2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment in 2000 and fourteenth as a unified country-wide league. The league began on 25 July 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016, with a winter break between 7 December 2015 and 27 February 2016. The official fixture schedule was released on 10 July 2015. In the 2015–16 season, six teams will be relegated as the league decided to reduce the number of participants from the current 16 to 12 for the 2016–17 season.

Premijer liga
Season2015–16
ChampionsZrinjski
4th Premier League title
4th Bosnian title
RelegatedBorac
Slavija
Travnik
Rudar (P)
Drina
Velež
Champions LeagueZrinjski
Europa LeagueSloboda
Široki Brijeg
Radnik
Matches played240
Goals scored551 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerLeon Benko (18 goals)
Biggest home winTravnik 7-1 Velež
(23 April 2016)
Biggest away win0-3 on several occasions
Highest scoringTravnik 7-1 Velež
(23 April 2016)
Longest winning runŽeljezničar (9)
Longest unbeaten runŽeljezničar (13)
Longest winless runVelež (18)
Longest losing runVelež (13)

The 2015–16 season saw the return of Rudar Prijedor and newcomer Mladost Doboj Kakanj to the top flight as promoted teams, in place of Mladost Velika Obarska who returned to the First League of RS after two seasons in the top flight and Zvijezda Gradačac who were relegated to the First League of FBiH after spending 7 seasons in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo were the defending champions.

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