| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Zrinjski 4th Premier League title 4thBosnian title |
| Relegated | Borac Slavija Travnik Rudar (P) Drina Velež |
| Champions League | Zrinjski |
| Europa League | Sloboda Široki Brijeg Radnik |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 551 (2.3 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Leon Benko (18 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Travnik 7-1Velež (23 April 2016) |
| Biggest away win | 0-3 on several occasions |
| Highest scoring | Travnik 7-1Velež (23 April 2016) |
| Longest winning run | Željezničar (9) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Željezničar (13) |
| Longest winless run | Velež (18) |
| Longest losing run | Velež (13) |
2016–17 → | |
The2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known asBH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season of thePremier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highestfootballleague ofBosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment in 2000 and fourteenth as a unified country-wide league. The league began on 25 July 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016, with a winter break between 7 December 2015 and 27 February 2016. The official fixture schedule was released on 10 July 2015.[1] In the 2015–16 season, six teams will be relegated as the league decided to reduce the number of participants from the current 16 to 12 for the 2016–17 season.[2]
The 2015–16 season saw the return ofRudar Prijedor and newcomerMladost Doboj Kakanj to the top flight as promoted teams, in place ofMladost Velika Obarska who returned to theFirst League of RS after two seasons in the top flight andZvijezda Gradačac who were relegated to theFirst League of FBiH after spending 7 seasons in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Sarajevo were the defending champions.
A total of 16 teams contested in the league, including the top 14 sides from the2014–15 season and two promoted sides from each of the second-level leagues.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Personnel and kits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | shirt sponsor | ||
| FK Borac Banja Luka | NAAI | m:tel | ||||
| NK Čelik Zenica | Joma | RM-LH | ||||
| FK Drina Zvornik | Bull | Vitinka | ||||
| FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj | Joma | Kakanj Cement | ||||
| FK Olimpic Sarajevo | Puma | Europlakat | ||||
| FK Radnik Bijeljina | Bull | — | ||||
| FK Rudar Prijedor | GBT | ArcelorMittal | ||||
| FK Sarajevo | Haad | Turkish Airlines | ||||
| FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo | Joma | Nova Banka | ||||
| FK Sloboda Tuzla | Patrick | Tuzlanski pilsner | ||||
| NK Široki Brijeg | Jako | Mepas | ||||
| NK Travnik | NAAI | ADK | ||||
| FK Velež Mostar | Givova | HEPOK Mostar | ||||
| NK Vitez | Joma | — | ||||
| HŠK Zrinjski Mostar | Zeus | Interagent/Energia naturalis | ||||
| FK Željezničar Sarajevo | Joma | — | ||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zrinjski Mostar(C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 69 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Sloboda Tuzla | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 62 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Široki Brijeg | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 61 | |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 57 | |
| 5 | Željezničar | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 55 | |
| 6 | Čelik Zenica | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 46 | |
| 7 | Radnik Bijeljina | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 45 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[a] |
| 8 | Olimpic | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 39 | |
| 9 | Vitez | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 39 | |
| 10 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 39 | |
| 11 | Borac Banja Luka(R) | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 36 | Relegation to thePrva Liga RS |
| 12 | Slavija(R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 35 | |
| 13 | Travnik(R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 29 | Relegation to thePrva Liga FBiH |
| 14 | Rudar Prijedor(R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 25 | Relegation to thePrva Liga RS |
| 15 | Drina Zvornik(R) | 30 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 22 | |
| 16 | Velež Mostar(R) | 30 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 55 | −45 | 9 | Relegation to thePrva Liga FBiH |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sloboda Tuzla | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zrinjski | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sarajevo | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Široki Brijeg | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Radnik | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Željezničar | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Slavija | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Čelik | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vitez | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Olimpic | 14 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Travnik | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rudar Prijedor | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Borac Banja Luka | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Velež | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Drina Zvornik | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Leader | |
| 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round | |
| Relegation to2016–17Prva Liga FBiH or2016–17Prva Liga RS |
| Home \ Away | BOR | ČEL | DRZ | MDK | OLI | RAD | RPR | SAR | SLA | SLO | ŠB | TRA | VEL | VIT | ZRI | ŽEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borac Banja Luka | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Čelik | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Drina Zvornik | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| Olimpic | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| Radnik | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Rudar Prijedor | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Sarajevo | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Slavija | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Široki Brijeg | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | |
| Travnik | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | |
| Velež | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Vitez | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Zrinjski | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Željezničar | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borac Banja Luka | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | |||||||||||||||||||
| Čelik | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Drina Zvornik | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mladost Doboj Kakanj | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olimpic | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | |||||||||||||||||||
| Radnik | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rudar Prijedor | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sarajevo | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | |
| Slavija | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sloboda Tuzla | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Široki Brijeg | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | |||||||||||||||||||
| Travnik | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Velež | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | |
| Vitez | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zrinjski | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Željezničar | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D |
| # | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Željezničar | 4,500 |
| 2 | Sarajevo | 3,800 |
| 3 | Sloboda | 3,073 |
| 4 | Zrinjski | 2,547 |
| 5 | Borac | 2,237 |
| 6 | Široki | 1,387 |
| 7 | Vitez | 1,130 |
| 8 | Velež | 983 |
| 9 | Čelik | 937 |
| 10 | Mladost | 933 |
| 11 | Travnik | 690 |
| 12 | Slavija | 670 |
| 13 | Radnik | 664 |
| 14 | Rudar | 637 |
| 15 | Olimpik | 523 |
| 16 | Drina | 523 |
Source:[5]