 He made his impact in the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League as a manager of Hajduk Split when he took over the Croatian powerhouse at the time when a lot of important players left the club and a lot of young players like Asanović, Andrijašević and Španjić joined the club with no experience.Poklepović almost won the league but finished 2nd because of match-fixing that was popular with other clubs in the league.Hajduk broke the record and scored 2 or more goals in every match that season.