2022–23 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2022–23 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, known as Liga 12^[1] and also known as M:tel Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the 23rd season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 15 July 2022 and will end on 28 May 2023, with a winter break between late November 2022 and late February 2023, due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup which was held between 20 November and 18 December 2022.

Premijer liga

Season	2022–23
Dates	15 July 2022 – 28 May 2023
Matches played	156
Goals scored	375 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nemanja Bilbija (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Zrinjski 5–0 Posušje (5 March 2023)
Biggest away win	Sarajevo 1–5 Tuzla City (10 August 2022)
Highest scoring	Velež 4–4 Široki Brijeg (12 November 2022)
Longest winning run	Zrinjski (10 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Zrinjski (19 matches)
Longest winless run	Tuzla City (13 matches)
Longest losing run	Tuzla City (5 matches)
Highest attendance	11,500 Željezničar 2–2 Sarajevo (26 August 2022)
Lowest attendance	100 Igman 0–0 Posušje (6 November 2022)
Total attendance	317,398
Average attendance	2,035
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 15 April 2023.

Zrinjski Mostar are the defending champions, having won their seventh Premier League title in the previous season.

Teams

A total of 12 teams are currently contesting in the league, including 10 sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted from each of the second-level leagues, Igman Konjic and Sloga Meridian, replacing relegated sides Radnik Bijeljina and Rudar Prijedor.^[2]

Stadiums and locations

Borac	Igman	Leotar	Sloga
Banja Luka City Stadium	Stadion Igmana	Police Stadium	Luke Stadium
Capacity: 10,030	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 8,550	Capacity: 3,000
Sarajevo	Borac   Igman   Leotar   Posušje   Sarajevo   Široki Brijeg   Sloboda Tuzla City   Sloga   Velež   Zrinjski   Željezničar class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Premier League of BiH clubs		Sloboda
Asim Ferhatović Hase			Tušanj
Capacity: 34,500			Capacity: 7,200
Široki Brijeg			Tuzla City
Pecara			Tušanj
Capacity: 7,000			Capacity: 7,200
Velež	Zrinjski	Posušje	Željezničar
Stadion Rođeni	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom	Mokri Dolac	Grbavica
Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 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.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac	Vinko Marinović	Aleksandar Subić	Kelme	Mtel
Igman	Husref Musemić	Anel Hebibović	No1	Igman
Leotar	Marko Maksimović	Đoko Milović	Kelme	WWin
Posušje	Branko Karačić	Davor Landeka	Jako	Formula
Sarajevo	Mirza Varešanović	Besim Šerbečić	Erreà	Turkish Airlines
Sloboda	Danijel Pranjić	Emir Jusić	Legea	WWin
Sloga	Vlado Jagodić	Milan Milanović	GB3	Meridian
Široki Brijeg	Ivica Barbarić	Marijan Ćavar	Kelme	WWin
Tuzla City	Milenko Bošnjaković	Nevres Fejzić	No1	—
Velež	Nedim Jusufbegović	Denis Zvonić	Joma	Narentas
Zrinjski	Krunoslav Rendulić	Nemanja Bilbija	Macron	M.T. Abraham Group
Željezničar	Nermin Bašić	Aleksandar Kosorić	Macron	The Maniacs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zrinjski Mostar (X)	26	20	3	3	52	12	+40	63	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Borac Banja Luka	26	14	4	8	31	25	+6	46	Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Velež Mostar	26	10	11	5	30	23	+7	41
4	Široki Brijeg	26	11	8	7	32	28	+4	41
5	Željezničar	26	11	6	9	31	28	+3	39
6	Sarajevo	26	11	6	9	35	33	+2	39
7	Tuzla City	26	7	7	12	33	38	−5	28
8	Sloga Meridian	26	7	6	13	33	45	−12	27
9	Posušje	26	7	6	13	22	36	−14	27
10	Igman Konjic	26	6	8	12	29	40	−11	26
11	Leotar	26	7	5	14	22	37	−15	26	Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH or Prva Liga RS
12	Sloboda Tuzla	26	5	10	11	25	30	−5	25

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2023. Source: Rezultati.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Play-off. (Criteria 2 and 3 are not used to decide champion, UEFA competition qualification, or relegation)^[3]
(X) Assured of at least Europa Conference League qualifying round, but may still qualify for Champions League qualifying round.

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.

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	31	32	33
Borac	2	7	5	3	5	3	4	3	5	6	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Igman	12	11	11	12	8	8	11	11	12	8	10	10	11	10	9	10	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	10	10	10
Leotar	4	8	9	11	11	11	8	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	7	9	11
Posušje	7	6	8	10	10	10	7	7	7	11	11	11	8	9	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	11	8	9
Sarajevo	8	4	2	2	2	4	2	1	3	4	5	6	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Sloboda	9	12	12	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	8	7	8	11	12
Sloga	3	2	4	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	9	8	8	9	11	9	9	8	8	9	11	12	12	8
Široki Brijeg	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4
Tuzla City	10	9	10	5	4	2	3	2	4	1	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	10	10	11	9	9	7	7
Velež	5	5	7	7	6	7	9	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3
Zrinjski	11	10	6	8	12	12	12	12	8	7	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Željezničar	6	3	3	4	3	5	5	4	2	3	2	1	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

	Leader
	Europa Conference League first qualifying round
	Relegation to First League of FBiH/First League of RS

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2023. Source: M:tel Premier League BiH

Results

Rounds 1–22

Home \ Away	BOR	IGM	LEO	POS	SAR	SLO	SLG	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac	—	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
Igman	0–0	—	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–3	3–1
Leotar	0–1	1–1	—	0–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–1
Posušje	0–2	2–2	1–1	—	0–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–2
Sarajevo	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	—	1–1	4–2	0–0	1–5	0–1	0–2	0–0
Sloboda	2–0	5–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	—	4–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1
Sloga	2–2	3–2	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	—	1–1	0–3	3–0	1–0	0–1
Široki Brijeg	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Tuzla City	0–1	2–3	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	—	0–1	1–2	1–2
Velež	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–4	4–0	—	1–3	3–1
Zrinjski	1–0	4–0	4–1	5–0	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–2
Željezničar	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–1	—

Source: Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Rounds 23–33

Home \ Away	BOR	IGM	LEO	POS	SAR	SLO	SLG	ŠB	TUZ	VEL	ZRI	ŽEL
Borac	—		2–0								0–3
Igman		—		3–0		1–1
Leotar			—		0–3							1–0
Posušje				—		2–0
Sarajevo				3–1	—		1–1					a
Sloboda					2–3	—
Sloga				2–0			—			0–2
Široki Brijeg	2–3	0–0						—	1–1
Tuzla City	2–2								—	1–1
Velež			2–0			0–0				—	a
Zrinjski		2–1						3–1		a	—	2–0
Željezničar					a		4–1		0–1			—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2023. Source: Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top goalscorers

As of 15 April 2023^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nemanja Bilbija	Zrinjski	20
2	Mirsad Ramić	Igman	14
3	Bože Vukoja	Široki Brijeg	10
4	Nermin Haskić	Velež	9
	Momčilo Mrkaić	Borac
6	Mario Krstovski	Sloga	7
	Gabrijel Boban	Posušje
8	Hamza Čataković	Sarajevo	6
	Haris Handžić	Leotar
	Daniel Lukić	Široki Brijeg

References

1. "The League "12" of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Liga 12 BiH)". avaz.ba. Dnevni avaz. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
2. E.B. (14 June 2022). "Poznat posljednji učesnik Premijer lige BiH za iduću sezonu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
3. "Premijer Liga 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
4. BiH Premier League at fc-tables.com

External links

• Official website