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 Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Nickname(s)	Zmajevi (Dragons) Zlatni Ljiljani (Golden Lilies)
Association	Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Safet Sušić
Captain	Emir Spahić
Most caps	Zvjezdan Misimović (65)
Top scorer	Elvir Bolić (22)
Home stadium	Bilino Polje, Zenica Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo
FIFA code	BIH
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	21
Highest	21 (October 2011)
Lowest	173 (September 1996)
First international
non-FIFA International  Iran 1–3 BiH (Tehran, Iran; June 6, 1993) FIFA International  Albania 2 - 0 BiH (Tirana, Albania; November 30, 1995)
Biggest win
BiH 7–0 Estonia  (Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; September 10, 2008)
Biggest defeat
Portugal 6–2 BiH (Lisbon ,Portugal; November 15, 2011)

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (Template:Lang-bs; in Cyrillic: Ногометна/Фудбалска репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) is the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, Bosnian-Herzegovinian players played for the Yugoslavia national football team.

The independent Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team has never qualified for a major tournament since its debut attempt for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but has come close on more than one occasion. Most notably the national team played against Portugal in both 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs and UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs.

Bosnia and Herzegovina plays most of their home matches at a 15,600 capacity Bilino Polje Stadium in the city of Zenica. In a period stretching from April 1996 to September 2006, Bosnia were undefeated at home in Zenica. During 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Bosnia and Herzegovina national team played all their First Round home matches at this stadium, losing only once, to current European and soon to be World Champion; Spain. The larger Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in the city of Sarajevo, is the secondary home stadium of the national side.

Bosnia and Herzegovina's first ever FIFA international victory came against FIFA World Cup 1994 runners-up Italy on 6 November 1996. The national teams highest FIFA World Ranking was 21st in October 2011, 14th in UEFA Zone. With this rank, Bosnia and Herzegovina (21) has overtaken Serbia (23) and is only second behind Croatia (12), for the first time since the independence of these countries from SFR Yugoslavia.

History

Pre-independence

The game reached Bosnia and Herzegovina at the start of the 20th century, with Mostar the first city to embrace it in 1905. Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Tuzla, Zenica and Bihać were next along with numerous smaller towns as the sport spread. The country was under Austro-Hungarian rule when official competition began in 1908, though these activities were on a small scale within each territory. At the outbreak of World War I, there were four clubs in Sarajevo and approximately 20 outside the capital. The creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia post 1918 brought an increase in the number of leagues, and soon a domestic national championship was organised featuring two teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1920, the direct predecessor of the football federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina was founded as the Sarajevo football subassociation. The unified championship ran until 1939/40.

The Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded after the Second World War, being affiliated to the Yugoslav Football Association. Bosnia and Herzegovina's best sides played in the Yugoslavian first, second and third divisions with moderate success.

The Beginning - Bosnian War and early years

Shortly after Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence from Yugoslavia, at the outbreak of Bosnian War, a selection of Bosnian players under the name "Bosnia-Herzegovina Humanitarian Stars" took part in humanitarian friendly matches away from home versus K.R.C. Genk and 1. FC Kaiserslautern during 1992/93. As result, Blaž Slišković became the first ever captain to lead the Bosnian national side. A few months later, Bosnia-Herzegovina football team played their first match against another national team, and it took place in Tehran against Iran. Bosnia won 3:1. However the result was never registered as Bosnia was not yet a member of FIFA.

The team's first FIFA recognised friendly match, coming just nine days after the Dayton Peace Agreement brought an end to the Bosnian War, was played in Tirana against Albania on 30 November 1995. Bosnia was granted provisional FIFA membership to play this game. All the gear needed to play was borrowed. Bosnia lost 2:0. The starting eleven playing under head coach Fuad Muzurović at that friendly contest were: Ismir Pintol, Vedin Musić, Ibrahim Duro, Muhamed Konjić, Senad Begić, Nedžad Fazlagić, Esmir Džafić, Enes Demirović, Husref Musemić, Asim Hrnjić, and Almir Turković.

In July 1996 Bosnia and Herzegovina became a member of FIFA. In doing so Bosnia and Herzegovina became the only nation in the world in the modern times to first become a member of the World football organisation FIFA followed by becoming member of its continental organisation, UEFA. On September 1, 1996 Bosnia made their UEFA debut going down 3:0 versus Greece in the qualifying match for 1998 FIFA World Cup. UEFA affiliation came in 1998 in Dublin.

In April 25, 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina played a humanitarian game for Bosnian orphans against FIFA World Stars XI in front of 25,000 people at the Koševo Stadium in Sarajevo. The game finished 0:1 in favour of the Stars through a Roberto Baggio penalty. Dunga and Ali Daei also made appearances for the World XI.

1998 World Cup qualifiers - Making a debut

Bosnia's first qualifying attempt for the World Cup saw them grouped with Greece, Denmark, and two former Yugoslav republics Croatia and Slovenia. Bosnia finished the group in fourth position, having beaten Slovenia both home and away as well as beating Denmark 3:0 at home. The Bosnia and Herzegovina home game against Croatia was played at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna due to high tensions between the two countries at the time.

Euro 2004 qualifiers - Finals near miss

In the qualifying campaign for Euro 2004, only one goal in the last home game against Denmark separated the Bosnian national football team from qualifying directly to the finals in Portugal. The team ended the qualifiers in fourth position, with the same amount of won games as the other three teams. Denmark won the group, although Bosnia took 4 points from them in two head to head matches.

2006 World Cup qualifiers - Finishing third

In the World Cup 2006 qualifying round, the Bosnians continued to play good football when matched against teams like Spain (drawing both times), Belgium (one win, one loss), and Serbia and Montenegro (one draw, one loss), but suffered a shock home draw against Lithuania which cost them. Playing against the Serbian team inspires much national pride, as is common with any match that features two former Yugoslav republics. Against Serbia and Montenegro, the Bosnian team drew at home but lost the second leg in Belgrade with a score 1–0. Both matches had extra precautions employed by officials to prevent nationalistic rioting. Disturbances occurred anyway and UEFA fined both football federations. The Bosnians finished third in the group four points behind second placed Spain.

2010 World Cup qualifiers - Reaching play-offs for the first time

In 2009, the Bosnian national team made their greatest achievement to date in their history by qualifying for the UEFA Second Round in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification finishing second in a group won by then European Champions Spain. Edin Džeko was the top scorer of the group, and achieved equal second place overall in the Europe section with 9 goals, having just been overtaken by Theofanis Gekas for the first place, who scored 4 goals against Latvia in their second last game of the qualifiers. Bosnia and Herzegovina played Portugal in the unlucky play-off contest having hit woodwork three times (Ibričić, Džeko, Muslimović) in the first game, and eventually bowed out losing both games by single goal. Portugal was the only team from UEFA play-offs to reach knock-out stage of FIFA World Cup 2010, losing to the eventual World Cup Champions Spain, which shows how difficult opponent it was for Bosnia and Herzegovina to take on in the play-offs.

Along the standard qualification process the team beat Belgium, Estonia and Armenia at both home and away, and drew one game with Turkey. Bosnia and Herzegovina's manager in these qualifiers was Miroslav Blažević who led Croatia national team to third place in 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Euro 2012 qualifiers - Reaching play-offs for the second time

In October 2011, the national team has successfully reached their second consecutive play-off birth during qualification for the UEFA Euro 2012 as they were unable to beat France national football team in Paris. The Bosnians had to win the game to top Group D and qualify for the tournament. Edin Džeko scored a superb goal and they led 0:1 until the 77th minute when Scottish referee Craig Thomson awarded a controversial penalty to France. The French leveled the game which meant that Bosnia finished second, one point behind France national football team.

As luck (or lack thereof) would have it, the Bosnian national side was drawn to play Portugal once again. After a scoreless first leg in Bosnia, it all came down to a reverse in Portugal four days later. Portugal's superstars Cristiano Ronaldo (two goals) and Nani both scored as Portugal national football team went on to record an emphatic 6:2 win and break the Bosnian hearts once again. Bosnia kept coming back after being 2:0 down at the 25th minute, first Zvjezdan Misimović scored in the 41st minute to reduce the score to 2:1 from a penalty kick before Cristiano Ronaldo again restored a two goal advantage after the interval. At this point Bosnia were reduced to ten men as Senad Lulic received his second yellow card of the match. In 65th minute Bosnian captain Emir Spahic, against all odds, reduced the deficit to one goal once again knowing that a scoring draw was all that was required for Bosnia to qualify for UEFA Euro 2012. However, it wasn't to be as Bosnia weren't able to contain the Portuguese, crashing out 6:2 on the day.

Home stadiums

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national team uses a small capacity center called "Kulturno Sportski Centar Famos Hrasnica" located in Hrasnica in the city of Ilidža, a suburb of capital city Sarajevo for light training sessions before international matches.

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium is a stadium owned by the city of Sarajevo. It is also known as Koševo Stadium and formerly Olympic Stadium. The capacity is 37,500. Koševo Stadium is located in the Koševo neighborhood of Sarajevo and it is used mostly by FK Sarajevo. The stadium was opened in the year 1947. In 1984, it was reconstructed for the 1984 Winter Olympics, and is therefore often called Olympic Stadium. Now, it is officially called "Asim Ferhatović - Hase" since July 2004, after Asim Ferhatović, the legendary FK Sarajevo player who retired in 1967. Today Koševo can seat over 37,000, though attendance for concerts can be expanded to roughly 80,000, such as for U2's PopMart Tour in 1997 and Dino Merlin's Burek tour in 2004. It is also the home stadium of the national football side of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bilino Polje is the home football stadium of NK Čelik from the city of Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of two main stadiums of the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The stadium was built and opened in 1972. It was used in Bosnia and Herzegovina's first match, a friendly played against Albania in 1995 with the final result being a 0–0 draw. The stadium is considered a "curse" for foreign national teams, due to the fact that the Bosnian national team usually wins or rarely loses their home games at Bilino Polje stadium. In a period stretching from 1995 to October 2006, Bosnia went undefeated at home in around 15 games played in Zenica. The city of Zenica had to wait another 5 years (1995–2000) before the next match of the national team was played at the stadium. This match was also a friendly, this time against Macedonia, with the final result being a victory for the home side 1–0. The Bosnian national team never lost on this field until the Euro 2008 qualifier against Hungary.

Nickname(s)

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the team is typically referred to as Lilies (Template:Lang-bs), a reference to the Fleur-de-lis of the 14th century Bosnian Kingdom or Dragons (Template:Lang-bs) which is not a reference to Husein Gradaščević, a Bosniak general who fought for autonomy of a Bosniak state in 19th century, even though he is known as Dragon of Bosnia (Dragon is a common Bosnian nickname for successful or aspiring men). The name Dragons was coined by Marjan Mijajlović a Bosnian sports commentator; first while he worked for Sport Klub when he was commentating Bundesliga matches in which Bosnian players played, he would call them Zmajevi (Dragons), later when he commentated the game against Belgium (during qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup), he used this name to refer to the whole team.

In foreign media, sometimes they are referred to as the Golden Lilies.

Supporters

Large number of national team's supporters come from Northern and Western Europe as well as North America. Those are mostly former citizens who escaped the Bosnian War in the 1990s. In away games, these Bosnian supporters come in large numbers, sometimes outnumbering the opposing supporters. In addition support also comes from local football fans, namely "Horde Zla" (FK Sarajevo), "The Maniacs" (FK Željezničar Sarajevo), "Red Army Mostar" (FK Velež Mostar), "Robijaši" (NK Čelik Zenica) and "Fukare" (FK Sloboda Tuzla). Most of these fans are members of BHFanaticos, who are the most loyal supporters of Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.

These fans travel to all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and across the world in support of the national side. Within the last decade, BHFanaticos have strongly opposed Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of suspicions financial matters, among others. For these reasons, national qualifying games were the opportunity for BHF to visually show their opposition by lifting anti FA banners and throwing flares onto the pitch in hope that the federation would be fined. Bosnian rap artist Frenkie dedicated a song "Rat Savezu" (translated "War on FA") to the Bosnian Soccer Fans BHFanaticos in their war against the corrupt Bosnian Football Federation.

In the game Norway v Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the Ullevål Stadium in Oslo on 24 March 2007, Bosnian fans caused an hour long delay due to an unprecedented amount of flares that had been thrown onto the pitch.

Before every game, during playing of Bosnian national anthem, BH Fanaticos sing lyrics from the old national anthem Jedna si jedina as current national anthem did not have lyrics until recently in all international sports Bosnia is part of (mainly football, basketball and handball).

On 1 June 2008, former Bosnia and Herzegovina players Meho Kodro and Elvir Bolić organised a friendly humanitarian game in Sarajevo called "Kodro, Bola and Friends" between former Bosnian football legends, in order to gain support, to say its time for changes in the Bosnian Football Association. The game was organised to commence at the same time as Bosnia and Herzegovina national side faced Azerbaijan in a friendly in Zenica. The attendance in Sarajevo was 15,000 while in Zenica only about 50. The game in Sarajevo was organised by the Federal TV who broadcast the humanitarian game live.

For team Kodro the following players played: Sedin Tanović, Mirza Kapetanović, Edin Mujčin, Dževad Šaćirbegović, Bulend Biščević, Vedin Musić, Anel Karabeg, Senad Repuh, Sergej Barbarez, Meho Kodro. For team Bolić and friends the following: Mirsad Dedić, Nermin Šabić, Muhamed Konjić, Mirza Varešanović, Sead Halilović, Almir Turković, Mirsad Bešlija, Samir Muratović, Predrag Pašić, Mersad Kovačević, Elvir Bolić. Substitutes for Team Kodro were Samir Šabanović, Cero, Gradimir Crnogorac, Enes Mešanović, Emir Granov, Senad Brkić, Jasmin Hukić, Elvedin Beganović, Adis Obad, Haris Medunjanin, Bujak, Dženan Zaimović, Sead Kajtaz, Senad Merdanović, Zijad Švrakić, Almir Gredić and Dino Đurbuzović, while substitutes for Bolić team were Adnan Gušo, Muhamed Alaim, Almedin Hota, Esmir Džafić, Adnan Osmanhodžić, Alen Avdić, Midhat Sarajčić, Aldin Ćenan, Dženan Hošić, Amel Džaka, Amer Osmanagić, Admir Velagić, Hadis Zubanović, Avdo Kalajdžić, Mirza Golubica and Samir Ćemalović. The game ended 11–9 in favour of Team Kodro.

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

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The match schedule will be determined at a meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia on Friday, 18 November 2011.

Current squad

Match Date: November 11th and 15th 2011
Opposition:  Portugal
Caps and goals correct as of: November 15th 2011

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kenan Hasagić	(1980-02-01) February 1, 1980 (age 44)	44	0	İstanbul B.B.
12	1GK	Asmir Begović	(1987-06-20) June 20, 1987 (age 37)	9	0	Stoke City
22	1GK	Asmir Avdukić	(1981-05-13) May 13, 1981 (age 43)	2	0	Borac Banja Luka
2	2DF	Muhamed Bešić	(1992-09-10) September 10, 1992 (age 32)	5	0	Hamburger SV
3	2DF	Saša Papac	(1980-02-07) February 7, 1980 (age 44)	38	0	Rangers
4	2DF	Emir Spahić (captain)	(1980-08-18) August 18, 1980 (age 44)	55	3	Sevilla
5	2DF	Adnan Mravac	(1982-04-10) April 10, 1982 (age 42)	13	0	Mattersburg
23	2DF	Boris Pandža	(1986-12-15) December 15, 1986 (age 38)	17	0	Mechelen
6	3MF	Elvir Rahimić	(1976-04-04) April 4, 1976 (age 48)	34	0	CSKA Moscow
7	3MF	Semir Štilić	(1987-10-08) October 8, 1987 (age 37)	5	0	Lech Poznań
8	3MF	Miralem Pjanić	(1990-04-02) April 2, 1990 (age 34)	30	4	Roma
10	3MF	Zvjezdan Misimović (vice-captain)	(1982-06-05) June 5, 1982 (age 42)	65	20	Dynamo Moscow
15	3MF	Sanel Jahić	(1981-12-10) December 10, 1981 (age 43)	20	1	APOEL
16	3MF	Senad Lulić	(1986-01-18) January 18, 1986 (age 38)	15	0	Lazio
17	3MF	Senijad Ibričić	(1985-09-26) September 26, 1985 (age 39)	33	4	Lokomotiv Moscow
18	3MF	Haris Medunjanin	(1985-03-08) March 8, 1985 (age 39)	18	4	Maccabi Tel Aviv
20	3MF	Adnan Zahirović	(1990-03-23) March 23, 1990 (age 34)	8	0	Spartak Nalchik
21	3MF	Darko Maletić	(1980-10-20) October 20, 1980 (age 44)	17	1	Aktobe
—	3MF	Sejad Salihović	(1984-10-08) October 8, 1984 (age 40)	26	4	1899 Hoffenheim
9	4FW	Zlatan Muslimović	(1981-03-06) March 6, 1981 (age 43)	28	11	Unattached
11	4FW	Edin Džeko (3rd captain)	(1986-03-17) March 17, 1986 (age 38)	41	20	Manchester City
14	4FW	Vedad Ibišević	(1984-08-06) August 6, 1984 (age 40)	34	8	1899 Hoffenheim
19	4FW	Ermin Zec	(1988-03-28) March 28, 1988 (age 36)	9	1	Gençlerbirliği

Recent callups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ibrahim Šehić	(1988-09-02) September 2, 1988 (age 36)	3	0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	v.  Greece, 10 August 2011
DF	Mensur Mujdža	(1984-03-28) March 28, 1984 (age 40)	12	0	Freiburg	v.  France, 11 October 2011
DF	Muhamed Subašić	(1988-03-19) March 19, 1988 (age 36)	3	1	Dynamo Dresden	v.  Albania, 7 June 2011
DF	Ognjen Vranješ	(1989-10-24) October 24, 1989 (age 35)	2	0	Krasnodar	v.  Albania, 7 June 2011
DF	Safet Nadarević	(1980-08-30) August 30, 1980 (age 44)	30	0	Eskişehirspor	v.  Mexico, 9 February 2011
DF	Vule Trivunović	(1983-03-13) March 13, 1983 (age 41)	3	0	Cracovia	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
DF	Velibor Vasilić	(1980-06-13) June 13, 1980 (age 44)	3	0	Željezničar	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
DF	Josip Barišić	(1983-08-12) August 12, 1983 (age 41)	1	0	Hajduk Split	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
DF	Semir Kerla	(1987-09-26) September 26, 1987 (age 37)	1	0	Panserraikos	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
DF	Sedin Torlak	(1985-01-12) January 12, 1985 (age 39)	1	0	Sarajevo	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
MF	Mehmed Alispahić	(1987-11-24) November 24, 1987 (age 37)	2	0	Dinamo Zagreb	v.  Greece, 10 August 2011
MF	Edin Višća	(1990-02-17) February 17, 1990 (age 34)	1	0	İstanbul B.B.	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
MF	Muhamed Džakmić	(1985-08-23) August 23, 1985 (age 39)	1	0	Gangwon	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
MF	Jure Ivanković	(1985-11-15) November 15, 1985 (age 39)	1	0	Široki Brijeg	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
MF	Dario Purić	(1986-05-18) May 18, 1986 (age 38)	1	0	Čelik Zenica	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
MF	Boris Raspudić	(1983-01-07) January 7, 1983 (age 41)	1	0	Borac Banja Luka	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
MF	Kenan Handžić	(1991-01-23) January 23, 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Sarajevo	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
MF	Dženaldin Hamzagić	(1986-04-28) April 28, 1986 (age 38)	0	0	Unattached	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
FW	Eldin Adilović	(1986-02-08) February 8, 1986 (age 38)	2	0	Željezničar	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
FW	Adin Džafić	(1989-05-21) May 21, 1989 (age 35)	1	0	Sarajevo	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
FW	Stevo Nikolić	(1984-12-04) December 4, 1984 (age 40)	1	0	Debrecen	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010
FW	Zoran Kokot	(1985-06-28) June 28, 1985 (age 39)	0	0	Mes Sarcheshmeh	v.  Poland, 10 December 2010

Results and schedule

Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team results (1995-2011)

The box below, shows the results of all matches played in 2011, and the scheduled matches in the near future.

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Date	Competition	Venue	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
9 Feb 2011	Friendly	Georgia Dome, Atlanta	Mexico	2 – 0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
26 Mar 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers	Bilino Polje, Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 – 1	Romania	Ibišević 63' Džeko 83'
3 Jun 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers	Giulesti, Bucharest	Romania	3 – 0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 Jun 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers	Bilino Polje, Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 – 0	Albania	Medunjanin 67' Maletic 90+1'
10 Aug 2011	Friendly	Asim Ferhatovic Stadium, Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 – 0	Greece
2 Sep 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk	Belarus	0 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Salihovic 22' (pen.) Medunjanin 24'
6 Sep 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers	Bilino Polje, Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1 – 0	Belarus	Misimovic 87'
7 Oct 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers	Bilino Polje, Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5 – 0	Luxembourg	Džeko 12' Misimovic 15', 22' (pen.) Pjanic 36' Medunjanin 51'
11 Oct 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	France	1 – 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Džeko 40'
11 Nov 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers – Second Round	Bilino Polje, Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 – 0	Portugal
15 Nov 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers – Second Round		Portugal	6 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Misimovic 41' (pen.) Spahic 65'

Records

Competitive record

World Cup record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1998 Did not qualify 2002 Did not qualify 2006 Did not qualify 2010 Did not qualify 2014 2018 2022 Total 0/4

European Championship record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 2000 Did not qualify 2004 Did not qualify 2008 Did not qualify 2012 Did not qualify 2016 Total 0/4

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1997 Dunhill Cup	Runners-up	2	5	3	1	1	9	5
2001 Millennium Soccer Cup	Runners-up	2	5	3	1	1	7	5
2001 Merdeka Tournament	Runners-up	2	5	3	1	1	7	4
2001 LG Cup	Runners-up	2	2	1	0	1	4	6
2011 Green Soccer Bowl	Withdrew
Total			17	10	3	4	27	20

• World Cup 1930 to 1990 – was part of Kingdom of/SFR Yugoslavia
• Euro 1960 to 1992 – was part of SFR Yugoslavia

Managers

Current coaching staff - Under Safet Susic

On 28 December 2009, Sušić was named coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. His debut was a friendly match against Ghana in Sarajevo. Bosnia and Herzegovina won the game 2:1 after goals from Vedad Ibišević and Miralem Pjanić. After only 2 wins in Sušić's 6 first matches in charge of the national team, including an important 2:0 loss to France in the qualification for Euro 2012, Sušić came under a lot of criticism from several journalists and columnists who called for his head.

During 2011, Sušić's Bosnia national football side recorded a 7 game unbeaten run, conceding one goal in the process, and is currently ranked at high 21st in the world.

Safet Sušić: W 7 /D 5 /L 6

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Safet Sušić	Bosnian
Assistant Manager	Elvir Baljic	Bosnian
Assistant Manager	Borce Sredojevic	Bosnian
Goalkeeper Coach	Tomislav Piplica	Bosnian
Doctor	Edib Jerlagic	Bosnian
Kinesiotherapy	Radomir Cosovic	Bosnian
Kinesiotherapy	Ismar Hadžibajric	Bosnian
Managing Director	Fuad Keco	Bosnian
Secretary	Elmir Pilav	Bosnian

Former managers

Manager	Time Period	Position in Qualifiers
Mirsad Fazlagic	1992–1993
Fuad Muzurovic	1993–1998	4/5 for WC 1998
Džemaludin Mušović	1998-1999
Faruk Hadžibegić	1999
Mišo Smajlović	1999–2002	3/6 for EURO 2000 4/5 for WC 2002
Blaž Slišković	2002–2006	4/5 for EURO 2004 3/6 for WC 2006
Fuad Muzurović	2006–2007	4/7 for EURO 2008
Meho Kodro	2008
Miroslav Blažević	2008–2009	2/6 Playoff for WC 2010
Safet Sušić	2009–	2/6 Playoff for EURO 2012

Head-to-Head records against other countries

Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Differential
Argentina	1	0	0	1	0	5	-5
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Chile	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Ghana	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
South Africa	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	2	2	=0
Albania	4	1	2	1	3	3	=0
Armenia	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Austria	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2
Azerbaijan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Belarus	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Belgium	4	3	0	1	8	7	+1
Bulgaria	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Croatia	4	0	0	4	5	14	-9
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5
Denmark	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
Estonia	5	3	1	1	14	3	+11
Faroe Islands	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Finland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
France	4	0	2	2	3	6	-3
Germany	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2
Greece	5	0	1	4	2	11	-9
Hungary	4	0	2	2	3	6	-3
Israel	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2
Italy	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Liechtenstein	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8
Lithuania	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1
Luxembourg	5	5	0	0	13	1	+12
North Macedonia	5	1	3	1	8	8	=0
Malta	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5
Moldova	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
Norway	4	2	0	2	3	5	-2
Poland	1	0	1	0	2	2	=0
Portugal	4	0	1	3	2	8	-6
Romania	4	1	0	3	2	9	-7
San Marino	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2
Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3
Spain	6	0	2	4	6	14	-8
Sweden	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2
Turkey	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1
Wales	1	0	1	0	2	2	=0
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
China	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Iran	5	0	1	4	7	15	-8
Japan	2	0	1	1	2	5	-3
Jordan	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Malaysia	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Oman	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Qatar	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Uzbekistan	2	0	1	1	1	2	-2
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
61 Countries	148	54	35	59	200	217	−17

See also

• FIFA World Cup
• UEFA European Football Championship
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-19 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-17 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team

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External links

• Bosnian Football Association Official - BIH FA In Bosnian
• Bosnia and Herzegovina at FIFA site
• Bosnia and Herzegovina at UEFA site
• scSport Centar Portal - Sports news portal in Bosnian
• SportSport Portal - Sports news portal in Bosnian
• Sportin Portal - Sports news portal in Bosnian
• Sport Becka-Raja - Sports news portal in Bosnian
• Reprezentacija.net – Sports news portal in Bosnian
• Reprezentacija.com – Sports news portal and player database in Bosnian

v t e Football in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
National teams	Men: Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21 U-19 U-17 U-15 Women: Bosnia and Herzegovina U-19 U-17
League system	Men: Premier League First League FBiH RS Second League FBiH RS Women: Premier League
Domestic cups	Men: National Cup FBiH RS Supercup Women: National Cup
List of clubs List of stadiums List of supporters' associations

v t e International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline
World (FIFA)	FIFA World Cup U-20 U-17 FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA Gold Cup Olympic Games Youth Olympic Games
Asia (AFC)	AFC Asian Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 AFC Challenge Cup AFC Solidarity Cup Asian Games Regional ASEAN CAFA EAFF SAFF WAFF Arabian Gulf Cup East Asian Games Far Eastern Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games
Africa (CAF)	CAF Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 CAF African Nations Championship African Games Regional CECAFA COSAFA UNIFFAC WAFU Central African Games Indian Ocean Island Games
North America (CONCACAF)	CONCACAF Gold Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 CONCACAF Championship CONCACAF Nations League CONCACAF Cup NAFC Championship CCCF Championship Central America and Caribbean Games Regional North American Nations Cup Copa Centroamericana CFU Championship Caribbean Cup LIFA Cup WIFA Cup Central America Games
South America (CONMEBOL)	CONMEBOL Copa América U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 South American Games Regional Bolivarian Games
Oceania (OFC)	OFC Nations Cup U-23 U-19 U-17 Regional Melanesia Cup Polynesia Cup Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games
Europe (UEFA)	UEFA European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 UEFA Nations League Regional Central European Cup Balkan Cup Baltic Cup British Home Championship Nordic Championship
Inter-Continental	CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions CPF Panamerican Championship CAF-AFC Afro-Asian Cup of Nations AFC–OFC Challenge Cup FIFA Arab Cup Palestine Cup Kuneitra Cup Overseas Cup Afro-Asian Games Arab Games Francophone Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Islamic Games Islamic Solidarity Games Lusofonia Games Mediterranean Cup Mediterranean Games Pan American Games
Non-FIFA	CONIFA World Football Cup CONIFA European Football Cup CONIFA South America Football Cup CONIFA Africa Football Cup FIFI Wild Cup UIAFA Great European Tournament Island Games Micronesian Games Universiade World Unity Football Alliance
See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football

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• European national association football teams
• Football in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• National sports teams of Bosnia and Herzegovina