2020–21 FK Željezničar season

The 2020–21 season is Željezničar's 100th in existence and their 21st season in the Premier League BH. Besides competing in the domestic league, the team will also compete in the National Cup and UEFA Europa League qualifiers.

Željezničar

2020–21 season
Chairman	Admir Džubur
Manager	Amar Osim
Stadium	Grbavica Stadium
Premijer Liga BiH	1st
Kup BiH	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Mustafa Mujezinović (4) All: Mustafa Mujezinović (4)

Season review

June

On 5 June, Željezničar announced the signing of 24-year-old Ante Blažević.[1]

On 6 June, Željezničar and Frane Ikić negotiated a one-year contract extension lasting until June 2021, with an option for one more year.[2]

On 12 June, Željezničar and Mont Inženjering signed a partnership agreement.[3]

On 18 June, Željezničar announced the departure of Semir Dacić, Vernes Karavdić and Mirza Šubo.[4]

On 20 June, Željezničar started with the pre-season for the upcoming season.[5]

On 23 June, Željezničar announced the signing of 24-year-old Anel Hajrić.[6]

On 26 June, Željezničar announced the signing of 23-year-old Luka Juričić.[7]

On 27 June, Željezničar announced the signing of 35-year-old Samir Bekrić.[8]

July

On 8 July, Željezničar announced the signing of 34-year-old Irfan Fejzić.[9]

On 15 July, Željezničar announced the loan of 21-year-old Ivan Milićević from Lokomotiva for the upcoming 2020–21 season.[10]

August

On 5 August, Željezničar extended their sponsorship agreement with Milkos[11] and Brajlović.[12]

On 15 August, Željezničar extended their sponsorship agreement with Sarajevo osiguranje.[13]

Squad information

Players

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Erić	25	Non-EU	2019	18	0	2021	Free	Second nationality: BiH
2	DF		Stevanović	31	EU	2016	123	0	2021	Free	Second nationality: Croatia
4	MF		Hajdarević	21	Non-EU	2017	58	1	2021	Youth system
5	DF		Kosorić	33	Non-EU	2020	94	3	2022	Free	Second nationality: Serbia
6	DF		Miletić	25	EU	2020	1	0	2022	Free	Second nationality: Croatia
7	MF		Subašić	19	Non-EU	2019	8	0	2024	Free
8	MF		Mujezinović	27	Non-EU	2019	31	4	2021	Free
9	FW		Juričić	23	EU	2020	3	1	2022	Free	Second nationality: Croatia
10	FW		Zec	32	Non-EU	2019	17	5	2022	Free
12	GK		Fejzić	34	Non-EU	2020	26	0	2021	Free
13	GK		Muftić	18	Non-EU	2020	0	0	–	Youth system
14	MF		Štilić (C)	32	Non-EU	2019	82	30	2022	Free	Originally from youth system
16	MF		Alispahić	32	Non-EU	2019	23	2	2021	Free
17	DF		Milićević	22	EU	2020	1	0	2021	Free	On loan from Lokomotiva
18	MF		Mujić	19	Non-EU	2020	0	0	2023	Youth system
19	MF		Sadiković	25	Non-EU	2019	122	12	2021	Free	Originally from youth system
20	MF		Veselinović	27	Non-EU	2018	51	4	2022	Free
21	DF		Blažević	24	EU	2020	1	0	2022	Free
22	MF		Bojo	22	EU	2019	21	2	2021	€30,000	Second nationality: Croatia
23	MF		Jamak	33	Non-EU	2021	173	8	2021	Free	Originally from youth system
24	FW		Lendrić	29	EU	2020	59	34	2021	Free	Second nationality: BiH
25	DF		Ikić	26	EU	2020	6	0	2022	Free
33	DF		Šehić	20	Non-EU	2018	10	0	2021	Youth system
37	FW		Hajrić	24	EU	2020	2	0	2022	Free	Second nationality: Slovenia
90	MF		Bekrić	35	Non-EU	2020	198	44	2021	Free
–	MF		Osmanović	20	Non-EU	2017	8	0	2022	Youth system	On loan to Igman Konjic
–	MF		Mehić	19	Non-EU	2019	2	0	2024	Free	On loan to Igman Konjic

• Last updated: 15 August 2020
• Source:fkzeljeznicar.ba

From Youth system

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
15	DF		Drina	18	Non-EU	2020	0	0	–	Youth system
26	MF		Duraković	17	Non-EU	2020	0	0	–	Youth system
27	MF		Gasal	17	Non-EU	2020	1	0	–	Youth system
28	DF		Beća	18	Non-EU	2020	0	0	–	Youth system
–	DF		Mulaosmanović	18	Non-EU	2020	0	0	–	Youth system

• Last updated: 8 August 2020
• Source:fkzeljeznicar.ba

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches and only players that got booked throughout the season. The list is sorted by shirt number, and then position.

N	P	Nat.	Name	League			Cup			Europe			Others			Total			Notes
2	FW		Stevanović	2												2
5	DF		Kosorić	1												1
7	MF		Subašić	1												1
9	FW		Juričić	1												1
17	DF		Milićević	1												1
25	DF		Ikić	3												3
27	DF		Gasal	1												1

Last updated: 15 August 2020
Source: Competitive matches and fkzeljeznicar.ba
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Premijer Liga BiH	Kup BiH	UEFA Europa League	Total
8	MF		Mujezinović	4	0	0	4
14	MF		Štilić	2	0	0	2
24	FW		Lendrić	2	0	0	2
9	FW		Juričić	1	0	0	1
TOTAL				9	0	0	9

Last updated: 15 August 2020

Assists

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Premijer Liga BiH	Kup BiH	UEFA Europa League	Total
14	MF		Štilić	2	0	0	2
24	FW		Lendrić	2	0	0	2
25	DF		Ikić	1	0	0	1
9	FW		Juričić	1	0	0	1
27	MF		Gasal	1	0	0	1
16	MF		Alispahić	1	0	0	1
TOTAL				8	0	0	8

Last updated: 15 August 2020

Clean sheets

No.	Nation	Name	Premijer Liga BiH	Kup BiH	UEFA Europa League	Total	Games played
12		Fejzić	2	0	0	2	3
1		Erić	1	0	0	1	1
TOTAL			3	0	0	3	4

Last updated: 15 August 2020

Transfers

Players in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
21	DF		Ante Blažević	24	EU	Čelik	End of contract	Summer	2022	Free	fkzeljeznicar.ba
37	FW		Anel Hajrić	24	EU	Lokeren	End of contract	Summer	2022	Free	fkzeljeznicar.ba
9	FW		Luka Juričić	23	EU	Šibenik	End of contract	Summer	2022	Free	fkzeljeznicar.ba
90	MF		Samir Bekrić	35	Non-EU	Sloboda Tuzla	End of contract	Summer	2021	Free	fkzeljeznicar.ba
12	GK		Irfan Fejzić	34	Non-EU	Sloboda Tuzla	End of contract	Summer	2021	Free	fkzeljeznicar.ba
17	DF		Ivan Milićević	22	EU	Lokomotiva	Loan	Summer	2021	Free	fkzeljeznicar.ba

Total expenditure: €0

Players out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
22	GK		Vernes Karavdić	22	Non-EU	Free agent	Contract termination	Summer	Free	fkzeljeznicar.ba
26	MF		Semir Dacić	21	Non-EU	Novi Pazar	Contract termination	Summer	Free	facebook.com/fknovipazar
30	FW		Mirza Šubo	22	Non-EU	Rudar Kakanj	Contract termination	Summer	Free	facebook.com/fkrudarkakanj
39	MF		Denis Žerić	22	Non-EU	Sloboda Tuzla	End of contract	Summer	Free	fksloboda.ba
3	DF		Antonio Pavić	25	EU	Shkëndija	End of contract	Summer	Free	kfshkendija.com
18	FW		Dženan Zajmović	25	EU	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free
9	MF		Sinan Ramović	27	Non-EU	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	End of contract	Summer	Free	fcslo.ch
13	GK		Vedran Kjosevski	25	Non-EU	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free
27	DF		Kemal Osmanković	23	Non-EU	Lokomotiva	End of contract	Summer	Free	nklokomotiva.hr
30	GK		Jasmin Kršić	20	Non-EU	TOŠK Tešanj	End of contract	Summer	Free	facebook.com/nktosktesanj
15	DF		Aleksandar Jovanović	31	Non-EU	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free
11	DF		Srđan Stanić	31	EU	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free
4	MF		Amar Mehić	19	Non-EU	Igman Konjic	Loan	Summer	Free	fkigman.com
17	MF		Dženan Osmanović	20	Non-EU	Igman Konjic	Loan	Summer	Free	fkigman.com

Total income: €0
Net: €0

Club

Coaching staff

Name Role Amar Osim Head coach Almir Memić Assistant coach Adin Mulaosmanović Assistant coach Bakir Šerbo Assistant coach Adnan Gušo Goalkeeping coach Anel Hidić Fitness coach Nedim Čović Fitness coach Elvis Karić Head scout Raif Zeba Physiotherapist Mirza Halvadžija Physiotherapist Emin Džaferović Physiotherapist Erdijan Pekić Commissioner for Security Zlatko Dervišević Doctor Mahir Moro Doctor Other information Honorary Chairman of the Club Ivica Osim Chairman of the Board Admir Džubur Chairman of the Assembly Ermin Čengić Chairman of the Supervisory Board Damir Ablaković Director Enis Džihanić Head coach Amar Osim Ground (capacity and dimensions) Grbavica Stadium (13,146 / 105x66 m) Source: FK Željezničar and Grbavica Stadium

Sponsorship

As of 15 August 2020

Name Type Admiral Casino Gold sponsor Lutrija BiH Gold sponsor Sarajevo osiguranje Gold sponsor Telemach Blue sponsor Unigradnja Sponsor NEBI Sponsor Deny-Prom Sponsor Brajlović Sponsor Central osiguranje Sponsor Slatko i slano Sponsor Elpi Sponsor MGallery Tarčin Forest Resort Sponsor Rail Cargo Logistics Sponsor Bony Sponsor Rooster Sponsor SBC Sponsor Vivia Sponsor Novotel Sponsor Eko-sir Puđa Sponsor Roco commerce Livno Sponsor Infomedia Sponsor Emado Sponsor Mont Inženjering Sponsor Global Metal Construction Sponsor Europlakat Sponsor Hotel Hills Sponsor Transportbeton Kiseljak Sponsor Unilever Sponsor Svjetlostkomerc Sponsor Winner Project Sponsor Franck Sponsor Imtec Sponsor Whirlpool Sponsor ProTeam Sponsor Senigor Sponsor Gama AA Security Sponsor FIS Sponsor Amko komerc Sponsor BioMedicalab Sponsor In Time Sponsor Škoda Sponsor Sky Cola Sponsor NLB Banka Sponsor Farmavita Sponsor Sarajevski kiseljak Sponsor Nexe Sponsor Hotel Grad Sponsor General Logistic Technical sponsor Leda Technical sponsor Macron Technical sponsor 1921.ba Media partner Hayat TV Media partner Antena Sarajevo Media partner Sport1.ba Media partner Klix Media partner Dnevni avaz Media partner Emado Community partner MFS-Emmaus Community partner Ruku na srce Community partner SUMERO Community partner

Competitions

Pre-season

Željezničar v Velež Mostar

1 July 2020 Friendly	Željezničar	3–2	Velež Mostar	Sarajevo
18:30	Ferreyra  32' (o.g.) Alispahić  83' Lendrić  86' (pen.)	Report	Cvijanović  12' (59)	Stadium: Grbavica Stadium Referee: Irfan Peljto (Sarajevo)

Željezničar v Goražde

5 July 2020 Friendly	Željezničar	4–0	Goražde	Sarajevo
18:30	Juričić  10' Lendrić  39', 45' Stanić  63'	Report		Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Željezničar v GOŠK Gabela

10 July 2020 Friendly	Željezničar	2–1	GOŠK Gabela	Sarajevo
18:30	Alispahić  17' Lendrić  40'	Report	Šunjić  48'	Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Bosna Visoko v Željezničar

14 July 2020 Friendly	Bosna Visoko	0–3	Željezničar	Visoko
18:30		Report	Miletić  11' Stanić  58' Hajrić  68'	Stadium: Luke Stadium

Željezničar v Široki Brijeg

18 July 2020 Friendly	Željezničar	1–1	Široki Brijeg	Sarajevo
18:00	Blažević  87'	Report	Radeljić  2'	Stadium: Grbavica Stadium Referee: Haris Kaljanac (Sarajevo))

Željezničar v Igman Konjic

22 July 2020 Friendly	Željezničar	6–0	Igman Konjic	Sarajevo
18:15	Lendrić  35', 43', 62' Juričić  48', 57' Hajdarević  52'	Report		Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Željezničar v Tuzla City

25 July 2020 Friendly	Željezničar	3–1	Tuzla City	Sarajevo
18:30	Kosorić  26' Juričić  29' Miletič  90+2'	Report	Beganović  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Željezničar v TOŠK Tešanj

29 July 2020 Friendly	Željezničar	7–0	TOŠK Tešanj	Sarajevo
18:30	Zec  13' Hajrić  25', 39' Lendrić  60', 68', 85' Hajdarević  70'	Report		Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Mid-season

Famos Hrasnica v Željezničar

2 August 2020 Friendly	Famos Hrasnica	0–6	Željezničar	Hrasnica
18:15		Report	Hajrić  1', 36', 55', 74' Miletić  16' Nargalić  86'	Stadium: Hrasnica Stadium

Željezničar v Bosna Visoko

4 August 2020 Friendly	Željezničar	6–0	Bosna Visoko	Sarajevo
18:15	Mujić  11' Duraković  43' Zec  45' Štilić  52' Juričić  65' Gasal  74'	Report		Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Bosna Visoko v Željezničar

18 August 2020 Friendly	Bosna Visoko	v	Željezničar	Visoko
				Stadium: Luke Stadium

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final result	First match	Last Match
Premijer Liga BiH	N/A		1 August 2020
Kup BiH	Round of 32		30 September 2020
UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		27 August 2020

Premijer Liga BiH

Main article: 2020–21 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Željezničar	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	12	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Borac Banja Luka	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	9	Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Široki Brijeg	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8
4	Sarajevo[lower-alpha 1]	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
5	Velež Mostar	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7

Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: Rezultati.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Play-off. (Criteria 2 and 3 are not used to decide champion, UEFA competition qualification, or relegation)[15]
Notes:

1. Match of Round 4 postponed because of Sarajevo's participation in UEFA Champions League first qualifying round.[14]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	12	2	0	0	5	1	+4	2	0	0	4	0	+4

Last updated: 15 August 2020.
Source: Sportsport.ba

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W
Position	2	2	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: Competitions
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Željezničar v Velež Mostar

1 August 2020 1	Željezničar	3–0	Velež Mostar	Sarajevo
20:30	Juričić  16',  66' Ikić  18' Mujezinović  21' Lendrić  30' Milićević  90'	Report	Radovac  89'	Stadium: Grbavica Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sabrija Topalović (Zenica)

Radnik Bijeljina v Željezničar

7 August 2020 2	Radnik Bijeljina	0–2	Željezničar	Bijeljina
17:00	Mekić  27' Novaković  45+1' Gogić  59' Šubert  67' Karić  77'	Report	Ikić  3' Gasal  24' Mujezinović  34' Stevanović  52' Štilić  67' (pen.) Subašić  88'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dragan Petrović (Banja Luka)

Željezničar v Borac Banja Luka

11 August 2020 3	Željezničar	2–1	Borac Banja Luka	Sarajevo
17:00	Ikić  15' Štilić  50' (pen.) Mujezinović  61' Kosorić  79'	Report	Danilović  25',  56' Kajkut  79'	Stadium: Grbavica Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ermin Sivac (Zenica)

Sloboda Tuzla v Željezničar

15 August 2020 4	Sloboda Tuzla	0–2	Željezničar	Tuzla
19:00		Report	Lendrić  8' Stevanović  58' Mujezinović  73'	Stadium: Tušanj City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sabrija Topalović (Zenica)

Željezničar v Mladost Doboj Kakanj

21 August 2020 5	Željezničar	v	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Sarajevo
19:00				Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Široki Brijeg v Željezničar

12 September 2020 7	Široki Brijeg	v	Željezničar	Široki Brijeg
				Stadium: Pecara Stadium

Željezničar v Zrinjski Mostar

16 September 2020 6[nb 1]	Željezničar	v	Zrinjski Mostar	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Željezničar v Krupa

19 September 2020 8	Željezničar	v	Krupa	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Sarajevo v Željezničar

26 September 2020 9	Sarajevo	v	Željezničar	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium

Željezničar v Tuzla City

3 October 2020 10	Željezničar	v	Tuzla City	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Olimpik v Željezničar

17 October 2020 11	Olimpik	v	Željezničar	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Otoka Stadium

Velež Mostar v Željezničar

24 October 2020 12	Velež Mostar	v	Željezničar	Mostar
				Stadium: Stadion Rođeni

Željezničar v Radnik Bijeljina

31 October 2020 13	Željezničar	v	Radnik Bijeljina	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Borac Banja Luka v Željezničar

7 November 2020 14	Borac Banja Luka	v	Željezničar	Banja Luka
				Stadium: Banja Luka City Stadium

Željezničar v Sloboda Tuzla

21 November 2020 15	Željezničar	v	Sloboda Tuzla	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Mladost Doboj Kakanj v Željezničar

28 November 2020 16	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	v	Željezničar	Doboj
				Stadium: MGM Farm Arena

Zrinjski Mostar v Željezničar

2 December 2020 17	Zrinjski Mostar	v	Željezničar	Mostar
				Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom

Željezničar v Široki Brijeg

5 December 2020 18	Željezničar	v	Široki Brijeg	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Grbavica Stadium

Krupa v Željezničar

12 December 2020 19	Krupa	v	Željezničar	Krupa na Vrbasu
				Stadium: Gradski Stadion

Kup BiH

Round of 32

v

30 September 2020

v

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Maccabi Haifa v Željezničar

27 August 2020	Maccabi Haifa	v	Željezničar	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)

Notes

1. Match of Round 6 postponed because of Željezničar's participation in UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.[16]

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