Nickname(s) | Zmajevi (The Dragons) Zlatni ljiljani (The Golden Lilies) |
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Association | Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (N/FSBiH) |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head coach | Mehmed Baždarević |
Captain | Edin Džeko |
Most caps | Emir Spahić (93) |
Top scorer | Edin Džeko (49) |
Home stadium | Bilino Polje |
FIFA code | BIH |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 29 1 (9 March 2017) |
Highest | 13 (August 2013) |
Lowest | 173 (September 1996) |
Elo ranking | |
Current | 29 (24 February 2017) |
Highest | 21 (June 2013) |
Lowest | 87 (October 1999) |
First international | |
Non-FIFA international Albania 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tirana, Albania; 30 November 1995) |
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Biggest win | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7–0 Estonia (Zenica, BiH; 10 September 2008) Liechtenstein 1–8 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vaduz, Liechtenstein; 7 September 2012) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Argentina 5–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Córdoba, Argentina; 14 May 1998) |
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World Cup | |
Appearances | 1 (first in 2014) |
Best result | Group Stage, 2014 |
Non-FIFA international
Iran 1–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Tehran, Iran; 12 September 1993)
The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Nogometna/Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine; Cyrillic: Ногометна/Фудбалска репрезентација Боснe и Херцеговинe); represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in association football and is governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, Bosnian and Herzegovinian players were part of the Yugoslavia national football team.
Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved their best result when they reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup as winners of their qualifying group. They were eliminated after group stage narrow losses to Argentina and Nigeria and a win over Iran; finishing twentieth overall. The team has appeared in numerous other qualification play-offs, in 2010 FIFA World Cup play-offs loss to Portugal, as well as qualifying play-offs for UEFA Euro 2012 and UEFA Euro 2016, losing to Portugal and Republic of Ireland respectively, preventing the team to reach their first UEFA European Championship.