Bosnia & Herzegovina's 2026 World Cup squad is officially confirmed, named by head coach S. Barbarez on May 11, 2026. The 26-player roster brings together three goalkeepers, eight defenders, ten midfielders and five forwards. Bosnia & Herzegovina is drawn into Group B, where it faces Canada, Qatar and Switzerland. The most-played player in the last 12 months of national-team football is Nikola Vasilj, with 1,050 minutes across 11 caps, the squad's most in-form option heading into the tournament. Close behind is Tarik Muharemović on 860 minutes, another of the side's most-used players over the same period. Over the past twelve months the team has posted 4 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, scoring 25 goals and conceding 18. Our ranking orders the squad purely by national-team minutes, not club minutes, and every name links to a player profile with the full minutes and recent-form breakdown.
Matches & results
Group standings
Group B
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 |  Canada |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Qatar |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1 |
26-man squad
| # | Player | Position | Club | NT minutes (12mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikola Vasilj | Goalkeeper | FC St. Pauli | 1,050 |
| 2 | Tarik Muharemović | Defender | Sassuolo | 860 |
| 3 | Nikola Katić | Defender | FC Schalke 04 | 828 |
| 4 | Edin Džeko | Forward | FC Schalke 04 | 821 |
| 5 | Benjamin Tahirović | Midfielder | Brondby | 778 |
| 6 | Ermedin Demirović | Forward | VfB Stuttgart | 743 |
| 7 | Amar Dedić | Defender | Benfica | 740 |
| 8 | Esmir Bajraktarević | Midfielder | PSV Eindhoven | 737 |
| 9 | Amar Memić | Midfielder | Plzen | 732 |
| 10 | Kerim-Sam Alajbegović | Midfielder | Red Bull Salzburg | 639 |
| 11 | Ivan Šunjić | Midfielder | Pafos | 585 |
| 12 | Ivan Bašić | Midfielder | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 461 |
| 13 | Sead Kolašinac | Defender | Atalanta | 446 |
| 14 | Dženis Burnić | Midfielder | Karlsruher SC | 304 |
| 15 | Stjepan Radeljić | Defender | HNK Rijeka | 270 |
| 16 | Armin Gigović | Midfielder | BSC Young Boys | 259 |
| 17 | Haris Tabaković | Forward | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 214 |
| 18 | Nihad Mujakić | Defender | Gaziantep FK | 168 |
| 19 | Dennis Hadžikadunić | Defender | Sampdoria | 117 |
| 20 | Samed Baždar | Forward | Jagiellonia | 111 |
| 21 | Jovo Lukić | Forward | Universitatea Cluj | 74 |
| 22 | Amir Hadžiahmetović | Midfielder | Hull City | 73 |
| 23 | Ermin Mahmić | Midfielder | Slovan Liberec | 72 |
| 24 | Martin Zlomislić | Goalkeeper | HNK Rijeka | 0 |
| 25 | Osman Hadzikadic | Goalkeeper | 0 | |
| 26 | Nidal Celik | Defender | 0 |
Methodology
Players are ranked by minutes played for the national team over the last 365 days. Ties are broken by appearances. The top 16 are labeled Locked, ranks 17–22 Likely, ranks 23–30 Bubble — a starting frame, not a verdict.
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