BOSNIAN PREMIJER LEAGUE 14th WEEK

Sarajevo, who lost points against Slavija last week, had a home victory against Zrinjski with a single goal scored by Amer Dupovac at 30th minute. Zeljo had a clear 2-0 away victory against Leotar Trebinje, who usually recognized as a hard team to beat in Trebinje.

The most spectacular result of the week came from Mostar. Velez had a very good start to the season, but later on they could not avoid losing points. They managed to preserve 0-0 draw against Slavija at the first half of the home match. However, 3 goals scored by Slavija made them to be closer to the danger zone.

Struggle between Slavija offence and Velez defense

After next week’s matches, there will be a 3 months long season break since the winter is a bit harsh in Bosnia and the second half of the season will start by March.

The results of the matches played in the Bosnian Premier League in the 12th week are as follow:

FK Sarajevo: 1 - HŞK Zrinjski: 0

Leotar Trebinje: 0 - Zeljeznicar: 2

Şiroki Brijeg: 1 - Zvijezda Gradaçac: 0

Olimpik Sarajevo: 1 - Radnik Bijeljina: 0

Velez Mostar: 0 - FK Slavija: 3

NK Travnik: 1 - Borac Banja Luka: 1

Gradina Srebrenik: 0 - Çelik Zenica: 1

GOŞK Gabela: 1 - Rudar Prijedor: 1

Standings of the teams by the end of 14th week:

(Source: www.rezultati.com)

Next week’s schedule:

Borac – GOŞK

Çelik – Olimpik

Zvijezda – Travnik

Rudar – Gradina

Radnik – Sarajevo

Zeljo – Şiroki Brijeg

Zrinjski – Velez

Slavija - Leotar

FK SLOBODA TUZLA

With an easy 2-0 away victory against FK Banoviçi Buduçnost, Sloboda preserved its position as 5th on the table by the end of the last week of the first half of the season. The match was mentioned by the clash between fans and policemen than the game on the field.

Standings of the teams by the end of 15th week in First League of FBH:

(Source: www.sportsport.ba)

FK NOVI PAZAR

Novi Pazar had an early goal by Enver Alivodiç at 11th minute against Javor. However they could not preserve their supremacy at the match and guest team made it 2-1 by the goals at 26th and 45th. In the second half at 60th minute Novi Pazar equalized the score but could not manage to score one more to get the three points and continued the serie of loosing points. It is expected that this serie will continue next week as Novi Pazar will play a difficult away match against Rad.

Standings of the teams by the end of 13th week in Serbian Super Liga:

(Source: www. utakmica.rs)

(Photo: sportsport.ba)

BOSNIAN PREMIJER LEAGUE 13th WEEK

With 5 red cards in 8 matches, it can be said as a tough week for the players in the Premijer Liga. 13th week was dominated by three 0-0 draws as well.

Sarajevo, who had a very important victory against his rival last week, had an away draw with Slavija, which was just to relegate from the Premijer League last season and caused the difference between Zeljo and Sarajevo to drop to one point. On the other side Zeljo had a modest 1-0 home victory against Velez but gained a 3 golden points and became closer to the leader who had beaten the railroaders last weekend.

Surprise from Olimpik!

The most surprising score of the week came from Mostar. Olimpik had a 4-1 away victory against Zrinjski. The first half of the match was without a goal, but Olimpik managed to score at 61st minute by Semir Kapiç. Olimpik scored the second goal from a penalty at 71st minute. Not only the goal, but also Zrinjski’s defender Ante Radeljic’s absence by a red card causing the penalty kick comforted Olimpik for the rest of the match. Olimpik is recognized as a team with mentality which aims to avoid rival offense first, and then may think of goal, and is a team which is famous of having “modest” scores. However, benefiting from the fact that the rival was playing with 10 players, tried more on offense and scored 2 more goals and increased to 4th position in the league table. There is only goal difference with the third Şiroki Brijeg who has the same points.

It seems one of the two teams which will relegate at the end of the season is more or less clear: Gradina Srebrenik, the fresh team of the Premijer League will probably turn back to First League of FBiH after a season in Premijer Liga. The struggle to not to be the second team will probably be quite harsh.

The results of the matches played in the Bosnian Premier League in the 12th week are as follow:

Zeljeznicar: 1 – Velez Mostar: 0

HŞK Zrinjski: 1 - Olimpik Sarajevo: 4

FK Slavija: 0 - FK Sarajevo: 0

Borac Banja Luka: 0 - Şiroki Brijeg: 0

Çelik Zenica: 2 - Rudar Prijedor: 1

Zvijezda Gradaçac: 0 - Leotar Trebinje: 1

Radnik Bijeljina: 1 - Gradina Srebrenik: 0

NK Travnik: 0 - GOŞK Gabela: 0

Standings of the teams by the end of 13th week:

(Source: www.rezultati.com)

Next week’s schedule:

Gradina – Çelik

Leotar – Zeljo

Olimpik – Radnik

Şiroki Brijeg – Zvijezda

Travnik – Borac

Velez – Slavija

GOŞK - Rudar

FK SLOBODA TUZLA

After an easy victory against NK Krajişnik Velika Kladuşa, who is at the bottom of the table, Sloboda is again at the 5th position. Next week’s away match against FK Buduçnost Banoviçi will probably not be a difficult match in sense that it can really not be regarded as away match, since Banoviçi is just 35 kilometres away from Tuzla and Buduçnost is 12th in the league table.

Standings of the teams by the end of 14th week in First League of FBH:

(Source: www.sportsport.ba)

FK NOVI PAZAR

Novi Pazar was defeated by strong rival Vojvodina in away match with the single goal scored at 4th minute and succeeded to avoid an expected defeat with some goals. With this result, Novi Pazar dropped to 10th rank in the league and a possible home victory against Javor may allow Pazar to jump a few steps higher again.

Standings of the teams by the end of 12th week in Serbian Super Liga:

(Source: www.utakmica.rs)

(Photo: sportsport.ba)

BOSNIAN PREMIJER LEAGUE 12th WEEK

(Click here for the original Turkish text in Haber Boşnak, published November 7, 2012.)

(7 Kasım 2012 tarihinde Haber Boşnak'ta yayınlanan özgün metin için buraya tıklayınız)

Victorious Sarajevo in the 100th derby

(From Oslobodjenje)

The maroon-whites were the happy side after the 100th derby of the capital city played last weekend. With this result, Sarajevo the host of the match continued to be the leader of Premijer League after a “modest” victory of “six points” with a single goal since they were leader but only with the help of goal difference, just before the match played in Koşevo.

During the season, for a while Sarajevo was the leader 5 points beyond the runner-up Zeljo. However, because of the unexpected easy point losses in recent weeks, Zeljo caught Sarajevo and the victory in the derby match not only helped them to continue the leadership, but also to defeat the demoralization.

Another issue which increased the importance of the match was that it was the 100th official match between Sarajevo and Zeljeznicar.

Both of the team played wary, opposite to the flair of the football fans. Samir Nuhanoviç, who was transferred from Zvijezda Gradaçac, scored the single goal of the match at 66th.

For the video of the goal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FmW243q0vDo#!

With the 100th derby, an interesting statistics occurred. Both of the teams have 30 victories each, and 40 matches ended with a draw.

For the eight minute summary of the match, see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FmW243q0vDo#!

Another “Five“ from Şiroki Brijeg

Şiroki Brijeg, who had a 5-0 home victory against GOŞK last week, prepared the same meal for Travnik this week as well. Şiroki Brijeg, who scored 10 goals in the last two weeks is the second most-scorer team in Premijer League after Sarajevo.

The results of the matches played in the Bosnian Premier League in the 12th week are as follow:

FK Sarajevo: 1 – Zeljeznicar: 0

Gradina Srebrenik: 1 - HŞK Zrinjski: 2

Şiroki Brijeg: 5 _ NK Travnik: 0

Olimpik Sarajevo: 1 – FK Slavija: 0

Leotar Trebinje: 2 - Borac Banja Luka: 0

Rudar Prijedor: 2 – Radnik Bijeljina: 0

GOŞK Gabela: 0 – Çelik Zenica: 0

Velez Mostar: 2 – Zvijezda Gradaçac: 1

Standings of the teams by the end of 12th week:

(From www.rezultati.com)

(Source: www.rezultati.com)

Next week’s schedule:

Borac – Şiroki Brijeg

Zvijezda – Leotar

Radnik – Gradina

Slavija – Sarajevo

Travnik – GOŞK

Zeljeznicar – Velez

Zrinjski – Olimpik

Çelik - Rudar

FK SLOBODA TUZLA

Sloboda, who had a home 4-0 victory against Iskra last week and rose to 5th place in the table, dropped to 8th after a 2-0 away defeat against weak FK Krajina Cazin.

Next week, it is expected that Sloboda will surely have an easy victory against NK Krajişnik Velika Klauduşa, who could not get one single point after 13 weeks in the First League of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Standings of the teams by the end of 13th week in First League of FBH:

(From www.sportsport.ba)

FK NOVI PAZAR

Novi Pazar missed another opportunity  against Sloboda Uzice. In the home match the first goal was scored by midfielder Dario Damjanoviç, but just after one minute Sloboda scored the draw goal. In 65th minute, Novi Pazar could not avoid second goal of the guest team. Thanks to Miloş Bogunoviç’s goal at 85th minute, Novi Pazar rescued the single point from the match. Novi Pazar lost two matches in the last two away matches and could only have a draw in the last two home matches and next week they will play against strong Vojvodina Novi Sad and a defeat will not be surprising.

Standings of the teams by the end of 10th week in Serbian Super Liga:

(from www.utakmica.rs)