The season began on 22 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018, with a winter break between early December 2017 and late February 2018.
Five clubs did not get their licences for the first degree: Borac Banja Luka, Sloboda Tuzla, Čelik Zenica, Vitez and GOŠK Gabela.
[4] The Second Degree commission convened on May 24 and only approved Čelik before being abruptly cancelled and rescheduled for May 30.
[5] The commission approved all other clubs except for Borac, meaning that they would be relegated into the First League of the Republika Srpska.
Borac showed the evidence it showed regarding the payments to Džaja to UEFA, which will assist the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding the decision of whether or not Borac Banja Luka or Čelik Zenica will compete in the 2018–19 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.