2023–24_Premier_League_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina

2023–24 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Football league season

The 2023–24 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as the Wwin League for sponsorship reasons) is the 24th season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 29 July 2023 and is scheduled to end on 26 May 2024, with a winter break between mid December 2023 and mid February 2024.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Premijer liga
Season	2023–24
Dates	29 July 2023 – 26 May 2024
Matches played	174
Goals scored	464 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nemanja Bilbija (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Sarajevo 6–2 Tuzla City (24 November 2023)
Biggest away win	GOŠK 1–5 Zrinjski (26 November 2023) Tuzla City 1–5 Sarajevo (29 March 2024)
Highest scoring	Sarajevo 6–2 Tuzla City (24 November 2023)
Longest winning run	Borac (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Borac (22 matches)
Longest winless run	Zvijezda 09 (11 matches)
Longest losing run	Igman (6 matches)
Highest attendance	21,000 Sarajevo 3–0 Željezničar (8 October 2023)
Lowest attendance	100 Tuzla City 2–0 Široki Brijeg (6 December 2023) Široki Brijeg 0–1 Sloga (9 March 2024) Sloga 2–0 Zvijezda 09 (27 April 2024)
Total attendance	428,304
Average attendance	2,461
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 29 April 2024.

Zrinjski Mostar are the defending champions, having won their eighth Premier League title in the previous season.

Teams

Twelve teams are competing in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two promoted from each of the second-level leagues. The promoted teams are GOŠK Gabela and Zvijezda 09, who returned to the top flight after respective absences of four and three years. They replaced Leotar and Sloboda Tuzla, who were relegated after respective spells of two and nine years in the top flight.^[1]

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2023–24 Premier League of BiH teams

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Borac	Banja Luka	Banja Luka City Stadium	10,030
GOŠK	Gabela	Perica-Pero Pavlović	3,000
Igman	Konjic	Stadion Igmana	5,000
Posušje	Posušje	Mokri Dolac	8,000
Sarajevo	Sarajevo (Koševo)	Asim Ferhatović Hase	34,500
Sloga	Doboj	Luke Stadium	3,000
Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg	Pecara	7,000
Tuzla City	Tuzla	Tušanj	7,200
Velež	Mostar (Vrapčići)	Stadion Rođeni	7,000
Zrinjski	Mostar	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom	9,000
Zvijezda 09	Ugljevik	Ugljevik City Stadium	5,000
Željezničar	Sarajevo (Grbavica)	Grbavica	13,146

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.

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac	Vinko Marinović	Srđan Grahovac	Kelme	Mtel
GOŠK	Admir Adžem	Riad Šuta	Joma	WWin
Igman	Vacant	Anel Hebibović	Kelme	Igman
Posušje	Denis Ćorić	Luka Lučić	Jako	Formula
Sarajevo	Simon Rožman	Marin Aničić	Adidas	Turkish Airlines
Sloga	Vlado Jagodić	Milan Milanović	GB3	Meridian
Široki Brijeg	Dino Skender	Marijan Ćavar	Kelme	WWin
Tuzla City	Vacant	Mustafa Šukilović	No1	—
Velež	Dean Klafurić	Denis Zvonić	Joma	Narentas
Zrinjski	Željko Petrović	Nemanja Bilbija	Macron	M.T. Abraham Group
Zvijezda 09	Bojan Trkulja	Predrag Ristanović	NAAI	WWin
Željezničar	Dino Đurbuzović (caretaker)	Sulejman Krpić	Macron	The Maniacs

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Široki Brijeg	Ivica Barbarić^[2]	Sacked	3 June 2023	Pre-season	Marijan Budimir^[3]	16 June 2023
Zvijezda 09	Toni Karačić^[4]	End of contract	15 June 2023		Mihajlo Jurasović^[5]	19 June 2023
Sarajevo	Mirza Varešanović^[6]	Mutual consent	22 July 2023		Mensur Dogan (interim)^[7]	24 July 2023
Igman	Husref Musemić^[8]	Mutual consent	27 July 2023		Dženis Ćosić^[9]	3 August 2023
Sarajevo	Mensur Dogan^[10]	End of interim spell	3 August 2023	10th	Simon Rožman^[10]	3 August 2023
Velež	Nedim Jusufbegović^[11]	Mutual consent	23 August 2023	4th	Dean Klafurić^[12]	30 August 2023
Tuzla City	Milenko Bošnjaković^[13]		29 September 2023	11th	Adnan Osmanhodžić (interim)^[14]	30 September 2023
Igman	Dženis Ćosić^[15]		3 October 2023	10th	Edis Mulalić^[16]	4 October 2023
Željezničar	Nermin Bašić^[17]		1 November 2023	8th	Haris Alihodžić (interim)^[18]	1 November 2023
GOŠK	Denis Ćorić^[19]		6 November 2023	10th	Toni Karačić^[20]	8 November 2023
Željezničar	Haris Alihodžić^[18]	End of interim spell	7 November 2023	6th	Abdulhakeem Al-Tuwaijri^[21]	7 November 2023
Zvijezda 09	Mihajlo Jurasović^[22]	Resigned	15 November 2023	12th	Darko Milisavljević^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[23]	20 November 2023
Zrinjski	Krunoslav Rendulić^[24]	Mutual consent	18 November 2023	3rd	Mario Ivanković (interim)^[25]	20 November 2023
Široki Brijeg	Marijan Budimir^[26]	Mutual consent	23 December 2023	6th	Dino Skender^[27]	30 December 2023
Posušje	Branko Karačić^[28]	Sacked	30 December 2023	7th	Denis Ćorić^[29]	2 January 2024
Tuzla City	Adnan Osmanhodžić^[30]	End of interim spell	31 December 2023	9th	Slavko Petrović^[31]	8 January 2024
Željezničar	Abdulhakeem Al-Tuwaijri^[32]	Resigned	2 January 2024	10th	Bruno Akrapović^[33]	8 January 2024
Zrinjski	Mario Ivanković^[34]	End of interim spell	5 January 2024	2nd	Željko Petrović^[34]	5 January 2024
GOŠK	Toni Karačić^[35]	Mutual consent	12 February 2024	8th	Admir Adžem^[36]	13 February 2024
Zvijezda 09	Darko Milisavljević^[37]		22 March 2024	12th	Bojan Trkulja^[38]	27 March 2024
Tuzla City	Slavko Petrović^[39]		31 March 2024	10th
Željezničar	Bruno Akrapović^[40]		20 April 2024	11th	Dino Đurbuzović (interim)^[41]	20 April 2024
Igman	Edis Mulalić^[42]		27 April 2024	10th

Milisavljević was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but the move was made permanent on 31 December 2023.

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borac Banja Luka (X)	29	21	6	2	54	18	+36	69	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Zrinjski Mostar (X)	29	20	4	5	61	25	+36	64	Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Velež Mostar	29	13	10	6	39	24	+15	49	Qualification to Conference League first qualifying round
4	Sarajevo	29	14	6	9	51	34	+17	45^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualification to Conference League first qualifying round
5	Posušje	29	11	8	10	30	25	+5	41
6	Sloga Meridian	29	13	2	14	33	43	−10	41
7	Široki Brijeg	29	10	5	14	32	37	−5	35
8	Željezničar	29	10	3	16	26	35	−9	33
9	GOŠK Gabela	29	8	8	13	32	53	−21	32
10	Igman Konjic	29	9	4	16	34	57	−23	31
11	Tuzla City	29	7	6	16	42	52	−10	27	Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH or Prva Liga RS
12	Zvijezda 09	29	6	2	21	30	61	−31	20	Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH or Prva Liga RS

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. Source: Rezultati.com
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)^[44]
(X) Assured of at least Conference League second qualifying round
Notes:

The winners of the 2023–24 Bosnian Cup (Borac Banja Luka or Zrinjski Mostar) qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round (or the second place team if the Cup winners win the league). Since the Bosnian Cup winners will finish in the top two of the Premier League, the fourth-placed team will qualify for the Conference League first qualifying round.
Sarajevo were deducted 3 points for having its players leave the pitch in protest of multiple officiating decisions during a Bosnian Cup game against Borac.^[43]

Results

Rounds 1–22

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Home \ Away	BOR	GOŠ	IGM	POS	SAR	SLG	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ZVI	ŽEL
Borac	—	3–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–2	3–2
GOŠK	0–3	—	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–4	0–0	1–4	0–4	1–5	2–0	1–0
Igman	0–1	1–2	—	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–4	0–2	3–1	2–0
Posušje	0–2	0–0	4–1	—	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0
Sarajevo	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	—	1–2	1–3	6–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0
Sloga	0–4	3–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	—	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Široki Brijeg	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	—	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–0
Tuzla City	1–2	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–4	2–0	3–0
Velež	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	5–0	1–0
Zrinjski	0–1	3–1	5–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	—	5–3	2–1
Zvijezda 09	1–2	1–2	3–4	0–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–1
Željezničar	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	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.

Rounds 23–33

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Home \ Away	BOR	GOŠ	IGM	POS	SAR	SLG	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ZVI	ŽEL
Borac				1–0		1–0				1–2	3–1
GOŠK				0–1				1–0				1–2
Igman		0–0		1–1		2–0
Posušje							1–0	1–1		0–1		1–0
Sarajevo	1–1	4–0	3–2						3–0
Sloga								3–1		0–2	2–0	0–3
Široki Brijeg	1–2	2–2	4–1
Tuzla City			1–2		1–5		3–1
Velež	1–1		2–0			1–0					3–1
Zrinjski					4–3				1–0		4–0	2–0
Zvijezda 09		1–2					2–3	3–2
Željezničar					0–0		1–0		0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. 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

As of 29 April 2024^[45]

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nemanja Bilbija	Zrinjski	23
2	Dejan Vidić	Sloga	16
3	Hamza Čataković	Sarajevo	14
4	Nermin Haskić	Velež	11
4	Đorđe Pantelić	Tuzla City	11
6	Renan Oliveira	Sarajevo	9
6	Jovo Lukić	Borac	9
8	Mario Ćuže	Zrinjski	8
	Ajdin Hasić	Sarajevo
	Anel Hebibović	Igman
11	Giorgi Guliashvili	Velež	7
	Irfan Hadžić	Tuzla City
	Tomislav Kiš	Zrinjski
	Sulejman Krpić	Željezničar
	Mirzad Mehanović	Tuzla City
	Dino Skorup	GOŠK

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