Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Confederation UEFA
Founded 2000
Number of teams 16
Relegation to First League of FBiH,
First League of RS
Domestic cup(s) Bosnian Cup
International cup(s) Champions League,
Europa League
Current champions FK Sarajevo (2)
(2014–15)
TV partners

BHRT (BHT 1)
Arena Sport

Moja TV
Website http://www.nfsbih.ba
2015–16 season

The BH Telecom Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the country's most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs with last two teams relegated at the end of every season.

The League is, as of season 2012–13, represented by four clubs in European competition. The winner of the Premier League starts from the Champions League second qualifying round. The winner of the Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina starts from the second qualifying round of Europa League, while the runner up and the third placed team start their journey from the first qualifying round of Europa League.

At the end of the season last two teams are relegated, and winners of First League of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and First League of Republika Srpska are promoted to Premier League.

The league is operated by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1998 and 2000, the champion was decided after a play-off between Bosniak and Bosnian Croat clubs. In 2000, a national league started for the first time, with Serbian clubs refusing to take part in the first two league seasons, eventually joining in 2002.

On 31 July 2012, the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed a two-year deal with BH Telecom regarding the sponsorship of the league, effectively renaming the league BH Telecom Premier League.[1] The deal was extended once more before the start of 2014–15 season.

2015-16 Member Clubs

Team Location Stadium Capacity[2]
FK Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka Gradski Stadion, Banja Luka 9,730
NK Čelik Zenica Zenica Bilino Polje 15,292
FK Drina Zvornik Zvornik Gradski Stadion, Zvornik 5,000
FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj Doboj (Kakanj) Stadion Mladost Kakanj 3,000
FK Olimpic Sarajevo Sarajevo Otoka 3,000
FK Radnik Bijeljina Bijeljina Gradski Stadion, Bijeljina 6,000
FK Rudar Prijedor Prijedor Gradski Stadion, Prijedor 6,000
FK Sarajevo Sarajevo Asim Ferhatović Hase 35,630
FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo Istočno Sarajevo SRC Slavija 6,000
FK Sloboda Tuzla Tuzla Tušanj 8,550
NK Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg Pecara 5,628
NK Travnik Travnik Pirota 3,200
FK Velež Mostar Mostar Vrapčići 5,294
NK Vitez Vitez Gradski Stadion, Vitez 3,000
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Mostar Bijeli Brijeg 20,000
FK Željezničar Sarajevo Sarajevo Grbavica 16,100

Rankings

Source: Bert Kassies' website (country rankings; team rankings)

Country

UEFA Country Ranking as of mid-season of 2015–16 season.

Mid-season Ranking Begin of Season
Ranking		 Movement League Coefficient
35 36 Increase Iceland Iceland 8.750
36 34 Decrease Georgia (country) Georgia 8.125
37 35 Decrease Finland Finland 7.400
38 37 Decrease Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.125
39 42 Increase Albania Albania 6.625
40 39 Decrease Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 6.000
41 40 Decrease Republic of Ireland Ireland 5.450

Team

As of 9 December 2015

Rank Team Points
221Sarajevo6.425
236Željezničar05.925
315Široki Brijeg03.675
335Zrinjski03.175
358Borac02.675
409Olimpic01.675

Bosnia and Herzegovina Champions

Champions of First League of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Champions of First League of Herzeg-Bosnia

Champions of First League of the Republika Srpska

Champions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Listing seasons (aside of 1998–99 season) before the creation of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina where the champion was decided via a play-off played between best placed clubs who played in First League of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina and First League of Herzeg-Bosnia (without clubs from First League of the Republika Srpska).

Season Winner of play-off Runners-up of play-off Top scorer(s) of play-off
Player(s) (Club) Goals
1997–981 Željezničar Sarajevo ? ?
?
1998–992
Three regional winners (Sarajevo, Posušje and Radnik)
1999–003 Brotnjo Budućnost ? ?
?

1 A play-off between the best placed teams of First League of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina and First League of Herzeg-Bosnia was played; without clubs from Republika Srpska. The best two clubs got the right to play in 1998–99 UEFA Cup.
2 Play-off was scheduled but was later canceled because of stadium issues. Three different leagues played, no play-off contested, therefor no club got the right to play in European competition.
3 A play-off between the best placed teams of First League of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina and First League of Herzeg-Bosnia was played without clubs from Republika Srpska. Three clubs got the right to play in European competition.

Premier League Champions

Listing seasons from when the league was officially named Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Key
League champions also won the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, i.e. the domestic Double.
Season Champions
(Premier League titles)		 Runners-up Third place Top scorer(s)
Player(s) (Club) Goals
2000–011 FK Željezničar Sarajevo (1) HNK Brotnjo Čitluk FK Sarajevo Dželaludin Muharemović (Željezničar)
31
2001–021 FK Željezničar Sarajevo (2) NK Široki Brijeg HNK Brotnjo Čitluk Ivica Huljev (Željezničar)
15
2002–03 FK Leotar Trebinje (1) FK Željezničar Sarajevo FK Sarajevo Emir Obuća (Sarajevo)
24
2003–04 NK Široki Brijeg (1) FK Željezničar Sarajevo FK Sarajevo Alen Škoro (Sarajevo)
20
2004–05 HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (1) FK Željezničar Sarajevo NK Široki Brijeg Zoran Rajović (Zrinjski)
17
2005–06 NK Široki Brijeg (2) FK Sarajevo HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Petar Jelić (Modriča)
19
2006–07 FK Sarajevo (1) HŠK Zrinjski Mostar FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo Stevo Nikolić (Modriča)
Dragan Benić (Borac)
19
2007–08 FK Modriča Maxima (1) NK Široki Brijeg NK Čelik Zenica Darko Spalević (Slavija)
18
2008–09 HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (2) FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo FK Sloboda Tuzla Darko Spalević (Slavija)
17
2009–10 FK Željezničar Sarajevo (3) NK Široki Brijeg FK Borac Banja Luka Feđa Dudić (Travnik)
16
2010–11 FK Borac Banja Luka (1) FK Sarajevo FK Željezničar Sarajevo Ivan Lendrić (Zrinjski)
16
2011–12 FK Željezničar Sarajevo (4) NK Široki Brijeg FK Borac Banja Luka Eldin Adilović (Željezničar)
19
2012–13 FK Željezničar Sarajevo (5) FK Sarajevo FK Borac Banja Luka Emir Hadžić (Sarajevo)
20
2013–14 HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (3) NK Široki Brijeg FK Sarajevo Wagner Santos Lago (Široki Brijeg)
18
2014–15 FK Sarajevo (2) FK Željezničar Sarajevo HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Riad Bajić (Željezničar)
15

1 Played without clubs from Republika Srpska.

Times finished in first three

Counting since when the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is played on the whole territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, season 2002–03.

Club Winners Runner-up Third place Times finished in first three
Željezničar
3
4
1
8
Zrinjski
3
1
2
6
Široki Brijeg
2
4
1
7
Sarajevo
2
3
3
8
Borac
1
0
3
4
Leotar
1
0
0
1
Modriča
1
0
0
1
Slavija
0
1
1
2
Sloboda
0
0
1
1
Čelik
0
0
1
1

Cities

The following table lists the champions by cities; Counting since when the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is played on the whole territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, season 2002–03.

City Titles Winning Clubs
Sarajevo
7
 Željezničar (5), Sarajevo (2)
Mostar
3
 Zrinjski (3)
Široki Brijeg
2
 Široki Brijeg (2)
Trebinje
1
 Leotar (1)
Modriča
1
 Modriča (1)
Banja Luka
1
 Borac (1)

Notable Performances in Europe

In the qualifiers for the UEFA Champions League season 2002/03, Željezničar gained the greatest success in Bosnian post-war club-football so far, going all the way to the last qualifying round for the most important club competition in Europe. After big wins over ÍA Akraness and Lillestrøm SK, however they were held by Newcastle United. In the first match, held in Sarajevo, Newcastle won 0-1 with English team defeating Željezničar 4-0 in England.

The second time a Bosnian club moved into the last qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League was FK Sarajevo in 2007/08, when they lost to Dynamo Kyiv 0-4 on aggregate, after going over Maltese Marsaxlokk and Belgian side Genk.

Another remarkable season for Bosnian clubs in Europe was 2009/10. The most memorable performances were marked by FK Sarajevo and FK Slavija. While Slavija surprisingly beat Aalborg BK in the Second Qualifying round but couldn't overcome MFK Košice in the third round, FK Sarajevo was able to reach the Play-Offs for the Group Stage of the newly formed UEFA Europa League after beating FC Spartak Trnava and Helsingborgs IF. However, they lost there unhappily 3-2 on aggregate to CFR Cluj.

All time table of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Counting only since 2002–03 season, the season the league became a unified country-wide league.
As of the mid-season of 2015–16 season.

Ssn = Number of seasons; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;HF = Highest finish

Rank
Club
Town
Ssn
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
HF
1 Željezničar Sarajevo 1441622783106671373+2987641
2 Sarajevo Sarajevo 144162229797696364+3327631
3 Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg 1441622085111679406+2737451
4 Zrinjski Mostar 1441621170135640471+169702 (-1)1
5 Čelik Zenica 1441615998159492479+135753
6 Borac Banja Luka 1235616756133454378+76556 (-1)1
7 Sloboda Tuzla 1235615160145403401+25133
8 Leotar Trebinje 1236814951168450525-754981
9 Slavija Istočno Sarajevo 1234813561152410476-664662
10 Travnik Travnik 1234811961168403521-1184185
11 Velež Mostar 11 326 117 64 145 383 418 -35 415 5
12 Olimpic Sarajevo 7 198 82 53 63 245 204 +41 299 5
13 Modriča Modriča 7 210 87 34 89 298 290 +8 295 1
14 Orašje Orašje 7 218 85 33 100 307 325 -18 288 7
15 Posušje Posušje 7 218 82 34 102 264 347 -83 280 9
16 Zvijezda Gradačac 7 210 70 49 91 248 304 -56 259 7
17 Žepče Žepče 6 188 62 32 94 192 274 -82 218 8
18 Radnik Bijeljina 6 168 54 38 76 168 235 -67 200 10
19 Rudar (P) Prijedor 6 168 51 39 78 171 227 -56 192 10
20 Jedinstvo Bihać 4 128 53 14 61 171 203 -32 173 7
21 Budućnost Banovići 4 128 39 21 68 139 199 -60 138 8
22 Laktaši Laktaši 3 90 35 14 41 122 125 -3 119 8
23 Rudar (U) Ugljevik 3 98 34 14 50 118 143 -25 116 9
24 Glasinac Sokolac 2 68 25 10 33 71 103 -32 85 14
25 Vitez Vitez 3 78 24 13 41 72 110 -38 85 9
26 Brotnjo Čitluk 2 68 19 14 35 76 114 -38 71 13
27 Kozara Gradiška 2 68 19 13 36 74 107 -33 70 15
28 GOŠK Gabela 2 60 15 18 27 55 85 -30 63 13
29 Drina Zvornik 3 78 16 11 51 60 137 -77 59 13
30 Mladost (VO) Velika Obarska 2 60 14 17 29 42 82 -40 59 11
31 Mladost (G) Gacko 1 38 11 6 21 40 65 -25 39 18
32 Mladost (DK) Doboj, Kakanj 1 18 6 8 4 19 23 -4 26 N/A
33 Bosna Visoko 1 38 4 1 33 28 107 -79 13 20
34 Gradina Srebrenik 1 30 1 6 23 17 57 -40 9 16

1 In the 2004–05 season, Borac Banja Luka was deducted 1 point (Slavija was awarded 3–0 vs Borac Banja Luka in week 11).
2 In the 2006–07 season, Zrinjski was deducted 1 point (Orašje was awarded 3–0 vs Zrinjski).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BH Telecom the first ever sponsor of the Premier League, signing a two year deal!" (in Bosnian). SportSport.ba. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Capacity of stadiums of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

External links

  • FS (Bosnian)

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