Bosnia and Herzegovina Women's Premier League
{{Short description|Top tier association football women's league, Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox football league
| logo =
| pixels = 200
| country = {{BIH}}
| confed = UEFA
| founded = 2001
| divisions = 1
| teams = 8
| relegation =
| levels = 1
| domest_cup = National Cup
| confed_cup = UEFA Champions League
| champions = SFK 2000 (22nd title)
| season = 2023–24
| most successful club = SFK 2000 (22 titles)
| website = {{url|https://www.nfsbih.ba/takmicenja/nogomet-zene/premijer-zenska-liga-bih/|Official website}}
| current = 2024–25 Premier League
}}
Bosnia and Herzegovina Women's Premier League ({{lang-bcs|Ženska Premijer Liga BiH}}) is the top level women's football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2013 the league has been unified. Before it was played in two separate groups based on league systems confined within Bosnia's entities, one being the First Women's League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other First Women's League of the Republika Srpska, with the champion being decided through play-offs.{{cite web|title=National women's league launches in Bosnia and Herzegovina|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/020c-0e1448b07049-4770d289036d-1000--national-women-s-league-launches-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=17 August 2013|date=16 August 2013}}
The winner of the play-off qualified for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
The league draws little media attention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the funding is often inadequate and clubs lack infrastructure, in some cases even basic training facilities.{{cite web |url=http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/11787.html |title=Women's football teams ignored in B&H |author=Lejla Mazlic |date=16 September 2009 |publisher=HRH Sarajevo |access-date=6 August 2010 |archive-date=8 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408204807/http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/11787.html |url-status=dead }}
History
Until 2013 the league was divided into the NFSBiH league and the league of the Republic of Srpska. The best two teams of the NFSBiH league qualified for a play-off in which the champion of the Republika Srpska women's football championship joined. The venue for the play-off was decided beforehand and it was played as three-team group.
Format
The eight teams play against three times, twice at home and one away - in a total of 21 rounds. The champion qualifies for the next season of UEFA Women's Champions League. The two worst placed teams are relegated to its respective second tier (Prva ženska liga FBiH or Prva ženska Liga RS).
2022–23 teams
The 2022–23 season is played by eight teams.{{cite web|title=Club list|url=https://www.nfsbih.ba/takmicenja/nogomet-zene/premijer-zenska-liga-bih/|publisher=nfsbih.ba|access-date=29 May 2023}}
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{{location map~ |Bosnia and Herzegovina|lat=44.265744 |long=18.385921 |label=Živinice|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Bosnia and Herzegovina|lat=44.772182 |long=17.191000 |label=Banja Luka|position=top}}
{{location map~ |Bosnia and Herzegovina|lat=44.056249 |long=17.449827 |label=Bugojno|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Bosnia and Herzegovina|lat=43.668544 |long=18.974854 |label=Goražde|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Bosnia and Herzegovina|lat=44.445999 |long=19.126000 |label=Bijeljina|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Bosnia and Herzegovina|lat= 44.872656 |long=18.483826 |label=Brčko|position=bottom}}
}}
List of champions
The list of champions{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bih-womchamp.html |title=Bosnia-Hercegovina (Women) List of Champions |author=Hans Schöggl |date=11 January 2010 |website=RSSSF |access-date=6 August 2010}}
- 2001–02: NK Iskra Bugojno
- 2002–03: SFK 2000
- 2003–04: SFK 2000
- 2004–05: SFK 2000
- 2005–06: SFK 2000
- 2006–07: SFK 2000
- 2007–08: SFK 2000
- 2008–09: SFK 2000
- 2009–10: SFK 2000
- 2010–11: SFK 2000
- 2011–12: SFK 2000{{cite web|url=http://www.nfsbih.net/arhiva.aspx?id=N2526|title=SFK 2000 won the championship again|access-date=23 August 2012|date=4 June 2012|publisher=NFSBiH}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- 2012–13: SFK 2000
- 2013–14: SFK 2000{{Cite web |url=http://sport033.com/nogometasice-sfk-2000-potvrdile-dominaciju-u-bih/ |title=Nogometašice SFK 2000 potvrdile dominaciju u BiH - SPORT033 |access-date=2014-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705104100/http://sport033.com/nogometasice-sfk-2000-potvrdile-dominaciju-u-bih/ |archive-date=2015-07-05 |url-status=dead }}
- 2014–15: SFK 2000
- 2015–16: SFK 2000{{cite web | url=http://sportsport.ba/bh_fudbal/nova-titula-za-sfk-sarajevo-2000/191407 | title=Nova titula za SFK Sarajevo 2000 | publisher=sportsport.ba | date=17 April 2016 | access-date=24 April 2016 | language=bs}}
- 2016–17: SFK 2000{{cite web | url=http://sport1.ba/zenska-premijer-liga-bih/bordo-nogometasice-nastavile-dominaciju-u-bosni-i-hercegovini-sfk-2000-sarajevo-bogatiji-za-novi-pehar/81419 | title=Bordo nogometašice nastavile dominaciju u Bosni i Hercegovini, SFK 2000 Sarajevo bogatiji za novi pehar Pročitajte više na (One more title for SFK) | publisher=sport1.ba | date=30 April 2017 | access-date=2 May 2017 | language=bs}}
- 2017–18: SFK 2000{{cite web | url=http://sport1.oslobodjenje.ba/zenska-premijer-liga-bih/sampionke-iz-sarajeva-nakon-utakmice-proslavile-novu-duplu-krunu/119071 | title= Šampionke iz Sarajeva nakon utakmice proslavile novu duplu krunu
| publisher=sport1.ba | date=19 May 2018 | access-date=21 December 2018 | language=bs}}
- 2018–19: SFK 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/nogometasice-sfk-2000-osvojile-17-titulu-prvakinja-bih-u-nizu/190520102|title=Nogometašice SFK 2000 osvojile 17. titulu prvakinja BiH u nizu|date=20 May 2019|access-date=20 May 2019|language=bs|publisher=Klix.ba}}
- 2019–20: SFK 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/nogometasice-sfk-2000-sarajevo-novom-titulom-postavile-svjetski-rekord/200602037|title=Nogometašice SFK 2000 Sarajevo novom titulom postavile svjetski rekord|date=2 June 2020|access-date=2 June 2020|language=bs|author=N.K.|publisher=Klix.ba}}
- 2020–21: SFK 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/nogometasice-sfk-2000-nastavile-dominirati-i-osvojile-novu-duplu-krunu/210524030|title=Nogometašice SFK 2000 nastavile dominirati i osvojile novu duplu krunu|date=24 May 2021|access-date=24 May 2021|language=bs|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}}
- 2021–22: SFK 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/nogometasice-sfk-2000-na-kosevu-proslavile-20-titulu-prvakinja-bih/220606040|title=Nogometašice SFK 2000 na Koševu proslavile 20. titulu prvakinja BiH|date=6 June 2022|access-date=6 June 2022|language=bs|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}}
- 2022–23: SFK 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.nfsbih.ba/vijesti/nogomet-z/premijer-liga-bih-z/fudbalerke-sfk-2000-sarajevo-sampionke-bosne-i-hercegovine/|date=21 May 2023|access-date=29 May 2023|language=bs|author=NFSBiH|title=FUDBALERKE SFK 2000 SARAJEVO ŠAMPIONKE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE|publisher=NFSBiH}}
- 2023–24: SFK 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.nfsbih.ba/vijesti/nogomet-z/premijer-liga-bih-z/seniorke-i-kadetkinje-sfk-2000-sarajevo-prvakinje-bosne-i-hercegovine/|date=20 May 2024|access-date=20 May 2024|language=bs|author=NFSBiH|title=SENIORKE I KADETKINJE SFK 2000 SARAJEVO PRVAKINJE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE!|publisher=NFSBiH}}
Titles by team
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" | |
| Club
!Titles | |
|---|---|
| SFK 2000 | align="center"|22 |
| Iskra Bugojno | align="center"|1 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.nfsbih.ba/bih/tabela.php?idNatjecanja=2145&sub_menu=bh_tel_z&con=nfsbih_fbih Official Site] of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
{{Football in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{UEFA women's leagues}}
{{Top level women's association football leagues around the world}}
Category:Top-level women's association football leagues in Europe