SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rale Rasic, the Yugoslavian-born coach who led Australia to their first World Cup finals campaign in 1974, has died aged 87, Football Australia said on Thursday.
Rasic arrived in Australia in 1962 and was named coach of the Socceroos at the age of 34 in 1970, leading the team on an unbeaten run of 12 matches and ultimately to qualification for the World Cup in West Germany.
Rasic was sacked after the tournament and Australia would not qualify again until the World Cup returned to a reunified Germany in 2006.
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