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.

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

ClubCityStadium
BoracBanja LukaCity Stadium of Banja Luka
ČelikZenicaBilino Polje
FK LaktašiLaktašiGradski Stadion, Laktaši
LeotarTrebinjePolice Stadium
FK ModričaModričaMaxima Stadium
HNK OrašjeOrašjeGradski Stadion Orašje
NK PosušjePosušjeMokri Dolac Stadium
FK SarajevoSarajevoAsim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
SlavijaIstočno SarajevoGradski SRC Slavija Stadium
SlobodaTuzlaTušanj Stadium
NK Široki BrijegŠiroki BrijegPecara Stadium
NK TravnikTravnikStadion Pirota
VeležMostarVrapčići Stadium
ZrinjskiMostarBijeli Brijeg Stadium
ZvijezdaGradačacBanja Ilidža
ŽeljezničarSarajevoGrbavica 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 Tuzla 30 15 5 10 32 26+6 50 Ineligible for 2009–10 European competitions 2
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 Ineligible for 2009–10 European competitions 2
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 30 355 42
10 Čelik 30 12 5 13 29 323 41
11 Leotar 30 12 3 15 32 4210 39
12 Velež 30 11 4 15 42 453 37
13 Modriča 30 10 7 13 37 414 37
14 Travnik 30 11 4 15 38 5315 37
15 Orašje (R) 30 9 7 14 33 4310 34 Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH or Prva Liga RS
16 Posušje (R) 30 5 8 17 31 5827 23

Updated to games played on 23 May 2009.
Source: RSSSF
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 2008–09 Bosnian Cup 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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away BOR ČEL LAKLEOMODORAPOSSARSLASLOŠBTRAVELZRIZVIŽEL
Borac Banja Luka 30 01 20 20 10 40 00 11 40 20 31 20 12 40 20
Čelik 12 10 10 10 10 22 31 20 30 30 10 10 00 00 20
Laktaši 02 30 40 11 31 12 20 11 10 21 20 20 34 21 31
Leotar 20 10 32 21 10 31 10 11 21 10 30 22 21 11 21
Modriča 11 20 20 10 00 22 20 01 11 20 41 33 20 21 32
Orašje 11 11 22 30 02 21 22 21 00 20 40 10 32 11 21
Posušje 03 03 22 20 11 12 13 21 01 12 11 31 22 11 30
Sarajevo 21 10 10 10 21 20 40 11 21 12 61 30 30 21 00
Slavija 10 20 11 21 31 20 20 21 00 20 10 21 10 21 10
Sloboda Tuzla 01 20 41 10 30 10 30 00 10 10 20 20 21 10 10
Široki Brijeg 41 40 01 21 21 40 20 11 20 41 51 41 30 11 31
Travnik 10 10 52 31 10 31 32 12 11 11 30 30 12 21 32
Velež 20 31 10 31 60 20 21 11 23 20 30 10 02 53 00
Zrinjski 32 10 21 10 10 31 00 20 30 21 31 30 21 43 31
Zvijezda 20 22 00 20 32 31 40 21 21 10 00 00 20 21 10
Željezničar 10 10 10 31 10 21 10 20 10 01 20 21 10 10 22

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

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