Idol Nacije

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The Bosnian Footballer of the Year, since 2008 renamed to Idol Nacije (English translation: The Idol of the nation), 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, and again in 2003. [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 Idol of the nation winners. For the 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]

The show changed format from 2011. It was announced that the ceremony for 2011 would be held before the end of June, and that all future events will take place during the summer, rather than the winter period. [7] The awards will therefore be given for performances during the last season, rather than for the last calendar year. [8] Since the 2014–15 season, the awards are organized and run by NFSBiH.

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 SFRY. Some of the past winners from the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in those times include:

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

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

Idol Nacije

Edin Dzeko is a three-time winner of Idol Nacije - Player of the Year award. 20150331 2026 AUT BIH 2177 Edin Dzeko.jpg
Edin Džeko is a three-time winner of Idol Nacije - Player of the Year award.
YearPlayerClub
1996 Meho Kodro Flag of Spain.svg CD Tenerife
1997 Meho Kodro Flag of Spain.svg CD Tenerife
1998 Elvir Baljić Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe
1999 Elvir Baljić Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
2000 Hasan Salihamidžić Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
2001 Sergej Barbarez Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg
2002 Sergej Barbarez Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg
2003 Sergej Barbarez Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg
2004 Hasan Salihamidžić Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
2005 Hasan Salihamidžić Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
2006 Hasan Salihamidžić Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
2007 Zvjezdan Misimović Flag of Germany.svg FC Nürnberg
2008 Vedad Ibišević Flag of Germany.svg Hoffenheim
2009 Edin Džeko Flag of Germany.svg Wolfsburg
2010 Edin Džeko Flag of Germany.svg Wolfsburg
2011 Edin Džeko Flag of England.svg Manchester City
2012 Asmir Begović Flag of England.svg Stoke City
2013 Zvjezdan Misimović Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Renhe F.C.
2014 Miralem Pjanić Flag of Italy.svg Roma

Winner by Category

Premier League Player of the Year/Season
YearWinnerCountryClubReport
2008 Velibor Đurić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski
2009 Amer Osmanagić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež
2010 Vule Trivunović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac
2011–12 Zajko Zeba Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
2012–13 Saša Kajkut Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Čelik
2013–14Not held
2014–15 Wagner (League Best Player) Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Široki Brijeg
2015–16 Zajko Zeba (League Best Player) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Sloboda Report
2016–17 Miroslav Stevanović (League Best Player) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Report
2017–18 Goran Zakarić (League Best Player) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Report
2018–19 Mersudin Ahmetović (League Best Player) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Report
2019–20Not held

Other categories 2019–20

Not held

Other categories 2018–19

NFSBiH held its own ceremony (fifth annual) to award best football players/or game officials of the season in Bosnian leagues. [9]

Other categories 2017–18

NFSBiH held its own ceremony (fourth annual) to award best football players/or game officials of the season in Bosnian leagues. [10]

Other categories 2016–17

NFSBiH held its own ceremony (third annual) to award best football players/or game officials of the season in Bosnian leagues. [11]

Other categories 2015–16

NFSBiH held its own ceremony (second annual) to award best football players/or game officials of the season in Bosnian leagues. [12]

Other categories 2014–15

NFSBiH held its own ceremony (first annual) to award best football players of the season in Bosnian leagues. [13] [14]

Other categories 2013–14

Not held

Other categories 2012–13

Nermin Zolotic Young player of the year season 2012/13 in the Bosnian League at Zeljeznicar. 20140905 U21 AUT BIH BIH06 1049.jpg
Nermin Zolotić Young player of the year season 2012/13 in the Bosnian League at Željezničar.

Other categories 2011–12

NK Široki Brijeg hold the award record for Best organized Bosnian club for an impressive four Premier League seasons.

Other categories 2010

Other categories 2009

Other categories 2008

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  2. 1 2 worldfootball.net (25 December 2010). "Player of the year – Bosnia-Herzegovina". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
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  4. ↑ sportsport.ba (23 June 2012). "Džekin hat-trick: Novi naslov "Idola nacije"". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. ↑ fifa.com (13 June 2013). "Best-ever Bosnia scale new heights". fifa.com. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Konjić predlaže Idola Nacije – SportSport.ba | BH FUDBAL Archived 2010-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
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  8. ↑ "Proglašenje "Idola nacije" u subotu u Sarajevu" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  9. ↑ N/FSBiH izabrao najbolje u ligaškim takmičenjima at sportsport.ba, 2 June 2019
  10. ↑ Zakarić najbolji igrač Premijer lige BiH, Pirić golman, Slišković trener at Klix.ba, 23 May 2018
  11. ↑ MIROSLAV STEVANOVIĆ NAJBOLJI IGRAČ BHT PL at nfsbih.ba, 2 June 2017
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