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| Name | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | Nickname | Zmajevi (Dragons)
Zlatni Ljiljani (Golden Lilies) | | Association | Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina | | Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | | Head coach | Safet Sušić | | Asst coach | Borče Sredojević
Elvir Baljić | | Captain | Emir Spahić | | Most caps | Zvjezdan Misimović (59) | | Top scorer | Elvir Bolić (22) | | Home stadium | Bilino Polje, Zenica
Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo | | FIFA code | BIH | | FIFA ranking | 41 | | Highest FIFA ranking | 25 (August 2007) | | Lowest FIFA ranking | 173 (September 1996) | | Elo ranking | 56 | | Highest Elo ranking | 47 (July 2009) | | Lowest Elo ranking | 87 (October 5, 1999) | | First international | non-FIFA International
Iran 1 � 3 BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Tehran, Iran; June 6, 1993)
FIFA International
Albania 2 - 0 BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Tirana, Albania; November 30, 1995) | | Biggest win | Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH 7 � 0 Estonia
(Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; September 10, 2008) | | Biggest defeat | Argentina 5 � 0 BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina
(La Plata, Argentina; May 14, 1998) | | European Championship |
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The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team ( ; in Cyrillic: Ногометна/Фудбалска репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) is the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prior to that, Bosnian-Herzegovinian players played for the Yugoslavia national football team.
The independent Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team has never qualified for a major tournament since its debut attempt for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but has come close on more than one occasion. Most notably the national team played against Portugal in UEFA play-offs for a place in 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Bosnia and Herzegovina plays most of their home matches at Bilino Polje Stadium in the city of Zenica. In a period stretching from April 1996 to September 2006, Bosnia were undefeated at home in Zenica. During 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Bosnia and Herzegovina national team played all their First Round home matches at this stadium, losing only once, to current European and soon to be World Champion; Spain. The larger Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in the city of Sarajevo, is the secondary home stadium of the national side.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's first ever FIFA international victory came against FIFA World Cup 1994 runners-up Italy on 6 November 1996. The national teams highest FIFA World Ranking was 25th in August 2007.
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![Large number of national team's supporters come from Northern and Western Europe as well as North America. Those are mostly former citizens who escaped the Bosnian War in the 1990s. In away games, these Bosnian supporters come in large numbers, sometimes outnumbering the opposing supporters. In addition support also comes from local football fans, namely "Horde Zla" (FK Sarajevo), "The Maniacs" (FK ŽeljezniÄar Sarajevo), "Red Army Mostar" (FK Velež Mostar), "RobijaÅ¡i" (NK Äelik Zenica) and "Fukare" (FK Sloboda Tuzla). Most of these fans are members of BHFanaticos, who are the most loyal supporters of Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. These fans travel to all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and across the world in support of the national side. Within the last decade, BHFanaticos have strongly opposed Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of suspicions financial matters, among others. For these reasons, national qualifying games were the opportunity for BHF to visually show their opposition by lifting anti FA banners and throwing flares onto the pitch in hope that the federation would be fined. Bosnian rap artist Frenkie dedicated a song "Rat Savezu" (translated "War on FA") to the Bosnian Soccer Fans BHFanaticos in their war against the corrupt Bosnian Football Federation.[21] In the game Norway v Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the UllevÃ¥l Stadium in Oslo on 24 March 2007, Bosnian fans caused an hour long delay due to an unprecedented amount of <b>...</b>](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eLBauHhZRAQ/0.jpg)
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