Singapore coach Raddy Avramovic (right) and Aleksandar Duric with the ASEAN Football Federation Championship trophy. (Photo courtesy of World Sport Group)

Singapore head coach Radojko Avramovic confirmed his retirement after his team beat Thailand 3-2 on aggregate in the two-legged ASEAN Football Championship (AFF Suzuki Cup) final.

“Yes it is going to end tonight. I have many happy memories. I must say I was lucky because from 2003 (when he started the job) I had absolutely great support from all the people I was working with. Thanks to all of them. I do not think one man can do all this (by himself). In the end it is the players who have done us all proud and I am very proud that I was their coach,” said Raddy on the affsuzukicup.com website.

Raddy, who took on the head coach job in July 2003, won three ASEAN titles — 2005, 2007, 2012 — during his nine years in the hot seat.

Under Raddy’s charge, the Singapore full national squad won 24 (44.4%), drew 13 (24.1%) and lost 27 (50%) of its competitive matches.

Singapore’s Record under Raddy Avramovic

Raddy Avramovic was Singapore’s head coach from 2003 to 2012. Only international tournament matches involving the national open team were considered for this table. All friendlies were left out.

Singapore Football Results (National Open Squad)

World Cup Qualifiers = Asian qualifying rounds. Prelim = preliminary round group. ASEAN C’ship = ASEAN Football Championship (aka Suzuki Cup from 2008 onwards, Tiger Cup before that); ATTN = Attendance; Nat Stad = old National Stadium at Kallang that has been torn down; Singapore’s 1-0 victory over Thailand on Nov 18, 2009 in the Asian Cup qualifiers was the first time in 48 years that we had won in Bangkok. SEA Games became an U-23 tournament from 2001 onwards.