# 2022–23 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2022–23 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as m:tel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 15 July 2022 and ended on 28 May 2023, with a winter break between late November 2022 and late February 2023, due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup which was held between 20 November and 18 December 2022.
Zrinjski Mostar successfully defended their title, securing an eighth Premier League title with four matches to spare.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams contested in the league, including 10 sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted from each of the second-level leagues, Igman Konjic and Sloga Meridian, replacing relegated sides Radnik Bijeljina and Rudar Prijedor.

### Stadiums and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Borac | Banja Luka | Banja Luka City Stadium | 10,030 |
| Igman | Konjic | Konjic City Stadium | 5,000 |
| Leotar | Trebinje | Police Stadium | 8,550 |
| Posušje | Posušje | Mokri Dolac | 8,000 |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo (Koševo) | Asim Ferhatović Hase | 34,500 |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | Tušanj | 7,200 |
| Sloga | Doboj | Luke Stadium | 3,000 |
| Široki Brijeg | Široki Brijeg | Pecara | 7,000 |
| Tuzla City | Tuzla | Tušanj | 7,200 |
| Velež | Mostar (Vrapčići) | Stadion Rođeni | 7,000 |
| Zrinjski | Mostar | Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom | 9,000 |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo (Grbavica) | Grbavica | 13,146 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Borac | Vinko Marinović | Aleksandar Subić | Kelme | Mtel |
| Igman | Husref Musemić | Anel Hebibović | No1 | Igman |
| Leotar | Marko Maksimović | Đoko Milović | Kelme | WWin |
| Posušje | Branko Karačić | Davor Landeka | Jako | Formula |
| Sarajevo | Mirza Varešanović | Besim Šerbečić | Erreà | Turkish Airlines |
| Sloboda | Danijel Pranjić | Emir Jusić | Legea | WWin |
| Sloga | Vlado Jagodić | Milan Milanović | GB3 | Meridian |
| Široki Brijeg | Ivica Barbarić | Marijan Ćavar | Kelme | WWin |
| Tuzla City | Milenko Bošnjaković | Nevres Fejzić | No1 | — |
| Velež | Nedim Jusufbegović | Denis Zvonić | Joma | Narentas |
| Zrinjski | Krunoslav Rendulić | Nemanja Bilbija | Macron | M.T. Abraham Group |
| Željezničar | Nermin Bašić | Samir Bekrić | Macron | The Maniacs |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zrinjski Mostar (C) | 33 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 66 | 21 | +45 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Borac Banja Luka | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 58 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Željezničar | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 53 | Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 52 | Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Široki Brijeg | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 48 | |
| 6 | Velež Mostar | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 45 | |
| 7 | Tuzla City | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 37 | |
| 8 | Igman Konjic | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 37 | |
| 9 | Sloga Meridian | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 37 | |
| 10 | Posušje | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 37 | |
| 11 | Leotar (R) | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 34 | Relegation to the Prva Liga RS |
| 12 | Sloboda Tuzla (R) | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 32 | Relegation to the Prva Liga FBiH |

### Positions by table

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Borac | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Igman | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Leotar | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Posušje | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Sarajevo | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Sloboda | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Sloga | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Široki Brijeg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Tuzla City | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| Velež | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Zrinjski | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Željezničar | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
* Leader
* Europa Conference League second qualifying round
* Europa Conference League first qualifying round
* Relegation to First League of FBiH/First League of RS

## Results
### Rounds 1–22

| Home \ Away | BOR | IGM | LEO | POS | SAR | SLO | SLG | ŠB | TUZ | VEL | ZRI | ŽEL |
| Borac | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Igman | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Leotar | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Posušje | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Sarajevo | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Sloboda | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Sloga | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Široki Brijeg | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Tuzla City | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Velež | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 4–0 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Zrinjski | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Željezničar | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |

### Rounds 23–33

| Home \ Away | BOR | IGM | LEO | POS | SAR | SLO | SLG | ŠB | TUZ | VEL | ZRI | ŽEL |
| Borac | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | | | | | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Igman | | | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | | | |
| Leotar | | | | | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | | | 1–0 |
| Posušje | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | 2–0 | | | | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Sarajevo | | 2–4 | | 3–1 | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | 2–2 |
| Sloboda | | | | | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | 1–2 |
| Sloga | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | | | | | | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| Široki Brijeg | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | |
| Tuzla City | 2–2 | | | 3–1 | | | 1–2 | | | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
| Velež | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | | 3–5 | 0–0 | | | | | 0–1 | |
| Zrinjski | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | | | | 2–0 |
| Željezničar | | 1–1 | | 3–0 | | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nemanja Bilbija | Zrinjski | 24 |
| 2 | Mirsad Ramić | Igman | 19 |
| 3 | Nermin Haskić | Velež | 12 |
| 4 | Bože Vukoja | Široki Brijeg | 10 |
| 4 | Momčilo Mrkaić | Borac | 10 |
| 6 | Mario Krstovski | Sloga | 9 |
| 6 | Renan Oliveira | Sarajevo | 9 |
| 8 | Joseph Amoah | Željezničar | 8 |
| 8 | Dal Varešanović | Sarajevo | 8 |
| 8 | Gabrijel Boban | Posušje | 8 |
| 8 | Clarismario Santos | Željezničar | 8 |