2007–08 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Season | 2007-08 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Modriča 1st Premier League title |
| Relegated |
Jedinstvo Žepče |
| Champions League | Modriča |
| UEFA Cup |
Široki Brijeg Zrinjski (via domestic cup) |
| Intertoto Cup | Čelik |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 654 (2.73 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Darko Spalević (18 goals) |
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The 2007-08 Premijer Liga season, the eighth since its establishment and the sixth as a unified country-wide league, began on 4 August 2007. FK Sarajevo are the defending Premijer Liga champions, having won their first Premijer Liga title and fourth league championship overall the previous season.
The 2006-07 season saw Borac and Radnik relegated to the Prva Liga RS. They were replaced by Laktaši and Travnik from the Prva Liga RS and FBiH respectively.
Clubs and stadiums
Premijer Liga All-Star Team (1st Half Season)
Coaches of each team in the league decided to vote for players who have impressed the most in the first half of the season. The only twist is that the coaches couldn't vote a player from their own team. Coaches that participated in the votes are: Slaviša Bižičić (FK Modriča), Husref Musemić (FK Sarajevo), Enver Hadžiabdić (FK Željezničar), Pavle Skočibušić (NK Žepče), Dušan Jevrić (Slavija Sarajevo), Mirza Golubica (NK Travnik), Sakib Malkočević (Sloboda Tuzla), Anel Karabeg (FK Velež Mostar), Vlado Jagodić (FK Laktaši), Mario Ćutuk (NK Široki Brijeg), Ivo Ištuk (NK Čelik Zenica), Ahmet Kečalović (NK Jedinstvo Bihać), Dragan Jović (HŠK Zrinjski Mostar), Srđan Bajić (FK Leotar Trebinje), Vinko Jurišić (NK Posušje) and Bakir Beširević (HNK Orašje).
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Other players that have been voted:
Vasilj, Tripic, Lukačević, Matko, Šabić, S. Nikolić, Hasanović, Mikelini, Mulalić, Vugdalić, Rajović, Stojanović, Marković, Bajić, Karadža, Stjepanović, Krstanović, Režić, Rogulj, Ronielle, Admir Raščić, Celson, Landeka, Kordić 1, A. Joldić, Mulina, Pejić, Ančić, Barišić, Bajić
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Modriča (C) | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 55 | 2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round |
| 2 | Široki Brijeg | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 54 | 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round |
| 3 | Čelik Zenica | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 52 | 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round |
| 4 | Zrinjski | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 49 | 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 1 |
| 5 | Sarajevo | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 48 | |
| 6 | Sloboda Tuzla | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 47 | |
| 7 | Željezničar | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 45 | |
| 8 | Slavija | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 44 | |
| 9 | Velež | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 44 | |
| 10 | Laktaši | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 43 | |
| 11 | Posušje | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 43 | |
| 12 | Orašje | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 42 | |
| 13 | Travnik | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 42 | |
| 14 | Leotar | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 41 | |
| 15 | Jedinstvo Bihać (R) | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 40 | Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH |
| 16 | Žepče (R) | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 25 | 73 | −48 | 7 |
Updated to games played on 23 May 2007.
Source: sportsport.ba
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Zrinjski won 2007–08 Bosnian Cup and qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
| ČEL | JED | LAK | LEO | MOD | ORA | POS | SAR | SLA | SLO | ŠIR | TRA | VEL | ZRI | ŽELj | ŽEP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Čelik | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | |||||||
| Jedinstvo | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | |||||||
| Laktaši | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 3-2 | |||||||
| Leotar | 2-0 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-0 | |||||||
| Modriča | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 6-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 6-2 | |||||||
| Orašje | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |||||||
| Posušje | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | |||||||
| Sarajevo | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2-4 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | |||||||
| Slavija | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | |||||||
| Sloboda | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | |||||||
| Široki Brijeg | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | |||||||
| Travnik | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-5 | 2-0 | 4-1 | |||||||
| Velež | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | a | 1-0 | ||||||
| Zrinjski | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | |||||||
| Željezničar | 3-2 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | |||||||
| Žepče | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 5-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 3-01 | |||||||
1 p.f. (score was 1-0)
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Slavija | 18 |
| 2 |  |
Modriča | 15 |
| 3 | |
Posušje | 14 |
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Orašje | ||
| 5 | |
Travnik | 13 |
| 6 | |
Željezničar | 12 |
| 7 | |
Čelik | 11 |
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Posušje |
External links
- BiH soccer (in Bosnian) (in Croatian) (in Serbian)
- Football Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina official site (in Bosnian) (in Croatian) (in Serbian)
- UEFA coverage (in English)