Republika Srpska official football team

Republika Srpska

Association	Football Association of Republika Srpska (FSRS)
Confederation	None
Head coach	Željko Buvač
Home stadium	Banja Luka City Stadium
First colours Second colours
First international
Unofficial Republika Srpska 1–1 RSK (Banja Luka, 20 December 1992)[1]

The Republika Srpska football team (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Reprezentacija Republike Srpske / Репрезентација Републике Српске) is the official team of Republika Srpska, an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA.

The football team was formed in 1992, following the creation of Republka Srpska as a political entity. The Football Association of Republika Srpska (FSRS)^[2] was established on 5 September 1992 in spite of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina which had escalated earlier that year. The main task of FSRS in that period was to organize and manage competitions in the territory of Republika Srpska. The competitions were played in different league formats throughout wartime.

History

Although the Dayton Agreement (which ended war conflict in the country) allowed the general forming of independent sport organizations in Republika Srpska which would be recognized internationally, FIFA and UEFA allowed FSRS to participate in the international scene only as part of FSBiH. However, a possibility for international friendly matches for national teams of Republika Srpska was left open, but with explicit permission of FIFA. The national team of Republika Srpska had its "international debut" in 2000 against the Greek club Kavala FC which won 6–0. After that, two other "international matches" were played. In 2001, in Germany, there were two matches against Bayern II (lost by 0–1) and Schweinfurt 05 (won by 4–2). On the other hand, the U21 squad of Republika Srpska takes part in "international" friendly tournaments every year.

The Republika Srpska official team played its first unofficial match at the Banja Luka City Stadium on 20 December 1992, when the rival to the Srpska team was a team representing the Republic of Serbian Krajina. This match ended 1–1. Srpska scored the first goal in the 16th minute thanks to Zoran Nešković and the equaliser was scored in the 45th minute by Tihomir Žorić. Žorić, then playing for Dinara from Knin, was chosen the best player of that friendly match. There were about 2,000 spectators at the FK Borac stadium. Republika Srpska was coached in that match by Miloš Đurković, assistant coach was Mladen Katić, and the selected players were Nikola Čobanović, Dragan Marković, Nedo Zdjelar, Sretko Vojkić, Zoran Vranješ, Stojan Janjetović, Veljko Salamić, Vlado Jagodić, Borče Sredojević, Ljubiša Kukavica, Borislav Tonković, Danijel Pajić, Jovica Lukić, Milan Miladinović, Stojan Malbašić, Enver Ališić, Mićo Gračanin, Zoran Nešković, Aleksa Marić, Predrag Šobot, Boris Gluhović, Filip Trivan, Drago Lukić and Miro Šarac.^[3]

In 1995, the First League of Republika Srpska was established as a top division for clubs competition. Also a cup tournament was created, the Republika Srpska Cup. Meanwhile, separate leagues were formed in other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina which gathered Croatian and Bosniak clubs in the country. The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FSBiH, was created in 1992 and was recognised by FIFA in 1996 and UEFA in 1998. As the FSBiH was the only football federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina recognized by FIFA its clubs alone were allowed to compete internationally and contest the newly formed Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Faced with the fact that clubs from Republika Srpska hadn't been allowed to take part in international competitions, FSRS decided to join FSBiH, on 23 May 2002. After that, some top ranked clubs from the First League were promoted to the Premier League, which started on 4 August the same year.

Head coaches

• Miloš Đurković (1992)
• Velimir Sombolac (1998–2001)
• Borče Sredojević (2008)^[4]
• Željko Buvač (2013–)

Assistant coaches

• Мladen Katić (1992)
• Velimir Stojnić (1998–2001)

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Results in the past

Date	Competition	Location	Home team	Result	Away team
1992	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska	1 – 1	Serbian Krajina
1998	Friendly	Istočno Sarajevo	Slavija Sarajevo	2 – 2	Republika Srpska
1999	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska	2 – 2	Kozara Gradiška
1999	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska	2 – 1	Rudar Ugljevik
1999	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska	4 – 0	Republika Srpska U21
1999	Friendly	Dvorovi	Proleter Dvorovi	0 – 4	Republika Srpska
2000	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska	1 – 2	Republika Srpska U21
2000	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska	4 – 0	Kavala FC
2000	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska	2 – 0	Boksit Milići
2000	Friendly	Ugljevik	Rudar Ugljevik	1 – 2	Republika Srpska
2000	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska	4 – 1	Republika Srpska U21
2001	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska	4 – 1	Republika Srpska U21
2001	Friendly	Munich, Germany	Bayern Munich II	1 – 0	Republika Srpska
2001	Friendly	Munich, Germany	Schweinfurt 05	2 – 4	Republika Srpska
2001	Friendly	Bijeljina	Radnik Bijeljina	1 – 1	Republika Srpska

During that period, the senior team played several unofficial matches against the local football clubs, such as Rudar Ugljevik, Kozara Gradiška and Radnik Bijeljina.

Republika Srpska played the first unofficial match in Germany in 2001 against FC Bayern Munich II and lost by 1–0. During that same visit to Germany, the Srpska team celebrated their first victory against FC Schweinfurt 05 with the result of 4–2.

In recent years, Republika Srpska has planned to play a friendly match against Serbia. Although the Srpska team received the approval of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this match has not been played yet.^[5]

Youth competitions

Since 2000, the U19 team regularly takes part in the international Stevan Nešticki Tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia. Republika Srpska won the tournament on two occasions (in 2004 and 2012).

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team
11 May 2016	Friendly	Belgrade	Red Star Belgrade U17	1 – 1	Republika Srpska U17
13 April 2016	Friendly	Šamac	Borac Šamac	3 – 1	Republika Srpska U21
12 April 2016	Friendly	Kranj	Kranj	0 – 1	Republika Srpska U19
12 April 2016	Friendly	Kranj	Kranj	1 – 2	Republika Srpska U17
24 November 2015	3rd Republika Srpska Football Day	Bijeljina	Journalist Selection	1 – 3	Republika Srpska U21
17 October 2015	3rd Republika Srpska Football Day	Rogatica	Mladost Rogatica	0 – 7	Republika Srpska U15
29 September 2015	3rd Republika Srpska Football Day	Rogatica	Kozara Gradiška U13	0 – 1	Republika Srpska U13
15 September 2015	3rd Republika Srpska Football Day	Derventa	Tekstilac Derventa	0 – 6	Republika Srpska U15
2 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Hradec Kralove U15	1 – 0	Republika Srpska U15
2 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Pardubice U15	0 – 0 (2–3)	Republika Srpska U15
1 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Hradec Kralove U15	1 – 2	Republika Srpska U15
1 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Usti nad Labem U15	0 – 4	Republika Srpska U15
1 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Slovan Liberec U15	2 – 1	Republika Srpska U15
2 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Hradec Kralove U13	1 – 0	Republika Srpska U13
2 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Slovan Liberec U13	0 – 2	Republika Srpska U13
1 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Jablonec U13	0 – 3	Republika Srpska U13
1 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Usti nad Labem U13	0 – 3	Republika Srpska U13
1 August 2015	21st Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Banik Most U13	0 – 2	Republika Srpska U13
28 Jun 2015	Friendly	Bileća	Hercegovac Bileća U15	0 – 3	Republika Srpska U15
14 Jun 2015	Stevan Nešticki Tournament	Novi Sad	Puskás Akadémia U17	1 – 1	Republika Srpska U17
13 Jun 2015	Stevan Nešticki Tournament	Novi Sad	Slavia Sofia U17	2 – 0	Republika Srpska U17
12 Jun 2015	Stevan Nešticki Tournament	Novi Sad	Vojvodina U17	1 – 1	Republika Srpska U17
28 May 2015	Friendly	Doboj	FA Doboj U17	1 – 0	Republika Srpska U17
1 October 2014	2nd Republika Srpska Football Days	Novi Sad	Vojvodina U16	1 – 2	Republika Srpska U16
1 October 2014	2nd Republika Srpska Football Days	Novi Sad	Vojvodina U15	0 – 1	Republika Srpska U15
5 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Admira Prague U14	1 – 1 (2–3)	Republika Srpska U14
5 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Banik Most U12	4 – 2	Republika Srpska U12
4 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Pardubice U14	1 – 0	Republika Srpska U14
4 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Teplice U12	0 – 2	Republika Srpska U12
3 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Usti nad Labem U14	0 – 1	Republika Srpska U14
3 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Baumit Jablonec U12	0 – 2	Republika Srpska U12
2 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Usti nad Labem U14	0 – 3	Republika Srpska U14
2 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Usti nad Labem U12	0 – 12	Republika Srpska U12
1 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Baumit Jablonec U14	0 – 4	Republika Srpska U14
1 August 2014	20th Jozef Kubina Tournament	Jablonec	Banik Most U12	0 – 2	Republika Srpska U12
15 June 2014	Duško Ožegović Tournament	Banja Luka	Olimpija Ljubljana U15	0 – 1	Republika Srpska U15
15 June 2014	Stevan Nešticki Tournament	Novi Sad	Republika Srpska U17	0 – 1	Vojvodina U17
14 June 2014	Duško Ožegović Tournament	Banja Luka	RNK Split U15	0 – 0	Republika Srpska U15
14 June 2014	Stevan Nešticki Tournament	Novi Sad	Partizan U17	3 – 2	Republika Srpska U17
13 June 2014	Duško Ožegović Tournament	Banja Luka	Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad U15	3 – 0	Republika Srpska U15
13 June 2014	Stevan Nešticki Tournament	Novi Sad	Puskás Academia U17	2 – 0	Republika Srpska U17
28 November 2013	Friendly	Bijeljina	Republika Srpska U15	1 – 1	Serbia U15
28 November 2013	Friendly	Bijeljina	Republika Srpska U16	0 – 0	Serbia U16
17 October 2013	Friendly	Bijeljina	Republika Srpska U14	1 – 1	FA Belgrade
9 October 2013	Friendly	Geneva	Servette	4 – 1	Republika Srpska U18
11 September 2013	1st Republika Srpska Football Day	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska First League	0 – 2	Republika Srpska U21
11 September 2013	1st Republika Srpska Football Day	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska U16	0 – 2	Republika Srpska U17
11 September 2013	1st Republika Srpska Football Day	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska U15	3 – 0	Sloga Doboj U15
11 September 2013	1st Republika Srpska Football Day	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska U14	2 – 0	Kozara Gradiška U14
11 September 2013	1st Republika Srpska Football Day	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska U13	3 – 0	Borac Banja Luka U13
5 September 2013	Friendly	Banja Luka	Republika Srpska U12	2 – 2	Vojvodina U12
16 June 2013	Stevan Nešticki Tournament	Novi Sad	Osijek U19	4 – 2	Republika Srpska U19
15 June 2013	Stevan Nešticki Tournament	Novi Sad	Red Star Belgrade U19	4 – 0	Republika Srpska U19
14 June 2013	Stevan Nešticki Tournament	Novi Sad	Puskás Academia	2 – 0	Republika Srpska U19
5 June 2013	Friendly	Zemun	Partizan U15	1 – 6	Republika Srpska U15
5 June 2013	Friendly	Zemun	Partizan U15	0 – 8	Republika Srpska U15
23 April 2013	Friendly	Pécs	Hungary U14	5 – 3	Republika Srpska U14
23 April 2013	Friendly	Pécs	Hungary U15	1 – 3	Republika Srpska U15

See also

• Football Association of Republika Srpska
• Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

External links

• Official website
• Players from the first match
• Info in regards to match against Serbia