Beside FK Sarajevo, four more teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played in European competitions while the country was part of Yugoslavia with FK Željezničar Sarajevo being the best of them, reaching the 1984–85 UEFA Cup semi-finals where they lost to Hungarian side Videoton 4–3 on aggregate.
In the post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, ten more clubs played in European competitions with none making the group stages.
The list below shows coefficients of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its predecessor and successor and countries from former Yugoslavia.
Sarajevo's fierce city rival, Željezničar lost to English team Derby County in their only participation in this competition.
Teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina played much more games in Europe than before, and most notable campaign was Željezničar's run to semifinal in 1984–85 season.
First Champions League appearance came in 2000, when Brotnjo Čitluk took part after winning Bosniak-Croatian playoff.
In 2002–03 season Željezničar defeated Icelandic and Norwegian champions and faced English side Newcastle in third qualifying round.
In 2007–08 season Sarajevo, after trashing Maltese champion, shocked Belgian vice-champion Genk and earned third qualifying round match against Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv.
Other teams that played in Champions League were Brotnjo (once), Zrinjski Mostar and Široki Brijeg twice, Borac Banja Luka, Modriča and Leotar Trebinje once.