After the club is set to miss out on finals in their second season as an A-League Men side, Head Coach Ante Milicic has informed the club he will be departing at the end of the season, returning to Croatia due to family reasons.
Milicic said the following in a press release from the club.
“It has been a great honour to be the first-ever Head Coach of Macarthur FC. I was attracted to this role several years ago because of the exciting opportunity to help build the foundations of this great club in a region in South Western Sydney that has a very exciting future. I will remain a great supporter of the Bulls forever. We are now determined to finish the season strongly. I want to thank my players, coaching staff, passionate fans, Chairman Gino Marra, CEO Sam Krslovic, and the members of the Board for their great support. I leave with mixed emotions, but for family reasons I will be returning to Croatia.”
CEO Sam Krslovic also spoke on Ante’s role with the club.
“On behalf of the Board of Macarthur FC, I would like to thank Ante for his extraordinary work over the last two seasons. He has introduced a world-class football environment at the Bulls that will serve us well into the future. Since offering Ante his first-ever coaching job at Sydney United in 2009, I have enjoyed seeing Ante’s growth and success as a coach in the A-League and Australia’s men’s and women’s national teams. We wish him well in the future, and he is always welcome back at Bulls.
