2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer liga
Season	2015–16
Matches played	88
Goals scored	178 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leon Benko (17)
Biggest home win	Travnik 7-1 Velež Mostar (23 April 2016)
Biggest away win	0-3 on several ocassions
Highest scoring	Travnik 7-1 Velež Mostar (23 April 2016)
Longest winning run	Željezničar (9)
Longest unbeaten run	Željezničar (13)
Longest winless run	Velež (18)
Longest losing run	Velež (13)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 4 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the sixteenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment in 2000 and fourteenth as a unified country-wide league. The league began 25 July 2015 and will end 14 May 2016, with a winter break between 7 December 2015 and 27 February 2016. The official fixture schedule was released on 10 July 2015.^[1] In the 2015–16 season, six teams will be relegated as the league decided to reduce the number of participants from the current 16 to 12 for the 2016–17 season.^[2]

The 2015–16 season will see the return of FK Rudar Prijedor and newcomer FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj to top flight as promoted teams, in place of FK Mladost Velika Obarska who returns to Prva liga RS after two seasons in top flight and NK Zvijezda Gradačac who were relegated to the Prva liga FBiH after spending 7 seasons in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo are the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including the top 14 sides from the 2014-15 season and two promoted sides from each of the second-level leagues.

Stadiums and locations

Location of the 2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity^[3]
FK Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	Gradski Stadion, Banja Luka	9,730
Čelik !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, Doboj (Kakanj)	1,000
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
Sarajevo !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
Široki Brijeg !NK Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg !Široki Brijeg	Pecara	5,628
Travnik !NK Travnik	Travnik	Pirota	3,200
FK Velež Mostar	Mostar	Vrapčići	5,294
NK Vitez	Vitez	Gradski Stadion, NK Vitez	3,000
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	Mostar	Bijeli Brijeg	20,000
Željezničar !FK Željezničar Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Grbavica	16,100

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Personnel and kits
Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	shirt sponsor
FK Borac Banja Luka	Borče Sredojević	Boris Raspudić	NAAI	m:tel
NK Čelik Zenica	Elvedin Beganović	Adi Adilović	Joma	RM-LH
FK Drina Zvornik	Cvijetin Blagojević	Aleksandar Kikić	Bull	Vitinka
FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Ibro Rahimić	Haris Dilaver	Joma	Kakanj Cement
FK Olimpic Sarajevo	Milomir Odović	Veldin Muharemović	Puma	Europlakat
FK Radnik Bijeljina	Slavko Petrović	Stanko Ostojić	Bull	—
FK Rudar Prijedor	Zlatko Jelisavac	Nebojša Šodić	GBT	ArcelorMittal
FK Sarajevo	Almir Hurtic	Haris Duljević	Haad	Turkish Airlines
FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo	Milko Gjurovski	Mladen Lučić	Joma	Nova Banka
FK Sloboda Tuzla	Husref Musemić	Zajko Zeba	Patrick	Tuzlanski pilsner
NK Široki Brijeg	Slaven Musa	Wagner	Jako	Mepas
NK Travnik	Boris Gavran	Anel Ćurić	NAAI	ADK
FK Velež Mostar	Zijo Tojaga	Adnan Bobić	Givova	HEPOK Mostar
NK Vitez	Branko Karačić	Goran Jurić	Joma	—
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	Vinko Marinović	Danijel Stojanović	Zeus	HT-ERONET
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	Edis Mulalić	Aleksandar Kosorić	Joma	"Mi smo Željini, Željo je naš"

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zrinjski Mostar (X)	28	19	6	3	47	16	+31	63	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Sloboda Tuzla	28	18	5	5	39	21	+18	59	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Sarajevo	28	18	3	7	55	21	+34	57	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Široki Brijeg	28	16	7	5	48	21	+27	55
5	Željezničar	28	16	5	7	34	18	+16	53
6	Radnik Bijeljina	28	13	6	9	25	18	+7	45
7	Čelik Zenica	28	11	9	8	34	28	+6	42
8	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	28	10	9	9	29	35	−6	39
9	Vitez	28	10	5	13	32	39	−7	35
10	Slavija	28	8	10	10	24	34	−10	34
11	Olimpic	28	9	6	13	32	32	0	33	Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH or Prva Liga RS
12	Borac Banja Luka	28	9	5	14	23	31	−8	32
13	Travnik (R)	28	7	5	16	32	44	−12	26
14	Drina Zvornik (R)	28	7	1	20	22	59	−37	22
15	Rudar Prijedor (R)	28	4	9	15	19	37	−18	21
16	Velež Mostar (R)	28	1	5	22	10	51	−41	8

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2016. Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Play-off. (Criteria 2 and 3 are not used to decide champion, UEFA competition qualification, or relegation)^[4]
(R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League.

Positions by round

	Leader
	2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation to 2016-17 Prva Liga FBiH or 2016–17 Prva Liga RS

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sloboda Tuzla !Sloboda Tuzla	11	8	6	5	2	2	2	2	2	3	1
Zrinjski !Zrinjski	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Sarajevo !Sarajevo	1	6	4	6	7	4	7	5	4	2	3
Široki Brijeg !Široki Brijeg	4	1	5	4	3	3	6	4	3	4	4
Radnik !Radnik	5	3	3	2	6	7	3	3	5	6	5
Željezničar !Željezničar	11	14	10	10	9	10	11	8	7	8	6
Slavija !Slavija	9	11	12	9	5	6	3	7	6	7	7
Čelik !Čelik	5	4	2	3	4	5	3	6	8	5	8
Vitez !Vitez	11	15	15	15	14	15	16	14	11	13	9
Olimpic !Olimpic	14	12	13	16	12	13	9	9	9	9	10
Mladost Doboj Kakanj !Mladost Doboj Kakanj	15	13	14	13	13	9	10	12	12	12	11
Travnik !Travnik	10	8	10	8	11	10	12	13	14	11	12
Rudar Prijedor !Rudar Prijedor	2	7	8	10	8	8	13	11	13	14	13
Borac Banja Luka !Borac Banja Luka	5	4	7	7	10	12	8	10	10	10	14
Velež !Velež	8	10	9	12	15	16	15	16	16	15	15
Drina Zvornik !Drina Zvornik	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	15	15	16	16

Last updated: 4 October 2015
Source: SportSport.ba

Results

Home ╲ Away	Borac Banja Luka !BOR	Čelik Nikšić !ČEL	Drina Zvornik !DRZ	Mladost Doboj Kakanj !MDK	Olimpic !OLI	Radnik !RAD	Rudar Prijedor !RPR	Sarajevo !SAR	Slavija !SLA	Sloboda Tuzla !SLO	Široki Brijeg !ŠB	Travnik !TRA	Velež !VEL	Vitez !VIT	Zrinjski !ZRI	Željezničar !ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka !Borac Banja Luka		1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–1		2–1	1–0
Čelik !Čelik	0–0		2–1		1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	6–1	2–2	1–0
Drina Zvornik !Drina Zvornik	1–0	0–2		0–2	0–3	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–2		1–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–2
Mladost Doboj Kakanj !Mladost Doboj Kakanj	1–2	1–0	4–2		2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0		2–1
Olimpic !Olimpic	3–0	1–1	4–0	0–0		0–0	6–2	1–3	2–3	0–1	2–1		1–0	0–0	0–3	0–1
Radnik !Radnik		2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0		2–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Rudar Prijedor !Rudar Prijedor	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–1		1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–1		1–1	0–1	1–0
Sarajevo !Sarajevo	2–0	2–1	6–1	2–1		2–1	2–0		3–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–1	4–0	0–1	0–1
Slavija !Slavija	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
Sloboda Tuzla !Sloboda Tuzla	1–1	4–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1		4–0		0–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1
Široki Brijeg !Široki Brijeg		0–0	5–1	3–0	2–0		2–0	1–0	4–0	0–0		2–2	1–0	5–1	3–4	1–1
Travnik !Travnik	0–2	3–2		1–2	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–2		7–1	3–1	1–4	2–0
Velež !Velež	1–1		0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–1		0–1	0–1	0–1
Vitez !Vitez	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–3		1–3	1–1	2–0	6–0		1–0	0–1
Zrinjski !Zrinjski	1–0	0–0	5–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	4–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		2–1
Željezničar !Željezničar	1–0	4–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0

Updated to games played on 4 May 2016.
Source: SportSport.ba
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Loss

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Borac Banja Luka !Borac Banja Luka	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L
Čelik !Čelik	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W
Drina Zvornik !Drina Zvornik	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L
Mladost Doboj Kakanj !Mladost Doboj Kakanj	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W
Olimpic !Olimpic	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L
Radnik !Radnik	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W
Rudar Prijedor !Rudar Prijedor	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L
Sarajevo !Sarajevo	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Slavija !Slavija	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D
Sloboda Tuzla !Sloboda Tuzla	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W
Široki Brijeg !Široki Brijeg	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D
Travnik !Travnik	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L
Velež !Velež	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Vitez !Vitez	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L
Zrinjski !Zrinjski	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W
Željezničar !Željezničar	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L

Last updated: 17 October 2015
Source: SportSport.ba

References

↑ "Schedule released". Retrieved 20 August 2015.
↑ "New rules, 6 clubs relegate.". Retrieved 20 August 2015.
↑ "Capacity of stadiums of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
↑ "Premier Liga 2015/2016 – Season Rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

External links

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2015–16 teams	Borac Čelik Drina (Z) Mladost (DK) Olimpic Radnik Rudar (P) Sarajevo Široki Brijeg Slavija Sloboda Travnik Vitez Velež Zrinjski Željezničar

Former teams	Bosna Brotnjo Budućnost Čapljina Đerzelez Glasinac GOŠK Gradina Grude Iskra Jedinstvo Kiseljak Kozara Krajina Laktaši Leotar Ljubuški Mladost (G) Mladost (VO) Modriča Orašje Posušje Rudar (K) Rudar (U) Troglav Žepče Zvijezda

Associated competitions	National Cup Second level First League of the FBiH First League of the RS

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