Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
































































Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
BH Telecom Premier League BIH logo.jpg
Founded 2000
First season 2000-01
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams 12
Level on pyramid 1

Relegation to

First League of FBiH
First League of RS
Domestic cup(s) Bosnian-Herzegovinian Cup
International cup(s)
Champions League
Europa League
Current champions
Zrinjski Mostar (6th title)
(2017–18)
Most championships
Zrinjski Mostar (6 titles)
TV partners
BHRT (BHT 1)
Arena Sport
Moja TV
Website http://www.nfsbih.ba

2018–19 season

The BH Telecom Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: BH Telecom Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / БХ Телеком Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is operated by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As the country's most prestigious level of football competition, the league changed format in 2016–17 season and is contested by 12 clubs with last two teams relegated at the end of every season.


The League is, as of season 2018–19, represented by four clubs in European competition. The winner of the Premier League starts from the Champions League first qualifying round. The winner of the Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the runner up and third placed team on table starts from the first qualifying round of Europa League.


At the end of the season bottom two teams are relegated while winners of First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and First League of the Republika Srpska are promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 War period 1992–1996


    • 1.2 Post-war period 1996–2000


    • 1.3 Premier League creation 2000–01


    • 1.4 Premier League as Liga 12 2016–17 till 2017–18


    • 1.5 Old format since 2018–19




  • 2 Sponsorship


  • 3 2018-19 Member Clubs


  • 4 Rankings


    • 4.1 Country


    • 4.2 Team




  • 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Champions


    • 5.1 Champions of Bosnia and Herzegovina


    • 5.2 Premier League Champions


    • 5.3 Times finished in first three


    • 5.4 Cities




  • 6 Notable performances in Europe


  • 7 All time table of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina


  • 8 See also


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





History



War period 1992–1996


After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaimed independence in late winter 1992, and already in April the same year N/FSBiH applied for membership with FIFA and UEFA.[1] Meanwhile, due to the outbreak of Bosnian War in April 1992 no games were played in the 1992–93 season. In late 1993 some parts of the country re-launched football competitions with reduced scope. But just as the country was divided along ethnic lines, so was football.


In 1993 Bosnian Croats launched the Football Federation of Herzeg Bosnia and its First League of Herzeg-Bosnia, in which only Croatian clubs competed on parochial scale within the limits of West Herzegovina and few other enclaves. In the same year Bosnian Serbs also organized their own First League of the Republika Srpska, on a territory held by Republika Srpska regime at the time.
Only football on a territory under the control of then Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina institutions and auspices of N/FSBiH, at the time consequently with Bosniak majority, apart from a brief competition for the season 1994–95 (won by Čelik Zenica), came to a standstill.
Competition under auspices of N/FSBiH did not resume until 1995–96 season when the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was launched.[1]



Post-war period 1996–2000


These three separate football leagues were operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina until 1998, and 2000. Since FIFA and UEFA showed support only for the association operating under patronage of the official and internationally recognized state institutions, during the war and prior to Dayton Peace Agreement as well as after its signage, they endorsed unification of all three organizations as N/FSBiH. This also came as a consequence of FIFA decision to recognize N/FSBiH already in July 1996, while in the same year UEFA admitted N/FSBiH as an adjacent member until 1998 when they recognized its full membership. This meant that only N/FSBiH clubs and its national team could compete at the international and official level.[1]


Final unification has been preceded by several stages. At first was created a playoff where clubs were playing for the champion under N/FSBiH auspices. Idea was that playoff under unified N/FSBiH auspices should bring together clubs competing under three separate organizations for the first time but was rejected by Serb association, leaving clubs from Croat football association and N/FSBiH participating playoff for the seasons 1997–98 and 1999–00, while 1998–99 playoff was canceled due to Croat's association hesitation on the decision on which stadiums games should be played. Next season playoff was resumed for the last time prior to full and final agreement on unified N/FSBiH and its competition, Premier League BiH (Premijer Liga), in the fall 2000.



Premier League creation 2000–01


Full and final agreement on unified N/FSBiH and its competition, Premier League BiH (Premijer Liga), happened in the fall 2000. However, the first 2000–01 season seen clubs from Federation of BiH only, while clubs from Republic of Srpska entity continue to compete in their own separate league as their entity association still refused to join agreed unified N/FSBiH and its new competition. However, UEFA and FIFA never intended to recognize this separate organization nor its competition, which meant clubs couldn't compete outside territory of the entity and wouldn't see any international football. This situation forced clubs to insist that their organization also join N/FSBiH, and two years later they became part of the competition for the season 2002–03. Ever since the year 2000 Premier League is the top tier of Bosnia and Herzegovina football, with two entity-based leagues, First League of Republika Srpska and First League of the Federation of BiH, being pushed to the second tier of the football pyramid and serve as feeder leagues to Premier League.[1]



Premier League as Liga 12 2016–17 till 2017–18


During the 2016–17 season and the 2017–18 season BH Telecom Premier League had changed its format entirely, reducing a number of clubs from 16 to 12, thus sometimes referred to as "Liga 12" (League 12), with the calendar also modified accordingly, and introducing playoffs (also known as the "title playoffs") and play out.
Number of matches were played by each club during regular season after which, according to their position, they entered to play-offs or play out. Playoffs were contested by the top 6 clubs in the regular season, with each club playing each other twice for the title, which guarantees Champions League qualifications, second and third place, guaranteeing Europa League qualifications berths. Play out was contested by six clubs to avoid relegation with last two teams being relegated.



Old format since 2018–19


Since the 2018–19 season the league is not played as the last two seasons before. Actually very simple, after all the 12 clubs have played each other two times, once home and once away, they will play each other three times, also playing home or away depending on how the schedule is made. With that the league season will have 33 full rounds instead of 22 rounds and an additional 10 rounds in the relegation and championship games.[2]



Sponsorship


On 31 July 2012, Football Association 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.[3] The deal was extended once more before the start of 2014–15 season.



2018-19 Member Clubs




Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Čelik

Čelik



GOŠK

GOŠK



Krupa

Krupa



Mladost

Mladost



Radnik

Radnik



Sarajevo

Sarajevo



Sloboda

Sloboda



Tuzla City

Tuzla City



Široki Brijeg

Široki Brijeg



Zrinjski

Zrinjski



Zvijezda 09

Zvijezda 09



Željezničar

Željezničar




Location of the 2018–19 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina clubs

















































































Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity[4]

NK Čelik Zenica

Zenica

Bilino Polje
13,862

NK GOŠK Gabela

Gabela
Perica-Pero Pavlović
3,000

FK Krupa

Krupa na Vrbasu

Gradski stadion Krupa
3,500

FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj

Doboj (Kakanj)

MGM Farm Arena
3,000

FK Radnik Bijeljina

Bijeljina

Gradski stadion Bijeljina
6,000

FK Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Asim Ferhatović Hase
34,500

FK Sloboda Tuzla

Tuzla

Tušanj
7,500

NK Široki Brijeg

Široki Brijeg

Pecara
5,628

FK Tuzla City

Simin Han, Tuzla

Tušanj
7,500

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

Mostar

Bijeli Brijeg
15,000

FK Zvijezda 09

Ugljevik

Gradski stadion Ugljevik
5000

FK Željezničar Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Grbavica
13,449


Rankings


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











Bosnia and Herzegovina Champions


Champions of First League 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina"

  • 1998–99 - FK Sarajevo - "Champion of BiH"

  • 1999–00 - Jedinstvo Bihać - "Champion of First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina"


Champions of First League of Herzeg-Bosnia



  • 1993–94 - Široki Brijeg[5] – 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina Siniša Đurić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Majstorović

Kozara Gradiška
Boksit Milići
16 Goals
16 Goals
1996–97 Rudar Ugljevik Sloga Trn
Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina Milanko Đerić
Boksit Milići 26 Goals
2001–02 Leotar Trebinje Kozara Gradiška
Serbia 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 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
Player(s) (Club)
Goals

1997–981

Željezničar (1)

Sarajevo

Croatia Stanko Bubalo (Široki Brijeg)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Hadis Zubanović (Željezničar)

3

1998–992

Three regional winners (Sarajevo, Posušje and Radnik)

1999–003

Brotnjo (1)

Budućnost

Bosnia and Herzegovina Z. Kuljaninović (Budućnost)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Škoro (Sarajevo)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Halim Stupac (Jedinstvo)

5


1 A play-off between the best placed teams of First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and First League of Herzeg-Bosnia was played; without clubs from First League of 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina and First League of Herzeg-Bosnia was played without clubs from First League of Republika Srpska. Three clubs got the right to play in European competition.



Premier League Champions


Since 2000/2001 season the first tier of Bosnia and Herzegovina football competition became Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.






























































































































































Season
Champions
(Premier League titles)
Runners-up
Third place
Top scorer(s)
Player(s) (Club)
Goals

2000–011

Željezničar (2)

Brotnjo

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina Dž. Muharemović (Željezničar)

31

2001–021

Željezničar (3)

Široki Brijeg

Brotnjo

Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivica Huljev (Željezničar)

15

2002–03

Leotar (1)

Željezničar

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Obuća (Sarajevo)

24

2003–04

Široki Brijeg (1)

Željezničar

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Škoro (Sarajevo)

20

2004–05

Zrinjski (1)

Željezničar

Široki Brijeg

Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Rajović (Zrinjski)

17

2005–06

Široki Brijeg (2)

Sarajevo

Zrinjski

Bosnia and Herzegovina Petar Jelić (Modriča)

19

2006–07

Sarajevo (1)

Zrinjski

Slavija

Bosnia and Herzegovina Stevo Nikolić (Modriča)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Benić (Borac)

19

2007–08

Modriča (1)

Široki Brijeg

Čelik Zenica

Serbia Darko Spalević (Slavija)

18

2008–09

Zrinjski (2)

Slavija

Sloboda Tuzla

Serbia Darko Spalević (Slavija)

17

2009–10

Željezničar (4)

Široki Brijeg

Borac

Bosnia and Herzegovina Feđa Dudić (Travnik)

16

2010–11

Borac (1)

Sarajevo

Željezničar

Croatia Ivan Lendrić (Zrinjski)

16

2011–12

Željezničar (5)

Široki Brijeg

Borac

Bosnia and Herzegovina Eldin Adilović (Željezničar)

19

2012–13

Željezničar (6)

Sarajevo

Borac

Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Hadžić (Sarajevo)

20

2013–14

Zrinjski (3)

Široki Brijeg

Sarajevo

Brazil Wagner Lago (Široki Brijeg)

18

2014–15

Sarajevo (2)

Željezničar

Zrinjski

Bosnia and Herzegovina Riad Bajić (Željezničar)

15

2015–16

Zrinjski (4)

Sloboda Tuzla

Široki Brijeg

Croatia Leon Benko (Sarajevo)

17

2016–17

Zrinjski (5)

Željezničar

Sarajevo

Croatia Ivan Lendrić (Željezničar)

19

2017–18

Zrinjski (6)

Željezničar

Sarajevo

Serbia Miloš Filipović (Zrinjski)

16


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

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



Times finished in first three


Counting since when the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is played and recognized by UEFA, season 2000-01






























































































Club
Winners
Runner-up
Third place
Times finished in first three

Željezničar

6

5

1

12

Zrinjski

6

2

1

8

Sarajevo

3

4

5

11

Čelik

3

0

1

4

Široki Brijeg

2

5

2

9

Borac

1

0

3

4

Leotar

1

0

0

1

Modriča

1

0

0

1

Brotnjo

1

1

1

3

Slavija

0

1

1

2

Sloboda

0

1

1

2

Budućnost

0

1

0

1


Cities


The following table lists the champions by cities; Counting since when the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is played and recognized by UEFA, season 2000-01






































City
Titles
Winning Clubs

Sarajevo

9
Željezničar (6), Sarajevo (3)

Mostar

6
Zrinjski (6)

Široki Brijeg

2
Široki Brijeg (2)

Trebinje

1
Leotar (1)

Modriča

1
Modriča (1)

Banja Luka

1
Borac (1)


Notable performances in Europe



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 end of 2016–17 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
15 460 253 95 112 728 401 +327 854 1
2 Sarajevo
Sarajevo
15 460 245 110 105 757 401 +356 845 1
3 Široki Brijeg
Široki Brijeg
15 460 237 96 127 740 450 +290 807 1
4 Zrinjski
Mostar
15 460 238 83 139 715 506 +209 796 (-1) 1
5 Čelik
Zenica
15 460 171 115 174 531 525 +6 628 3
6 Sloboda
Tuzla
13 400 169 71 160 459 455 +4 578 2
7 Borac
Banja Luka
12 368 172 59 137 468 389 +79 574 (-1) 1
8 Leotar
Trebinje
12 368 149 51 168 450 525 -75 498 1
9 Slavija
Istočno Sarajevo
12 360 137 65 158 416 493 -77 476 2
10 Travnik
Travnik
12 360 122 64 174 422 538 -116 430 5
11 Velež
Mostar
11 338 117 65 156 385 448 -63 416 5
12 Olimpic
Sarajevo
8 242 93 63 86 287 275 +12 342 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 Radnik
Bijeljina
7 212 67 49 96 214 290 -76 250 6
18 Žepče
Žepče
6 188 62 32 94 192 274 -82 218 8
19 Rudar (P)
Prijedor
6 180 52 45 83 179 238 -59 201 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 Vitez
Vitez
4 122 36 28 58 111 153 -42 136 9
23 Laktaši
Laktaši
3 90 35 14 41 122 125 -3 119 8
24 Rudar (U)
Ugljevik
3 98 34 14 50 118 143 -25 116 9
25 Glasinac
Sokolac
2 68 25 10 33 71 103 -32 85 14
26 Mladost (DK)
Doboj, Kakanj
2 62 18 22 22 71 84 -13 76 8
27 Drina
Zvornik
3 90 20 12 58 68 159 -91 72 13
28 Brotnjo
Čitluk
2 68 19 14 35 76 114 -38 71 13
29 Kozara
Gradiška
2 68 19 13 36 74 107 -33 70 15
30 GOŠK
Gabela
2 60 15 18 27 55 85 -30 63 13
31 Mladost (VO)
Velika Obarska
2 60 14 17 29 42 82 -40 59 11
32 Krupa
Banja Luka
1 32 12 10 10 40 34 +6 46 4
33 Mladost (G)
Gacko
1 38 11 6 21 40 65 -25 39 18
34 Metalleghe
Jajce
1 32 7 11 14 25 34 -9 32 11
35 Bosna
Visoko
1 38 4 1 33 28 107 -79 13 20
36 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).



See also


  • Bosnian-Herzegovinian Cup


References





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