2007–08 FK Sarajevo season

Sarajevo
2007–08 season
Sporting director	Senad Merdanović
Chairman	Hajrudin Šuman
Manager	Husref Musemić
Stadium	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
Premier League BiH	5th
Cup of BiH	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Admir Raščić (7); All: Admir Raščić (11)
Highest home attendance	21,000 vs Genk; (8 August 2007); 21,000 vs Dynamo Kyiv; (15 August 2007)
Lowest home attendance	300 vs Jedinstvo; (14 November 2007)
Average home league attendance	2,607
Biggest win	Marsaxlokk 0–6 Sarajevo; (18 July 2007)
Biggest defeat	Basel 6–0 Sarajevo; (4 October 2007)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Sarajevo season was the club's 59th season in history, and their 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Bosnian football, the Premier League of BiH. Besides competing in the Premier League, the team competed in the National Cup, qualifications for UEFA Champions League and reached the First round of UEFA Cup.

Squad information

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BIH	Irfan Fejzić
2	DF	BIH	Semjon Milošević
3	MF	BIH	Damir Hadžić
4	MF	BIH	Muamer Kurto
5	DF	BIH	Muhidin Zukić
6	DF	BIH	Nihad Suljević
7	FW	BIH	Haris Handžić
7	MF	BIH	Faruk Ihtijarević
8	MF	BIH	Veldin Muharemović
9	FW	BIH	Emir Obuća
10 8 4	DF	BIH	Alen Bašić
11	MF	BIH	Senad Repuh
12	GK	BIH	Dino Hamzić
13	MF	BIH	Marko Maksimović
14	MF	BIH	Muhamed Džakmić
15	MF	BIH	Vladan Grujić
16	FW	BIH	Mirza Mešić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	BIH	Miloš Babić
17	DF	BIH	Ninoslav Milenković
18	DF	BIH	Anel Škoro
18	MF	BIH	Samir Duro
19	FW	BIH	Almir Turković
20	DF	BIH	Elvis Sadiković
20	DF	BIH	Zdravko Šaraba
21	MF	BIH	Sead Bučan
22	GK	BIH	Muhamed Alaim (captain)
23	FW	BIH	Almir Pliska
24	FW	BIH	Admir Raščić
25	MF	BIH	Bojan Magazin
32	MF	BIH	Adis Kapetanović
33	MF	BIH	Emir Janjoš
—	FW	BIH	Duško Stajić
—	MF	BIH	Muhamed Mirvić

Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Kit

Supplier	Sponsors
Nike	AurA	Front
Nike	BH Pošta	Sleeve

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	4 August 2007	31 May 2008	Matchday 1	5th	30	14	6	10	42	29	+13	046.67
Cup of BiH	24 October 2007	19 March 2008	First round	Quarter-finals	5	2	2	1	12	8	+4	040.00
UEFA Champions League	18 July 2007	29 August 2007	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	050.00
UEFA Cup	20 September 2007	4 October 2007	First round	First round	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	000.00
Total					43	19	8	16	66	52	+14	044.19

Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Čelik Zenica	30	16	4	10	38	32	+6	52	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Zrinjski	30	15	4	11	46	27	+19	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
5	Sarajevo	30	14	6	10	42	29	+13	48
6	Sloboda Tuzla	30	15	2	13	44	38	+6	47
7	Željezničar	30	14	3	13	47	35	+12	45

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Zrinjski won 2007–08 Bosnian Cup and qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	6	10	42	29	+13	48	11	3	1	32	10	+22	3	3	9	10	19	−9

Source: Sportsport.ba

Results by round

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	29	30
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	1	5	7	10	13	13	13	11	10	6	11	8	6	5	5	8	6	4	6	5	7	5	5	5	7	5	7	5	7	5

Source: Competitions
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

4 August 2007 1	Sarajevo	4–1	Orašje	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 5,000

18 August 2007 3	Velež	2–2	Sarajevo	Mostar
		Report		Stadium: Vrapčići Stadium Attendance: 6,000

25 August 2007 4	Sarajevo	1–1	Slavija	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 1,500

2 September 2007 5	Travnik	1–0	Sarajevo	Travnik
		Report		Stadium: Pirota Stadium Attendance: 2,500

15 September 2007 6	Sarajevo	2–2	Široki Brijeg	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 2,500

23 September 2007 7	Posušje	0–0	Sarajevo	Posušje
		Report		Stadium: Mokri Dolac Stadium Attendance: 1,800

26 September 2007 2	Sarajevo	2–4	Modriča Maxima	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 1,000

29 September 2007 8	Sarajevo	3–0	Žepče Limorad	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 1,000

7 October 2007 9	Željezničar	0–0	Sarajevo	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Grbavica Stadium Attendance: 10,000

20 October 2007 10	Sarajevo	3–0	Leotar	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 1,000

28 October 2007 11	Zrinjski	4–0	Sarajevo	Mostar
		Report		Stadium: Bijeli Brijeg Stadium Attendance: 1,000

3 November 2007 12	Sarajevo	2–1	Sloboda	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 1,000

10 November 2007 13	Laktaši	1–3	Sarajevo	Laktaši
		Report		Stadium: Laktaši City Stadium Attendance: 2,000

14 November 2007 14	Sarajevo	4–0	Jedinstvo	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 300

24 November 2007 15	Čelik	1–0	Sarajevo	Zenica
		Report		Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium Attendance: 10,000

1 March 2008 16	Orašje	3–1	Sarajevo	Orašje
		Report		Stadium: Orašje City Stadium Attendance: 800

9 March 2008 17	Modriča Maxima	0–1	Sarajevo	Modriča
		Report		Stadium: Maxima Stadium Attendance: 2,000

15 March 2008 18	Sarajevo	1–0	Velež	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 3,500

22 March 2008 19	Slavija	1–0	Sarajevo	Istočno Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: City Stadium SRC Slavija Attendance: 3,500

29 March 2008 20	Sarajevo	1–0	Travnik	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 1,500

2 April 2008 21	Široki Brijeg	1–0	Sarajevo	Široki Brijeg
		Report		Stadium: Pecara Stadium Attendance: 1,500

5 April 2008 22	Sarajevo	3–1	Posušje	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 800

13 April 2008 23	Žepče Limorad	1–3	Sarajevo	Žepče
		Report		Stadium: Žepče City Stadium Attendance: 1,000

19 April 2008 24	Sarajevo	0–0	Željezničar	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 8,000

26 April 2008 25	Leotar	2–0	Sarajevo	Trebinje
		Report		Stadium: Police Stadium Attendance: 1,300

4 May 2008 26	Sarajevo	1–0	Zrinjski	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 3,000

10 May 2008 27	Sloboda	1–0	Sarajevo	Tuzla
		Report		Stadium: Tušanj City Stadium Attendance: 4,000

17 May 2008 28	Sarajevo	2–0	Laktaši	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 3,000

24 May 2008 29	Jedinstvo	1–0	Sarajevo	Bihać
		Report		Stadium: Pod Borićima Stadium Attendance: 2,000

31 May 2008 30	Sarajevo	3–0	Čelik	Sarajevo
		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 6,000

Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Round of 32

24 October 2007	Radnik Hadžići	1–5	Sarajevo	Hadžići
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Hadžići City Stadium Attendance: 1,500

Round of 16

7 November 2007 First leg	Sarajevo	1–1	Velež	Sarajevo
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 500

28 November 2007 Second leg	Velež	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (6–7 p)	Sarajevo	Mostar
12:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Vrapčići Stadium Attendance: 1,500

Quarter-finals

12 March 2008 First leg	Željezničar	3–1	Sarajevo	Sarajevo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Grbavica Stadium Attendance: 10,000

19 March 2008 Second leg	Sarajevo	4–2 (5–5 (a) agg.)	Željezničar	Sarajevo
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 8,000

UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round

18 July 2007 First leg	Marsaxlokk	0–6	Sarajevo	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Raščić 5', 9' Obuća 20', 65' Maksimović 42' Bučan 87'	Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium Attendance: 321 Referee: Mario Vlk (Slovakia)

24 July 2007 Second leg	Sarajevo	3–1 (9–1 agg.)	Marsaxlokk	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mešić 42' Šaraba 60' Turković 76'	Report	Frendo 65'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

Second qualifying round

31 July 2007 First leg	Genk	1–2	Sarajevo	Genk, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cornelis 28'	Report	Raščić 15' Muharemović 86'	Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 11,090 Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

8 August 2007 Second leg	Sarajevo	0–1 (2 (a)–2 agg.)	Genk	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mikulić 58'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Third qualifying round

15 August 2007 First leg	Sarajevo	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Shatskikh 13'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

29 August 2007 Second leg	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Sarajevo	Kyiv, Ukraine
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bangoura 3' Milošević 75' (o.g.) Rebrov 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 16,100 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

UEFA Cup

First round

20 September 2007 First leg	Sarajevo	1–2	Basel	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Milošević 90+3'	Report	Carlitos 11' Ergić 63'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

4 October 2007 Second leg	Basel	6–0 (8–1 agg.)	Sarajevo	Basel, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Carlitos 8', 9' Streller 19', 29' Huggel 75' Caicedo 90+1'	Report	Bučan 21' Kurto 66'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 15,124 Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

Statistics

Appearances

Rank	Player	Games
1.	Damir Hadžić	39
2.	Semjon Milošević	39
3.	Admir Raščić	37
4.	Almir Turković	36

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1.	Admir Raščić	11
2.	Haris Handžić	9
3.	Almir Turković	7
4.	Damir Hadžić	7

References

^ "Sezona 2007/08". www.bordovremeplov.ba. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "FK Sarajevo (2007/08)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "Sarajevo - Players, Ranking and Transfers - 07/08". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "FK Sarajevo - Squad 2007/2008". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[table_note_res_UC1b0.55427576115088-5] Zrinjski won 2007–08 Bosnian Cup and qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

[1] "Sezona 2007/08". www.bordovremeplov.ba. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[2] Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "FK Sarajevo (2007/08)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[3] "Sarajevo - Players, Ranking and Transfers - 07/08". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[4] "FK Sarajevo - Squad 2007/2008". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

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