2018–19 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer liga
Season	2018–19
Dates	21 July 2018 – 25 May 2019
Champions	Sarajevo ; 3rd Premier League title ; 4th Bosnian title ; 6th Domestic title
Relegated	Krupa ; GOŠK
Champions League	Sarajevo
Europa League	Zrinjski ; Široki Brijeg ; Radnik
Matches played	198
Goals scored	432 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sulejman Krpić ; (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Široki Brijeg 6–0 Čelik; (5 August 2018)
Biggest away win	Mladost Doboj Kakanj 0–6 Sarajevo; (6 October 2018)
Highest scoring	Krupa 5–2 Čelik; (13 April 2019)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Sarajevo
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches; Sarajevo
Longest winless run	12 matches; Zvijezda 09
Longest losing run	7 matches ; GOŠK
Highest attendance	15,500; Sarajevo 4–0 Zvijezda 09; (18 May 2019)
Lowest attendance	100; Zvijezda 09 2–1 GOŠK; (11 May 2019)
Total attendance	344,167
Average attendance	1,738
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 21 July 2018 and concluded on 25 May 2019, with a winter break between early December 2018 and late February 2019.

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested in the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 season and two promoted from each of the second-level league.

Stadiums and locations

Čelik	GOŠK	Krupa	Mladost
Bilino Polje	Perica-Pero Pavlović	Krupa na Vrbasu	MGM Farm Arena
Capacity: 15,292	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 3,000
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Radnik	Čelik Sloboda Tuzla City Mladost Radnik Sarajevo Široki Brijeg Zvijezda 09 Zrinjski Željezničar Krupa GOŠK class=notpageimage\| Locations of the 2018–19 Premier League of BiH clubs		Sarajevo
Gradski Stadion Bijeljina			Asim Ferhatović Hase
Capacity: 6,000			Capacity: 35,630

Sloboda			Široki Brijeg
Tušanj			Pecara
Capacity: 7,200			Capacity: 7,000

Tuzla City	Zrinjski	Zvijezda 09	Željezničar
Tušanj	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom	Ugljevik City Stadium	Grbavica
Capacity: 7,200	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 13,785

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.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Čelik	Cihat Arslan	Fenan Salčinović	Hummel	WWin
GOŠK	Stanko Mršić	Dalibor Kozić	No1	Cemex
Krupa	Slobodan Starčević	Slobodan Milanović	No1	EKO-EURO TIM
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Elvedin Beganović (caretaker)	Aladin Isaković	Joma	HeidelbergCement
Radnik	Mladen Žižović	Velibor Đurić	Joma	—
Sarajevo	Husref Musemić	Krste Velkoski	Nike	Turkish Airlines
Sloboda	Zlatan Nalić	Perica Ivetić	NAAI	WWin
Široki Brijeg	Goce Sedloski	Josip Barišić	Legea	FEAL
Tuzla City	Mirza Varešanović	Ivan Kostić	No1	—
Zrinjski	Blaž Slišković	Pero Stojkić	Macron	PPD
Zvijezda 09	Milenko Bošnjaković	Filip Erić	Hummel	—
Željezničar	Amar Osim	Sulejman Krpić	Umbro	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sarajevo (C)	33	21	7	5	68	20	+48	70	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Zrinjski Mostar	33	19	8	6	46	22	+24	65	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Široki Brijeg	33	13	15	5	40	23	+17	54
4	Željezničar	33	14	8	11	43	32	+11	50	Ineligible for 2019–20 European competitions^[b]
5	Radnik Bijeljina	33	10	14	9	29	25	+4	44	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
6	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	33	12	7	14	36	45	−9	43
7	Čelik Zenica	33	11	10	12	30	49	−19	43
8	Sloboda Tuzla	33	10	8	15	22	31	−9	38
9	Zvijezda 09	33	9	11	13	33	45	−12	38
10	Tuzla City	33	9	9	15	32	44	−12	36
11	Krupa (R)	33	8	9	16	40	48	−8	33	Relegation to the Prva Liga RS
12	GOŠK Gabela (R)	33	5	8	20	23	54	−31	23	Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH

Source: Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Soccerway, UEFA
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)^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2018–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Sarajevo, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
^ As 4th placed Željezničar failed to get the UEFA license for the competition due to financial problems, Radnik Bijeljina was awarded the place as the next best placed team (5th place).^[1]

Positions by table

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

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	30	31	32	33
Team ╲ Round
Čelik Zenica	12	7	9	7	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	5	7
GOŠK Gabela	10	12	11	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Krupa	1	2	5	4	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	6	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	9	9	10	8	8	8	7	8	5	5	6	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	6
Radnik Bijeljina	2	4	6	5	4	4	7	5	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5
Sarajevo	8	5	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sloboda Tuzla	9	9	10	9	5	7	4	7	5	5	4	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	7	7	7	7	5	6	7	7	7	8	8
Široki Brijeg	4	3	1	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Tuzla City	11	10	7	8	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Zrinjski	3	1	4	6	8	8	8	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Zvijezda 09	7	8	8	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	9
Željezničar	5	6	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Leader
	UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation to First League of FBiH/First League of RS

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2019. Source: BH Telecom Premier League BiH, 2018/19 Premier League BiH

Results

Rounds 1–22

Home \ Away	ČEL	GAB	KRU	MDK	RAD	SAR	ŠB	SLO	TUZ	Z09	ZRI	ŽEL
Čelik Zenica	—	3–1	3–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
GOŠK Gabela	0–0	—	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–4	0–1
Krupa	3–1	3–0	—	2–2	0–0	1–4	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–1
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–0	0–6	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–2
Radnik Bijeljina	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0
Sarajevo	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	—	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–2	2–1
Široki Brijeg	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	—	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–3
Sloboda Tuzla	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	—	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0
Tuzla City	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	—	3–1	1–2	0–2
Zvijezda 09	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–3
Zrinjski Mostar	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	5–2	—	0–1
Željezničar	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	0–0	2–3	0–1	2–0	—

Source: Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Rounds 23–33

Home \ Away	ČEL	GAB	KRU	MDK	RAD	SAR	ŠB	SLO	TUZ	Z09	ZRI	ŽEL
Čelik Zenica	—	1–0		1–0			1–1	1–0	1–1		0–1
GOŠK Gabela		—			1–2	0–2		3–2	0–3			1–1
Krupa	5–2	4–0	—		2–2				1–0	2–0
Mladost Doboj Kakanj		3–1	3–1	—	0–3		1–0		0–2		2–2
Radnik Bijeljina	0–0				—	0–0		1–0		1–1		0–1
Sarajevo	5–0		0–0	2–0		—	0–0			4–0	0–1
Široki Brijeg		1–0	2–1		2–1		—	4–0	1–0		1–0
Sloboda Tuzla			1–2	0–1		2–1		—		2–1		0–0
Tuzla City					1–1	1–0		1–1	—	1–3		0–3
Zvijezda 09	4–0	1–1		2–1			1–1			—	0–0
Zrinjski Mostar		1–0	2–0		1–1			1–0	5–1		—	1–0
Željezničar	1–2		3–0	3–1		0–3	0–0			1–0		—

Source: Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top goalscorers


Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Sulejman Krpić	Željezničar	16
2	Nemanja Bilbija	Zrinjski	14
2	Mersudin Ahmetović	Sarajevo	14
4	Benjamin Tatar	Sarajevo	12
4	Vojo Ubiparip	Tuzla City	12
6	Krste Velkoski	Sarajevo	11
7	Haris Dilaver	Čelik	10
7	Irfan Hadžić	Radnik Bijeljina	10

References

^ Klix.ba saznaje: Željezničar ostao bez licence i pretrpio težak finansijski udarac at Klix.ba, 27 May 2019.
^ "Premijer Liga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
^ 2018/19 BiH Premier League goalscorers at worldfootball.net

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.58617709045586-1] Since the winners of the 2018–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Sarajevo, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

[table_note_res_INEC0.58617709045586-3] As 4th placed Željezničar failed to get the UEFA license for the competition due to financial problems, Radnik Bijeljina was awarded the place as the next best placed team (5th place).^[1]

[2] Klix.ba saznaje: Željezničar ostao bez licence i pretrpio težak finansijski udarac at Klix.ba, 27 May 2019.

[seasonrules-4] "Premijer Liga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

[5] 2018/19 BiH Premier League goalscorers at worldfootball.net

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