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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo | |||
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| Nickname | Plavi (The Blues) | |||
| Short name | Željo[1] | |||
| Founded | 19 September 1921; 104 years ago (1921-09-19) | |||
| Ground | Grbavica Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 13,146 | |||
| Chairman | Admir Tunović | |||
| Manager | Admir Adžem | |||
| League | Premier League BH | |||
| 2024–25 | Premier League BH, 4th of 12 | |||
| Website | fkzeljeznicar | |||
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Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic:Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево;English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to asŽeljo, is a professionalfootball club, based inSarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nameŽeljezničar means "railway worker", originating from their establishment by a group of railway workers in 1921. Throughout its history, the club has cultivated a reputation for producing talented home-grown players through its youth school.[2]
During the days ofsocialist Yugoslavia, FK Željezničar were national champions in the1971–72 season, qualifying for theEuropean Cup during the1972–73 season. The club has also finished asrunners-up once in the league, and contested1980–81 Yugoslav Cup final. In Europe, the club reachedUEFA Cup semi-finals during the1984–85 season and the quarter-finals during the1971–72 season.
AlongsideFK Sarajevo, Željezničar is the most successful football team in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, having won 6Bosnian championships, 6Bosnian Cups and 3Bosnian Supercups. The club's so far best post-war European result was qualifying to the2002–03 Champions League third qualifying round, losing toNewcastle United. Their biggest rival is FK Sarajevo with whom they contest the biggest football match in Bosnia and Herzegovina, theSarajevo derby.
Željezničar was formed by a group of railway workers. During the early 20th century, there were several football clubs inSarajevo. They were rich and usually backed by various organizations, most of them on an ethnic basis:Bosnian Muslims,Bosnian Serbs,Bosnian Croats,Bosnian Jews, unlike Željezničar. Since it was a financially poor club, they used to organize dance nights and all the profits made were later used to buy shoes and balls.
Financial problems were not the only ones. The club's embrace of members of all ethnic backgrounds was seen as a threat by many at the time, so Željezničar was suppressed in various ways.[citation needed] Despite that, the club managed to survive, and even beat wealthier clubs. The first official match, a friendly, was played at Kovačići, a Sarajevo settlement, on 17 September 1921 againstSAŠK Napredak which resulted in a 5–1 defeat. The next day another game was played, a 2–1 loss against Sarajevski ŠK.[3]
In 1941,World War II came to Sarajevo, and all football activity was stopped. Many footballers were members of the resistance troops, and some of them were killed. After the war, Željo was reborn, and in 1946, it won theBosnian Republic championship which was one of the 7 regional leagues formed in order to provide participants to the restored Yugoslav championship starting next season. As winners, Željezničar became one of the Bosnian representatives in theYugoslav top-flight. Soon after, the Sarajevo citizens formed a new club calledFK Sarajevo, the club that has remained a major annoyance to Željezničar's fans (known asThe Maniacs) until today. That had an influence on the club, so it needed several years to come back to the first division. For most of the time, Željezničar played in the top level. It was relegated four times (the last time in the1976–77 season), but every time (except the first time in 1947) it returned quickly.
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In 1964, theFootball Association of Yugoslavia found Željezničar guilty for match fixing. Alongside Željezničar,Hajduk Split andTrešnjevka were found guilty and were ejected from the First Yugoslav League. Among others, Željezničar playersIvica Osim andMišo Smajlović were banned from football for one year, and executives from Željezničar including then club president Nusret Mahić were banned from football for life. After a month it was decided that the clubs will stay in the league but points will be deducted, six from Željezničar and five from Hajduk and Trešnjevka each.[4]
The club first appeared in European competitions during the 1963Mitropa Cup, however serious competitions had to wait until the early 1970s when the team finished the1970–71 Yugoslav First League season in 2nd place, a result which allowed the club to play in the1971–72 UEFA Cup where they made thequarter-finals on their very first appearance losing toFerencvárosi in a penalty shootout.
1971–72 Yugoslav First Leaguetable (top 5 only):
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Željezničar(C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 51 | Qualification forEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 49 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 45 | |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 42 | |
| 5 | Partizan | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 39 |
Željezničar's greatestdomestic success at the time came in the1971–72 season when the team won thechampionship title, their only top-tier title in theYugoslav period, which qualified the club for theEuropean Cup during the1972–73 season where they were eliminated in the first round byDerby County.
Željezničar also finished in third place in the top-tier league ontwo occasions in a leaguetraditionally dominated by the big four clubs (Red Star Belgrade,Partizan, Hajduk Split andDinamo Zagreb).
In the 1980–81 season, Željezničar reached theYugoslav cup final (Marshal Tito Cup), but lost 2–3 to another Bosnian sideVelež Mostar with bothMehmed Baždarević andVahid Halilhodžić scoring a brace for their respective teams. The venue for the final was theRed Star Stadium inBelgrade played in front of 40,000 fans. That season, Željezničar finished the1980–81 Yugoslav First League in a disappointing 14th position which meant the club did not play in Europe even though it made the Yugoslav Cup final.
Željezničar's best international result was recorded in the 1984–85 season. The team, led by managerIvica Osim, reached thesemi-finals of the UEFA Cup (renamed to UEFA Europa League since the 2009–10 season) where they were eliminated byHungarian teamVideoton. Željezničar finished the domestic championship inthird place in the season before, qualifying them for the competition.[5] Željezničar appeared to have had the result at home, leading 2–0 (3–3 on aggregate) against the Hungarians that would send them into a final against Spanish clubReal Madrid on the away goals rule; however, two minutes from full-time Videoton scored a crucial goal, eliminating the home side 4–3 on aggregate.Edin Bahtić finished the competition as second-top scorer with 7 goals, one short ofJózsef Szabó.[6]
Prior to this success, the team played the quarter-final stage of theinaugural year of the UEFA Cup competition.
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After theindependence of Bosnia and Herzegovina,war broke out and football stopped. The game between Željezničar andFK Rad scheduled to be played on 5 April 1992 atStadion Grbavica as part of Round 26 of the1991–92 Yugoslav First League was abandoned 35 minutes (14:55 p.m. local time) before kick-off due togunfire around the stadium, a result of thefirst attack on Sarajevo.[7][8] Ultimately, the club's final completed match in the Yugoslav Championship was a 6–1 defeat on 29 March 1992 in Belgrade againstPartizan. Players likeMario Stanić,Rade Bogdanović,Gordan Vidović,Suvad Katana and many others had days earlier went abroad to escape the horror of war, leaving it up tojunior players to play out remaining rounds of the championships. However, all of Željezničar's matches in the 2nd half of the 1991–92 season were declared void due to rule, as the club could not play out remaining matches due to the ensuing war. In 25 (out of possible 33) rounds completed, the club collected 6 wins, 4 draws and 15 losses, with a 22:42 goal difference.
The stadium was right on the front lines, and on 7 May 1992, the western side was destroyed along withSD Željezničar premises near by,[7] however Željezničar managed to take part in the1994–95 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina championship, playing its home matches in Grbavica. The fourth-place result was not as important as simply taking part.
The war ended in 1995 so a regular championship was formed contested only by Bosniak and Croatian clubs with Serb clubs joiningsome years later.
During the1997–98 championship, a play-off was held and the final match on 5 June saw two big city rivals playing for the trophy. FK Sarajevo played well, their shots were cleared from the goal-line twice. In the 89th minute, one ball was intercepted on the left side, and after a couple of passes it came to Željezničar forwardHadis Zubanović who scored a dramatic winner. That was the only goal of the game which brought his club its first championship title in independent Bosnia and Herzegovina. Among Željezničar club fans, this day, titled"Zubandan", is celebrated every year.
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For a long time, Željezničar were the only club that were able to defend their title in theBosnian Premier League, as champions in the2000–01 and2001–02 season under the command of Ivica Osim's son,Amar Osim. The club repeated this success again in the early 2010s. Under Amar's command, Željezničar also won the 2000–01 national cup, which completed the double, the first time any club in Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved that, securing also the 2001Bosnian Supercup. In the 2001–02 season, they were runners-up in the cup, but were not able to defend their Bosnian Supercup title (even though they won the league) as it was discontinued. Amar was dismissed from the club in October 2003 after the club was runner-up in the2002–03 season, won the 2002–03 national cup and reached the club's biggest European success since competing as part of the Bosnian Premier League, that is the2002–03 Champions league third qualifying round which they lost againstNewcastle United.[9] They continued their journey in theUEFA Cup, losing toMálaga due to a penalty they scored in the second leg. Željezničar finished as runners-up both seasons after Amar Osim's departure. After they secured qualification for the2005–06 UEFA Cup through their league position, they failed to get a licence for European competition, missing out on substantial financial gain from UEFA. This led to many problems for the club, and over the next four seasons Željezničar struggled in the middle of the league.
As the best Bosnian club, the club played in European cups every year. The best result (for Bosnian club football as well since independence) came in 2002, when Željezničar reached the third qualifying round of theUEFA Champions League, having eliminatedAkraness andLillestrøm in previous rounds to get there.Sir Bobby Robson's Newcastle United, captained byAlan Shearer, were too strong, winning 5–0 on aggregate whenSanel Jahić received a red card in the 69th minute of the reverse leg atSt James' Park. The game was held atKoševo Stadium in front of 36,000 fans from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to this day is among the best attended games in Bosnian club football history, although short of a match at the same stadium between theBosnia and Herzegovina national football team's2–1 friendly win overItaly in November 1996, which was attended by 40,000. Newcastle United reached the second group stage of the tournament later on in the season.
The club, as result of losing to Newcastle United, entered the UEFA Cup first round, but lost to Málaga who were an eventual quarter-finalist.
With the return of Amar Osim in the summer of 2009, Željezničar once more claimed the title in the2009–10 season, but failed to take the double as they lost in the final of the2009–10 Bosnian cup toBorac Banja Luka on away goals, while remaining undefeated. In the following2010–11 season, the club failed to defend their Premier League title, finishing third. However, Željezničar managed to win thenational cup instead, their fourth, againstČelik Zenica. During the2011–12 season, they brought back the league title to Grbavica, their sixth domestic league title, three rounds before the end of the season, breaking many records on the way (run of 35 games without loss; 12 straight league wins; 3 seasons in Bosnian Cup competition without loss).[10] Željezničar also won the2011–12 Bosnian cup, claiming their second double in their history, both won under the managing of Amar Osim.[11][12] As a result, Amar Osim became the most successful manager in terms of trophies won since the creation of the club, with nine. The club was for a long time undefeated in theBosnian Cup matches since the first round of the2008–09 Bosnian Cup season, having won two Cup finals and losing one on aggregate since the 2008–09 season.
During the 2010–11 season, Željezničar won their fourth cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They advanced to the final beatingŠiroki Brijeg on 3–0 aggregate. In the final they clash with rivals from the former Yugoslav League, Čelik Zenica. The first game was played at Grbavica Stadium which finished 1–0 in favor of the home team. The second game was played atBilino Polje Stadium which Željezničar won 3–0 and won 4–0 on aggregate. That concluded Željezničar's season in which they were automatically gave to compete in theUEFA Europa League. Željezničar were able to celebrate their 90th birthday with a trophy.
In the season2011–12, Željezničar won their 6th title in the team's existence. They won the title with three rounds left in the competition. They repeated the successful campaign in cup competition also when they won the title with 1–0 on aggregate against Široki Brijeg. That was the first double for any club since unifiedBosnia and Herzegovina football competitions started in 2002–03 season. In the2012–13 season, Željezničar won their 7th title in the club's history, 6th Bosnian one, once again under the guidance of Amar Osim.
Between 2013 and 2018, Željezničar had a trophy drought as it did not win any trophies in that period, even though they could have on multiple occasions as they finished 2nd on three occasions, every time just missing out on the title.
The club has had a poor final series results (post regular season); finishing second during competitions for seasons2016–17 (by a single point; being first until the final two rounds) and2017–18 surrendering titles to rivalsZrinjski Mostar, who were managed byBlaž Slišković, both times. Further disappointments came when club failed to acquire license to compete in 2019–20 European competitions.
The trophy drought ended in May 2018, as the club won the2017–18 Bosnian Cup under the guidance of managerAdmir Adžem.[13]
In the period from October to December 2018, the club lost five league matches in a row, the worst in the club's history. ManagerMilomir Odović resigned after the fourth consecutive loss.[14] On 31 December 2018, Amar Osim came back for a second time to manager Željezničar, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club.[15]
The2019–20 Bosnian Premier League season ended abruptly on 1 June 2020 due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina,[16] with Željezničar having to settle with a second spot on table. City rivalsSarajevo won the title even though Željezničar won six points from twoderby matches played during the league season. In the2019–20 Bosnian Cup, they finished at the semi-final stage as the competition was cancelled due to the pandemic.
The2020–21 season started strongly winning four opening matches, however their run in the2020–21 UEFA Europa League was affected due to the pandemic. The first qualifying round match betweenMaccabi Haifa, originally scheduled to be played on 27 August 2020 was postponed due to five members from Željezničar's delegation testing positive for COVID-19 and the whole team being put into quarantine by theIsraeli authorities.[17] Originally six players earlier tested positive and did not travel, being left in Sarajevo.[18] The team returned to Sarajevo before UEFA made a decision to finally play the match on 9 September atSammy Ofer Stadium inHaifa. Željezničar traveled again but lost 1–3 (thus eliminated after revised rules due to the pandemic) after being in quarantine 9 days prior with little to no training and no competitive matches since shock loss at home to Mladost Doboj Kakanj in the 5th round on 21 August of the2020–21 Bosnian Premier League season. In the middle of an eight-game winless run in the2020–21 league season, which had culminated with a home draw against Mladost Doboj Kakanj, Amar Osim was sacked by the club on 11 April 2021.[19] After Osim got sacked on 11 April, three days later, on 14 April,Blaž Slišković was named as Željezničar's new manager.[20]
On 18 June 2021, after Slišković left the club, Croatian managerTomislav Ivković became the new manager of Željezničar.[21] In January 2022, after he left the club, Ivković was replaced byEdis Mulalić.[22]
The club had no stadium upon its foundation as other clubs would not allow Željezničar to use the existing football grounds in Sarajevo. The club played their first matches at a military training pitch called Egzercir which wasn't actually a football ground, however, it was the best ground available and will always be remembered as the club's first pitch. Egzercir was located in a part of Sarajevo known asČengić vila. In 1932, a new ground was built in Pofalići (yet another part of Sarajevo), close to the railway station. It wasn't much better than the last one, but it was built by the club and because of that it had a special meaning.
AfterWorld War II, Željezničar played at the "6th April" Stadium inMarijin Dvor (there is a building now on the spot, behind the technical sciences secondary school) until 18 June 1950. Authorities planned to build a street, so the club made another move to military stadium inSkenderija. Club staff was tired of all that moving and they decided to build its own stadium inGrbavica neighborhood which just started to be redeveloped and urbanized. Friends, supporters, members of the club and even military, all helped in construction. Stadium was officially opened on 13 September 1951 with the second league match between Željezničar andŠibenik. Željezničar won 4–1.
Ever since,Grbavica has been a place of joy and sorrow for the club and its supporters. Symbolically, the old railway line passed over the hill behind the stadium, and every time a train went by during a match it would sound its whistle to salute the fans. The stadium had a south side and a small east side while a wooden grandstand with a roof was on the west side. The grandstand was relocated from the "6th April" Stadium on the same year when Željezničar moved. Because of the reconstruction, Željezničar moved again in 1968 toKoševo Stadium and even won the club's only Yugoslav title in 1972 playing there.
Grbavica was reopened yet again on 25 April 1976, and in 1986 a modern northern stand was added which is still in use. Unfortunately,war began in spring 1992 and Željezničar was forced, yet again, to play on Koševo Stadium until 1996 when it came back to Grbavica. During the 1990s war, the stadium suffered heavy structural damage. The stadium was located between thefirst front lines and endured heavy fighting.Bosnian Serbs' forces burned down the wooden grandstand under which all the club facilities were located consequently burning down most of the club's records and trophies in the process as well. It was not until 2 May 1996 that a football match would be played on Grbavica Stadium again. Symbolically, the first match after the war was theSarajevo derby.[23] The wooden grandstand that burned up during the war was never fully reconstructed and on its place, on the west side of the stadium, a much smaller wooden stand was built under which, yet again, all the club facilities are located. In 2016, the wooden stand was reconstructed and slightly expanded in a way that all the wood elements were replaced with anti-slip metal in order to meet the UEFA Stadium requirements.
Before the war capacity of the stadium was more than 20,000 unseated, but now it officially has 13,146 seated places with room for around 4,000 more patrons in standing areas.
Željezničar was formed as RŠD Željezničar (Radničko športsko društvo, eng. Workers' sports society). Željezničar means railwayman or railway worker. Later it was known as FK Željezničar (Fudbalski klub, eng. football club), and was a part ofSD Željezničar (Sportsko društvo, eng. sports society) which includes the clubs in other sports (basketball, handball, volleyball, chess, bowling, etc.) with the same name. In 1993, the initial acronym was changed to NK (Nogometni klub, eng. football club). InBosnian, bothfudbal andnogomet are equally used as a word forfootball. The wordfudbal is dominant in the eastern and northern parts of the country, whilenogomet is more used in its western parts. Since 2000, the club has officially been using the initial FK in its name.
In modern times, there is a restaurant named after the club's name. Such example is aćevapi – the national dish – restaurant inBaščaršija,Sarajevo's oodbazaar, calledĆevabdžinica "Željo".
Blue is traditionally the colour of railway workers in this part ofEurope. Since the club was founded by the railway workers, blue was a logical choice. Navy blue was always on the club's crest, but that was not always the case with kits. Sometimes they were light blue, sometimes regular blue, and sometimes navy blue, like the crest. Sometimes kits were blue with white vertical stripes. For some games in the 1999–00 season, the kits were striped horizontally, and in 2002–03 season they were dark grey, without any traces of blue. The away kit has always been white.
On the left side of the kit, by the heart, stands a crest. Since the foundation of the club, standard elements of the crest were ball and wings, also a traditional railway symbol. These standard elements were changed in design several times in the past. Some other elements were added or excluded in some periods of history. For example, a circle around the original crest was added in the 1990s. From 1945 to 1992 red five-pointed star stood in place of the ball, and the words "Sarajevo", "1921" and others were moved from one part of the crest to another many times. The current design dates back to 2000.
FK Željezničar main supporter group are calledThe Maniacs. There is also subgroups like Blue Tigers, Joint Union, Urban Corps, Stari Grad and Vendetta.[24]
In popular culture, Stole Anđelović (Stole iz Bora) – a passionate club supporter fromBor,Serbia, is known decades (over 40 years) for traveling 450 km to attend most FK Željezničar Sarajevo home games, and was a long time supporter ofYugoslav national team as well as fan ofIvica Osim.[25][26]
A passionate group of fans from 1921.baTV upload regular Željezničar league and European match reports as well as interviews with players and staff to online stream media;YouTube.
Željezničar has a fierce rivalry with their city-rivalsSarajevo, which is known as theSarajevo derby, the biggest derby in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is contested regularly since both teams are part of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
During the2015–16 season the club beat Sarajevo both home atGrbavica and away, a first time the club has beaten Sarajevo away atKoševo in 12 years.[27]
During the2017–18 league season, Željezničar beat Sarajevo in 3 out of 4 league matches, the most in one season and didn't even lose that season as there was also 1 draw.[28]
During the2018–19 league season, Željezničar lost against Sarajevo in 2 out of 3 league matches, the most in one season and didn't even win that season as there was also 1 draw. The most recent match was played on 27 September 2025, where Željezničar defeated Sarajevo 2–0 at Grbavica.[29]
Also another notable rivalry started to shape in recent years. Since the season2008–09, the time whenBorac started to be standard in thePremier League once again, a great rivalry started to develop between the two teams. Starting from the2009–10 season the two teams mainly competed against each other for one of the titles (the league title ornational cup) and even the attendance almost got on pair with the Sarajevo derby. The rivalry also has a root in the fact thatSarajevo andBanja Luka are, by a good margin, the two biggest cities inBosnia and Herzegovina, the first being also the capital of the whole country while the second takes the role as the de facto capital ofRepublika Srpska entity.
| Period | Kit Provider | Shirt Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 1971–1980 | Unioninvest[30] | |
| 1980–1981 | Šipad[31] | |
| 1981–1984 | Gro Put Sarajevo[32] | |
| 1984–1988 |  Adidas[33] | ŽTP Sarajevo |
| 1985–1990 | Zetatrans[34] | |
| 1990–1993 | Tehnika[35] | |
| 1993–1994 |  Lotto | Intersport[36] |
| 1997–1998 | Drina[37] | |
| 1998–2002 | Bosnalijek[38] | |
| 2002–2003 | Diadora | Bosnalijek[39] |
| 2003–2005 | Liqui Moly[40] | |
| 2005–2006 | Legea | |
| 2006–2007 |  Joma | |
| 2007–2009 | Logosoft | |
| 2009–2010 | CODE | |
| 2010–2011 | Legea | |
| 2011–2012 | Macron | |
| 2012–2013 |  Patrick | Sarajevo Osiguranje |
| 2013–2016 | Joma | UniCredit Bank |
| 2016 | Diadora | |
| 2017–2018 | Ziraat Bankası[41] | |
| 2018–2020 |  Umbro | |
| 2020–2021 | Macron | |
| 2021 | Mozzart[42] | |
| 2021–2022 | Caizcoin[43] | |
| 2022–2024 | The Maniacs[44] | |
| 2024–present | WWin[45] |
FK Željezničar Sarajevo is the most decorated club from Bosnia and Herzegovina having won sixBosnian Cups, sixBosnian Premier League titles, threeBosnian Supercups and oneYugoslav First League title.
Especially short competitions such as theSupercup of Bosnia and Herzegovina,Intercontinental Cup (now defunct),FIFA Club World Cup orUEFA Super Cup are not generally considered to contribute towards a Double or Treble, but they contribute to the biggertuples.
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Cup / Champions League | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 31 | −18 |
| UEFA Cup / Europa League | 55 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 71 | 67 | +4 |
| Conference League | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 |
| Total | 77 | 26 | 18 | 33 | 92 | 109 | −17 |
P = Matches played;W = Matches won;D = Matches drawn;L = Matches lost;GF = Goals for;GA = Goals against;GD = Goals difference. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Cup | |||
| 1971–72 | Quarter-final | eliminated on penalties by Ferencváros 2–1 in Budapest, 1–2 in Sarajevo | |
| 1984–85 | Semi-final | eliminated byVideoton 2–1 in Sarajevo, 1–3 in Fehérvár | |
| Mitropa Cup | |||
| 1962–63 | Semi-final | eliminated byMTK Budapest 1–1 in Sarajevo, 0–1 in Budapest | |
| 1968–69 | Semi-final | eliminated by Sklo Union Teplice 1–1 in Sarajevo, 1–2 in Teplice | |
| Player | To | Fee | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Abdulmalik Al-Jaber | Al-Nassr | Undisclosed[a] | 2025[49] |
| 2. |  Semir Štilić |  Lech Poznań | €600,000 | 2008[50] |
| =3. | Amir Hadžiahmetović |  Konyaspor | €500,000 | 2016[51] |
| =3. | Riad Bajić | Konyaspor | €500,000 | 2015[52] |
| 5. | Anel Šabanadžović |  AEK Athens | €450,000 | 2019[53] |
| =6. | Ibrahim Šehić | Mersin İdman Yurdu | €400,000 | 2011[50] |
| =7. | Edin Višća | İstanbul Başakşehir | €400,000 | 2011[50] |
| =8. | Nermin Zolotić | Gent | €300,000 | 2014[50] |
| =8. |  Ivan Lendrić |  Lens | €300,000 | 2017[54] |
| =8. |  Boubacar Dialiba | Real Murcia | €300,000 | 2008[50] |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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According to theIFFHS list of the Top 200 European clubs of the 20th century, an organization recognized byFIFA, Željezničar is the highest ranked Bosnian club, sharing the 110th position on the list withAZ Alkmaar andVitória de Guimarães.[56] The club has produced many famousYugoslav andBosnian players, includingIvica Osim,Josip Katalinski,Mišo Smajlović,Blagoje Bratić,Hajrudin Saračević,Josip Bukal,Božo Janković,Mehmed Baždarević,Edin Bahtić,Radmilo Mihajlović,Haris Škoro,Nikola Nikić,Edin Ćurić,Dželaludin Muharemović,Edin Višća,Riad Bajić andEdin Džeko.
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 360 |  Honka | 2.500 |
| 361 |  Sileks | 2.500 |
| 362 |  Celje | 2.500 |
| 363 | Željezničar | 2.500 |
| 364 |  Engordany | 2.500 |
| 365 |  Balzan | 2.500 |
| 366 | Rudar Velenje | 2.500 |
The following clubs are currently affiliated with FK Željezničar:
Medeama (2021–present)[58]Igman Konjic (2021–present)[59]Budućnost Banovići (2023–present)[60]
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