Bosnia and Herzegovina Women's Premier League explained

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Confed:UEFA
Founded:2001
Divisions:1
Teams:8
Levels:1
Domest Cup:National Cup
Confed Cup:UEFA Champions League
Champions:SFK 2000 (22nd title)
Season:2023–24
Most Successful Club:SFK 2000 (22 titles)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Women's Premier League (Ženska Premijer Liga BiH) is the top level women's football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2013 the league has been unified. Before it was played in two separate groups based on league systems confined within Bosnia's entities, one being the First Women's League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other First Women's League of the Republika Srpska, with the champion being decided through play-offs.[1]

The winner of the play-off qualified for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

The league draws little media attention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the funding is often inadequate and clubs lack infrastructure, in some cases even basic training facilities.[2]

History

Until 2013 the league was divided into the NFSBiH league and the league of the Republic of Srpska. The best two teams of the NFSBiH league qualified for a play-off in which the champion of the Republika Srpska women's football championship joined. The venue for the play-off was decided beforehand and it was played as three-team group.

Format

The eight teams play against three times, twice at home and one away - in a total of 21 rounds. The champion qualifies for the next season of UEFA Women's Champions League. The two worst placed teams are relegated to its respective second tier (Prva ženska liga FBiH or Prva ženska Liga RS).

2022–23 teams

The 2022–23 season is played by eight teams.[3]

TeamHome cityHome ground
Gradski Stadion Banja Luka
Stadion Rođeni
Stadion Jaklić
Stadion Midhat Drljević

List of champions

The list of champions[4]

Titles by team

ClubTitles
22
Iskra Bugojno 1

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National women's league launches in Bosnia and Herzegovina. UEFA. 17 August 2013. 16 August 2013.
  2. Web site: Women's football teams ignored in B&H . Lejla Mazlic . 16 September 2009 . HRH Sarajevo . 6 August 2010 . 8 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110408204807/http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/11787.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Club list. nfsbih.ba. 29 May 2023.
  4. Web site: Bosnia-Hercegovina (Women) List of Champions . Hans Schöggl . 11 January 2010 . . 6 August 2010.
  5. Web site: SFK 2000 won the championship again. 23 August 2012. 4 June 2012. NFSBiH.
  6. Web site: Nogometašice SFK 2000 potvrdile dominaciju u BiH - SPORT033 . 2014-06-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150705104100/http://sport033.com/nogometasice-sfk-2000-potvrdile-dominaciju-u-bih/ . 2015-07-05 . dead .
  7. Web site: Nova titula za SFK Sarajevo 2000 . sportsport.ba . 17 April 2016 . 24 April 2016 . bs.
  8. Web site: Bordo nogometašice nastavile dominaciju u Bosni i Hercegovini, SFK 2000 Sarajevo bogatiji za novi pehar Pročitajte više na (One more title for SFK) . sport1.ba . 30 April 2017 . 2 May 2017 . bs.
  9. Web site: Šampionke iz Sarajeva nakon utakmice proslavile novu duplu krunu. sport1.ba . 19 May 2018 . 21 December 2018 . bs.
  10. Web site: Nogometašice SFK 2000 osvojile 17. titulu prvakinja BiH u nizu. 20 May 2019. 20 May 2019. bs. Klix.ba.
  11. Web site: Nogometašice SFK 2000 Sarajevo novom titulom postavile svjetski rekord. 2 June 2020. 2 June 2020. bs. N.K.. Klix.ba.
  12. Web site: Nogometašice SFK 2000 nastavile dominirati i osvojile novu duplu krunu. 24 May 2021. 24 May 2021. bs. E.B.. Klix.ba.
  13. Web site: Nogometašice SFK 2000 na Koševu proslavile 20. titulu prvakinja BiH. 6 June 2022. 6 June 2022. bs. E.B.. Klix.ba.
  14. Web site: FUDBALERKE SFK 2000 SARAJEVO ŠAMPIONKE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE. 21 May 2023. 29 May 2023. bs. NFSBiH. NFSBiH.
  15. Web site: SENIORKE I KADETKINJE SFK 2000 SARAJEVO PRVAKINJE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE!. 20 May 2024. 20 May 2024. bs. NFSBiH. NFSBiH.