2008–09 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer Liga
Season 2008–09
Champions HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
2nd Premier League title
Relegated HNK Orašje
NK Posušje
Champions League HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
Europa League FK Sarajevo
NK Široki Brijeg
FK Slavija (via domestic cup)
Goals scored 611
Average goals/game 2.55
Biggest home win Velež 6–0 Modriča
Biggest away win Posušje 0–3 Borac
Posušje 0–3 Čelik
Highest scoring Velež 5–3 Zvijezda

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008–09 (Bosnian: Premijer Liga) was the ninth season since its establishment and the seventh as a unified country-wide league. It started on 2 August 2008 and ended on 23 May 2009. Modriča were the defending champions.

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Promotion and relegation

Jedinstvo Bihać and Žepče were relegated after the 2007–08 season due to finishing in 15th and 16th place, respectively.

They were replaced by the champions of two second-level leagues, Zvijezda Gradačac (Prva Liga BiH) and Borac Banja Luka (Prva Liga RS).

Clubs and stadia

Club City Stadium
Borac Banja Luka City Stadium of Banja Luka
Čelik Zenica Bilino Polje
FK Laktaši Laktaši Gradski Stadion, Laktaši
Leotar Trebinje Police Stadium
FK Modriča Modriča Maxima Stadium
HNK Orašje Orašje Gradski Stadion Orašje
NK Posušje Posušje Mokri Dolac Stadium
FK Sarajevo Sarajevo Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
Slavija Istočno Sarajevo Gradski SRC Slavija Stadium
Sloboda Tuzla Tušanj Stadium
NK Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg Pecara Stadium
NK Travnik Travnik Stadion Pirota
Velež Mostar Vrapčići Stadium
Zrinjski Mostar Bijeli Brijeg Stadium
Zvijezda Gradačac Banja Ilidža
Željezničar Sarajevo Grbavica Stadium

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Zrinjski (C) 30 18 3 9 50 37 +13 57 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Slavija 30 15 7 8 36 28 +8 52 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
3 Sloboda 30 15 5 10 32 26 +6 50
4 Sarajevo 30 14 7 9 43 30 +13 49 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 2 SAR 2–1 BOR
BOR 0–0 SAR
5 Borac Banja Luka 30 15 4 11 45 26 +19 49
6 Široki Brijeg 30 14 3 13 47 38 +9 45 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 2
7 Zvijezda 30 11 10 9 43 38 +5 43
8 Laktaši 30 12 6 12 43 39 +4 42
9 Željezničar 30 13 3 14 30 35 −5 42
10 Čelik 30 12 5 13 29 32 −3 41
11 Leotar 30 12 3 15 32 42 −10 39
12 Velež 30 11 4 15 42 45 −3 37
13 Modriča 30 10 7 13 37 41 −4 37
14 Travnik 30 11 4 15 38 53 −15 37
15 Orašje (R) 30 9 7 14 33 43 −10 34 Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH or Prva Liga RS
16 Posušje (R) 30 5 8 17 31 58 −27 23

Source: bihsoccer.com (Bosnian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
1Slavija won Kup Bosne i Hercegovine 2008–09 and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since they also finished second in the league, all three Europa League spots were awarded to teams according to their league positions.
2Borac Banja Luka and Sloboda Tuzla were denied a license for European competitions so their places were taken by next best finishers who obtained the license. Thereby, Sarajevo qualified for the second instead of first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, while the remaining spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League was given to Široki Brijeg.[1]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 BOR ČEL LAK LEO MOD ORA POS SAR SLA SLO ŠB TRA VEL ZRI ZVI ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–0
Čelik 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Laktaši 0–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–4 2–1 3–1
Leotar 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1
Modriča 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 3–2
Orašje 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1
Posušje 0–3 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–0
Sarajevo 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 6–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0
Slavija 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Sloboda 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Široki Brijeg 4–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 5–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–1
Travnik 1–0 1–0 5–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–2
Velež 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 6–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 5–3 0–0
Zrinjski 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 4–3 3–1
Zvijezda 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Željezničar 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2

Source: bihsoccer.com (Bosnian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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