# 2017–18 FK Sarajevo season

The 2017-2018 Sarajevo season was the club's 69th season in history, and their 24th 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. Sarajevo competed in the qualifications for the UEFA Europa League as well.

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 13 February 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BIH | Dušan Hodžić |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Miloš Stanojević |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Saša Novaković |
| 11 7 | FW | BIH | Mićo Kuzmanović |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Elvis Sarić |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović |
| 10 | MF | BIH | Amar Rahmanović |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Krste Velkoski (captain) |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović |
| 15 | MF | BIH | Samir Radovac (3rd captain) |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Elvedin Herić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | BIH | Nihad Mujakić |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Almir Bekić |
| 20 | FW | MKD | Marjan Altiparmakovski |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Ljuban Crepulja |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Aleksandar Šofranac |
| 24 | MF | BIH | Sanjin Lelić |
| 25 | MF | GHA | Joachim Adukor |
| 26 | MF | BIH | Emir Halilović |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Bojan Pavlović (vice-captain) |
| 34 | GK | BIH | Adi Adilović |
| 77 | MF | BIH | Said Husejinović |

### Youth academy players

FK Sarajevo Academy players that received a first-team squad call-up.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Halid Šabanović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | BIH | Alen Mustafić |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 30 May 2017 | MF | Mićo Kuzmanović | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | Free transfer |
| 20 June 2017 | MF | Amar Rahmanović | Celje | Free transfer |
| 28 June 2017 | FW | Krste Velkoski | Nakhon Ratchasima | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2017 | MF | Miloš Stanojević | Radnički Niš | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2017 | DF | Joachim Adukor | OFI Crete | Free transfer |
| 8 January 2018 | DF | Aleksandar Šofranac | Cercle Brugge | Free transfer |
| 14 January 2018 | MF | Emir Halilović | Blau-Weiß Linz | Free transfer |
| 5 February 2018 | MF | Ljuban Crepulja | Mechelen | Free transfer |
| 7 February 2018 | FW | Marjan Altiparmakovski | Sūduva | Free transfer |
| 10 February 2018 | GK | Nedin Tucaković | Podgrmeč | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 June 2017 | GK | Emir Plakalo | Rosengård | Contract termination | |
| 4 June 2017 | DF | Saša Balić | CFR Cluj | Contract termination | |
| 21 June 2017 | FW | Hamza Čataković | Trenčín | €120,000 | |
| 2 July 2017 | DF | Edvin Rastoder | Olimpik | Contract termination | |
| 2 July 2017 | DF | Adnan Kovačević | Korona Kielce | End of contract | |
| 2 July 2017 | FW | Amer Bekić | Tobol | End of contract | |
| 2 July 2017 | MF | Haris Duljević | Dynamo Dresden | End of contract | |
| 4 July 2017 | MF | Edin Rustemović | Adana Demirspor | Contract termination | |
| 29 November 2017 | MF | Nermin Crnkić | Free agent | Contract termination | |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | Advan Kadušić | Zrinjski Mostar | End of contract | |
| 10 January 2018 | DF | Perica Ivetić | Sloboda Tuzla | Contract termination | |
| 29 January 2018 | MF | Frank Liivak | Flora | Contract termination | |
| 30 January 2018 | FW | Nedim Hadžić | Leixões U19 | €300,000 | |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Rijad Sadiku | Mouscron | €300,000 | |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Marko Mihojević | PAOK | €350,000 | |
| 13 February 2018 | FW | Semir Smajlagić | Gorica | Contract termination | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | €1,070,000 | €1,070,000 |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Pos. | Player | To |
| 22 July 2017 | 31 December 2017 | MF | Zoran Blagojević | Igman Konjic |
| 22 July 2017 | End of season | DF | Mufid Salčinović | Igman Konjic |
| 12 January 2018 | End of season | MF | Nemanja Anđušić | Čelik Zenica |
| 21 January 2018 | End of season | DF | Selmir Pidro | Bosna Visoko |
| 12 February 2018 | End of season | MF | Zoran Blagojević | Zvijezda 09 |
| 12 February 2018 | End of season | GK | Vladan Kovačević | Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad |

## Kit

| Supplier | Sponsors | Sponsors |
| Nike, Inc. | Turkish Airlines | Front |
| Nike, Inc. | 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 2017 | 19 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 053.13 |
| Cup of BiH | 20 September 2017 | 20 September 2017 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 29 June 2017 | 6 July 2017 | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 051.43 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Željezničar Sarajevo | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Široki Brijeg | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Krupa | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Radnik Bijeljina | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 32 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zrinjski Mostar (C) | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Željezničar Sarajevo | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Sarajevo | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Široki Brijeg | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Radnik Bijeljina | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 45 | |

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Cup of BiH | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 30 | GK | SRB | Bojan Pavlović | 35 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | BIH | Adi Adilović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BIH | Dušan Hodžić | 28 | 0 | 17+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Halid Šabanović | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Saša Novaković | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BIH | Nihad Mujakić | 18 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Almir Bekić | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Aleksandar Šofranac | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | SRB | Miloš Stanojević | 25 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Elvis Sarić | 31 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BIH | Amar Rahmanović | 28 | 5 | 19+6 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović | 29 | 4 | 23+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | BIH | Samir Radovac | 11 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Elvedin Herić | 10 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Ljuban Crepulja | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BIH | Alen Mustafić | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BIH | Sanjin Lelić | 6 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GHA | Joachim Adukor | 20 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | BIH | Emir Halilović | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BIH | Said Husejinović | 7 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BIH | Mićo Kuzmanović | 27 | 5 | 14+10 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović | 26 | 14 | 22+2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Krste Velkoski | 33 | 12 | 30+2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | MKD | Marjan Altiparmakovski | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | BIH | Nermin Crnkić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BIH | Perica Ivetić | 17 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BIH | Marko Mihojević | 14 | 3 | 10+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | BIH | Nedim Hadžić | 11 | 2 | 2+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BIH | Nemanja Anđušić | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | EST | Frank Liivak | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BIH | Advan Kadušić | 9 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
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 | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Mersudin Ahmetović | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Krste Velkoski | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Mićo Kuzmanović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Elvis Sarić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Amar Rahmanović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 13 | MF | | Anel Hebibović | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 16 | DF | | Marko Mihojević | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 21 | FW | | Nedim Hadžić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 25 | MF | | Joachim Adukor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 26 | MF | | Emir Halilović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 14 | DF | | Perica Ivetić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | DF | | Almir Bekić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 24 | MF | | Sanjin Lelić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 33 | DF | | Advan Kadušić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 77 | MF | | Said Husejinović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 0 | 3 | 61 |