Mersudin Ahmetović best footballer in BiH

(Patria) - The event for proclaiming the best individuals of league competitions under the auspices of the NS/FS BIH was held tonight at the "Terme" hotel in Ilidža. 

Players and professional staffs of the "A" and "U-21" national teams of Bosnia and Herzegovina attended tonight's ceremony.

The event was opened with a welcome speech by the first vice-president of NS/FS BIH, Milorad Sofrenić.

The best player of the BH Telecom Premier League of BiH for the 2018/19 season is Sarajevo's striker Mersudin Ahmetović. Coaches and captains of the clubs in our elite football competition gave the most votes to Ahmetović, who surpassed Miloš Filipović from Zrinjski and Dražen Bagarić from Široki Brijeg.

Ahmetović did not attend tonight's event, so the award was accepted on his behalf by Sarajevo's sports director Emir Hadžić from Milorad Sofrenić.

Mersudin Ahmetović is the fifth player to receive this award, and before him, the awards for the best footballer of the BiH championship were won by Wagner Santos Lago, Zajko Zeba, Miroslav Stevanović, and Goran Zakarić.

The best goalkeeper of the Premier League is Vladan Kovačević from Sarajevo. Kovačević's closest competitors were Luka Bilobrk (Široki Brijeg) and Ivan Brkić (Zrinjski).

The award was presented to Kovačević by the goalkeeper of the "A" national team of BiH, Ibrahim Šehić.

The best scorer this season is Sulejman Krpić from Željezničar, who scored 16 goals, and the award was presented to him by Edin Džeko.

Husref Musemić was proclaimed the best coach, and the award was accepted on his behalf by FK Sarajevo president Senad Jahić from Robert Prosinečki.

A special recognition was awarded to referee Amer Macić from Mostar, who, with a calm reaction during the BHT PL Tuzla City Sarajevo match, saved the life of the home team's defender Dino Bevab, who lost consciousness after a collision with an opposing player. The award was presented to him by the second vice-president of the NS/FS BIH Committee for Referees and Refereeing, Ibrahim Hasanbegović.

BH Telecom representative Kemal Avdagić presented the fair-play award to FK Krupa.

The best player of the Premier Women's League of Bosnia and Herzegovina this year is Selma Kapetanović from SFK 2000 Sarajevo, while the award for the best goalkeeper was won by Elma Kundić from Iskra Bugojno.

Kapetanović won in the competition against Nikolina Vujadin (Lokomotiva) and Minela Gačanica (Emina), while Kundić left behind Envera Hasanbegović from SFK 2000 and Indira Faković from Emina.

The awards for the best female footballers were presented by the executive director of the NS/FS BIH Sports Sector, Elmir Pilav.

The best player of the Premier Futsal League of BiH is Marijo Aladžić, a member of the BiH champions Mostar SG Staklorad, while the award for the best futsal goalkeeper went to his club and national team colleague Stanislav Galić.

The awards were presented to them by the second vice-president of NS/FS BIH, Ivan Beus.

In the shortlist for the best futsal player were Nermin Kahvedžić (Mostar SG Staklorad) and Kristijan Pantić (Brotnjo), as well as goalkeepers Andrijano Dujmović (Zrinjski) and Bekir Hodžić (Salines).

The best player of the Premier Youth "U-19" League of BiH is Đani Salčin (Sarajevo), who won in the competition against Anes Mašić from Zrinjski and Faris Zubanović from Željezničar. The best goalkeeper of this competition, as last season, is Jasmin Kršić from Željezničar, who received the award ahead of Belmin Dizdarević from Sarajevo and Vojin Savić from Zrinjski. The awards were presented to them by the executive director of the NS/FS BIH Administration Sector, Nihad Hodžić.