Idol Nacije

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The Bosnian Footballer of the Year, renamed to Idol Nacije (English translation: The Idol of the nation) in 2008, is an annual award given to the best Bosnian football player of the year, as well as recognising and awarding other sports men and women, coaches and game officials in the country. The event was held in 2001 under the Bosnian banner for the first time, with Sergej Barbarez winning the most prestigious award for best player of the year. [1] [2] [3]

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From 2008 to 2013, the awards was organized by sports news/media website SportSport.ba and broadcast on NTV Hayat and was expanded to include many other award categories. Edin Džeko won three Idol Nacije awards in a row. [4] [5] Vedad Ibišević and Asmir Begović were the only other winners. From 2010 awards, it was decided that former player Muhamed Konjić would nominate 10 players for the main award of player of the year. In 2008 Sergej Barbarez had this honor, while Mehmed Baždarević received the task in 2009. [6]

In 2011, it was announced that the ceremony would be held before the end of June, and that all future events would take place during the summer, rather than the winter period. [7] The awards therefore are given for performances during the previous season, rather than for the previous calendar year. [8] Since 2017, the awards have been given out under the name Kristalnih 11. [9]

List of winners

During the days of Yugoslavia, the award was run collectively on the entire former Yugoslavia territory by newspaper Večernji list from 1972 until the breakup of Yugoslavia. Some of the past winners from the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in those times include:

YearPlayerNationalityClub
1972 Dušan Bajević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Velež
1973 Enver Marić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Velež
1974 Josip Katalinski Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Željezničar
1979 Safet Sušić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Sarajevo
1985 Blaž Slišković Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
1986 Semir Tuce Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Velež

Idol Nacije

Edin Dzeko is a three-time winner of the Idol Nacije - Player of the Year award 20150331 2026 AUT BIH 2177 Edin Dzeko (cropped).jpg
Edin Džeko is a three-time winner of the Idol Nacije - Player of the Year award

Past winners from the modern-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina include: [2]

YearPlayerClub
1996 Meho Kodro (1) Flag of Spain.svg CD Tenerife
1997 Meho Kodro (2) Flag of Spain.svg CD Tenerife
1998 Elvir Baljić (1) Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe
1999 Elvir Baljić (2) Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
2000 Hasan Salihamidžić (1) Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
2001 Sergej Barbarez (1) Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV
2002 Sergej Barbarez (2) Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV
2003 Sergej Barbarez (3) Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV
2004 Hasan Salihamidžić (2) Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
2005 Hasan Salihamidžić (3) Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
2006 Hasan Salihamidžić (4) Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
2007 Zvjezdan Misimović (1) Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Nürnberg
2008 Vedad Ibišević Flag of Germany.svg 1899 Hoffenheim
2009 Edin Džeko (1) Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg
2010 Edin Džeko (2) Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg
2011 Edin Džeko (3) Flag of England.svg Manchester City
2012 Asmir Begović Flag of England.svg Stoke City
2013 Zvjezdan Misimović (2) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guizhou Renhe
2014 Miralem Pjanić Flag of Italy.svg Roma

Player of the Season

Nemanja Bilbija is a three-time winner of the Kristalnih 11 - Player of the Season award Nemanja Bilbija 01 (cropped).jpg
Nemanja Bilbija is a three-time winner of the Kristalnih 11 - Player of the Season award
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClub
2008 Velibor Đurić Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski
2009 Amer Osmanagić Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež
2010 Vule Trivunović Defender Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac
2011–12 Zajko Zeba (1) Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2012–13 Saša Kajkut Forward Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Čelik
2013–14 Not held
2014–15 Wagner Midfielder Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Široki Brijeg
2015–16 Zajko Zeba (2) Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sloboda
2016–17 Miroslav Stevanović Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2017–18 Goran Zakarić (1) Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2018–19 Mersudin Ahmetović Forward Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
2019–20 Not held
2020–21 Goran Zakarić (2) Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac
2021–22 Nemanja Bilbija (1) Forward Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski
2022–23 Nemanja Bilbija (2) Forward Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski
2023–24 Nemanja Bilbija (3) Forward Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski

Young Player of the Season

SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClub
2010 Edin Višća Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2011–12 Josip Kvesić Defender Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2012–13 Nermin Zolotić Defender Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2013–14 Not held
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17 Luka Menalo (1) Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg
2017–18 Luka Menalo (2) Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg
2018–19 Nihad Mujakić Defender Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
2019–20 Not held
2020–21 Andrej Đokanović Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
2021–22 Ivan Bašić Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski
2022–23 Dal Varešanović Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
2023–24 Muhamed Buljubašić Midfielder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo

Manager of the Season

Amar Osim has won the Manager of the Season award three times with Zeljeznicar Amar Osim.jpg
Amar Osim has won the Manager of the Season award three times with Željezničar
SeasonManagerNationalityClub
2009 Abdulah Ibraković Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež
2010 Amar Osim (1)Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2011–12 Amar Osim (2)Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2012–13 Amar Osim (3)Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2013–14 Not held
2014–15
2015–16 Vinko Marinović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski
2016–17 Mehmed Janjoš Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
2017–18 Blaž Slišković Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski
2018–19 Husref Musemić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
2019–20 Not held
2020–21 Feđa Dudić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež
2021–22 Sergej Jakirović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski
2022–23 Krunoslav Rendulić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Zrinjski
2023–24 Denis Ćorić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Posušje

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