Bosnian football clubs in European competitions

Clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina have played in European competitions since the 1967-68 season, when Yugoslav champions Sarajevo took part in the European Cup. They defeated Cypriot team Olympiakos Nicosia in the first round and then lost to Manchester United in the second round.

Beside FK Sarajevo, four more teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in European competitions during country being part of Yugoslavia with FK Željezničar Sarajevo being the best of them, reaching 1984–85 UEFA Cup semi-finals where they lost to Hungarian side Videoton 4–3 on aggregate. In the post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, ten more clubs played in European competitions with none making the group stages.

Qualification to European competitions

Four teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina qualify to European competitions.

Premier League champions qualify to UEFA Champions League, while three another teams (one being national Cup winner) qualify to UEFA Europa League. Champions League team start in second qualifying round while teams in Europa League start in first or second qualifying round. To date, no teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in group stage of both European competitions.

UEFA Country coefficient

At the end of 2013/14 season, Bosnia and Herzegovina was placed 35th. List below shows coefficients of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its predecessor and successor and countries from former Yugoslavia.

Rank	Member association	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	Coeff.
20	Croatia Ex-Yu	3.000	4.125	3.750	4.375	4.375	19.625
27	Serbia Ex-Yu	3.000	3.500	2.125	3.000	2.500	14.125
29	Slovenia Ex-Yu	1.375	1.500	2.250	3.250	2.625	11.000
34	Kazakhstan	1.250	0.875	1.625	1.375	3.125	8.250
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.750	1.875	1.125	1.250	1.500	7.500
36	Finland	1.375	1.800	1.500	2.000	0.500	7.175
39	Montenegro Ex-Yu	1.125	1.750	0.500	1.375	1.250	6.000
42	Macedonia Ex-Yu	0.500	1.375	1.625	1.250	0.500	5.250

Ranking records

Record-high ranking: 29 out of 53 after 2000-11 season
Record-low ranking: 49 out of 50 after 1999-00 season

Pre-war period

Total of five teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in three major European competitions - then Champions Cup, then Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup and abolished Cup Winners Cup.

European Cup

Two teams took part in premier European competition. Sarajevo was the only team to win and qualify to next round - it was in their debut season that ended in second round against Manchester United. Next and their last participation was disastrous loss to Finnish champion Kuusysi Lahti. Sarajevo's fierce city rival, Željezničar lost to English team Derby County in their only participation in this competition.

Team	Participations	Round wins	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
FK Sarajevo	2	1	6	1	2	3	8	9
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	4

TOTAL

3

1

8

1

2

5

9

13

Cup Winners' Cup

This competition, abolished in 1999, saw two teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina taking part. Both Velež Mostar and Borac Banja Luka appeared on two occasions.

Team	Participations	Round wins	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
FK Velež Mostar	2	2	8	3	4	1	18	13
FK Borac Banja Luka	2	1	6	4	0	2	17	8

TOTAL

4

3

14

7

4

3

35

21

Inter-cities Fairs Cup

Željezničar was the only club from Bosnia and Herzegovina to appear in this competition. It was in its last season (1970–71) before competition got sanctioned by UEFA and changed name to UEFA Cup. Željezničar lost in first round against Belgian powerhouse Anderlecht.

Team	Participations	Round wins	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	1	0	2	0	0	2	7	9

TOTAL

1

0

2

0

0

2

2

7

UEFA Cup

In 1971-72 season UEFA Cup was introduced. Teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played much more games in Europe than before, and most notable campaign was Željezničar's run to semifinal in 1984-85 season. They lost to Hungarian side Videoton. Velež played in four seasons, Sarajevo and Željezničar in two and Sloboda Tuzla in one season.

Team	Participations	Round wins	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
FK Velež Mostar	4	6	20	9	5	6	30	28
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	2	7	18	8	4	6	33	23
FK Sarajevo	2	2	8	3	3	2	21	21
FK Sloboda Tuzla	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	8

TOTAL

9

15

48

21

13

14

88

80

Statistics

Team	Participations	Round wins	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
FK Velež Mostar	6	8	28	12	9	7	48	41
FK Željezničar	5	7	22	8	4	10	41	36
FK Sarajevo	4	3	14	4	5	5	29	30
FK Borac Banja Luka	2	1	6	4	0	2	17	8
FK Sloboda Tuzla	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	8

TOTAL

18

19

72

29

18

25

139

123

Records

Biggest win
1975-76 Cup Winners' Cup
Borac Banja Luka - Rumelange 9-0

Biggest aggregate win
1975-76 Cup Winners' Cup
Borac Banja Luka - Rumelange 14-1 (9-0 H, 5-1 A)

Biggest loss
1982-83 UEFA Cup
Anderlecht - Sarajevo 6-1

Biggest aggregate loss
1982-83 UEFA Cup
Sarajevo - Anderlecht 2-6 (1-6 A, 1-0 H)

Furthest in a competition
1984-85 UEFA Cup
Željezničar Sarajevo in semifinal

Post-war period

After break up of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, like other new countries, started its own football league. But, inclusion in UEFA competitions came in 1999, when Jedinstvo Bihać took part in (now abolished) UEFA Intertoto Cup. First Champions League appearance came in 2000, when Brotnjo Čitluk took part after winning Bosniak-Croatian playoff. Two years earlier two teams from Sarajevo played in UEFA Cup, while there were no teams in European competitions in 1999-00 season.

Champions League

Eight teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in Champions League since 2000-01 season. No teams managed to qualify to group stage, while two teams managed to qualify to last qualifying round where they suffered heavy defeats.

In 2002-03 season Željezničar defeated Icelandic and Norwegian champions and faced English side Newcastle in third qualifying round. Guests won 0-1 in Sarajevo while in England Newcastle won 4-0. In 2007-08 season Sarajevo, after trashing Maltese champion, shocked Belgian vice-champion Genk and earned third qualifying round match against Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv. Ukrainians won in both games.

Other teams that played in Champions League were Brotnjo (once), Zrinjski Mostar and Široki Brijeg twice, Borac Banja Luka, Modriča and Leotar Trebinje once.

Team	Participations	Round wins	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	5	2	14	4	1	9	12	27
NK Široki Brijeg	2	1	6	3	1	2	4	5
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	3	0	6	2	1	3	2	10
FK Sarajevo	1	2	6	3	0	3	11	7
FK Modriča	1	1	4	2	0	2	5	8
FK Leotar Trebinje	1	1	4	1	1	2	3	4
HNK Brotnjo Čitluk	1	0	2	1	0	1	3	4
FK Borac Banja Luka	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	7

TOTAL

15

7

43

17

4

22

44

70

UEFA Cup / Europa League

Just like in Champions League, no teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina reached group stage. Best results were qualification to first round, which was achieved twice from both Sarajevo clubs and Široki Brijeg. No other team played in Europe in September or later. Sarajevo came closest to group stage qualification, losing to Romanian side Cluj in play-off round (fourth qualifying round) in 2009-10 season.

Team	Participations	Round wins	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
FK Sarajevo	11	8	36	11	8	17	41	51
NK Široki Brijeg	10	9	38	14	5	19	48	61
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	7	4	22	6	8	8	22	29
HŠK Zrinjski	4	5	18	8	3	7	33	31
FK Borac Banja Luka	2	0	4	0	3	1	4	5
FK Modriča	1	1	4	2	0	2	4	8
FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo	1	1	4	1	1	2	4	6
HNK Brotnjo Čitluk	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	2
NK Žepče	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	4
FK Budućnost Banovići	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	4
HNK Orašje	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	7

TOTAL

40

27

131

41

29

61

151

201

UEFA Intertoto Cup

In third level European competition, active from 1995 to 2008, six teams represented Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1999, Jedinstvo Bihać was the first team from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina to play in European competition, first team to win and first team to progress to next round of competition. No team progressed further than second round, meaning no team played more than four games in a single season.

Team	Participations	Round wins	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
FK Sloboda Tuzla	2	2	8	2	2	4	7	12
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	2	1	6	2	2	2	8	7
NK Čelik Zenica	1	1	4	3	0	1	7	5
FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo	1	1	4	2	1	1	6	7
NK Jedinstvo Bihać	1	1	4	1	0	3	5	6
HNK Brotnjo Čitluk	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	8

TOTAL

8

6

28

11

5

12

35

45

Statistics

Team	Participations	Round wins	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
NK Široki Brijeg	12	10	43	17	6	20	52	62
FK Sarajevo	12	9	41	13	8	20	49	57
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	12	6	35	10	8	17	30	54
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	8	6	28	12	5	11	43	46
HNK Brotnjo Čitluk	3	0	6	2	1	3	6	14
FK Borac Banja Luka	3	0	6	1	3	2	8	12
FK Modriča	2	2	8	4	0	4	9	16
FK Sloboda Tuzla	2	2	8	2	2	4	7	12
FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo	2	2	8	3	2	3	10	13
NK Čelik Zenica	1	1	4	3	0	1	7	5
FK Leotar Trebinje	1	1	4	1	1	2	3	4
NK Jedinstvo Bihać	1	1	4	1	0	3	5	6
NK Žepče	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	4
FK Budućnost Banovići	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	4
HNK Orašje	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	7

TOTAL

60

38

197

66

36

95

221

319

Records

Biggest win
2010-11 UEFA Europa League
Tre Penne - Zrinjski Mostar 2-9

Biggest aggregate win
2010-11 UEFA Europa League
Zrinjski Mostar - Tre Penne 13-3 (9-2 A, 4-1 H)

Biggest loss
2004-05 UEFA Cup
Litex Lovech - Željezničar Sarajevo 7-0

Biggest aggregate loss
2007-08 UEFA CUP
Zrinjski Mostar - Partizan Belgrade 1-11 (1-6 H, 0-5 A) (match declared void due to Serbian fans' riots, Zrinjski progressed to the next round.)

Results by club

Clubs are sorted in alphabetical order and both pre-war and post-war results are included.

round winner
round loser
R - round
Q - qualification round

Borac Banja Luka

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975-76	Rumelange	CWC	1R	9-0	5-1	14-1
	Anderlecht		1R	1-0	0-3	1-3
1988-89	Metalist Kharkiv	CWC	1R	2-0	0-4	2-4
2010-11	Lausanne	UEL	2Q	1-1	0-1	1-2
2011-12	Maccabi Haifa	UCL	2Q	3-2	1-5	4-7
2012-13	Čelik Nikšić	UEL	1Q	2-2	1-1	3-3

Brotnjo Čitluk

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000-01	Kaunas	UCL	1Q	3-0	0-4	3-4
2001-02	Viking Stavanger	UC	Q	1-1	0-1	1-2
2002-03	Zürich	UIC	1R	2-1	0-7	2-8

Budućnost Banovići

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000-01	Drnovice	UCL	Q	0-1	0-3	0-4

Čelik Zenica

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000-01	Denizlispor	UIC	1R	1-0	5-3	6-3
	Gent		2R	1-0	0-2	1-2
2008-09	Grbalj	UIC	1R	3-2	1-2	4-4 (a)

Jedinstvo Bihać

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000-01	GÍ	UIC	1R	3-0	0-1	3-1
	Ceahlăul		2R	1-2	1-3	2-5

Leotar Trebinje

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2003-04	Grevenmacher	UCL	1Q	2-0	0-0	2-0
	Slavia Prague		2Q	1-2	0-2	1-4

Modriča

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004-05	Santa Coloma	UC	1Q	3-0	1-0	4-0
	Levski Sofia		2Q	1-0	0-3	0-5
2008-09	Dinamo Tirana	UCL	1Q	2-1	2-0	4-1
	Aalborg		2Q	1-2	0-5	1-7

Orašje

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006-07	Domžale	UC	1Q	0-2	0-5	0-7

Sarajevo

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
1967-68	Olympiakos Nicosia	EC	1R			5-3
	Manchester United		2R	0-0	1-2	1-3
1980-71	Hamburger SV	UC	1R			5-7
1982-83	Slavia Sofia	UC	1R			6-4
	Corvinul Hunedoara		2R	4-0	0-0	4-0
	Anderlecht		3R	1-0	1-6	2-6
1985-86	Kuusysi	EC	1R	1-2	1-2	2-4

Slavija Sarajevo

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2007-08	Sant Julià	UIC	1R	3-2	3-2	6-4
	Oțelul Galați		2R	0-0	0-3	0-3
2009-10	Aalborg	UCL	2Q	3-1	0-0	3-1
	Košice		3Q	0-2	1-3	1-5

Sloboda Tuzla

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977-78	Las Palmas	UC	1R	4-3	0-5	4-8
2003-04	KA Akureyri	UIC	1R	1-1	1-1	2-2 (p)
	Lierse		2R	1-0	1-5	2-6
2004-05	Celje	UIC	1R	1-0	1-2	2-2 (a)
	Spartak Trnava		2R	0-1	1-2	1-3

Široki Brijeg

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002-03	Senec	UC	Q	3-0	2-1	5-1
	Sparta Prague		1R	0-1	0-3	0-4
2004-05	Neftchi Baku	UCL	1Q	2-1	0-1	2-2 (a)
2005-06	Teuta Durrës	UC	1Q	3-0	1-3	4-3
	Zeta Golubovci		2Q	4-2	1-0	5-2
	Basel		1R	0-1	0-5	0-6
2006-07	Shakhtyor Salihorsk	UCL	1Q	1-0	1-0	2-0
	Hearts		2Q	0-0	0-3	0-3
2007-08	Koper	UC	1Q	3-1	3-2	6-3
	Hapoel Tel Aviv		2Q	0-3	0-3	0-6
2008-09	Partizani Tirana	UC	1Q	0-0	3-1	3-1
	Beşiktaş		2Q	1-2	0-4	1-6
2009-10	Banants	UEL	1Q	0-1	2-0	2-1
	Sturm Graz		2Q	1-1	1-2	2-3
2010-11	Olimpija Ljubljana	UEL	1Q	3-0	2-0	5-0
	Austria Vienna		2Q	0-1	2-2	2-3
2011-12	Olimpija Ljubljana	UEL	1Q	0-0	0-3	0-3
2012-13	St Patrick's Athletic	UEL	2Q	1-1	1-2 (aet)	2-3
2013-14	Irtysh Pavlodar	UEL	2Q	2-0	2-3	4-3
	Udinese		3Q	1-3	0-4	1-7
2014-15	Gabala	UEL	1Q	3-0	2-0	5-0
	Mladá Boleslav		2Q	0-4	1-2	1-6

Velež Mostar

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
1973-74	Tatran Prešov	UC	1R	1-1	2-4	3-5
1974-75	Spartak Moscow	UC	1R	2-0	1-3	3-3 (a)
	Rapid Vienna		2R	1-0	1-1	3-1
	Derby County		3R	4-1	1-3	5-4
	Twente		QF	1-0	0-2	1-2
1981-82	Jeunesse Esch	CWC	1R	6-1	1-1	7-2
	Lokomotive Leipzig		2R	1-1	1-1	2-2 (p)
1986-87	Vasas	CWC	1R	3-2	2-2	5-4
	Vitosha Sofia (now Levski)		2R	4-3	0-2	4-5
1987-88	Sion	UC	1R	5-0	0-3	5-3
	Borussia Dortmund		2R	2-1	0-2	2-3
1988-89	APOEL	UC	1R	1-0	5-2	6-2
	Belenenses		2R	0-0	0-0	0-0 (p)
	Hearts		3R	2-1	0-3	2-4

Zrinjski Mostar

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000-01	Västra Frölunda	UIC	1R	2-1	0-1	2-2 (a)
2005-06	F91 Dudelange	UCL	1Q	0-4 (aet)	1-0	1-4
2006-07	Marsaxlokk	IC	1R	3-0	1-1	4-1
	Maccabi Petah Tikva		2R	1-3	1-1	2-4
2007-08	Partizan	UC	1Q	1-61	0-5	1-11
	Rabotnički		2Q	1-2	0-0	1-2
2008-09	Vaduz	UC	1Q	3-1	2-1	5-2
	Braga		2Q	0-2	0-1	0-3
2009-10	Slovan Bratislava	UCL	1Q	1-0	0-4	1-4
2010-11	Tobol	UC	1Q	2-1	2-1	4-2
	Tre Penne		2Q	4-1	9-2	13-3
	Odense		3Q	0-0	3-5	3-5
2013-14	Santa Coloma	UEL	1Q	1-0	3-1	4-1
	Botev Plovdiv		2Q	1-1	0-2	1-3
2014-15	Maribor	UCL	2Q	0-0	0-2	0-2

¹ Partizan was disqualified due to their fans riots in game in Mostar, Zrinjski progressed to next round

Željezničar Sarajevo

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970-71	Anderlecht	IFCC	1R	3-4	4-5	7-9
1971-72	Club Brugge	UC	1R	3-0	1-3	4-3
	Bologna		2R	1-1	2-2	3-3 (a)
	St. Johnstone		3R	5-1	0-1	5-2
	Ferencváros		QF	1-2	2-1	3-3 (p)
1972-73	Derby County	EC	1R	1-2	0-2	1-4
1984-85	Sliven	UC	1R	5-1	0-1	5-2
	Sion		2R	2-1	2-2	4-3
	Universitatea Craiova		3R	4-0	0-2	4-2
	Dinamo Minsk		QF	2-0	1-1	3-1
	Videoton		SF	2-1	1-3	3-4
1998-99	Kilmarnock	UC	1Q	0-0	0-1	0-1
2000-01	Wisła Kraków	UCL	1Q	0-0	1-3	1-3
2001-02	Levski Sofia	UCL	1Q	0-0	0-4	0-4
2002-03	ÍA Akranes	UCL	1Q	3-0	1-0	4-0
	Lillestrøm		2Q	1-0	1-0	2-0
	Newcastle		3Q	0-1	0-4	0-5
	Málaga	UC	1R	0-0	0-1	0-1
2004-05	Pennarossa	UC	1Q	4-0	5-1	9-1
	Litex Lovech		2Q	1-2	0-7	1-9
2010-11	Hapoel Tel Aviv	UCL	2Q	0-1	0-5	0-6
2011-12	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	UEL	2Q	1-0	0-0	1-0
	Maccabi Tel Aviv		2Q	0-2	0-6	0-8
2012-13	Maribor	UCL	2Q	1-2	1-4	2-6
2013-14	Viktoria Plzeň	UCL	2Q	1-2	3-4	4-6
2014-15	Lovćen	UEL	1Q	0-0	1-0	1-0
	Metalurg Skopje		2Q	2-2	0-0	2-2 (a)

Žepče

Season	Opponent	Competition	Round	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006-07	Bashkimi	UC	1Q	1-1	0-31	1-4

¹ game registered 3-0 as Žepče used banned player
Žepče dissolved in 2010 following financial difficulties. New club was founded and started from lowest league (fourth level). Interestingly, their only European opponent dissolved too.

See also

• FK Sarajevo in European football
• FK Željezničar Sarajevo in European football

External links