Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
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| Nickname | Plavo Žuti, Žuto Plavi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Football Association of B&H | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Fuad Muzurović |
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| Captain | Zvjezdan Misimović | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Elvir Bolić (52) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Elvir Bolić (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Bilino Polje, Zenica Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo |
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| FIFA code | BIH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 42 (August 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 173 (September 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 53 (February 28, 2001 May 28, 2006 May 31, 2006 August 16, 2006) |
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| Lowest Elo ranking | 87 (October 5, 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Iran 1 - 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Teheran, Iran; June 6, 1993) |
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Biggest win Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 - 0 Liechtenstein  (Zenica, B&H; October 7, 2001) |
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Biggest defeat Argentina 5 - 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (La Plata, Argentina; May 14, 1998) |
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The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team is the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is controlled by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They played their first match in 1995 after the split of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Before that, Bosnian-Herzegovinian players played for the Yugoslavia national football team.
The team has never qualified for a big tournament, but in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2004, only one goal in the last game against Denmark separated them from the finals in Portugal.
In the World Cup 2006 qualifying round, the Bosnians played surprisingly well when matched against teams like Spain (drawing both times), Belgium (one win, one loss), and Serbia and Montenegro (one draw, one loss).
Playing against the Serbo-Montenegrin team inspired much National pride, as is common with any match that features two former Yugoslav republics. Against Serbia and Montenegro, the Bosnian team drew at home but lost the second leg in Belgrade, 1-0. Both matches had extra precautions being taken by officials, to prevent nationalistic rioting. UEFA fined both football federations.
After the World Cup 2006 qualifying round, much was expected of the Bosnian squad for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying. Bosnia and Herzegovina opened their race for the tournament with a 5-2 victory over Malta playing away. However, disappointing results followed with losses to Hungary and Greece at home soil, and an unexpected draw with Moldova in Chisinau. With nearly no hopes left for the squad, major changes took place. Coach Fuad Muzurovic replaced Blaz Sliskovic and following the protest of 13 different players against the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina by not attending national games, Muzurovic had to rebuild the national team from scratch.
A team was successfully put together but little was expected of the squad since they did not have enough time to go under proper training against the next Qualifying match with the solid Norwegians which was awaiting of picking up 3 points as being the home side. However, with a stunning upset the Bosnians took advantage of all chances during the game and came to victory with a 2-1 win, bringing hopes of qualifying back to life.
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1938 - was part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- 1950 to 1990 - was part of SFR Yugoslavia
- 1994 - Did not enter
- 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] European Championship record
- 1960 to 1992 - was part of SFR Yugoslavia
- 1996 - Did not enter
- 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2004 - Did not qualify
[edit] Previous Managers
- Fuad Muzurović 1995 - 1998
- Džemaludin Mušović 1998 - 1999
- Faruk Hadžibegić 1999
- Mišo Smajlović 1999 - 2002
- Blaž Slišković 2002 - 2006
- Fuad Muzurović 2006 - present
[edit] Notable Players
- Sergej Barbarez
- Elvir Baljić
- Elvir Bolić
- Mirsad Hibić
- Meho Kodro
- Hasan Salihamidžić
- Safet Sušić
- Saša Papac
- Vladan Grujić
- Emir Spahić
- Muhamed Konjić
- Zvjezdan Misimović*
- Vedad Ibišević*
- Mirsad Bešlija
- Zlatan Bajramović
(* = Still active for national side.)
[edit] Current Squad
The following players named for Euro 2008 qualifying match against Norway on March 24, 2007.[1], Caps and goals updated after the match with Norway.
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[edit] Defenders
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[edit] Midfielders
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[edit] Forwards
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[edit] Euro 2008 Qualification Matches
| September 2, 2006 17:15 BST |
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Malta  |
2 – 5 |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina |
Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vejlgaard (Denmark) |
| Pace 6' Mifsud 86' |
Barbarez 4' Hrgović 10' Bartolović 45+1' Muslimović 46' Misimović 50' |
| September 6, 2006 19:15 BST |
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| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
1 – 3 |
 Hungary |
Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kapitanis (Cyprus) |
| Misimović 64' (pen) | Huszti 36' (pen) Gera 46' Dárdai 49' |
| October 7, 2006 17:00 BST |
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 Moldova |
2 - 2 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Piccirillo (France) |
| Rogaciov 13' Rogaciov 32' (pen) |
Misimović 63' Grlic 68' |
| October 11, 2006 19:15 CEST |
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| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
0–4 |
Greece  |
Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: To Come Referee: Baskakov (Russia) |
| Charisteas 8' (pen) Patsatzoglou 82' Samaras 85' Katsouranis 90+4' |
| March 24, 2007 19:00 EEST |
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Norway  |
1–2 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance:17,000 Referee: Riley (England) |
| Carew 50' (pen) | Misimović 18' Muslimović 33' |
[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Association
- UEFA.com (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- RSSSF archive of results
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- JadranSport.org - South-Eastern European football news coverage (English language)
- Fansite (Not in English language)
- Fansite (Not in English language)
- Fansite (Not in English language)
