Igman Konjic Ends Drought, Stuns Tuzla City 3-1 and Reshapes Bottom of the Table

The chill of October in Konjic carried a sense of urgency—a club with its back to the wall, a season slipping one defeat at a time. But at Gradski Stadion this afternoon, Igman Konjic delivered a performance brimming with resolve, dispatching Tuzla City 3-1 and snapping a five-match losing streak that threatened to define their campaign.

For weeks, Igman looked adrift, battered by lopsided scorelines and haunted by defensive lapses. Their recent fixtures read like a litany of disappointment: 2-3 at Sloboda Tuzla, 1-5 versus TOŠK Tešanj, 0-5 at Tomislav, 2-4 versus Vitez, and 2-3 at Travnik. Each defeat deepened the narrative of a club on the verge of crisis, anchored to the foot of the 1st League standings. Entering today, Igman sat in 12th place with just 6 points from 7 matches, their confidence visibly eroded.

Yet football’s logic is rarely linear. From the opening whistle, Igman rejected the script, pressing with a purpose that had been absent over the previous month. After a cagey start, it was the hosts who struck first: midway through the first half, forward Adnan Kovačević latched onto a looping cross and powered a header past Tuzla keeper Muratović, sending a ripple of belief through the home crowd.

The goal was more than a lead—it was a lifeline. Igman’s midfield, anchored by Sead Osmanović, imposed itself, with Osmanović dictating tempo and disrupting Tuzla’s rhythm. Their aggression paid dividends again before the break: Kovačević, seizing on a defensive miscue, slotted home his second, giving Igman a rare two-goal cushion.

Tuzla City, themselves no strangers to struggles—their last five outings included three defeats, most recently a limp 0-3 loss at TOŠK Tešanj—showed flashes of intent. Senad Bašić, Tuzla’s creative fulcrum, carved open Igman’s defense early in the second half and picked out Kenan Mešić for a tidy finish, halving the deficit and restoring hope for the visitors.

But Igman refused to unravel. Where they might have buckled in past weeks, today they held their shape. On 73 minutes, substitute Damir Suljić delivered the decisive blow, pouncing on a spilled rebound to restore the two-goal advantage, his celebration a catharsis for both player and supporters alike.

The match was not without its friction. With the game in its dying embers, Tuzla defender Amar Kajtaz saw red for a reckless challenge on Suljić, compounding his team’s misery and ensuring their late surge never materialized.

This victory, Igman’s second of the season, reverberates beyond the scoreline. With three points, they leap within one of Tuzla City, narrowing the margin between 11th and 12th in the table. While both remain mired in the lower reaches—a harsh reflection of campaigns marked by inconsistency—the psychological impact is undeniable. For Igman, who had conceded a staggering 20 goals across their last five matches, today’s result signals not merely a statistical reprieve but a badly needed restoration of faith.

The recent head-to-head history between these sides has skewed close, with neither able to assert dominance over the past year—a parity now punctuated by Igman’s most complete performance of the autumn. For Tuzla City, the loss represents another in a string of missed opportunities, their brief mid-September resurgence (back-to-back wins over Vitez and Jedinstvo Bihać) now a fading memory.

Both clubs face pressing questions heading into the next round. For Igman Konjic, this marks a chance to reset ambitions—no longer content with survival, they can seek momentum in the weeks to come. The challenge is clear: sustain this defensive discipline and attacking clarity, lest today’s triumph prove fleeting.

Tuzla City, meanwhile, must confront the reality of a season at risk of unraveling. With fixtures growing ever more consequential, their response to adversity will define their fate in the 1st League’s unforgiving lower tier.

Gradski Stadion felt, for one afternoon, the echo of possibility. Igman Konjic—beleaguered but unbowed—reminded their supporters, and perhaps themselves, that form is temporary but resolve can turn a season. October’s cold holds fewer comforts, but tonight, victory is warmth enough.