History of FK Sarajevo

Namely, Hodžić, Vlajičić, Šarenkapa, Pauković, Fizović, Konjević, Radović, Viđen and Mustagrudić from the former, and Mantula, Glavočević, Tošić, Pecelj, Novo, Strinić, Đ. Lovrić and Alajbegović from the latter.

[7] Even though the team concluded the second part of the season without losing a single game, fans hoped for more persuasive results and weren't overly satisfied with the five draws that were mustered.

[9] The next season the club finished on 6th spot in the league, and traveled on a large tour across Turkey, playing friendly ties against Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe and recording victories against both of the Turkish powerhouses.

[12] The club brought in future record holders Ibrahim Biogradlić and Mladen Stipić for the next season, in which the maroon-whites met their city rivals FK Željezničar for the first time in a league fixture.

[15] Three more campaigns under managers László Fenyvesi, Vojin Božović, Miroslav Brozović for a second time and Ratomir Čabrić brought mediocre results with the club placing 8th, 7th and 9th, before finally earning a 4th-place finish in the 1963–64 season.

Hard-earned wins against HNK Rijeka and Red Star Belgrade followed, and by the winter break, Sarajevo had won 14 out of their first 20 league fixtures, finishing the year at pole position.

Sarajevo concluded the year touring Latin America with Red Star Belgrade, playing friendly fixtures in Colombia, Honduras, and Costa Rica.

New players in the Sarajevo dressing room during the aforementioned campaign included the likes of Denijel Pirić who was brought in from Dinamo Zagreb and Džemil Cerić, acquired from Sloboda Tuzla.

The 1973–74 season brought in a handful of new players, including the likes of future club legend Želimir Vidović and former Red Star Belgrade and Bayern Munich striker Dušan Jovanović.

The 1978–79 season though, brought a breath of fresh air for Sarajevo fans, with the team finishing 4th behind Hajduk Split, Dinamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade, and in doing so signaled things to come.

[27] Notable FK Sarajevo players in this period included Želimir Vidović, Radomir Savić, Edhem Šljivo, Srebrenko Repčić, Fuad Muzurović, Dragoljub Simić and Džemil Cerić.

FK Sarajevo had a second successful spell between 1978 and 1985, led by the attacking duo Predrag Pašić – Safet Sušić, which established itself among the most prolific tandems in Yugoslav and Bosnian football history.

Predrag Pašić nicknamed "Paja" was a winger or striker and had emerged through the club's youth ranks, eventually going on to play for Sarajevo up until his move to VfB Stuttgart after the title winning season in 1985.

[31] Sarajevo returned to the UEFA Cup in 1982–83 (having finished fourth during the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League), beating Bulgaria's Slavia Sofia 6:4 in the first round[32] and Romanian club FC Corvinul Hunedoara 8:4 in the second, thanks to a 4:0 home win in the second leg.

Husref Musemić, the architect of the maroon-white's charge to the top of the league table, continued showing off his goalscoring abilities, and along with Dragan Jakovljević and Edin Hadžialagić helped Sarajevo defeat Iskra Bugojno 3:1.

Team captain Predrag Pašić and tallyman Husref Musemić combined by scoring in the next two, crucial matches against Priština and Osijek, and in doing so ensured a win and draw.

[37] It all came down to the final league game against Red Star Belgrade, played at a sold out Koševo stadium, where the maroon-whites need just a point to mathematically clinch the title.

The championship winning generation included the likes of Husref Musemić, Faruk Hadžibegić, Davor Jozić, Dragan Jakovljević, Miloš Đurković, Predrag Pašić, Mirza Kapetanović, Slaviša Vukićević, Zijad Švrakić, Senad Merdanović and Mehmed Janjoš.

[41] The club management, in search of replacements, turned its sights to young players from lower-trier sides, bringing in Bernard Barnjak, Vladimir Petković and Zoran Ljubičić.

His nine goals in 26 appearances did little to improve league results, as the team again concluded the campaign on 13th spot, along with an early exit in the Yugoslav Cup after a defeat to Macedonian third division minnows, FK Sileks.

Notable FK Sarajevo players in the pre-war period were Miloš Nedić, Dragan Jakovljević, Boban Božović, Dane Kuprešanin and Dejan Raičković.

In September 1993 FK Sarajevo toured Brunei and Malaysia, before visiting Teheran and playing a humanitarian match against the Iranian national team which it convincingly won 3–1.

After reentering the besieged city, the team defeated a local UN peacekeeping force 4–1, in a hallmark game which was the first played at the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in over two years.

This championship play-off second leg will be remembered as the first such tie between the maroon-whites and city rivals Željezničar, with the Blues going on to win 1:0 courtesy of a late Hadis Zubanović goal.

[47] Notable members of the third championship generation were Emir Granov, Muhidin Zukić, Memnun Suljagić, Alen Škoro, Džemo Smječanin and goalkeeper Mirsad Dedić.

Next year's campaign brought a memorable 2–2 draw away to Beşiktaş in the UEFA Cup, followed by a disappointing 0–5 loss to the Turkish side that still stands as the club's worst home result.

Sarajevo were runners-up in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier League in 2005–06, but won their second title the following season, beating Zrinjski Mostar by three points in a memorable year that saw the club celebrate its 60th birthday in style.

Memorable members of the fourth championship generation were Muhamed Alaim, Veldin Muharemović, Marinko Mačkić, Muhidin Zukić, Vule Trivunović, Ajdin Maksumić, Samir Duro, Senad Repuh, Marciano, Faruk Ihtijarević, Emir Obuća and Almir Turković.

[50] The second round saw Sarajevo defeat Belgians KRC Genk on away goals due to a 2:1 away win in the first leg,[51] although the club was knocked out in the play-offs for the competition's Group Stage by Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kyiv who won 4:0 on aggregate.

As result FK Sarajevo entered 2020–21 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round where they faced Connah's Quay Nomads at the Cardiff City Stadium.