
|21||9||colspan="2"|—||21||9
|-
|[[1952 Yugoslav First League|1952]]
|9||9||colspan="2"|—||9||9
|-
|[[1952–53 Yugoslav First League|1952–53]]
|12||7||colspan="2"|—||12||7
|-
|[[1953–54 Yugoslav First League|1953–54]]
|23||21||colspan="2"|—||23||21
|-
|[[1954–55 Yugoslav First League|1954–55]]
|18||16||colspan="2"|—||18||16
|-
|[[1955–56 Yugoslav First League|1955–56]]
|17||9||4||1||21||10
|-
|[[1956–57 Yugoslav First League|1956–57]]
|15||3||colspan="2"|—||15||3
|-
|[[1957–58 Yugoslav First League|1957–58]]
|9||0||colspan="2"|—||9||0
|-
|[[1958–59 Yugoslav First League|1958–59]]
|5||0||colspan="2"|—||5||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!198!!121!!4!!1!!202!!122
|}

===International===
:''Scores and results list Yugoslavia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bobek goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Stjepan Bobek
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1
| 29 September 1946 || [[Belgrade]], Yugoslavia || {{fb|TCH}} || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || style="text-align:center"|4–2 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2
| 7 October 1946 || [[Tirana]], Albania || {{fb|Albania|1946}} || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|3–2 || [[1946 Balkan Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3
| 11 May 1947 || [[Prague]], Czechoslovakia || {{fb|TCH}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4
| rowspan="2"|22 June 1947 || rowspan="2"|[[Bucharest]], Romania || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ROM}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="2"|[[1947 Balkan Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5
| style="text-align:center"|3–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6
| 14 September 1947 || [[Tirana]], Albania || {{fb|Albania|1946}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|4–2 || 1947 Balkan Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7
| rowspan="2"|19 October 1947 || rowspan="2"|Belgrade, Yugoslavia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|Poland|1928}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0|| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|7–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8
| style="text-align:center"|7–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9
| 31 July 1948 || London, England || {{fb|LUX}} || style="text-align:center"|6–1 || style="text-align:center"|6–1 || [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Summer Olympics]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10
| 5 August 1948 || London, England || {{fb|TUR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || 1948 Summer Olympics
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11
| 11 August 1948 || London, England || {{fb|UK}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || 1948 Summer Olympics
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12
| 13 August 1948 || London, England || {{fb|SWE}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || 1948 Summer Olympics
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13
| 19 June 1949 || [[Oslo]], Norway || {{fb|NOR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|14
| 21 August 1949 || Belgrade, Yugoslavia || {{fb|ISR}} || style="text-align:center"|6–0 || style="text-align:center"|6–0 || [[1950 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|15
| 18 September 1949 || [[Tel Aviv]], Israel || {{fb|ISR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|5–2 || 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|16
| 30 October 1949 || [[Paris]], France || {{fb|FRA|1830}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|17
| 13 November 1949 || Belgrade, Yugoslavia || {{fb|AUT}} || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || style="text-align:center"|2–5 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|18
| 11 June 1950 || [[Bern]], Switzerland || {{fb|SUI}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|19
| 29 June 1950 || [[Porto Alegre]], Brazil || {{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|20
| 7 September 1950 || [[Helsinki]], Finland || {{fb|FIN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|21
| 10 September 1950 || [[Copenhagen]], Denmark || {{fb|DEN}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|22
| rowspan="2"|24 June 1951 || rowspan="2"|Belgrade, Yugoslavia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|SUI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|7–3 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|23
| style="text-align:center"|6–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|24
| rowspan="2"|23 August 1951 || rowspan="2"|Oslo, Norway || rowspan="2"|{{fb|NOR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–2 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|25
| style="text-align:center"|4–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|26
| 2 September 1951 || Belgrade, Yugoslavia || {{fb|SWE}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|27
| 20 July 1952 || [[Tampere]], Finland || {{fb|Soviet Union}} || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || style="text-align:center"|5–5 || [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Summer Olympics]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|28
| 22 July 1952 || Tampere, Finland || {{fb|Soviet Union}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || 1952 Summer Olympics
|-
| style="text-align:center"|29
| 25 July 1952 || Helsinki, Finland || {{fb|DEN}} || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || style="text-align:center"|5–3 || 1952 Summer Olympics
|-
| style="text-align:center"|30
| rowspan="3"|21 September 1952 || rowspan="3"| Belgrade, Yugoslavia || rowspan="3"|{{fb|AUT}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|4–2 || rowspan="3"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|31
| style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|32
| style="text-align:center"|4–2
|-
| style="text-align:center"|33
| 21 December 1952 || [[Ludwigshafen]], West Germany || {{fb|FRG}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|34
| 26 September 1954 || [[Saarbrücken]], Saarland || {{fb|SAA}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|35
| 3 October 1954 || [[Vienna]], Austria || {{fb|AUT}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|36
| rowspan="3"|17 October 1954 || rowspan="3"|[[Sarajevo]], Yugoslavia || rowspan="3"|{{fb|TUR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="3"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|37
| style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|38
| style="text-align:center"|4–0
|}

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Partizan'''
* [[Yugoslav First League]]: [[1946–47 Yugoslav First League|1946–47]], [[1948–49 Yugoslav First League|1948–49]]
* [[Yugoslav Cup]]: 1947, 1952, 1954, [[1956–57 Yugoslav Cup|1956–57]]

'''Yugoslavia'''
* [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Silver Medal]]: [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]], [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]
* [[Balkan Cup|Balkan Cup runner-up]]: [[1946 Balkan Cup|1946]] and [[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]]

'''Individual'''
* Yugoslav First League top scorer: [[1945 Yugoslav First League|1945]], [[1953–54 Yugoslav First League|1953–54]]
* FK Partizan ''Magnificent Eleven'' (1995)
* FK Partizan Best player in club history (1995)

'''Records'''
* [[Yugoslavia national football team#Top goalscorers|Yugoslavia all-time top scorer]]: 38 goals<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reprezentacija.rs/index.php/statistika/najbolji-strelci|title=Stjepan Bobek najbolji strelac|date=25 September 2013|work=www.reprezentacija.rs|language=sr}}</ref>

===Manager===
;Partizan
* [[Yugoslav First League]]: [[1960–61 Yugoslav First League|1960–61]], [[1961–62 Yugoslav First League|1961–62]], [[1962–63 Yugoslav First League|1962–63]]

;Panathinaikos
* [[Superleague Greece|Greek Championship]]: [[1963–64 Alpha Ethniki|1963–64]], [[1964–65 Alpha Ethniki|1964–65]]
* [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]]: [[1966–67 Greek Cup|1967]]

;Vardar
* [[Yugoslav Second League]]: 1978–79

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{FIFA player|174410}}
* {{NFT player|19912}}
* {{Reprezentacija|bobek-stjepan}}

{{Yugoslav First League top scorers}}
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[[Category:Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery]]