2013–14 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2013–14 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the fourteenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment in 2000 and twelfth as a unified country-wide league. The season began on 27 July 2013^[2] and ended on 10 May 2014, with a winter break between 2 December 2013 and 1 March 2014.^[3]

Premijer liga

Season	2013–14
Champions	Zrinjski 3rd Premier League title 3rd Bosnian title
Relegated	Rudar (P) Leotar
Champions League	Zrinjski
Europa League	Široki Brijeg Sarajevo Željezničar
Matches played	240
Goals scored	583 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wagner Lago (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Olimpic 6–0 Slavija Široki Brijeg 6-0 Mladost (VO)
Biggest away win	Mladost (VO) 0–4 Željezničar Leotar 0-4 Velež
Highest scoring	7 goals Slavija 2-5 Radnik Velež 5-2 Radnik
Longest winning run	5 matches Željezničar
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Željezničar
Longest winless run	8 matches Rudar (P)
Longest losing run	7 matches Leotar
Highest attendance	12,000 Sarajevo 0:0 Željezničar
Lowest attendance	150
Total attendance	170,000
Average attendance	1,214
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Zrinjski were crowned national champions for the third time, while defending champions Željezničar ended up in fourth place.

Leotar and Rudar Prijedor were relegated at the end of the season.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2012–13 season and two promoted from each of the second-level leagues, the 2012–13 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the 2012–13 First League of the Republika Srpska.

Gradina was constantly in last place already since round 5 and was officially relegated 5 rounds before the season finished, ending their debut season rather unsuccessfully, earning only 9 points, which is the third lowest since the league was renamed to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2000. The relegation of GOŠK Gabela was confirmed only after the last round finished, ending their two-year run in the Premier League.

The relegated teams were replaced by the champions of the two second–level leagues, Vitez from the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mladost Velika Obarska from the First League of the Republika Srpska. Both teams made their debut in the Premier League.

Stadiums and locations

Borac

Čelik

Leotar

Mladost

Olimpic

Radnik

Sarajevo

Slavija

Široki Brijeg

Vitez

Zrinjski

Zvijezda

Željezničar

Rudar

Travnik

Velež

Location of clubs in 2013–14 Premijer Liga

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity[4]
Borac	Banja Luka	Gradski Stadion, Banja Luka	13,730
Čelik	Zenica	Bilino Polje	15,292
Leotar	Trebinje	Police	8,550
Mladost	Velika Obarska	Gradski Stadion1	1,000
Olimpic	Sarajevo	Otoka	3,000
Radnik	Bijeljina	Gradski Stadion	6,000
Rudar	Prijedor	Gradski Stadion	5,000
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Asim Ferhatović Hase	35,630
Slavija	Istočno Sarajevo	SRC Slavija	6,000
Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg	Pecara	5,628
Travnik	Travnik	Pirota	3,200
Velež	Mostar	Vrapčići	5,294
Vitez	Vitez	Gradski Stadion2	3,000
Zrinjski	Mostar	Bijeli Brijeg	20,000
Zvijezda	Gradačac	Banja Ilidža	5,000
Željezničar	Sarajevo	Grbavica	16,100

¹ Mladost played their home games on 7,5 kilometer away Gradski stadion, Bijeljina because their Gradski stadion, Velika Obarska doesn't fulfill criteria for Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
² Vitez played their home games on 16,5 kilometer away Kamberović polje, Zenica due to their stadium not yet fulfilling criteria for Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They played at Gradski stadion, Vitez at the beginning of October.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Borac	Dragan Jović	Boris Raspudić	NAAI	m:tel
Čelik	Nijaz Hukić	Kenan Horić	Joma	RM-LH
Leotar	Dragan Spaić	Zdravko Šaraba	Kappa	Elnos
Mladost	Dušan Jevrić	?	uhlsport/Nike	—
Olimpic	Faik Kolar	Veldin Muharemović	NAAI	Europlakat
Radnik	Srđan Bajić	?	Bull	—
Rudar	Boris Gavran	Goran Kotaran	NAAI	Optima / ArcelorMittal
Sarajevo	Dženan Uščuplić	Amer Dupovac	Haad	Visit Malaysia
Slavija	Slaviša Božičić	?	Joma	Nova Banka
Široki Brijeg	Slaven Musa	Dalibor Šilić	Jako	Mepas
Travnik	Husnija Arapović	?	NAAI	ADK
Velež	Nedim Jusufbegović	?	Haad	HEPOK Mostar
Vitez	Ante Miše	Dario Pranjković	Joma	—
Zrinjski	Branko Karačić	Igor Melher	Zeus	HT-ERONET
Zvijezda	Denis Taletović	Jasmin Moranjkić	Bull	—
Željezničar	Hajrudin Đurbuzović	Muamer Svraka	Joma	-

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Leotar	Vladimir Gaćinović	Resigned	30 May 2013[5]	Preseason	Dragan Spaić	9 July 2013
Rudar	Vlado Čapljić	Resigned	30 May 2013[6]	Preseason	Slobodan Starčević	11 June 2013[7]
Borac	Slobodan Starčević	Resigned	6 June 2013	Preseason	Dragan Jović	19 June 2013[8]
Zvijezda	Milomir Odović	Mutual agreement	7 June 2013	Preseason	Vladimir Gaćinović	7 June 2013[9]
Travnik	Nermin Bašić	Resigned	19 June 2013	Preseason	Edin Prljača	19 June 2013[10]
Slavija	Milomir Šešlija	Resigned	11 July 2013	Preseason	Dragan Radović	11 July 2013[11]
Željezničar	Amar Osim	Mutual agreement	26 July 2013[12]	Preseason	Hajrudin Đurbuzović (Caretaker)	26 July 2013[13]
Zvijezda	Vladimir Gaćinović	Resigned	19 August 2013[14]	16	Nermin Huseinbašić (Caretaker)	28 August 2013[15]
Travnik	Edin Prljača	Resigned	28 August 2013[16]	14	Husnija Arapović	6 September 2013[17]
Mladost	Mile Milanović	Sacked	4 September 2013	12	Dušan Jevrić	4 September 2013[18]
Rudar	Slobodan Starčević	Resigned	17 September 2013[19]	16	Boris Gavran	18 September 2013[20]
Velež	Ibro Rahimić	Sacked	27 September 2013[21]	7	Nedim Jusufbegović	3 October 2013[22]
Olimpic	Nedim Jusufbegović	Signed by Velež[22]	3 October 2013	5	Faik Kolar	3 October 2013
Zvijezda	Nermin Huseinbašić	Sacked	10 October 2013	10	Denis Taletović	10 October 2013[23]
Čelik	Vlado Jagodić	Mutual agreement	30 October 2013[24]	11	Nizah Hukić (Caretaker)	30 October 2013
Slavija	Dragan Radović	Sacked	31 October 2013[25]	10	Aleksandar Simić (Caretaker)	31 October 2013
Vitez	Valentin Plavčić	Mutual agreement	31 October 2013[26]	15	Ante Miše	2 November 2013[27]
Slavija	Aleksandar Simić (Caretaker)	Mutual agreement	13 November 2013[28]	11	Slaviša Božičić	13 November 2013
Sarajevo	Husref Musemić	Sacked	1 December 2013[29]	2	Robert Jarni	1 December 2013[30]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zrinjski (C)	30	18	7	5	56	21	+35	61	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Široki Brijeg	30	17	8	5	66	23	+43	59	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Sarajevo	30	16	10	4	45	21	+24	58	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4	Željezničar	30	16	9	5	51	29	+22	57	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Velež	30	15	9	6	42	23	+19	54
6	Borac Banja Luka	30	13	6	11	39	32	+7	45
7	Čelik	30	10	13	7	35	32	+3	43
8	Olimpic	30	10	11	9	39	30	+9	41
9	Vitez	30	10	6	14	34	39	−5	36
10	Radnik	30	10	6	14	34	50	−16	36
11	Mladost Velika Obarska	30	8	9	13	24	38	−14	33
12	Travnik	30	7	10	13	31	44	−13	31
13	Slavija[b]	30	9	7	14	27	43	−16	31
14	Zvijezda	30	9	4	17	25	49	−24	31
15	Rudar Prijedor (R)	30	5	12	13	24	39	−15	27	Relegation to Prva Liga RS
16	Leotar (R)	30	2	3	25	11	70	−59	9

Source: SportSport.ba (in Bosnian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Sarajevo qualified for 2014–15 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2013–14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.
2. Slavija were deducted 3 points.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Borac Banja Luka	5	4	6	5	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	6
Čelik	8	8	10	10	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Leotar	16	15	15	15	16	11	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Mladost Velika Obarska	11	9	11	12	12	12	13	11	12	12	14	15	13	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	10	12
Olimpic	1	2	4	2	4	7	4	6	6	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7
Radnik	6	5	5	4	5	9	9	7	8	6	5	7	8	9	11	8	10	9	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	9
Rudar Prijedor	7	10	12	11	10	13	16	16	15	15	15	13	15	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sarajevo	4	6	8	9	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Slavija	13	11	9	7	8	5	6	8	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	11	12	11	12	10	12	12	12	13	11	12	11
Široki Brijeg	12	3	2	3	7	4	7	4	3	4	6	8	6	5	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3
Travnik	9	14	13	13	14	15	12	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	14
Velež	2	7	3	8	9	8	5	5	7	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5
Vitez	10	12	14	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	15	12	12	11	12	11	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	10
Zrinjski	14	13	7	6	6	3	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1
Zvijezda	15	16	16	16	13	14	11	10	10	9	10	11	9	8	8	9	8	10	9	11	9	9	10	11	13	13	13
Željezničar	3	1	1	1	3	6	8	9	5	7	7	5	4	6	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	2

	Leader
	2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation to 2014–15 Prva Liga FBiH or 2014–15 Prva Liga RS

Source: SportSport.ba

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	ČEL	LEO	MVO	OLI	RAD	RPR	SAR	SLA	ŠB	TRA	VEL	VIT	ZRI	ZVI	ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka		0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–1
Čelik	1–1		3–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	2–2
Leotar	0–5	1–2		1–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–4	0–2	0–4	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–3
Mladost Velika Obarska	2–3	0–0	2–0		1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–4
Olimpic	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–1		3–0	1–0	0–2	6–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	1–4
Radnik	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–1		2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–0
Rudar Prijedor	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–1
Sarajevo	0–3	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–2		3–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	0–0
Slavija	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–5	1–1	0–0		4–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–1
Široki Brijeg	3–0	2–0	3–0	6–0	0–0	4–0	3–3	2–0	1–0		5–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	6–0	3–2
Travnik	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2
Velež	3–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	5–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2
Vitez	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–5		1–1	3–1	0–1
Zrinjski	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	5–1	0–0	2–0		3–0	2–1
Zvijezda	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–3		0–1
Željezničar	1–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0

Source: SportSport.ba
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Borac Banja Luka	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	L
Čelik	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W
Leotar	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Mladost Velika Obarska	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W
Olimpic	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L
Radnik	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L
Rudar Prijedor	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	D
Sarajevo	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Slavija	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D
Široki Brijeg	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D
Travnik	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D
Velež	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L
Vitez	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W
Zrinjski	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D
Zvijezda	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D
Željezničar	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2013. Source: SportSport.ba
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Transfers

For the list of transfers involving Premier League clubs during 2013–14 season, please see: List of Bosnia and Herzegovina football transfers summer 2013 and List of Bosnia and Herzegovina football transfers winter 2013–14.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[31]
1	Wagner Santos Lago	Široki Brijeg	18
2	Joco Stokić	Borac Banja Luka	10
3	Nikola Komazec	Sarajevo	9
	Marko Obradović	Radnik
5	Armin Hodžić	Željezničar	8
	Amer Bekić	Zrinjski
6	Krešimir Kordić	Široki Brijeg	7
	Dino Ćorić	Široki Brijeg
	Vernes Selimović	Željezničar
	Ševko Okić	Velež
	Alen Dedić	Čelik
	Saša Kajkut	Čelik

* Italic highlights the former club, while bold the current one.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Armin Hodžić	Željezničar	Leotar	4–1	25 September 2013
Vedran Vidović	Vitez	Travnik	3–0	9 November 2013
Dino Ćorić	Široki Brijeg	Mladost	6–0	10 November 2013

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets: 10
  • Sarajevo
• Fewest clean sheets: 2
  • Vitez and Rudar Prijedor

See also

• 2013–14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup
• Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina