# 2016–17 FK Sarajevo season

The 2016–17 Sarajevo season was the club's 68th season in existence, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Bosnian football, the Premier League of BiH. Besides competing in the Premier League, the team also competed in the National Cup.

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 20 February 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BIH | Emir Plakalo |
| 2 | DF | BIH | Dušan Hodžić |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Advan Kadušić |
| 4 | MF | BIH | Edin Rustemović (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Adnan Kovačević |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Saša Novaković |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Haris Duljević (captain) |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Elvis Sarić |
| 9 | MF | BIH | Nermin Crnkić |
| 10 | MF | BIH | Said Husejinović |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović |
| 14 | DF | MNE | Saša Balić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | BIH | Samir Radovac (4th captain) |
| 16 | DF | BIH | Marko Mihojević (3rd captain) |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Elvedin Herić |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Almir Bekić |
| 21 | MF | BIH | Sanjin Lelić |
| 22 | MF | BIH | Nemanja Anđušić |
| 23 | MF | EST | Frank Liivak |
| 24 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović |
| 28 | DF | BIH | Perica Ivetić |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Bojan Pavlović |
| 33 | FW | BIH | Amer Bekić |
| 34 | GK | BIH | Adi Adilović |

### Youth academy players

FK Sarajevo Academy players that received a first-team squad call-up.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BIH | Vladan Kovačević |
| 18 | DF | BIH | Nihad Mujakić |
| 35 | FW | BIH | Semir Smajlagić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 40 | FW | BIH | Nedim Hadžić |
| 50 | DF | BIH | Rijad Sadiku |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 6 June 2016 | FW | Mersudin Ahmetović | Sloboda Tuzla | Free transfer | |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Saša Balić | Târgu Mureș | Free transfer | |
| 7 June 2016 | DF | Dušan Hodžić | Radnik Bijeljina | Free transfer | |
| 8 June 2016 | MF | Elvis Sarić | Sloboda Tuzla | Free transfer | |
| 13 June 2016 | MF | Marko Ćetković | Laçi | Free transfer | |
| 16 June 2016 | MF | Nemanja Anđušić | Olimpik | Free transfer | |
| 17 June 2016 | MF | Said Husejinović | Dinamo Zagreb | €50,000 | |
| 18 June 2016 | GK | Adi Adilović | Čelik Zenica | Free transfer | |
| 25 June 2016 | MF | Nermin Crnkić | Slovan Bratislava | Free transfer | |
| 28 June 2016 | DF | Saša Novaković | Voluntari | Free transfer | |
| 18 August 2016 | DF | Perica Ivetić | Sloboda Tuzla | Free transfer | |
| 19 January 2017 | MF | Sanjin Lelić | Olimpik | €25,000 | |
| 20 February 2017 | MF | Frank Liivak | Free agent | Free transfer | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | €75,000 | €75,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 June 2016 | DF | Tomislav Barbarić | Kortrijk | €350,000 | |
| 1 June 2016 | MF | Deni Simeunović | Radnik Bijeljina | End of contract | |
| 1 June 2016 | MF | Dario Purić | Tekstilac Derventa | End of contract | |
| 1 June 2016 | FW | Ildar Klarić | Branitelj | End of contract | |
| 14 June 2016 | FW | Ševko Okić | Radnik Bijeljina | Contract termination | |
| 15 June 2016 | DF | Denis Kramar | Víkingur Ólafsvík | Contract termination | |
| 23 June 2016 | MF | Emerson | Free agent | Contract termination | |
| 23 June 2016 | FW | Cezar Augusto | Free agent | Contract termination | |
| 25 June 2016 | FW | Tarik Handžić | Olimpik | Contract termination | |
| 29 June 2016 | DF | Ahmad Kalasi | Al-Ittihad | Contract termination | |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Džemal Berberović | Retired | Retired | |
| 21 July 2016 | FW | Adnan Osmanović | Olimpik | Contract termination | |
| 2 August 2016 | MF | Damjan Krajišnik | Podrinje Janja | Contract termination | |
| 5 August 2016 | FW | Leon Benko | Olimpija Ljubljana | Contract termination | |
| 10 January 2017 | MF | Marko Ćetković | Partizani Tirana | Contract termination | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | €350,000 | €350,000 |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Pos. | Player | To |
| 15 June 2016 | 31 December 2016 | GK | Emir Plakalo | Metalleghe-BSI |
| 19 January 2017 | End of season | DF | Edvin Rastoder | Bosna Visoko |
| 19 January 2017 | End of season | MF | Vedad Gljiva | Bosna Visoko |
| 25 January 2017 | End of season | FW | Hamza Čataković | Trenčín |

## Kit

| Supplier | Sponsors | Sponsors |
| Nike | Turkish Airlines | Front |
| Nike | Pomozi.ba | Shorts |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 23 July 2016 | 28 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 050.00 |
| Cup of BiH | 21 September 2016 | 17 May 2017 | First round | Runners-up | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 053.66 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zrinjski Mostar | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Željezničar Sarajevo | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Sarajevo | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Radnik Bijeljina | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Sloboda Tuzla | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: sportsport.ba

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

##### Matches
#### Championship round
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zrinjski Mostar (C) | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Željezničar Sarajevo | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Sarajevo | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Krupa | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 46 | |
| 5 | Sloboda Tuzla | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 43 | |
| 6 | Radnik Bijeljina | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 40 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: sportsport.ba

#### Results by round

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

##### Matches
### Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina
#### Final
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Cup of BiH |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BIH | Vladan Kovačević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Bojan Pavlović | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | BIH | Adi Adilović | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BIH | Dušan Hodžić | 33 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Advan Kadušić | 24 | 1 | 12+6 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Adnan Kovačević | 13 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Saša Novaković | 33 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | MNE | Saša Balić | 19 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BIH | Marko Mihojević | 29 | 1 | 21+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | BIH | Nihad Mujakić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Almir Bekić | 33 | 1 | 24+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | BIH | Perica Ivetić | 31 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | BIH | Rijad Sadiku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | BIH | Edin Rustemović | 28 | 1 | 19+3 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Haris Duljević | 31 | 2 | 24+2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Elvis Sarić | 34 | 4 | 23+4 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | BIH | Nermin Crnkić | 34 | 11 | 25+2 | 9 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | BIH | Said Husejinović | 15 | 3 | 3+6 | 1 | 3+3 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović | 36 | 8 | 23+4 | 6 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | BIH | Samir Radovac | 18 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Elvedin Herić | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BIH | Sanjin Lelić | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BIH | Nemanja Anđušić | 22 | 0 | 2+15 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | EST | Frank Liivak | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 24 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović | 38 | 12 | 29+1 | 10 | 3+5 | 2 |
| 33 | FW | BIH | Amer Bekić | 30 | 7 | 7+15 | 3 | 6+2 | 4 |
| 35 | FW | BIH | Semir Smajlagič | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | BIH | Nedim Hadžić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 20 | MF | MNE | Marko Ćetković | 11 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CRO | Leon Benko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BIH | Vedad Gljiva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BIH | Edvin Rastoder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Number after the "+" sign represents the number of games player started the game on the bench and was substituted on.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Total |
| 1 | 24 | FW | | Mersudin Ahmetović | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | MF | | Nermin Crnkić | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 13 | MF | | Anel Hebibović | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 33 | FW | | Amer Bekić | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Elvis Sarić | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | Saša Novaković | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Said Husejinović | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | | Haris Duljević | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Dušan Hodžić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Advan Kadušić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | MF | | Edin Rustemović | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Adnan Kovačević | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | DF | | Saša Balić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | | Samir Radovac | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 16 | DF | | Marko Mihojević | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Almir Bekić | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | MF | | Marko Ćetković | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 19 | 60 |