BOSNIAN PREMIJER LEAGUE 10th WEEK

It seems that FK Sarajevo is the one who have benefitted the most from the break which was given due to matches of Bosnian national football team. Just before the break, Sarajevo had two defeats, the first one was 3-1 away defeat in Bosnian Cup against Zrinjski, and the second one was 1-0 away match against Travnik. Those two defeats decreased the point difference between Zeljo and Sarajevo into two. It seems, Sarajevo players, who were demoralized by those results had an effective therapy during the break. They had a nice 2-0 home victory against Borac Banja Luka, where they scored the two goals by defence players. On the other side, Borac felt behind the struggle for championship after losing the three points

Zeljo took three points from the 2-1 away match in Srebrenik. The three goals of the match were scored by railroaders. Defender Jadranko Bogiçeviç scored the first goal for Zeljo at 22nd minute, and he scored the last goal of the match at 90+4, but into his own net this time. It is a not bad that a defender player scores two goals in a match, but would have been better if both were scored in the same net, most preferably in the net of the rival team.

The most spectacular result came from Mostar. Velez scored six goals against Travnik! Mirza Çemaloviç, son of Mostar aged 19 had a hat-trick in the match where nobody expected that kind of a result.

(19 years old Velez striker Cemalovic, kissing the grass of Vrapcici after hat-trick. Photo: sporsport.ba)

Çelik was the team, who finally cut off the path of Zrinjski on her silence but sure way to championship struggle. Prisoners (Robijaşi – the nick name of Çelik football fans) had a 2-0 home victory against Zrinjski and they caused the point between Zrinjski and the leader to increase up to 6 points again.

The results of the matches played in the Bosnian Premier League in the 10th week are as follow:

FK Sarajevo: 2 – Borac Banja Luka: 0

Gradina Srebrenik: 1 – Zeljeznicar: 2

Çelik Zenica: 2 – HŞK Zrinjski: 0

Olimpik Sarajevo: 2 – Zvijezda Gradaçac: 1

Rudar Prijedor: 0 – FK Slavija: 1

Velez Mostar: 6 – NK Travnik: 0

Leotar Trebinje: 1 – Şiroki Brijeg: 3

GOŞK Gabela: 0 – Radnik Bijeljina: 0

Standings of the teams by the end of 10th week:

(Table: rezultati.com)

Next week’s schedule:

Zvijezda - Sarajevo

Slavija - Gradina

Şiroki Brijeg – GOŞK

Travnik – Leotar

Zeljeznicar – Olimpik

Zrinjski – Prijedor

Radnik - Çelik

FK SLOBODA TUZLA

Sloboda does not pass through easier day in First League of Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, who was relegated from Premijer League last year after unlucky games at last weeks. It seems Sloboda still goes ahead with black clouds over them. Sloboda Tuzla had a 3-1 home victory against NK Jedinstvo Bihaç and increased to 8th rank. Next week, they will have another home match against NK Iskro Bugojno and a probable victory may increase Sloboda to upper positions in the league table.

FK NOVI PAZAR

Novi Pazar missed chance this week against OFK Beograd, who had easy defeats against Novi Pazar’s struggle to stay in the league last season. However, Novi Pazar not only could not take the revenge and but also lost the opportunity to have three easy points at home and had a home 0-0 draw. In case of a victory, they would increase to fifth rank, however they stayed at sixth.

This weekend, Pazarci will play against Partizan in away match, the leader of Serbian Super Liga and shall not be surprise if they will drop down to 10th rank.

Standings of the teams by the end of 9th week in Serbian Super Liga:

(Table: utakmice.rs)

(Fotoğraf: Sportsport.ba)

DRAGONS AHEAD TO BRAZIL

Bosnian Dragons, taking attentions with reliable performance in three recent tournaments, goes ahead for Brazil 2014. Thanks to good performance points, Bosnia is in a relatively easy group and is currently the leader of the group.

Bosnia had a good start on September 7 by a superb 8-1 start against Liechtenstein where Vedad İbiseviç and Edin Dzeko had hat-tricked. Since then, thanks to the goal surplus, Bosnia has been the leader of the group, beyond Greece. In the second match, played in Biljino Polje Stadium in Zenica, Bosnia was victorious against Latvia with 4-1. The third match was with Greece and a 0-0 draw can be identified as a success against the runner up team. After four days, again in Biljino Polje against Lithuania, İbişeviç at 29th, Dzeko at 35th, and Pjaniç at 41st minutes, within a period of 12 minutes, did the good job and continues leadership.

(Table: Fifa.com)

Dzeko, who scored one goal and assisted another, reaching 26 goals in 49 matches, began to hold the title of most goal scorer of Bosnian national team, which was held by Zvijezdan Misimoviç by 25 goals in 71 matches. Mirelam Pjaniç, the striker of AS Roma, scoring one goal and assisting two others is modest by stating that Ognjen Vranjeş, playing in Krasnodar in Russian League, and originally from Banja Luka was the man of the match with his superb game by cutting off the attacks of Lithuania.

Mirelam Pjanjic (Photo: Oslobodjenje)

Trainer Safet Susiç supported Pjaniç by saying that especially at the second half Vranjeş’s performance was excellent keeping in mind that Lithuania played her best match in the group until now and if they could not score more, it is by the help of Vranjeş.

BOSNIAN CUP SECOND ROUND FIRST LEG MATCHES PLAYED

Second round first leg matches of Bosnian Cup are played in October 3, 2012, Wednesday.

The leader of Premijer League, Sarajevo had an unexpected 3-1 away defeat by Zrinjski. The Serbian player of Zrinjski, Igor Anicic, undoubtedly the man of the match, scored three goals of his team, of which the last one was from a penalty kick. The capital city team found the single goal by Samir Nuhanovic at 82th minute, which made Sarajevo to have a little hop efor the second leg.   

(Photo: Aniçiç is celebrated by his teammmates after his hat-trick against Sarajevo, Dnevni Avaz)

Slavija had a good start by a goal at seventh minute against Zeljeznicar. However, railroaders found the equlizer goal by Eldin Adiloviç at 17th minute. Zeljo’s second goal came by Adiloviç again at 43th minute and the score of the match was determined by Elvir Çoliç at 75th minute: 3-1.

Another team who was victorous in away match was Şiroki Brijeg. Hajduk Orasje, playing in the Northern League of Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina, the third level league in Bosnia, which should not be confused with HNK Oraşje, the other football team of the town, could not resist against Şiroki Brijeg. Şiroki Brijeg had an away 6-0 victory by three goals in each half.

Not only succesfull in avoiding goals against, but also succesful in scoring goals for, Olimpik had a home draw against First League of FBiH team Çapljina and made it difficult to succeed to quarter finals.

The results of the first leg matches of the third round of Bosnian Cup are as follow:

Zvijezda Gradaçac: 1 – Velez Mostar: 2

HŞK Zrinjski: 3 – FK Sarajevo: 1

Hajduk Oraşje: 0 – Şiroki Brijeg: 6

GOŞK Gabela: 1 – Radnik Bijeljina: 0

Sutjeska Foça: 1 – Sloga Doboj: 1

Çelik Zenica: 2 – Rijeka Vitez: 0

FK Slavija: 1 – Zeljeznicar: 3

Olimpik Sarajevo: 0 – Çapljina: 0

The second leg matches will be played on October 17, 2012.

(Photo: Aniçiç is celebrated by his teammmates after his hat-trick against Sarajevo, Dnevni Avaz)

SECOND ROUND MATCHES IN CUP BiH

The second round matches for the Cup Bosnia and Herzegovina will be played tomorrow (October, 3, 2012). The match Schedule including the place of the matches and the previous qualification matches of the rival teams are listed below:

Zvijezda Gradaçac  – Velez Mostar

15:30, Gradaçac

Zvijezda Gradaçac: 5 – Rudar Ugrljevik: 0

Velez Mostar: 3 - Mladost Donji Svilaj: 0

HŞK Zrinjski – FK Sarajevo

17:00, Mostar

Rudar Prijedor: 0 – HŞK Zrinjski: 1

FK Sarajevo: 1 – Gradina Srebrenik: 0

Hajduk Oraşje – Şiroki Brijeg

15:30, Oraşje

Modrica Maxima: 0 – Hajduk Oraşje: 1

Branitelj Mostar: 0 – Şiroki Birjeg: 2

GOŞK Gabela – Radnik Bijeljina

15:30, Gabela

NK Travnik: 1 – GOŞK Gabela: 3

Radnik Bijeljina: 6 – Rudar Zenica: 0

Sutjeska Foça – Sloga Doboj

18:30, Foça

Sloga Doboj: 4 – Tomislav: 0

Sutjeska Foça: 1 – Famos Napredak: 0

Çelik Zenica – Rijeka Vitez

15:30, Zenica

Çelik Zenica: 2 – Podgremec: 1

Rijeka Vitez: 2 – Drina Vişegrad: 1

FK Slavija – Zeljeznicar

Lukavica, 15:30

Leotar Trebinje: 0 – FK Slavija: 1

Mrkonjic Grad: 0 – Zeljeznicar: 3

Olimpik Sarajevo – Çapljina

Otoka, 15:30

Olimpik Sarajevo: 1 – ECOS Vitez: 0

Çapljina: 2 – Borac Banja Luka: 1

The second leg matches will be played at October 17, 2012.

BOSNIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 8th WEEK

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Despite they fell five points behind the leader Sarajevo, Zeljeznicar passed Çelik away match with three very valuable points with a result of 2-1 and preserved his runner-up position. Zenica team had a quick start of the game and scored the first goal at seventh minute by Coviç. However, could not preserve the score. Adiloviç scored Zeljo’s first goal at 35th, and just at the end of the second half, Brkoviç scored the victory goal at 86th minute.

Furious Sarajevo added three more points by an easy home victory against Şiroki Brijeg. Husejinoviç scored the first goal of his team at 44th minute, and the experienced libero Torlak scored the second goal of his team at 66th minute. Şiroki could find their single goal at 90+4, which was not enough fort hem to claim for one more goal for a draw.

With the excellent performance, Sarajevo is five points in front of the runner-up Zeljeznicar in Premijer League.

 Zrinjski, which is just following the leader and runner-up silently but surely passed GOŞK Gabela in away match with a single goal.

(Photo: Dnevni Avaz)

Olimpik Sarajevo, had a 2-0 home victory against Travnik by two goals from Smajic. Since the beginning of the season, it is the first time that Olimpik managed to score 2 goals in the same match. Next week, they will play away match against Borac, who currently holds the fourth position in the Premijer League and Olimpik holds the fifth.

The recent spectacular team of Premijer League; Borac had a clear 3-1 away victory against Gradina Srebrenik.

The results of the matches played in the Bosnian Premier League in the 8th week are as follow:

FK Sarajevo: 2 – Şiroki Brijeg: 1

Çelik Zenica: 1 – Zeljeznicar: 2

GOŞK Gabela: 0 – HŞK Zrinjski

Gradina Srebrenik: 1 – Borac Banja Luka: 3

Olimpik Sarajevo: 2 – NK Travnik: 0

Radnik Bijeljina: 2 – FK Slavija: 0

Velez Mostar: 1 – Leotar Trebinje: 1

Rudar Prijedor: 2 – Zvijezda Gradaçac: 0

Standings of the teams by the end of 8th week:

 (Source: www.nfsbih.ba)

Next Week’s Schedule (Week 9)

Leotar – GOŞK

Şiroki Brijeg – Velez

Travnik – Sarajevo

Borac – Olimpik

Zvijezda – Gradina

Slavija – Çelik

Zeljo – Rudar

Zrinjski - Radnik

FK NOVI PAZAR

Pazar had an easy home 2-0 victory against Donji Srem.

Miloş Bogunoviç, who were quite act,ive in Novi Pazar’s struggle to succeed to play in Prva Liga, who also played in Cadiz in Spain and in Partizan Beograd previously, with a moderate career, scored Pazar’s first goal in the beginning of the second half at 48th minute. Damjanoviç was able to make a goal from the penalty kick at 73rd minute and Novi Pazar became at 5th position in Prva Liga after this match.

Pazarci are confident with Pazar’a current standing.

Next week, Pazar will have an important away match with Jagodina who holds the fourth position in the table an deven one single point would be good enough for Novi Pazar.

Standings of the teams in Serbian Prva Liga by the end of 7th week:

(Source: www. utakmica.rs)

BOSNIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 7th WEEK

Last season’s champion Zeljeznicar continues to loose points. Railroaders, who lost the away match against Zrinjski last week, had a surprising home draw with Radnik Bijeljina, that takes part in the Premijer League fort he first time in club’s history and already at the bottom of the table. Zeljo dropped back at the very beginning of the match at fifth minute, but managed to rescue one point by midfielder Nermin Jamak’s goal at 77th minute.

(Photo: Oslobodjenje)

Zeljeznicar will have an away match against Çelik next week in Zenica and if Slavija will be victorous against Radnik Bijeljina and Zrinjski will beat GOŞK, both in away matches, Zeljo may fall behind the championship race.

Having started with an unsuccessful draw result against Çelik in home match in the beginning of the season, Sarajevo did not loose even one point since than. This week, they had a clear 3-0 away victory against Leotar in Trebinje. Maroon-white team forged ahead by Hadziç at 37th minute and young left forward Suljiç made it 2-0 at 68th. Just after two minutes, the new transfer from Honved of Budapest, Emir Hadziç scored his second and Sarajevo’s third goal.

Sarajevo has strengthened his leadership with a five point difference away from the runner-up Zeljo with the stable performance.

Slavija and Zrinjski, struggling fort he third position had a 1-1 draw in Lukavica.

This week’s most spectacualr result was Borac’s home 4-0 home victory against Rudar Prijedor

Olimpik insists on playing a mediocre football. Until now they could not manage to have two victories in row. Although they had a 1-0 home victory against Leotar last week, they had a customary 0-0 away draw against Şiroki Brijeg. Despite being on 6th position in the Premijer League, with 5 goals for and 4 goals against, they are recognized as the most boring team to watch.

On the contrary to a very good start to the season, Velez could not continue and had another surprising home defeat against GOŞK Gabela in Mostar. GOŞK succeeded to score three goals in the first 25 minutes of the match.

The results of the matches played in the Bosnian Premier League in the 7th week are as follow:

Leotar Trebinje: 0 – FK Sarajevo: 3

Zeljeznicar: 1 – Radnik Bijeljina: 1

Slavija: 1 – Zrinjski: 1

Borac Banja Luka: 4 – Prijedor: 0

Şiroki Brijeg: 0 - Olimpik Sarajevo: 0

Travnik: 2 – Gradina Srebrenik: 0

Zvijezda Gradacac: 1 – Çelik Zenica: 0

Velez Mostar: 1 – GOŞK Gabela: 3

Standings of the teams by the end of 4th week:

(source: www.nfsbih.ba)

Next Week’s Schedule (Week 8)

September 29, Saturday, 15:30

GOŞK – Zrinjski

Gradina – Borac

Prijedor – Gradacac

Radnik – Slavija

Sarajevo – Şiroki Brijeg

Velez – Leotar

Olimpik - Travnik

September 29, Saturday, 18:30

Çelik - Zeljo

FK NOVI PAZAR

Starting the season as the leader after the first week’s matches with a 3-0 victory against Radniçki Niş, Novi Pazar could not succeed to have a victory since than. This week they played against BSK Borça who was one of thier rivals in the struggle to not to be relegated from Super Liga last season.

Enver Alivodiç, just transfered from BSk Borça to Novi Pazar scored at 31st minute against his ex-team. First half ended with that single goal. Second half was a duel of goals. Borça scored at 52 and its reply came at 63 by another new transfer of Novi Pazar, Saşa Popin 22 years old young scorer as tall as 203 cm and even 5 cm taler than Liverpool’s Crouch.

Borça compansated the score at 89 by Boskoviç. When the fans were just to think that the match would result with a draw, Irfan Vusljanin scored at 90+ and determined the result of the match: 2-3 and made Novi Pazar to be at seventh rank in the league table.

Pazar will play against Donji Srem, the new team of the Super Liga next week and a possible victory will maket hem to be at sixth posiiton by replacing their place with Donji Srem.

Standings of the teams in Serbian Prva Liga by the end of 6th week:

(Source: www. utakmica.rs)

BOSNIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 4th WEEK

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The leader and runner up positions were occupied by capital city teams this week as well. Despite having the same goal difference, since Zeljo’s 8 goals made the railroaders to be at the top of the table.

Last season’s champion was hosted by GOŞK. The match was scheduled to be played at 17:00 because of the lack of lighting system in Gabela’s Podavala Stadium which avoided the match to be played in the evening surviving from the sharp heat of Hercegovina. Gabela, stemming his name from the Arabic word for “customs, is the bordering town of BiH with Croatia, predominantly populated by Bosnian Croats and recognized as one of the hottest settlements in the country.

At minute 9, Zeljo’s scorer Zeba’s goal was replied by Jusufbaşiç from the host team just two minutes after. At the end of the first half, in 44th minute, Selimoviç scored for Zeljo and the first haf’s score was 2-1 for the guest team. The players were quite exhausted because of the heat in the second half. However, Zeljo’s experienced Adiloviç scored his team’s third goal in the 80th minute, which was replied by Jusufbaşiç again at 82th, which determined the result of the match: 2-3 for Zeljo.

 In the match in Otoka, FK Sarajevo was victorous against Olimpik with Belozeviç’s penalty kick goal at 35th minute.

Slavija, which was the main candidate to relegate to ower kleague in the first half of last season, but who performed an excellent second half seems to continue her form in tghis season as well. Having the same poimt with Zeljo and Sarajevo, because of lower goal difference, Slavija is at 3rd place in the table. This week, they had a modest 1-0 home victory against Zvijezda by Vidiç’s goal at 35th minute.

The ranks at the first three places are likely to change after next week’s match between Zeljo and Slavija in Grbavica.

The results of the matches played in the Bosnian Premier League in the 4th week are as follow:

GOŞK Gabela: 2 – Zeljeznicar: 3

Olimpik Sarajevo: 0 – FK Sarajevo: 1

FK Slavija: 1 – Zvijezda Gradacac: 0

Zrinjski Mostar: 1 – Borac Banja Luka: 0

Çelik Zenica: 2 – Şiroki Brijeg: 1

Rudar Prijedor: 3 – Leotar Trebinje: 1

Gradina Srebrenik: 1 – Velez Mostar: 3

Radnik Bijeljina: 2 – NK Travnik: 2

Standings of the teams by the end of 4th week:

(source: www.nfsbih.ba)

Next Week’s Schedule (Week 4: September 1-2):

Borac – Radnik

Sarajevo – GOŞK

Zvijezda – Zrinjski

Şiroki Brijeg – Prijedor

Travnik – Çelik

Velez – Olimpik

Leotar – Gradina

Zeljo - Slavija

FK NOVI PAZAR

Novi Pazar had a good start against Red Star an deven was beter than the guest team for a while where ex-Partizan player, Bogunovic scıred at 28th. However, just 10 minutes afterwards, Red Star’s Kasalica scored the draw goal for Red Star.

The strong guest team was dominating the second half and scored the victorous goal at 52 by Milunovic and leaving the pitch victorous.

Novi Pazar, occupying the leadership rank in the first week is now at 7th above three more teams who share the same points: Red Star, Sloboda, Radniçki Niş. Novi Pazar will play against Smederovo in away match next week.

Standings of the teams in Serbian Prva Liga by the end of 3rd week:

 (Source: www. utakmica.rs)