2011–12 First League of the Republika Srpska


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
Relegated from Premier League
Promoted from two regional Second League of the RS
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Crvena ZemljaNova VesCiglana Stadium1,000
Drina HEVišegradGradski Stadion, Višegrad1,500
Drina ZvornikGradski Stadion, Zvornik3,000
LaktašiLaktašiGradski Stadion, Laktaši2,200
MladostGackoGradski Stadion, Gacko3,500
ModričaModričaDr. Milan Jelić Stadium7,600
PodrinjeJanjaPodrinje Stadium3,000
ProleterTeslićRadolinka Stadium5,000
RadnikBijeljinaGradski Stadion, Bijeljina6,000
Rudar UgljevikNovi Gradski Stadion, Ugljevik8,000
Sloboda Mrkonjić GradGradski Stadion Luke2,000
Sloboda Bosanski NoviMlakve Stadium4,000
SlogaDobojLuke Stadium, Doboj2,000
SutjeskaFočaGradski Stadion, Foča4,000

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.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt Sponsor
Crvena Zemlja Marko StojićNAAINektar/Arhing
Drina HE Marko VidakovićKappa
Drina Dragan Mićić Goran MaksimovićNAAI
Laktaši Predrag TatićDukat
Mladost Željko PopovićNAAI
Modriča Drago Svitlica Đorđe SavićNikeModriča Oil Refinery
Podrinje Milorad Savić Muhamed JusufovićLegea
Proleter Zoran DujakovićLegea
Radnik Darko Nestorović Nenad KutlačićMass
Rudar Predrag MarićNAAI
Sloboda Zoran Dragišić Siniša RadojaBull
Sloboda Predrag Medić Zoran LukačNike
Sloga Zoran ĆurguzJomaAutosalon M&M
Sutjeska Filip IkonićAsics

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate 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.

League table

Relegation play-offs

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 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.
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Positions by round

Results

Clubs season-progress

Season statistics

Top goalscorers