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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nickname(s)	Zmajevi (The Dragons); Zlatni ljiljani (The Golden Lilies)
Association	; Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (N/FSBiH)
Confederation	; UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Robert Prosinečki
Captain	Edin Džeko
Most caps;	; Edin Džeko (99)
Top scorer	; Edin Džeko (55)
Home stadium	; Grbavica / Bilino Polje;
FIFA code	BIH
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FIFA ranking
Current	34 (20 December 2018)
Highest	13 (August 2013);
Lowest	173 (September 1996);
Elo ranking
Current	21 15 (20 December 2018)
Highest	20 (12-15 June 2013);
Lowest	87 (October 1999);
First international
	; Non-FIFA international; Iran 1–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina ; (Tehran, Iran; 12 September 1993); FIFA international; Albania 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina ; (Tirana, Albania; 30 November 1995)
Biggest win
	; Bosnia and Herzegovina 7–0 Estonia ; (Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina;; 10 September 2008); Liechtenstein 1–8 Bosnia and Herzegovina ; (Vaduz, Liechtenstein; 7 September 2012)
Biggest defeat
	; Argentina 5–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina ; (Córdoba, Argentina; 14 May 1998)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2014)
Best result	Group stage, 2014;
European Championship
Appearances	0

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (Bosnian: Nogometna/Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine; Cyrillic: Ногометна/Фудбалска репрезентација Боснe и Херцеговинe) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in association football and is governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, Bosnian footballers played for Yugoslavia.

Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved their best result when they reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup as winners of their qualifying group.^[7] They were eliminated after group stage narrow losses to Argentina and Nigeria and a win over Iran.^[8]

The team has appeared in numerous other qualification play-offs, in 2010 FIFA World Cup play-offs loss to Portugal, as well as qualifying play-offs for UEFA Euro 2012 and UEFA Euro 2016, losing to Portugal and Republic of Ireland respectively, preventing the team from reaching their first UEFA European Championship.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Its' two home stadiums are Grbavica (Sarajevo) and Bilino Polje (Zenica). The team's highest FIFA World Ranking was 13th, achieved in August 2013.^[12]

History

BiH squad post FIFA affiliation of late 90's.

Bosnia and Herzegovina have seen a steady rise in their fortunes on the international football stage in recent times. Historically, Bosnia, a war torn and divided nation, has managed multiple playoff appearances and has qualified to one FIFA World Cup. More often than not, the team produces solid results in qualifiers and challenges for a top spot.

From 1920 to 1992, the players lined out for Yugoslavia, but following the outbreak of the Bosnian war and subsequent independence, a new football nation arose from the ashes.

The early period saw Bosnia and Herzegovina have to wait until the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to compete for a place in a major competition. Bosnia finished fourth in a group that included Greece, Denmark, Croatia and Slovenia. This was then subsequently followed by further disappointment with lackluster campaigns in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers, as well as the 2002 FIFA World Cup.^[13]^[14]

This early period was followed by Bosnia coming very close to qualifying directly for their first ever major competition, UEFA Euro 2004, narrowly missing out by a single goal against Denmark.^[15]

Bosnia failed to make the grade in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, despite being unbeaten at home, and the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, which saw their poor home form cost them. Bosnia and Herzegovina then experienced double heartbreak, bowing out twice in the playoffs to Portugal, first 2–0 on aggregate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup decider and then 6–2 on aggregate in the UEFA Euro 2012 decider.^[16]^[17]^[18]

Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Brazil, in October 2013 by beating Lithuania, finally breaking their curse and participating in a major tournament.^[19]

Begović

Bičakčić

Spahić (C)

Mujdža

Kolašinac

Pjanić

Bešić

Hajrović

Lulić

Misimović

Džeko

Bosnian squad at their first ever FIFA World Cup game. (coach: Safet Sušić).

They managed to finish third in a group which included Argentina, and tasted their first victory thanks to a 3–1 win over Iran.^[20] Nigeria pipped Bosnia for second place in the group with a 1–0 win marred with controversy following an incorrectly disallowed goal scored by Edin Džeko in the first half.^[21]^[22]^[23]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
Iran	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Bosnia finished third in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers behind Belgium and Wales. After making an unfortunate start to the qualifiers with a surprise 2–1 home defeat against Cyprus and managing just two points through four games, manager Safet Sušić was dismissed and replaced by Mehmed Baždarević.^[24]^[25]^[26]

After the slow start, the Bosnian performance improved dramatically, with five wins in their remaining six matches, including victories over Wales and Israel along with three clean sheets. However, they ultimately failed to qualify after a two legged playoff encounter with the Republic of Ireland.^[27]^[28]^[29] Bosnia failed to make back-to-back FIFA World Cup's after failing to qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Qualification
1	Italy	Qualify for final tournament	—	11 Jun	23 Mar	12 Oct	18 Nov	26 Mar
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (X)	Qualify for final tournament	15 Nov	—	12 Oct	26 Mar	23 Mar	5 Sep
3	Finland (X)		8 Sep	8 Jun	—	5 Sep	15 Oct	15 Nov
4	Greece		8 Jun	15 Oct	18 Nov	—	11 Jun	8 Sep
5	Armenia		5 Sep	8 Sep	26 Mar	15 Nov	—	8 Jun
6	Liechtenstein		15 Oct	18 Nov	11 Jun	23 Mar	12 Oct	—

First match(es) will be played on 23 March 2019. Source: UEFA
(X) Assured of at least play-offs.

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23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)