2007–08 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2007–08 Premijer Liga season, the eighth since its establishment and the sixth as a unified country-wide league, began on 4 August 2007. FK Sarajevo are the defending Premijer Liga champions, having won their first Premijer Liga title and fourth league championship overall the previous season.

Premijer Liga
Season2007–08
ChampionsModriča
1st Premier League title
RelegatedJedinstvo
Žepče
Champions LeagueModriča
UEFA CupŠiroki Brijeg
Zrinjski (via domestic cup)
Intertoto CupČelik
Matches played240
Goals scored654 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerDarko Spalević (18 goals)

The 2006–07 season saw Borac and Radnik relegated to the Prva Liga RS. They were replaced by Laktaši and Travnik from the Prva Liga RS and FBiH respectively.

Clubs and stadiums
Location of clubs in Premijer Liga 2007-08
Team Location Stadium
ČelikZenicaBilino Polje
JedinstvoBihaćStadion pod Borićima
LaktašiLaktašiGradski stadion (Laktaši)
LeotarTrebinjeStadion Police
ModričaModričaStadion Dr. Milan Jelić
OrašjeOrašjeGradski stadion (Orašje)
PosušjePosušjeMokri Dolac Stadium
SarajevoSarajevoAsim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
SlobodaTuzlaStadion Tušanj
SlavijaIstočno SarajevoGradski SRC Slavija
Široki BrijegŠiroki BrijegStadion Pecara
TravnikTravnikStadion Pirota
VeležMostarVrapčići Stadium
ZrinjskiMostarStadion pod Bijelim Brijegom
ŽeljezničarSarajevoStadion Grbavica
ŽepčeŽepčeGradski stadion (Žepče)

Premijer Liga All-Star Team (1st Half Season)

Coaches of each team in the league decided to vote for players who have impressed the most in the first half of the season. The only twist is that the coaches couldn't vote a player from their own team. Coaches that participated in the votes are: Slaviša Bižičić (FK Modriča), Husref Musemić (FK Sarajevo), Enver Hadžiabdić (FK Željezničar), Pavle Skočibušić (NK Žepče), Dušan Jevrić (Slavija Sarajevo), Mirza Golubica (NK Travnik), Sakib Malkočević (Sloboda Tuzla), Anel Karabeg (FK Velež Mostar), Vlado Jagodić (FK Laktaši), Mario Ćutuk (NK Široki Brijeg), Ivo Ištuk (NK Čelik Zenica), Ahmet Kečalović (NK Jedinstvo Bihać), Dragan Jović (HŠK Zrinjski Mostar), Srđan Bajić (FK Leotar Trebinje), Vinko Jurišić (NK Posušje) and Bakir Beširević (HNK Orašje).

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK  BIH Jasmin Burić (NK Čelik Zenica)
- DF  BIH Dalibor Šilić (NK Široki Brijeg)
- DF  BIH Semjon Milošević (FK Sarajevo)
- DF  BIH Velimir Vidić (NK Široki Brijeg)
- DF  BIH Veldin Muharemović (FK Sarajevo)
- MF  BIH Semir Štilić (FK Željezničar)
- MF  BIH Almir Turković (FK Sarajevo)
- MF  BIH Djordje Savić (FK Modriča)
- MF  BIH Sulejman Smajić (HŠK Zrinjski Mostar)
- FW  BIH Sanel Jahić (FK Željezničar)
- FW  BIH Stevo Nikolic (FK Modriča)

Other players that have been voted:

Vasilj, Tripic, Lukačević, Matko, Šabić, S. Nikolić, Hasanović, Mikelini, Mulalić, Vugdalić, Rajović, Stojanović, Marković, Bajić, Karadža, Stjepanović, Krstanović, Režić, Rogulj, Ronielle, Admir Raščić, Celson, Landeka, Kordić 1, A. Joldić, Mulina, Pejić, Ančić, Barišić, Bajić

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Modriča (C) 30 18 1 11 57 45 +12 55 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Široki Brijeg 30 17 3 10 44 29 +15 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Čelik Zenica 30 16 4 10 38 32 +6 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Zrinjski 30 15 4 11 46 27 +19 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Sarajevo 30 14 6 10 42 29 +13 48
6 Sloboda Tuzla 30 15 2 13 44 38 +6 47
7 Željezničar 30 14 3 13 47 35 +12 45
8 Slavija 30 14 2 14 39 44 −5 44
9 Velež 30 14 2 14 39 46 −7 44
10 Laktaši 30 13 4 13 42 40 +2 43
11 Posušje 30 13 4 13 42 46 −4 43
12 Orašje 30 13 3 14 50 45 +5 42
13 Travnik 30 13 3 14 35 39 −4 42
14 Leotar 30 13 2 15 38 45 −7 41
15 Jedinstvo Bihać (R) 30 12 4 14 28 43 −15 40 Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH
16 Žepče (R) 30 2 1 27 25 73 −48 7
Source: sportsport.ba
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Zrinjski won 2007–08 Bosnian Cup and qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Results
Home \ Away ČEL JED LAK LEO MOD ORA POS SAR SLA SLO ŠIR TRA VEL ZRI ŽELJ ŽEP
Čelik 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Jedinstvo 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
Laktaši 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 3–2 3–2
Leotar 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 4–3 1–2 0–2 2–0
Modriča 2–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 6–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 6–2
Orašje 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0
Posušje 1–0 0–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
Sarajevo 4–0 3–0 2–4 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–0
Slavija 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 4–0 2–0 3–0
Sloboda 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0
Široki Brijeg 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
Travnik 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–5 2–0 4–1
Velež 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 a 1–0
Zrinjski 4–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Željezničar 3–2 6–0 3–0 4–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 1–0
Žepče 0–2 1–1 1–3 5–4 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–4 3–0[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. p.f. (score was 1-0)

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Darko Spalević Slavija 18
2 Stevo Nikolić Modriča 15
3 Ivan Krstanović Posušje 14
Senad Mujić Orašje
5 Feđa Dudić Travnik 13
6 Sanel Jahić Željezničar 12
7 Emir Hadžić Čelik 11
Krešimir Kordić Posušje
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