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Encyclopedia > Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sport Football
Founded 1997
No. of teams 16
Country Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Most recent champion FK Sarajevo

The Premier League is the top football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Image File history File links Plbihlogo. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... See also: 1996 in sports, other events of 1997, 1998 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Jeff Gordon is the youngest driver ever to win the Daytona 500 on February 16 NASCAR Championship - Jeff Gordon Indy Racing League - Indianapolis 500 - Arie Luyendyk... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina. ... Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (English: Football Club Sarajevo; usually known simply as Sarajevo) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...


The league is composed of 16 teams. Two teams are relegated at the end of every season. The winner of the Premier League is seeded into the Champions League. The winner of the Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Premier League runners up are seeded into the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... The Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ...


At the end of the season, one team gets relegated to the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one to the First League of the Republika Srpska. Each league also gets one promotion to the Premier League. The First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Prva Liga Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine) is a football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Prva liga Republike Srpske or Прва лига Републике Српске (First league of the Republika Srpska) is a second level football competition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. ...


The league is operated by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ć The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Bosnian: Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine or N/FSBiH) is the chief officiating body of football in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

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Teams in the Premier League for the 2006/2007 season

Borac (translation Fighter) is a sports society with several teams, from the city of Banja Luka in Republika Srpska. ... Prva liga Republike Srpske or Прва лига Републике Српске (First league of the Republika Srpska) is a second level football competition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. ... NK Čelik (Nogometni Klub Čelik) is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, playing in the city of Zenica. ... NK Jedinstvo NK Jedinstvo (Nogometni Klub Jedinstvo) is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the city of Bihać. NK Jedinstvo was founded in 1919 in the city of Bihać. The clubs stadium is called Pod Borićima and it can seat 16,000. ... FK Leotar (Fudbalski Klub Leotar) is a football club from the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska. ... FK Modriča Maxima is a football club playing in the town of Modriča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... HNK Orašje is a football club from Orašje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... NK Posušje is a football club based out of Posušje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... FK Radnik is a football club playing in the city of Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Prva liga Republike Srpske or Прва лига Републике Српске (First league of the Republika Srpska) is a second level football competition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. ... Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (English: Football Club Sarajevo; usually known simply as Sarajevo) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina. ... Fudbalski Klub Slavija is a football club from the town Lukavica, situated east of the capital Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Fudbalski Klub Sloboda or simply FK Sloboda is a football club from the city of Tuzla, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... NK Široki Brijeg is a Bosnia-Herzegovinan football team from the town of Široki Brijeg that currently plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... For the argentine football club, see Vélez Sársfield FK Velež (Fudbalski Klub Velež), successor of RŠK Velež, is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the city of Mostar. ... FK Željezničar is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, playing in the capital, Sarajevo. ... NK Žepče is a football club from Žepče, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... NK Zrinjski Mostar is a football team from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

New teams in 2007/2008 season

FK Laktaši is a football club from the town of Laktaši, in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Prva liga Republike Srpske or Прва лига Републике Српске (First league of the Republika Srpska) is a second level football competition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. ... NK Travnik NK Travnik (Nogometni Klub Travnik) is a football club centered in the city of Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Prva liga Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine) is a football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

Premier League Champions

  • 2006/2007 - FK Sarajevo
  • 2005/2006 - NK Široki Brijeg
  • 2004/2005 - HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
  • 2003/2004 - NK Široki Brijeg
  • 2002/2003 - FK Leotar Trebinje
  • 2001/2002 - FK Željezničar
  • 2000/2001 - FK Željezničar
  • 1999/2000 - FK Sarajevo
  • 1997/1998 - NK Željezničar

Until 2000, there were three separate championships on ethnic principles (Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats). Every entity had its own champions and cup winners. In 1998. Željezničar became first official champion of Bosnia-Herzegovina after the play-off organized by UEFA and Football Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 2000. second play-off was held, and since 2000/2001 season regular league started (but without Bosnian Serbs' clubs who continued their separated league for two more seasons). Since the 2002/2003 season Premijer liga is being played in the entire country. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... ć The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Bosnian: Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine or N/FSBiH) is the chief officiating body of football in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Regional leagues champions

Season NFSBiH League Herzeg-Bosnia First League Republika Srpska League
1994 NK Čelik Zenica NK Mladost Dubint (Široki Brijeg) not held
1994/1995 not held NK Mladost Dubint (Široki Brijeg) not held
1995/1996 NK Čelik Zenica NK Mladost (Široki Brijeg) FK Boksit Milići
1996/1997 NK Čelik Zenica NK Široki Brijeg FK Rudar Ugljevik
1997/1998 NK Bosna Visoko NK Široki Brijeg FK Rudar Ugljevik
1998/1999 FK Sarajevo NK Posušje FK Radnik Bijeljina
1999/2000 NK Jedinstvo Bihać NK Posušje FK Boksit Milići
2000/2001 discontinued discontinued FK Borac Banja Luka
2001/2002 discontinued discontinued FK Leotar Trebinje

The First League of Herzeg-Bosnia served as the top football league for Croatian clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the countrys war and post-war periods of the 1990s. ... Prva liga Republike Srpske or Прва лига Републике Српске (First league of the Republika Srpska) is a second level football competition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. ... FK Rudar is a football club from the city of Ugljevik, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... NK Bosna NK Bosna (Nogometni klub Bosna) is a football club from the city of Visoko that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (English: Football Club Sarajevo; usually known simply as Sarajevo) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina. ...

Cup Winners

  • 2006/2007 - NK Široki Brijeg
  • 2005/2006 - HNK Orašje
  • 2004/2005 - FK Sarajevo
  • 2003/2004 - FK Modriča Maxima
  • 2002/2003 - FK Željezničar
  • 2001/2002 - FK Sarajevo
  • 2000/2001 - FK Željezničar
  • 1999/2000 - NK Željezničar
  • 1998/1999 - NK Bosna Visoko
  • 1997/1998 - FK Sarajevo

Note from above can be referred to cup competition as well. Three separated cups were organized. In 1998, for the first time, Bosnia-Herzegovina got his official cup winner after the Super final between FK Sarajevo and HNK Orašje (winners of two different cups). In 1999/2000 season, normal cup format was organized for the first time in Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Since, 2001/2002 season, clubs from entire country are competing in cup. The Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Kup Bosne i Hercegovine) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The location of the FBiH entity as part of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Europe. ...


Clubs in Europe for the 2005/2006 season

As the champions of the league in the 2004/2005 season NK Zrinjski Mostar entered the UEFA Champions League. In the first qualifying round, Zrinjski lost to F91 Dudelange the champions of Luxembourg. NK Zrinjski Mostar is a football team from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... F91 Dudelange is a Luxembourgian football club, playing in the town of Dudelange. ...


FK Željezničar, finished in second place in the league, and qualified for the UEFA Cup as did FK Sarajevo by winning the Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, due to alleged licensing problems neither club was allowed to enter the competition. So NK Široki Brijeg was awarded one of the spots for finishing third in the league and accidentally Široki Brijeg were also the runners-up in the cup by losing to FK Sarajevo in the final. FK Željezničar is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, playing in the capital, Sarajevo. ... The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ... Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (English: Football Club Sarajevo; usually known simply as Sarajevo) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina. ... The Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... NK Å iroki Brijeg is a Bosnia-Herzegovinan football team from the town of Å iroki Brijeg that currently plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...


During the qualification for the main tournament, Široki Brijeg made an impressive run by qualifying and defeating KS Teuta of Albania and FK Zeta of Montenegro. Logo of KS Teuta This is the 2003-2004 team make-up for the Albanian football team KS Teuta. ... FK Zeta (Serbian/Montenegrin Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Зета) is a football club from Montenegro. ... Anthem Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oh, Bright Dawn of May Montenegro() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Official languages Serbian (Ijekavian dialect)1 Demonym Montenegrin Government Republic  -  President Filip Vujanović  -  Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence due to the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro   -  Declared June 3, 2006...


Clubs in Europe for the 2006/2007 season

Four clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina will participate in European competitions this year. Finishing first in the league last year, NK Široki Brijeg qualified for the UEFA Champions League. They beat FC Shakhtyor of Belarus in the first qualifying round and later lost to Hearts of Scotland in the second qualifying round. FK Sarajevo, as runner-up in the league, and HNK Orašje, as cup-winner, have entered the UEFA Cup. They played FC Rànger's of Andorra and NK Domžale of Slovenia respectively. HNK Orašje was eliminated, while FK Sarajevo won in both games. In second qualifying round, they lost to Romanian side AFC Rapid Bucureşti. The UEFA Champions League 2006-07 was the 52nd edition of the European championship football club tournament and 15th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. ... FC Shakhtyor is a Belarusian Premier League football club, playing in the city of Salihorsk. ... Heart of Midlothian F.C. (most commonly referred to as Hearts) is a professional football club from Edinburgh, Scotland which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic and Scots1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... The UEFA Cup 2006-07 is the 49th edition of the European UEFA Cup football club tournament. ... FC Ràngers is an Andorran football team which plays in the Andorran First Division. ... NK Domžale is a Slovenian football club, which plays in the town of Domžale. ... FC Rapid logo Fotbal Club Rapid BucureÅŸti is a football club of Bucharest, Romania. ...


As third-place finisher NK Zrinjski Mostar entered the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They played Marsaxlokk F.C. of Malta in the first round, defeating them. They have advanced to the second round of the competition where they have lost to Israel's Maccabi Petah Tikva FC. UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 was the first after the major change of the competition format. ... Marsaxlokk FC is a Maltese football club, playing in the town of Marsaxlokk. ... Maccabi Petah Tikva FC (Hebrew: מכבי פתח תקווה) is an Israeli football club, based in the city of Petah Tikva. ...


Clubs in Europe for the 2007/2008 season

Four clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina will participate in European competitions this year. FK Sarajevo qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualification, and NK Zrinjski and NK Široki Brijeg for UEFA Cup qualification. FK Slavija is playing UEFA Intertoto Cup against Andorra's UE Sant Julià and they won first game played in Andorra 2-3. The UEFA Champions League 2007-08 is the 53rd edition of the European championship football tournament and the 16th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. ... The regions in a map The UEFA Cup 2007-08 is the 50th edition of the European UEFA Cup football club tournament. ... The regions in a map The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 will take 50 entries into the competition. ... UE Sant Julià is an Andorran football club, playing in the village of Aixovall in the parish of Sant Julià de Lòria, some 6 km from the capital, Andorra la Vella and 4 km from the Spanish border. ...


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Bosnia and Herzegovina HISTORY (12693 words)
Bosnia and Herzegovina occupies the area between historical Croatia-Slavonia to the north, Dalmatia to the south, and Serbia and Montenegro to the east/southeast.
The unilateral annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria in 1908 exacerbated Austria's relations with Serbia (and almost caused a war) and with the Hungarian half of the Hapsburg Crown that opposed the enlargement of the Slavic population of Austria-Hungary.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ceased to be a separate political unit only for the 27 years of the first Yugoslavia (1918–1945) and became again a separate unit for 47 years as one of the republics of the Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia until 1992.
FK Sarajevo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (928 words)
Today, FK Sarajevo is one of the most famous clubs in the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina and siege of Sarajevo in the early 90's stopped almost all cultural life in the capital.
In 2004, FK Sarajevo legend Safet Sušić was voted Bosnia and Herzegovina's best player of the last 50 years to mark UEFA's Golden Jubilee.
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