2009–10 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer Liga
Season	2009–10
Champions	Željezničar ; 3rd Premier League title ; 4th Bosnian title ; 5th Domestic title
Relegated	Laktaši ; Modriča
Champions League	Željezničar
Europa League	Široki Brijeg; Zrinjski; Borac (via domestic cup)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	591 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Feđa Dudić (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Široki Brijeg 5-0 Zvijezda; Velež 5–0 Travnik; Zvijezda 5-0 Leotar
Biggest away win	Slavija 0-4 Sarajevo
Highest scoring	Travnik 6–5 Modriča
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (or just Premijer Liga) was the tenth season since its establishment and the eighth as a unified country-wide league. It began on 1 August 2009 and will end in May 2010. Zrinjski Mostar were the defending champions.

Team changes to 2008–09

Relegated after last year's season were 16th-placed NK Posušje and 15th-placed HNK Orašje.

They were replaced by the champions of the two second-level leagues, Olimpik Sarajevo (Prva Liga BiH) and Rudar Prijedor (Prva Liga RS).

Overview

Teams and stadia

Olimpik
FK Sarajevo
Željezničar

Location of clubs in Premijer Liga 2009–10

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Borac	Banja Luka	City Stadium of Banja Luka	12,000	Vlado Jagodić
Čelik	Zenica	Bilino Polje	15,292	Omer Kopić
FK Laktaši	Laktaši	Gradski Stadion (Laktaši)	5,000	Vlado Jagodić
Leotar	Trebinje	Police Stadium	8,550	Borče Sredojevič
FK Modriča	Modriča	Maxima Stadium	6,000	Slaviša Božičić
Olimpik	Sarajevo	Otoka Stadium	5,000	Vlatko Glavaš
Rudar	Prijedor	Gradski Stadion Prijedor	2,000	Mladen Zgonjanin
FK Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium	35,630	Jiří Plíšek
Slavija	Sarajevo	Gradski SRC Slavija Stadium	6,000	Milomir Odović
Sloboda	Tuzla	Tušanj Stadium	8,500	Nermin Hadžiahmetović
NK Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg	Pecara Stadium	5,913	Toni Karačić
NK Travnik	Travnik	Stadion Pirota	5,000	Osman Bajrić
Velež	Mostar	Vrapčići Stadium	7,000	Abdullah Ibraković
Zrinjski	Mostar	Bijeli Brijeg Stadium	25,000	Dragan Jović
Zvijezda	Gradačac	Banja Ilidža	5,000	Zoran Ćurguz
Željezničar	Sarajevo	Grbavica Stadium	12,000	Amar Osim

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Incoming manager
Olimpik	Husref Musemić	Vlatko Glavaš
Čelik	Ivo Ištuk	Omer Kopić
Široki Brijeg	Ivica Barbarić	Toni Karačić
Leotar	Srdjan Bajić	Borče Sredojević
Sloboda	Adnan Osmanhodžić	Nermin Hadžiahmetović
Slavija	Zoran Erbez	Milomir Odović

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Željezničar (C)	30	18	7	5	52	22	+30	61	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Široki Brijeg	30	16	7	7	46	27	+19	55	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Borac Banja Luka	30	17	2	11	37	29	+8	53	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
4	Zrinjski	30	15	6	9	46	33	+13	51	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Sarajevo	30	14	8	8	43	25	+18	50
6	Olimpic	30	12	8	10	30	34	−4	44
7	Velež	30	13	4	13	42	33	+9	43
8	Sloboda Tuzla	30	13	3	14	30	34	−4	42
9	Travnik	30	11	6	13	40	41	−1	39
10	Rudar Prijedor	30	11	5	14	27	32	−5	38
11	Leotar	30	11	5	14	32	48	−16	38
12	Zvijezda	30	11	4	15	35	47	−12	37
13	Čelik	30	10	5	15	33	36	−3	35
14	Slavija	30	10	5	15	32	45	−13	35
15	Laktaši (R)	30	10	4	16	37	46	−9	34	Relegation to Prva Liga RS
16	Modriča (R)	30	7	3	20	27	57	−30	24	Relegation to Prva Liga RS

Source: sportsport.ba
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:

^ Borac Banja Luka were the winners of the 2009–10 Bosnian Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	ČEL	LAK	LEO	MOD	OLI	RPR	SAR	SLA	SLO	ŠB	TRA	VEL	ZRI	ZVI	ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka		2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
Čelik	0–1		2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	4–2	0–1
Laktaši	0–2	2–0		0–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
Leotar	2–1	2–1	3–1		3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–3
Modriča	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–1		0–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–4	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1
Olimpic	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2		3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2
Rudar Prijedor	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1		2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–2
Sarajevo	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0
Slavija	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–4		2–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1
Sloboda Tuzla	2–0	2–1	2–4	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Široki Brijeg	0–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	2–1	5–0	0–2
Travnik	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	6–5	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–2		2–1	3–3	4–1	0–0
Velež	2–0	0–0	4–1	6–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	5–0		0–0	4–0	0–2
Zrinjski	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–1		0–1	1–1
Zvijezda	1–1	1–0	4–1	5–0	0–1	3–4	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0		2–1
Željezničar	4–2	4–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0

Source: bihsoccer.com (in Bosnian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: nfsbih.ba

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Feđa Dudić	Travnik	16
2	Samir Bekrić	Željezničar	15
3	Juan Manuel Varea	Široki Brijeg	14
4	Alen Škoro	Sarajevo	13
4	Adin Džafić	Velež	13
6	Krešimir Kordić	Zrinjski	10
	Alen Mešanović	Željezničar
	Elvir Čolić	Velež

References

External links

BiH soccer (in Bosnian)
Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina official site (in Bosnian)
uefa.com
top scorers

[table_note_res_EL20.70604848242646-1] Borac Banja Luka were the winners of the 2009–10 Bosnian Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

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