Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-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 Željezničar
(2012–13)
Most championships Željezničar (5)
TV partners

BHRT (BHT 1)
Arena Sport

Moja TV
Website http://www.nfsbih.ba
2012–13 Premier League of
Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 4 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 to BH Telecom Premier League.[1]

Contents

Members for 2012–13 [edit]

The following 16 clubs are competing in the Premier League in the 2012–13 season. The clubs in bold also had spells in the Yugoslav First League before Bosnian clubs abandoned it in 1992 (as of the 2012–13 season 6 out of 8 Bosnian clubs which had appeared in the Yugoslav top division compete in the Premier League, the remaining two being the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina sides Sloboda and Iskra).

Six of the twenty founding members of the unified country wide league were never relegated from the Premier League - Željezničar, Sarajevo, Čelik, Zrinjski, Široki Brijeg and Leotar. Sloboda got relegated from the top flight in 2011–12 season after spending there 43 years.[2]

Club
 Position
in 2011–12		 First season in
top division		 Number of seasons
in top division		 Number of seasons
in Premier Leaguea		 First season of
current spell in
top division		 Top division
titles		 Last top division title
Borac b 0033rd 1961–62 22 8 2008–09 1 2010–11
Čelik b,c 0099th 1966–67 29 12 2000–01 3 d 1996–97
GOŠK 01313th 2011–12 1 1 2011–12 0 N/A
Gradina 015FBiH 1st 2012–13 0 0 2012–13 0 N/A
Leotar b,c 01212th 2002–03 10 10 2002–03 1 2002–03
Olimpic 0055th 2000–01 5 5 2009–10 0 N/A
Radnik 016RS 1st 2006–07 2 2 2012–13 1 e 1998–99
Rudar 01010th 2009–10 3 3 2009–10 0 N/A
Sarajevo b,c 0044th 1947–48 54 12 1958–59 4 f 2006–07
Slavija 01414th 1930 16 8 2004–05 0 N/A
Široki Brijeg b,c 0022nd 2000–01 12 12 2000–01 6 g 2005–06
Travnik 0088th 2000–01 9 9 2007–08 0 N/A
Velež b 00211th 1952–53 47 9 2006–07 0 N/A
Zrinjski b,c 0066th 2000–01 12 12 2000–01 2 2008–09
Zvijezda 0077th 2008–09 4 4 2008–09 0 N/A
Željezničar b,c 0011st 1946–47 46 12 1978–79 7 h 2011–12

a: Counting since 2000–01 season
b: Founding members of the unified country wide Premier League
c: Never been relegated from Premier League
d: Čelik tally includes 3 Bosnian championship (as tier one) titles
e: Radnik tally includes 1 Republika Srpska (as tier one) title
f: Sarajevo tally includes 2 Yugoslav, 1 Bosnian championship (as tier one) and 1 Premier League titles
g: Široki Brijeg tally includes 4 Herzeg-Bosnia (as tier one) and 2 Premier League titles
h: Željezničar tally includes 2 Yugoslav, 1 Bosnian championship (won play-off) and 4 Premier League titles

Rankings [edit]

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

Country [edit]

UEFA Country Ranking as of mid-session 2012–13.

Mid-season Ranking Begin of Season
Ranking		 Movement League Coefficient
31 31 Steady Georgia (country) Georgia 9.166
32 37 Increase Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 8.541
33 30 Decrease Finland Finland 8.508
34 32 Decrease Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.833
35 36 Increase Moldova Moldova 7.666
36 33 Decrease Republic of Ireland Ireland 7.375
37 35 Decrease Lithuania Lithuania 6.500

Team [edit]

As of 18 January 2013

Rank Team Points
240 Sarajevo 5.066
251 Željezničar 04.566
286 Zrinjski 03.566
303 Široki Brijeg 03.316
Borac 03.316
336 Slavija 02.566

Bosnia and Herzegovina Champions [edit]

Championships based on ethnical principles [edit]

Before 2003 Croats and Serbs had their own league. The champions of the mainly bosniak Prva Liga BiH, except 1998 and 2000, are recognised as champions of the country.[3]

Champions of First League of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina - played mainly by Bosniaks

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

Champions of First League of Herzeg-Bosnia - played by Croats

  • 1993–94 - Mladost Dubint Široki Brijeg
  • 1994–95 - Mladost Dubint Široki Brijeg
  • 1995–96 - Mladost Dubint Široki Brijeg
  • 1996–97 - Široki Brijeg
  • 1997–98 - Široki Brijeg
  • 1998–99 - Posušje
  • 1999–00 - Posušje

Champions of First League of the Republika Srpska - played by Serbs

Champions of Bosnia and Herzegovina [edit]

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). At least one club got the right to play in European competition for that year and secured that right through the league.

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; 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; played without clubs from Republika Srpska. Four clubs got the right to play in European competition.

Premier League Champions [edit]

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)
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 Darko Spalević (Slavija)
18
2008–09 Zrinjski (2) Slavija Sloboda 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 ? ? (?)
?

1 Played without clubs from Republika Srpska.

Times finished in first three [edit]

Counting since the official creation of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, season 2000–01.

Club Winners Runner-up Third place Times finished in first three
Željezničar
5
3
1
8
Široki Brijeg
2
4
1
7
Sarajevo
1
3
3
6
Zrinjski
2
1
1
4
Borac
1
0
2
3
Leotar
1
0
0
1
Modriča
1
0
0
1
Brotnjo
0
1
1
2
Slavija
0
1
1
2
Čelik
0
0
1
1

Cities [edit]

The following table lists the champions by cities; counting since the league is officially named Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, season 2000–01.

City Titles Winning Clubs
Sarajevo
6
 Željezničar (5), Sarajevo (1)
Široki Brijeg
2
 Široki Brijeg (2)
Mostar
2
 Zrinjski (2)
Trebinje
1
 Leotar (1)
Modriča
1
 Modriča (1)
Banja Luka
1
 Borac (1)

Notable Performances in Europe [edit]

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 in Newcastle the result was 4-0 for Newcastle, and in Sarajevo it was 1-0 for the guests.

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 [edit]

Counting only since 2002–03 season, the season the league became a unified country-wide league.
As of the end of 2011–12 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 10 308 162 55 88 500 288 +212 550 1
2 Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg 10 308 165 54 89 487 316 +171 549 1
3 Sarajevo Sarajevo 10 308 159 68 74 508 294 +214 545 1
4 Zrinjski Mostar 10 308 154 43 109 485 388 +97 504 (-1) 1
5 Leotar Trebinje 10 308 137 39 136 411 416 -5 449 1
6 Sloboda Tuzla 10 308 128 49 131 354 365 -11 433 3
7 Čelik Zenica 10 308 117 61 130 356 363 -7 412 3
8 Borac Banja Luka 8 248 121 31 96 333 273 +60 394 (-1) 1
9 Slavija Istočno Sarajevo 8 240 101 33 106 305 330 -25 336 2
10 Travnik Travnik 8 240 90 35 115 304 360 -54 305 5
11 Modriča Modriča 7 210 87 34 89 298 290 +8 295 1
12 Orašje Orašje 7 218 85 33 100 309 325 -16 288 7
13 Velež Mostar 7 208 83 32 103 270 304 -34 281 9
14 Posušje Posušje 7 218 82 34 102 264 347 -83 280 9
15 Žepče Žepče 6 188 62 32 94 193 272 -79 218 8
16 Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać 4 128 53 14 61 171 205 -34 173 7
17 Zvijezda Gradačac Gradačac 4 120 46 29 45 155 158 -3 167 7
18 Budućnost Banovići 4 128 39 21 68 139 199 -60 138 8
19 Olimpik Sarajevo Sarajevo 3 90 41 21 28 109 90 +19 119 5
20 Laktaši Laktaši 3 90 35 14 41 123 125 -2 119 8
21 Rudar Ugljevik Ugljevik 3 98 34 14 50 118 143 -25 116 9
22 Rudar Prijedor Prijedor 3 90 32 17 42 94 119 -25 113 10
23 Glasinac Sokolac Sokolac 2 68 25 10 33 71 103 -32 85 14
24 Brotnjo Čitluk 2 68 19 14 35 76 111 -35 71 13
25 Kozara Gradiška 2 68 19 13 36 74 107 -33 70 15
26 Radnik Bijeljina Bijeljina 2 60 19 6 35 62 102 -40 63 13
27 Mladost Gacko Gacko 1 38 11 6 21 40 65 -25 39 18
28 GOŠK Gabela Gabela 1 30 8 9 13 26 43 -17 33 13
29 Drina Zvornik Zvornik 1 30 7 2 21 18 53 -35 23 16
30 Bosna Visoko Visoko 1 38 4 1 33 28 107 -79 13 20
31 Gradina Srebrenik 0

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 [edit]

References [edit]

  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. ^ "Sloboda relegated after 43 years" (in Croatian). Klix.ba. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012. 
  3. ^ "Bosnia-Herzegovina - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2012. 

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