2008–09 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer Liga
Season 2008–09
Champions HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
2nd Premier League title
Relegated HNK Orašje
NK Posušje
Champions League HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
Europa League FK Sarajevo
NK Široki Brijeg
FK Slavija (via domestic cup)
Goals scored 611
Average goals/game 2.55
Biggest home win Velež 6–0 Modriča
Biggest away win Posušje 0–3 Borac
Posušje 0–3 Čelik
Highest scoring Velež 5–3 Zvijezda

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008–09 (Bosnian: Premijer Liga) was the ninth season since its establishment and the seventh as a unified country-wide league. It started on 2 August 2008 and ended on 23 May 2009. Modriča were the defending champions.

Promotion and relegation

Jedinstvo Bihać and Žepče were relegated after the 2007–08 season due to finishing in 15th and 16th place, respectively.

They were replaced by the champions of two second-level leagues, Zvijezda Gradačac (Prva Liga BiH) and Borac Banja Luka (Prva Liga RS).

Clubs and stadia

ClubCityStadium
BoracBanja LukaCity Stadium of Banja Luka
ČelikZenicaBilino Polje
FK LaktašiLaktašiGradski Stadion, Laktaši
LeotarTrebinjePolice Stadium
FK ModričaModričaMaxima Stadium
HNK OrašjeOrašjeGradski Stadion Orašje
NK PosušjePosušjeMokri Dolac Stadium
FK SarajevoSarajevoAsim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
SlavijaIstočno SarajevoGradski SRC Slavija Stadium
SlobodaTuzlaTušanj Stadium
NK Široki BrijegŠiroki BrijegPecara Stadium
NK TravnikTravnikStadion Pirota
VeležMostarVrapčići Stadium
ZrinjskiMostarBijeli Brijeg Stadium
ZvijezdaGradačacBanja Ilidža
ŽeljezničarSarajevoGrbavica Stadium

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Zrinjski (C) 30 18 3 9 50 37+13 57 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Slavija 30 15 7 8 36 28+8 52 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
3 Sloboda Tuzla 30 15 5 10 32 26+6 50 Ineligible for 2009–10 European competitions 2
4 Sarajevo 30 14 7 9 43 30+13 49 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 2 SAR 2–1 BOR
BOR 0–0 SAR
5 Borac Banja Luka 30 15 4 11 45 26+19 49 Ineligible for 2009–10 European competitions 2
6 Široki Brijeg 30 14 3 13 47 38+9 45 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 2
7 Zvijezda 30 11 10 9 43 38+5 43
8 Laktaši 30 12 6 12 43 39+4 42
9 Željezničar 30 13 3 14 30 35−5 42
10 Čelik 30 12 5 13 29 32−3 41
11 Leotar 30 12 3 15 32 42−10 39
12 Velež 30 11 4 15 42 45−3 37
13 Modriča 30 10 7 13 37 41−4 37
14 Travnik 30 11 4 15 38 53−15 37
15 Orašje (R) 30 9 7 14 33 43−10 34 Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH or Prva Liga RS
16 Posušje (R) 30 5 8 17 31 58−27 23

Updated to games played on 23 May 2009.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
1Slavija won 2008–09 Bosnian Cup and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since they also finished second in the league, all three Europa League spots were awarded to teams according to their league positions.
2Borac Banja Luka and Sloboda Tuzla were denied a license for European competitions so their places were taken by next best finishers who obtained the license. Thereby, Sarajevo qualified for the second instead of first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, while the remaining spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League was given to Široki Brijeg.[1]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away BOR ČEL LAKLEOMODORAPOSSARSLASLOŠBTRAVELZRIZVIŽEL
Borac Banja Luka 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–0
Čelik 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Laktaši 0–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–4 2–1 3–1
Leotar 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1
Modriča 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 3–2
Orašje 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1
Posušje 0–3 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–0
Sarajevo 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 6–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0
Slavija 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Sloboda Tuzla 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Široki Brijeg 4–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 5–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–1
Travnik 1–0 1–0 5–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–2
Velež 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 6–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 5–3 0–0
Zrinjski 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 4–3 3–1
Zvijezda 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Željezničar 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2

Source: bihsoccer.com (Bosnian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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