Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 21 July 2018 – 25 May 2019 |
Champions | Sarajevo 3rd Premier League title 4th Bosnian title 6th Domestic title |
Relegated | Krupa GOŠK |
Champions League | Sarajevo |
Europa League | Zrinjski Široki Brijeg Radnik |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 432 (2.18 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Sulejman Krpić (16 goals) |
Biggest home win | Široki Brijeg 6–0 Čelik (5 August 2018) |
Biggest away win | Mladost Doboj Kakanj 0–6 Sarajevo (6 October 2018) |
Highest scoring | Krupa 5–2 Čelik (13 April 2019) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Sarajevo |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches Sarajevo |
Longest winless run | 12 matches Zvijezda 09 |
Longest losing run | 7 matches GOŠK |
Highest attendance | 15,500 Sarajevo 4–0 Zvijezda 09 (18 May 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 100 Zvijezda 09 2–1 GOŠK (11 May 2019) |
Total attendance | 344,167 |
Average attendance | 1,738 |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 21 July 2018 and concluded on 25 May 2019, with a winter break between early December 2018 and late February 2019.
Teams
[edit]A total of 12 teams contested in the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 season and two promoted from each of the second-level league.
Stadiums and locations
[edit]Čelik | GOŠK | Krupa | Mladost |
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Bilino Polje | Perica-Pero Pavlović | Krupa na Vrbasu | MGM Farm Arena |
Capacity: 15,292 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 3,000 |
Radnik | Locations of the 2018–19 Premier League of BiH clubs
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Sarajevo | |
Gradski Stadion Bijeljina | Asim Ferhatović Hase | ||
Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 35,630 | ||
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Sloboda | Široki Brijeg | ||
Tušanj | Pecara | ||
Capacity: 7,200 | Capacity: 7,000 | ||
Tuzla City | Zrinjski | Zvijezda 09 | Željezničar |
Tušanj | Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom | Ugljevik City Stadium | Grbavica |
Capacity: 7,200 | Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 13,785 |
Personnel and kits
[edit]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 |
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Čelik | ![]() |
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Hummel | WWin |
GOŠK | ![]() |
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No1 | Cemex |
Krupa | ![]() |
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No1 | EKO-EURO TIM |
Mladost Doboj Kakanj | ![]() |
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Joma | HeidelbergCement |
Radnik | ![]() |
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Joma | — |
Sarajevo | ![]() |
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Nike | Turkish Airlines |
Sloboda | ![]() |
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NAAI | WWin |
Široki Brijeg | ![]() |
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Legea | FEAL |
Tuzla City | ![]() |
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No1 | — |
Zrinjski | ![]() |
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Macron | PPD |
Zvijezda 09 | ![]() |
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Hummel | — |
Željezničar | ![]() |
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Umbro | — |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sarajevo (C) | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Zrinjski Mostar | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a] |
3 | Široki Brijeg | 33 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 54 | |
4 | Željezničar | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 50 | Ineligible for 2019–20 European competitions[b] |
5 | Radnik Bijeljina | 33 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a] |
6 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 43 | |
7 | Čelik Zenica | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 43 | |
8 | Sloboda Tuzla | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 38 | |
9 | Zvijezda 09 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 38 | |
10 | Tuzla City | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 36 | |
11 | Krupa (R) | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 33 | Relegation to the Prva Liga RS |
12 | GOŠK Gabela (R) | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 54 | −31 | 23 | Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH |
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)[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Since the winners of the 2018–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Sarajevo, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
- ^ As 4th placed Željezničar failed to get the UEFA license for the competition due to financial problems, Radnik Bijeljina was awarded the place as the next best placed team (5th place).[1]
Positions by table
[edit]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.
Leader | |
UEFA Europa League First qualifying round | |
Relegation to First League of FBiH/First League of RS |
Results
[edit]Rounds 1–22
[edit]Rounds 23–33
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
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Željezničar | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Zrinjski | 14 |
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Sarajevo | ||
4 | ![]() |
Sarajevo | 12 |
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Tuzla City | ||
6 | ![]() |
Sarajevo | 11 |
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Čelik | 10 |
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Radnik Bijeljina |
References
[edit]- ^ Klix.ba saznaje: Željezničar ostao bez licence i pretrpio težak finansijski udarac at Klix.ba, 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Premijer Liga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ 2018/19 BiH Premier League goalscorers at worldfootball.net