Football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in Sarajevo. Sarajevo has several of Bosnia and Herzegovina's significant football clubs.
Introduction FK Željezničar and FK Sarajevo are Sarajevo's most successful clubs.
Koševo Stadium in Sarajevo is Bosnia's biggest stadium.
History The game reached Sarajevo in 1903. The city was under Austro-Hungarian rule when official competition began in 1908. At the outbreak of World War I, there were five clubs in Sarajevo; Hrvatski ŠK, Srpski ŠK, Muslimanski ŠK, Židovski ŠK and RŠD Hajduk. After World War I SAŠK and Slavija played in the Yugoslav First League, both becoming finalists and vice-champions (in 1923 and 1936). Most of the old clubs were dissolved in 1945 and soon many new like Torpedo Sarajevo were founded. Sarajevo became Yugoslav champions in 1967 and 1985, Željezničar in 1972. After the war and dissolution of Yugoslavia all Sarajevo clubs joined the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Clubs The table below is an incomplete list of active Sarajevo clubs. Club Founded Bosna 1947 Famos Hrasnica 1953 Igman Ilidža 1923 Olimpik 1993 Pofalićki 1936 Sarajevo 1946 SAŠK Napredak 1910 Slavija 1908 Unis Vogošća 1948 FK Vrbanjuša 1967 Željezničar 1921
Honours Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Champions (10) Željezničar (7) Sarajevo (3) Yugoslav Football Champions (3) Sarajevo (2) Željezničar (1) Bosnian Cup (13) Željezničar (6) Sarajevo (5) Slavija (1) Olimpic (1) Yugoslav Cup (0) / Super Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina (3) Željezničar (2) Sarajevo (1)
Sarajevo derbies First Sarajevo derby was between SAŠK and Slavija between 1910 and 1945. After the World War II a major Sarajevo derby between Željezničar and Sarajevo emerged.
Stadia Koševo Stadium Grbavica Stadium Otoka Stadium SRC Slavija Hrasnica Stadium
References
See also Football in Bosnia and Herzegovina