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Bosnia and Herzegovina Northern Ireland UEFA EURO 2020 QUALIFIERS - PLAY OFF Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Northern Ireland SARAJEVO, “GRBAVICA” STADIUM, 8. 10. 2020. - 20:45 H EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 2 www.nfsbih.ba EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS NOGOMETNI/FUDBALSKI SAVEZ BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FOOTBALL FEDERATION Osnovan / Foundation: 1992. Član FIFA / Affi liated: 1995. Član UEFA / Affi liated: 1998. Predsjednik / President: Elvedin Begić Generalni sekretar / Secretary General: Adnan Džemidžić Broj registrovanih igrača / reported players: 35.454 Seniori / men: 33.288 Seniorke / women: 1.051 Igrači futsala / futsal players: 1.115 Broj registrovanih klubova / clubs: 804 Muški fudbal / men’s: 702 Ženski fudbal / women’s: 36 Futsal: 66 Broj sudija / Referees: 1.750 Žene / women: 77 Muškarci / men: 1.673 NOGOMETNI SAVEZ SJEVERNE IRSKE IRISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Osnovan / Foundation: 1880. Član FIFA / Affi liated: 1911. Član UEFA / Affi liated: 1954. Predsjednik / President: David Martin Izvršni direktor / Chief Execuitve: Patrick Nelson www.nfsbih.ba 3 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 4 www.nfsbih.ba EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS Poštovani prijatelji, Dear friends, Bez obzira na sva dešavanja i Regardless of all the events and turbulenc- turbulencije koje su obilježile protekli es that marked the past period, especially this period, posebno ovu godinu u kojoj se year in which we are still fighting the Covid-19 još uvijek borimo sa pandemijom virusa virus pandemic, everything we do in the FF BH Covid 19, sve što radimo u NS/FS BiH, u is in the interest of BH football. interesu je bh. fudbala/nogometa. There will always be those who criticize us, Uvijek će biti onih koji nas kritikuju because they think we are not doing well, but re- jer misle da ne radimo dobro, ali rezultati sults that are not only measured on the ground, koji se ne mjere samo na terenu, govore speak differently. However, we don’t mind criti- drugačije. Međutim, ne smetaju nam kri- cism, because well-meaning ones can help us tike jer one dobronamjerne nam mogu be even better and more successful. And we are, pomoći da budemo još bolji i uspješniji. without a doubt, a successful sports organization, A mi, bez sumnje jesmo uspješna sportska organizacija, because above all, the funds we realize through various UEFA jer prije svega sredstva koja ostvarujemo kroz razne UEFA projects are directed to the development of infrastructure, orga- projekte usmjeravamo na razvoj intrastrukture, organizaciju nization of competitions of all our national teams, education of takmičenja svih naših reprezentativnih selekcija, edukaciju football workers and many other projects. fudbalskih radnika i mnoge druge projekte. Currently, the most important match is ahead of us, and Trenutno, pred nama je najvažnija utakmica, a I sincerely believe that it will be followed by another, decisive iskreno vjerujem da će nakon nje uslijediti i druga, ona one, which could be our ticket to the Final Tournament at EURO odlučujuća koja bi nam mogla biti ulaznica za Finalni 2020. turnir na EURO 2020. Every boy who plays football surely knows that through this Svaki dječak koji se bavi fudbalom sigurno zna da kroz magical game he can make his dreams come true. You have to ovu čarobnu igru može ostvariti svoje snove. Moraš biti up- be persistent, work hard and try to be like our national team play- oran, mnogo raditi i truditi se da budeš poput naših reprez- ers, because most of them achieved everything they dreamed entativaca jer je većina njih kroz nogomet ostavrila sve ono and wanted as boys through football. When you have the char- što su kao dječaci sanjali i željeli. Kad imaš karatker, volju acter, the will and the strong desire, then one or two matches i snažnu želju onda jedna ili dvije utakmice, ne mogu biti cannot be an obstacle for the dream called EURO to come true prepreka da se na kraju san zvani EURO i ostvari. in the end. Ne mislim da će biti lako jer mi ne potcjenjujemo naše I don’t think it will be easy, because we do not underes- protivnike, ali čvsto vjerujemo u snagu ove ekipe i svih nas timate our opponents, but we firmly believe in the strength of koji smo tu da im pripremimo „teren“ na kojem će oni potvr- this team and all of us who are here to prepare a “field” where diti da je odlazak na EURO moguć kad vjeruješ u sebe i kad they will confirm that going to the EURO is possible when you imaš snage da svoj san pretvoriš u realnost. believe in yourself and when you have the power to turn your Na kraju, siguran sam da Sjeverna Irska neće gledati na dream into reality. statistiku u kojoj je prednost na našoj strani, već će kroz svo- In the end, I am sure that Northern Ireland will not look at ju tradicionalno oštru i borbenu igru pokušati doći do pobjede. the statistics in which the advantage is on our side, but will try to Domaći teren bi trebao da pruži dodatnu prednost win through its traditionally sharp and combative game. našem timu, posebno sada kada još uvijek ne možemo The home pitch should provide an additional advantage to računati na podršku sa tribina. our team, especially now that we still cannot count on support Siguran sam da će se na stadionu „Grbavica“ u Sara- from the stands. jevu igrati i ponašati u duhu fer-pleja. I am sure that they will play and behave in the spirit of fair- Na kraju, kao Predsjednik NS/FS BiH, pozdravljam play at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo. naše goste iz Sjeverne Irske, igrače i rukovodstva obje Finally, as the FF BH President, I greet our guests from selekkcije, kao i službene predstavnike UEFA/FIFA-e uz Northern Ireland, players and management of both national želju da bez obzira na sve restikcije uživamo u ovoj no- teams, as well as official representatives of UEFA/FIFA, wishing gometnoj predstavi. us to enjoy this football show despite all restrictions. Predsjednik NS/FS BiH FF BH President Elvedin Begić Elvedin Begić www.nfsbih.ba 5 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 6 www.nfsbih.ba EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA STAFF Dušan Bajević Head Coach MEDICAL STAFF Reuf Karabeg Doctor Adnan Hadžimuratović Doctor Slaven Musa Rusmir Cviko Marko Ostojić Assistent Coach Assistent Coach Doctor Ismar Hadžibajrić Physiotherapist Siniša Ćebić Physiotherapist Marko Pehar Physiotherapist Adnan Čustović Goran Brašnić Assistent Coach GK Coach Admir Zaimović Kit Manager Ermin Ćehajić Kit Manager Eldin Jelešković Darko Ljubojević Fitness Coach Team Secretary www.nfsbih.ba 7 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS Ibrahim Šehić Asmir Begović Position Position GK GK Date of Birth Date of Birth 02.09.1988. 20.06.1987. Club Club Konyspor AFC Caps Bournemouth 28 Caps Goals 63 - Goals - Jasmin Burić Kenan Pirić Position Position GK GK Date of Birth Date of Birth 18.02.1987. 07.07.1994. Club Club Hapoel Haifa NK Maribor Caps Caps 1 2 Goals Goals - - Siniša Saničanin Ervin Zukanović Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 24.04.1995. 11.02.1987. Club Club FK Vojvodina Fatih Caps Karagumuruk 2 Caps Goals 38 - Goals - 8 www.nfsbih.ba EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS Sead Kolašinac Bojan Nastić Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 20.06.1993. 06.07.1994. Club Club Arsenal FC Bate Borisov Caps Caps 31 4 Goals Goals - - Anel Ahmedhodžić Dennis Hadžikadunić Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 26.03.1999. 09.07.1998. Club Club Malmo FF FK Rostov Caps Caps - - Goals Goals - - Branimir Cipetić Darko Todorović Position Position DF DF Date of Birth Date of Birth 24.05.1995. 05.05.1997. Club Club NK Široki Brijeg HNK Hajduk Caps Split 1 Caps Goals 10 - Goals - www.nfsbih.ba 9 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS Advan Kadušić Rade Krunić Position Position DF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 14.10.1997. 07.10.1993. Club Club NK Celje AC Milan Caps Caps - 13 Goals Goals - 1 Stjepan Lončar Miralem Pjanić Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 10.11.1996. 12.04.1990. Club Club HNK Rijeka FC Barcelona Caps Caps 4 92 Goals Goals - 15 Gojko Cimirot Amir Hadžiahmetović Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 19.12.1992. 08.03.1998. Club Club Standard Liege Konyaspor Caps Caps 23 2 Goals Goals - - 10 www.nfsbih.ba EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS Amer Gojak Deni Milošević Position Position MF MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 13.02.1997. 09.03.1995. Club Club Torino FC Konyaspor Caps Caps 12 9 Goals Goals 4 1 Haris Hajradinović Benjamin Tatar Position Position FW MF Date of Birth Date of Birth 18.02.1994. 17.05.1994. Club Club Kasimpasa FK Sarajevo Caps Caps 2 - Goals Goals 1 - Dino Hotić Edin Džeko Position Position MF FW Date of Birth Date of Birth 26.07.1995. 17.03.1986. Club Club Cercle Brugge AS Roma Caps Caps 1 109 Goals Goals - 59 www.nfsbih.ba 11 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS Smail Prevljak Armin Hodžić Position Position FW FW Date of Birth Date of Birth 10.05.1995. 17.11.1994. Club Club Kas Eupen Kasimpasa Caps Caps 1 11 Goals Goals - 3 Edin Višća Milan Đurić Position Position FW FW Date of Birth Date of Birth 17.02.1990. 22.05.1990. Club Club Istanbul US Salernitana Basaksehir 1919 Caps Caps 52 14 Goals Goals 10 7 12 www.nfsbih.ba EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS www.nfsbih.ba 13 EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS PREKO 70 GODINA SA VAMA SARAJEVO - OSIGURANJE d.d. NAŠE KLIJENTE JE LAKO PREPOZNATI Putujete u inostranstvo? Iz topline svoga doma, brzo i jednostavno zaključite ONLINE policu Putničkog Zdravstvenog Osiguranja Sarajevo Osiguranja d.d. Sve informacije na našoj web stranici h�p�//www.sarajevoosiguranje.ba/pzo/ Sretan Put! Vaše Sarajevo Osiguranje d.d.
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