2021–22 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2021–22 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as m:tel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 16 July 2021 and ended on 29 May 2022, with a winter break between early December 2021 and late February 2022.

Premijer liga

Season	2021–22
Dates	16 July 2021 – 29 May 2022
Champions	Zrinjski 7th Premier League title 7th Bosnian title
Relegated	Radnik Rudar
Champions League	Zrinjski
Europa Conference League	Tuzla City Borac Velež
Matches played	198
Goals scored	450 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nemanja Bilbija (33 goals)
Biggest home win	Sarajevo 6–0 Posušje (20 March 2022) Sarajevo 6–0 Rudar (10 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Borac 1–5 Zrinjski (16 August 2021)
Highest scoring	Zrinjski 6–2 Leotar (3 December 2021)
Longest winning run	Zrinjski (14 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Zrinjski (23 matches)
Longest winless run	Rudar (15 matches)
Longest losing run	Leotar (6 matches)
Highest attendance	11,000 Sarajevo 2–0 Željezničar (22 September 2021)
Lowest attendance	100 Tuzla City 2–2 Radnik (9 April 2022)
Total attendance	360,922
Average attendance	1,823
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Zrinjski Mostar secured a seventh Premier League title with seven matches to spare; it was also the club's third title in the last six seasons.^[1]

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested in the league, including 9 sides from the 2020–21 season and three promoted from each of the second-level leagues, Posušje, Rudar Prijedor and Leotar, replacing relegated sides Mladost Doboj Kakanj, Olimpik and Krupa.^[2]

Stadiums and locations

Borac

Leotar

Posušje

Radnik

Sarajevo

Rudar

Široki Brijeg

Sloboda
Tuzla City

Velež

Zrinjski

Željezničar

Locations of the 2021–22 Premier League of BiH clubs

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Borac	Banja Luka	Banja Luka City Stadium	10,030
Leotar	Trebinje	Police Stadium	8,550
Posušje	Posušje	Mokri Dolac	8,000
Radnik	Bijeljina	Bijeljina City Stadium	6,000
Rudar	Prijedor	Gradski stadion	3,540
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	Tomislav Ivković	Aleksandar Subić	Kelme	Mtel
Leotar	Miodrag Bodiroga	Đoko Milović	Kelme	Mozzart
Posušje	Toni Karačić	Davor Landeka	No1	Central osiguranje
Radnik	Velibor Đurić	Pavle Sušić	Givova	WWin
Rudar	Srđan Marjanović	Nemanja Pekija	Kelme	ArcelorMittal
Sarajevo	Dženan Uščuplić (caretaker)	Krste Velkoski	Erreà	Turkish Airlines
Sloboda	Amir Spahić (caretaker)	Muharem Čivić	Legea	WWin
Široki Brijeg	Ivica Barbarić	Božo Musa	Kelme	WWin
Tuzla City	Selver Ahmetović (caretaker)	Ajdin Nukić	No1	—
Velež	Feđa Dudić	Denis Zvonić	No1	Bosnalijek
Zrinjski	Sergej Jakirović	Nemanja Bilbija	Macron	M.T Abraham Group
Željezničar	Edis Mulalić	Samir Bekrić	Macron	Caizcoin

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zrinjski Mostar (C)	33	26	6	1	74	14	+60	84	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Tuzla City	33	15	12	6	49	36	+13	57	Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Borac Banja Luka	33	13	15	5	44	34	+10	54
4	Sarajevo	33	13	7	13	37	33	+4	46
5	Velež Mostar	33	13	8	12	42	37	+5	44[a]	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round[b]
6	Željezničar	33	9	16	8	28	29	−1	43
7	Široki Brijeg	33	8	15	10	31	35	−4	39
8	Posušje	33	8	13	12	33	51	−18	37
9	Leotar	33	9	7	17	25	46	−21	34
10	Sloboda Tuzla	33	7	12	14	26	35	−9	33
11	Radnik Bijeljina (R)	33	5	12	16	34	53	−19	27	Relegation to the Prva Liga RS
12	Rudar Prijedor (R)	33	5	11	17	28	48	−20	26

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. Velež were deducted 3 points due to their match against Borac in Round 10 being stopped because of Velež's fans invading the pitch.^[3]
2. Velež qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2021–22 Bosnian Cup.

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	6	7	10	11	12	12	8	9	7	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Leotar	4	3	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	9	9
Posušje	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	10	8	8
Radnik	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Rudar	10	10	4	7	8	8	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Sarajevo	9	5	9	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Sloboda	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	10
Široki Brijeg	7	6	8	6	5	6	7	7	8	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Tuzla City	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Velež	1	4	7	5	7	7	5	5	5	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	5
Zrinjski	8	8	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Željezničar	5	9	5	9	6	5	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6

	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	LEO	POS	RAD	RUD	SAR	SLO	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac	—	0–0	3–0	4–3	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–5	1–1
Leotar	1–1	—	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–0
Posušje	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–4	0–0	2–0
Radnik	1–1	0–1	3–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–0
Rudar	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	—	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–2
Sarajevo	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–0
Sloboda	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1
Široki Brijeg	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
Tuzla City	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	—	2–1	0–2	2–1
Velež	0–3[a]	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	—	0–1	2–0
Zrinjski	4–1	6–2	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	—	3–0
Željezničar	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–3	—

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. Borac was given a 3–0 win by default in Round 10 since the match was stopped because of Velež's fans invading the pitch.^[3]

Rounds 23–33

Home \ Away	BOR	LEO	POS	RAD	RUD	SAR	SLO	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac		2–0		1–0		1–0		1–1		2–1	1–1
Leotar					2–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–1
Posušje	3–0	2–0					0–0				2–2	3–2
Radnik		1–3	0–0		5–2		2–1			0–0
Rudar	2–2		0–0				1–0				0–2	0–0
Sarajevo			6–0	1–0	6–0		1–0		0–1			1–1
Sloboda	2–1	1–0								1–2	0–2	1–1
Široki Brijeg			1–1	3–3	1–3	2–0	1–0		0–1
Tuzla City	0–0		1–2	3–3	1–0		4–1					0–0
Velež			5–2		1–0	3–0		1–0	1–0
Zrinjski		1–0		4–0		4–0		1–0	5–0	1–1
Željezničar	0–0	3–0		1–1				0–0		1–0	1–2

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.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[5]
1	Nemanja Bilbija	Zrinjski	33
2	Sulejman Krpić	Tuzla City	14
3	Adnan Džafić	Tuzla City	11
4	Stojan Vranješ	Borac	10
5	Tonći Mujan	Široki Brijeg	9
	Dženan Zajmović	Velež
7	Jovo Lukić	Borac	8
8	Joseph Amoah	Rudar	7
	Nikola Mandić	Rudar
	Mirzad Mehanović	Tuzla City
	Ante Živković	Radnik