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63-621: The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian : Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine ; Croatian : Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine ; Serbian Cyrillic : Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине ), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes , is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina , and is operated by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina . As

126-476: A UEFA European Championship . The team's highest FIFA World Ranking was 13th, achieved in August 2013. Bosnia and Herzegovina have seen a steady rise in their fortunes on the international football stage in recent times. Historically, they have managed multiple play-off appearances and qualified for one FIFA World Cup . More often than not, the team produces solid results in qualifiers and challenges for

189-533: A two legged playoff encounter with the Republic of Ireland . 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 won their UEFA Nations League group and guaranteed a playoffs berth for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying . Still, they finished fourth in their UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group with the manager Robert Prosinečki , missing out on direct qualification and entered

252-537: A Bosnian club moved into the last qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League was FK Sarajevo in 2007–08 , when they lost to Dynamo Kyiv 0–4 on aggregate, after going over Maltese Marsaxlokk and Belgian side Genk . Another remarkable season for Bosnian clubs in Europe was 2009–10. The most memorable performances were marked by Sarajevo and Slavija . While Slavija surprisingly beat Aalborg in

315-493: A chance to play in the group stage . In August 2023, Zrinjski became the first ever club from Bosnia and Herzegovina to reach the group stages of a European club competition after eliminating Icelandic club Breiðablik in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round , which assured Zrinjski of a group stage spot in the UEFA Europa Conference League as a minimum. After losing to LASK in

378-601: A game in a UEFA club competition group stage. The team lost their next four games in the group, before ending their European campaign with a home draw against Aston Villa on 14 December 2023. Counting only since the 2002–03 season, the season the league became a unified country-wide league. As of the end of the 2023–24 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2024–25 season. Ssn = Number of seasons; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; HF = Highest finish In

441-474: A play-off berth for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying . They suffered disappointment in their UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group that saw three managers: Faruk Hadžibegić , Meho Kodro and Savo Milošević pick up only one win each for a total of 9 points and entered the playoffs . There, they lost 2–1 to Ukraine and were eliminated from UEFA Euro 2024 . A popular nickname of all Bosnian national teams

504-592: A result had constitutional amendments imposed by High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch . However, the constitution of Republika Srpska refers to it as the Language spoken by Bosniaks , because the Serbs were required to recognise the language officially, but wished to avoid recognition of its name. Serbia includes the Bosnian language as an elective subject in primary schools. Montenegro officially recognizes

567-519: A top spot. 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 competition. Bosnia and Herzegovina finished fourth in a group that included Greece , Denmark , Croatia and Slovenia . This

630-524: Is Koševo City Stadium . Its training ground for domestic matches is the Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre in Zenica, which was opened in 2013 in conjunction with UEFA . A large number of national team's supporters come from Northern and Western Europe , North America , and some from as far away as Australia . Most of these fans are members of BHFanaticos, Belaj Boys, BHLegion, Armija Zmajeva (Dragons Army) and Ljuti Krajišnici groups. In

693-516: Is "Zmajevi", popularized by football TV commentator Mustafa Mijajlović during the Belgium vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–4) 2010 WC qualification game 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 famous Bosnian general Husein Gradaščević , who fought for Bosnian autonomy, and who

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756-721: Is based on the most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, Shtokavian , more specifically on Eastern Herzegovinian , which is also the basis of standard Croatian, Serbian and Montenegrin varieties. Therefore, the Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins was issued in 2017 in Sarajevo. Although the common name for the common language remains 'Serbo-Croatian', newer alternatives such as 'Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian' and 'Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian' have been increasingly utilised since

819-420: 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 qualifying group . They were eliminated after narrow group stage losses to Argentina and Nigeria and a win over Iran . The national team has never taken part in

882-460: The 2004–05 season, Borac were deducted 1 point ( Slavija were awarded 3–0 vs Borac in week 11). In the 2006–07 season, Zrinjski were deducted 1 point ( Orašje were awarded 3–0 vs Zrinjski). In the 2013–14 season, Slavija were deducted 3 points. In the 2019–20 season, Čelik were deducted 3 points ( Željezničar were awarded 3–0 vs Čelik). In the 2021–22 season, Velež were deducted 3 points (Borac were awarded 3–0 vs Velež). In

945-509: The 2014 FIFA World Cup , their first major tournament, by beating Lithuania in October 2013. They managed to finish third in a group which included Argentina and won their first match 3–1 over Iran . Nigeria pipped them for second place in the group with a 1–0 win marred with controversy following an incorrectly-disallowed goal by Edin Džeko in the first half. [REDACTED] In

1008-412: The 2020–21 UEFA Europa League season, Sarajevo once again played in the play-off round , this time losing to Celtic . After getting eliminated from the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, Zrinjski Mostar made it to the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round, where they got eliminated by Slovak club Slovan Bratislava following a penalty shoot-out , missing out on

1071-455: The 2023–24 season, Sarajevo were deducted 3 points. Bosnian language Bosnian uses both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets , with Latin in everyday use. It is notable among the varieties of Serbo-Croatian for a number of Arabic , Persian and Ottoman Turkish loanwords, largely due to the language's interaction with those cultures through Islamic ties. Bosnian

1134-909: The Bosnian Cup as well as the runner-up and third placed team on the table starts from the first qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League . The bottom two teams are relegated at the end of the season, while the winners of the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the First League of the Republika Srpska are promoted to the Premier League. After the breakup of Yugoslavia , and following proclamation of independence in late winter 1992, many clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina left

1197-483: The Dayton Agreement , was predominately white. The team kit is currently produced by Spanish sports company Kelme . The general sponsor of the team is m:tel . Also sponsoring the team are Coca-Cola , ASA Osiguranje, and Privredna banka Sarajevo . The table below shows the history of kit manufacturers for the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina: The following is a list of match results in

1260-533: The Europa League play-off round , Zrinjski dropped into the Conference League group stage , where they were drawn into Group E alongside Aston Villa , AZ and Legia Warsaw . On matchday one, Zrinjski pulled off an astonishing comeback against AZ. Trailing 3–0 at half time, the team made history and came back to win 4–3. This result also meant that they became the first ever Bosnian side to win

1323-486: The First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , being pushed to the second tier of the Bosnian football pyramid and serve as feeder leagues to the Premier League. During the seasons 2016–17 and the 2017–18 , the league had entirely changed its format, reducing the number of clubs from 16 to 12, thus sometimes referred to as "Liga 12" (League 12), with the calendar also modified accordingly, reintroducing

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1386-555: The Football Federation of Herzeg-Bosnia and its First League of Herzeg-Bosnia , in which only Croat clubs competed on parochial scale within the limits of West Herzegovina and a few other enclaves. In the same year Serbs also organized their own First League of the Republika Srpska , on a territory held by Republika Srpska at the time. Only football on a territory under the control of the then Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina institutions and auspices of N/FSBiH, at

1449-540: The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN) recognize the Bosnian language. Furthermore, the status of the Bosnian language is also recognized by bodies such as the United Nations , UNESCO and translation and interpreting accreditation agencies, including internet translation services. Most English-speaking language encyclopedias ( Routledge , Glottolog , Ethnologue , etc.) register

1512-538: The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers , Bosnia and Herzegovina finished third behind Belgium and Wales . After a bad start to the qualifiers with a surprise 2–1 defeat at home against Cyprus and managing just two points in four games, Safet Sušić was dismissed and replaced by Mehmed Baždarević . After the slow start, 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

1575-647: The Yugoslav First League . In April 1992, the N/FSBiH applied for membership with FIFA and UEFA . Meanwhile, due to the outbreak of the Bosnian War in April 1992, no games were played in the 1992–93 season. In late 1993 some parts of the country re-launched football competitions with reduced scope. But just as the country was divided along ethnic lines, so was football. In 1993, Croats launched

1638-470: The 1990s and 2000s. Lexically, Islamic-Oriental loanwords are more frequent; phonetically: the phoneme /x/ (letter h ) is reinstated in many words as a distinct feature of vernacular Bosniak speech and language tradition; also, there are some changes in grammar, morphology and orthography that reflect the Bosniak pre- World War I literary tradition, mainly that of the Bosniak renaissance at the beginning of

1701-525: The 1990s, especially within diplomatic circles. Table of the modern Bosnian alphabet in both Latin and Cyrillic, as well as with the IPA value, sorted according to Cyrilic: Although Bosnians are, at the level of vernacular idiom , linguistically more homogeneous than either Serbians or Croatians, unlike those nations they failed to codify a standard language in the 19th century, with at least two factors being decisive: The modern Bosnian standard took shape in

1764-423: The 20th century. The name "Bosnian language" is a controversial issue for some Croats and Serbs , who also refer to it as the "Bosniak" language ( Serbo-Croatian : bošnjački / бошњачки , [bǒʃɲaːtʃkiː] ). Bosniak linguists however insist that the only legitimate name is "Bosnian" language ( bosanski ) and that that is the name that both Croats and Serbs should use. The controversy arises because

1827-665: 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 Federalna TV who broadcast the humanitarian game live. A significant number of Bosnian International players were involved in

1890-416: The Bosnian language: its 2007 Constitution specifically states that although Montenegrin is the official language, Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian and Croatian are also in official use. The differences between the Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian literary standards are minimal. Although Bosnian employs more Turkish, Persian, and Arabic loanwords —commonly called orientalisms—mainly in its spoken variety due to

1953-622: The Croat football association and the N/FSBiH participating the play-off for the seasons 1997–98 and 1999–00 , while the 1998–99 play-off was canceled due to the Croat's association hesitation on the decision on which stadiums games should be played. Next season the play-off was resumed for the last time prior to the full and final agreement on a unified N/FSBiH and its competition, the Bosnian Premier League (Premijer Liga) , in

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2016-661: The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina called the language "Bosniac language", until 2002 when it was changed in Amendment XXIX of the Constitution of the Federation by Wolfgang Petritsch . The original text of the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was agreed in Vienna and was signed by Krešimir Zubak and Haris Silajdžić on March 18, 1994. The constitution of Republika Srpska ,

2079-401: The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina from its inception in 2000, up to and including the 2024–25 season. Željezničar , Sarajevo , Zrinjski Mostar and Široki Brijeg are the only clubs in the Premier League to have never been relegated. Twelve clubs are competing in the 2024–25 season – top ten from the previous season and two promoted from each of the second-level leagues. In

2142-526: The Serb-dominated entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, did not recognize any language or ethnic group other than Serbian. Bosniaks were mostly expelled from the territory controlled by the Serbs from 1992, but immediately after the war they demanded the restoration of their civil rights in those territories. The Bosnian Serbs refused to make reference to the Bosnian language in their constitution and as

2205-608: The association operating under patronage of the official and internationally recognized state institutions, during the war and prior to the Dayton Agreement , as well as after its signage, they endorsed unification of all three organizations as the N/FSBiH. This also came as a consequence of FIFA's decision to recognize the N/FSBiH already in July 1996, while in the same year UEFA admitted the N/FSBiH as an adjacent member until 1998 when they recognized its full membership. This meant that only N/FSBiH clubs and its national team could compete at

2268-464: The country's most prestigious level of football competition, the league changed format in the 2016–17 season and is contested by 12 clubs with the last two teams relegated at the end of every season. As of the 2024–25 season, the league is represented by four clubs in European competition. The winner of the Premier League starts from the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The winner of

2331-770: The ethnic variants of the standard language makes translation and second language teaching impossible." The Bosnian language, as a new normative register of the Shtokavian dialect, was officially introduced in 1996 with the publication of Pravopis bosanskog jezika in Sarajevo. According to that work, Bosnian differed from Serbian and Croatian on some main linguistic characteristics, such as: sound formats in some words, especially "h" ( kahva versus Serbian kafa ); substantial and deliberate usage of Oriental ("Turkish") words; spelling of future tense ( kupit ću ) as in Croatian but not Serbian ( kupiću ) (both forms have

2394-444: The fact that most Bosnian speakers are Muslims, it is still very similar to both Serbian and Croatian in its written and spoken form. "Lexical differences between the ethnic variants are extremely limited, even when compared with those between closely related Slavic languages (such as standard Czech and Slovak, Bulgarian and Macedonian), and grammatical differences are even less pronounced. More importantly, complete understanding between

2457-457: The fall of 2000. The first 2000–01 season saw clubs from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity only, while clubs from the Republika Srpska entity continued to compete in their own separate league as their entity association still refused to join the agreed unified N/FSBiH and its new competition. However, UEFA and FIFA never intended to recognize this separate organization nor its competition, which meant clubs could not compete outside

2520-510: The first time a Bosnia and Herzegovina manager was not from the former Yugoslavia . In their first campaign under Petev, Bosnia and Herzegovina were drawn into a group with 2018 FIFA World Cup champions France and kept their chances of qualification alive until the final two matches; ultimately failing to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup . He also led the team to winning Group 3 of the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B , thus earning promotion back to 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A and guaranteed

2583-658: 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 Federation of Bosnia. 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

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2646-402: The game, which ended 11–9 in favour of Team Kodro. 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 colour scheme was initially used in reverse order. This is due to the fact that the flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RBiH), used before

2709-429: 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 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 . Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for

2772-451: The international and official level. Final unification was preceded by several stages. At first, a play-off was created where clubs were playing for the title under N/FSBiH auspices. The idea was that a play-off under unified N/FSBiH auspices should bring together clubs competing under three separate organizations for the first time but was rejected by the Serb association, leaving clubs from

2835-404: The language is taught under the name Bosnisch , not Bosniakisch (e.g. Vienna, Graz, Trier) with very few exceptions. Some Croatian linguists ( Zvonko Kovač , Ivo Pranjković , Josip Silić ) support the name "Bosnian" language, whereas others ( Radoslav Katičić , Dalibor Brozović , Tomislav Ladan ) hold that the term Bosnian language is the only one appropriate and that accordingly

2898-535: The language solely as "Bosnian" language. The Library of Congress registered the language as "Bosnian" and gave it an ISO-number. The Slavic language institutes in English-speaking countries offer courses in "Bosnian" or "Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian" language, not in "Bosniak" language (e.g. Columbia, Cornell, Chicago, Washington, Kansas). The same is the case in German-speaking countries, where

2961-428: The last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.    Win    Draw    Loss    Fixture The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last twelve months: Emir Spahić captained Bosnia at their first FIFA World Cup tournament. This is a list of Bosnia and Herzegovina captains for ten or more matches. Note : Some of

3024-445: The name "Bosnian" may seem to imply that it is the language of all Bosnians, while Bosnian Croats and Serbs reject that designation for their idioms. The language is called Bosnian language in the 1995 Dayton Accords and is concluded by observers to have received legitimacy and international recognition at the time. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) and

3087-1101: The other players to have captained the team include: 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 (2) 2021 to 2022, Ibrahim Šehić (3) 2021 to 2023, Siniša Saničanin (1) 2021, Eldar Ćivić (1) 2021, Adnan Kovačević (1) 2021, Ajdin Nukić (1) 2021, Smail Prevljak (1) 2022, Rade Krunić (1) 2023, Gojko Cimirot (1) 2023, Ermedin Demirović (2) 2024. Table correct as of match played on 14 October 2024. FIFA-ranking yearly averages for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their average position since FIFA World Ranking creation

3150-517: The play-offs (also known as the "title playoffs" ) and introducing the play out. The number of matches was played by each club during the regular season after which, according to their position, they entered to the play-offs or the play out. The play-offs were contested by the top six clubs in the regular season, with each club playing each other twice for the title, which guaranteed Champions League qualifications, while second and third place guaranteed Europa League qualifications berths. The play out

3213-413: The playoffs, and with new manager Dušan Bajević , they ultimately missed out on yet another Euro after losing to Northern Ireland on penalties . They finished bottom of Group 1 in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A , thus relegating them to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B . Following several years of disappointment, Bulgarian Ivaylo Petev was named as Bosnia and Herzegovina's new manager, marking

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3276-515: The qualifiers for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League , Željezničar gained the first big success in Bosnian post-war club-football, going all the way to the last qualifying round for the most important club competition in Europe. After big wins over ÍA Akraness and Lillestrøm , however, they were held by Newcastle United . In the first match, held in Sarajevo, Newcastle won 0–1 with English team defeating Željezničar 4–0 in England. The second time

3339-447: The relegation and championship games in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons. In May 2024, the N/FSBiH decided that the number of teams competing in the Premier League will be reduced to ten, starting from the 2025–26 season. On 31 July 2012, the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed a two-year deal with BH Telecom regarding the sponsorship of the league, effectively renaming the league BH Telecom Premier League . The deal

3402-1097: The same pronunciation). 2018, in the new issue of Pravopis bosanskog jezika , words without "h" are accepted due to their prevalence in language practice. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Bosnian, written in the Cyrillic script : Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Bosnian, written in the Latin alphabet : Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English: Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team ( Bosnian : Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine ; Croatian : Nogometna reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine ; Serbian : Фудбалска репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине ) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in men's international football competitions, and

3465-572: The second qualifying round but could not overcome MFK Košice in the third round, Sarajevo was able to reach the Play-offs for the Group Stage of the newly formed UEFA Europa League after beating Spartak Trnava and Helsingborg . However, they lost there unhappily 3–2 on aggregate to CFR Cluj . Sarajevo made it again in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League , playing all the way to the play-off round where they lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach . In

3528-527: The terms Bosnian language and Bosniak language refer to two different things. The Croatian state institutions, such as the Central Bureau of Statistics, use both terms: "Bosniak" language was used in the 2001 census, while the census in 2011 used the term "Bosnian" language. The majority of Serbian linguists hold that the term Bosniak language is the only one appropriate, which was agreed as early as 1990. The original form of The Constitution of

3591-462: The territory of the entity and would not compete internationally. This situation forced clubs to insist that their organization also join the N/FSBiH, and two years later they became part of the competition for the 2002–03 season. Ever since the year 2000 the Premier League is the top tier of Bosnia and Herzegovina football, with two entity-based leagues, the First League of Republika Srpska and

3654-444: The time consequently with Bosniak majority, apart from a brief competition for the 1994–95 season (won by Čelik Zenica ), came to a standstill. Competition under auspices of the N/FSBiH did not resume until the 1995–96 season when the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was launched. These three separate football leagues were operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina until 1998, and 2000. Since FIFA and UEFA showed support only for

3717-435: Was contested by the bottom six clubs to avoid relegation, with the last two teams being relegated. Since the 2018–19 season, after all the 12 clubs have played against each other two times, once home and once away, they play against each other one more time, playing either home or away depending on how the schedule is made. With that, the league season has 33 full rounds, instead of the 22 rounds and an additional 10 rounds in

3780-520: Was extended once more before the start of 2014–15 season. On 24 July 2020, it was announced that Mtel had become the new league sponsor for the next three years with an estimate 23 Million BAM worth, renaming the league m:tel Premier League . On 9 February 2024, a five-year deal with gambling company Wwin was signed by the Bosnian FA, officially changing the league's name to the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Forty clubs have played in

3843-530: Was featured on the coat of arms of the ruling Bosnian medieval Kotromanić dynasty . Currently, the national team uses Grbavica Stadium as its home ground following its renovation in 2018. Bosnia and Herzegovina also 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 international games. Another stadium Bosnia and Herzegovina has used

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3906-468: Was known as the "Dragon of Bosnia". In both local and foreign media, they are sometimes referred to as the Golden Lilies , which was the original nickname given to all of the country's national teams by fans after independence , in reference to the official state insignia at the time (the flag and the coat of arms ), which itself referred to the golden lily , the historical state insignia that

3969-409: Was then subsequently followed by further disappointment with lackluster campaigns in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers , as well as the 2002 FIFA World Cup . This early period was followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina coming very close to qualifying directly for their first major competition, UEFA Euro 2004 , narrowly missing out by a single goal against Denmark. Bosnia and Herzegovina failed to make

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