The 2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the twelfth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 2011–12 fixtures were announced on 5 July 2011. The season began on 6 August 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012. A winter break with no matches was scheduled between 28 November and 3 March, but was extended for a week due to heavy snowfalls. Borac lost their title from the previous season to Željezničar, which secured the first position after round 27, with 3 matches left to play.
Sixteen clubs participated in the season, including fourteen returning from the 2010–11 season and one promoted club from each second-level league.
Teams
Budućnost Banovići and Drina Zvornik were relegated to their respective second-level league at the end of the 2010–11 season. Both clubs returned to the second tier after just one year each at the Premijer Liga.
The relegated teams were replaced by the champions of the two second-level leagues, GOŠK Gabela from the Prva Liga FBiH and Kozara Gradiška from the Prva Liga RS. After eight years in the second level, Kozara returned to the top league and GOŠK debuted in the top level.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka City Stadium 7,238 Zenica Bilino Polje 15,292 Gabela Podavala Stadium1 2,800 Kozara Gradiška Gradski stadion (Gradiška) 5,000 Leotar Trebinje Police Stadium 8,550 Olimpic Sarajevo Stadion Otoka2 3,000 Rudar Prijedor Gradski stadion (Prijedor) 5,000 Sarajevo Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium 35,630 Slavija Istočno Sarajevo Gradski SRC Slavija 6,000 Sloboda Tuzla Stadion Tušanj 8,444 Stadion Pecara 5,628 Travnik Stadion Pirota 3,200 Velež Mostar Stadion Vrapčići 5,294 Zrinjski Mostar Bijeli Brijeg Stadium 20,000 Zvijezda Gradačac Banja Ilidža 5,000 Sarajevo Stadion Grbavica 16,100
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 Slaviša Božičić Draško Žarić NAAI Čelik Vlatko Glavaš Emir Hadžić Joma RM-LH GOŠK Boris Gavran Vedad Šabanović Jako Habitus /Ledo Kozara Miloš Pojić Nenad Studen NAAI Stihl Leotar Borče Sredojević Zdravko Šaraba Kappa Elnos Olimpic Nedim Jusufbegović Jako Europlakat Rudar Velimir Stojnić Goran Kotaran Legea Optima /ArcelorMittal Sarajevo Dragan Jović Sedin Torlak Lescon AurA Slavija Vlado Čapljić Goran Simić adidas Red Star Sport /Nova Banka Sloboda Abdulah Ibraković Denis Mujkić Jako – Široki Brijeg Marijan Bloudek Dalibor Šilić Jako Mepas Travnik Husnija Arapović Elvedin Varupa Joma ADK Velež Asmir Džafić NAAI Bosnalijek Zrinjski Dragan Perić(caretaker) Damir Džidić Zeus HT-ERONET Zvijezda Zoran Kuntić Amir Hamzić Zeus – Željezničar Amar Osim Mirsad BešlijaMacronCODE
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentBorac Vlado JagodićMutual agreement28 May 2011Off-season Zvjezdan Cvetković4 June 2011Široki Brijeg Blaž SliškovićSigned by Al-Ansar31 May 2011 Mario Ćutuk4 June 2011Leotar Dragan SpaićRenamed to first assistant8 June 2011 Slavko Jović8 June 2011Rudar Boris GavranEnd of contract13 June 2011 Dragan Radović13 June 2011Čelik Abdulah IbrakovićMutual agreement20 June 2011 Boris Gavran20 June 2011Sarajevo Mirza VarešanovićDismissed25 June 2011 Jiří Plíšek25 June 2011Velež Milomir OdovićEnd of contract1 July 2011 Mirza Varešanović6 July 2011Široki Brijeg Mario ĆutukMutual agreement9 July 2011 Branko Karačić9 July 2011Olimpic Mehmed JanjošMutual agreement15 Aug 201110th Nedim Jusufbegović15 Aug 2011Čelik Boris GavranMutual agreement23 Aug 201116th Elvedin Beganović(caretaker)23 Aug 2011Leotar Slavko JovićDismissed2 Sep 201113th Bogdan Korak2 Sep 2011GOŠK Darko DražićSigned by SMK FC6 Sep 201115th Milomir Odović8 Sep 2011Slavija Dragan BjelicaResigned12 Sep 201113th Aleksandar Simić(caretaker)12 Sep 2011Travnik Nedžad SelimovićDismissed17 Sep 201111th Mesud Duraković19 Sep 2011Kozara Vinko MarinovićResigned18 Sep 201115th Vlado Jagodić20 Sep 2011Slavija Aleksandar Simić(caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker23 Sep 201115th Zoran Erbez23 Sep 2011Sloboda Ibrahim CrnkićResigned24 Sep 201111th Darko Vojvodić28 Sep 2011Čelik Elvedin Beganović(caretaker)Promoted25 Sep 201110th Elvedin Beganović(official manager)25 Sep 2011Travnik Mesud DurakovićDismissed28 Sep 201114th Nermin Bašić30 Sep 2011Borac Zvjezdan CvetkovićDismissed3 Oct 20114th Velimir Stojnić3 Oct 2011Travnik Nermin BašićRenamed to first assistant10 Oct 20119th Haris Jaganjac10 Oct 2011Sarajevo Jiří PlíšekResigned20 Dec 20113rd Dragan Jović6 Jan 2012Leotar Bogdan KorakDismissed21 Dec 201114th Borče Sredojević21 Dec 2011Zvijezda Dragan JovićSigned by Sarajevo6 Jan 20129th Zoran Kuntić13 Jan 2012Travnik Haris JaganjacDismissed11 Jan 201215th Husnija Arapović11 Jan 2012Slavija Zoran ErbezResigned17 Jan 201216th Milan Gutović17 Jan 2012GOŠK Milomir OdovićResigned27 Jan 201212th Boris Gavran30 Jan 2012Borac Velimir StojnićResigned17 Mar 20124th Slaviša Božičić19 Mar 2012Široki Brijeg Branko KaračićDismissed19 Mar 20122nd Marijan Bloudek20 Mar 2012Slavija Milan GutovićResigned20 Mar 201216th Vlado Čapljić20 Mar 2012Čelik Elvedin BeganovićResigned22 Mar 20127th Amir Japaur(caretaker)22 Mar 2012Rudar Dragan RadovićDismissed25 Mar 201212th Velimir Stojnić26 Mar 2012Čelik Amir Japaur(caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker28 Mar 20129th Vlatko Glavaš28 Mar 2012Velež Mirza VarešanovićResigned19 Apr 201210th Adnan Dizdarević(caretaker)19 Apr 2012Velež Adnan Dizdarević(caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker24 Apr 201210th Asmir Džafić24 Apr 2012Zrinjski Slaven MusaResigned29 Apr 20126th Draženko Bogdan(caretaker)2 May 2012Kozara Vlado JagodićResigned30 Apr 201216th Siniša Đurić(caretaker)1 May 2012Sloboda Darko VojvodićResigned30 Apr 201215th Abdulah Ibraković3 May 2012Kozara Siniša ĐurićEnd of tenure as caretaker3 May 201216th Miloš Pojić3 May 2012Zrinjski Draženko Bogdan(caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker11 May 20126th Dragan Perić(caretaker)11 May 2012
Season events
Incident in Travnik–Borac game
The match between Travnik and Borac was abandoned during halftime after the main referee of the match was attacked by a member of Travnik. The disciplinary commission fined Travnik and pronounced that the team would play their next two home matches without spectators, though this was later reduced to a single match.
Away fans ban
The ban on away fans commenced on 8 October 2011 by the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina after a pair of incidents caused by Ultras groups. Intended to end in 2011, the ban was extended to the start of the 2012–13 season.
Several incidents preceded the ban: In the 21 August 2011 match between Zrinjski and Olimpic, members of Ultras Mostar (a Zrinjski fan club), angrily stormed the field after Olimpic scored their third goal. In the 24 August 2011 match between Slavija and Sarajevo, Sokolovi (a Slavija fan club) chanted insulting jeers during the game. Later in the match, ten people managed to enter the field during play. Zrinjski was penalized with a fine, while Slavija received a fine and were prohibited spectators at their following two home games. In the eighth round match between Borac and Željezničar, immediately after Željezničar took the lead, the Lešinari Ultras (a Borac fan club) broke through the emergency exit. They stormed the field and attacked The Maniacs (a Željezničar fan club) with flares and stones. Several Maniacs were wounded in the altercation. The competition commission registered the game as a 0–3 win for Željezničar, while the disciplinary commission punished Borac with a fine and banned spectators from their next three home games. In the 28 September 2011 match between Zrinjski and Velež at Bijeli Brijeg Stadium, after Velež took the lead in the final minutes of the game, Ultras Mostar broke into the field and chased the Velež players. Zrinjski was punished for this incident by the disciplinary commission with a fine and were forced to play their next five home matches without spectators. The game was registered with an official result of 0–3 for Velež. The final incident before the ban occurred in Sarajevo before the friendly match between Željezničar and Hajduk from Croatia. Torcida Split (a Hajduk fanclub) came to the stadium three hours before the match. Because of the small number of police officers at the stadium at that point, they were able to enter the south stand of Grbavica stadium. In the stands, a small group of The Maniacs were preparing the tifo (fan choreography) for the match. The members of Torcida Split began disrupting this, provoking an altercation that spiraled into a riot. The game was cancelled due to this.
The ban was lifted on 31 July 2012, before the start of the 2012–13 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
League table
Positions by round
Results
Clubs season-progress
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Eldin AdilovićŽeljezničar192 Igor AničićLeotar10 Haris HarbaOlimpic Dejan RaševićSlavija Muamer SvrakaŽeljezničar6 Saša KajkutBorac9 Lazar MarjanovićZrinjski Vernes SelimovićŽeljezničar96 players8106 players7119 players61213 players51311 players41420 players31557 players21664 players1-17 playersOG Hat-Tricks
Player For Against Result Date Kozara Slavija 6–2 GOŠK Rudar 3–0 Željezničar Velež 4–1 4 Željezničar Rudar 0–5 Željezničar Sloboda 0–4
4 Player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets
Most clean sheets: 19 Željezničar Fewest clean sheets: 5 Travnik
Champion squad
FK Željezničar Goalkeepers: Adnan Gušo (21); Elvis Karić (6); Semir Bukvić (3).
Defenders: Jadranko Bogičević (28/3); Benjamin Čolić (26); Josip Kvesić (25/1); Velibor Vasilić (22); Elvir Čolić (11); Semir Kerla (5); Josip Ćutuk (4); Goran Marković (3).
Midfielders: Zajko Zeba (28/7); Muamer Svraka (27/10); Patrick Nyema Gerhardt (24/1); Mirsad Bešlija (22/1); Nermin Jamak (21/3); Srđan Stanić (17); Samir Bekrić (13/5); Sulejman Smajić (13/2); Nermin Zolotić (11); Perica Stančeski (5); Haris Hajradinović (1).
Forwards: Eldin Adilović (29/20); Vernes Selimović (26/9); Mirsad Ramić (11/1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Managers: Amar Osim.
Transferred out during the season: Srđan Savić (6/1, released); Dejan Drakul (2, released); Edin Višća (1, to Istanbul BB).
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Željezničar 5,067 2 Sarajevo 3,533 3 Sloboda 1,483 4 Borac 1,393 5 Zvijezda 1,320 6 Čelik 1,273 7 Velež 1,127 8 Rudar 1,067 9 Široki 953 10 Kozara 893 11 Zrinjski 887 12 Olimpik 803 13 Slavija 740 14 Leotar 680 15 Travnik 667 16 GOŠK 588Source:
Notes 1Without matches played on empty stadiums because of suspension.
See also 2011–12 Kup Bosne i Hercegovine Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
References
External links
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