Edin Halilović

Big blow for Borac confirmed by the club that Stefan Savić tore his Achilles tendon at the weekend against Radnik, and is now facing upwards of 6 months of recovery. That leaves a spot at LW up for grabs with two main candidates, both young and promising players. David Vuković (2003), who has fallen out of favor over the past year due to constant niggling injuries, and Pavle Ðajić (2006), who will look to stake his claim after a promising start to the season.

Nope. Try again.

He's been to BiH many times, you made that up.

These happened before and I don't remember this energy then from some of the commenters.

800! 🙏🙌

🇧🇦 U19 & U21 NT squads both released today. Main talking points here are the inclusion of Din Ramić (following the reports in Swiss media that Switzerland are looking to get him to switch to them) after not appearing in a squad since November 2025, as well as Ante Šunjić who is also on HNS's radar and Arif Kovač who was named MLS NEXT Pro POTY recently and is expected to move to Sweden in the winter. Also returns to the U19 setup for Austria-based CBs Adem Mustafić and Amir Hadžimuratović, who also haven't been called since last November. Some other thoughts on the squads: U21: Playing two friendlies against 🇲🇪 Montenegro away on Nov. 13 & 16. Mixed bag here. Very domestic-heavy squad with 14/24 players playing currently in BiH, including both Premijer Liga and Prva Liga FBiH/RS players. Some surprises there but also a few rewarded for good recent form like Hrkač, Glogovac, and Marčetić, as well as an inclusion for Arapović, who's started to get first team minutes with Zrinjski. Interested to see some of the newer players, particularly up front where we struggled in this last cycle, and obviously there are some names missing like Deket, Jurkas, Ramić, etc. who will likely lead the team in the next campaign. But not sure on some of these names included, could have been an opportunity to try some others out instead who could play a bigger role in the 2029 qualifiers although maybe these games were put together on short notice and that affected planning. Let's give them a shot now before judging, but there's enough here to capture interest. U19: Playing Round 2 League B in 🇸🇲 San Marino for the 2027 U19 EURO qualifiers, against the hosts, 🇩🇰 Denmark, and 🇬🇪 Georgia, for a place in the decisive Round 3 League A and a chance to qualify there. First selection for Damir Obad as the coach, 12/20 are domestic here as well. A few Premijer Liga regulars in there with Dimtirić, Dragović, and Savić mixed with promising talents from abroad like Ramić, Vulin, Nišić, and Banjić. Mostly familiar names in this setup and players that have been part of this side over the past 12 or so months, the coaching change is the main one here. Should win the group opener against San Marino and then it'll be the Denmark/Georgia fixtures to determine where this team is at and what phase we'll play in for Round 3 next spring.

Same lineup for Borac as against KuPS in the last matchday. Marinović deciding to go for it away from home in Europe in what is probably Borac's best chance of getting a result on the road with their schedule. Mjällby is 12th in the Allsvenskan this year, probably will stay up at this point but far from Europe and the team that won the title in Sweden last year. No natural DM and Deket in again working off Juričić up front. Hiroš has done very well in that deeper #8 role as of late, credit to Vinko and his staff for figuring out how to fit Hiroš, Savić, Jojić, and Deket in the same midfield successfully. Interested to see how it goes here today.

The form of our strikers called up this month since the last international break has been very impressive. Jovo Lukić (🇷🇴 U. Cluj) - 🅰️🅰️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Ermedin Demirović (🇩🇪 Stuttgart) - ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Haris Tabaković (🇦🇹 Salzburg) - ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Matej Deket (🇧🇦 Borac) - ⚽️⚽️ Samed Baždar (🇧🇪 Sint Truiden) - ⚽️🅰️ 22 goal contributions between them, including a couple of hat-tricks from Tabaković and Lukić. Would also give a mention to two more strikers in very good form that could be of NT consideration next year: Luka Juričić (🇧🇦 Borac) - ⚽️🅰️🅰️⚽️🅰️⚽️🅰️⚽️ Luka Kulenović (🇭🇺 Györ) - 🅰️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Obviously there's still also the long shot of Dženan Pejčinović; either way, who'd have thought the first month of the post-Džeko era would play out like this? No way to replace him with one player like-for-like, but having multiple forwards in good form and of different ages/profiles could make the transition a little smoother. Certainly something we couldn't have said at any point in the last few years when he was around.

5 players called up this month for their respective senior national teams in the Premijer Liga BiH: 🇧🇦 Matej Deket (2009) 🇧🇦 Mladen Jurkas (2007) 🇲🇰 Agon Elezi (2001) 🇲🇰 Damjan Shishkovski (1995) 🇲🇰 Sebastián Herrera (1995)

The Balkans are the most impatient in Europe when it comes to giving managers time and riding through periods of poor results, as this list shows. 8/10 clubs in the Premijer Liga BiH have had their manager for 4 months or less, only Vinko Marinović (Borac) and Bojan Regoje (Čelik) have been with their clubs for over a year. Ognjenović lasted exactly 4 months at Sloga before getting sacked. Projects constantly started and thrown away at these clubs, similar to how there's a big turnover of players in 6-12 month cycles. Definitely one of the biggest issues when following this league and/or the overall region.

And now 6 weeks since becoming the 4th youngest to play in Premijer Liga BiH history, Leto becomes the 2nd youngest to ever start a league game at 16 years, 1 month, and 21 days. Coincidentally, the youngest to ever start in the league is also on the field for Sarajevo today; 🇧🇦 Matija Glogovac (2006), who started for Leotar on his league/pro debut away to Borac in 2022 at just 16 years and 22 days. Not only that, but 🇧🇦 Muhamed Dreca (2010) also debuted today for Sarajevo off the bench by coming on for Leto, becoming the league's 8th youngest player at 16 years, 2 months, and 22 days, and the 2nd player born in the 2010s to play any minutes, after Leto became the first just 6 weeks ago. Some promising domestic talents currently in Sarajevo's setup to keep an eye on.