2016–17 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer liga

Season	2016–17
Dates	23 July 2016 – 28 May 2017
Champions	Zrinjski 5th Premier League title 5th Bosnian title
Relegated	Metalleghe-BSI Olimpic
Champions League	Zrinjski
Europa League	Željezničar Sarajevo Široki Brijeg
Matches	174
Goals	383 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivan Lendrić (19 goals) [1]
Biggest home win	Zrinjski 4–0 Čelik (10 September 2016) [2] Sarajevo 4–0 Čelik (30 October 2016) [3]
Biggest away win	Olimpik 0–5 Zrinjski (29 October 2016) [4]
Highest scoring	Sarajevo 4–3 Mladost (DK) (20 November 2016) [5]
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The 2016–17 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 23 July 2016 and concluded on 28 May 2017, with a winter break between early December 2016 and late February 2017. The official fixture schedule was released on 24 June 2016. ^[6]

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted from each of the second-level league. ^[7]

Stadiums and locations

Čelik

Sloboda

Mladost

Olimpik

Radnik

Sarajevo

Široki Brijeg

Vitez

Zrinjski

Željezničar

Krupa

Metalleghe

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Location of the 2016–17 Premier League of BiH clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity [8]
Čelik	Zenica	Bilino Polje	15,292
Krupa	Krupa na Vrbasu	Gradski Stadion (Krupa na Vrbasu)	1,200 (expanding to fit 3,500)
Metalleghe-BSI	Jajce	Stadion Mračaj	3,000
Mladost	Doboj (Kakanj)	Stadion Mladost Kakanj	3,000
Olimpik	Sarajevo	Otoka	3,000
Radnik	Bijeljina	Gradski stadion (Bijeljina)	6,000
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Asim Ferhatović Hase	35,630
Sloboda	Tuzla	Tušanj	7,200
Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg	Pecara	5,628
Vitez	Vitez	Gradski Stadion (Vitez)	3,000
Zrinjski	Mostar	Bijeli Brijeg	20,000
Željezničar	Sarajevo	Grbavica	14,000

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
NK Čelik Zenica	Boris Pavić	Emir Jusić	Haad	Grad Zenica
NK Metalleghe-BSI	Mato Neretljak	Nevres Fejzić	Joma	—
FK Krupa	Slobodan Starčević	Aleksandar Vukotić	NAAI	BEMA
FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Husref Musemić	Aladin Isaković	Joma	Kakanj Cement
FK Olimpik Sarajevo	Dragan Radović	Mahir Karić	Puma	Europlakat
FK Radnik Bijeljina	Nebojša Milošević	Stanko Ostojić	Joma	Nektar
FK Sarajevo	Mehmed Janjoš	Haris Duljević	Nike	Turkish Airlines
FK Sloboda Tuzla	Vlado Jagodić	Amer Ordagić	Ardu	Wwin
NK Široki Brijeg	Goran Sablić	Jure Ivanković	Jako	Mepas
NK Vitez	Slaven Musa	Ivan Livaja	Joma	tioil
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	Blaž Slišković	Pero Stojkić	Macron	PPD
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	Slavko Petrović	Zajko Zeba	Diadora	—

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departed on		Announced on	Arrived on
NK Čelik Zenica	Elvedin Beganović	Resigned (joined FK Rudar Kakanj)	30 June 2016		Kemal Alispahić	1 July 2016		[9]
NK Široki Brijeg	Slaven Musa	Resigned	5 July 2016		Branko Karačić	8 July 2016		[10] [11]
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	Milos Kostic	Sacked	22 August 2016		Slavko Petrović	24 August 2016		[12]
FK Radnik Bijeljina	Slavko Petrović	Resigned (joined FK Željezničar Sarajevo)	23 August 2016		Nebojša Milošević	25 August 2016		[13]
FK Sarajevo	Almir Hurtić	Resigned (joined FK Željezničar Sarajevo)	23 August 2016		Mehmed Janjoš	29 August 2016		[14]
FK Olimpik Sarajevo	Faik Kolar	Resigned (Health reasons)	27 August 2016		Dragan Radović	6 September 2016		[15]
FK Sloboda Tuzla	Husref Musemić	Resigned	11 September 2016		Vlado Jagodić	11 October 2016		[16] [17]
NK Čelik Zenica	Kemal Alispahić	Sacked	15 September 2016		Ivo Ištuk	19 September 2016		[18] [19]
NK Vitez	Boris Pavić	Sacked	24 September 2016		Slaven Musa	4 October 2016		[20]
FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Ibrahim Rahimić	Resigned (joined FK Velež Mostar)	26 September 2016		Husref Musemić	27 September 2016		[21]
NK Široki Brijeg	Branko Karačić	Resigned	3 October 2016		Denis Ćorić	13 October 2016		[22]
NK Čelik Zenica	Ivo Ištuk	Sacked	1 November 2016		Nedim Jusufbegović	2 November 2016		[23]
FK Olimpik Sarajevo	Dragan Radović	Sacked	1 November 2016		Asim Saračević	2 November 2016		[24] [25]
NK Metalleghe-BSI	Nermin Bašić	Left by mutual consent	8 November 2016		Mato Neretljak	14 November 2016		[26] [27]
FK Olimpik Sarajevo	Asim Saračević	Sacked	8 November 2016		Darko Dražić	9 November 2016		[28]
FK Olimpik Sarajevo	Darko Dražić	Sacked	15 December 2016		Faruk Kulović	27 December 2016		[29]
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	Vinko Marinović	Sacked	27 December 2016		Ivica Barbarić	3 January 2017		[30]
NK Široki Brijeg	Denis Ćorić	Sacked	16 January 2017		Goran Sablić	18 January 2017		[31]
FK Olimpik Sarajevo	Faruk Kulović	Sacked	11 March 2017		Dragan Radović	12 March 2017		[32]
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	Ivica Barbarić	Resigned	18 March 2017		Blaž Slišković	23 March 2017		[33]
NK Čelik Zenica	Nedim Jusufbegović	Left by mutual consent	19 March 2017		Boris Pavić	19 March 2017		[34]

Regular season

In contrast to previous seasons, this season has a two-stage format. In the regular season, each of the 12 teams play home-and-away once, resulting in 22 games played each. The top six teams in the regular season qualify for the Championship round, the bottom six teams qualify for the Relegation round. Each team then plays home-and-away against the other teams within their own group, for an additional ten games played each, a season total of 32 games.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zrinjski Mostar	22	13	6	3	38	19	+19	45	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Željezničar Sarajevo	22	13	5	4	28	14	+14	44
3	Sarajevo	22	12	7	3	30	16	+14	43
4	Radnik Bijeljina	22	10	7	5	31	22	+9	37
5	Sloboda Tuzla	22	9	8	5	31	24	+7	35
6	Krupa	22	9	5	8	27	22	+5	32
7	Široki Brijeg	22	7	7	8	23	26	−3	28	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	22	6	8	8	27	26	+1	26
9	Vitez	22	5	8	9	12	19	−7	23
10	Metalleghe-BSI	22	6	3	13	20	29	−9	21
11	Čelik Zenica	22	2	7	13	14	34	−20	13
12	Olimpik	22	2	5	15	15	45	−30	11

Source: Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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) ^[35]

Results

Home \ Away	ČEL	KRU	MET	MDK	OLI	RAD	SAR	SLO	ŠB	VIT	ZRI	ŽEL
Čelik Zenica	—	1–2	1–3	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Krupa	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1
Metalleghe-BSI	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–4	0–1
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	1–0	0–1	3–2	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Olimpik	3–0	0–3	0–2	2–3	—	0–3	0–1	3–3	3–1	0–0	0–5	0–2
Radnik Bijeljina	2–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	—	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Sarajevo	4–0	3–2	1–2	4–3	1–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Sloboda Tuzla	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	—	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0
Široki Brijeg	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–0
Vitez	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	0–0	0–1	—	0–1	0–2
Zrinjski Mostar	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	—	0–4
Željezničar Sarajevo	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	—

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.

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zrinjski Mostar (C)	32	18	10	4	54	25	+29	64	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Željezničar Sarajevo	32	18	9	5	41	22	+19	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Sarajevo	32	16	11	5	41	22	+19	59
4	Krupa	32	12	10	10	40	34	+6	46
5	Sloboda Tuzla	32	11	10	11	39	42	−3	43
6	Radnik Bijeljina	32	10	10	12	37	39	−2	40

Source: Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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) ^[36]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	KRU	RAD	SAR	SLO	ZRI	ŽEL
Krupa	—	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1
Radnik Bijeljina	2–2	—	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–1
Sarajevo	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–0
Sloboda Tuzla	1–3	2–0	0–2	—	0–0	2–2
Zrinjski Mostar	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	—	0–0
Željezničar Sarajevo	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	—

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.

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Široki Brijeg	32	9	10	13	34	35	−1	37	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [a]
8	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	32	8	13	11	42	45	−3	37
9	Vitez	32	8	11	13	20	30	−10	35
10	Čelik Zenica	32	8	11	13	28	39	−11	35
11	Metalleghe-BSI (R)	32	7	11	14	25	34	−9	32	Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH
12	Olimpik (R)	32	5	8	19	28	62	−34	23

Source: Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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) ^[37]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Široki Brijeg qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ČEL	MET	MDK	OLI	ŠB	VIT
Čelik Zenica	—	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0
Metalleghe-BSI	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	3–3	2–2	—	2–2	1–0	4–1
Olimpik	0–1	1–0	3–3	—	2–0	0–1
Široki Brijeg	1–1	0–1	4–0	5–1	—	0–1
Vitez	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	—

Source: Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [38]
1	Ivan Lendrić	Željezničar	19
2	Elvir Koljić	Krupa	13
3	Jasmin Mešanović	Zrinjski	11
	Sulejman Krpić	Sloboda Tuzla
5	Mersudin Ahmetović	Sarajevo	10
	Marko Obradović	Radnik
	Nemanja Bilbija	Zrinjski
	Goran Brkić	Mladost Doboj Kakanj
9	Wagner	Široki Brijeg	9
	Nermin Crnkić	Sarajevo
	Luka Menalo	Široki Brijeg
	Asim Zec	Sloboda Tuzla

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Željezničar	6,969
2	Sarajevo	4,875
3	Zrinjski	2,719
4	Sloboda	2,219
5	Čelik	1,800
6	Široki	1,140
7	Krupa	938
8	Vitez	847
9	Mladost	656
10	Radnik	607
11	Olimpik	484
12	Metalleghe-BSI	397

Source: ^[39]

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External links

• Official site for the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina