The 2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as
BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the sixteenth season of the
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest
football
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league of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment in 2000 and fourteenth as a unified country-wide league. The league began 25 July 2015 and will end 14 May 2016, with a winter break between 7 December 2015 and 27 February 2016. The official fixture schedule was released on 10 July 2015. In the 2015–16 season, six teams will be relegated as the league decided to reduce the number of participants from the current 16 to 12 for the 2016–17 season.
The 2015–16 season will see the return of
FK Rudar Prijedor and newcomer
FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj to top flight as promoted teams, in place of
FK Mladost Velika Obarska who returns to
Prva liga RS after two seasons in top flight and
NK Zvijezda Gradačac who were relegated to the
Prva liga FBiH after spending 7 seasons in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sarajevo are the defending champions.
Teams
A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including the top 14 sides from the 2014-15 season and two promoted sides from each of the second-level leagues.
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
League table
Positions by round
Results
Clubs season-progress
Top goalscorers
References
External links
Official site for the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovinasoccerway.com
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Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ...
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