Bosnia and Herzegovina national rugby union team

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Union	Rugby Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Head coach	Damir Uzunovic
Captain	Armin Vehabović
	First colours
	First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	94 (as of 6 October 2025)
Highest	73 (29 July 2019)
Lowest	102 (2024)
First international
	Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–47 Croatia ; (28 November 1992)
Biggest win
	Bosnia and Herzegovina 77–10 Kosovo ; (Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 5 April 2025)
Biggest defeat
	Slovenia 77–5 Bosnia and Herzegovina; (19 May 2007)

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national rugby union team has yet to make its debut at the Rugby World Cup. Bosnia and Herzegovina have been playing international rugby since the early 1990s.

History

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Azerbaijan awaiting the ball in a line-out in 2009

Bosnia and Herzegovina made their international debut in November 1992 in a match against Croatia, losing 3 points to 47. They also played numerous matches during the late 1990s, including fixtures against Croatia, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Hungary before winning their first international in 2000 against Hungary, winning by one point 13-12.

Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in qualifying for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, competing in Pool B of Round 1 during 2000-01. They finished fifth in their group (winning two games). They also participated in qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.

Current squad

Squad to 2015 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification.^[1]

Forwards

Semir Ajanović
Haris Valjevac
Mirsad Fetić
Armin Kavazović
Edin Pojskić
Danijel Keserović
Damir Jovanović
Haris Oruč

Backs

Armin Zadić
Armin Vehabović (C)
Fadil Spahić
Sejad Kadić
Adi Milak
Selmir Glavaš
Sabahudin Subašić

Reserves

Nedžad Garanović
Vedran Izić
Adis Topalović
Nejro Ahmić
Senad Turčinović
Sedad Tufekčić
Adnan Hamzić
Zijad Ajkunić

Record

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Bosnia and Herzegovina national XV at test level up until 18 April 2026, updated after match with Kosovo.

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Won
Andorra	4	2	2	0	50%
Austria	8	0	8	0	0%
Azerbaijan	6	5	1	0	83.33%
Bulgaria	7	3	4	0	42.86%
Croatia	5	0	5	0	0%
Cyprus	3	0	3	0	0%
Finland	6	3	2	1	50%
Greece	2	0	2	0	0%
Hungary	6	1	5	0	16.67%
Israel	6	2	4	0	33.33%
Kosovo	2	2	0	0	100%
Lithuania	2	0	2	0	0%
Luxembourg	10	3	7	0	30%
Malta	3	0	3	0	0%
Monaco	3	2	1	0	66.67%
Montenegro	4	4	0	0	100%
Norway	5	3	2	0	60%
Serbia	3	1	2	0	33.33%
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	0	1	66.67%
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	100%
Slovenia	6	2	4	0	33.33%
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	0%
Turkey	5	4	0	1	80%
Total	104	42	58	3	40.38%