Premier Futsal League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Founded | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | First League of FBiH First League of RS |
| Domestic cup(s) | Kup BiH |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Futsal Cup |
| Most championships | Mostar Stari Grad (5 titles) |
| Website | Website |
| Current: Current Season at UEFA.com | |
The Premier Futsal League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Premijer futsal liga Bosne i Hercegovine; Премијер футсал лига Босне и Херцеговине) is the top-level futsal league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The competition is organized and run by the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina although clubs have their own organization.
Formation and history
[edit]The Premier League was founded in 2013. Since 1994 there have been two leagues based on entity principles with best teams from both taking part in playoff to crown national champion. Later, after UEFA decided to help Bosnia and Herzegovina FA to establish nationwide league played in whole country, the league itself was started in 2013, along with Women's football league (also assisted by UEFA).
Competition format
[edit]12 teams take part in the competition. The league is played in two phases. In the first phase teams play each other once in 11 rounds. Top six teams qualify to Championship stage while bottom six teams qualify to Relegation stage. In both second phase stages teams play each other twice on home-away basis so there are 21 rounds (11+10) total. Top team of Championship stage is crowned champion while bottom two teams of Relegation stage are relegated.
In first two season (2013-14 and 2014-15), competition was played in home-away round-robin format. Top team after 22 rounds was crowned champion.
If relegated teams comes from Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, they will play in First league of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina next season; otherwise, if team comes from Republic of Srpska entity, it will take part in First league of Republic of Srpska next season. Relegated teams could be both from same entity. Champions of entity leagues (First League of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; First League of Republika Srpska) are promoted to the Premier league.
Winner of the competition qualifies to UEFA Futsal Cup. Best result in the competition by a team from Bosnia Herzegovina was achieved in 2013-14 edition when Tango reached Elite round (best 16 teams of the competition).
Champions
[edit]Listed below are the champions of Premier League.
| Rank | Club | Titles | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostar Stari Grad | 5 | 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22 |
| 2 | Centar Sarajevo | 3 | 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 |
| 3 | Salines Tuzla | 1 | 2019-20 |
| 4 | KMF Radnik Bijeljina | 1 | 2022-23 |
| 5 | MNK Hercegovina | 1 | 2023-24 |
Before Premier League
[edit]| Rank | Club | Titles | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaskada Gračanica | 4 | 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07 |
| 2 | Karaka Mostar | 3 | 2001-02, 2004-05, 2005-06 |
| Leotar Trebinje | 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12 | ||
| 4 | Partizan Sarajevo | 2 | 1994-95, 2005-06 |
| Orlić Sarajevo | 2007-08, 2009-10 | ||
| 6 | Kreka Tuzlanska Tuzla | 1 | 1995-96 |
| Bihać | 1996-97 | ||
| Kompred Tuzla | 1997-98 | ||
| Banovići | 1999-00 | ||
| Tango Istočno Sarajevo | 2012-13 |
Teams
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Eight teams are representing Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina while four are representing Republic of Srpska.
| Club | City | Arena | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| MNK Brotnjo Čitluk | Čitluk | Gradska dvorana | 5th |
| Centar Sarajevo | Sarajevo | Ramiz Salčin | 5th |
| Brčko ‡ | Brčko | 1st | |
| Željezničar Sarajevo ‡ | Sarajevo | 1st | |
| Kaskada Gračanica | Gračanica | 5th | |
| Leotar Trebinje | Trebinje | Miloš Mrdić | 5th |
| Mostar Stari Grad † | Mostar | 5th | |
| Nevesinje | Nevesinje | Nevesinjka | 3rd |
| Seljak Livno | Livno | Dalibor Perković Dali | 5th |
| Sofić Konjic | Konjic | Gradska dvorana | 3rd |
| Tango Istočno Sarajevo | Istočno Sarajevo | O.Š. Aleksa Šantić | 5th |
| Zrinjski Mostar | Mostar | Dvorana Bijeli brijeg | 5th |
† title holder
‡ promoted
All-time table
[edit]Below is the Premier league all-time table, as of 2016-17 season completion. Total of 16 teams played in the competition during four seasons. Two new teams are set for their debut in 2017-18. One team that pulled out of competition in first season, Karaka Mostar, is not counted as all of their matches were annulled.
| Rank | Team | S | GP | W | D | L | G+ | G− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centar Sarajevo | 4 | 84 | 62 | 14 | 8 | 426 | 232 | 200 |
| 2 | Brotnjo Čitluk | 4 | 84 | 48 | 11 | 25 | 381 | 302 | 155 |
| 3 | Zrinjski Mostar | 4 | 84 | 47 | 13 | 24 | 354 | 254 | 154 |
| 4 | Mostar Stari Grad | 4 | 84 | 47 | 8 | 29 | 340 | 280 | 149 |
| 5 | Tango Istočno Sarajevo | 4 | 84 | 46 | 4 | 34 | 294 | 265 | 142 |
| 6 | Čelinac | 4 | 84 | 31 | 10 | 43 | 263 | 332 | 103 |
| 7 | Leotar Trebinje | 4 | 84 | 33 | 3 | 48 | 267 | 310 | 102 |
| 8 | Seljak Livno | 4 | 84 | 30 | 8 | 46 | 299 | 332 | 98 |
| 9 | Kaskada Gračanica | 4 | 84 | 29 | 8 | 47 | 320 | 365 | 95 |
| 10 | Bosna Tuzla | 2 | 43 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 176 | 168 | 60 |
| 11 | Sofić Konjic | 2 | 42 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 184 | 183 | 56 |
| 12 | Nevesinje | 2 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 134 | 179 | 39 |
| 13 | Sokrates Banja Luka | 2 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 138 | 221 | 36 |
| 14 | Salines Tuzla | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 76 | 78 | 32 |
| 15 | Galaktikosi Visoko | 1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 68 | 99 | 13 |
| 16 | Jošavka Čelinac | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 38 | 162 | 0 |
| 17 | Željezničar Sarajevo | promoted, will play in 2017-18 season | |||||||
| 17 | Brčko | promoted, will play in 2017-18 season |
S - number of seasons; GP - games played; W, D, L - games won, drawn, lost, G+, G− - goals for, against; Pts - points
| Members of the league for 2017-18 season |
Season by season positions
[edit]| Team | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosna Tuzla | - | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| Brotnjo Čitluk | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Centar Sarajevo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Čelinac | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | - |
| Galaktikosi Visoko | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Jošavka Čelinac | - | - | 12 | - | - |
| Kaskada Gračanica | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | - |
| Leotar Trebinje | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Mostar Stari Grad | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Nevesinje | - | 12 | - | 10 | |
| Salines Tuzla | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Seljak Livno | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | |
| Sokrates Banja Luka | 10 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Tango Istočno Sarajevo | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |
| Zrinjski Mostar | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Brčko | - | - | - | - | |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | - | - | - | - |
| Champion | |
| Relegated |
External links
[edit]- Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina official site (in Bosnian)
- Futsal League at uefa.com