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.
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
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
BoracBosanski ŠamacGradski Stadion, Šamac3,000
Drina HEVišegradGradski Stadion, Višegrad1,500
Drina ZvornikGradski Stadion, Zvornik3,000
KozaraGradiškaGradski Stadion, Gradiška5,000
LjubićPrnjavorGradski Stadion Borik, Prnjavor2,000
Mladost GackoGradski Stadion, Gacko3,500
Mladost Velika ObarskaGradski Stadion, Velika Obarska1,000
ModričaModričaDr. Milan Jelić Stadium7,600
PodrinjeJanjaPodrinje Stadium3,000
Rudar UgljevikNovi Gradski Stadion, Ugljevik8,000
Sloboda Mrkonjić GradGradski Stadion Luke, Mrkonjić Grad2,000
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
Borac Predrag Lukić
Drina HE Marko VidakovićKappa–
Drina Dragan Mićić Goran MaksimovićNAAI–
Kozara Miloš Pojić Srboljub JandrićNAAI–
Ljubić Milan Vujasin Dragomir Prodanović
Mladost Željko PopovićNAAI
Mladost Miroslav Milanović
Modriča Nikola Nikić Đorđe SavićNikeModriča Oil Refinery
Podrinje Mile Lazarević Muhamed JusufovićLegea
Rudar Predrag MarićNAAI
Sloboda Zoran Dragišić Draženko MiletićBullHE na Vrbasu
Sloboda Ljubiša Drljača Zoran LukačNike–
Sloga Zoran ĆurguzJomaAutosalon M&M
Sutjeska Darko NestorovićAsics

Managerial changes

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. 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.

League table

Positions by round

Results

Clubs season-progress

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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dejan VučićPodrinje21
2 Neđo ŠukaMladost / Sutjeska15
3 Ljuban AntonićSloboda 13
4 Slaviša TodorovićRudar Ugljevik12
5 Mirza HasanovićBorac Šamac10
5 Zlatko ĐorićSloga Doboj10
5 Rajko ĆeranićMladost Gacko10
5 Aleksandar VasiljevićMladost 10
5 Aleksandar MalbašićKozara10

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
PodrinjeBorac Šamac4–08 9 2012
PodrinjeSloboda Mrkonjić Grad5–023 9 2012
Sloga DobojMladost 5–029 9 2012
Sloboda Drina 4–16 10 2012
LjubićRudar Ugljevik5–113 4 2013
SutjeskaBorac 4–018 5 2013
Drina HESloboda 4–018 5 2013