2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup

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2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup
Tournament details
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
Teams32
Defending championsOlimpic
Final positions
ChampionsRadnik Bijeljina (1st title)
Runner-upSloboda Tuzla
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored132 (3 per match)

The 2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup was the twentieth season of Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup, and a sixteenth season of the unified competition. The winner qualified to the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Olimpic Sarajevo is the title holder, having won their first national cup title previous season.

Qualification[edit]

32 teams take part in the Cup. Berths allocation is shown below:

Participating teams[edit]

Following teams will take part in 2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.[1]

2015–16 Premier League 2015–16 Federation of BiH Cup 2015–16 Republika Srpska Cup

First League of the FBiH (II)

Second League of the FBiH (III)

First League of the RS (II)

Second League of the RS (III)

Roman number in brackets denote the level of respective league in Bosnian football league system

Calendar[edit]

Round Date(s) Teams Goals / games
1st Round 23 September 2015 32 → 16 42 / 16
2nd Round 21 October 2015 (leg 1)
4 November 2015 (leg 2)
16 → 8 23 / 8
Quarter final 9 March 2016 (leg 1)
16 March 2016 (leg 2)
8 → 4 19 / 8
Semi final 13 April 2016 (leg 1)
20 April 2016 (leg 2)
4 → 2 11 / 4
Final TBD (leg 1)
TBD (leg 2)
2 → 1 5 / 2

First round[edit]

This round consisted of 16 single-legged fixtures. All 32 clubs entered the competition from this round, while the matches were scheduled for 23 September 2015, with three match on 22 September. In a case of a draw in the regular time, the winner was determined with a penalty shootout.

Home team Away team Result
Mladost Doboj Kakanj (I) Čapljina (II) 2–0
Slavija Istočno Sarajevo (I) Rudar Ugljevik (III) 4–0
Radnički Lukavac (II) Olimpic Sarajevo (I) 2–1
Modriča (III) GOŠK Gabela (II) 1–1 (5–6 p)
Goražde (II) Sloboda Tuzla (I) 0–2
Čelik Zenica (I) Vitez (I) 1–0
Drina Zvornik (I) Bratstvo Gračanica (II) 0–1
Novi Travnik (II) Travnik (I) 1–5
Željezničar Sarajevo (I) Krupa (II) 1–0
Široki Brijeg (I) Rudar Prijedor (I) 5–0
Orašje (II) TOŠK Tešanj (III) 3–2
Radnik Bijeljina (I) Mladost Velika Obarska (II) 3–0
Zrinjski Mostar (I) Sarajevo (I) 1–1 (5–6 p)
Velež Mostar (I) Sloboda Novi Grad (II) 0–1
Mladost Gacko (III) Borac Banja Luka (I) 0–1
Rudar Kakanj (II) Sloga Ljubuški (II) 2–0

Second round[edit]

The 16 winners continued their way to the final through this round. Unlike the last round, this round consisted of 8 two-legged fixtures. The dates for the matches were determined with the draw which was held on 15 October, while the matches took place on 21 October (first legs) and 4 November 2015 (second legs).

Team 1 Team 2 Leg 1 Leg 2 Agg. score
Sloboda Novi Grad (II) Mladost Doboj Kakanj (I) 2–1 0–7 2–8
Borac Banja Luka (I) Bratstvo Gračanica (II) 1–0 2–0 3–0
Čelik Zenica (I) Sloboda Tuzla (I) 1–1 1–2 2–3
Travnik (I) Radnički Lukavac (II) 0–2 0–0 0–2
Rudar Kakanj (II) Radnik Bijeljina (I) 1–3 1–7 2–10
Željezničar Sarajevo (I) GOŠK Gabela (II) 3–0 1–0 4–0
Orašje (II) Široki Brijeg (I) 0–3 0–6 0–9
Slavija Istočno Sarajevo (I) Sarajevo (I) 1–4 1–3 2–7

Quarter final[edit]

Played on 9 and 15 March 2016; over two legs

Team 1 Team 2 Leg 1 Leg 2 Agg. score
Radnički Lukavac (II) Radnik Bijeljina (I) 0–2 1–1 1–3
Široki Brijeg (I) Mladost Doboj Kakanj (I) 3–1 0–1 3–2
Borac Banja Luka (I) Željezničar Sarajevo (I) 0–2 1–2 1–4
Sloboda Tuzla (I) Sarajevo (I) 2–1 3–0 5–1

Semi final[edit]

Played on 13 and 20 April 2016; over two legs.[2]

Team 1 Team 2 Leg 1 Leg 2 Agg. score
Radnik Bijeljina (I) Široki Brijeg (I) 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Željezničar Sarajevo (I) Sloboda Tuzla (I) 1–2 1–3 2–5

Final[edit]

The final is played over 2 legs. The first match has been played on 11 May 2016, the second one will be played on 18 May 2016.

Team 1 Team 2 Leg 1 Leg 2 Agg. score
Sloboda Tuzla (I) Radnik Bijeljina (I) 1–1 0–3 1–4

First leg[edit]

Sloboda Tuzla1–1Radnik Bijeljina
Merzić 37' Jakovljević 55'
Referee: Admir Šehović

Second leg[edit]

Radnik Bijeljina3–0Sloboda Tuzla
Hodžić 5'
Memišević 64', 87'
Referee: Ognjen Valjić

Radnik Bijeljina won 4–1 in aggregate.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ŽRIJEB 1/16 FINALA KUP-A BIH". nfsbih.ba. 10 September 2015. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Radnik protiv Širokog Brijega, Željezničar protiv Slobode u polufinalu Kup-a | Nogometni/fudbalski savez Bosne i Hercegovine". Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

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