Ahead of the crucial week in the Super League, he received the call-up for the 2026 World Cup

The head coach of Bosnia's first national team, Sergej Barbarez (54 years old), announced a month before the team he will count on in the final tournament, after the team he leads dramatically qualified for the final tournament, leaving the Italian national team at home. On his list, at the first World Cup after a break of 12 years, there are 26 players and 9 reserves.

Jovo Lukic got Bosnia's squad for the World Cup

Among the 26 basic names is also Cluj University striker Jovo Lukic, who received the news at the very beginning of the week that a fiery one is being announced for his club team, which is fighting on two fronts, the Romanian Cup and the championship, on each route with Craiova University, Lukic's former team.

In the offensive department, in addition to Lukic, Bosnia will also have Ermedin Demirovic, Samed Bazdar, Edin Dzeko and Haris Tabakovic at the final tournament.

The national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina will play a friendly match against North Macedonia on May 29, and a second friendly against Panama on June 6, the last before the World Cup.

Bosnia have been drawn in Group B at this summer's final tournament and will face Canada (June 12), Switzerland (June 18) and Qatar (June 24).

Jovo Lukic has so far only appeared in Bosnia's shirt, when he played for 84 minutes in a friendly match against the USA in 2021. In the play-off match with Italy, the footballer from U Cluj was called up, but in the end he did not make the final squad.

18goals has Jovo Lukic in this Superliga season, being the best scorer in the championship at the moment