The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team ( bosnian : Nogometna/Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine ; serbian : Фудбалска репрезентација Боснe и Херцеговинe, romanized : Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine ; croatian : Bosanskohercegovačka nogometna reprezentacija ) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international football competitions, and is governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, bosnian footballers played for Yugoslavia. Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved their best result when they reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup as winners of their qualify group. [ 4 ] They were eliminated after narrow group degree losses to Argentina and Nigeria and a win over Iran. [ 5 ]
The national team has appeared in numerous other reservation play-offs, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup play-offs loss to Portugal, arsenic well as the qualifying play-offs for UEFA Euro 2012, 2016 and 2020, losing to Portugal, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively, preventing the team from reaching their first UEFA european Championship. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The team ‘s highest FIFA World Ranking was 13th, achieved in August 2013. [ 9 ]
history
Bosnia and Herzegovina have seen a steady rise in their fortunes on the international football stage in late times. Historically, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a war torn and divided nation, has managed multiple play-off appearances and has qualified for one FIFA World Cup. More often than not, the team produces solid results in qualifiers and challenges for a top spot, although the team is frequently doomed in their all-important games. From 1920 to 1992, the players lined up for Yugoslavia, but following the outbreak of the Bosnian War and subsequent independence, a new football nation arose from the ashes. The early period saw Bosnia and Herzegovina have to wait until the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to compete for a place in a major contest. Bosnia and Herzegovina finished fourth in a group that included Greece, Denmark, Croatia and Slovenia. This was then subsequently followed by far disappointment with lackluster campaigns in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as the 2002 FIFA World Cup. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] This early time period was followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina coming very close to qualifying directly for their first ever major rival, UEFA Euro 2004, narrowly missing out by a unmarried goal against Denmark. [ 12 ] Bosnia and Herzegovina failed to make the grade in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, despite being unbeaten at home, and the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, which saw their poor home form cost them. Bosnia and Herzegovina then experienced doubling grief, bowing out twice in the playoffs to Portugal, inaugural 2–0 on sum in the 2010 FIFA World Cup decider and then 6–2 on aggregate in the UEFA Euro 2012 decider. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Brazil, in October 2013 by beating Lithuania, ultimately breaking their curse and participating in a major tournament. [ 16 ] They managed to finish third in a group which included Argentina, and tasted their first victory thanks to a 3–1 gain over Iran. [ 17 ] Nigeria pipped Bosnia and Herzegovina for second stead in the group with a 1–0 acquire marred with controversy following an incorrectly disallowed goal scored by Edin Džeko in the first half. [ 18 ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Argentina
3
3
0
0
6
3
+3
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Nigeria
3
1
1
1
3
3
0
4
3
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
1
0
2
4
4
0
3
4
Iran
3
0
1
2
1
4
−3
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina finished third gear in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers behind Belgium and Wales. After making an inauspicious begin to the qualifiers with a surprise 2–1 family get the better of against Cyprus and managing barely two points through four games, director Safet Sušić was dismissed and replaced by Mehmed Baždarević. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] After the slow begin, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian performance improved dramatically, with five wins in their remaining six matches, including victories over Wales and Israel along with three clean sheets. however, they ultimately failed to qualify after a two legged playoff meet with the Republic of Ireland. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Bosnia and Herzegovina failed to make back-to-back FIFA World Cups after failing to qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Bosnia and Herzegovina finished one-fourth in their UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group with director Robert Prosinečki, missing out on direct qualification. however, they qualified for the playoffs through their operation in the UEFA Nations League, and with newly director Dušan Bajević, they ultimately missed out on so far another euro after losing to Northern Ireland on penalties. Following respective years of disappointment, bulgarian Ivaylo Petev was named as Bosnia and Herzegovina ‘s new director, marking the first base time a Bosnia and Herzegovina director was not from the early Yugoslavia. In their first campaign under Petev, Bosnia and Herzegovina finished fourth in their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying group, failing to qualify for another World Cup .
team picture
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A popular nickname of all Bosnian national teams is “ Zmajevi ” ( bosnian : zmajevi, alight. ‘dragons ‘ ), popularized by football television receiver observer Mustafa Mijajlović during the Belgium vs. Bosnia ( 2-4 ) 2010 WC qualification bet on on 28 March 2009. general agreement among Bosnia and Herzegovina sports fans is that this nickname has historical context, as it is considered as an allusion to the celebrated Bosnian general Husein Gradaščević, who fought for bosnian independence, and who was known as the “ Dragon of Bosnia ”. [ 25 ] In both local and foreign media, they are sometimes referred to as the Golden Lilies, which was the original dub given to all of the area ‘s national teams by fans after independence, in reference to the official submit insignia at the time ( the pin and the coating of arms ), which itself referred to the golden lily, the historical state of matter insignia that was featured on the coat of arms of the rule bosnian medieval Kotromanić dynasty. [ 26 ]
home stadiums
presently, the national team uses Grbavica Stadium, located in Sarajevo, as its home stadium following its renovation in 2018. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Bosnia and Herzegovina besides uses Bilino Polje Stadium, located in the city of Zenica, for many of its home games. The stadium, built and opened in 1972, underwent many reconstruction works since 2012 in order to comply with standards needed to host external games. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Another stadium Bosnia and Herzegovina has used is Koševo. [ 37 ] Its discipline land for domestic matches is the Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre in Zenica, which was opened in 2013 in junction with UEFA. [ 38 ]
Supporters
A large number of home team ‘s supporters come from Northern and Western Europe, North America, and some from as far away as Australia. [ 40 ] Most of these fans are members of BHFanaticos, Belaj Boys, BHLegion, Armija Zmajeva ( Dragons Army ) and Ljuti Krajišnici groups. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] In the game against Norway, at the Ullevål Stadium in Oslo on 24 March 2007, bosnian fans caused an hour-long stay due to an unprecedented total of flares that had been thrown onto the pitch in protest against corruptness in the ( now early ) Football Federation of Bosnia. [ 44 ] On 1 June 2008, former Bosnia and Herzegovina players Meho Kodro and Elvir Bolić organised a friendly humanist 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. [ 45 ] 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. [ 46 ] The plot in Sarajevo was organised by the Federalna television who broadcast the humanist game live. A meaning number of bosnian International players were involved in the game, [ 47 ] which ended 11–9 in party favor of Team Kodro. [ 48 ] Before every crippled, during the play of the Bosnian national anthem, BH Fanaticos sing lyrics from the old national hymn Jedna ti jedina, as the current national hymn does not have any official lyrics. [ 49 ] [ 50 ]
Kits
Bosnia and Herzegovina ‘s traditional kit colours are blue and white, taken from the country ‘s flag. While the current home kits are primarily blue, and the away kits are primarily white, this color schema was initially used in overrule rate. This is due to the fact that the flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( RBiH ), used before the Dayton Agreement, was predominately white. The change to a chiefly blue home kit was seen as a move away from the symbols of the RBiH, which are still used by the more Bosniak patriot supporters of the team. scandalmongering was first incorporated on kits in 2015, a motion criticised by some supporters. [ 51 ] The use of a non-traditional dark blue blue alternatively of the barge imperial blue shade on kits in 2018 besides attracted disfavor. The team kit is presently produced by german sports party Adidas. [ 52 ] The cosmopolitan patronize of the team is BH Telecom. [ 53 ] besides sponsoring the team are Elektroprivreda Bosne iodine Hercegovine and Ziraat Bank. [ 54 ]
1996–1999
Home
Away
Patrick
2005–2010
Home
Away
Legea
2010–2012
Home
Away
Legea
2012–2013
Home
Away
Legea
2013–2014
Home
Away
Legea
2015–2017
Home
Away
Adidas
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
Home
Away
Adidas
2020–21 UEFA Nations League
Home
Away
Adidas
The table below shows the history of kit manufacturers for the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina :
late results and extroverted fixtures
2021
Coaching staff
current technical staff
Coaching history
Name
First game
Last game
P
W
D
L
Win %
Achievements
30 November 1995
5 November 1997
18
7
2
9
21
25
−4
0 38.89
14 May 1998
27 January 1999
7
1
2
4
7
16
−9
0 14.29
10 March 1999
9 October 1999
7
2
2
3
10
10
+0
0 28.57
(caretaker)
18 August 1999
18 August 1999
1
0
1
0
0
0
+0
00 0.00
24 January 2000
7 October 2001
14
5
4
5
20
17
+3
0 35.71
27 March 2002
11 October 2006
37
11
11
15
44
56
−12
0 29.73
24 March 2007
21 November 2007
9
3
0
6
11
16
−5
0 33.33
30 January 2008
26 March 2008
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0
1
1
2
5
−3
00 0.00
(caretaker)
1 June 2008
1 June 2008
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
100.00
20 August 2008
18 November 2009
17
8
2
7
34
24
+10
0 47.06
3 March 2010
16 November 2014
49
23
9
17
83
59
+24
0 46.94
2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
28 March 2015
10 October 2017
25
14
5
6
53
30
+23
0 56.00
2016 Kirin Cup – Winners
28 January 2018
18 November 2019
22
9
6
7
29
21
+8
0 40.91
2018–19 UEFA Nations League B – Promoted
4 September 2020
18 November 2020
8
0
3
5
4
14
−10
00 0.00
24 March 2021
12
2
6
4
10
14
−4
0 16.67
Total
229
86
55
88
329
3,075
−2746
0 37.55
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board does not include results of minor tournaments ( military reserve players ) managed by Husnija Arapović. Due to an illness to Fuad Muzurović, adjunct coach Borče Sredojević took cathexis of the team on 6 June 2007. [ 57 ] due to a suspension of Mehmed Baždarević for cheating behavior, adjunct director Stéphane Gilli took appoint of the team on 25 March 2017. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] due to Ivaylo Petev testing incontrovertible to COVID-19, adjunct managers Elvir Rahimić and Slaven Musa took charge of the team on 27 and 31 March 2021, respectively. [ 60 ]
Players
stream police squad
The comply players were called up for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Finland and Ukraine on 13 and 16 November 2021. [ 61 ]
Caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021 after the game against Ukraine.
recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to the team within the last twelve months :
Statistics
- As of 13 November 2021[62]
- Players in bold are still active with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Most appearances
Most goals
Most clean sheets
Captains
Emir Spahić captained Bosnia at their first ever FIFA World Cup tournament. This is a tilt of Bosnia and Herzegovina captains for ten-spot or more matches. Note : Some of the other players to have captained the team admit : Mehmed Baždarević ( 2 caps ) 1996, Meho Kodro ( 5 ) 1997 to 1998, Vlatko Glavaš ( 1 ) 1997, Suvad Katana ( 2 ) 1998, Elvir Bolić ( 6 ) 1999 to 2000, Bruno Akrapović ( 4 ) 1999 to 2003, Hasan Salihamidžić ( 1 ) 2004, Zlatan Bajramović ( 1 ) 2006, Džemal Berberović ( 1 ) 2007, Asmir Begović ( 6 ) 2011 to 2020, Haris Medunjanin ( 4 ) 2016 to 2018, Vedad Ibišević ( 1 ) 2017, Miralem Pjanić ( 6 ) 2019 to 2021, Ermin Bičakčić ( 1 ) 2019, Sead Kolašinac ( 1 ) 2021, Ibrahim Šehić ( 1 ) 2021, Siniša Saničanin ( 1 ) 2021, Eldar Ćivić ( 1 ) 2021, Adnan Kovačević ( 1 ) 2021 .
table correct as of match played on 13 November 2021 .
competitive criminal record
FIFA World Cup
UEFA european championship
UEFA Nations League
UEFA Nations League record
Year
Division
Group
Rank
2018–19
B
3
4
3
1
0
5
1
13th
2020–21
A
1
6
0
2
4
3
11
15th
2022–23
B
To be played
Total
10
3
3
4
8
12
13th
minor tournaments
FIFA ranking history
FIFA-ranking annually averages for Bosnia and Herzegovina. [ 63 ] Their average placement since FIFA World Ranking creation is 58. [ 63 ]
Year
Position
Highest
Lowest
1996
152
152
173
1997
99
99
139
1998
96
91
102
1999
75
74
78
2000
78
74
83
2001
69
69
79
2002
87
71
87
2003
59
53
88
2004
79
58
81
2005
65
65
81
2006
59
42
65
2007
51
25
58
2008
61
51
75
2009
51
33
61
2010
44
44
59
2011
20
20
56
2012
27
19
31
2013
19
13
26
2014
29
17
29
2015
22
20
32
2016
27
20
29
2017
37
27
40
2018
34
32
41
2019
49
35
49
2020
55
49
55
neck and neck record
Tables correct as of match played on 16 November 2021 .
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s all-time record sorted by FIFA Confederations, 1995–present
Opponent
Games
Wins
Draws
Losses
Goals For
Goals Against
Goal Differential
First games
Last games
UEFA
194
75
47
72
288
251
+37
30.11.1995
16.11.2021
AFC
28
12
6
10
38
40
−2
22.02.1997
04.09.2021
CAF
9
4
2
3
12
11
+1
05.11.1997
27.03.2018
CONMEBOL
8
2
0
6
6
17
−11
14.05.1998
15.06.2014
CONCACAF
7
1
2
4
5
9
−4
09.02.2011
27.03.2021
OFC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
80 Countries
246
94
57
95
349
328
+21
30.11.1995
16.11.2021
celebrated victories
source : Results
- Unofficial games not included.
Honours
minor tournaments
See besides
References
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