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 participated 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 Kozara
Relegated to one of 2 respective regional Second League of the RS Famos (Second League of the RS - East) BSK (Second League of the RS - West)
To First League of RS
Relegated from Premier League
Drina (Z)
Promoted from two regional Second League of the RS Crvena Zemlja (Second League of the RS - West) Rudar (U) (Second League of the RS - East)
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity 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 Marko Stojić NAAI Nektar/Arhing Drina HE Marko Vidaković Kappa – Drina (Z) Dragan Mićić Goran Maksimović NAAI – Laktaši Predrag Tatić Dukat Mladost Željko Popović NAAI Modriča Drago Svitlica Đorđe Savić Nike Modriča Oil Refinery Podrinje Milorad Savić Muhamed Jusufović Legea Proleter Zoran Dujaković Legea – Radnik Darko Nestorović Nenad Kutlačić Mass – Rudar (U) Predrag Marić NAAI Sloboda (MG) Zoran Dragišić Siniša RadojaBull Sloboda (NG) Predrag Medić Zoran Lukač Nike – Sloga Zoran Ćurguz Joma Autosalon M&M Sutjeska 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 runners-up of the two Second Leagues of the Republika Srpska.
League table
Relegation play-offs
Sloboda (NG) 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 (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.
Positions by round
Results
Clubs season-progress
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Borislav LukićSloga172 Nikša DimitrijevićSloboda (MG)123 Saša StjepićSloboda (MG)10 Aleksandar KršićSloga105 Nemanja ParipovićLaktaši967 players774 players689 players5914 players41021 players31138 players21268 players1–1 playersO.G.
See also 2010–11 First League of the Republika Srpska 2011–12 Second League of the Republika Srpska 2011–12 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011–12 Kup Bosne i Hercegovine Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
References
External links Official site for the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Official site for the Football Federation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Official site for the Football Federation of the Republika of Srpska