The Bosnian Footballer of the Year, renamed to Idol Nacije (English translation: The Idol of the nation) in 2008, is an annual award given to the best Bosnian football player of the year, as well as recognising and awarding other sports men and women, coaches and game officials in the country. The event was held in 2001 under the Bosnian banner for the first time, with Sergej Barbarez winning the most prestigious award for best player of the year.
From 2008 to 2013, the awards was organized by sports news/media website Sportsport.ba and broadcast on NTV Hayat and was expanded to include many other award categories. Edin Džeko won three Idol Nacije awards in a row. Vedad Ibišević and Asmir Begović were the only other winners. From 2010 awards, it was decided that former player Muhamed Konjić would nominate 10 players for the main award of player of the year. In 2008 Sergej Barbarez had this honor, while Mehmed Baždarević received the task in 2009.Konjić predlaže Idola Nacije – SportSport.ba | BH FUDBAL
In 2011, it was announced that the ceremony would be held before the end of June, and that all future events would take place during the summer, rather than the winter period. The awards therefore are given for performances during the previous season, rather than for the previous calendar year. Since 2017, the awards have been given out under the name Kristalnih 11.
List of winners During the days of Yugoslavia, the award was run collectively on the entire former Yugoslavia territory by newspaper Večernji list from 1972 until the breakup of Yugoslavia. Some of the past winners from the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in those times include:
Year Player Nationality Club 1972 Velež 1973 Velež 1974 Željezničar 1979 Sarajevo 1985 Hajduk Split 1986 Velež
Idol Nacije
Past winners from the modern-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina include:
Year Player Club 1996 CD Tenerife 1997 CD Tenerife 1998 Fenerbahçe 1999 Real Madrid 2000 Bayern Munich 2001 Hamburger SV 2002 Hamburger SV 2003 Hamburger SV 2004 Bayern Munich 2005 Bayern Munich 2006 Bayern Munich 2007 1. FC Nürnberg 2008 1899 Hoffenheim 2009 VfL Wolfsburg 2010 VfL Wolfsburg 2011 Manchester City 2012 Stoke City 2013 Guizhou Renhe 2014 Roma
Kristalnih 11 The Kristalnih 11 ceremony awards the best player, young player and manager in the Bosnian Premier League.
Player of the Season
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClub 2008 Midfielder Zrinjski 2009 Midfielder Velež 2010 Defender Borac 2011–12 Midfielder Željezničar 2012–13 Forward Čelik 2013–14 Not held 2014–15 Wagner Midfielder Široki Brijeg 2015–16 Midfielder Sloboda 2016–17 Midfielder Željezničar 2017–18 Midfielder Željezničar 2018–19 Forward Sarajevo 2019–20 Not held 2020–21 Midfielder Borac 2021–22 Forward Zrinjski 2022–23 Forward Zrinjski 2023–24 Forward Zrinjski 2024–25 Forward Sarajevo 2025–26 Stefan Savić Midfielder Borac
Young Player of the Season SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClub 2010 Midfielder Željezničar 2011–12 Defender Željezničar 2012–13 Defender Željezničar 2013–14 Not held 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Midfielder Široki Brijeg 2017–18 Midfielder Široki Brijeg 2018–19 Defender Sarajevo 2019–20 Not held 2020–21 Midfielder Sarajevo 2021–22 Midfielder Zrinjski 2022–23 Midfielder Sarajevo 2023–24 Midfielder Sarajevo 2024–25 Forward Borac 2025–26 Forward Borac
Manager of the Season
SeasonManagerNationalityClub 2009 Velež 2010 Željezničar 2011–12 Željezničar 2012–13 Željezničar 2013–14 Not held 2014–15 2015–16 Zrinjski 2016–17 Sarajevo 2017–18 Zrinjski 2018–19 Sarajevo 2019–20 Not held 2020–21 Velež 2021–22 Zrinjski 2022–23 Zrinjski 2023–24 Posušje 2024–25 Zrinjski 2025–26 Borac
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