- Source: Bosnia and Herzegovina football clubs in European competitions
Clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina have played in European competitions since the 1967–68 season, when Yugoslav champions Sarajevo took part in the European Cup. They defeated Cypriot team Olympiakos Nicosia in the first round and then lost to Manchester United in the second round.
Beside FK Sarajevo, four more teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in European competitions while the country was part of Yugoslavia with FK Željezničar Sarajevo being the best of them, reaching the 1984–85 UEFA Cup semi-finals where they lost to Hungarian side Videoton 4–3 on aggregate. In the post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, ten more clubs played in European competitions with none making the group stages.
Qualification for European competitions
Four teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina qualify for European competitions.
Premier League champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League, while three other teams (one being the national Cup winner) qualify for the UEFA Europa League. Champions League teams start in the second qualifying round while teams in Europa League start in first or second qualifying round. As of 2018–19, no teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in group stage of any European competition.
= UEFA country coefficient
=At the end of the 2021–22 season, Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 35th. The list below shows coefficients of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its predecessor and successor and countries from former Yugoslavia.
= Ranking records
=Record-high ranking: 29 out of 53 after 2000–11 season
Record-low ranking: 49 out of 50 after 1999–00 season
Pre-war period
Total of five teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in three major European competitions - then Champions Cup, then Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup and abolished Cup Winners Cup.
= European Cup
=Two teams took part in premier European competition. Sarajevo was the only team to win and qualify for the next round - it was in their debut season that ended in second round against Manchester United. Next and their last participation was disastrous loss to Finnish champion Kuusysi Lahti. Sarajevo's fierce city rival, Željezničar lost to English team Derby County in their only participation in this competition.
= Cup Winners' Cup
=This competition, abolished in 1999, saw two teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina taking part. Both Velež Mostar and Borac Banja Luka appeared on two occasions.
= Inter-cities Fairs Cup
=Željezničar was the only club from Bosnia and Herzegovina to appear in this competition. It was in its last season (1970–71) before competition got sanctioned by UEFA and changed name to UEFA Cup. Željezničar lost in first round against Belgian powerhouse Anderlecht.
= UEFA Cup
=In 1971–72 season UEFA Cup was introduced. Teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played much more games in Europe than before, and most notable campaign was Željezničar's run to semifinal in 1984–85 season. They lost to Hungarian side Videoton. Velež played in four seasons, Sarajevo and Željezničar in two and Sloboda Tuzla in one season.
= Statistics
== Records
=Biggest win
1975-76 Cup Winners' Cup
Borac Banja Luka - Rumelange 9-0
Biggest aggregate win
1975-76 Cup Winners' Cup
Borac Banja Luka - Rumelange 14-1 (9-0 H, 5-1 A)
Biggest loss
1982-83 UEFA Cup
Anderlecht - Sarajevo 6-1
Biggest aggregate loss
1982-83 UEFA Cup
Sarajevo - Anderlecht 2-6 (1-6 A, 1-0 H)
Furthest in a competition
1984-85 UEFA Cup
Željezničar Sarajevo in semifinal
Post-war period
After break up of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, like other new countries, started its own football league. But, inclusion in UEFA competitions came in 1999, when Jedinstvo Bihać took part in (now abolished) UEFA Intertoto Cup. First Champions League appearance came in 2000, when Brotnjo Čitluk took part after winning Bosniak-Croatian playoff. Two years earlier two teams from Sarajevo played in UEFA Cup, while there were no teams in European competitions in 1999–00 season.
= Champions League
=Eight teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in the Champions League since 2000–01 season. No teams managed to qualify for group stage, while two teams managed to qualify for the last qualifying round where they suffered heavy defeats.
In 2002–03 season Željezničar defeated Icelandic and Norwegian champions and faced English side Newcastle in third qualifying round. Guests won 0–1 in Sarajevo while in England Newcastle won 4–0. In 2007–08 season Sarajevo, after trashing Maltese champion, shocked Belgian vice-champion Genk and earned third qualifying round match against Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv. Ukrainians won in both games.
Other teams that played in Champions League were Brotnjo (once), Zrinjski Mostar and Široki Brijeg twice, Borac Banja Luka, Modriča and Leotar Trebinje once.
= UEFA Cup / Europa League
=Just like in Champions League, no teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina reached group stage. Best results were qualification to first round, which was achieved twice from both Sarajevo clubs and Široki Brijeg. No other team played in Europe in September or later. Sarajevo came closest to group stage qualification, losing to Romanian side Cluj in play-off round (fourth qualifying round) in 2009–10 season.
= UEFA Intertoto Cup
=In third level European competition, active from 1995 to 2008, six teams represented Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1999, Jedinstvo Bihać was the first team from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina to play in European competition, first team to win and first team to progress to next round of competition. No team progressed further than second round, meaning no team played more than four games in a single season.
= Statistics
== Records
=Biggest win
2010–11 UEFA Europa League
Tre Penne - Zrinjski Mostar 2-9
Biggest aggregate win
2010–11 UEFA Europa League
Zrinjski Mostar - Tre Penne 13-3 (9-2 A, 4-1 H)
Biggest loss
2018–19 UEFA Europa League
Sarajevo - Atalanta 0-8
Biggest aggregate loss
2007–08 UEFA CUP
Zrinjski Mostar - Partizan 1-11 (1-6 H, 0-5 A) (match declared void due to Serbian fans' riots, Zrinjski progressed to the next round.)
Results by competition
= European Cup/Champions League
=SFR Yugoslavia era (1955–1992)
Bosnia and Herzegovina era (1992–present)
= UEFA Cup/Europa League
=SFR Yugoslavia era (1971–1992)
Bosnia and Herzegovina era (1992–present)
1 Bashkimi were awarded a 3–0 win because was Žepče fielded an ineligible player.
2 UEFA expelled Partizan from the 2007–08 UEFA Cup due to crowd trouble at their away tie in Mostar, which forced the match to be interrupted for 10 minutes. UEFA adjudged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble, but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed. However, Partizan's appeal was rejected so Zrinjski Mostar qualified.
= Conference League
=Bosnia and Herzegovina era (2021–present)
= Cup Winners' Cup
=SFR Yugoslavia era (1960–1992)
= Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
=SFR Yugoslavia era (1955–1971)
= Intertoto Cup
=Bosnia and Herzegovina era (1995–2008)
See also
FK Sarajevo in European football
FK Željezničar Sarajevo in European football
References
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