In the qualifiers for the
2002–03 UEFA Champions League,
Željezničar gained the first big success in Bosnian post-war club-football, going all the way to the last qualifying round for the most important club competition in Europe. After big wins over
ÍA Akraness and
Lillestrøm, however, they were held by
Newcastle United. In the first match, held in Sarajevo, Newcastle won 0–1 with English team defeating Željezničar 4–0 in England. The second time a Bosnian club moved into the last qualifying round of the
UEFA Champions League was
FK Sarajevo in
2007–08, when they lost to
Dynamo Kyiv 0–4 on aggregate, after going over Maltese
Marsaxlokk and Belgian side
Genk. Another remarkable season for Bosnian clubs in Europe was 2009–10. The most memorable performances were marked by Sarajevo and
Slavija. While Slavija surprisingly beat
Aalborg in the second qualifying round but could not overcome
MFK Košice in the third round, Sarajevo was able to reach the
Play-offs for the Group Stage of the newly formed
UEFA Europa League after beating
Spartak Trnava and
Helsingborg. However, they lost there unhappily 3–2 on aggregate to
CFR Cluj. Sarajevo made it again in the
2014–15 UEFA Europa League, playing all the way to the play-off round where they lost to
Borussia Mönchengladbach. In the
2020–21 UEFA Europa League season, Sarajevo once again played in the
play-off round, this time losing to
Celtic. After getting eliminated from the
2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round,
Zrinjski Mostar made it to the
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round, where they got eliminated by Slovak club
Slovan Bratislava following a
penalty shoot-out, missing out on a chance to play in the
group stage. In August 2023, Zrinjski became the first ever club from Bosnia and Herzegovina to reach the group stages of a
European club competition after eliminating Icelandic club
Breiðablik in the
2023–24 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, which assured Zrinjski of a group stage spot in the
UEFA Europa Conference League as a minimum. After losing to
LASK in the
Europa League play-off round, Zrinjski dropped into the
Conference League group stage, where they were drawn into
Group E alongside
Aston Villa,
AZ and
Legia Warsaw. On matchday one, Zrinjski pulled off an astonishing comeback against AZ. Trailing 3–0 at half time, the team made history and came back to win 4–3. This result also meant that they became the first ever side from Bosnia and Herzegovina to win a game in a UEFA club competition group stage. The team lost their next four games in the group, before ending their European campaign with a home draw against Aston Villa on 14 December 2023.
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