2007–08_Premier_League_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
2007–08 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Football league season
The 2007–08 Premijer Liga season, the eighth since its establishment and the sixth as a unified country-wide league, began on 4 August 2007. FK Sarajevo are the defending Premijer Liga champions, having won their first Premijer Liga title and fourth league championship overall the previous season.
| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Modriča 1st Premier League title 1st Bosnian title |
| Relegated | Jedinstvo Žepče |
| Champions League | Modriča |
| UEFA Cup | Široki Brijeg Zrinjski (via domestic cup) |
| Intertoto Cup | Čelik |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 654 (2.73 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Darko Spalević (18 goals) |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → | |
The 2006–07 season saw Borac and Radnik relegated to the Prva Liga RS. They were replaced by Laktaši and Travnik from the Prva Liga RS and FBiH respectively.
Coaches of each team in the league decided to vote for players who have impressed the most in the first half of the season. The only twist is that the coaches couldn't vote a player from their own team. Coaches that participated in the votes are: Slaviša Bižičić (FK Modriča), Husref Musemić (FK Sarajevo), Enver Hadžiabdić (FK Željezničar), Pavle Skočibušić (NK Žepče), Dušan Jevrić (Slavija Sarajevo), Mirza Golubica (NK Travnik), Sakib Malkočević (Sloboda Tuzla), Anel Karabeg (FK Velež Mostar), Vlado Jagodić (FK Laktaši), Mario Ćutuk (NK Široki Brijeg), Ivo Ištuk (NK Čelik Zenica), Ahmet Kečalović (NK Jedinstvo Bihać), Dragan Jović (HŠK Zrinjski Mostar), Srđan Bajić (FK Leotar Trebinje), Vinko Jurišić (NK Posušje) and Bakir Beširević (HNK Orašje).
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Other players that have been voted:
Vasilj, Tripic, Lukačević, Matko, Šabić, S. Nikolić, Hasanović, Mikelini, Mulalić, Vugdalić, Rajović, Stojanović, Marković, Bajić, Karadža, Stjepanović, Krstanović, Režić, Rogulj, Ronielle, Admir Raščić, Celson, Landeka, Kordić 1, A. Joldić, Mulina, Pejić, Ančić, Barišić, Bajić
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Modriča (C) | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 55 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Široki Brijeg | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Čelik Zenica | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 52 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Zrinjski | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
| 5 | Sarajevo | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 48 | |
| 6 | Sloboda Tuzla | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 47 | |
| 7 | Željezničar | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 45 | |
| 8 | Slavija | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 44 | |
| 9 | Velež | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 44 | |
| 10 | Laktaši | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 43 | |
| 11 | Posušje | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 43 | |
| 12 | Orašje | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 42 | |
| 13 | Travnik | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 42 | |
| 14 | Leotar | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 41 | |
| 15 | Jedinstvo Bihać (R) | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 40 | Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH |
| 16 | Žepče (R) | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 25 | 73 | −48 | 7 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Zrinjski won 2007–08 Bosnian Cup and qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
| Home \ Away | ČEL | JED | LAK | LEO | MOD | ORA | POS | SAR | SLA | SLO | ŠB | TRA | VEL | ZRI | ŽEL | ŽEP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Čelik | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
| Jedinstvo | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Laktaši | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Leotar | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Modriča | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | |
| Orašje | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Posušje | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Sarajevo | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Slavija | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Široki Brijeg | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Travnik | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| Velež | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Zrinjski | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Željezničar | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Žepče | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–0[lower-alpha 1] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Darko Spalević |
Slavija | 18 |
| 2 |  Stevo Nikolić |
Modriča | 15 |
| 3 |  Ivan Krstanović |
Posušje | 14 |
| Senad Mujić |
Orašje | ||
| 5 | Feđa Dudić |
Travnik | 13 |
| 6 | Sanel Jahić |
Željezničar | 12 |
| 7 | Krešimir Kordić |
Posušje | 11 |
| Emir Hadžić |
Čelik |
- BiH soccer (in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian)
- Football Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina official site (in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian)
- UEFA coverage (in English)