Bosnia and Herzegovina football clubs in European competitions

Clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina have played in European competitions since the 1967–68 season, when Yugoslav champions Sarajevo took part in the European Cup. They defeated Cypriot team Olympiakos Nicosia in the first round and then lost to Manchester United in the second round.

Beside FK Sarajevo, four more teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in European competitions while the country was part of Yugoslavia with FK Željezničar Sarajevo being the best of them, reaching the 1984–85 UEFA Cup semi-finals where they lost to Hungarian side Videoton 4–3 on aggregate. In the post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, ten more clubs played in European competitions with none making the group stages.

Four teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina qualify for European competitions.

Premier League champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League, while three other teams (one being the national Cup winner) qualify for the UEFA Europa League. Champions League teams start in the second qualifying round while teams in Europa League start in first or second qualifying round. As of 2018–19, no teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in group stage of any European competition.

At the end of the 2021–22 season, Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 35th. The list below shows coefficients of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its predecessor and successor and countries from former Yugoslavia.

Rank	Member association	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	Coeff.
11	SerbiaEx-Yu	6.375	6.000	6.000	5.500	9.500	33.375
19	CroatiaEx-Yu	5.125	5.750	4.375	5.900	6.000	27.150
31	SloveniaEx-Yu	4.625	3.125	2.000	2.500	3.000	15.000
34	Lithuania	2.375	2.625	1.625	1.625	1.750	10.000
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.375	2.000	1.500	2.625	1.625	9.125
36	Finland	1.250	0.875	1.625	1.375	3.750	8.875
39	KosovoEx-Yu	0.000	2.500	1.500	1.833	2.333	8.166
48	North MacedoniaEx-Yu	1.250	3.125	1.000	0.500	1.750	7.625
53	MontenegroEx-Yu	0.875	1.125	0.375	1.000	1.625	5.000

• Record-high ranking: 29 out of 53 after 2000–11 season
• Record-low ranking: 49 out of 50 after 1999–00 season

Total of five teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in three major European competitions - then Champions Cup, then Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup and abolished Cup Winners Cup.

Two teams took part in premier European competition. Sarajevo was the only team to win and qualify for the next round - it was in their debut season that ended in second round against Manchester United. Next and their last participation was disastrous loss to Finnish champion Kuusysi Lahti. Sarajevo's fierce city rival, Željezničar lost to English team Derby County in their only participation in this competition.

This competition, abolished in 1999, saw two teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina taking part. Both Velež Mostar and Borac Banja Luka appeared on two occasions.

Željezničar was the only club from Bosnia and Herzegovina to appear in this competition. It was in its last season (1970–71) before competition got sanctioned by UEFA and changed name to UEFA Cup. Željezničar lost in first round against Belgian powerhouse Anderlecht.

In 1971–72 season UEFA Cup was introduced. Teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played much more games in Europe than before, and most notable campaign was Željezničar's run to semifinal in 1984–85 season. They lost to Hungarian side Videoton. Velež played in four seasons, Sarajevo and Željezničar in two and Sloboda Tuzla in one season.

Biggest win
1975-76 Cup Winners' Cup
Borac Banja Luka - Rumelange 9-0

Biggest aggregate win
1975-76 Cup Winners' Cup
Borac Banja Luka - Rumelange 14-1 (9-0 H, 5-1 A)

Biggest loss
1982-83 UEFA Cup
Anderlecht - Sarajevo 6-1

Biggest aggregate loss
1982-83 UEFA Cup
Sarajevo - Anderlecht 2-6 (1-6 A, 1-0 H)

Furthest in a competition
1984-85 UEFA Cup
Željezničar Sarajevo in semifinal

After break up of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, like other new countries, started its own football league. But, inclusion in UEFA competitions came in 1999, when Jedinstvo Bihać took part in (now abolished) UEFA Intertoto Cup. First Champions League appearance came in 2000, when Brotnjo Čitluk took part after winning Bosniak-Croatian playoff. Two years earlier two teams from Sarajevo played in UEFA Cup, while there were no teams in European competitions in 1999–00 season.

Eight teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in the Champions League since 2000–01 season. No teams managed to qualify for group stage, while two teams managed to qualify for the last qualifying round where they suffered heavy defeats.

In 2002–03 season Željezničar defeated Icelandic and Norwegian champions and faced English side Newcastle in third qualifying round. Guests won 0–1 in Sarajevo while in England Newcastle won 4–0. In 2007–08 season Sarajevo, after trashing Maltese champion, shocked Belgian vice-champion Genk and earned third qualifying round match against Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv. Ukrainians won in both games.

Other teams that played in Champions League were Brotnjo (once), Zrinjski Mostar and Široki Brijeg twice, Borac Banja Luka, Modriča and Leotar Trebinje once.

Just like in Champions League, no teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina reached group stage. Best results were qualification to first round, which was achieved twice from both Sarajevo clubs and Široki Brijeg. No other team played in Europe in September or later. Sarajevo came closest to group stage qualification, losing to Romanian side Cluj in play-off round (fourth qualifying round) in 2009–10 season.

In third level European competition, active from 1995 to 2008, six teams represented Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1999, Jedinstvo Bihać was the first team from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina to play in European competition, first team to win and first team to progress to next round of competition. No team progressed further than second round, meaning no team played more than four games in a single season.

Biggest win
2010–11 UEFA Europa League
Tre Penne - Zrinjski Mostar 2-9

Biggest aggregate win
2010–11 UEFA Europa League
Zrinjski Mostar - Tre Penne 13-3 (9-2 A, 4-1 H)

Biggest loss
2018–19 UEFA Europa League
Sarajevo - Atalanta 0-8

Biggest aggregate loss
2007–08 UEFA CUP
Zrinjski Mostar - Partizan 1-11 (1-6 H, 0-5 A) (match declared void due to Serbian fans' riots, Zrinjski progressed to the next round.)

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1967–68	Sarajevo	R1	Olympiakos Nicosia	3–1	2–2	5–3
		R2	Manchester United	0–0	1–2	1–2
1972–73	Željezničar	R1	Derby County	1–2	0–2	1–4
1985–86	Sarajevo	R1	Kuusysi	1–2	1–2	2–4

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2000–01	Brotnjo	QR1	FBK Kaunas	3–0	0–4	3–4
2001–02	Željezničar	QR1	Levski Sofia	0–0	0–4	0–4
2002–03	Željezničar	QR1	ÍA Akranes	3–0	1–0	4–0
		QR2	Lillestrøm	1–0	1–0	2–0
		QR3	Newcastle United	0–1	0–4	0–5
2003–04	Leotar	QR1	Grevenmacher	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QR2	Slavia Prague	1–2	0–2	1–4
2004–05	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Neftchi Baku	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2005–06	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	F91 Dudelange	0–4 (aet)	1–0	1–4
2006–07	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–0	1–0	2–0
		QR2	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	0–3	0–3
2007–08	Sarajevo	QR1	Marsaxlokk	3–1	6–0	9–1
		QR2	Genk	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)
		QR3	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–3	0–4
2008–09	Modriča	QR1	Dinamo Tirana	2–1	2–0	4–1
		QR2	AaB	1–2	0–5	1–7
2009–10	Zrinjski Mostar	QR2	Slovan Bratislava	1–0	0–4	1–4
2010–11	Željezničar	QR2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–1	0–5	0–6
2011–12	Borac Banja Luka	QR2	Maccabi Haifa	3–2	1–5	4–7
2012–13	Željezničar	QR2	Maribor	1–2	1–4	2–6
2013–14	Željezničar	QR2	Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	3–4	4–6
2014–15	Zrinjski Mostar	QR2	Maribor	0–0	0–2	0–2
2015–16	Sarajevo	QR2	Lech Poznań	0–2	0–1	0–3
2016–17	Zrinjski Mostar	QR2	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–2	1–3
2017–18	Zrinjski Mostar	QR2	Maribor	1–2	1–1	2–3
2018–19	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Spartak Trnava	1–1	0–1	1–2
2019–20	Sarajevo	QR1	Celtic	1–3	1–2	2–5
2020–21	Sarajevo	QR1	Connah's Quay Nomads	—	2–0	—
		QR2	Dynamo Brest	—	1–2	—
2021–22	Borac Banja Luka	QR1	Cluj	2–1 (aet)	1–3	3–4
2022–23	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	0–1	0–1
2023–24	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Urartu	2–3 (aet)	1–0	3–3 (4–3 p)
		QR2	Slovan Bratislava	0–1	2–2	2–3
2024–25	Borac Banja Luka	QR1	Egnatia	1–0	1–2 (aet)	2–2 (4–1 p)
		QR2	PAOK	2–3	0–1	2–4

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1971–72	Željezničar	R1	Club Brugge	3–0	1–3	4–3
		R2	Bologna	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
		R3	St. Johnstone	5–1	0–1	5–2
		QF	Ferencváros	1–2	2–1	3–3 (4–5 p)
1973–74	Velež Mostar	R1	Tatran Prešov	1–1	2–4	3–5
1974–75	Velež Mostar	R1	Spartak Moscow	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
		R2	Rapid Vienna	1–0	1–1	3–1
		R3	Derby County	4–1	1–3	5–4
		QF	Twente	1–0	0–2	1–2
1977–78	Sloboda Tuzla	R1	Las Palmas	4–3	0–5	4–8
1980–81	Sarajevo	R1	Hamburger SV	3–3	2–4	5–7
1982–83	Sarajevo	R1	Slavia Sofia	4–2	2–2	6–4
		R2	Corvinul Hunedoara	4–0	4-4	8-4
		R3	Anderlecht	1–0	1–6	2–6
1984–85	Željezničar	R1	Sliven	5–1	0–1	5–2
		R2	Sion	2–1	1-1	3-2
		R3	Universitatea Craiova	4–0	0–2	4–2
		QF	Dinamo Minsk	2–0	1–1	3–1
		SF	Videoton	2–1	1–3	3–4
1987–88	Velež Mostar	R1	Sion	5–0	0–3	5–3
		R2	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	0–2	2–3
1988–89	Velež Mostar	R1	APOEL	1–0	5–2	6–2
		R2	Belenenses	0–0	0–0	0–0 (4–3 p)
		R3	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	0–3	2–4

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1998–99	Sarajevo	QR1	Germinal Ekeren	0–0	1–4	1–4
	Željezničar	QR1	Kilmarnock	1–1	0–1	1–2
2000–01	Budućnost Banovići	QR	Drnovice	0–1	0–3	0–4
	Željezničar	QR	Wisła Kraków	0–0	1–3	1–3
2001–02	Brotnjo	QR	Viking	1–1	0–1	1–2
	Sarajevo	QR	Marítimo	0–1	0–1	0–2
2002–03	Sarajevo	QR	Sigma Olomouc	2–1	1–2	3–3 (5–3 p)
		R1	Beşiktaş	0–5	2–2	2–7
	Široki Brijeg	QR	Senec	3–0	2–1	5–1
		R1	Sparta Prague	0–1	0–3	0–4
	Željezničar	R1	Málaga	0–0	0–1	0–1
2003–04	Sarajevo	QR	Sartid	1–1	0–3	1–4
	Željezničar	QR	Anorthosis Famagusta	1–0	3–1	4–1
		R1	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	0–2	0–2
2004–05	Modriča	QR1	Santa Coloma	3–0	1–0	4–0
		QR2	Levski Sofia	0–3	0–5	0–8
	Željezničar	QR1	Pennarossa	4–0	5–1	9–1
		QR2	Litex Lovech	1–2	0–7	1–9
2005–06	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Teuta Durrës	3–0	1–3	4–3
		QR2	Zeta	4–2	1–0	5–2
		R1	Basel	0–1	0–5	0–6
	Žepče	QR1	Bashkimi	1–1	0–31	1–4
2006–07	Orašje	QR1	Domžale	0–2	0–5	0–7
	Sarajevo	QR1	Rànger's	3–0	2–0	5–0
		QR2	Rapid București	1–0	0–2	1–2
2007–08	Sarajevo	R1	Basel	1–2	0–6	1–8
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Koper	3–1	3–2	6–3
		QR2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–3	0–3	0–6
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Partizan	1–6	0–5	1–112
		QR2	Rabotnički	1–2	0–0	1–2
2008–09	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Partizani Tirana	0–0	3–1	3–1
		QR2	Beşiktaş	1–2	0–4	1–6
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Vaduz	3–1	2–1	5–2
		QR2	Braga	0–2	0–1	0–3
2009–10	Sarajevo	QR2	Spartak Trnava	1–0	1–1	2–1
		QR3	Helsingborg	2–1	1–2	3–3 (5–4 p)
		PO	Cluj	1–1	1–2	2–3
	Slavija Sarajevo	QR2	AaB	3–1	0–0	3–1
		QR3	Košice	0–2	1–3	1–5
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Banants	0–1	2–0	2–1
		QR2	Sturm Graz	1–1	1–2	2–3
2010–11	Borac Banja Luka	QR2	Lausanne-Sport	1–1	0–1	1–2
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–0	2–0	5–0
		QR2	Austria Wien	0–1	2–2	2–3
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Tobol	2–1	2–1	4–2
		QR2	Tre Penne	4–1	9–2	13–3
		QR3	Odense	0–0	3–5	3–5
2011–12	Sarajevo	QR2	Örebro	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QR3	Sparta Prague	0–2	0–5	0–7
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–0	0–3	0–3
	Željezničar	QR2	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	0–0	1–0
		QR3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	0–6	0–8
2012–13	Borac Banja Luka	QR1	Čelik Nikšić	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
	Sarajevo	QR1	Hibernians	5–2	4–4	9–6
		QR2	Levski Sofia	3–1	0–1	3–2
		QR3	Zeta	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
	Široki Brijeg	QR2	St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	1–2 (aet)	2–3
2013–14	Sarajevo	QR1	Libertas	1–0	2–1	3–1
		QR2	Kukësi	0–0	2–3	2–3
	Široki Brijeg	QR2	Irtysh Pavlodar	2–0	2–3	4–3
		QR3	Udinese	1–3	0–4	1–7
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Santa Coloma	1–0	3–1	4–1
		QR2	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	0–2	1–3
2014–15	Sarajevo	QR2	Haugesund	0–1	3–1	3–2
		QR3	Atromitos	1–2	3–1 (aet)	4–3
		PO	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3	0–7	2–10
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Gabala	3–0	2–0	5–0
		QR2	Mladá Boleslav	0–4	1–2	1–6
	Željezničar	QR1	Lovćen Cetinje	0–0	1–0	1–0
		QR2	Metalurg Skopje	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)
2015–16	Olimpic	QR1	Spartak Trnava	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Shirak	2–1	0–2	2–3
	Željezničar	QR1	Balzan	1–0	2–0	3–0
		QR2	Ferencváros	2–0	1–0	3–0
		QR3	Standard Liège	0–1	1–2	1–3
2016–17	Radnik Bijeljina	QR1	Beroe Stara Zagora	0–2	0–0	0–2
	Sloboda Tuzla	QR1	Beitar Jerusalem	0–0	0–1	0–1
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Birkirkara	1–1	0–2	1–3
2017–18	Sarajevo	QR1	Zaria Bălți	2–1	1–2	3–3 (5–6 p)
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Ordabasy	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QR2	Aberdeen	0–2	1–1	1–3
	Željezničar	QR1	Zeta	1–0	2–2	3–2
		QR2	AIK	0–0	0–2	0–2
2018–19	Sarajevo	QR1	Banants	3–0	2–1	5–1
		QR2	Atalanta	0−8	2−2	2−10
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Domžale	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
	Željezničar	QR1	Narva Trans	4–2	2–0	6–2
		QR2	Apollon Limassol	1−2	1−3	2−5
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR2	Valletta	1−1	2−1	3−2
		QR3	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	0–1	1–2
2019–20	Radnik Bijeljina	QR1	Spartak Trnava	2–0	0–2	2–2 (2–3 p)
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Kairat	1–2	1–2	2–4
	Sarajevo	QR3	BATE Borisov	1–2	0–0	1–2
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Akademija Pandev	3−0	3−0	6−0
		QR2	Utrecht	2−1 (aet)	1−1	3−2
		QR3	Malmö	1–0	0–3	1–3
2020–21	Borac Banja Luka	QR1	Sutjeska Nikšić	1–0	—	—
		QR2	Rio Ave	0–2	—	—
	Sarajevo	QR3	Budućnost Podgorica	2–1	—	—
		PO	Celtic	0–1	—	—
	Željezničar	QR1	Maccabi Haifa	—	1–3	—
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR1	Differdange 03	3–0	—	—
		QR2	Olimpija Ljubljana	—	3–2	—
		QR3	APOEL	—	2–2 (aet) (2–4 p)	—
2023–24	Zrinjski Mostar	QR3	Breiðablik	6–2	0–1	6–3
		PO	LASK	1–1	1–2	2–3
2024–25	Borac Banja Luka	QR3	KÍ	3–1 (aet)	1–2	4–3
		PO	Ferencváros	1–1 (aet)	0–0	1–1 (2–3 p)

¹ Bashkimi were awarded a 3–0 win because was Žepče fielded an ineligible player.^[1]
2 UEFA expelled Partizan from the 2007–08 UEFA Cup due to crowd trouble at their away tie in Mostar, which forced the match to be interrupted for 10 minutes. UEFA adjudged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble,^[2] but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed.^[3] However, Partizan's appeal was rejected so Zrinjski Mostar qualified.^[4]

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2021–22	Borac Banja Luka	QR2	Linfield	0–0	0–4	0–4
	Sarajevo	QR1	Milsami Orhei	0–1	0–0	0–1
	Široki Brijeg	QR1	Vllaznia	3–1	0–3	3–4
	Velež Mostar	QR1	Coleraine	2–1	2–1	4–2
		QR2	AEK Athens	2–1	0–1 (aet)	2–2 (3–2 p)
		QR3	Elfsborg	1–4	1–1	2–5
2022–23	Borac Banja Luka	QR1	B36 Tórshavn	2–0	1–3 (aet)	3–3 (3–4 p)
	Tuzla City	QR1	Tre Penne	6–0	2–0	8–0
		QR2	AZ Alkmaar	0–4	0–1	0–5
	Velež Mostar	QR2	Ħamrun Spartans	0–1	0–1	0–1
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR2	Tirana	3–2	1–0	4–2
		QR3	Tobol	1–0	1–1	2–1
		PO	Slovan Bratislava	1–0	1–2 (aet)	2–2 (5–6 p)
2023–24	Borac Banja Luka	QR2	Austria Wien	1-2	0–1	1-3
	Sarajevo	QR1	Torpedo Kutaisi	1–1 (aet)	2–2	3–3 (2–4 p)
	Željezničar	QR1	Dinamo Minsk	2–2	2–1	3–2
		QR2	Neftchi Baku	2–2	0-2	2-4
	Zrinjski Mostar	GS	Aston Villa	1–1	0–1	4th
			Legia Warsaw	1–2	0–2
			AZ	4–3	0–1
2024–25	Sarajevo	QR1	Aktobe	2–3 (aet)	1–0	3–3 (4–3 p)
		QR2	Spartak Trnava	0–0	0–3	0–3
	Velež Mostar	QR1	Inter Club d'Escaldes	1–1	1–5	2–6
	Zrinjski Mostar	QR2	Bravo	0–1	3–1	3–2
		QR3	Botev Plovdiv	2–0	1–2	3–2
		PO	Vitória de Guimarães	0–4	0–3	0–7
	Borac Banja Luka	LP	Panathinaikos	1–1	—
			APOEL	—	1–0
			Víkingur	—
			LASK		—
			Shamrock Rovers	—
			Omonia		—

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1975–76	Borac Banja Luka	R1	Rumelange	9–0	5–1	14–1
		R2	Anderlecht	1–0	0–3	1–3
1981–82	Velež Mostar	R1	Jeunesse Esch	6–1	1–1	7–2
		R2	Lokomotive Leipzig	1–1	1–1	2–2 (1–4 p)
1986–87	Velež Mostar	R1	Vasas	3–2	2–2	5–4
		R2	Vitosha Sofia	4–3	0–2	4–5
1988–89	Borac Banja Luka	R1	Metalist Kharkiv	2–0	0–4	2–4

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1970–71	Željezničar	R1	Anderlecht	3–4	4–5	7–9

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1999	Jedinstvo Bihać	R1	GÍ Gøta	3–0	0–1	3–1
		R2	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1–2	1–3	2–5
2000	Zrinjski Mostar	R1	Västra Frölunda	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2001	Čelik Zenica	R1	Denizlispor	1–0	5–3	6–3
		R2	Gent	1–0	0–2	1–2
2002	Brotnjo	R1	Zürich	2–1	0–7	2–8
2003	Sloboda Tuzla	R1	KA Akureyri	1–1	1–1	1–1 (3–2 p)
		R2	Lierse	1–0	1–5	2–5
2004	Sloboda Tuzla	R1	Celje	1–0	1–2	2–2
		R2	Spartak Trnava	0–1	1–2	1–3
2006	Zrinjski Mostar	R1	Marsaxlokk	3–0	1–1	4–1
		R2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–3	1–1	2–4
2007	Slavija Sarajevo	R1	Sant Julià	3–2	3–2	6–4
		R2	Oțelul Galați	0–0	0–3	0–3
2008	Čelik Zenica	R1	Grbalj	3–2	1–2	4–4 (a)

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