Bosnian-Herzegovinian national football team
Nickname (s) |
Zmajevi (Dragon) Zlatni Ljiljani (Golden Lilies) |
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Association | NFSBIH | ||
confederacy | UEFA | ||
Technical sponsor | Adidas | ||
Head coach | Dušan Bajević (since December 2019) | ||
Assistant coach |
Rusmir Cviko Slaven Musa Adnan Čustović |
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captain | Edin Džeko | ||
Record scorer | Edin Džeko (58) | ||
Record player | Edin Džeko (105) | ||
Home stadium | Grbavica , Sarajevo / Bilino Polje , Zenica | ||
FIFA code | BIH | ||
FIFA rank | 49th (1430 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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Balance sheet | |||
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218 games 91 wins 47 draws 80 losses |
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statistics | |||
First international match Albania 2-0 BIH ( Tirana , Albania ; November 30, 1995 )
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Highest wins Liechtenstein 1: 8 BIH ( Vaduz , Liechtenstein ; September 7, 2012 ) BIH 7: 0 Estonia ( Zenica , BIH ; September 10, 2008 ) |
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Biggest defeat Argentina 5-0 BIH ( Córdoba , Argentina ; May 14, 1998 )
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Successes in tournaments | |||
World Championship | |||
Participation in the finals | 1 ( first : 2014 ) | ||
Best results | Preliminary round 2014 | ||
(As of September 17, 2019) |
The Bosnian-Herzegovinian national team ( Bosnian Nogometna / Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine / Ногометна / Фудбалска Репрезентација Босне и Херерентака Репрезентација Босне и Херегоска Босне и Хереретна Боснене и Херегоска Репрезентација Босне и Хереговes of the Bosnian football association . The N / FSBIH was founded for the first time in 1908. The association was merged into the Yugoslav Football Association in 1919 and was re-established in 1992. He has been a member of FIFA since 1996 and UEFA since 1998 .
history
From 1905 to the First World War
In 1905, Bosnian students from Vienna brought the soccer game to Bosnia-Herzegovina . From the city of Mostar , the sport of football quickly spread throughout the region and gained great popularity. In 1907 a football game between a team from Split and one from Mostar was played, which is the first game by a Bosnian team.
In 1908 the first Bosnian football association was founded. At the time of the outbreak of World War I, there were over 70 registered football clubs in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Since many players in the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian Army went to war, the game came to a standstill.
Kingdom, World War II, and Socialist Yugoslavia
After the First World War, Bosnia-Herzegovina split off from Austria-Hungary and joined the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes . The following year the Yugoslav Football Association (JFS) was founded and the Bosnian Football Association incorporated into it.
After the Second World War , professional football was introduced in Yugoslavia. In 1950 and 1954, no Bosnian players were nominated for the Yugoslav national team. The Bosnian association then organized its own selection team and hosted friendly games, including against China in 1955, where they won 6-0. It was not until 1958 that Bosnian players were called up to the Yugoslav national team more often, and the makeshift Bosnian national team became obsolete.
In 1990 the Bosnian Ivica Osim led the Yugoslav national team at the World Cup in Italy up to the quarter-finals, in which they were only eliminated on penalties against world champions Argentina. Ivica Osim resigned from his position as team manager after the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars; the (remaining) Yugoslav national team was denied participation shortly before the European Championship in Sweden in 1992 . This enabled the eventual European champion Denmark to take part in the competition.
During and after the disintegration of Yugoslavia (1992-2001)
The Bosnian Football Association was re-established in 1992 after the split from Yugoslavia and took part with a B-team in the "Mediterranean Cup" in 1993 in France . There she played her first game against Algeria, which ended with a 1-1. Another game in the same tournament they lost 3-1 to Greece. Other friendlies were also played, such as against Fortuna Düsseldorf in August 1993. At that time, the national team was peppered with well-known, former Yugoslav national players such as Safet Susic , Mehmed Bazdarevic , Davor Jozic , Blaz Sliskovic , Faruk Hadzibegic , Predrag Juric and others, all of which, however, were already in the autumn of their careers, so that very few of them have booked official appearances in the national team after being accepted into FIFA in 1996.
In 1994 Bosnia-Herzegovina tried to join FIFA . But at the conference in Chicago , due to the political situation, people voted against joining. The national team did not play their first international match until 1995 against Albania. They traveled with only 12 players and played in borrowed equipment. The game was lost 2-0.
In 1996, the association was accepted into FIFA one day before the World Cup qualifying draw , which made it into the lottery pot. The opponents in the qualifying group were Denmark, Croatia, Slovenia and Greece. The Bosnians played their first competitive game as part of qualifying for the 1998 World Cup on September 1, 1996 against Greece (0: 3). The first win in an official international match was on November 6, 1996 in a friendly against Italy (2-1) at the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium. In this game, the first international goal for Bosnia-Herzegovina fell by the then 19-year-old Hasan Salihamidžić . Only four days later there was the first competitive win in Ljubljana against Slovenia.
FIFA wanted Bosnia-Herzegovina to play its home games in Bologna, Italy, for security reasons . The first game against Croatia also took place on Italian soil, but after association protests, FIFA withdrew their demands. Bosnia-Herzegovina then won 3-0 against ex-European champions Denmark in Sarajevo . The first game on another continent took place on December 18, 1996 in Manaus (Brazil), where they lost 1-0 to Brazil.
In 1997, the team from Bosnia-Herzegovina took part in Malaysia in the Dunhill Cup, in which they reached second place. In 1998 they played a friendly game against a FIFA All-Star team in Sarajevo (0-1). The reasons for this were, on the one hand, joining UEFA and, on the other hand, the 90th birthday of the Bosnian Football Association. In 2001 three tournaments with Bosnian participation took place in India , Malaysia and Iran . The tournament in India was won. At the tournament in Malaysia they met the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the final and lost. In Iran, however, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was defeated in the semi-finals, but the final against Iran was lost.
Recent history (2001-present)
In qualifying for the 2004 European Championship, the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina came close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time. The team defeated Norway and Luxembourg 1-0 and 2-0 respectively in qualifying, and Denmark was beaten 2-0 in Copenhagen. Only on the last match day was the goal of EURO 2004 missed. On that day, a win against Denmark would even have been enough to win the group. The final score of 1: 1 was not even enough for the play-offs.
Once again, Bosnia and Herzegovina played stronger than expected in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup . Among other things, the selection played twice against Spain, which was rated more strongly, and ended up in front of Belgium, among others . Again, the team failed to qualify on the last day of the match in the 1-0 defeat against Serbia-Montenegro .
Many players felt that the nomination placed less emphasis on playing skills than on nationality and that the board interfered too much in the coach's affairs. This resulted in many of the main forces boycotting the national team. In 2007, a total of 13 players boycotted the Bosnian national team. Only when the entire board of three of the Bosnian Association were dismissed and the players were nominated according to their skills, these players wanted to return. The boycott, however, crumbled somewhat before the two qualifiers in March 2007, so that 8 out of 13 players could be persuaded to play for their nation again.
The coach Meho Kodro , who took office on January 5, 2008, refused to travel with the national team to the friendly game in Iran because the football association canceled the previously planned game against Poland. The reason for the cancellation was given by the N / FSBIH that Albania coincidentally had already agreed to a friendly match with Poland on the same date. The real reason, however, was that Iran offered the association the equivalent of 100,000 euros if they came to a friendly match. The Bosnian Football Association agreed, but Meho Kodro refused. When he was due to submit the list of players on May 15, 2008, he did not show up for the appointment and the association kicked him out three days later.
As a result, many fan groups, former Bosnian football players and football professionals from Bosnia called out the organization “Spasimo bh fudbal” (Let's save Bosnian football). When the Bosnian national soccer team played against Azerbaijan in Zenica on June 1, 2008 , there were almost no spectators. Instead, the stadium in Sarajevo, where a friendly game was being played, was sold out. This friendly game had a humanitarian character and the two teams were called "Kodro and friends" and "Bolic and friends".
In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian national soccer team narrowly failed to participate in the World Cup. While the first group game against Spain was only lost 1-0 away, the team won the second game against Estonia with an outstanding performance 7-0. Against Turkey, the selection lost again just 2-1, but beat Armenia in the home game. With a 4-2 win against Belgium in Genk, the team saved their chance to participate in the 2010 World Cup. Bosnia-Herzegovina won thanks to three goals towards the end of the game. This game has meanwhile been canceled because Bosnian fans (members of the group "BHFanaticos") threw flares onto the field. At home in Zenica the second leg against Belgium took place, which was won 2-1. Striker Edin Džeko scored two goals for Bosnia-Herzegovina in the first half, Belgium struck in the 88th minute. Armenia were defeated a second time, the selection scored 1-1 against Turkey, and Estonia was also defeated. In the last group game in Zenica against European champions Spain, Bosnia lost 5-2. With 19 points Bosnia finally got into the play-offs , in which the Portuguese national team were the opponents. The first leg in Portugal ended 1-0 for Portugal. Since the return leg in Zenica also ended 0-1 for Portugal, Bosnia-Herzegovina failed to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa. Edin Džeko was together with Wayne Rooney after Theofanis Gekas the second best European scorer in the World Cup qualification.
In qualifying for the European Football Championship in 2012 , the Bosnian-Herzegovinian national football team was drawn into a group with France, Romania, Albania, Belarus and Luxembourg. In this group, the team reached second place. During the group phase, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian association was temporarily suspended by FIFA and UEFA in March 2011 because the association's statutes did not correspond to those of UEFA and FIFA. Mainly it was about the three-member association presidium, consisting of one Croat, one Serbs and one Bosniaks. The Serbs and Croats refused to replace the three-member presidium with a single president. A so-called normality committee was set up around Ivica Osim to find a compromise. Ivica Osim held talks with the entity associations of the Federation, especially in the Croatian-dominated cantons, and the Republika Srpska. Finally, a compromise was reached: There will be a president, but in the Executive Committee, which has 15 members (5 Bosniaks , Serbs and Croats each ), decisions are passed with a three-quarters majority (demand of the Serbs and Croats). In a general meeting of the association on March 29, 2011, the new statute was passed unanimously. After that, the suspension was lifted and thus the further participation of the team in the group stage was ensured, in which they achieved second place and thus qualified for the play-offs. In the first leg of the play-offs, the team reached a draw against Portugal, the second leg on November 15, 2011 at the stadium da Luz in Lisbon was lost 6-2 instead of 6-2. So the team could not achieve the desired participation in the EM 2012. On October 15, 2013, due to the better goal balance compared to Greece, they were able to qualify for a FIFA World Cup for the first time . Bosnia started with a 2-1 loss to Argentina . Ibišević scored the first World Cup goal in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 85th minute. The 1-0 defeat against Nigeria in the second group game sealed the elimination of Bosnia-Herzegovina, although a regularly scored goal by Edin Džeko by referee Peter O'Leary was not counted. A photo showing O'Leary after the game, laughing gleefully and hugging a Nigerian player caused outrage in Bosnia. Bosnia-Herzegovina has never been able to qualify for a European football championship .
In August 2013, Bosnia-Herzegovina achieved 13th place, the best ever placement in the FIFA world rankings .
Some older players of Bosnian-Herzegovinian origin played in the national team of Yugoslavia before. For a list, see the Yugoslav national football team .
Trainer
Period | National coach |
November 30, 1995– November 5, 1997 | Fuad Muzurović |
May 14, 1998– January 27, 1999 | Džemaludin Mušović |
March 11, 1999 to October 9, 1999 | Faruk Hadžibegić |
11/11/1999–07/10/2001 | Mišo Smajlović |
March 27, 2002 - October 11, 2006 | Blaž Slišković |
March 24, 2007– December 17, 2007 | Fuad Muzurović |
January 30, 2008– March 26, 2008 | Meho Kodro |
July 10, 2008–12, 2009 | Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević |
03.03.2010–16.11.2014 | Safet Sušić |
December 13, 2014-10 October 2017 | Mehmed Baždarević |
05.01.2018-27.11.2019 | Robert Prosinečki |
December 21, 2019– | Dušan Bajević |
The dates show when the coaches played their first and last games and not when they came in and left.
Current
International matches
The games of the current year 2019 are listed with the results from a Bosnian-Herzegovinian perspective.
Squad
The table names the 23 players who were nominated for the EM 2020 qualifiers against Liechtenstein on September 5 and Armenia on September 8, 2019.
position | No. | Surname | society | birth date |
Calls | Gates | debut | Last use |
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1 | Jasmin Buric | Hapoel Haifa | Feb. 18, 1987 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
12 | Ibrahim Šehić | Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor | Sep 2 1988 | 24 | 0 | Nov 17, 2010 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
22nd | Vladan Kovačević | FK Sarajevo | Apr 11, 1998 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
Defense | 2 | Eldar Ćivić | Ferencváros Budapest | May 28, 1996 | 8th | 0 | June 1, 2018 | June 11, 2019 |
3 | Ermin Bičakčić | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Jan. 24, 1990 | 30th | 3 | 14 Aug 2013 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
4th | Darko Todorović | Holstein Kiel | May 5, 1997 | 10 | 0 | Jan. 28, 2018 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
5 | Sead Kolašinac | Arsenal FC | June 20, 1993 | 25th | 0 | May 30, 2014 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
6th | Marko Mihojevic | FC Erzgebirge Aue | Apr 21, 1996 | 2 | 0 | Jan. 28, 2018 | 5th Sep 2019 | |
7th | Muhamed Besic | Sheffield United | Sep 10 1992 | 41 | 0 | Nov 17, 2010 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
15th | Toni Šunjić | FK Dynamo Moscow | Dec 15, 1988 | 40 | 1 | Aug 15, 2012 | 5th Sep 2019 | |
17th | Ervin Zukanović | Al-Ahli Saudi FC | Feb 11, 1987 | 38 | 0 | Oct 16, 2012 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
18th | Adnan Kovačević | Corona Kielce | Sep 9 1993 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
midfield | 9 | Haris Duljevic | Olympique Nîmes | Nov 16, 1993 | 21st | 1 | 25th Mar 2016 | 8 Sep 2019 |
10 | Miralem Pjanic | Juventus Turin | Apr 2, 1990 | 89 | 13 | Aug 20, 2008 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
13 | Gojko Cimirot | Standard Liege | Dec 19, 1992 | 19th | 0 | 4th Sep 2014 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
14th | Amer Gojak | Dinamo Zagreb | Feb 13, 1997 | 8th | 3 | 25th Mar 2017 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
19th | Rade Krunić | AC Milan | Oct 7, 1993 | 11 | 1 | 3rd June 2016 | 5th Sep 2019 | |
20th | Stjepan Lončar | HNK Rijeka | Nov 10, 1996 | 4th | 0 | Jan. 31, 2018 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
23 | Deni Milošević | Konyaspor | 9 Mar 1995 | 7th | 1 | 31 Aug 2017 | 5th Sep 2019 | |
attack | 8th | Edin Višća | Istanbul Başakşehir FK | Feb. 17, 1990 | 48 | 10 | Dec 10, 2010 | 8 Sep 2019 |
11 | Edin Džeko | AS Roma | 17th Mar 1986 | 105 | 58 | June 2, 2007 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
16 | Riad Bajić | Konyaspor | May 6, 1994 | 11 | 0 | 25th Mar 2017 | 8 Sep 2019 | |
21st | Irfan Hadžić | Akhisar Belediyespor | June 15, 1993 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Jerseys
The national soccer team of Bosnia and Herzegovina uses the colors white and blue, based on the old Bosnian flag, as the main colors, while the colors of the country's flag are blue and yellow . The Bosnian-Herzegovinian team also played in the colors of white and gold for some time (the gold color referred to the lilies, which were the main symbol of the old Bosnian flag). The Bosnian national team is currently wearing blue and yellow jerseys at home and white jerseys away.
Stages
The Bosnian national team plays its home games in two different stadiums in two different cities. Once in the capital Sarajevo and in the fourth largest city in the country, in Zenica.
Bilino Polje
The Bilino Polje stadium in Zenica was built in 1972 and has a capacity of 19,000 spectators. It is used by the NK Čelik Zenica . The Bosnian national team has mostly preferred this stadium in previous qualifying matches. There, on September 10, 2008, the national team celebrated the highest victory in their history with a 7-0 win against Estonia.
Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
The Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium (Koševo until 2014), built in 1947 , was the opening site of the 1984 Winter Olympics and was extensively renovated for this purpose. The stadium serves as a home for FK Sarajevo , which is owned by the municipality of Sarajevo-Centar . The capacity is 35,000 seats without a roof, whereby the west stand cannot be opened for international matches, as the seats do not meet UEFA standards. Safet Sušić made his debut as coach of Bosnia-Herzegovina in this stadium and they won 2-1 against Ghana with goals from Pjanic and Ibišević and Muntari. Due to the existing career path, the fans and players prefer the Bilino Polje in Zenica because of its proximity to the field.
Grbavica
On October 7, 2017, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian national team played their first international match against Belgium at Grbavica as part of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia . For this purpose, the stadium, which was badly damaged during the Bosnian War, was extensively renovated.
The newly built eastern grandstand was opened on April 1, 2017, increasing the capacity of the Grbavica to 13,449 spectators.
Hrasnica
This is where the Bosnian national team usually prepares for friendly and qualifying matches. The stadium belongs to the FK Famos Hrasnica club, which plays in the first division of the Federation. It has approximately a capacity for 5,200 spectators.
Record holder and rankings
List of the most frequently used players
rank | player | International appearances | Period |
1 | Edin Džeko | 105 | since 2007 |
2 | Emir Spahic | 94 | 2003-2018 |
3 | Miralem Pjanic | 92 | since 2008 |
4th | Vedad Ibišević | 84 | 2007-2017 |
Zvjezdan Misimović | 84 | 2004-2014 | |
6th | Asmir Begović | 62 | since 2009 |
7th | Haris Medunjanin | 60 | since 2009 |
8th | Senad Lulić | 57 | 2008-2017 |
9 | Elvir Bolić | 51 | 1996-2006 |
10 | Sergei Barbarez | 47 | 1998-2006 |
Sejad Salihović | 47 | 2007-2015 | |
12 | Vedin Musić | 45 | 1995-2007 |
13 | Kenan Hasagic | 44 | 2002-2011 |
As of March 23, 2019
Record goal scorers
rank | Name (italic = active) |
Gates | Games | Goals / game | First goal | Last goal | Record holder | World Cup and European Championship goals | |
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1 | Edin Džeko | 58 | 105 | 0.552 | June 2, 2007 | 8 Sep 2019 |
since Oct. 16, 2012 |
Sep 7 2012 - Sep 11 2012; World Cup 2014 (1) | |
2 | Vedad Ibišević | 28 | 83 | 0.337 | Oct 13, 2007 | 25th Mar 2017 | World Cup 2014 (1) | ||
3 | Zvjezdan Misimović | 26th | 85 | 0.306 | 31 Mar 2004 | Oct 11, 2013 | |||
4th | Elvir Bolić | 22nd | 51 | 0.431 | Nov 6, 1996 | Oct 9, 2005 | Aug 20, 1997 - Sep 7 2012 | ||
5 | Sergei Barbarez | 16 | 47 | 0.340 | 5th Sep 1998 | Sep 2 2006 | |||
6th | Elvir Baljić | 14th | 38 | 0.368 | Aug 19, 1998 | Apr 2, 2003 | |||
7th | Miralem Pjanic | 14th | 92 | 0.146 | 3rd Mar 2010 | 26th Mar 2019 | World Cup 2014 (1) | ||
8th | Edin Višća | 10 | 48 | 0.208 | June 12, 2015 | 5th Sep 2019 | |||
9 | Haris Medunjanin | 9 | 59 | 0.153 | Nov 17, 2010 | Oct 7, 2017 | |||
10 | Milan Đurić | 7th | 14th | 0.500 | Oct 10, 2015 | June 7, 2016 | |||
Note: If the number of goals is the same, the better effectiveness (goals / game) counts. |
As of September 16, 2019
Record goalkeeper
space | Name (italic = active) |
Games | Games without conceding a goal | Games without conceding a goal (proportionately) | Important tournaments (* = no stake) |
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1 | Asmir Begović | 62 | 30th | 48% | World Cup 2014 | |
2 | Kenan Hasagic | 44 | 13 | 30% | ||
3 | Mirsad Dedic | 27 | 8th | 30% | ||
4th | Ibrahim Šehić | 24 | 11 | 46% | ||
5 | Adnan Gušo | 22nd | 5 | 23% | ||
6th | Almir Tolya | 15th | 3 | 20% | ||
7th | Tomislav Piplica | 8th | 3 | 38% | ||
8th | Nemanja Supić | 8th | 2 | 25% | ||
9 | Goran Brašnić | 8th | 1 | 13% | ||
10 | Romeo Mitrovic | 6th | 3 | 50% | ||
Note: If the number of games without a goal is the same, the better blocking effectiveness decides (games without a goal proportionately). |
As of September 16, 2019
Balance sheets
International match records
The following overview shows the balance sheets of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian national soccer team. Games decided in extra time will be counted as a tie according to their result, whereas games decided in penalty shootouts will be counted as a draw.
For the sake of clarity, only countries are listed here whose respective national team has played against Bosnia-Herzegovina at least five times. A full list can be found under international match statistics .
country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Goal ratio |
Goal difference |
important encounters |
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Albania | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5: 4 | + 1 | European Championship qualification 2012 |
Belgium | 8th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 13:19 | - 6 | World Cup qualification 2006, 2010, 2018; European Championship qualification 2016 |
Denmark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8: 5 | + 3 | World Cup qualification 1998; 2004 European Championship qualification |
Estonia | 7th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21: 4 | + 17 | World Cup qualification 2010, 2018; European Championship qualification 2000 |
Greece | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4th | 8:15 | - 7th | World Cup qualification 1998, 2014, 2018; European Championship qualification 2008, 2020 |
Iran | 6th | 1 | 1 | 4th | 10:17 | - 7th | World Cup preliminary round 2014; LG Cup 2001 - Final |
Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1: 6 | - 5th | World Cup qualification 2006; Millennium Super Cup 2001 - preliminary round, final |
Liechtenstein | 7th | 6th | 1 | 0 | 28: 2 | + 26 | World Cup qualification 2002, 2014; Euro 2020 qualification |
Lithuania | 6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 10: 5 | + 5 | World Cup qualification 2006, 2014; European Championship qualification 2000 |
Luxembourg | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11: 1 | + 10 | European Championship qualification 2004, 2012 |
North Macedonia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8: 8 | ± 0 | |
Austria | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3: 4 | - 1 | World Cup qualification 2002; UEFA Nations League 2018/19 |
Spain | 8th | 0 | 2 | 6th | 8:18 | - 16 | World Cup qualification 2002, 2006, 2010 |
Turkey | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7: 6 | + 1 | World Cup qualification 2010; European Championship qualification 2008 |
World championships
space | player | Year (s) | Participate | Gates |
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1 | Edin Džeko | 2014 | 1 | 1 |
Miralem Pjanic | 2014 | 1 | 1 | |
Vedad Ibišević | 2014 | 1 | 1 | |
Avdija Vršajević | 2014 | 1 | 1 |
Since its independence in 1992, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian national soccer team has only qualified once for the soccer world championship .
This surprisingly succeeded the team under the direction of coach Safet Sušić on the last matchday (October 15, 2013) against the Lithuanian selection . There they successfully won 1-0 and secured the group victory even before the Greek team with the same number of points . The winning goal scored Vedad Ibišević in the 68th minute and gave the country the only qualification to a world championship final .
After the group draw it was clear that Bosnia-Herzegovina would play against ex-world champions Argentina , Iran and Nigeria .
The opening game against Argentina they lost 2-1, with the defensive boss Sead Kolašinac undercutting an own goal at the beginning of the game. Nevertheless, the team celebrated its first World Cup goal in the 85th minute of the game. Again it was Vedad Ibišević who scored the goal.
Now that it was clear that you had to get all three points in the next game in order to advance to the round of 16, the second World Cup game against African champions Nigeria began emotionally charged. Then there was a scandal in the 22nd minute of the game: The New Zealand football referee Peter O'Leary saw Edin Džekos offside while trying to score and decided not to recognize the goal. According to many experts, the gate was compliant.
After the brief excitement on the part of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian team, the chances of reaching the round of 16 were lost in the 29th minute. Peter Odemwingie made it 1-0 for Nigeria .
Many Bosnian-Herzegovinian football players said they saw a contentious situation: Defender and captain Emir Spahić had previously been fouled.
On the last day of the preliminary round, at least the first victory was achieved. They scored 3-1 against Iran and were able to travel home with a final score of three points.
Coach Safet Sušić remained in office after the tournament , but was sacked after a 3-0 defeat in the qualifying match for the 2016 European Football Championship against Israel in November 2014. The office of coach was then taken over by Mehmed Baždarević .
year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent | space | Trainer | Comments and special features |
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1998 | France | not qualified | - | - | Fuad Muzurović | In the qualification of Denmark and Croatia failed. |
2002 | South Korea and Japan | not qualified | - | - | Drago Smajlović | In the qualification of Spain failed. |
2006 | Germany | not qualified | - | - | Blaž Slišković | In the qualification of Spain and Serbia and Montenegro failed. |
2010 | South Africa | not qualified | - | - | Miroslav Blažević | In the qualification in the playoffs of the runners to Portugal failed. |
2014 | Brazil | Preliminary round | Argentina, Nigeria, Iran | 19th place | Safet Sušić | First World Cup participation |
2018 | Russia | not qualified | - | - | Mehmed Baždarević | In the qualification of Belgium and Greece failed |
European championships
Web links
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian national football team in the database of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Football Association (English)
- National team ( Memento from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ BiH National Team - Balkan North - Topic - Page 1 - transfermarkt.at. Retrieved October 23, 2013 .
- ↑ Debut in the national team. Retrieved October 23, 2013 .
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Weekly : Russia and Bosnia qualified for World Cup 2014 from October 15, 2013.
- ^ Ali: Dzeko drama at World Cup 2014: 0: 1 bankruptcy against Nigeria: Bosnia-Herzegovina out. In: Focus Online . June 22, 2014, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ sid / om: Football World Cup 2014: This photo of the referee angered Bosnia. In: welt.de . June 22, 2014, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Bosnia-Herzegovina: FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking
- ↑ The current roster, nfsbih.ba
- ↑ World Stadiums - Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadium in Sarajevo. Retrieved October 23, 2013 .
- ↑ Otvaranje istočne tribine Stadiona Grbavica . In: FK Željezničar . ( fkzeljeznicar.ba [accessed January 7, 2018]).