page_title: History of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
section_title: Pre-independence
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team / History / Pre-independence
caption_attribution_description: Slovenščina: Stojijo od leve: Mirsad Fazlagić, Vahidin Musemić, Blagoje Paunović, Ilija Pantelić, Ivica Osim,&#160;?. Čepijo od leve: Ilija Petković, Dragan Holcer, Miroslav Pavlović, Dobrivoje Trivić in Dragan Džajić.
context_page_description: The history of football in Bosnia and Herzegovina dates back to the early 1900s during the Austro-Hungarian rule.
  The beginnings of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team itself date back to the team's formation and first ever international match in November 1995 days after the end of Bosnian War.
  The team has qualified for one major tournament so far; a FIFA World Cup in 2014.
context_section_description: The game reached Bosnia and Herzegovina at the start of the 20th century, with Sarajevo (in 1903) and Mostar (in 1905) being the first cities to embrace it. Banja Luka, Tuzla, Zenica and Bihać were next along with numerous smaller towns as the sport began to spread. 
  The country was under Austro-Hungarian rule when official competition began in 1908, though these activities were on a small scale within each territory. At the outbreak of World War I, there were four clubs in Sarajevo; SAŠK, Slavija, Đerzelez (also known as Sarajevski), and Makabi Sarajevo (also known as Barkohba), with approximately 20 more outside the capital.
  The creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia after 1918 brought an increase in the number of leagues, with a national championship being played since 1923. Until 1940 it featured three teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo clubs SAŠK and Slavija and Krajišnik from Banja Luka. In 1920, the direct predecessor of the football organization of Bosnia-Herzegovina was founded as the Sarajevo football subassociation. The unified championship ran until the 1939–40 season, followed by the start of the Second World War.
  The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded after the Second World War, being affiliated to the Yugoslav Football Association, then part of the newly founded SFR Yugoslavia.
  Bosnia and Herzegovina's best sides at the time were Sarajevo, Željezničar (Sarajevo) and Velež (Mostar) which regularly played in the Yugoslav First League, second league and cup competitions with moderate success, while its best players with the likes of Safet Sušić, Vahid Halilhodžić, Faruk Hadžibegić, Ivica Osim, Blaž Slišković, Mehmed Baždarević, Dušan Bajević; who notably scored a hat-trick at 1974 FIFA World Cup, Josip Katalinski, Asim Ferhatović, and others were chosen to represent the Yugoslavia national football team.
  After the completion of UEFA Euro 1968, two players from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mirsad Fazlagić and Ivica Osim, were chosen in the UEFA Team of the Tournament whilst representing the Yugoslav national team that ended up reaching the final of the tournament.
caption: Yugoslavia squad at the UEFA Euro 1968 with players from SR Bosnia-Herzegovina; Mirsad Fazlagić (first standing), Vahidin Musemić (second) and Ivica Osim (fifth).[1]
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