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Tale of two teams here. Zrinjski extend the greatest ever start to a Premijer Liga BiH season with 11 wins in 12 games. 31 goals scored already, with no one else even hitting 20 yet, and a 4th clean sheet in 5 games too. Everything seems to be clicking in place for Simon Rožman's team. While for Željo, it's now 6 in the league without a win, and the heaviest ever post-war home defeat. Pressure continues to mount on Muslera.

🇧🇦 WWIN Liga Team of the Week - Round 11: U-26 Players: 🇧🇦 Arman Šutković (2005) - 🛡️ v. Široki Brijeg 🇷🇸 Viktor Rogan (2002) - 🛡️ v. Sloga 🇨🇦🇭🇷 Jovan Ivanišević (2005) - 🛡️ v. Željezničar 🇭🇷🇧🇦 Mihael Kuprešak (2001) - 🅰️ v. Željezničar 🇭🇷🇧🇦 Antonio Ilić (2005) - ⚽️ v. Radnik 🇭🇷 Antonio Galešić (2003) - ⚽️ v. Željezničar 🇦🇹🇧🇦 Denis Dizdarević (2004) - ⚽️🅰️ v. Velež 🇧🇦 David Čavić (2002) - 🅰️ v. Velež 🇧🇦 Stefan Marčetić (2006) - ⚽️⚽️ v. Velež Other players born 2000 or later who made an impact this round: 🛡️ - 🇧🇦🇭🇷 Ivan Puljić (2002), 🇧🇦 Mladen Jurkas (2007) ⚽️ - 🇧🇦 Aldin Mešić (2004) 🅰️ - 🇧🇦 Amar Milak (2006), 🇧🇦 Aldin Mešić (2004), 🇭🇷 Nino Stojanović (2001) Just like last week, 9 of 11 players in the TOTW are U-26 players, with 3 of them being BSK's entire frontline after their decisive performances away to Velež in a big win on Sunday. 3rd clean sheet in a row for Puljić, a first FKS goal for Galešić which decided the Sarajevo Derby, another TOTW appearance for Ilić which is his 7th this season, and several other good performers over the weekend.

Another big moment in the early career of 🇧🇦 Mladen Jurkas (2007). Saved the first PK from Panathinaikos, although Borac unfortunately conceded another minutes later and are behind now. 7 penalties faced in Europe this season and his 3rd one saved, after the 2 in the Vitebsk shootout. Showing big personality in key moments at such a young age.

2:1 loss for Borac. Made it a bit interesting late on with Jojić's goal but Panathinaikos deserved winners, and could have won by 3-4 honestly. Borac missed Esiti's physical presence in midfield, also would say that letting Hrelja go without a proper replacement limits their options from that right wing position. Roguljić/Cipetić don't offer much on the counter at this level. Marinović also too slow to make the changes, had he made some at 1:0 down maybe this could have still been salvageable. The result is okay given the vast difference between the sides tonight, but this was Borac's 2nd toughest fixture on the schedule after Atalanta, after all. Panathinaikos are a proper side, better than the one Borac drew 2 years ago. KuPS (who they play next week) and Riga at home are the must wins, then hope to get a point somewhere on the road to maybe sneak in that top 24. Next Thursday's game will be a big one for them where they need a win, let's see how they approach that one compared to here.

Types of signings I'd like to see our clubs make this summer (and beyond). 🇧🇦 Thread 🧵👇

And now under 72 hours later, he gets his first goal in a BiH shirt with the opener in a 2:0 win over Greece to start the 2027 U17 European Championship qualifiers. Great week for him. 2nd goal late on coming from Adis Mehić, CB at Werder Bremen. Nice assist from Frankfurt's Haris Mušanović who looks like an interesting CAM prospect. Winning start for Asmir Avdukić's team and a great opportunity now to advance to the next phase against Iceland on Saturday. Also probably the most impressive win for the U17 NT since 2018 when we last played at the final tournament, since then most of the wins have mostly come against the likes of Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, and Belarus. This 2010 generation looks like it has some promise.

🇧🇦 Matej Deket (2009) and his 2026/27 season so far: 15 games 671 mins played 4 goals His goals this season 👇 @FTalentScout

Tried to break the numbers down across all 10 clubs with only actual home games played (so excluded FKS's early home games away from Koševo and no BSK games at all) and excluding games with no fans (Borac-Čelik). Also plugged in the clubs' actual stadium capacities from their websites, as Transfermarkt has the wrong figures on theirs. Here's how it all looks after 8 rounds: Capacity - Total Spectators (No. of Home Games) - Average / % of Capacity Sloga: 3,000 - 6,700 (3) - 2,233 / 74.4% Željezničar: 13,057 - 43,547 (5) - 8,709 / 66.7% Zrinjski: 7,255 - 20,500 (5) - 4,100 / 56.5% Čelik: 13,812 - 22,000 (3) - 7,333 / 53.1% Radnik: 4,000 - 4,200 (3) - 1,400 / 35% Široki Brijeg: 5,147 - 8,600 (5) - 1,720 / 33.4% Velež: 7,000 - 5,750 (3) - 1,917 / 27.3% Borac: 10,030 - 7,900 (3) - 2,633 / 26.2% Sarajevo: 34,630 - 14,800 (3) - 4,933 / 14.2% BSK: n/a (no games played on their home ground) Interestingly, it's Sloga with the best % of their stadium capacity filled with 74.4% from a total of 3 home games which pulled in 6,700 spectators to their 3,000-seater. Even with taking out the Radnik and BSK games played in Tuzla and Zenica respectively, FKS still have the lowest percentage with just 14.2% of Koševo filled across their 3 real home games, albeit with the largest stadium by far on the list.

🇧🇦 Eldar Dragović (2008) - 🅰️ v. Sloga 🇧🇦 David Čavić (2002) - ⚽️ v. Široki Brijeg 🇧🇦 Danilo Teodorović (2002) - ⚽️⚽️ v. Čelik 🇧🇦 Anes Mašić (2000) - ⚽️⚽️⚽️ v. Radnik Other players born 2000 or later who made an impact this round: 🛡️ - 🇧🇦 Mladen Jurkas (2007), 🇧🇦 Faris Ribić (2003) ⚽️ - 🇵🇹 Rodrigo Piloto (2001), 🇧🇦 Mahir Rahimić (2005) 🅰️ - 🇫🇷🇩🇿 Mohamed Ghorzi (2000) Mostly the young Bosnian players in the league who shone this weekend. Mašić with his second hat-trick and POTW this season, Teodorović scoring for the 5th game in 7 rounds, and Čavić making it into back-to-back TOTWs.

Broke their own record start in 2004/05, first 🇧🇦 top flight team to ever start a season with a 6-0-0 record. Already +8, although Borac and Sarajevo have a game in hand. Looking like early favorites to win their 10th Premijer Liga crown in just 23 seasons.

Zrinjski win at Koševo, 4-0-0 start for Rožman after the European disappointment. FKS decent at times, but still too slow in possession and struggling to generate enough chances. The pitch obviously didn't help but this is too often of an occurrence for them regardless of the pitch. (Btw, I like Arena Sport's addition of an ex-ref being on to explain refereeing decisions during live games this season. Still a long way to go to address the issues but some transparency is good.)

Mixed draw for Borac. Toughest side from Pot 1, good picks from Pots 3 & 5, but could have gotten off better with 2 & 6. Will probably need to beat both KuPS and Riga at home to have a realistic chance of top 24 and pick up a point or two somewhere on the road. Atalanta (H) to kick things off on Oct. 15, first T5 league team they will host in a competitive match in Banja Luka ever.