Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	2000
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
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 (Bosnian: BH Telecom Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / BH Telecom Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине) 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

FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity^[2]
FK Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	Gradski Stadion, Banja Luka	9,730
Čelik !NK Čelik Zenica	Zenica	Bilino Polje	15,292
FK Drina Zvornik (R)	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 (R)	Prijedor	Gradski Stadion, Prijedor	6,000
Sarajevo !FK Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Asim Ferhatović Hase	35,630
FK Slavija 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 (R)	Travnik	Pirota	3,200
FK Velež Mostar (R)	Mostar	Vrapčići	5,294
NK Vitez	Vitez	Gradski Stadion, Vitez	3,000
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	Mostar	Bijeli Brijeg	20,000
Željezničar !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	League	Coefficient
35	36	Iceland	8.750
36	34	Georgia	8.125
37	35	Finland	7.400
38	37	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.125
39	42	Albania	6.625
40	39	Macedonia	6.000
41	40	Ireland	5.450

Team

As of 9 December 2015

Rank	Team	Points
221	Sarajevo	6.425
236	Željezničar	05.925
315	Široki Brijeg	03.675
335	Zrinjski	03.175
358	Borac	02.679
409	Olimpic	01.675

Bosnia and Herzegovina Champions

Champions of First League of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina

1994–95 - Čelik - "Champion of BiH"
1995–96 - Čelik - "Champion of BiH"
1996–97 - Čelik - "Champion of BiH"
1997–98 - Bosna Visoko - "Champion of First League of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina"
1998–99 - FK Sarajevo - "Champion of BiH"
1999–00 - Jedinstvo Bihać - "Champion of First League of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina"

Champions of First League of Herzeg-Bosnia^[3]

1993–94 - Široki Brijeg – Mario Prskalo (10 goals, Široki Brijeg)
1994–95 - Široki Brijeg – Anđelko Marušić (15, Široki Brijeg)
1995–96 - Široki Brijeg – Mario Marušić (15, Grude), Dejan Džepina (15, Novi Travnik)
1996–97 - Široki Brijeg – Anđelko Marušić (21, Široki Brijeg)
1997–98 - Široki Brijeg – Stanko Bubalo (31, Široki Brijeg)
1998–99 - Posušje – Slađan Filipović (19, Široki Brijeg)
1999–00 - Posušje – Robert Ristovski (18, Kiseljak)

Champions of First League of the Republika Srpska

Season	Champion	Runners Up	Top Goalscorer	Club	Goals
1995–96	Boksit Milići	Rudar Prijedor	Siniša Đurić Zoran Majstorović	Kozara Gradiška Boksit Milići	16 Goals 16 Goals
1996–97	Rudar Ugljevik	Sloga Trn	Mladen Zgonjanin Marić	Sloga Trn Glasinac Sokolac	14 Goals 14 Goals
1997–98	Rudar Ugljevik	Borac Banja Luka	Nikola Bala	Rudar Ugljevik	31 Goals
1998–99	Radnik Bijeljina	Rudar Ugljevik	Mladen Zgonjanin	Sloga Trn	23 Goals
1999–00	Boksit Milići	Rudar Ugljevik	Nedo Zdjelar	Sloboda Novi Grad	29 Goals
2000–01	Borac Banja Luka	Sloboda Novi Grad	Milanko Đerić	Boksit Milići	26 Goals
2001–02	Leotar Trebinje	Kozara Gradiška	Pavle Delibašić Siniša Jovanović	Leotar Trebinje Glasinac Sokolac	21 Goals 21 Goals

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
Season	Winner of play-off	Runners-up 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

0League champions also won the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, i.e. the domestic Double.0

Season	Champions (Premier League titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Top scorer(s)
Season	Champions (Premier League titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Player(s) (Club)	Goals
2000–01¹	Željezničar (1)	Brotnjo	Sarajevo	Dželaludin Muharemović (Željezničar)	31
2001–02¹	Željezničar (2)	Široki Brijeg	Brotnjo	Ivica Huljev (Željezničar)	15
2002–03	Leotar (1)	Željezničar	Sarajevo	Emir Obuća (Sarajevo)	24
2003–04	Široki Brijeg (1)	Željezničar	Sarajevo	Alen Škoro (Sarajevo)	20
2004–05	Zrinjski (1)	Željezničar	Široki Brijeg	Zoran Rajović (Zrinjski)	17
2005–06	Široki Brijeg (2)	Sarajevo	Zrinjski	Petar Jelić (Modriča)	19
2006–07	Sarajevo (1)	Zrinjski	Slavija	Stevo Nikolić (Modriča) Dragan Benić (Borac)	19
2007–08	Modriča (1)	Široki Brijeg	Čelik Zenica	Darko Spalević (Slavija)	18
2008–09	Zrinjski (2)	Slavija	Sloboda Tuzla	Darko Spalević (Slavija)	17
2009–10	Željezničar (3)	Široki Brijeg	Borac	Feđa Dudić (Travnik)	16
2010–11	Borac (1)	Sarajevo	Željezničar	Ivan Lendrić (Zrinjski)	16
2011–12	Željezničar (4)	Široki Brijeg	Borac	Eldin Adilović (Željezničar)	19
2012–13	Željezničar (5)	Sarajevo	Borac	Emir Hadžić (Sarajevo)	20
2013–14	Zrinjski (3)	Široki Brijeg	Sarajevo	Wagner Lago (Široki Brijeg)	18
2014–15	Sarajevo (2)	Željezničar	Zrinjski	Riad Bajić (Željezničar)	15

¹ Played without clubs from Republika Srpska which only joined the league since 2002.

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

Main article: Bosnian football clubs in European competitions

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, 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 Slavija. While Slavija surprisingly beat Aalborg 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 Spartak Trnava and Helsingborg. However, they lost there unhappily 3–2 on aggregate to CFR Cluj. FK Sarajevo made it again in 2014–15 UEFA Europa League playing all the way to the play-off round where they lost from Borussia Mönchengladbach.

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	14	416	227	83	106	671	373	+298	764	1
2	Sarajevo	Sarajevo	14	416	222	97	97	696	364	+332	763	1
3	Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg	14	416	220	85	111	679	406	+273	745	1
4	Zrinjski	Mostar	14	416	211	70	135	640	471	+169	702 (-1)	1
5	Čelik	Zenica	14	416	159	98	159	492	479	+13	575	3
6	Borac	Banja Luka	12	356	167	56	133	454	378	+76	556 (-1)	1
7	Sloboda	Tuzla	12	356	151	60	145	403	401	+2	513	3
8	Leotar	Trebinje	12	368	149	51	168	450	525	-75	498	1
9	Slavija	Istočno Sarajevo	12	348	135	61	152	410	476	-66	466	2
10	Travnik	Travnik	12	348	119	61	168	403	521	-118	418	5
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).

References

↑ "BH Telecom the first ever sponsor of the Premier League, signing a two year deal!" (in Bosnian). SportSport.ba. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
↑ "Capacity of stadiums of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
↑ Zlatne godine page 138

External links

FS (Bosnian)

League at UEFA

Stadiums at World Stadiums

Football in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina

National teams

Men:	Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21 U-19 U-17

Women:	Bosnia and Herzegovina U-19 U-17

League system

Men:	Premier League First League FBiH RS Second League FBiH RS

Women:	Bosnia and Herzegovina women's football championship

Domestic cups

Men:	National Cup Super Cup (discontinued) Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup Republika Srpska Cup

Women:	Bosnia and Herzegovina Women's Football Cup

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

Seasons	First League 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Top-level football leagues in Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Non-recognized	Crimea Isle of Man Northern Cyprus

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina top scorers

2003: Obuća 2004: Škoro 2005: Rajović 2006: Jelić 2007: Benić / Nikolić 2008: Spalević 2009: Spalević 2010: Dudić 2011: Lendrić 2012: Adilović 2013: Hadžić 2014: Wagner 2015: Bajić

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