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Bosnia and Herzegovina

UEFA. Played 291 since 30 Nov 1995: won 107, drawn 70, lost 114. Elo 1742, ranked 53 in the world; peak 1850 in 2019.

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Latest results

Results and fixtures

Squad

The following players were called up for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League B matches in November.

Players
26
Average age
24.8
Caps between them
505
Most from one club
Borac Banja Luka (2)

Where they play

2 at home · 24 abroad in 15 other countries

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
  • Austria 3
  • Belgium 2
  • Croatia 2
  • England 2
  • Germany 2
  • Greece 2
  • Italy 2
  • Turkey 2
  • Azerbaijan 1
  • Cyprus 1
  • Czech Republic 1
  • Kazakhstan 1
  • Netherlands 1
  • Romania 1
  • Switzerland 1

Average club rating 1645 (ClubElo; 23 of 26 players' clubs rated, mainly European). Highest-rated club: Newcastle United, ranked 22 by ClubElo.

No.PlayerAgeCapsGoals
Goalkeepers
Martin ZlomislićQarabağ(Azerbaijan)2860
Salko HamzićWSG Tirol(Austria)2010
Mladen JurkasBorac Banja Luka1900
Defenders
Sead KolašinacAtalanta(Italy)33730
Dennis HadžikadunićHajduk Split(Croatia)28330
Amar DedićNewcastle United(England)24311
Nikola KatićSchalke 04(Germany)30252
Tarik MuharemovićLeeds United(England)23212
Nihad MujakićErzurumspor(Turkey)28131
Arjan MalićSturm Graz(Austria)2190
Stjepan RadeljićDinamo Zagreb(Croatia)2980
Zinedin SmajlovićOlympiacos(Greece)2230
Midfielders
Benjamin TahirovićGenk(Belgium)23352
Armin GigovićYoung Boys(Switzerland)24262
Esmir BajraktarevićPSV(Netherlands)21241
Ivan BašićAstana(Kazakhstan)24241
Dženis BurnićVolos(Greece)28220
Amar MemićViktoria Plzeň(Czech Republic)25211
Kerim AlajbegovićJuventus(Italy)19173
Ivan ŠunjićPafos(Cyprus)30170
Ermin MahmićÇorum(Turkey)2193
Forwards
Ermedin DemirovićVfB Stuttgart(Germany)28484
Haris TabakovićRed Bull Salzburg(Austria)32155
Samed BaždarSint-Truiden(Belgium)22151
Jovo LukićUniversitatea Cluj(Romania)2791
Matej DeketBorac Banja Luka1700

Squad, caps and goals from Wikipedia: Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (CC BY-SA), caps correct as of 5 October 2026; page last edited 30 Oct 2026. Read daily.

Nations League chances: Group B4

TeamPromotedPlay-off A/BStays in BPlay-off B/CPts
Sweden78%20%3%–13.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina22%71%7%–10.8
Poland–9%88%3%6.9
Romania––3%97%1.8

The rest of the league phase played out 10,000 times with FixtureShark’s model (IP1, built on Elo ratings). Ties split by goal difference and goals scored, not head-to-head.

Tournament history

World Cup: 2 appearances

Furthest round reached, finals tournaments and Nations League only (qualifiers are not shown).

Rating over time

140017001900199520112026Peak 1847 (2018)
Rating at the end of each year it played.

Head to head

Against

Bosnia and Herzegovina v Greece: played 11, won 1, drawn 5, lost 5; goals 9–17. First met 1 Sep 1996, last 15 Oct 2019.

Record by competition

Bosnia and Herzegovina by competition
Friendly90262638
FIFA World Cup qualification76341824
UEFA Euro qualification76291235
UEFA Nations League26899
FIFA World Cup7214
Dunhill Cup5311
Merdeka Tournament4211
Millennium Cup4211
Kirin Cup2110
LG Cup1001

Top scorers

  1. Edin Džeko 58
  2. Zvjezdan Misimović 19
  3. Vedad Ibišević 18
  4. Elvir Bolić 15
  5. Miralem Pjanić 13
  6. Sergej Barbarez 11
  7. Elvir Baljić 10
  8. Zlatan Muslimović 8
  9. Haris Medunjanin 8
  10. Edin Višća 7

Goals in games whose scorers are recorded in the source (most competitive games, not every friendly), so totals can be lower than official records.

Shoot-outs count as draws in records and ratings. Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.