2011–12 First League of the Republika Srpska

Football league season

First League of the Republika Srpska
Season	2011–12
Champions	Radnik 3rd First League title
Promoted	Radnik
Relegated	Laktaši Proleter
Matches played	182
Goals scored	446 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Borislav Lukić 17 goals
Biggest home win	Crvena Zemlja 5–0 Mladost Sloboda (MG) 7–2 Laktaši Podrinje 7–2 Laktaši
Biggest away win	Proleter 1–4 Drina (Z) Proleter 1–4 Mladost Proleter 1–4 Radnik Mladost 0–3 Sloboda (NG)
Highest scoring	Sloboda (MG) 7–2 Laktaši Podrinje 7–2 Laktaši (9 goals)
Longest winning run	4 matches Sloboda (MG) Radnik
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Mladost Radnik
Longest winless run	10 matches Proleter
Longest losing run	4 matches Proleter
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 First League of the Republika Srpska is the seventeenth season of the First League of the Republika Srpska, the second tier football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment and the tenth as a second-tier league. It began on 13 August 2011 and ended on 26 May 2012; a winter break where no matches will be played was in effect between 5 November 2011 and 10 March 2012. Kozara were the last champions, having won their first championship title in the 2010–11 season and earning a promotion to Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This year Radnik won the championship, the third time they won the First League of the Republika Srpska.

14 clubs participated in this session, eleven returning from the previous session, one relegated from Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and two promoted from two regional Second League of the Republika Srpska.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From First League of the RS

Promoted to Premier League

Kozara

Relegated to one of 2 respective regional Second League of the RS

Famos (Second League of the RS - East)
BSK (Second League of the RS - West)

To First League of RS

Relegated from Premier League

Drina (Z)

Promoted from two regional Second League of the RS

Crvena Zemlja (Second League of the RS - West)
Rudar (U) (Second League of the RS - East)

Stadia and locations

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Location of clubs in 2011–12 Premijer Liga

Team	Location	Stadium^[1]	Capacity^[2]
Crvena Zemlja	Nova Ves	Ciglana Stadium	1,000
Drina HE	Višegrad	Gradski Stadion, Višegrad	1,500
Drina (Z)	Zvornik	Gradski Stadion, Zvornik	3,000
Laktaši	Laktaši	Gradski Stadion, Laktaši	2,200
Mladost	Gacko	Gradski Stadion, Gacko	3,500
Modriča	Modriča	Dr. Milan Jelić Stadium	7,600
Podrinje	Janja	Podrinje Stadium	3,000
Proleter	Teslić	Radolinka Stadium	5,000
Radnik	Bijeljina	Gradski Stadion, Bijeljina	6,000
Rudar (U)	Ugljevik	Novi Gradski Stadion, Ugljevik	8,000
Sloboda (MG)	Mrkonjić Grad	Gradski Stadion Luke	2,000
Sloboda (NG)	Bosanski Novi	Mlakve Stadium	4,000
Sloga	Doboj	Luke Stadium, Doboj	2,000
Sutjeska	Foča	Gradski Stadion, Foča	4,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Crvena Zemlja	Marko Stojić		NAAI	Nektar/Arhing
Drina HE	Marko Vidaković		Kappa	–
Drina (Z)	Dragan Mićić	Goran Maksimović	NAAI	–
Laktaši	Predrag Tatić			Dukat
Mladost	Željko Popović		NAAI
Modriča	Drago Svitlica	Đorđe Savić	Nike	Modriča Oil Refinery
Podrinje	Milorad Savić	Muhamed Jusufović	Legea
Proleter	Zoran Dujaković		Legea	–
Radnik	Darko Nestorović	Nenad Kutlačić	Mass	–
Rudar (U)	Predrag Marić		NAAI
Sloboda (MG)	Zoran Dragišić	Siniša Radoja	Bull
Sloboda (NG)	Predrag Medić	Zoran Lukač	Nike	–
Sloga	Zoran Ćurguz		Joma	Autosalon M&M
Sutjeska	Filip Ikonić		Asics

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment

New relegation rules

Unlike the last season, this season the Football Federation of the Republika Srpska decided to add relegation play-offs. Along the two last placed clubs in the league table which get relegated, the twelfth ranked team has to play relegation play-offs against the winner of the Second League of the Republika Srpska promotion play-offs which is contested between the two runners-up of the two Second Leagues of the Republika Srpska.^[3]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Radnik (C, P)	26	14	8	4	31	19	+12	50	Promotion to Premijer Liga BIH
2	Sloga Doboj	26	14	7	5	48	31	+17	49
3	Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	26	14	4	8	40	21	+19	46
4	Sutjeska Foča	26	11	5	10	34	36	−2	38
5	Crvena Zemlja	26	11	4	11	40	35	+5	37
6	Modriča	26	10	6	10	31	22	+9	36
7	Drina Višegrad	26	10	6	10	22	25	−3	36
8	Podrinje	26	9	7	10	32	29	+3	34
9	Drina Zvornik	26	9	6	11	24	23	+1	33
10	Mladost Gacko	26	9	6	11	25	33	−8	33
11	Rudar Ugljevik	26	8	8	10	27	30	−3	32
12	Sloboda Novi Grad	26	8	8	10	24	32	−8	32	Qualification to relegation play-off
13	Laktaši (R)	26	8	4	14	34	55	−21	28	Relegation to Second League RS
14	Proleter Teslić (R)	26	5	5	16	34	55	−21	20	Relegation to Second League RS

Source: FSRS (in Bosnian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to higher rank and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

Sloboda (NG) as 12th-placed team faced the winner of the promotion play-offs contested between the two runners-up of the two Second Leagues of the Republika Srpska, runner-up of the Second League of the RS - West side Jedinstvo in a two-legged play-off. Sloboda (NG) won 5–0 on aggregate and thus were not relegated from the First League of the Republika Srpska. Jedinstvo also remained in their respective league.

9 June 2012 (2012-06-09)

17:30 CEST

Jedinstvo	0–2	Sloboda (NG)
	Report	Tica 68' (pen) Antonić 71'

Stadion Jedinstva, Žeravica

Attendance: 500

Referee: Goran Lakić, (Brčko)

13 June 2012 (2012-06-13)

17:30 CEST

Sloboda (NG)	3–0	Jedinstvo
Jelisavac 22' Kovačević 38' Tica 53'	Report

Mlakve, Bosanski Novi

Positions by round

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2012. Source: SportSport.ba

Results

Home \ Away	CRZ	DRV	DRZ	LAK	MLA	MOD	POD	PRO	RAD	RUG	SMG	SNG	SLO	SUT
Crvena Zemlja		1–0	0–1	0–0	5–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1
Drina Višegrad	2–1		0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–0
Drina Zvornik	3–1	0–1		2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	3–0
Laktaši	3–2	1–2	2–1		1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1
Mladost Gacko	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–3		1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	1–2
Modriča	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–1		3–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–2
Podrinje	2–0	1–0	0–0	7–2	0–0	1–0		2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–3
Proleter Teslić	1–2	1–0	1–4	4–2	1–4	1–1	2–2		1–4	2–3	1–3	0–1	0–3	3–0
Radnik	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1		3–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0
Rudar Ugljevik	2–3	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	0–2	2–1
Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	2–0	2–0	2–1	7–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	1–0		2–0	4–1	4–0
Sloboda Novi Grad	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0		2–1	2–2
Sloga Doboj	3–2	4–2	2–0	3–0	4–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2		3–1
Sutjeska Foča	4–2	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2012. Source: FSRS
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
Crvena Zemlja	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L
Drina Višegrad	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D
Drina Zvornik	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W
Laktaši	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L
Mladost Gacko	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D
Modriča	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D
Podrinje	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D
Proleter Teslić	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L
Radnik	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D
Rudar Ugljevik	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	D
Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D
Sloboda Novi Grad	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W
Sloga Doboj	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W
Sutjeska Foča	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D

Source: FSRS
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[4]
1	Borislav Lukić	Sloga	17
2	Nikša Dimitrijević	Sloboda (MG)	12
3	Saša Stjepić	Sloboda (MG)	10
3	Aleksandar Kršić	Sloga	10
5	Nemanja Paripović	Laktaši	9
6	7 players	7
7	4 players	6
8	9 players	5
9	14 players	4
10	21 players	3
11	38 players	2
12	68 players	1
–	1 players	O.G.

References

^ "Teams of First League of the RS and their locations" (in Bosnian). FSRS. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
^ "Capacity of stadiums of the First League of the RS". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
^ "New rules for relegation from First League of the Republika Srpska". RS-Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
^ "Top goalscorers" (in Bosnian). RS-Sport.org. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

External links

Official site for the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official site for the Football Federation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official site for the Football Federation of the Republika of Srpska

First League of the Republika Srpska seasons

As tier I

As tier II

Football in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina

National teams

Men:	Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21 U-19 U-17 U-15
Women:	Bosnia and Herzegovina U-19 U-17

League system

Men:	Premier League First League FBiH RS Second League FBiH RS
Women:	Premier League

Domestic cups

Men:	National Cup FBiH RS Supercup (discontinued)
Women:	National Cup

2011–12 in Bosnia and Herzegovina football

« 2010–11

2012–13 »

Domestic leagues

Premier League
First League (FBiH, RS)

Domestic cups

National Cup (Final)

European competitions

Related to national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2012: qualification (Group D) Play-off Safet Sušić
Men U21	2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: qualification (Group 1) Vlado Jagodić
Men U19	2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship: qualification (Group 2) Elite (Group 6)
Men U17	2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship: qualification (Group 6)
Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2013: qualification (Group 1) Samira Hurem

Club seasons
Premier League	Borac Čelik GOŠK Kozara Leotar Olimpic Rudar Prijedor Sarajevo Slavija Sloboda Široki Brijeg Travnik Velež Zrinjski Zvijezda Željezničar