2020–21 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

Competition:Premijer liga
Season:2020–21
Dates:1 August 2020 – 30 May 2021
Winners:Borac
2nd Premier League title
2nd Bosnian title
Relegated:Mladost Doboj Kakanj
Krupa
Olimpik
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Borac
Continentalcup2:Europa Conference League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Sarajevo
Velež
Široki Brijeg
League Topscorer:Nemanja Bilbija
(17 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Borac 6–0 Mladost Doboj Kakanj
(1 August 2020)
Biggest Away Win:Mladost Doboj Kakanj 2–5 Tuzla City
(15 August 2020)
Highest Scoring:Željezničar 4–4 Mladost Doboj Kakanj
(10 April 2021)
Matches:198
Total Goals:476
Longest Wins:Sarajevo
(8 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:Sarajevo
Velež
(20 matches)
Longest Winless:Željezničar
(15 matches)
Longest Losses:Sloboda
Krupa
Olimpik
(5 matches)
Highest Attendance:5,000
Borac 2–0 Tuzla City
(23 May 2021)
Lowest Attendance:350
Radnik 0–2 Široki Brijeg
(30 May 2021)
Attendance:6,350
Average Attendance:2,117
(excluding matches played behind closed doors)
Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021–22

The 2020–21 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as m:tel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 1 August 2020 and ended on 30 May 2021, with a winter break between mid-December 2020 and late February 2021.

There was no attendance from fans in the stadiums besides each team's staff and personnel due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested in the league, including 10 sides from the 2019–20 season and two promoted from each of the second-level leagues, Krupa and Olimpik, replacing relegated sides, Čelik and Zvijezda 09.

Stadiums and locations

BoracKrupaMladostRadnik
Banja Luka City StadiumMGM Farm ArenaGradski Stadion Bijeljina
Capacity: 10,030Capacity: 3,500Capacity: 3,000Capacity: 6,000
Sloboda
Asim Ferhatović HaseTušanj
Capacity: 34,500Capacity: 7,200
Široki BrijegTuzla City
PecaraTušanj
Capacity: 7,000Capacity: 7,200
VeležZrinjskiOlimpikŽeljezničar
Stadion RođeniStadion pod Bijelim BrijegomGrbavica
Capacity: 7,000Capacity: 9,000Capacity: 3,000Capacity: 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.

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Borac Marko Maksimović Stojan VranješKelmeMtel
Krupa Vladimir Ilić Nikola DujakovićNo1WWin
Mladost Doboj Kakanj Nemanja Miljanović Amer Hiroš LegeaHeidelbergCement
Olimpik Slavko Petrović Adnan OsmanovićGBT
Radnik Vlado Jagodić Velibor ĐurićGivovaWWin
Sarajevo Dženan Uščuplić (caretaker) Krste VelkoskiNikeTurkish Airlines
Sloboda Mladen Žižović Amar BeganovićLegeaWWin
Široki Brijeg Toni Karačić Božo MusaKelmeWWin
Tuzla City Husref Musemić Ivan KostićNo1
Velež Feđa DudićNo1Bosnalijek
Zrinjski Sergej Jakirović Nemanja BilbijaMacronPPD
Željezničar Blaž Slišković Semir ŠtilićMacron

League table

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.

Results

Rounds 23–33

Top goalscorers

!Rank!Player!Club!Goals[2]
1align=left Nemanja Bilbijaalign=left Zrinjski17
2align=left Stojan Vranješalign=left Borac15
3align=left Goran Zakarićalign=left Borac12
4align=left Obren Cvijanovićalign=left Velež11
5align=left Matthias Fanimoalign=left Sarajevo10
align=left Benjamin Tataralign=left Sarajevo
7align=left Nedim Hadžićalign=left Mladost Doboj Kakanj9
align=left Stipe Jurićalign=left Široki Brijeg
align=left Fejsal Mulićalign=left Velež
10align=left Luka Juričićalign=left Željezničar8
align=left Jovo Lukićalign=left Borac
align=left Semir Štilićalign=left Željezničar

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stiglo je pojašnjenje iz saveza: Da li će biti publike na stadionima Premijer lige BiH naredne sezone?. 2 July 2020. 2 July 2020. bs. Sport1.ba.
  2. https://www.fctables.com/bosnia-herzegovina/premier-league/2020_2021/ BiH Premier League