# 2021–22 FK Sarajevo season

The 2021–22 Sarajevo season was the club's 73rd season in existence, and their 28th 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 Conference League as well.

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 7 May 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Selmir Pidro |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Halid Šabanović (6th captain) |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Darko Lazić |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Mirko Oremuš |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović (3rd captain) |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Andrej Đokanović |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović (4th captain) |
| 10 | FW | AUT | Darko Bodul |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Krste Velkoski (captain) |
| 16 | MF | BIH | Adnan Šećerović |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Dal Varešanović |
| 18 | FW | MNE | Boris Cmiljanić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Nihad Mujakić |
| 21 | DF | BIH | Dino Islamović |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Dražen Bagarić |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Kerim Palić |
| 26 | GK | BIH | Adnan Kanurić |
| 27 | MF | MKD | Daniel Avramovski |
| 29 | DF | BIH | Amer Dupovac (vice-captain) |
| 35 | GK | BIH | Belmin Dizdarević |
| 88 | MF | BIH | Rifet Kapić |
| 96 | MF | BIH | Rijad Kobiljar |
| 97 | FW | BIH | Hamza Čataković |
| 99 | MF | BIH | Asmir Suljić (5th captain) |

### Youth academy players

FK Sarajevo Academy players that received a first-team squad call-up.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BIH | Muhamed Šahinović |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Tarik Ramić |
| 28 | FW | BIH | Aldin Mešić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | FW | BIH | Irfan Ramić |
| 33 | DF | BIH | Muharem Trako |
| 50 | MF | BIH | Muhamed Buljubašić |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 17 June 2021 | DF | Darko Lazić | Free agent | Free transfer | |
| 19 June 2021 | DF | Vicko Ševelj | Hajduk Split II | Free transfer | |
| 6 July 2021 | MF | Kerim Palić | Krupa | Free transfer | |
| 17 July 2021 | FW | Dražen Bagarić | Hermannstadt | Free transfer | |
| 18 July 2021 | FW | Darko Bodul | Ankaraspor | Free transfer | |
| 29 July 2021 | MF | Rijad Kobiljar | Uerdingen 05 | Free transfer | |
| 2 September 2021 | MF | Rifet Kapić | SC Paderborn | Free transfer | |
| 7 January 2022 | MF | Asmir Suljić | Diósgyőri | Free transfer | |
| 9 January 2022 | MF | Adnan Šećerović | Pyunik | Free transfer | |
| 22 January 2022 | DF | Nihad Mujakić | Kortrijk | Undisclosed | |
| 4 February 2022 | FW | Hamza Čataković | CSKA Sofia | Free transfer | |
| 7 February 2022 | MF | Daniel Avramovski | Free agent | Free transfer | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | €0 | €0 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 4 June 2021 | DF | Dušan Hodžić | Radnik Surdulica | End of contract | |
| 7 June 2021 | FW | Haris Handžić | Ahed | End of contract | |
| 7 June 2021 | FW | Slobodan Milanović | Posušje | End of contract | |
| 11 June 2021 | GK | Elvis Džafić | Ilirija 1911 | End of contract | |
| 18 June 2021 | MF | Zinedin Mustedanagić | Vllaznia Shkodër | Contract termination | |
| 18 June 2021 | GK | Vladan Kovačević | Raków | €300,000 | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Hrvoje Miličević | AEK Larnaca | Contract termination | |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Nathan | Tubarão | End of contract | |
| 2 July 2021 | FW | Jasmin Mešanović | Kisvárda | Contract termination | |
| 12 July 2021 | MF | Joachim Adukor | Aktobe | Contract termination | |
| 22 July 2021 | MF | Ivan Jukić | Zrinjski Mostar | Contract termination | |
| 30 July 2021 | MF | Amar Sabljica | Igman Konjic | Contract termination | |
| 5 August 2021 | MF | Amar Jašarević | Radnik Hadžići | Contract termination | |
| 11 August 2021 | MF | Ševkija Resić | Vis Simm-Bau | Contract termination | |
| 25 August 2021 | MF | Tino-Sven Sušić | Kuban Krasnodar | Contract termination | |
| 17 January 2022 | DF | Numan Kurdić | RWDM | €150,000 | |
| 1 February 2022 | DF | Selmir Pidro | St. Louis City | Undisclosed | |
| 24 February 2022 | FW | Matthias Fanimo | Free agent | Contract termination | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | €450,000 | €450,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Pos. | Player | From | Ref. |
| 1 February 2022 | End of season | DF | Selmir Pidro | St. Louis City | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Pos. | Player | To |
| 7 August 2021 | 31 December 2021 | DF | Hamza Bešić | Vis Simm-Bau |
| 14 August 2021 | End of season | MF | Đani Salčin | Velež Mostar |
| 29 January 2022 | End of season | DF | Hamza Bešić | Goražde |
| 29 January 2022 | End of season | MF | Haris Konjalić | Goražde |
| 29 January 2022 | End of season | MF | Armin Imamović | Zvijezda Gradačac |
| 12 February 2022 | End of season | FW | Kenan Dervišagić | Radnik Hadžići |
| 12 February 2022 | 6 March 2022 | DF | Vicko Ševelj | Akron Tolyatti |
| 8 April 2022 | End of season | DF | Vicko Ševelj | Radomlje |
* ↑ Due to Russian invasion of Ukraine, the loan was cancelled.

## Kit

| Supplier | Sponsor |
| Erreà | 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 | 19 July 2021 | 27 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 039.39 |
| Cup of BiH | 29 September 2021 | 19 May 2022 | First round | Final | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 071.43 |
| Conference League | 8 July 2021 | 15 July 2021 | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 042.86 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Tuzla City | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 57 | Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Borac Banja Luka | 33 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 54 | Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 46 | |
| 5 | Velež Mostar | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 44 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Željezničar | 33 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 43 | |
* ↑ Velež were deducted 3 points due to their match against Borac in Round 10 being stopped because of Velež's fans invading the pitch.
* ↑ Velež qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2021–22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League

Sarajevo entered the UEFA Europa Conference League at the first qualifying round.

#### First qualifying round
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Cup of BiH | Conference League | Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BIH | Muhamed Šahinović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BIH | Adnan Kanurić | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | BIH | Belmin Dizdarević | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BIH | Selmir Pidro | 35 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Halid Šabanović | 33 | 2 | 23+3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Hamza Bešić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Darko Lazić | 20 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Nihad Mujakić | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BIH | Dino Islamović | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Vicko Ševelj | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BIH | Amer Dupovac | 27 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BIH | Muharem Trako | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CRO | Mirko Oremuš | 19 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Anel Hebibović | 30 | 3 | 15+9 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Andrej Đokanović | 37 | 2 | 27+2 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Tarik Ramić | 21 | 2 | 7+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BIH | Adnan Šećerović | 15 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Dal Varešanović | 31 | 5 | 12+10 | 4 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BIH | Đani Salčin | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Kerim Palić | 27 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MKD | Daniel Avramovski | 8 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BIH | Haris Konjalić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | BIH | Armin Imamović | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | BIH | Muhamed Buljubašić | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BIH | Rifet Kapić | 24 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | BIH | Rijad Kobiljar | 28 | 0 | 11+14 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | BIH | Asmir Suljić | 17 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović | 29 | 3 | 10+15 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AUT | Darko Bodul | 27 | 3 | 15+8 | 3 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Krste Velkoski | 26 | 1 | 5+14 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | MNE | Boris Cmiljanić | 16 | 2 | 5+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Dražen Bagarić | 36 | 4 | 19+9 | 4 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | BIH | Aldin Mešić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | BIH | Irfan Ramić | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | BIH | Hamza Čataković | 17 | 5 | 7+6 | 3 | 2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 27 | DF | BIH | Numan Kurdić | 19 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | BIH | Tino-Sven Sušić | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | BIH | Kenan Dervišagić | 10 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Matthias Fanimo | 10 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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 | Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 17 | MF | | Dal Varešanović | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 97 | FW | | Hamza Čataković | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 99 | MF | | Asmir Suljić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Dražen Bagarić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Anel Hebibović | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Mersudin Ahmetović | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Darko Bodul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Halid Šabanović | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Andrej Đokanović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Darko Lazić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | | Tarik Ramić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 18 | FW | | Boris Cmiljanić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Daniel Avramovski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 38 | FW | | Matthias Fanimo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | FW | | Krste Velkoski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 23 | FW | | Kenan Dervišagić | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 27 | DF | | Numan Kurdić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 88 | MF | | Rifet Kapić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 11 | 0 | 48 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 22 | FW | | Dražen Bagarić | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 97 | FW | | Hamza Čataković | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Darko Bodul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Daniel Avramovski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Selmir Pidro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Halid Šabanović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Mirko Oremuš | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Adnan Šećerović | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 22 | FW | | Dražen Bagarić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | | Kerim Palić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 96 | MF | | Rijad Kobiljar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 7 | MF | | Anel Hebibović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 29 | DF | | Amer Dupovac | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 38 | FW | | Matthias Fanimo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 99 | MF | | Asmir Suljić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 10 | 0 | 34 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 35 | | Belmin Dizdarević | 12 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | 26 | | Adnan Kanurić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 |

### 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 | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Cup of BiH | Cup of BiH | Conference League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Muhamed Šahinović | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 3 | DF | Selmir Pidro | 5 | | | 1 | | | 6 | | |
| 4 | DF | Halid Šabanović | 5 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
| 5 | DF | Hamza Bešić | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 5 | DF | Darko Lazić | 3 | 1 | | | 1 | | 3 | 2 | |
| 6 | MF | Mirko Oremuš | 6 | | | 1 | | 1 | 8 | | |
| 7 | MF | Anel Hebibović | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Andrej Đokanović | 6 | | | 1 | | | 7 | | |
| 9 | FW | Mersudin Ahmetović | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 10 | FW | Darko Bodul | 2 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Krste Velkoski | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 14 | MF | Tarik Ramić | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 16 | MF | Adnan Šećerović | 3 | | | | 1 | | 3 | 1 | |
| 17 | MF | Dal Varešanović | 4 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | |
| 18 | FW | Boris Cmiljanić | 4 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | |
| 19 | DF | Nihad Mujakić | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 22 | FW | Dražen Bagarić | 6 | | | | | | 6 | | |
| 23 | FW | Kenan Dervišagić | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 24 | DF | Vicko Ševelj | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 25 | MF | Kerim Palić | 10 | | | 1 | | | 11 | | |
| 27 | DF | Numan Kurdić | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 27 | MF | Daniel Avramovski | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 29 | DF | Amer Dupovac | 4 | | 3 | 1 | | | 5 | | 3 |
| 30 | FW | Irfan Ramić | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 33 | DF | Muharem Trako | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 35 | GK | Belmin Dizdarević | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 88 | MF | Rifet Kapić | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 96 | MF | Rijad Kobiljar | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 99 | MF | Asmir Suljić | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
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.