# 2018–19 FK Sarajevo season

The 2018–2019 season was Sarajevo's 70th season in existence, and their 25th 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 and the qualifications for UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 25 June 2018 to 24 June 2019.
In that season Sarajevo won the doubles title, winning both the league and the cup. The club qualified to the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds as well. The season was also manager Husref Musemić's third at the club.

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 24 May 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Selmir Pidro |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Halid Šabanović |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Miloš Stanojević |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Darko Lazić |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Ševkija Resić |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović (vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | BIH | Amar Rahmanović |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Krste Velkoski (captain) |
| 13 | GK | BIH | Vladan Kovačević |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Rifet Kapić (on loan from Grasshopper) |
| 16 | GK | SVN | Elvis Džafić |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Aladin Šišić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | BIH | Nihad Mujakić (on loan from Kortrijk) |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Almir Bekić |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Ljuban Crepulja |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Aleksandar Šofranac |
| 23 | MF | BIH | Alen Mustafić |
| 25 | DF | GHA | Joachim Adukor |
| 26 | MF | BIH | Emir Halilović |
| 27 | MF | BIH | Numan Kurdić |
| 28 | FW | BIH | Haris Handžić |
| 29 | DF | BIH | Amer Dupovac (3rd captain) |
| 32 | FW | BIH | Benjamin Tatar |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Nathan |
| 39 | FW | CRO | Mario Crnički |

### Youth academy players

FK Sarajevo Academy players that received a first-team squad call-up.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BIH | Armin Imamović |
| 15 | FW | BIH | Kenan Dervišagić |
| 20 | MF | BIH | Đani Salčin |
| 24 | DF | BIH | Andrej Đokanović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Amar Sabljica |
| 30 | MF | BIH | Haris Konjalić |
| 31 | FW | BIH | Ahmed Hasanović |
| 35 | GK | BIH | Belmin Dizdarević |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 14 June 2018 | MF | Aladin Šišić | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | Free transfer |
| 18 June 2018 | FW | Benjamin Tatar | Slaven Belupo | Free transfer |
| 22 June 2018 | DF | Amer Dupovac | Borac Čačak | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2018 | FW | Haris Handžić | Zrinjski | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2018 | GK | Elvis Džafić | Triglav Kranj | Free transfer |
| 11 January 2019 | DF | Darko Lazić | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 14 February 2019 | FW | Nathan | Metropolitano | Free transfer |
| 28 February 2019 | FW | Mario Crnički | Olympiakos Nicosia | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 23 May 2018 | GK | Adi Adilović | Retired | Retired |
| 8 June 2018 | DF | Saša Novaković | R&F (Hong Kong) | End of contract |
| 8 June 2018 | MF | Said Husejinović | Sloboda Tuzla | End of contract |
| 8 June 2018 | FW | Marjan Altiparmakovski | KF Laçi | End of contract |
| 16 June 2018 | MF | Nemanja Anđušić | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | Contract termination |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Mićo Kuzmanović | Mouscron | End of contract |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Elvis Sarić | Suwon Bluewings | End of contract |
| 16 July 2018 | MF | Elvedin Herić | Kapfenberg | Contract termination |
| 18 December 2018 | GK | Nedin Tucaković | Retired | Retired |
| 31 January 2019 | DF | Nihad Mujakić | Kortrijk | €1,100,000 |
| 6 February 2019 | MF | Samir Radovac | Olimpik | End of contract |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Pos. | Player | From | Ref. |
| 1 February 2019 | End of season | DF | Nihad Mujakić | Kortrijk | |
| 7 February 2019 | End of season | MF | Rifet Kapić | Grasshopper | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Pos. | Player | To |
| 18 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 | MF | Zoran Blagojević | Bosna Visoko |
| 19 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 | DF | Mufid Salčinović | Olimpik |
| 15 January 2019 | End of season | DF | Dušan Hodžić | Čelik Zenica |
| 22 January 2019 | 31 December 2018 | MF | Sanjin Lelić | Čelik Zenica |
| 31 January 2019 | End of season | GK | Bojan Pavlović | Čelik Zenica |
| 4 February 2019 | End of season | MF | Zoran Blagojević | Alfa Modriča |

## 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 | 22 July 2018 | 25 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 063.64 |
| Cup of BiH | 19 September 2018 | 15 May 2019 | First round | Winners | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 075.00 |
| Europa League | 11 July 2018 | 2 August 2018 | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 90 | 33 | +57 | 064.44 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sarajevo (C) | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Zrinjski Mostar | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Široki Brijeg | 33 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Željezničar | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 50 | Ineligible for 2019–20 European competitions |
| 5 | Radnik Bijeljina | 33 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2018–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Sarajevo, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
* ↑ As 4th placed Željezničar failed to get the UEFA license for the competition due to financial problems, Radnik Bijeljina was awarded the place as the next best placed team (5th place).

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round
#### Second 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 ||||||||||||
| 13 | GK | BIH | Vladan Kovačević | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SVN | Elvis Džafić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | BIH | Belmin Dizdarević | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BIH | Armin Imamović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Selmir Pidro | 22 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Halid Šabanović | 17 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Darko Lazić | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BIH | Nihad Mujakić | 37 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Almir Bekić | 15 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Aleksandar Šofranac | 10 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BIH | Andrej Đokanović | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GHA | Joachim Adukor | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BIH | Amer Dupovac | 29 | 2 | 18+3 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | SRB | Miloš Stanojević | 33 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović | 36 | 5 | 26+1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Ševkija Resić | 12 | 2 | 2+6 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | BIH | Amar Rahmanović | 39 | 11 | 25+3 | 9 | 6+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Rifet Kapić | 18 | 2 | 6+6 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Aladin Šišić | 22 | 4 | 8+6 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | BIH | Đani Salčin | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Ljuban Crepulja | 26 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BIH | Alen Mustafić | 15 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Amar Sabljica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | BIH | Emir Halilović | 35 | 3 | 14+10 | 2 | 5+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | BIH | Numan Kurdić | 9 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BIH | Haris Konjalić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović | 39 | 16 | 26+3 | 14 | 4+2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Krste Velkoski | 43 | 14 | 29+2 | 11 | 6+2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | BIH | Kenan Dervišagić | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | BIH | Haris Handžić | 31 | 7 | 6+18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | BIH | Ahmed Hasanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | BIH | Benjamin Tatar | 37 | 13 | 27+3 | 12 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Nathan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | CRO | Mario Crnički | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BIH | Nedin Tucaković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BIH | Dušan Hodžić | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Bojan Pavlović | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Mersudin Ahmetović | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Krste Velkoski | 11 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | 32 | FW | | Benjamin Tatar | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Amar Rahmanović | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 28 | FW | | Haris Handžić | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Anel Hebibović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | | Aladin Šišić | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 26 | FW | | Emir Halilović | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | MF | | Miloš Stanojević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Ševkija Resić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | MF | | Rifet Kapić | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 18 | DF | | Nihad Mujakić | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 29 | DF | | Amer Dupovac | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 3 | DF | | Selmir Pidro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 4 | DF | | Halid Šabanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | DF | | Darko Lazić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 15 | FW | | Kenan Dervišagić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 22 | DF | | Aleksandar Šofranac | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 25 | DF | | Joachim Adukor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 68 | 15 | 7 | 90 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Ref |
| Mersudin Ahmetović | Zrinjski | 4–2 (H) | 19 August 2018 | Premier League | |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 13 | | Vladan Kovačević | 16 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | 16 | | Elvis Džafić | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 30 | | Bojan Pavlović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 35 | | Belmin Dizdarević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 6 | 1 | 25 |

## Awards
### Player of the Month (by Optika Salihbegović)

| Month | Player |
| July | Haris Handžić |
| August | Amar Rahmanović |
| September | Benjamin Tatar |
| October | Mersudin Ahmetović |
| November | Krste Velkoski |
| February | Miloš Stanojević |
| March | Vladan Kovačević |
| April | Anel Hebibović |

### Ismir Pintol Trophy

| Season | Player |
| 2018–19 | Nihad Mujakić |

### Premier League Player of the Year

| Season | Player |
| 2018–19 | Mersudin Ahmetović |

### Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year

| Season | Player |
| 2018–19 | Vladan Kovačević |

### Premier League Manager of the Year

| Season | Manager |
| 2018–19 | Husref Musemić |

### Kristalnih 11
#### Player of the Year

| Season | Player |
| 2018–19 | Mersudin Ahmetović |

#### Manager of the Year

| Season | Manager |
| 2018–19 | Husref Musemić |

#### Young Player of the Year

| Season | Player |
| 2018–19 | Nihad Mujakić |

#### Premier League Team of the Year

| Position | Player |
| GK | Vladan Kovačević |
| DF | Selmir Pidro |
| DF | Nihad Mujakić |
| MF | Anel Hebibović |
| MF | Miloš Stanojević |
| MF | Amar Rahmanović |
| FW | Benjamin Tatar |
| FW | Mersudin Ahmetović |