2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer liga
Season	2015–16
Champions	Zrinjski ; 4th Premier League title ; 4th Bosnian title
Relegated	Borac; Slavija; Travnik; Rudar (P); Drina; Velež
Champions League	Zrinjski
Europa League	Sloboda; Široki Brijeg; Radnik
Matches played	240
Goals scored	551 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leon Benko (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Travnik 7-1 Velež ; (23 April 2016)
Biggest away win	0-3 on several occasions
Highest scoring	Travnik 7-1 Velež ; (23 April 2016)
Longest winning run	Željezničar (9)
Longest unbeaten run	Željezničar (13)
Longest winless run	Velež (18)
Longest losing run	Velež (13)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment in 2000 and fourteenth as a unified country-wide league. The league began on 25 July 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016, with a winter break between 7 December 2015 and 27 February 2016. The official fixture schedule was released on 10 July 2015.^[1] In the 2015–16 season, six teams will be relegated as the league decided to reduce the number of participants from the current 16 to 12 for the 2016–17 season.^[2]

The 2015–16 season saw the return of Rudar Prijedor and newcomer Mladost Doboj Kakanj to the top flight as promoted teams, in place of Mladost Velika Obarska who returned to the First League of RS after two seasons in the top flight and Zvijezda Gradačac who were relegated to the First League of FBiH after spending 7 seasons in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo were the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested in the league, including the top 14 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted sides from each of the second-level leagues.

Stadiums and locations

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity^[3]
FK Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	Gradski Stadion, Banja Luka	9,730
NK Čelik Zenica	Zenica	Bilino Polje	15,292
FK Drina Zvornik	Zvornik	Gradski Stadion, Zvornik	5,000
FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Doboj (Kakanj)	Stadion Mladost Kakanj, Doboj (Kakanj)	1,000
FK Olimpic Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Otoka	3,000
FK Radnik Bijeljina	Bijeljina	Gradski Stadion, Bijeljina	6,000
FK Rudar Prijedor	Prijedor	Gradski Stadion, Prijedor	6,000
FK Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Asim Ferhatović Hase	35,630
FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo	Istočno Sarajevo	SRC Slavija	6,000
FK Sloboda Tuzla	Tuzla	Tušanj	8,550
NK Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg	Pecara	5,628
NK Travnik	Travnik	Pirota	3,200
FK Velež Mostar	Mostar	Vrapčići	5,294
NK Vitez	Vitez	Gradski Stadion, NK Vitez	3,000
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	Mostar	Bijeli Brijeg	20,000
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Grbavica	16,100

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Personnel and kits
Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	shirt sponsor
FK Borac Banja Luka	Borče Sredojević	Boris Raspudić	NAAI	m:tel
NK Čelik Zenica	Elvedin Beganović	Adi Adilović	Joma	RM-LH
FK Drina Zvornik	Cvijetin Blagojević	Aleksandar Kikić	Bull	Vitinka
FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Ibro Rahimić	Haris Dilaver	Joma	Kakanj Cement
FK Olimpic Sarajevo	Milomir Odović	Veldin Muharemović	Puma	Europlakat
FK Radnik Bijeljina	Slavko Petrović	Stanko Ostojić	Bull	—
FK Rudar Prijedor	Zlatko Jelisavac	Nebojša Šodić	GBT	ArcelorMittal
FK Sarajevo	Almir Hurtić	Haris Duljević	Haad	Turkish Airlines
FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo	Milko Gjurovski	Mladen Lučić	Joma	Nova Banka
FK Sloboda Tuzla	Husref Musemić	Zajko Zeba	Patrick	Tuzlanski pilsner
NK Široki Brijeg	Slaven Musa	Wagner	Jako	Mepas
NK Travnik	Boris Gavran	Anel Ćurić	NAAI	ADK
FK Velež Mostar	Zijo Tojaga	Adnan Bobić	Givova	HEPOK Mostar
NK Vitez	Branko Karačić	Goran Jurić	Joma	—
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	Vinko Marinović	Pero Stojkić	Zeus	Interagent/Energia naturalis
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	Edis Mulalić	Aleksandar Kosorić	Joma	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zrinjski Mostar (C)	30	21	6	3	52	17	+35	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Sloboda Tuzla	30	19	5	6	44	23	+21	62	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Široki Brijeg	30	18	7	5	56	21	+35	61	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Sarajevo	30	18	3	9	56	28	+28	57
5	Željezničar	30	16	7	7	36	20	+16	55
6	Čelik Zenica	30	12	10	8	35	28	+7	46
7	Radnik Bijeljina	30	13	6	11	25	25	0	45	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
8	Olimpic	30	11	6	13	36	33	+3	39
9	Vitez	30	11	6	13	36	41	−5	39
10	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	30	10	9	11	29	39	−10	39
11	Borac Banja Luka (R)	30	10	6	14	27	33	−6	36	Relegation to the Prva Liga RS
12	Slavija (R)	30	8	11	11	25	37	−12	35	Relegation to the Prva Liga RS
13	Travnik (R)	30	8	5	17	36	47	−11	29	Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH
14	Rudar Prijedor (R)	30	5	10	15	24	38	−14	25	Relegation to the Prva Liga RS
15	Drina Zvornik (R)	30	7	1	22	24	66	−42	22	Relegation to the Prva Liga RS
16	Velež Mostar (R)	30	1	6	23	10	55	−45	9	Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Play-off. (Criteria 2 and 3 are not used to decide champion, UEFA competition qualification, or relegation)^[4]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Radnik Bijeljina qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Team ╲ Round
Sloboda Tuzla	11	8	6	5	2	2	2	2	2	3	1
Zrinjski	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Sarajevo	1	6	4	6	7	4	7	5	4	2	3
Široki Brijeg	4	1	5	4	3	3	6	4	3	4	4
Radnik	5	3	3	2	6	7	3	3	5	6	5
Željezničar	11	14	10	10	9	10	11	8	7	8	6
Slavija	9	11	12	9	5	6	3	7	6	7	7
Čelik	5	4	2	3	4	5	3	6	8	5	8
Vitez	11	15	15	15	14	15	16	14	11	13	9
Olimpic	14	12	13	16	12	13	9	9	9	9	10
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	15	13	14	13	13	9	10	12	12	12	11
Travnik	10	8	10	8	11	10	12	13	14	11	12
Rudar Prijedor	2	7	8	10	8	8	13	11	13	14	13
Borac Banja Luka	5	4	7	7	10	12	8	10	10	10	14
Velež	8	10	9	12	15	16	15	16	16	15	15
Drina Zvornik	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	15	15	16	16

	Leader
	2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation to 2016–17 Prva Liga FBiH or 2016–17 Prva Liga RS

Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2015. Source: SportSport.ba

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	ČEL	DRZ	MDK	OLI	RAD	RPR	SAR	SLA	SLO	ŠB	TRA	VEL	VIT	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka		1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0
Čelik	0–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	6–1	2–2	1–0
Drina Zvornik	1–0	0–2		0–2	0–3	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–2
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	1–2	1–0	4–2		2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	2–1
Olimpic	3–0	1–1	4–0	0–0		0–0	6–2	1–3	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–1
Radnik	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0		2–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Rudar Prijedor	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–1		1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–0
Sarajevo	2–0	2–1	6–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0		3–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–1	4–0	0–1	0–1
Slavija	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1
Sloboda Tuzla	1–1	4–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–0		0–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1
Široki Brijeg	1–0	0–0	5–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	0–0		2–2	1–0	5–1	3–4	1–1
Travnik	0–2	3–2	4–2	1–2	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–2		7–1	3–1	1–4	2–0
Velež	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–1		0–1	0–1	0–1
Vitez	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	6–0		1–0	0–1
Zrinjski	1–0	0–0	5–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		2–1
Željezničar	1–0	4–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0

Source: SportSport.ba
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ 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
Team ╲ Round
Borac Banja Luka	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L
Čelik	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W
Drina Zvornik	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W
Olimpic	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L
Radnik	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W
Rudar Prijedor	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L
Sarajevo	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L
Slavija	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D
Sloboda Tuzla	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W
Široki Brijeg	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D
Travnik	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L
Velež	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D
Vitez	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L
Zrinjski	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W
Željezničar	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D

Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2015. Source: SportSport.ba
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Leon Benko	Sarajevo	18
2	Wagner	Široki Brijeg	12
3	Haris Dilaver	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	11
	Ivan Krstanović	Široki Brijeg
	Jasmin Mešanović	Zrinjski
6	Mersudin Ahmetović	Sloboda	10
6	Zajko Zeba	Sloboda	10
8	Amer Bekić	Sarajevo	9
	Mahir Karić	Čelik
	Germain Kouadio	Travnik
	Marko Obradović	Radnik
	Darko Spalević	Slavija

References

^ "Schedule released". Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "New rules, 6 clubs relegate". Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "Capacity of stadiums of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^ "Premier Liga 2015/2016 – Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

External links

[table_note_res_EL1Qcup0.88004205090927-4] Radnik Bijeljina qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.

[1] "Schedule released". Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[2] "New rules, 6 clubs relegate". Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[Capacity_of_stadiums_of_the_Premier_League_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina-3] "Capacity of stadiums of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

[5] "Premier Liga 2015/2016 – Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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