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| Nickname(s) | Zmajevi (Dragons) Zlatni Ljiljani (Golden Lilies) | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 ,Argentina; May 15, 1998) | |||
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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.
| Stadium Results at Home | GP | W | D | L |
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| Bilino Polje, Zenica | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Grbavica, Sarajevo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 57 | 24 | 16 | 17 |
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
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group GTemplate:2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G
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 | ||
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| 1 | 1GK | Kenan Hasagić | (1980-02-01) February 1, 1980 (age 44) | 44 | 0 |  İstanbul B.B.
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| 12 | 1GK | Asmir Begović | (1987-06-20) June 20, 1987 (age 37) | 9 | 0 |  Stoke City
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| 22 | 1GK | Asmir Avdukić | (1981-05-13) May 13, 1981 (age 43) | 2 | 0 | Borac Banja Luka
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| 2 | 2DF | Muhamed Bešić | (1992-09-10) September 10, 1992 (age 32) | 5 | 0 |  Hamburger SV
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| 3 | 2DF | Saša Papac | (1980-02-07) February 7, 1980 (age 44) | 38 | 0 |  Rangers
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| 4 | 2DF | Emir Spahić (captain) | (1980-08-18) August 18, 1980 (age 44) | 55 | 3 |  Sevilla
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| 5 | 2DF | Adnan Mravac | (1982-04-10) April 10, 1982 (age 42) | 13 | 0 |  Mattersburg
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| 23 | 2DF | Boris Pandža | (1986-12-15) December 15, 1986 (age 38) | 17 | 0 |  Mechelen
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| 6 | 3MF | Elvir Rahimić | (1976-04-04) April 4, 1976 (age 48) | 34 | 0 |  CSKA Moscow
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| 7 | 3MF | Semir Štilić | (1987-10-08) October 8, 1987 (age 37) | 5 | 0 |  Lech Poznań
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| 8 | 3MF | Miralem Pjanić | (1990-04-02) April 2, 1990 (age 34) | 30 | 4 |  Roma
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| 10 | 3MF | Zvjezdan Misimović (vice-captain) | (1982-06-05) June 5, 1982 (age 42) | 65 | 20 | Dynamo Moscow
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| 15 | 3MF | Sanel Jahić | (1981-12-10) December 10, 1981 (age 43) | 20 | 1 |  APOEL
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| 16 | 3MF | Senad Lulić | (1986-01-18) January 18, 1986 (age 38) | 15 | 0 | Lazio
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| 17 | 3MF | Senijad Ibričić | (1985-09-26) September 26, 1985 (age 39) | 33 | 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow
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| 18 | 3MF | Haris Medunjanin | (1985-03-08) March 8, 1985 (age 39) | 18 | 4 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 20 | 3MF | Adnan Zahirović | (1990-03-23) March 23, 1990 (age 34) | 8 | 0 | Spartak Nalchik
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| 21 | 3MF | Darko Maletić | (1980-10-20) October 20, 1980 (age 44) | 17 | 1 |  Aktobe
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| — | 3MF | Sejad Salihović | (1984-10-08) October 8, 1984 (age 40) | 26 | 4 | 1899 Hoffenheim
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| 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
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| 14 | 4FW | Vedad Ibišević | (1984-08-06) August 6, 1984 (age 40) | 34 | 8 | 1899 Hoffenheim
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| 19 | 4FW | Ermin Zec | (1988-03-28) March 28, 1988 (age 36) | 9 | 1 | Gençlerbirliği
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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 | ||
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| GK | Ibrahim Šehić | (1988-09-02) September 2, 1988 (age 36) | 3 | 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu
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v.  Greece, 10 August 2011
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| DF | Mensur Mujdža | (1984-03-28) March 28, 1984 (age 40) | 12 | 0 | Freiburg
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v.  France, 11 October 2011
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| DF | Muhamed Subašić | (1988-03-19) March 19, 1988 (age 36) | 3 | 1 | Dynamo Dresden
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v. Albania, 7 June 2011
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| DF | Ognjen Vranješ | (1989-10-24) October 24, 1989 (age 35) | 2 | 0 | Krasnodar
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v. Albania, 7 June 2011
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| DF | Safet Nadarević | (1980-08-30) August 30, 1980 (age 44) | 30 | 0 | Eskişehirspor
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v.  Mexico, 9 February 2011
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| DF | Vule Trivunović | (1983-03-13) March 13, 1983 (age 41) | 3 | 0 | Cracovia
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| DF | Velibor Vasilić | (1980-06-13) June 13, 1980 (age 44) | 3 | 0 | Željezničar
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| DF | Josip Barišić | (1983-08-12) August 12, 1983 (age 41) | 1 | 0 |  Hajduk Split
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| DF | Semir Kerla | (1987-09-26) September 26, 1987 (age 37) | 1 | 0 | Panserraikos
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| DF | Sedin Torlak | (1985-01-12) January 12, 1985 (age 39) | 1 | 0 | Sarajevo
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| MF | Mehmed Alispahić | (1987-11-24) November 24, 1987 (age 37) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Zagreb
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v. Greece, 10 August 2011
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| MF | Edin Višća | (1990-02-17) February 17, 1990 (age 34) | 1 | 0 | İstanbul B.B.
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| MF | Muhamed Džakmić | (1985-08-23) August 23, 1985 (age 39) | 1 | 0 |  Gangwon
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| MF | Jure Ivanković | (1985-11-15) November 15, 1985 (age 39) | 1 | 0 | Široki Brijeg
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| MF | Dario Purić | (1986-05-18) May 18, 1986 (age 38) | 1 | 0 | Čelik Zenica
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| MF | Boris Raspudić | (1983-01-07) January 7, 1983 (age 41) | 1 | 0 | Borac Banja Luka
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| MF | Kenan Handžić | (1991-01-23) January 23, 1991 (age 33) | 0 | 0 | Sarajevo
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| MF | Dženaldin Hamzagić | (1986-04-28) April 28, 1986 (age 38) | 0 | 0 | Unattached | v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| FW | Eldin Adilović | (1986-02-08) February 8, 1986 (age 38) | 2 | 0 | Željezničar
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| FW | Adin Džafić | (1989-05-21) May 21, 1989 (age 35) | 1 | 0 | Sarajevo
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| FW | Stevo Nikolić | (1984-12-04) December 4, 1984 (age 40) | 1 | 0 |  Debrecen
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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| FW | Zoran Kokot | (1985-06-28) June 28, 1985 (age 39) | 0 | 0 | Mes Sarcheshmeh
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v. Poland, 10 December 2010
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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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Records
Most appearances
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Most goals
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Competitive record
World Cup record
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European Championship record
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Minor tournaments
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 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
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| 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 |
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| Manager | Safet Sušić | Bosnian
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| Assistant Manager | Elvir Baljic | Bosnian
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| Assistant Manager | Borce Sredojevic | Bosnian
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| Goalkeeper Coach | Tomislav Piplica | Bosnian
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| Doctor | Edib Jerlagic | Bosnian
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| Kinesiotherapy | Radomir Cosovic | Bosnian
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| Kinesiotherapy | Ismar Hadžibajric | Bosnian
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| Managing Director | Fuad Keco | Bosnian
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| Secretary | Elmir Pilav | Bosnian
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Former managers
| Manager | Time Period | Position in Qualifiers |
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| Mirsad Fazlagic |
1992–1993 | |
| Fuad Muzurovic |
1993–1998 | 4/5 for WC 1998
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| Džemaludin Mušović |
1998-1999 | |
| Faruk Hadžibegić |
1999 | |
| Mišo Smajlović |
1999–2002 | 3/6 for EURO 2000  4/5 for WC 2002 
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| Blaž Slišković |
2002–2006 | 4/5 for EURO 2004 3/6 for WC 2006
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| Fuad Muzurović |
2006–2007 | 4/7 for EURO 2008 
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| Meho Kodro |
2008 | |
| Miroslav Blažević |
2008–2009 | 2/6 Playoff for WC 2010 
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| Safet Sušić |
2009– | 2/6 Playoff for EURO 2012 
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Head-to-Head records against other countries
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Differential |
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 Argentina
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 |
 Brazil
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
 Chile
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
 Paraguay
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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
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