2020–21 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2020–21 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as m:tel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 1 August 2020 and ended on 30 May 2021, with a winter break between mid-December 2020 and late February 2021.

Premijer liga

Season	2020–21
Dates	1 August 2020 – 30 May 2021
Champions	Borac 2nd Premier League title 2nd Bosnian title
Relegated	Mladost Doboj Kakanj Krupa Olimpik
Champions League	Borac
Europa Conference League	Sarajevo Velež Široki Brijeg
Matches played	198
Goals scored	476 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nemanja Bilbija (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Borac 6–0 Mladost Doboj Kakanj (1 August 2020)
Biggest away win	Mladost Doboj Kakanj 2–5 Tuzla City (15 August 2020)
Highest scoring	Željezničar 4–4 Mladost Doboj Kakanj (10 April 2021)
Longest winning run	Sarajevo (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Sarajevo Velež (20 matches)
Longest winless run	Željezničar (15 matches)
Longest losing run	Sloboda Krupa Olimpik (5 matches)
Highest attendance	5,000 Borac 2–0 Tuzla City (23 May 2021)
Lowest attendance	350 Radnik 0–2 Široki Brijeg (30 May 2021)
Total attendance	6,350
Average attendance	2,117 (excluding matches played behind closed doors)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

There was no attendance from fans in the stadiums besides each team's staff and personnel due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1]

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested in the league, including 10 sides from the 2019–20 season and two promoted from each of the second-level leagues, Krupa and Olimpik, replacing relegated sides, Čelik and Zvijezda 09.

Stadiums and locations

Sarajevo

Borac

Krupa

Mladost

Radnik

Široki Brijeg

Sloboda
Tuzla City

Velež

Zrinjski

Locations of the 2020–21 Premier League of BiH clubs

Željezničar

Sarajevo

Olimpik

Location of teams in Sarajevo

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Borac	Banja Luka	Banja Luka City Stadium	10,030
Krupa	Krupa na Vrbasu	Gradski Stadion	3,500
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Doboj, Kakanj	MGM Farm Arena	3,000
Olimpik	Sarajevo (Otoka)	Otoka	3,000
Radnik	Bijeljina	Bijeljina City Stadium	6,000
Sarajevo	Sarajevo (Koševo)	Asim Ferhatović Hase	34,500
Sloboda	Tuzla	Tušanj	7,200
Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg	Pecara	7,000
Tuzla City	Tuzla	Tušanj	7,200
Velež	Mostar (Vrapčići)	Stadion Rođeni	7,000
Zrinjski	Mostar	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom	9,000
Željezničar	Sarajevo (Grbavica)	Grbavica	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	Marko Maksimović	Stojan Vranješ	Kelme	Mtel
Krupa	Vladimir Ilić	Nikola Dujaković	No1	WWin
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Nemanja Miljanović	Amer Hiroš	Legea	HeidelbergCement
Olimpik	Slavko Petrović	Adnan Osmanović	GBT	—
Radnik	Vlado Jagodić	Velibor Đurić	Givova	WWin
Sarajevo	Dženan Uščuplić (caretaker)	Krste Velkoski	Nike	Turkish Airlines
Sloboda	Mladen Žižović	Amar Beganović	Legea	WWin
Široki Brijeg	Toni Karačić	Božo Musa	Kelme	WWin
Tuzla City	Husref Musemić	Ivan Kostić	No1	—
Velež	Feđa Dudić	Denis Zvonić	No1	Bosnalijek
Zrinjski	Sergej Jakirović	Nemanja Bilbija	Macron	PPD
Željezničar	Blaž Slišković	Semir Štilić	Macron	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borac Banja Luka (C)	33	21	4	8	59	31	+28	67	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Sarajevo	33	18	11	4	53	24	+29	65	Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Velež Mostar	33	16	13	4	50	30	+20	61
4	Široki Brijeg	33	17	8	8	47	30	+17	59[a]
5	Zrinjski Mostar	33	18	5	10	50	30	+20	59[a]
6	Tuzla City	33	13	9	11	36	35	+1	48
7	Željezničar	33	12	8	13	50	43	+7	44
8	Sloboda Tuzla	33	10	7	16	31	41	−10	37
9	Mladost Doboj Kakanj[b] (R)	33	8	6	19	26	57	−31	30	Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH
10	Krupa[c] (R)	33	7	7	19	26	46	−20	28	Relegation to the Prva Liga RS
11	Radnik Bijeljina	33	5	10	18	26	51	−25	25
12	Olimpik (R)	33	7	4	22	22	58	−36	25	Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH

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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since fourth place decided UEFA Europa Conference League qualification, goal difference and goals scored were not used to rank teams. Head-to-head points: Široki Brijeg 6, Zrinjski Mostar 3.
2. Mladost Doboj Kakanj initially avoided relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH, but were then relegated to the league due to failing to obtain a license for the Premier League.^[2]
3. Krupa initially avoided relegation to the Prva Liga RS, but were then relegated to the league due to failing to obtain a license for the Premier League.^[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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Borac	1	1	4	2	3	1	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	5	4	6	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Krupa	10	12	9	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	10
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	12	10	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Olimpik	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12
Radnik	6	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	10	11	11
Sarajevo	3	4	2	4	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Sloboda	7	8	5	7	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Široki Brijeg	5	3	3	3	2	4	5	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4
Tuzla City	9	5	8	6	4	5	3	4	3	5	7	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Velež	11	6	6	5	6	6	8	5	5	6	4	4	7	5	7	6	6	6	4	6	5	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Željezničar	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Zrinjski	4	7	7	8	7	8	7	8	7	7	6	7	4	4	3	3	4	4	6	5	3	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	5

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

Source: M:tel Premier League BiH

Results

Rounds 1–22

Home \ Away	BOR	KRU	MDK	OLI	RAD	SAR	SLO	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac	—	3–1	6–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–3
Krupa	1–3	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–1
Mladost Doboj Kakanj	0–2	1–0	—	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–5	1–2	0–1	0–4
Olimpik	1–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	3–0	0–3
Radnik	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	—	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2
Sarajevo	4–2	3–0	5–1	2–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1
Sloboda	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	—	3–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–2
Široki Brijeg	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	3–0	—	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Tuzla City	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–3	0–4	2–0
Velež	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1
Zrinjski	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	—	1–2
Željezničar	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	1–0	3–0	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.

Rounds 23–33

Home \ Away	BOR	KRU	MDK	OLI	RAD	SAR	SLO	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac		1–0	1–0	3–0				2–1	2–0		2–1
Krupa			3–0	3–0[a]	1–0		1–0		1–1
Mladost Doboj Kakanj					0–0	0–0			2–0	0–1	1–1
Olimpik			0–0			0–3[b]			1–1	1–1	0–3
Radnik	1–3			1–0			1–2	0–2				1–1
Sarajevo	0–2	1–0			3–0		0–0	1–0				3–1
Sloboda	0–0		1–0	2–0				1–1				1–0
Široki Brijeg		2–2	1–0	3–0					0–0	0–2	1–0
Tuzla City					2–0	1–1	1–0			1–1	1–2
Velež	1–1	2–1			2–2	1–0	2–0					2–2
Zrinjski		3–1			3–0	1–1	3–1			1–1		4–2
Željezničar	1–2	3–0	4–4	1–2				1–3	0–0

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.

1. Krupa was given a 3–0 win by default in Round 32 since the match was postponed because of Olimpik's withdrawal from the Premier League.^[5]
2. Sarajevo was given a 3–0 win by default in Round 33 since the match was postponed because of Olimpik's withdrawal from the Premier League.^[5]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Nemanja Bilbija	Zrinjski	17
2	Stojan Vranješ	Borac	15
3	Goran Zakarić	Borac	12
4	Obren Cvijanović	Velež	11
5	Matthias Fanimo	Sarajevo	10
	Benjamin Tatar	Sarajevo
7	Nedim Hadžić	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	9
	Stipe Jurić	Široki Brijeg
	Fejsal Mulić	Velež
10	Luka Juričić	Željezničar	8
	Jovo Lukić	Borac
	Semir Štilić	Željezničar