2012–13 First League of the Republika Srpska

The 2012–13 First League of the Republika Srpska is the eighteenth season of the First League of the Republika Srpska, the second tier football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment and the eleventh as a second-tier league. It will begin on 11 August 2012 and end on 25 May 2013; a winter break where no matches are played will be in effect between 3 November 2012 and 9 March 2013. Radnik were the last champions, having won their third championship title in the 2011–12 season and earning a promotion to Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This year Mladost Velika Obarska won the championship, the first time they won the First League of the Republika Srpska.

First League of the Republika Srpska

Season	2012–13
Champions	Mladost (VO) 1st First League title
Promoted	Mladost (VO)
Relegated	Borac Šamac Ljubić
Matches	182
Goals	501 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dejan Vučić (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Sloga Doboj 8–0 Ljubić
Biggest away win	Borac (Š) 0–4 Podrinje
Highest scoring	8 goals Sloga Doboj 8–0 Ljubić
Longest winning run	4 matches Kozara Modriča Sloboda (MG)
Longest unbeaten run	6 matches Sloga
Longest winless run	10 matches Borac (Š)
Longest losing run	5 matches Ljubić
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Fourteen clubs are participating in this session, ten returning from the previous session, one relegated from Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two promoted from two regional Second League of the Republika Srpska and one as a replacement for Crvena Zemlja who withdraw from the competition due to financial difficulties.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From First League of the RS

Promoted to Premier League

• Radnik

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

• FK Laktaši (Second League of the RS – West)
• Proleter (Second League of the RS – West)

To First League of RS

Relegated from Premier League

• Kozara

Promoted from two regional Second League of the RS

• Borac (Š) (Second League of the RS – West)
• Mladost (VO) (Second League of the RS – East)

Stadions and locations

Borac

Drina HE

Drina (Z)

Kozara

Ljubić

Mladost (G)

Mladost (VO)

Modriča

Podrinje

Rudar (U)

Sloboda (MG)

Sloboda (NG)

Sloga

Sutjeska

Location of clubs in 2012–13 Prva liga Republike Srpske

Team	Location	Stadium[1]	Capacity[2]
Borac	Bosanski Šamac	Gradski Stadion, Šamac	3,000
Drina HE	Višegrad	Gradski Stadion, Višegrad	1,500
Drina (Z)	Zvornik	Gradski Stadion, Zvornik	3,000
Kozara	Gradiška	Gradski Stadion, Gradiška	5,000
Ljubić	Prnjavor	Gradski Stadion Borik, Prnjavor	2,000
Mladost (G)	Gacko	Gradski Stadion, Gacko	3,500
Mladost (VO)	Velika Obarska	Gradski Stadion, Velika Obarska	1,000
Modriča	Modriča	Dr. Milan Jelić Stadium	7,600
Podrinje	Janja	Podrinje Stadium	3,000
Rudar (U)	Ugljevik	Novi Gradski Stadion, Ugljevik	8,000
Sloboda (MG)	Mrkonjić Grad	Gradski Stadion Luke, Mrkonjić Grad	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
Borac (Š)	Predrag Lukić
Drina HE	Marko Vidaković		Kappa	–
Drina (Z)	Dragan Mićić	Goran Maksimović	NAAI	–
Kozara	Miloš Pojić	Srboljub Jandrić	NAAI	–
Ljubić	Milan Vujasin	Dragomir Prodanović
Mladost (G)	Željko Popović		NAAI
Mladost (VO)	Miroslav Milanović
Modriča	Nikola Nikić	Đorđe Savić	Nike	Modriča Oil Refinery
Podrinje	Mile Lazarević	Muhamed Jusufović	Legea
Rudar (U)	Predrag Marić		NAAI
Sloboda (MG)	Zoran Dragišić	Draženko Miletić	Bull	HE na Vrbasu
Sloboda (NG)	Ljubiša Drljača	Zoran Lukač	Nike	–
Sloga	Zoran Ćurguz		Joma	Autosalon M&M
Sutjeska	Darko Nestorović		Asics

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Modriča	Drago Svitlica	Promoted	12 June 2012	Off-season	Nikola Nikić	12 June 2012
Sutjeska Foča	Darko Vojvodić	Promoted	26 June 2012		Dragan Radović	26 June 2012
Sutjeska Foča	Dragan Radović	Sacked	September 2012	11th	Darko Nestorović	13 September 2012
Ljubić	Predrag Šobot	Sacked	December 2012	13th	Mile Vujasin	15 January 2013

Season events

FK Crvena Zemlja withdrawal

On 17 July 2012, Crvena Zemlja announced that they will withdraw from the First League of the Republika Srpska due to financial difficulties.^[3] There were many proposals who should replace them, but in the end, Ljubić were placed as the replacement. They finished fourth in 2011–12 Second League of the Republika Srpska - West.^[4]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mladost Velika Obarska (C, P)	26	15	5	6	51	31	+20	50	Promotion to Premijer Liga BIH
2	Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	26	12	7	7	35	22	+13	43
3	Kozara	26	13	4	9	42	39	+3	43
4	Sloga Doboj	26	12	6	8	46	29	+17	42
5	Podrinje	26	12	5	9	44	26	+18	41
6	Drina Višegrad	26	11	4	11	29	31	−2	37
7	Modriča	26	11	3	12	39	39	0	36
8	Sloboda Novi Grad	26	11	3	12	32	35	−3	36
9	Mladost Gacko	26	10	6	10	33	41	−8	36
10	Drina Zvornik	26	9	8	9	39	38	+1	35
11	Sutjeska Foča	26	8	7	11	26	21	+5	31
12	Rudar Ugljevik	26	9	3	14	30	45	−15	30
13	Borac Šamac (R)	26	7	7	12	28	45	−17	28	Qualification to relegation play-off
14	Ljubić (R)	26	5	6	15	27	59	−32	21	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

Positions by round

	Promotion to 2013–14 PL BiH
	Qualification to relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2013–14 Druga Liga RS

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
Borac Šamac	14	9	11	9	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13
Drina Višegrad	6	11	12	13	13	11	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	8	6	6
Drina Zvornik	4	4	6	5	8	4	4	5	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	8	8	8	7	8	10
Kozara	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	6	6	7	7	6	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	3
Ljubić	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Mladost Gacko	5	7	8	7	4	5	3	4	2	5	4	5	7	7	6	7	8	9	8	9	6	9	9	10	10	9
Mladost Velika Obarska	7	3	2	1	3	6	7	6	3	1	3	3	2	5	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Modriča	3	8	4	3	5	7	8	7	4	2	4	4	5	2	5	6	7	7	9	7	9	4	6	9	9	7
Podrinje	10	12	13	10	9	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	5
Rudar Ugljevik	13	13	9	12	10	12	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12
Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	8	5	7	4	7	3	6	8	7	7	6	6	3	1	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Sloboda Novi Grad	1	1	3	6	2	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	4	7	8	6	6	6	8	4	5	4	5	7	8
Sloga Doboj	9	10	5	8	6	8	5	3	5	3	2	2	4	6	4	4	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4
Sutjeska Foča	11	6	10	11	11	9	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2013. Source: SportSport.ba

Results

Home \ Away	BOŠ	DRV	DRZ	KOZ	LJU	MVO	MLA	MOD	POD	RUG	SMG	SNG	SLO	SUT
Borac Šamac		3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1
Drina Višegrad	1–1		2–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–0
Drina Zvornik	1–1	0–1		4–0	6–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0
Kozara	3–1	4–1	1–2		4–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0
Ljubić	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–0		1–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–2
Mladost Velika Obarska	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1		2–1	3–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–0
Mladost Gacko	4–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	4–3		3–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
Modriča	3–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1		1–3	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	3–1
Podrinje	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–1	3–0	1–2		2–1	5–0	1–3	2–1	1–0
Rudar Ugljevik	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–5	4–1	0–0	3–2	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0
Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	2–0	0–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–0		3–0	1–0	2–0
Sloboda Novi Grad	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–1		1–1	1–0
Sloga Doboj	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	8–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–4	2–1	0–0	3–0		0–3
Sutjeska Foča	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	5–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 24 March 2013. 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
Borac Šamac	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L
Drina Višegrad	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L
Drina Zvornik	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	L
Kozara	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W
Ljubić	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D
Mladost Gacko	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W
Mladost Velika Obarska	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D
Modriča	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W
Podrinje	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	W
Rudar Ugljevik	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W
Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	D
Sloboda Novi Grad	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L
Sloga Doboj	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L
Sutjeska Foča	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D

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

Season statistics

Transfers

For the list of transfers involving First League clubs during 2012–13 season, please see: List of Bosnia and Herzegovina football transfers summer 2012 and List of Bosnia and Herzegovina football transfers winter 2012–13.

Top goalscorers

Updated 25 May 2013.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Vučić	Podrinje	21
2	Neđo Šuka	Mladost (VO) / Sutjeska	15
3	Ljuban Antonić	Sloboda (NG)	13
4	Slaviša Todorović	Rudar Ugljevik	12
5	Mirza Hasanović	Borac Šamac	10
	Zlatko Đorić	Sloga Doboj
	Rajko Ćeranić	Mladost Gacko
	Aleksandar Vasiljević	Mladost (VO)
	Aleksandar Malbašić	Kozara

Hat-tricks

Updated 24 March 2013.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Dejan Vučić	Podrinje	Borac Šamac	4–0	8 September 2012
Dejan Vučić	Podrinje	Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	5–0	23 September 2012
Zlatko Đorić	Sloga Doboj	Mladost (G)	5–0	29 September 2012
Saša Stijepić	Sloboda (MG)	Drina (Z)	4–1	6 October 2012
Vladimir Deket	Ljubić	Rudar Ugljevik	5–1	13 April 2013
Neđo Šuka	Sutjeska	Borac (Š)	4–0	18 May 2013
Ivan Mirković	Drina HE	Sloboda (NG)	4–0	18 May 2013

See also

• 2011–12 First League of the Republika Srpska
• 2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup
• 2012–13 Second League of the Republika Srpska
• 2012–13 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2012–13 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2012–13 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup
• Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina