2020–21 FK Sarajevo season

The 2020–21 Sarajevo season is the club's 73rd season in existence, and their 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Bosnian football, the Premier League of BiH. Besides competing in the Premier League, the team will also compete in the National Cup and in the qualifications for the UEFA Champions League.

Sarajevo

2020–21 season
Owner	Nguyễn Hoài Nam
Chairman	Senad Jahić
Manager	Vinko Marinović
Stadium	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
Premier League BiH	2nd
Cup of BiH	Round of 32
UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Benjamin Tatar (2) All: Benjamin Tatar (2)
Biggest win	Krupa 0–2 Sarajevo (2 August 2020)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad information

First-team squad

As of 13 August 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BIH Dušan Hodžić 3 DF  BIH Selmir Pidro 4 DF  BIH Halid Šabanović 5 DF  BIH Hamza Bešić 6 MF  CRO Mirko Oremuš 7 MF  BIH Anel Hebibović 8 MF  BIH Zinedin Mustedanagić 9 FW  BIH Mersudin Ahmetović (Vice-captain) 10 MF  BIH Amar Rahmanović 11 FW  MKD Krste Velkoski (Captain) 13 GK  BIH Vladan Kovačević 15 DF  CRO Hrvoje Miličević 16 GK  SVN Elvis Džafić 18 MF  SRB Aleksandar Pejović

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  BIH Faruk Hodžić 20 MF  BIH Đani Salčin 22 MF  BIH Ivan Jukić 24 MF  BIH Andrej Đokanović 25 DF  BIH Besim Šerbečić (on loan from Rosenborg) 28 FW  BIH Haris Handžić 29 DF  BIH Amer Dupovac 31 MF  BIH Tino-Sven Sušić 32 FW  BIH Benjamin Tatar 35 GK  BIH Belmin Dizdarević 37 FW  BRA Nathan Crepaldi da Cruz 38 FW  ENG Matthias Fanimo 50 DF  BIH Dino Islamović

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref.
17 July 2020	MF	Zinedin Mustedanagić	Sparta Prague	Transfer	Undisclosed	[1]
24 July 2020	FW	Matthias Fanimo	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Transfer	€50.000	[2][3]
13 August 2020	MF	Aleksandar Pejović	Radnički Niš	Transfer	Free	[4]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref.
2 June 2020	DF	Darko Lazić	Free agent	End of contract	–
15 June 2020	MF	Aladin Šišić	Olimpik	End of contract	–	[5]
24 June 2020	GK	Matej Marković	Free agent	Contract termination	–	[6]
30 June 2020	MF	Nebojša Gavrić	Free agent	End of contract	–	[7]
1 July 2020	FW	Mario Crnički	Free agent	End of contract	–
31 July 2020	MF	Alen Mustafić	Slovan Bratislava	Transfer	Undisclosed	[8]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref.

Loans out

Start date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
9 July 2020	DF	Numan Kurdić	Novi Pazar	Undisclosed	[9]
10 July 2020	MF	Ševkija Resić	Novi Pazar	Undisclosed	[10]
13 July 2020	MF	Amar Sabljica	Igman Konjic	Undisclosed
25 July 2020	MF	Armin Imamović	Olimpik	Undisclosed	[11]
25 July 2020	FW	Ahmed Hasanović	Olimpik	Undisclosed
31 July 2020	MF	Amar Jašarević	Radnik Hadžići	Undisclosed
3 August 2020	FW	Slobodan Milanović	Olimpik	Undisclosed	[12]

Kit

Supplier	Sponsor
Nike, Inc.	Turkish Airlines

Frendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

Bosna Visoko v Sarajevo

5 July 2020 Friendly	Bosna Visoko	0–1	Sarajevo	Visoko
18:30		Report	Tatar  23'	Stadium: Luke Stadium

Sarajevo v Goražde

12 July 2020 Friendly	Sarajevo	4–0	Goražde	Butmir
18:30	Ahmetović  16' Jukić  30' Mujanović  77' (o.g.) Velkoski  84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Butmir Training Centre

Sarajevo v Sloboda Tuzla

15 July 2020 Friendly	Sarajevo	1–1	Sloboda Tuzla	Butmir
17:30	Dupovac  90+2'	Report	Husejinović  30'	Stadium: Butmir Training Centre Referee: Irfan Peljto (Sarajevo)

Sarajevo v Bratstvo Gračanica

19 July 2020 Friendly	Sarajevo	2–1	Bratstvo Gračanica	Butmir
17:30	Velkoski  32' Bešić  67'	Report	Aletić  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Butmir Training Centre

Sarajevo v GOŠK Gabela

26 July 2020 Friendly	Sarajevo	2–1	GOŠK Gabela	Butmir
17:30	Handžić  65', 84'	Report	Simeunović  44'	Stadium: Butmir Training Centre Referee: Admir Šehović (Sarajevo)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	2 August 2020		Matchday 1	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	066.67
Cup of BiH	30 September 2020		First round					—	—	!—
Champions League	18 August 2020		First qualifying round					—	—	!—
Total				3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	066.67

Last updated: 12 August 2020

Source: Competitions

Premier League

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	Sarajevo	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Široki Brijeg	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
4	Velež Mostar	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
5	Borac Banja Luka	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6

Updated to match(es) played on 15 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)[13]

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
3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	1	0	0	1	0	+1	1	1	0	4	2	+2

Last updated: 12 August 2020.
Source: Sportsport.ba

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W
Position	3	4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2020. Source: Competitions
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Krupa v Sarajevo

2 August 2020 1	Krupa	0–2	Sarajevo	Krupa na Vrbasu
17:30	Karišik  40' Makitan  45'  70' Maksimović  70'	Report	Šerbečić  43' Velkoski  48' Tatar  71' (pen.) Oremuš  88'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Mateo Musa (Čitluk)

Mladost Doboj Kakanj v Sarajevo

8 August 2020 2	Mladost Doboj Kakanj	2–2	Sarajevo	Doboj
17:00	Marić  36' Nikolić  58' Hadžić  61' Alić  80' Mašić  90+4'	Report	Rahmanović  39' Tatar  59' (pen.) Handžić  67'	Stadium: MGM Farm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Miloš Gigović (Gradiška)

Sarajevo v Tuzla City

12 August 2020 3	Sarajevo	1–0	Tuzla City	Sarajevo
17:00	Ahmetović  34' Tatar  54' Đokanović  66' Rahmanović  72' Oremuš  75'	Report	Barišić  56' Rustemović  72'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Luka Bilbija (Prijedor)

Sarajevo v Velež

29 August 2020 5	Sarajevo	v	Velež	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium

Radnik v Sarajevo

5 September 2020 6	Radnik	v	Sarajevo	Bijeljina
				Stadium: Gradski stadion

Sarajevo v Borac

12 September 2020 7	Sarajevo	v	Borac	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium

Olimpik v Sarajevo

16 September 2020 4	Olimpik	v	Sarajevo	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Otoka Stadium Referee: Admir Šehović (Sarajevo)

Sloboda Tuzla v Sarajevo

19 September 2020 8	Sloboda Tuzla	v	Sarajevo	Tuzla
				Stadium: Tušanj City Stadium

Sarajevo v Željezničar

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

Zrinjski v Sarajevo

3 October 2020 10	Zrinjski	v	Sarajevo	Mostar
				Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom

Sarajevo v Široki Brijeg

17 October 2020 11	Sarajevo	v	Široki Brijeg	Sarajevo
				Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium

Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Round of 32

v

30 September 2020

v

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

Sarajevo entered the UEFA Champions League at the first qualifying round.

First qualifying round

Connah's Quay Nomads v Sarajevo

18 August 2020	Connah's Quay Nomads	v	Sarajevo	Cardiff
				Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup of BiH		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK		Vladan Kovačević	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK		Elvis Džafić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Belmin Dizdarević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Dušan Hodžić	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Selmir Pidro	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Halid Šabanović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Hamza Bešić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Hrvoje Miličević	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Besim Šerbečić	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Amer Dupovac	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	DF		Dino Islamović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Mirko Oremuš	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Anel Hebibović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Zinedin Mustedanagić	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Amar Rahmanović	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Aleksandar Pejović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Faruk Hodžić	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Đani Salčin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Ivan Jukić	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Andrej Đokanović	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Tino-Sven Sušić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Mersudin Ahmetović	3	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Krste Velkoski	3	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Haris Handžić	3	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Benjamin Tatar	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Nathan Crepaldi da Cruz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW		Matthias Fanimo	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Number after the "+" sign represents the number of games player started the game on the bench and was substituted on.

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
6	MF		Mirko Oremuš	2												2
10	MF		Amar Rahmanović	2												2
24	MF		Andrej Đokanović	1												1
25	DF		Besim Šerbečić	1												1
32	FW		Benjamin Tatar	1												1

Last updated: 12 August 2020
Source: Competitive matches and fksarajevo.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.

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Premier League	Cup of BiH	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	32	FW		Benjamin Tatar	2	0	0	0	2
2	9	FW		Mersudin Ahmetović	1	0	0	0	1
	11	FW		Krste Velkoski	1	0	0	0	1
	28	FW		Haris Handžić	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals					0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL					5	0	0	0	5

Hat-tricks

Nation	Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Nation	Name	Premier League	Cup of BiH	Champions League	Europa League	Total	Games played
1	13		Vladan Kovačević	2	0	0	0	2	3
TOTAL				2	0	0	0	2	3

References

1. "Mustedanagić u bordo dresu naredne tri godine". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
2. "Matthias Fanimo je novi igrač FK Sarajevo!". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
3. "Podatke treba uzeti sa rezervom: Sarajevo platilo 50 hiljada eura za novog fudbalera" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "Aleksandar Pejović novi je član FK Sarajevo!". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
5. "Aladin Šišić naredne sezone neće nositi bordo dres". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
6. "Sporazumni raskid ugovora sa Matejom Markovićem". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
7. "Nebojša Gavrić naredne sezone neće nositi bordo dres". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
8. "Alen Mustafić zvanično igrač Slovana iz Bratislave". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
9. "Numan Kurdić na posudbi u FK Novi Pazar". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
10. "Ševkija Resić na posudbi u FK Novi Pazar". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
11. "Imamović produžio ugovor, sljedeću sezonu će provesti na posudbi u Olimpiku". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
12. "Milanović u FK Olimpik do kraja polusezone!". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
13. "Premijer Liga 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

External links

• Official website