# 2020–21 FK Sarajevo season

The 2020–21 Sarajevo season was the club's 72nd season in existence, and their 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Bosnian football, the Premier League of BiH. Besides competing in the Premier League, the team competed in the National Cup as well. Sarajevo also competed in the qualifications for the UEFA Champions League and the qualifications for the UEFA Europa League.
In that season Sarajevo won the cup title. The club qualified to the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying rounds.

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 20 February 2021
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 | Muhamed Šahinović |
| 2 | DF | BIH | Dušan Hodžić |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Selmir Pidro |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Hamza Bešić |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Mirko Oremuš |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović (C) |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Zinedin Mustedanagić |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović (Vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Jasmin Mešanović |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Krste Velkoski (Captain) |
| 13 | GK | BIH | Vladan Kovačević (Captain) |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Tarik Ramić |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Hrvoje Miličević |
| 16 | GK | SVN | Elvis Džafić |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Dal Varešanović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | BIH | Dino Islamović |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Faruk Hodžić |
| 20 | MF | BIH | Đani Salčin |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Pejović |
| 22 | MF | BIH | Ivan Jukić |
| 23 | FW | BIH | Kenan Dervišagić |
| 24 | MF | BIH | Andrej Đokanović |
| 26 | GK | BIH | Adnan Kanurić |
| 27 | FW | BIH | Slobodan Milanović |
| 28 | FW | BIH | Haris Handžić |
| 29 | DF | BIH | Amer Dupovac (C) |
| 31 | MF | BIH | Tino-Sven Sušić |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Matthias Fanimo |
| 45 | MF | GHA | Joachim Adukor |
| 47 | FW | MNE | Boris Cmiljanić |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 17 July 2020 | MF | Zinedin Mustedanagić | Sparta Prague | Undisclosed | |
| 24 July 2020 | FW | Matthias Fanimo | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | €40,000 | |
| 13 August 2020 | MF | Aleksandar Pejović | Radnički Niš | Free transfer | |
| 8 September 2020 | MF | Joachim Adukor | Diósgyőri | Free transfer | |
| 12 October 2020 | GK | Adnan Kanurić | Sereď | Free transfer | |
| 31 October 2020 | MF | Dal Varešanović | Liverpool U21 | Free transfer | |
| 4 February 2021 | FW | Boris Cmiljanić | Slovan Bratislava | Free transfer | |
| 22 February 2021 | FW | Jasmin Mešanović | Maribor | Free transfer | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | €40,000 | €40,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 2 June 2020 | DF | Darko Lazić | Radnički Niš | End of contract | |
| 15 June 2020 | MF | Aladin Šišić | Olimpik | End of contract | |
| 24 June 2020 | GK | Matej Marković | Zemplín Michalovce | Contract termination | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Nebojša Gavrić | Bačka | End of contract | |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Mario Crnički | Energie Cottbus | End of contract | |
| 23 July 2020 | DF | Mufid Salčinović | Čapljina | End of contract | |
| 25 July 2020 | FW | Ahmed Hasanović | Olimpik | Contract termination | |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Alen Mustafić | Slovan Bratislava | €120,000 | |
| 1 January 2021 | FW | Armin Šarić | Free agent | Contract termination | |
| 19 January 2021 | MF | Amar Rahmanović | Konyaspor | €375,000 | |
| 7 February 2021 | FW | Benjamin Tatar | Abha | €290,000 | |
| 27 May 2021 | MF | Aleksandar Pejović | Radnički Niš | Contract termination | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | €785,000 | €785,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Pos. | Player | From | Ref. |
| 19 June 2020 | 31 December 2020 | DF | Besim Šerbečić | Rosenborg | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Pos. | Player | To |
| 1 July 2020 | 31 December 2020 | FW | Kenan Dervišagić | Rudar Kakanj |
| 9 July 2020 | 31 December 2020 | DF | Numan Kurdić | Novi Pazar |
| 10 July 2020 | 31 December 2020 | MF | Ševkija Resić | Novi Pazar |
| 13 July 2020 | End of season | MF | Amar Sabljica | Igman Konjic |
| 25 July 2020 | End of season | MF | Armin Imamović | Olimpik |
| 29 July 2020 | End of season | MF | Haris Konjalić | Vis Simm-Bau |
| 31 July 2020 | End of season | MF | Amar Jašarević | Radnik Hadžići |
| 3 August 2020 | 31 December 2020 | FW | Slobodan Milanović | Olimpik |
| 2 October 2020 | End of season | FW | Nathan | Olimpik |
| 18 January 2021 | End of season | MF | Ševkija Resić | Sloboda Tuzla |
| 27 January 2021 | End of season | DF | Numan Kurdić | Kukësi |
| 11 February 2021 | End of season | GK | Belmin Dizdarević | Mladost Doboj Kakanj |
| 11 February 2021 | End of season | DF | Halid Šabanović | Mladost Doboj Kakanj |
* ↑ Because of an error in FIFA TMS system, Kanurić officially joined the club on 12 March 2021.

## Kit

| Supplier | Sponsor |
| Nike, Inc. | Turkish Airlines |

## 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 | 2 August 2020 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 33 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 054.55 |
| Cup of BiH | 13 October 2020 | 26 May 2021 | First round | Winner | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 18 August 2020 | 26 August 2020 | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 24 September 2020 | 1 October 2020 | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 060.47 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borac Banja Luka (C) | 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Sarajevo | 33 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 65 | Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Velež Mostar | 33 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 61 | Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Široki Brijeg | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 59 | Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Zrinjski Mostar | 33 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 59 | |
* 1 2 Since fourth place decided UEFA Europa Conference League qualification, goal difference and goals scored were not used to rank teams. Head-to-head points: Široki Brijeg 6, Zrinjski Mostar 3.

#### 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League

Sarajevo entered the UEFA Champions League at the first qualifying round.

#### Second qualifying round
### UEFA Europa League

Sarajevo entered the UEFA Europa League at the third qualifying round.

#### Play-off round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Cup of BiH | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BIH | Muhamed Šahinović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BIH | Vladan Kovačević | 37 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SVN | Elvis Džafić | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BIH | Adnan Kanurić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BIH | Dušan Hodžić | 25 | 0 | 11+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Selmir Pidro | 36 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Hamza Bešić | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Hrvoje Miličević | 35 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BIH | Dino Islamović | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BIH | Amer Dupovac | 37 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CRO | Mirko Oremuš | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović | 24 | 5 | 7+12 | 2 | 3+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Zinedin Mustedanagić | 16 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Tarik Ramić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Dal Varešanović | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Faruk Hodžić | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BIH | Đani Salčin | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Pejović | 30 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BIH | Ivan Jukić | 30 | 2 | 8+16 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BIH | Andrej Đokanović | 39 | 1 | 23+7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | BIH | Tino-Sven Sušić | 26 | 1 | 12+9 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | GHA | Joachim Adukor | 21 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović | 15 | 3 | 5+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Jasmin Mešanović | 16 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Krste Velkoski | 34 | 4 | 17+9 | 3 | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | BIH | Kenan Dervišagić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | BIH | Slobodan Milanović | 13 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | BIH | Haris Handžić | 39 | 7 | 17+13 | 5 | 2+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Matthias Fanimo | 37 | 13 | 21+9 | 10 | 3+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | FW | MNE | Boris Cmiljanić | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | BIH | Amar Rahmanović | 19 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BIH | Besim Šerbečić | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | BIH | Benjamin Tatar | 22 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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. | Nation | Name | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 32 | FW | | Benjamin Tatar | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 1 | 38 | FW | | Matthias Fanimo | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Amar Rahmanović | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 28 | FW | | Haris Handžić | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Anel Hebibović | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Krste Velkoski | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Mersudin Ahmetović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | | Jasmin Mešanović | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Zinedin Mustedanagić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 22 | MF | | Ivan Jukić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 17 | MF | | Dal Varešanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | MF | | Andrej Đokanović | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 29 | DF | | Amer Dupovac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 31 | MF | | Tino-Sven Sušić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 50 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 68 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Nation | Name | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Champions League | Europa League | Total | Games played |
| 1 | 13 | | Vladan Kovačević | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | 16 | | Elvis Džafić | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 35 | | Belmin Dizdarević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 42 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches and only players that got booked throughout the season. The list is sorted by shirt number, and then position.
| N | P | Name | League | League | League | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Vladan Kovačević | 2 | | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| 2 | DF | Dušan Hodžić | 3 | 1 | | | | | 3 | 1 | |
| 3 | DF | Selmir Pidro | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 5 | DF | Hamza Bešić | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 6 | MF | Mirko Oremuš | 8 | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 13 | | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Anel Hebibović | 6 | 1 | | | | | 6 | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | Zinedin Mustedanagić | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 3 | | 6 | 1 | |
| 9 | FW | Mersudin Ahmetović | 1 | | | | 2 | | 3 | | |
| 10 | MF | Amar Rahmanović | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Jasmin Mešanović | 2 | | | 3 | | | 5 | | |
| 11 | FW | Krste Velkoski | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 15 | DF | Hrvoje Miličević | 7 | | | 1 | | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| 18 | DF | Dino Islamović | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 21 | MF | Aleksandar Pejović | 7 | | | 1 | | | 8 | | |
| 22 | MF | Ivan Jukić | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 24 | MF | Andrej Đokanović | 5 | | | 2 | 1 | | 8 | | |
| 25 | DF | Besim Šerbečić | 3 | | | 1 | | | 4 | | |
| 28 | FW | Haris Handžić | 7 | | | | | | 7 | | |
| 29 | DF | Amer Dupovac | 7 | | | 1 | 3 | | 11 | | |
| 31 | MF | Tino-Sven Sušić | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 32 | FW | Benjamin Tatar | 4 | 1 | | | 2 | | 6 | 1 | |
| 38 | FW | Matthias Fanimo | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 45 | MF | Joachim Adukor | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 47 | FW | Boris Cmiljanić | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
Source: Competitive matches and fksarajevo.ba Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.