Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup

Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup
Founded 1994
Region Bosnia and Herzegovina
Number of teams 144
Current champions FK Sarajevo
(5th title)
Most successful club(s) FK Željezničar
FK Sarajevo
(5 titles)
Television broadcasters BHRT
Arena Sport
Website BIH Cup
2014–15 Bosnian Cup

The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup (Bosnian: Kup Bosne i Hercegovine) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner qualifies for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europe League.

Until 1999–00 season, three separated cups were organized. In 1998, for the first time, Bosnia-Herzegovina got its official cup winner after the "Super final" between FK Sarajevo and HNK Orašje (winners of two different cups). In 1999–00 season, normal cup format was organized for the first time in Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Since, 2001–02 season, clubs from entire country are competing in the Cup.

Football Cup Finals of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Season Winner Score Runner-Up
1994–95 Čelik Zenica
unknown unknown
1995–96 Čelik Zenica
2–1 Sloboda Tuzla
1996–97 Sarajevo
2–0 Željezničar
1997–98 Sarajevo
0–0, 1–0
Agg. 1–0
Orašje
1998–99 Three different regional cups were played
1999–00* Group of three, Željezničar won
2000–01 Željezničar
3–2 Sarajevo
2001–02 Sarajevo
2–1 Željezničar
2002–03 Željezničar
0–0, 2–0
Agg. 2–0
Leotar
2003–04 Modriča
1–1
p.k. 4–2
Borac
2004–05 Sarajevo
1–0, 1–1
Agg. 2–1
Široki Brijeg
2005–06 Orašje
0–0, 3–0
Agg. 3–0
Široki Brijeg
2006–07 Široki Brijeg
1–1, 1–0
Agg. 2–1
Slavija
2007–08 Zrinjski Mostar
1–2, 2–1
Agg. 3–3, p.k. 3–1
Sloboda Tuzla
2008–09 Slavija
0–2, 2–0
Agg. 2–2, p.k. 4–3
Sloboda Tuzla
2009–10 Borac
1–1, 2–2
Agg. 3–3 a
Željezničar
2010–11 Željezničar
1–0, 3–0
Agg. 4–0
Čelik Zenica
2011–12 Željezničar
1–0, 0–0
Agg. 1–0
Široki Brijeg
2012–13 Široki Brijeg
1–1, 1–1
Agg. 2–2, p.k. 5–4
Željezničar
2013–14 Sarajevo
2–0, 3–1
Agg. 5–1
Čelik Zenica

As mentioned above, before 1998, and in 1999, three different cups were played. They were organized on ethnic principles, so every region had its own cup winner.

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-Up Winning Years Runner-Up Years
Željezničar 5 4 2000, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2012 1997, 2002, 2010, 2013
Sarajevo 4 1 1998, 2002, 2005, 2014 2001
Široki Brijeg 2 3 2007, 2013 2005, 2006, 2012
Čelik Zenica 2 2 1995, 1996 2011, 2014
Borac Banja Luka 1 1 2010 2004
Slavija 1 1 2009 2007
Orašje 1 1 2006 1998
Modriča 1 2004
Zrinjski Mostar 1 2008
Sloboda Tuzla 4 1996, 2000,[1] 2008, 2009
Leotar 1 2003
  1. Second place in the final group phase with a three clubs.

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