Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nickname(s)	Zmajevi (The Dragons) Zlatni ljiljani (The Golden Lilies)
Association	Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (N/FSBiH)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mehmed Baždarević
Captain	Edin Džeko
Most caps	Emir Spahić (93)
Top scorer	Edin Džeko (49)
Home stadium	Bilino Polje
FIFA code	BIH
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	27 1 (24 November 2016)
Highest	13 (August 2013)
Lowest	173 (September 1996)
Elo ranking
Current	30 7 (23 November 2016)
Highest	21 (June 2013)
Lowest	87 (October 1999)
First international
Non-FIFA international  Iran 1–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tehran, Iran; 12 September 1993)[1][2][3] FIFA international  Albania 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tirana, Albania; 30 November 1995)[4]
Biggest win
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7–0 Estonia  (Zenica, BiH; 10 September 2008)  Liechtenstein 1–8 Bosnia and Herzegovina  (Vaduz, Liechtenstein; 7 September 2012)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 5–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina  (Córdoba, Argentina; 14 May 1998)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2014)
Best result	Group Stage, 2014

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Nogometna/Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine; Cyrillic: Ногометна/Фудбалска репрезентација Боснe и Херцеговинe); represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in association football and is governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, Bosnian and Herzegovinian players were part of the Yugoslavia national football team.

Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved their best result when they reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup as winners of their qualifying group.^[5][6] They were eliminated after group stage narrow losses to Argentina and Nigeria and a win over Iran; finishing twentieth overall. The team has appeared in numerous other qualification play-offs, in 2010 FIFA World Cup play-offs loss to Portugal, as well as qualifying play-offs for UEFA Euro 2012 and UEFA Euro 2016, losing to Portugal and Republic of Ireland respectively, preventing the team to reach their first UEFA European Championship.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Bosnia and Herzegovina's home ground is Bilino Polje Stadium in the city of Zenica. The team's highest FIFA World Ranking was 13th in August 2013.^[11][12]

History

Bosnia and Herzegovina have seen a steady rise in their fortunes on the international football stage in recent times. Historically, Bosnia, a war torn and divided nation, has managed multiple playoff appearances and has qualified to one FIFA World Cup. More often than not, the team produces solid results in qualifiers and challenges for a top spot.

From 1920 to 1992, the players lined out 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-Herzegovina have to wait until the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to compete for a place in a major competition. Bosnia finished fourth in a group that included Greece, Denmark, Croatia and Slovenia. This was then subsequently followed by further disappointment with lackluster campaigns in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers, as well as the 2002 FIFA World Cup.^[13][14]

This early period was followed by Bosnia coming very close to qualifying directly for their first ever major competition, UEFA Euro 2004, narrowly missing out by a single goal against Denmark.^[15]

Bosnia 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-Herzegovina then experienced double heartbreak, bowing out twice in the playoffs to Portugal, first 2–0 on aggregate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup decider and then 6–2 on aggregate in the UEFA Euro 2012 decider, before finally breaking their curse by qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.^[16][17][18]

Bosnia managed to finish a creditable third in a group which included Argentina at their first ever major competition, and tasted their first victory thanks to a 3–1 win over Iran.^[19] Nigeria pipped Bosnia for second place in the group with a 1–0 win marred with controversy following an incorrectly disallowed goal scored by Edin Džeko in the first half.^[20][21][22]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
Iran	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Bosnia finished third in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers behind Belgium and Wales. After making an unfortunate start to the qualifiers with a surprise 2–1 home defeat against Cyprus and managing just two points through four games, manager Safet Sušić was dismissed and replaced by Mehmed Baždarević.^[23][24][25]

After the slow start, the Bosnian 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 encounter with the Republic of Ireland.^[26][27]

2018 FIFA World Cup – qualification

On 9 November 2015, the Bosnian FA extended the contract with Baždarević through the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.^[28] Bosnia-Herzegovina was drawn to face Belgium, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus and Gibraltar during the qualifying stage.^[29] {{2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H table |show_matches=yes|showteam=BIH}}

Matches

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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Greece on 13 November 2016.
Caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016 after the game against Greece.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Asmir Begović (vice-captain)	(1987-06-20) 20 June 1987	54	0	Chelsea
12	1GK	Ibrahim Šehić	(1988-09-02) 2 September 1988	6	0	Qarabağ
22	1GK	Kenan Pirić	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994	0	0	Sloboda
2	2DF	Edin Cocalić	(1987-12-05) 5 December 1987	7	0	Mechelen
3	2DF	Ermin Bičakčić	(1990-01-24) 24 January 1990	17	2	1899 Hoffenheim
4	2DF	Emir Spahić	(1980-08-18) 18 August 1980	93	6	HSV
5	2DF	Sead Kolašinac	(1993-06-20) 20 June 1993	17	0	Schalke 04
6	2DF	Ognjen Vranješ	(1989-10-24) 24 October 1989	28	0	Tom Tomsk
15	2DF	Toni Šunjić	(1988-12-15) 15 December 1988	25	0	Stuttgart
17	2DF	Ervin Zukanović	(1987-02-11) 11 February 1987	18	0	Atalanta
7	3MF	Gojko Cimirot	(1992-12-19) 19 December 1992	3	0	PAOK
8	3MF	Haris Medunjanin	(1985-03-08) 8 March 1985	54	8	Maccabi Tel Aviv
10	3MF	Miralem Pjanić	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990	72	12	Juventus
13	3MF	Danijel Milićević	(1986-01-05) 5 January 1986	1	0	Gent
14	3MF	Tino-Sven Sušić	(1992-02-13) 13 February 1992	9	0	Genk
16	3MF	Senad Lulić	(1986-01-18) 18 January 1986	52	2	Lazio
19	3MF	Miroslav Stevanović	(1990-07-29) 29 July 1990	12	1	Željezničar
20	3MF	Izet Hajrović	(1991-08-09) 9 August 1991	22	3	Werder Bremen
21	3MF	Rade Krunić	(1993-10-07) 7 October 1993	1	0	Empoli
23	3MF	Mato Jajalo	(1988-05-25) 25 May 1988	2	0	Palermo
9	4FW	Vedad Ibišević	(1984-08-06) 6 August 1984	77	26	Hertha Berlin
11	4FW	Edin Džeko (captain)	(1986-03-17) 17 March 1986	83	49	Roma
18	4FW	Milan Đurić	(1990-05-22) 22 May 1990	14	7	Cesena

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Jasmin Burić	(1987-02-18) 18 February 1987	2	0	Lech Poznań	v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2016
GK	Goran Karačić	(1996-08-18) 18 August 1996	0	0	Adanaspor	v.  Denmark, 3 June 2016 INJ
DF	Mateo Sušić	(1990-11-18) 18 November 1990	4	0	Sheriff	v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2016
DF	Marin Aničić	(1989-08-17) 17 August 1989	1	0	Astana	v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2016
DF	Almir Bekić	(1989-06-01) 1 June 1989	1	0	Sarajevo	v.  Japan, 7 June 2016
DF	Aleksandar Kosorić	(1987-01-30) 30 January 1987	1	0	Željezničar	v.  Japan, 7 June 2016
DF	Samir Memišević	(1993-08-13) 13 August 1993	1	0	Groningen	v.  Denmark, 3 June 2016 INJ
DF	Daniel Graovac	(1993-08-08) 8 August 1993	1	0	Mouscron	v.   Switzerland, 29 March 2016
MF	Edin Višća	(1990-02-17) 17 February 1990	28	2	İstanbul Başakşehir	v.  Greece, 13 November 2016 INJ
MF	Mario Vrančić	(1989-05-23) 23 May 1989	4	0	Darmstadt 98	v.  Belgium, 10 October 2016
MF	Haris Duljević	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993	5	0	Sarajevo	v.  Estonia, 6 September 2016
MF	Srđan Grahovac	(1992-09-19) 19 September 1992	3	0	Rapid Wien	v.  Estonia, 6 September 2016
MF	Anel Hadžić	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989	13	0	Videoton	v.  Japan, 7 June 2016
MF	Filip Arežina	(1992-11-08) 8 November 1992	1	0	Tychy	v.  Japan, 7 June 2016
MF	Zvonimir Kožulj	(1993-11-15) 15 November 1993	1	0	Hajduk Split	v.  Japan, 7 June 2016
MF	Muhamed Bešić	(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992	26	0	Everton	v.  Spain, 29 May 2016
MF	Sanjin Prcić	(1993-11-20) 20 November 1993	5	0	Rennes	v.  Spain, 29 May 2016 INJ
FW	Armin Hodžić	(1994-11-17) 17 November 1994	3	0	Dinamo Zagreb	v.  Estonia, 6 September 2016
FW	Riad Bajić	(1994-05-06) 6 May 1994	0	0	Konyaspor	v.  Spain, 29 May 2016 INJ

• ^INJ Withdrawn due to injury.
• ^PRE Preliminary squad.
• ^WD Withdrew.

Previous squads

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2016

2017

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

After Bosnia and Herzegovina gained independence from Yugoslavia on 1 March 1992, the national football team was soon formed but could not enter qualifying for 1994 World Cup as the national association was not yet a member of FIFA. During qualifiers for 1998 World Cup, Bosnia's first home match against Croatia was played at Bologna.^[30] The match was held at the neutral venue due to the renovation of the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium.

The team finished in third place during 2006 World Cup qualifying, recording two draws with Spain along the way. During qualifiers for 2010 World Cup Bosnia reached its first ever playoffs for a major tournament, though eventually losing to Portugal 2–0 on aggregate.

The 2014 World Cup is the first time Bosnia has appeared at a major tournament as an independent nation, having qualified as winners of UEFA Group G.

FIFA World Cup record											FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
Part of  Yugoslavia
1930 to 1994	—										—	—	—	—	—	—	—
as Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1994	Could not enter										—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	Did not qualify										8	3	0	5	9	14	4/5
as Bosnia and Herzegovina
2002	Did not qualify										8	2	2	4	12	12	4/5
2006											10	4	4	2	12	9	3/6
2010											12	6	1	5	25	15	2/6 Lost Playoff
2014	Group stage	20th	3	1	0	2	4	4	Squad		10	8	1	1	30	6	1/6
2018	In progress										4	2	1	1	8	5
2022	To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/5	3	1	0	2	4	4	—		51	24	9	18	91	61	—

List of FIFA World Cup matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Bosnia goalscorers
2014	Round 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2  Argentina	Loss	Ibišević
	Round 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–1  Nigeria	Loss
	Round 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–1  Iran	Win	Džeko, Pjanić, Vršajević

European Championship

UEFA Euro record										UEFA Euro Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
Part of  Yugoslavia
1960 to 1992	—									—	—	—	—	—	—	—
as Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1996	Did not enter									—	—	—	—	—	—	—
as  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000	Did not qualify									10	3	2	5	14	17	3/6
2004										8	4	1	3	7	8	4/5
2008										12	4	1	7	16	22	4/7
2012										12	6	3	3	19	14	2/6 Lost Playoff
2016										12	5	3	4	18	15	3/6 Lost Playoff
2020	To be determined									—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		0/5								54	22	10	22	74	76	—

Euro 1996 – Could Not Enter as the national team was not yet a member of UEFA.

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1997 Dunhill Cup Malaysia	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
2016 Kirin Cup	Champions	1	2	1	1	0	4	3
Total	-	1 Title	19	11	4	4	31	23

Statistics

Most appearances

#	Player	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Emir Spahić	2003–	93	6
2	Zvjezdan Misimović	2004–2014	84	25
3	Edin Džeko	2007–	83	49
4	Vedad Ibišević	2007–	77	26
5	Miralem Pjanić	2008–	72	12
6	Asmir Begović	2009–	54	0
7	Haris Medunjanin	2009–	54	8
8	Senad Lulić	2008–	52	2
9	Elvir Bolić	1996–2006	51	22
10	Sergej Barbarez	1998–2006	48	17

Most goals

#	Player	Period	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Edin Džeko	2007–	49	83	0.59
2	Vedad Ibišević	2007–	26	77	0.34
3	Zvjezdan Misimović	2004–2014	25	84	0.30
4	Elvir Bolić	1996–2006	22	51	0.43
5	Sergej Barbarez	1998–2006	17	48	0.35
6	Elvir Baljić	1996–2005	14	38	0.37
7	Miralem Pjanić	2008–	12	72	0.17
8	Zlatan Muslimović	2006–2011	12	30	0.40
9	Haris Medunjanin	2009–	8	54	0.15
10	Milan Đurić	2015–	7	14	0.50

Tables correct as of match played on 13 November 2016.

Captains

Emir Spahić captained Bosnia at their first ever FIFA World Cup tournament. This is a list of Bosnia and Herzegovina captains for five or more official and friendly matches.

Note: Some of the other players to have captained the team include: Mehmed Baždarević (2 caps) 1996, Vlatko Glavaš (1) 1997, Suvad Katana (2) 1998, Bruno Akrapović (4) 1999 to 2003, Hasan Salihamidžić (1) 2004, Zlatan Bajramović (1) 2006, Džemal Berberović (1) 2007, Asmir Begović (4) 2014 to 2016, Haris Medunjanin (2) 2016.

Name	Period	Games as captain	Notes
Muhamed Konjić	1995–2002	20	First official captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
Meho Kodro	1997–1998	5
Elvir Bolić	1999–2000	6
Mirsad Hibić	2000–2003	14
Sergej Barbarez	2004–2006	20
Zvjezdan Misimović	2007–2012	16
Emir Spahić	2006–2014	55	First official captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team in a major tournament (2014 FIFA World Cup)
Edin Džeko	2014–	19

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Mehmed Baždarević
Assistant coach	Stéphane Gilli
Team coach	Dragan Perić
Team coach	Igor Janković
Goalkeeping coach	Adnan Gušo
Doctor	Reuf Karabeg
Managing Director	Fuad Kečo
Managing Director	Adem Đipa
Secretary	Elmir Pilav

Former managers

Name	First game	Last game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Achievements
Muzurović, FuadFuad Muzurović	30 November 1995	5 November 1997	18	7	2	9	21	25	−4	38.88%
Mušović, DžemaludinDžemaludin Mušović	14 May 1998	27 January 1999	7	1	2	4	7	16	−9	14.28%
Hadžibegić, FarukFaruk Hadžibegić	10 March 1999	9 October 1999	7	2	2	3	10	10	0	28.57%
Kalajdžić, AvdoAvdo Kalajdžić (caretaker)	18 August 1999	18 August 1999	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Smajlović, MišoMišo Smajlović	24 January 2000	7 October 2001	14	5	4	5	20	17	+3	35.71%
Slišković, BlažBlaž Slišković	27 March 2002	11 October 2006	37	11	11	15	44	56	−12	29.73%
Muzurović, FuadFuad Muzurović	24 March 2007	21 November 2007	9	3	0	6	11	16	−5	33.33%
Kodro, MehoMeho Kodro	30 January 2008	26 March 2008	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	0%
Pirić, DenijalDenijal Pirić (caretaker)	1 June 2008	1 June 2008	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.0%
Blažević, MiroslavMiroslav Blažević	20 August 2008	18 November 2009	17	8	2	7	34	24	+10	47.05%
Sušić, SafetSafet Sušić	3 March 2010	16 November 2014	50	23	9	18	83	60	+23	46.00%	2014 FIFA World Cup Group stage
Baždarević, MehmedMehmed Baždarević	28 March 2015		18	10	4	4	35	21	+14	55.55%
Totals			180	71	38	71	268	246	+22

Table does not include results of minor tournaments (reserve players) managed by Husnija Arapović.

FIFA ranking history

FIFA-ranking yearly averages for Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[31]

1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
152	99	96	75	78	69	87	59	79	65	59	51	61	51	44	20	27	19	29	22

Home stadiums

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, because 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 five 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. 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.

On 10 August 2012, the Bosnian Association and the local government of City of Zenica financed the replacement of the old grass surface at the Bilino Polje Stadium after numerous complaints from visiting teams about its quality.^{[32][33][34][35][36][37]}

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 34,630. Koševo Stadium is located in the Koševo neighborhood of Sarajevo and it is used mostly by FK Sarajevo. The stadium was opened in 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 FK Sarajevo player who retired in 1967. Attendance for concerts at the stadium can be 80,000 places, such as for U2's PopMart Tour in 1997 and Dino Merlin's Burek tour in 2004. It is the secondary home stadium of the national football side of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Team image

Nickname

A popular nickname of all Bosnian sport players is the Zmajevi or Dragons in English alluding to the famous Bosnian general Husein Gradaščević who fought for Bosnian independence and who was known as the "Dragon of Bosnia".^[38] In foreign media, they are sometimes referred to as the Golden Lilies, in reference to the Fleur-de-lis featured on the coat of arms of the influential Bosnian medieval Kotromanić dynasty.^[39]

Historical kits

The team kit is currently produced by German sports apparel company Adidas. Also sponsoring the team are BH Telecom and Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine, companies from Sarajevo.^[40][41]

(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

(2014–2015) Home Away Adidas

(2015–present) Home Away Adidas

The table below shows the history of kit manufacturers for the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Period	Kit Provider
1996–1999	Patrick[42]
1999–2000	Adidas[42]
2000–2005	Reusch[42]
2005–2014	Legea[42]
2014–present	Adidas[43]

Supporters

Large number of national team's supporters come from Northern and Western Europe, North America, and some as far away as Australia.^[45] Most of these fans are members of BHFanaticos, Belaj Boys, BHLegion, Armija Zmajeva (Dragons Army) and Ljuti Krajišnici groups.^[46][47][48]

In the game against Norway, 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 in protest against corruption in the (now former) Football organization of Bosnia.^[49] 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.^[50] 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.^[51] The game in Sarajevo was organised by the Federal TV who broadcast the humanitarian game live. A significant number of Bosnian International players were involved in the game,^[52] which ended 11–9 in favour of Team Kodro.^[53]

Before every game, during the playing of the Bosnian national anthem, BH Fanaticos sing lyrics from the old national anthem Jedna si jedina as the current national anthem does not have lyrics in all international sports Bosnia is part of (mainly football, basketball and handball).^[54][55]

Head-to-Head records against other countries

Tables correct as of match played on 13 November 2016.

Bosnia and Herzegovina's all-time international record, 1995–present
Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal differential	First games	Last games	Biggest win	Biggest loss
Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	14.05.1998	15.06.2014	x	0:5
Brazil	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	18.12.1996	28.02.2012	x	1:2
Chile	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	22.01.2001	22.01.2001	1:0	x
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	18.01.2001	18.01.2001	3:2	x
Mexico	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	09.02.2011	03.06.2014	1:0	0:2
United States	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	14.08.2013	14.08.2013	x	3:4
Algeria	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	14.11.2012	14.11.2012	1:0	x
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	05.03.2014	05.03.2014	x	0:2
Ghana	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	03.03.2010	03.03.2010	2:1	x
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	30.05.2014	30.05.2014	2:1	x
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	21.06.2014	21.06.2014	x	0:1
South Africa	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	08.08.2001	08.08.2001	4:2	x
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	05.11.1997	05.11.1997	x	1:2
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	2	2	=0	24.02.1997	24.02.1997	x	x
Albania	4	1	2	1	3	3	=0	30.11.1995	07.06.2011	2:0	0:2
Andorra	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	28.03.2015	06.09.2015	3:0	x
Armenia	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	15.10.2008	05.09.2009	4:1	x
Austria	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	24.03.2001	31.03.2015	x	0:2
Azerbaijan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	01.06.2008	01.06.2008	1:0	x
Belarus	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	02.09.2011	06.09.2011	2:0	x
Belgium	7	3	1	3	10	15	−5	26.03.2005	07.10.2016	4:2	0:4
Bulgaria	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	20.08.2008	20.08.2008	x	1:2
Croatia	4	0	0	4	6	14	−8	08.10.1996	22.08.2007	x	1:4
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	10.10.1998	08.09.1999	x	0:3
Cyprus	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	09.09.2014	10.10.2016	2:0	1:2
Denmark	5	2	2	1	8	5	+3	08.06.1997	03.06.2016	3:0	0:2
Estonia	6	4	1	1	19	3	+16	05.09.1998	06.09.2016	7:0	0:1
Faroe Islands	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	19.08.1998	09.06.1999	1:0	x
Finland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	28.04.2004	28.04.2004	1:0	x
France	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	18.08.2004	11.10.2011	x	0:2
Germany	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	11.10.2002	03.06.2010	x	1:3
Greece	8	1	3	4	6	13	−7	01.09.1996	13.11.2016	3:1	0:4
Hungary	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	10.03.1999	08.09.2007	x	1:3
Israel	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	11.10.2000	12.06.2015	3:1	0:3
Italy	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	06.11.1996	06.11.1996	2:1	x
Latvia	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	11.09.2012	07.06.2013	5:0	x
Liechtenstein	6	5	1	0	23	2	+21	18.08.1999	04.09.2014	8:1	x
Lithuania	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	14.10.1998.	16.10.2013.	3:0	2:4
Luxembourg	6	6	0	0	16	1	+15	29.03.2003	25.03.2016	5:0	x
Macedonia	5	1	3	1	8	8	=0	03.06.1998	26.03.2008	1:0	0:1
Malta	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	27.01.1999	06.06.2007	5:2	1:2
Moldova	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	07.10.2006	12.09.2007	x	0:1
Norway	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	16.10.2002	17.10.2007	2:1	0:2
Poland	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	10.12.2010	16.12.2011	x	0:1
Portugal	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6	14.11.2009	15.11.2011	x	2:6
Republic of Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	26.05.2012	16.11.2015	x	0:2
Romania	4	1	0	3	2	9	−7	07.09.2002	03.06.2011	2:1	0:3
San Marino	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	04.06.2005	09.10.2005	3:0	x
Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	04.09.1999	05.10.1999	x	0:1
Serbia and Montenegro	5	0	2	3	1	6	−5	14.01.2001	12.10.2005	x	0:2
Slovakia	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	20.06.2001	10.09.2013	3:2	0:1
Slovenia	4	4	0	0	10	4	+6	10.11.1996	06.02.2013	3:0	x
Spain	7	0	2	5	7	17	−10	02.09.2000	29.05.2016	x	2:5
Sweden	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	29.05.2010	29.05.2010	x	2:4
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	29.03.2016	29.03.2016	2:0	x
Turkey	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	16.08.2000	09.09.2009	2:0	0:1
Wales	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	12.02.2003	10.10.2015	2:0	x
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	23.06.2001	23.06.2001	1:0	x
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	12.01.2001	12.01.2001	2:0	x
China PR	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	02.03.1997	02.03.1997	x	0:3
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	26.02.1997	26.02.1997	2:0	x
Iran	6	1	1	4	10	17	−7	22.07.2001	25.06.2014	3:1	0:4
Japan	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	28.02.2006	07.06.2016	2:1	0:3
Jordan	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	11.03.2000	15.03.2000	2:1	x
Malaysia	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	28.02.1997	27.06.2001	2:0	x
Oman	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	09.06.2009	09.06.2009	2:1	x
Qatar	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	24.01.2000	10.08.2010	x	0:2
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	26.05.2006	26.05.2006	x	0:2
Uzbekistan	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	30.06.2001	01.06.2009	x	1:2
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	22.02.1997	22.02.1997	4:0	x
World XI	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	25.04.2000	25.04.2000	x	0:1
70 Countries	196	79	41	76	288	267	+21	30.11.1995	13.11.2016	8:1	0:5

The table lists opponents played, sorted by members of FIFA affiliated confederations.

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	151	62	34	55	231	196	+35	30.11.1995	13.11.2016
AFC	25	10	6	9	34	37	−3	22.02.1997	07.06.2016
CAF	8	4	1	3	12	11	+1	05.11.1997	21.06.2014
CONMEBOL	7	2	0	5	6	14	−8	14.05.1998	15.06.2014
CONCACAF	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	09.02.2011	03.06.2014
OFC	0	0	0	0	0	0	=0	x	x
70 Countries	195	79	41	75	288	266	+22	30.11.1995	13.11.2016

World XI result not counted in this table.

Memorable victories

Source: Results

• Unofficial games not included.

Date			Tournament			Place			Opponents	Score	Additional Notes
6 November 1996			Friendly			Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina			Italy	2 – 1	Victory over top 10 ranked team at the time (5th)[56]
10 November 1996			1998 FIFA World Cup qualification			Ljubljana, Slovenia			Slovenia	2 – 1	Historic first ever victory in qualifiers
20 August 1997			1998 FIFA World Cup qualification			Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina			Denmark	3 – 0	Victory over top 10 ranked team at the time (3rd)[57]
2 April 2003			UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying			Copenhagen, Denmark			Denmark	2 – 0
24 March 2007			UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying			Oslo, Norway			Norway	2 – 1
2 June 2007			UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying			Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina			Turkey	3 – 2
10 September 2008			2010 FIFA World Cup qualification			Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina			Estonia	7 – 0	Largest ever victory (without conceding)
28 March 2009			2010 FIFA World Cup qualification			Genk, Belgium			Belgium	4 – 2
10 October 2009			2010 FIFA World Cup qualification			Tallinn, Estonia			Estonia	2 – 0	Qualified to 2010 FIFA World Cup play-offs
3 March 2010			Friendly			Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina			Ghana	2 – 1	Victory over 2010 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up and 2010 FIFA World Cup participant
7 September 2012			2014 FIFA World Cup qualification			Vaduz, Lichtenstein			Liechtenstein	8 – 1	Largest ever victory
22 March 2013			2014 FIFA World Cup qualification			Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina			Greece	3 – 1	Victory over Pot 1 seed and 12th ranked team[58]
10 September 2013			2014 FIFA World Cup qualification			Žilina, Slovakia			Slovakia	2 – 1
15 October 2013			2014 FIFA World Cup qualification			Kaunas, Lithuania			Lithuania	1 – 0	Qualified to 2014 FIFA World Cup
30 May 2014			Friendly			St. Louis, United States			Ivory Coast	2 – 1	Victory over 2014 FIFA World Cup participant
3 June 2014			Friendly			Chicago, United States			Mexico	1 – 0	Victory over 2014 FIFA World Cup participant
25 June 2014			2014 FIFA World Cup Group Stage			Salvador, Brazil			Iran	3 – 1	Historic first victory in FIFA World Cup
10 October 2015			UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying			Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina			Wales	2 – 0	Victory over top 10 ranked team at the time (8th)[59]
13 October 2015			UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying			Nicosia, Cyprus			Cyprus	3 – 2	Qualified to UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs
29 March 2016			Friendly			Zürich, Switzerland			Switzerland	2 – 0	Away victory over UEFA Euro 2016 participant and 12th ranked team[60]
7 June 2016			Kirin Cup Soccer 2016			Osaka, Japan			Japan	2 – 1	Victory in the Final of 2016 Kirin Cup

Honours

• FIFA World Cup
  • Best Performance: Round 1, 2014

Other Cups

• Kirin Cup
  • Winners (1): 2016
• LG Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001
• Merdeka Tournament
  • Runners-up (1): 2001
• Millennium Soccer Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001
• Dunhill Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1997

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
• The Bosnian footballer of the year award – Idol of the nation

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.

• Bosnian Football Association Official – N/FS BiH (in Bosnian and English)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina at FIFA (in English)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina at UEFA (in English)
• Bosnian Support Army – Bosnian Support Army (in Bosnian and English)
• Reprezentacija.ba – News site of Bosnian national team (in Bosnian)
• SportSport.ba Portal – Sports news portal (in Bosnian)
• Sport Centar Portal – Sports news portal (in Bosnian)
• Sport.ba Portal – Sports news portal (in Bosnian)
• Bosnian football results since 1998