The Premier Futsal League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Premijer futsal liga Bosne i Hercegovine; Премијер футсал лига Босне и Херцеговине) is the top-level futsal league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The competition is organized and run by the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina although clubs have their own organization.
Formation and history
The Premier League was founded in 2013. Since 1994 there have been two leagues based on entity principles with best teams from both taking part in playoff to crown national champion. Later, after UEFA decided to help Bosnia and Herzegovina FA to establish nationwide league played in whole country, the league itself was started in 2013, along with Women's football league (also assisted by UEFA).
Competition format
12 teams take part in the competition. The league is played in two phases. In the first phase teams play each other once in 11 rounds. Top six teams qualify to Championship stage while bottom six teams qualify to Relegation stage. In both second phase stages teams play each other twice on home-away basis so there are 21 rounds (11+10) total. Top team of Championship stage is crowned champion while bottom two teams of Relegation stage are relegated.
In first two season (2013-14 and 2014-15), competition was played in home-away round-robin format. Top team after 22 rounds was crowned champion.
If relegated teams comes from Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, they will play in First league of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina next season; otherwise, if team comes from Republic of Srpska entity, it will take part in First league of Republic of Srpska next season. Relegated teams could be both from same entity. Champions of entity leagues (First League of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; First League of Republika Srpska) are promoted to the Premier league.
Winner of the competition qualifies to UEFA Futsal Cup. Best result in the competition by a team from Bosnia Herzegovina was achieved in 2013-14 edition when Tango reached Elite round (best 16 teams of the competition).
Below is the Premier league all-time table, as of 2016-17 season completion. Total of 16 teams played in the competition during four seasons. Two new teams are set for their debut in 2017-18. One team that pulled out of competition in first season, Karaka Mostar, is not counted as all of their matches were annulled.
Rank
Team
S
GP
W
D
L
G+
G−
Pts
1
Centar Sarajevo
4
84
62
14
8
426
232
200
2
Brotnjo Čitluk
4
84
48
11
25
381
302
155
3
Zrinjski Mostar
4
84
47
13
24
354
254
154
4
Mostar Stari Grad
4
84
47
8
29
340
280
149
5
Tango Istočno Sarajevo
4
84
46
4
34
294
265
142
6
Čelinac
4
84
31
10
43
263
332
103
7
Leotar Trebinje
4
84
33
3
48
267
310
102
8
Seljak Livno
4
84
30
8
46
299
332
98
9
Kaskada Gračanica
4
84
29
8
47
320
365
95
10
Bosna Tuzla
2
43
19
3
21
176
168
60
11
Sofić Konjic
2
42
18
2
22
184
183
56
12
Nevesinje
2
43
12
3
28
134
179
39
13
Sokrates Banja Luka
2
42
10
6
26
138
221
36
14
Salines Tuzla
1
21
10
2
9
76
78
32
15
Galaktikosi Visoko
1
20
4
1
15
68
99
13
16
Jošavka Čelinac
1
21
0
0
21
38
162
0
17
Željezničar Sarajevo
promoted, will play in 2017-18 season
17
Brčko
promoted, will play in 2017-18 season
S - number of seasons; GP - games played; W, D, L - games won, drawn, lost, G+, G− - goals for, against; Pts - points
