Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nickname(s)	Zlatni ljiljani (The Golden Lilies) Zmajevi (Dragons)
Association	Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Darko Nestorović
Asst coach	Dženan Uščuplić Ivo Knežević
Captain	Armin Hodžić
Most caps	Srđan Grahovac (23)
Top scorer	Nemanja Bilbija (9)
Home stadium	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Bilino Polje
FIFA code	BIH
First colours Second colours
First international
Greece 1–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina (31 August 1996)
Biggest win
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5–1 Cyprus  (11 October 2011)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5–1 San Marino  (7 October 2005)
Biggest defeat
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–6 Spain  (14 November 2013)  Croatia 6–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina  (5 September 1997)

Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national football team is a youth team of Bosnia that represents the country in the European Under-21 Football Championship and friendly matches. It is considered to be the feeder team for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.

The national Under-21 team has never qualified for a major tournament but has had a couple of near misses. In 2006 they played Czech Republic during the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification playoffs but lost on aggregate, the Czechs winning 2–1 at home ^[1] while the result was 1–1 in Sarajevo.^[2]

One of the most memorable results of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21 team was on October 10, 2002. Germany's U-21 team was defeated 5–1 in Zenica at the Bilino Polje Stadium. These two teams have also played out a thrilling 4–4 draw on 10 September 2012 as part of UEFA U21 Euro 2013 Qualifiers, where Bosnia finished in second position on the table just failing to reach play-offs.

On 10 May 2011, the Committee for the normalization of the Bosnian Football Federation appointed Vlado Jagodić as Head Coach.^[3]

UEFA European U21 Championship record

UEFA European U21 Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1998	Did Not Qualify									8	1	2	5	6	18	−12
2000										10	2	1	7	11	24	−13
2002										10	0	1	7	5	17	−12
2004										8	4	1	3	6	10	−4
2006										10	3	1	6	17	20	−3
2007										4	1	2	1	6	6	=0
2009										8	1	1	6	7	17	−10
2011										8	2	2	4	4	8	−4
2013										10	6	2	2	25	12	+13
2015										8	2	0	6	10	22	−12
2017	To Be Played									0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		82	22	13	47	97	154	−57

2017 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualifiers

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament		—	16 Nov '15	6 Sep '16	11 Oct '16	13 Oct '15
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible Play-offs based on ranking		26 Mar '16	—	12 Oct '15	8 Oct '15	2 Sep '16
3	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			7 Sep '15	7 Oct '16	—	13 Jun '15	–
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12 Nov '15	6 Sep '16	–	—	–
5	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6 Oct '16	7 Sep '15	–	–	—

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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly matches against United States and Turkey on 27 and 31 March 2015.
Caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2015 after the game against Turkey.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Kenan Pirić (1994-07-07) July 7, 1994 4 0 Sloboda Tuzla 12 1GK Vedran Kjosevski (1995-05-22) May 22, 1995 1 0 Željezničar 22 1GK Nemanja Trkulja (1996-01-01) January 1, 1996 1 0 Kozara 4 2DF Alem Merajić (1994-02-04) February 4, 1994 2 0 Olimpic 6 2DF Luka Miletić (1994-10-04) October 4, 1994 2 0 Inter Zaprešić 11 2DF Adis Omerbašić (1995-02-02) February 2, 1995 2 0 Schalke 04 5 2DF Renato Gojković (1995-09-10) September 10, 1995 2 0 Čelik 2 2DF Kerim Memija (1996-01-06) January 6, 1996 2 0 Željezničar 17 2DF Marko Mihojević (1996-04-21) April 21, 1996 2 0 Sarajevo 3 2DF Jozo Špikić (1994-03-31) March 31, 1994 1 0 Osijek 7 2DF Dženan Bureković (1995-05-29) May 29, 1995 0 0 Čelik 10 3MF Samir Radovac (1996-01-25) January 25, 1996 3 0 Sarajevo 19 3MF Amar Rahmanović (1994-05-13) May 13, 1994 2 0 Koper 16 3MF Nikola Jelišić (1994-12-29) December 29, 1994 2 1 Bayern Munich 14 3MF Damir Sadiković (1995-04-07) April 7, 1995 2 0 Željezničar 20 3MF Semir Musić (1995-07-20) July 20, 1995 2 0 Travnik 15 3MF Fedor Predragović (1995-08-05) August 5, 1995 2 0 Borac Banja Luka 8 3MF Miloš Šatara (1995-10-28) October 28, 1995 2 0 Kozara 18 3MF Omar Marković (1994-04-06) April 6, 1994 0 0 Jerv 21 3MF Branimir Odak (1994-12-21) December 21, 1994 0 0 Neretvanac 9 4FW Armin Hodžić (captain) (1994-11-17) November 17, 1994 2 3 Dinamo Zagreb 23 4FW Smail Prevljak (1995-02-16) February 16, 1995 2 0 Liefering 13 4FW Miloš Aćimović (1997-07-06) July 6, 1997 1 0 Zrinjski

Recent callups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last twelve months:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Nikola Vasilj (1995-12-02) December 2, 1995 2 0 Igman v.  Hungary, 8 September 2014 DF Abdel Metalsi (1994-04-19) April 19, 1994 2 0 Vitesse v.  Hungary, 8 September 2014 DF Siniša Saničanin (1995-04-24) April 24, 1995 0 0 Rudar Prijedor v.  Hungary, 8 September 2014 DF Edin Šehić (1995-02-03) February 3, 1995 1 0 Zagreb v.  Poland, 4 June 2014 MF Andrej Modić (1996-03-07) March 7, 1996 3 0 Milan v.  Turkey, 31 March 2015 WD MF Haris Hajradinović (1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 0 0 Gent v.  Turkey, 31 March 2015 WD MF Josip Ćorluka (1995-03-03) March 3, 1995 0 0 Široki Brijeg v.  Turkey, 31 March 2015 WD MF Amer Gojak (1997-02-13) February 13, 1997 3 0 Dinamo Zagreb v.  Hungary, 8 September 2014 MF Miljan Govedarica (1994-05-26) May 26, 1994 1 0 Slavija v.  Hungary, 8 September 2014 FW Riad Bajić (1994-05-06) May 6, 1994 1 0 Željezničar v.  Turkey, 31 March 2015 WD FW Mićo Kuzmanović (1996-03-18) March 18, 1996 1 0 Jagodina v.  Poland, 4 June 2014

2015

Results and schedule

The box below, shows the results of all matches played in the recent past, and the scheduled matches in the near future.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W

Last updated: 31 March 2015.
Source: nfsbih (Bosnian)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Armin Hodžić	Dinamo Zagreb	3
2	Nikola Jelišić	Bayern Munich	1

Fixtures

Friendly 27 March 2015	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–5	United States	Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Jelišić  64' Hodžić  72' (pen.)	Report	Morris  8' Rodriguez  14' Joya  66' (pen.) Hernández  78' Alashe  86'	Stadium: Tušanj Stadium Referee: Edin Jakupović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Friendly 31 March 2015	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Turkey	Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Hodžić  8'  45+5' (pen.)	Report	Çiçek  28'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Friendly 6 June 2015	Montenegro	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Podgorica, Montenegro
				Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium

2017 UEFA U21 Q 13 June 2015	Norway	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina	TBD, Norway
				Stadium: TBD

2017 UEFA U21 Q 2 September 2015	Bosnia and Herzegovina	v	Kazakhstan	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
				Stadium: Bilino Polje

2017 UEFA U21 Q 8 October 2015	Switzerland	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina	TBD, Switzerland
				Stadium: TBD

2017 UEFA U21 Q 12 November 2015	Bosnia and Herzegovina	v	England	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
				Stadium: Bilino Polje

Statistics

Most appearances # Name Career Caps Goals 1 Srđan Grahovac 2011–2014 23 3 2 Nemanja Bilbija 2009–2012 22 9 3 Petar Jelić 2005–2007 19 7 4 Marin Aničić 2009–2011 18 0 5 Miroslav Stevanović 2010–2012 17 6 6 Edin Višća 2010–2012 16 3 7 Džemal Berberović 2000–2002 15 0 8 Nenad Kutlačić 2002–2003 15 0 9 Asmir Avdukić 1999–2001 14 0 10 Jasmin Mešanović 2011–2014 14 3

Most goals # Name Career Goals Caps 1 Nemanja Bilbija 2009–2012 9 22 2 Senijad Ibričić 2005–2007 8 12 3 Petar Jelić 2005–2007 7 19 6 Milan Đurić 2012 6 4 4 Mirza Mešić 1999–2000 6 7 5 Miroslav Stevanović 2010–2012 6 17 7 Duško Stajić 2002–2003 4 9 8 Armin Hodžić 2015– 3 2 9 Edin Višća 2010–2012 3 16 10 Jasmin Mešanović 2011–2014 3 14

The below table does not include any minor tournaments data.
Table correct as of 31 March 2015.

Coaches

Dates	Name
2014–	Darko Nestorović
2011–2014	Vlado Jagodić
2008–2011	Branimir Tulić
2006–2007	Nikola Nikić
2003–2006	Ibrahim Zukanović
Unknown	Admir Smajić
Unknown	Šener Bajramović
1997–1999	Mišo Smajlović
1996–1997	Senad Kreso
1996	Nermin Hadžiahmetović

See also

• European Under-21 Football Championship
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-19 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-17 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team

References

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