2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

Competition:	Premijer Liga
Season:	2011–12
Winners:	Željezničar 4th Premier League title 5th Bosnian title 6th Domestic title
Relegated:	Sloboda Kozara
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Željezničar
Continentalcup2:	Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Široki Brijeg Borac Sarajevo
Biggest Home Win:	Borac 6–0 GOŠK
Biggest Away Win:	Kozara 0–6 Olimpik
Highest Scoring:	Kozara 6–2 Slavija Travnik 3–5 Široki Brijeg (8 goals)
Longest Wins:	12 matches Željezničar
Longest Unbeaten:	26 matches Željezničar
Longest Winless:	16 matches Kozara
Longest Losses:	7 matches Slavija Kozara
Matches:	240
Total Goals:	600
League Topscorer:	Eldin Adilović (19 goals)
Highest Attendance:	12,000^[1] Željezničar 1–0 Sarajevo
Lowest Attendance:	50^1 Olimpic 1–0 Rudar
Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13

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,^[2] but was extended for a week due to heavy snowfalls.^[3] Borac lost their title from the previous season to Željezničar, which secured the first position after round 27, with 3 matches left to play.^[4]

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. Kozara returned to the top league after eight years in second level and GOŠK debuted in the top level.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium^[5]	Capacity^[6]
Borac	Banja Luka	Banja Luka City Stadium	7,238
	Zenica	Bilino Polje	15,292
	Gabela	Podavala Stadium^1	2,800
Kozara	Gradiška	Gradski stadion (Gradiška)	5,000
Leotar	Trebinje	Police Stadium	8,550
Olimpic	Sarajevo	Stadion Otoka^2	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
		Draško Žarić
				RM-LH
	Boris Gavran	Vedad Šabanović		Habitus / Ledo
	Miloš Pojić		NAAI	Stihl
	Borče Sredojević			Elnos
			Jako	Europlakat
		Goran Kotaran		Optima / ArcelorMittal
			Lescon	AurA
				Red Star Sport / Nova Banka
			Jako	–
Široki Brijeg	Marijan Bloudek		Jako	Mepas
		Elvedin Varupa	Joma	ADK
	Asmir Džafić		NAAI	Bosnalijek
	Dragan Perić (caretaker)		Zeus	HT-ERONET
			Zeus	–
Željezničar	Amar Osim	Mirsad Bešlija	Macron	CODE

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
NK xxxxx	Pavel Pavlović	Usually one out of "Dismissed", "Resigned", "Mutual agreement" "Signed by ZZZ" or "End of contract"	22 September 2222	position on table or presession	Boris Borisov	1 October 2222^[7]
Borac	Vlado Jagodić	Mutual agreement	28 May 2011^[8]	Off-season	Zvjezdan Cvetković	4 June 2011^[9]
Široki Brijeg	Blaž Slišković	Signed by Al-Ansar	31 May 2011^[10]		Mario Ćutuk	4 June 2011^[11]
Leotar	Dragan Spaić	Renamed to first assistant	8 June 2011^[12]		Slavko Jović	8 June 2011
Rudar	Boris Gavran	End of contract	13 June 2011^[13]		Dragan Radović	13 June 2011
Čelik	Abdulah Ibraković	Mutual agreement	20 June 2011^[14]		Boris Gavran	20 June 2011
Sarajevo	Mirza Varešanović	Dismissed	25 June 2011^[15]		Jiří Plíšek	25 June 2011
Velež	Milomir Odović	End of contract	1 July 2011^[16]		Mirza Varešanović	6 July 2011^[17]
Široki Brijeg	Mario Ćutuk	Mutual agreement	9 July 2011^[18]		Branko Karačić	9 July 2011
Olimpic	Mehmed Janjoš	Mutual agreement	15 Aug 2011^[19]	10th	Nedim Jusufbegović	15 Aug 2011
Čelik	Boris Gavran	Mutual agreement	23 Aug 2011^[20]	16th	Elvedin Beganović (caretaker)	23 Aug 2011
Leotar	Slavko Jović	Dismissed	2 Sep 2011^[21]	13th	Bogdan Korak	2 Sep 2011
GOŠK	Darko Dražić	Signed by SMK FC	6 Sep 2011^[22]	15th	Milomir Odović	8 Sep 2011^[23]
Slavija	Dragan Bjelica	Resigned	12 Sep 2011^[24]	13th	Aleksandar Simić (caretaker)	12 Sep 2011
Travnik	Nedžad Selimović	Dismissed	17 Sep 2011^[25]	11th	Mesud Duraković	19 Sep 2011^[26]
Kozara	Vinko Marinović	Resigned	18 Sep 2011^[27]	15th	Vlado Jagodić	20 Sep 2011^[28]
Slavija	Aleksandar Simić (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	23 Sep 2011	15th	Zoran Erbez	23 Sep 2011^[29]
Sloboda	Ibrahim Crnkić	Resigned	24 Sep 2011^[30]	11th	Darko Vojvodić	28 Sep 2011^[31]
Čelik	Elvedin Beganović (caretaker)	Promoted	25 Sep 2011	10th	Elvedin Beganović (official manager)	25 Sep 2011^[32]
Travnik	Mesud Duraković	Dismissed	28 Sep 2011^[33]	14th	Nermin Bašić	30 Sep 2011^[34]
Borac	Zvjezdan Cvetković	Dismissed	3 Oct 2011^[35]	4th	Velimir Stojnić	3 Oct 2011
Travnik	Nermin Bašić	Renamed to first assistant	10 Oct 2011^[36]	9th	Haris Jaganjac	10 Oct 2011
Sarajevo	Jiří Plíšek	Resigned	20 Dec 2011^[37]	3rd	Dragan Jović	6 Jan 2012^[38]
Leotar	Bogdan Korak	Dismissed	21 Dec 2011^[39]	14th	Borče Sredojević	21 Dec 2011
Zvijezda	Dragan Jović	Signed by Sarajevo	6 Jan 2012	9th	Zoran Kuntić	13 Jan 2012^[40]
NK Travnik	Travnik	Haris Jaganjac	Dismissed	11 Jan 2012^[41]	15th	Husnija Arapović	11 Jan 2012
Slavija	Zoran Erbez	Resigned	17 Jan 2012^[42]	16th	Milan Gutović	17 Jan 2012
GOŠK	Milomir Odović	Resigned	27 Jan 2012^[43]	12th	Boris Gavran	30 Jan 2012^[44]
Borac	Velimir Stojnić	Resigned	17 Mar 2012^[45]	4th	Slaviša Božičić	19 Mar 2012^[46]
Široki Brijeg	Branko Karačić	Dismissed	19 Mar 2012^[47]	2nd	Marijan Bloudek	20 Mar 2012^[48]
Slavija	Milan Gutović	Resigned	20 Mar 2012^[49]	16th	Vlado Čapljić	20 Mar 2012^[50]
Čelik	Elvedin Beganović	Resigned	22 Mar 2012^[51]	7th	Amir Japaur (caretaker)	22 Mar 2012
Rudar	Dragan Radović	Dismissed	25 Mar 2012^[52]	12th	Velimir Stojnić	26 Mar 2012^[53]
Čelik	Amir Japaur (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	28 Mar 2012^[54]	9th	Vlatko Glavaš	28 Mar 2012
Velež	Mirza Varešanović	Resigned	19 Apr 2012^[55]	10th	Adnan Dizdarević (caretaker)	19 Apr 2012
Velež	Adnan Dizdarević (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	24 Apr 2012^[56]	10th	Asmir Džafić	24 Apr 2012
Zrinjski	Slaven Musa	Resigned	29 Apr 2012^[57]	6th	Draženko Bogdan (caretaker)	2 May 2012^[58]
Kozara	Vlado Jagodić	Resigned	30 Apr 2012^[59]	16th	Siniša Đurić (caretaker)	1 May 2012^[60]
Sloboda	Darko Vojvodić	Resigned	30 Apr 2012^[61]	15th	Abdulah Ibraković	3 May 2012^[62]
Kozara	Siniša Đurić	End of tenure as caretaker	3 May 2012^[63]	16th	Miloš Pojić	3 May 2012
Zrinjski	Draženko Bogdan (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	11 May 2012^[64]	6th	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.^[65] The disciplinary commission fined Travnik and pronounced that the team would play their next two home matches without spectators,^[66] though this was later reduced to a single match.^[67]

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,^[68] the ban was extended to the start of the 2012–13 season.^[69]

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.^[70]
• 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.^{[71] [72]} Zrinjski was penalized with a  fine, while Slavija received a  fine and were prohibited spectators at their following two home games.^[73]
• 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.^[74] Several Maniacs were wounded in the altercation. The competition commission registered the game as a 0–3 win for Željezničar,^[75] while the disciplinary commission punished Borac with a fine and banned spectators from their next three home games.^[76]
• 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.^{[77] [78]} 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.^[79] The game was registered with an official result of 0–3 for Velež.^[80]
• 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.^[81] The game was cancelled due to this.^[82]

The ban was lifted on 31 July 2012, before the start of the 2012–13 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[83]

League table

Positions by round

Results

Clubs season-progress

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	bgcolor=gold align="left"	Eldin Adilović	Željezničar	19
2	Igor Aničić	Leotar	10
	Haris Harba	Olimpic
	Dejan Rašević	Slavija
	Muamer Svraka	Željezničar
6	Saša Kajkut	Borac	9
	Lazar Marjanović	Zrinjski
	Vernes Selimović	Željezničar
9	6 players	8
10	6 players	7
11	9 players	6
12	13 players	5
13	11 players	4
14	20 players	3
15	57 players	2
16	align=″left″	64 players	1
-	17 players	OG

Hat-Tricks

Player	For !	Against	Result	Date
			6–2
			3–0
			4–1
^4			0–5
			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).

Notes

• ¹Without matches played on empty stadiums because of suspension.

See also

• 2011–12 Kup Bosne i Hercegovine
• Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

• Facebook
• Soccerway
• SportSport
• worldfootball

Notes and References

1. Web site: Attendance statistics. Soccerway. 28 March 2012.
2. Web site: Competition schedule for the next season – Premier League starts on August 6th. bs. Sarajevo-x. 21 August 2011. 30 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110830010843/http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/premijerliga/clanak/110705085. dead.
3. Web site: Start of the second halfseason delayed for a week due to snow. bs. official website. SportSport. 19 March 2012.
4. Web site: Željezničar won the championship with three matches left to play. bs. official website. SportSport. 11 May 2012.
5. Web site: Teams of Premier League, their locations and stadium. bs. 24 September 2011. NFSBiH. https://web.archive.org/web/20110925070007/http://nfsbih.net/klubovi.aspx#. 25 September 2011. dead.
6. Web site: Capacity of stadiums of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 24 September 2011. Soccerway.
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8. Web site: Jagodić replaced after winning the premier league. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
9. Web site: Cvetković new manager of Borac. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
10. Web site: Slišković going to Saudi Arabia. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
11. Web site: Ćutuk new head of Široki Brijeg. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
12. Web site: Leotar: Jović umjesto Spaića . Spaić now assistant, Jović the new manager. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
13. Web site: Gavran and Rudar didn't agree on extending the contract, Radović new manager. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
14. Web site: Ibraković and Čelik have set paths apart, Gavran new manager. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
15. Web site: Varešanović replaced by Jiri Plisek. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
16. Web site: Odović didn't extended his contract in Velež. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
17. Web site: Varešanović new coach of Velež. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
18. Web site: Ćutuk replaced by Karačić. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
19. Web site: Jusufbegović will replace Janjoš. bs. 15 August 2011. SportSport.ba .
20. Web site: Beganović will replace Gavran. bs. 23 August 2011. SportSport.ba .
21. Web site: Korak will replace Jović. bs. 2 September 2011. SportSport.ba.
22. Web site: Darko Dražić left GOŠK. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
23. Web site: Milomir Odović took over GOŠK. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
24. Web site: Dragan Bjelica resigned from Slavija. bs. 12 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
25. Web site: Selimović sacked!. bs. 18 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
26. Web site: Duraković new manager of Travnik. bs. 21 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
27. Web site: Marinović sacked!. bs. 18 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
28. Web site: Jagodić agreed to take over Kozara. bs. 21 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
29. Web site: Zoran Erbez new trainer of Slavija. bs. 23 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
30. Web site: Crnkić resigned!. bs. 24 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
31. Web site: Vojvodič new manager of Sloboda. bs. 30 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
32. Web site: Beganović officially appointed to the manager. bs. 26 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
33. Web site: Duraković sacked after only 7 days!?. bs. 30 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
34. Web site: 27-year-old Bašić new manager of Travnik. bs. 30 September 2011. SportSport.ba .
35. Web site: Cvetković sacked after 3 consecutive lost games, Stojnić returning to Borac as manager. bs. 3 October 2011. SportSport.ba .
36. Web site: One more change in Travnik. Bašić again renamed to first assistant, Jaganjac new manager!. bs. 22 October 2011. SportSport.ba .
37. Web site: Jiří Plíšek resigned due private matters. New manager to be announced till years end.. bs. 20 December 2011. SportSport.ba .
38. Web site: Manager of Zvijezda, Dragan Jović, new manager of Sarajevo.. bs. 7 January 2012. SportSport.ba .
39. Web site: Korak sacked, Sredojević new manager of Leotar.. bs. 21 December 2011. SportSport.ba .
40. Web site: Živković refused the offer in the last moment to replace Jović. Zoran Kuntić new manager of Zvijezda.. bs. 21 January 2012. SportSport.ba .
41. Web site: Jaganjac swapped for Arapović. bs. 22 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
42. Web site: Gutović new manager of Slavija.. bs. 27 February 2012. SportSport.ba .
43. Web site: Odović left the manager position at GOŠK to pursue a professional trainer licence.. bs. 3 February 2012. SportSport.ba .
44. Web site: Boris Gavran new manager of GOŠK.. bs. 3 February 2012. SportSport.ba .
45. Web site: Velimir Stojnić resigned from Borac after a disastrous loss. bs. 19 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
46. Web site: Slaviša Božičić takes over Borac. bs. 19 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
47. Web site: Karačić sacked after a home draw against Zvijezda. bs. 19 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
48. Web site: Bloudek called to retake Široki as manager. bs. 20 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
49. Web site: Gutović resigned from Slavija after losing to Velež. bs. 20 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
50. Web site: Čapljić new manager of Slavija. bs. 20 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
51. Web site: Beagnović resigned after a fight between two players on a training. bs. 22 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
52. Web site: Radović sacked after failing to bring at least a point from Gradačac. bs. 28 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
53. Web site: Velimir Stojnić replaced Dragan Radović. bs. 28 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
54. Web site: Glavaš new manager of Čelik after Beganović resigned. bs. 28 March 2012. SportSport.ba .
55. Web site: Varešanović resigned, 2 caretakers appointed. bs. 19 April 2012. SportSport.ba .
56. Web site: Asmir Džafić new manager of Velež. bs. 25 April 2012. SportSport.ba .
57. Web site: Musa resigned. bs. 30 April 2012. SportSport.ba .
58. Web site: Draženko Bogdan as caretaker for Zrinjski. bs. 3 May 2012. SportSport.ba .
59. Web site: Jagodić resigned as a manager of Kozara, this time definitely. bs. 3 May 2012. SportSport.ba .
60. Web site: Đurić appointed as a caretaker. bs. 3 May 2012. SportSport.ba .
61. Web site: Vojvodić resigned!. bs. 3 May 2012. SportSport.ba .
62. Web site: Abdulah Ibraković as new manager of Sloboda. bs. 5 May 2012. SportSport.ba .
63. Web site: Miloš Pojić as new manager of Kozara. bs. 3 May 2012. SportSport.ba.
64. Web site: Dragan Perić new caretaker of Zrinjski. bs. 1 July 2012. Bljesak.info. https://web.archive.org/web/20120626073533/http://www.bljesak.info/web/article.aspx?a=12c8b44c-82a9-4eb9-92e1-7efb201c6a28&c=2e4902b1-8cfa-4dde-82f5-024581f02d1f. 26 June 2012. dead.
65. Web site: Travniks personal attacked the referee. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
66. Web site: Travnik punished. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
67. Web site: Travniks punishment reduced. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
68. Web site: Ban on away fans till end of 2011. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
69. Web site: Ban on away fans extended till the begin of season 2012–13. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
70. Web site: Ultras Zrinjski wanted to confront their own players. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
71. Web site: Sarajevo disappointed by supporters of Slavija. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
72. Web site: Slavija condemns their own supporters. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
73. Web site: Zrinjski and Slavija punished. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
74. Web site: Lešinari attacked The Maniacs with stones and flares. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
75. Web site: Željezničar won by official result. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
76. Web site: Borac punished. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
77. Web site: Ultras Zrinjski interrupted the Mostar derby. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
78. Web site: Ultras Zrinjski chased players of Velež across the field. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
79. Web site: Zrinjski heavily fined. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004012/http://sportsport.ba/tekst/zrinjski-kaznjen/65458. 4 March 2016. dead.
80. Web site: Zrinjski lost by official result, 0–3. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
81. Web site: Massive riots in front of Grbavica stadium. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
82. Web site: Torcida Split forbid its club to play the match. bs. 1 August 2012. SportSport.ba .
83. Web site: Ban on away fans lifted. bs. 31 July 2012. SportSport.ba .