2011–12 First League of the Republika Srpska

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

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 are participating 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

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

To First League of RS

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from two regional Second League of the RS

Stadia and locations

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Stojić NAAI Nektar/Arhing
Drina HE Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Vidaković Kappa –
Drina (Z) Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Mićić Bosnia and Herzegovina Goran Maksimović NAAI –
Laktaši Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Tatić Dukat
Mladost Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Popović NAAI
Modriča Bosnia and Herzegovina Drago Svitlica Bosnia and Herzegovina Đorđe Savić Nike Modriča Oil Refinery
Podrinje Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Savić Bosnia and Herzegovina Muhamed Jusufović Legea
Proleter Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Dujaković Legea –
Radnik Bosnia and Herzegovina Darko Nestorović Bosnia and Herzegovina Nenad Kutlačić Mass –
Rudar (U) Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Marić NAAI
Sloboda (MG) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Dragišić Bosnia and Herzegovina Siniša Radoja Bull
Sloboda (NG) Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Medić Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Lukač Nike –
Sloga Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Ćurguz Joma Autosalon M&M
Sutjeska Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 runner-ups of the two Second Leagues of the Republika Srpska.[3]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Radnik (P) 26 14 8 4 31 19+12 50 Promotion to 2012–13 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 Prva Liga RS relegation play-off
13 Laktaši (R) 26 8 4 14 34 55−21 28 Relegation to 2012–13 Druga Liga RS
14 Proleter Teslić (R) 26 5 5 16 34 55−21 20

Updated to games played on 26 May 2012.
Source: FSRS (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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-offs

Sloboda (NG) as 12th-placed team faced the winner of the promotion play-offs contested between the two runner-ups 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
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
17:30 CEST
Sloboda (NG) 3–0 Jedinstvo
Jelisavac  22'
Kovačević  38'
Tica  53' 		Report
Mlakve, Bosanski Novi

Positions by round

Promotion to 2012–13 PL BiH
Qualification to relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2012–13 Druga Liga RS
Team \ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Crvena Zemlja 6 3 5 1 3 8 4 6 5 2 4 6 9 6 8 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Drina Višegrad 10 7 11 7 11 6 3 2 2 1 2 4 7 4 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7
Drina Zvornik 8 11 14 9 6 9 11 8 8 9 10 9 6 8 6 7 8 11 8 9 9 9 9 10 11 9
Laktaši 2 1 3 6 1 7 10 11 9 10 11 12 11 9 12 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 13 13 13
Mladost Gacko 12 14 12 12 10 4 2 4 4 6 3 1 3 5 3 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 10
Modriča 11 10 7 3 7 3 7 10 10 7 8 5 8 10 7 10 11 8 7 6 7 8 7 6 6 6
Podrinje 13 9 4 8 2 5 8 9 11 12 12 10 12 12 11 12 9 9 10 10 10 11 12 9 8 8
Proleter Teslić 4 5 9 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Radnik 1 6 6 10 8 10 9 5 3 5 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rudar Ugljevik 14 13 10 14 14 14 14 13 13 11 9 11 10 11 10 11 12 13 12 12 13 10 11 12 10 11
Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad 9 4 8 4 5 1 5 7 6 8 7 8 5 2 4 2 5 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3
Sloboda Novi Grad 7 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 11 12 10 11 12 12
Sloga Doboj 5 8 2 5 9 11 6 3 7 3 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 2
Sutjeska Foča 3 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 6 7 4 7 9 8 7 7 9 8 8 6 6 7 5 4

Last updated: 26 May 2012
Source: SportSport.ba

Results

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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 games played on 26 May 2012.
Source: FSRS
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

W Win
D Draw
L Lose
Team \ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
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

Last updated: 26 May 2012
Source: FSRS

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borislav Lukić Sloga 17
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikša Dimitrijević Sloboda (MG) 12
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Stjepić Sloboda (MG) 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Kršić Sloga 10
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Teams of First League of the RS and their locations" (in Bosnian). FSRS. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Capacity of stadiums of the First League of the RS". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "New rules for relegation from First League of the Republika Srpska". RS-Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Top goalscorers" (in Bosnian). RS-Sport.org. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

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