2019–20 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer liga
Season	2019–20
Dates	20 July 2019 – 1 June 2020
Champions	Sarajevo ; 4th Premier League title ; 5th Bosnian title ; 7th Domestic title
Relegated	Čelik (to League of Zenica-Doboj Canton); Zvijezda 09
Champions League	Sarajevo
Europa League	Željezničar; Zrinjski; Borac
Matches played	132
Goals scored	328 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mersudin Ahmetović (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Željezničar 6–0 Zvijezda 09; (25 September 2019)
Biggest away win	Zvijezda 09 1–5 Tuzla City; (20 July 2019)
Highest scoring	Sarajevo 6–2 Tuzla City; (22 February 2020)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Borac
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; Željezničar
Longest winless run	14 matches; Zvijezda 09
Longest losing run	7 matches; Zvijezda 09
Highest attendance	15,000; Sarajevo 1–3 Željezničar; (30 November 2019)
Lowest attendance	150; Zvijezda 09 0–0 Široki Brijeg; (31 August 2019)
Total attendance	354,986
Average attendance	2,689
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the twentieth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 20 July 2019 and ended abruptly on 1 June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina,^[1] with a winter break between early December 2019 and late February 2020.

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested in the league, including 10 sides from the 2018–19 season and two promoted from each of the second-level leagues, Borac Banja Luka and Velež Mostar, replacing relegated sides Krupa and GOŠK Gabela.

Stadiums and locations

Borac	Čelik	Mladost	Radnik
Banja Luka City Stadium	Bilino Polje	MGM Farm Arena	Gradski Stadion Bijeljina
Capacity: 10,030	Capacity: 15,292	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 6,000

Sarajevo	Čelik Sloboda Tuzla City Mladost Radnik Sarajevo Široki Brijeg Zvijezda 09 Velež Zrinjski Željezničar Borac class=notpageimage\| Locations of the 2019–20 Premier League of BiH clubs		Sloboda
Asim Ferhatović Hase			Tušanj
Capacity: 34,500			Capacity: 7,200

Široki Brijeg			Tuzla City
Pecara			Tušanj
Capacity: 7,000			Capacity: 7,200

Velež	Zrinjski	Zvijezda 09	Željezničar
Stadion Rođeni	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom	Ugljevik City Stadium	Grbavica
Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 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.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac	Vlado Jagodić	Stojan Vranješ	Kelme	Prointer
Čelik	Ümit Özat	Fenan Salčinović	Nike	WWin
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Fahrudin Šolbić	Aladin Isaković	Joma	HeidelbergCement
Radnik	Slavko Petrović	Velibor Đurić	Joma	WWin
Sarajevo	Vinko Marinović	Krste Velkoski	Nike	Turkish Airlines
Sloboda	Gradimir Crnogorac	Amar Beganović	Legea	WWin
Široki Brijeg	Toni Karačić	Dino Ćorić	Legea	WWin
Tuzla City	Zlatan Nalić	Samir Efendić	No1	—
Velež	Feđa Dudić	Denis Zvonić	No1	Bosnalijek
Zrinjski	Mladen Žižović	Pero Stojkić	Macron	PPD
Zvijezda 09	Perica Ognjenović	Aleksandar Vojinović	Nike / Hummel	—
Željezničar	Amar Osim	Semir Štilić	Umbro	Whirlpool

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sarajevo (C)	22	13	6	3	38	19	+19	45	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Željezničar	22	12	6	4	43	21	+22	42	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Zrinjski Mostar	22	11	5	6	30	12	+18	38
4	Borac Banja Luka	22	10	6	6	29	23	+6	36
5	Tuzla City	22	10	5	7	27	29	−2	35
6	Radnik Bijeljina	22	10	4	8	34	21	+13	34
7	Široki Brijeg	22	8	8	6	31	26	+5	32
8	Velež Mostar	22	9	5	8	25	23	+2	32
9	Sloboda Tuzla	22	4	9	9	21	35	−14	21
10	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	22	4	6	12	21	35	−14	18
11	Čelik Zenica^[a] (R, D)	22	5	5	12	17	33	−16	17^[b]	Excluded from Bosnian professional football, relegated to the League of Zenica-Doboj Canton
12	Zvijezda 09 (R)	22	1	5	16	12	51	−39	8	Relegation to the Prva Liga RS

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)^[4]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Čelik were initially relegated to the Prva Liga FBiH, but were then excluded from the league on 13 July 2020.^[2]
^ Čelik were deducted 3 points due to debts that they didn't pay off on time.^[3]

Positions by table

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Sarajevo	5	4	1	3	2	1	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Željezničar	6	1	2	1	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2
Zrinjski	9	9	10	9	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	4	3	3
Borac	6	5	7	4	4	7	5	8	7	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	5	3	3	3	4	4
Tuzla City	1	7	4	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	1	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5
Radnik	7	6	9	10	11	9	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	5	6	4	5	6	6	6	6
Široki Brijeg	10	10	5	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Velež	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sloboda	3	2	8	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	2	8	6	8	7	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10
Čelik	4	3	3	5	5	5	8	7	8	8	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11
Zvijezda 09	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader
	UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation to First League of FBiH/First League of RS

Source: BH Telecom Premier League BiH

Results

Rounds 1–22

Home \ Away	BOR	ČEL	MDK	RAD	SAR	ŠB	SLO	TUZ	VEL	Z09	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac	—	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0
Čelik	1–2	—	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–2
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	1–1	4–2	—	0–4	0–3	2–3	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–2
Radnik	1–2	2–1	3–0	—	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	0–1	5–1	1–0	0–0
Sarajevo	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	—	3–0	3–0	6–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–3
Široki Brijeg	2–2	0–1	3–2	3–0	0–0	—	2–0	1–3	1–0	4–0	1–1	3–3
Sloboda	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–4
Tuzla City	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–2
Velež	2–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	—	2–0	1–0	1–1
Zvijezda 09	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–5	1–2	—	2–0	0–3
Zrinjski	4–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	—	2–1
Željezničar	0–0	3–0^[a]	2–1	1–0	5–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	6–0	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.

^ Željezničar was given a 3–0 win by default in Round 15 since the match was postponed because of Čelik's unpaid debts on time to their former players and staff.^[5]

Top goalscorers


Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[6]
1	Mersudin Ahmetović	Sarajevo	13
2	Sulejman Krpić	Željezničar	12
	Vojo Ubiparip	Tuzla City
	Stojan Vranješ	Borac
5	Brandao	Velež	10
6	Semir Štilić	Željezničar	8
7	Amer Bekić	Sloboda	7
	Vladimir Bradonjić	Radnik
	Velibor Đurić	Radnik

References

^ F.Z. (1 June 2020). "Zvanično! Sarajevo prvak BiH drugu godinu zaredom, Čelik i Zvijezda ispadaju" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ E.M. (13 July 2020). "Čelik takmičenje nastavlja u Kantonalnoj ligi, izabrana i nova uprava kluba" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ F.Z. (21 November 2019). "Čeliku oduzeta tri boda zbog neodigravanja utakmice protiv Željezničara" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "Premijer Liga 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Odluka Takmičarske komisije NFSBiH: Željezničar – Čelik 3:0". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ BiH Premier League at fc-tables.com

External links

Official website

[table_note_CEL0.56673790075199-3] Čelik were initially relegated to the Prva Liga FBiH, but were then excluded from the league on 13 July 2020.^[2]

[table_hth_CEL0.56673790075199-5] Čelik were deducted 3 points due to debts that they didn't pay off on time.^[3]

[8] Željezničar was given a 3–0 win by default in Round 15 since the match was postponed because of Čelik's unpaid debts on time to their former players and staff.^[5]

[Klix.ba-1] F.Z. (1 June 2020). "Zvanično! Sarajevo prvak BiH drugu godinu zaredom, Čelik i Zvijezda ispadaju" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[2] E.M. (13 July 2020). "Čelik takmičenje nastavlja u Kantonalnoj ligi, izabrana i nova uprava kluba" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[4] F.Z. (21 November 2019). "Čeliku oduzeta tri boda zbog neodigravanja utakmice protiv Željezničara" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

[seasonrules-6] "Premijer Liga 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[7] "Odluka Takmičarske komisije NFSBiH: Željezničar – Čelik 3:0". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[9] BiH Premier League at fc-tables.com

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