2022–23 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer liga
Season	2022–23
Dates	15 July 2022 – 28 May 2023
Champions	Zrinjski ; 8th Premier League title ; 8th Bosnian title
Relegated	Leotar ; Sloboda
Champions League	Zrinjski
Europa Conference League	Borac ; Željezničar ; Sarajevo
Matches played	198
Goals scored	489 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nemanja Bilbija ; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Zrinjski 5–0 Posušje ; (5 March 2023)
Biggest away win	Velež 3–5 Sarajevo ; (21 May 2023)
Highest scoring	Velež 3–5 Sarajevo ; (21 May 2023)
Longest winning run	Zrinjski ; (11 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Zrinjski ; (20 matches)
Longest winless run	Tuzla City ; (13 matches)
Longest losing run	Tuzla City ; (5 matches)
Highest attendance	13,000 ; Sarajevo 2–2 Željezničar ; (12 May 2023)
Lowest attendance	100 ; Igman 0–0 Posušje ; (6 November 2022)
Total attendance	448,298
Average attendance	2,264
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as m:tel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 15 July 2022 and ended on 28 May 2023, with a winter break between late November 2022 and late February 2023, due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup which was held between 20 November and 18 December 2022.

Zrinjski Mostar successfully defended their title, securing an eighth Premier League title with four matches to spare.^[1]

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested in the league, including 10 sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted from each of the second-level leagues, Igman Konjic and Sloga Meridian, replacing relegated sides Radnik Bijeljina and Rudar Prijedor.^[2]

Stadiums and locations

Borac	Igman	Leotar	Sloga
Banja Luka City Stadium	Konjic City Stadium	Police Stadium	Luke Stadium
Capacity: 10,030	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 8,550	Capacity: 3,000

Sarajevo	Borac Igman Leotar Posušje Sarajevo Široki Brijeg Sloboda Tuzla City Sloga Velež Zrinjski Željezničar class=notpageimage\| Locations of the 2022–23 Premier League of BiH clubs		Sloboda
Asim Ferhatović Hase			Tušanj
Capacity: 34,500			Capacity: 7,200

Široki Brijeg			Tuzla City
Pecara			Tušanj
Capacity: 7,000			Capacity: 7,200

Velež	Zrinjski	Posušje	Željezničar
Stadion Rođeni	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom	Mokri Dolac	Grbavica
Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 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	Vinko Marinović	Aleksandar Subić	Kelme	Mtel
Igman	Husref Musemić	Anel Hebibović	No1	Igman
Leotar	Marko Maksimović	Đoko Milović	Kelme	WWin
Posušje	Branko Karačić	Davor Landeka	Jako	Formula
Sarajevo	Mirza Varešanović	Besim Šerbečić	Erreà	Turkish Airlines
Sloboda	Danijel Pranjić	Emir Jusić	Legea	WWin
Sloga	Vlado Jagodić	Milan Milanović	GB3	Meridian
Široki Brijeg	Ivica Barbarić	Marijan Ćavar	Kelme	WWin
Tuzla City	Milenko Bošnjaković	Nevres Fejzić	No1	—
Velež	Nedim Jusufbegović	Denis Zvonić	Joma	Narentas
Zrinjski	Krunoslav Rendulić	Nemanja Bilbija	Macron	M.T. Abraham Group
Željezničar	Nermin Bašić	Samir Bekrić	Macron	The Maniacs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zrinjski Mostar (C)	33	25	3	5	66	21	+45	78	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Borac Banja Luka	33	18	4	11	39	32	+7	58	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Željezničar	33	15	8	10	42	35	+7	53	Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4	Sarajevo	33	15	7	11	50	46	+4	52
5	Široki Brijeg	33	13	9	11	38	36	+2	48
6	Velež Mostar	33	11	12	10	40	37	+3	45
7	Tuzla City	33	10	7	16	43	46	−3	37
8	Igman Konjic	33	9	10	14	42	48	−6	37
9	Sloga Meridian	33	10	7	16	40	55	−15	37
10	Posušje	33	10	7	16	28	46	−18	37
11	Leotar (R)	33	9	7	17	29	46	−17	34	Relegation to the Prva Liga RS
12	Sloboda Tuzla (R)	33	7	11	15	32	41	−9	32	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)^[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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
Team ╲ Round
Borac	2	7	5	3	5	3	4	3	5	6	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Igman	12	11	11	12	8	8	11	11	12	8	10	10	11	10	9	10	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	8	8
Leotar	4	8	9	11	11	11	8	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	7	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11
Posušje	7	6	8	10	10	10	7	7	7	11	11	11	8	9	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	11	8	9	8	9	10	10	9	10	10
Sarajevo	8	4	2	2	2	4	2	1	3	4	5	6	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Sloboda	9	12	12	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	8	7	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	12
Sloga	3	2	4	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	9	8	8	9	11	9	9	8	8	9	11	12	12	8	7	8	8	7	8	9	9
Široki Brijeg	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	6	4	5	5	6	5	5
Tuzla City	10	9	10	5	4	2	3	2	4	1	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	10	10	11	9	9	7	7	9	7	7	9	11	7	7
Velež	5	5	7	7	6	7	9	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	6	4	6	5	6	6
Zrinjski	11	10	6	8	12	12	12	12	8	7	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Željezničar	6	3	3	4	3	5	5	4	2	3	2	1	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	5	6	4	4	4	3

	Leader
	Europa Conference League second qualifying round
	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	IGM	LEO	POS	SAR	SLO	SLG	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac	—	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
Igman	0–0	—	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–3	3–1
Leotar	0–1	1–1	—	0–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–1
Posušje	0–2	2–2	1–1	—	0–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–2
Sarajevo	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	—	1–1	4–2	0–0	1–5	0–1	0–2	0–0
Sloboda	2–0	5–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	—	4–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1
Sloga	2–2	3–2	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	—	1–1	0–3	3–0	1–0	0–1
Široki Brijeg	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Tuzla City	0–1	2–3	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	—	0–1	1–2	1–2
Velež	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–4	4–0	—	1–3	3–1
Zrinjski	1–0	4–0	4–1	5–0	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–2
Željezničar	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–1	—

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	IGM	LEO	POS	SAR	SLO	SLG	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac		1–0	2–0		1–0	3–2					0–3	2–0
Igman			2–0	3–0		1–1	3–0		0–1
Leotar					0–3	0–0		2–1	3–2			1–0
Posušje	1–0		1–0			2–0				2–1	0–2
Sarajevo		2–4		3–1			1–1	2–1	1–0			2–2
Sloboda					2–3		0–1	2–1	1–0			1–2
Sloga	2–1		1–1	2–0						0–2	1–3
Široki Brijeg	2–3	0–0		1–1			1–0		1–1	1–0
Tuzla City	2–2			3–1			1–2			1–1	3–0
Velež	2–0	3–3	2–0		3–5	0–0					0–1
Zrinjski		2–1	2–1		2–3	4–1		3–1				2–0
Željezničar		1–1		3–0			4–1	1–0	0–1	2–1

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^[4]
1	Nemanja Bilbija	Zrinjski	24
2	Mirsad Ramić	Igman	19
3	Nermin Haskić	Velež	12
4	Bože Vukoja	Široki Brijeg	10
4	Momčilo Mrkaić	Borac	10
6	Mario Krstovski	Sloga	9
6	Renan Oliveira	Sarajevo	9
8	Joseph Amoah	Željezničar	8
	Dal Varešanović	Sarajevo
	Gabrijel Boban	Posušje
	Clarismario Santos	Željezničar

References

^ S.P. (30 April 2023). "Zrinjski je ponovo prvak! Nemanja Bilbija golovima poveo do slavlja" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ E.B. (14 June 2022). "Poznat posljednji učesnik Premijer lige BiH za iduću sezonu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Premijer Liga 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
^ BiH Premier League at fc-tables.com

External links

Official website

[1] S.P. (30 April 2023). "Zrinjski je ponovo prvak! Nemanja Bilbija golovima poveo do slavlja" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

[2] E.B. (14 June 2022). "Poznat posljednji učesnik Premijer lige BiH za iduću sezonu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[seasonrules-3] "Premijer Liga 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[4] BiH Premier League at fc-tables.com

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