2011–12 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup


The 2011–12 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup is the seventieth season of Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup, and a twelfth season of the unified competition. The competition started on 14 September 2011 and concluded on 16 May 2012. The winner would have qualified to the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, but as the cup was won by the league champion, the slot went to the second placed team in Premier league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was Široki Brijeg who also ended up as the runner-up of the cup.
The defending champions FK Željezničar, having won their 4th title the previous year by defeating NK Čelik in the final with an aggregate score of 4–0, managed to defend their title and claim their fifth one against Široki Brijeg in final which they won 1–0 on aggregate, completing the double for that season as they won the league title four days before the second leg of the final.
All top clubs entered from the first round of 32.

Participating clubs

The following 32 teams competed in Round 1: '
2011–12 Premier League
all clubs
2011–12 Prva liga RS
six clubs
10 clubs from 2011 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup

  • Mladost
  • Modriča
  • Podrinje
  • Radnik
  • Sloga
  • Sutjeska
  • Branitelj
  • Iskra
  • Krajišnik
  • Rudar –
  • UNIS
  • Vitez
  • Brotnjo
  • Mladost –
  • Dizdaruša
  • Mramor
  • 1 Of the 32 participants, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 20 clubs, while the Republika of Srpska has 11. Brčko District is represented with just one club.

    Calendar

    RoundDateNumber of fixturesClubsNew entries this round
    Round of 3214 September 20111632 → 16none
    Round of 1628 September and 19 October 2011816 → 8none
    Quarterfinals2 and 23 November 201148 → 4none
    Semifinals14 March and 4 April 201224 → 2none
    Final25 April and 16 May 201212 → 1none

    Draw

    The draws for the round of 32 was conducted in Sarajevo at 12:00 on 6 September 2011 in hotel "Art". All 32 clubs were in the same pot, resulting that every club could get any other club as his opponent. The first-drawn team served as hosts. Also the date for the matches was decided for 14 September 2011.
    The draws for the round of 16 took place on 20 September 2011, once more at 12:00 in Sarajevo in hotel "Evropa". The remaining 16 clubs were once more put in just one pot. The date for the matches was also decided and the matches will take part on 28. September, with the rematch 3 weeks later, on 19. October 2011.
    The draws for the quarterfinals took place on 25 October 2011. The remaining 8 clubs will found themselves again just in one pot. The date for the matches was also confirmed. The dates were set for 2 November 2011 with the rematch three weeks later on 23 November 2011.
    The draws for semifinal was conducted on 6 March 2012 in the halls of the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the draw it was decided that the first match will be played on 14 March, with the rematch set for 4 April 2012.
    The two winners will face each other in the final which is scheduled for 25 April and rematch on 16 May 2012. The host in the first leg was determined by a draw held on 10 April 2012 in the halls of Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was decided that the host of the first leg will be Željezničar, with Široki Brijeg hosting the second leg three weeks later.

    Competition

    Round of 32

    This round consisted of 16 single-legged fixtures. All 32 clubs entered the competition from this round, while the matches were played on 14 September 2011. In a case of a draw in the regular time, the winner would have been determined with a penalty shootout.
    Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
    1Rudar 1–0UNIS
    2Zvijezda 2–0Sloboda
    3NK Travnik 2–3Velež
    4Branitelj 4–1Dizdaruša
    5Slavija 3–0Modriča
    6Iskra 0–1Rudar
    7Čelik 4–0Podrinje
    8Široki Brijeg 3–0Kozara
    9Olimpic 3–0Mladost
    10Vitez 0–1GOŠK
    11Krajišnik 6–0Mladost
    12Sloga 0–1Sarajevo
    13Mramor 1–0Radnik
    14Zrinjski 3–0Sutjeska
    15Borac 3–1Brotnjo
    16Željezničar 2–0Leotar

    Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participate in during the 2011–12 season.

    Source:

    Round of 16

    The 16 winner continued their way to the final through this round. Unlike the last round, this round consisted of 8 two-legged fixtures. The date for the matches were determined with the draw which was held on 20 September. The first match took place on 28 September, while the rematch was scheduled three weeks after, on 19 October 2011.

    First leg

    Second leg

    Quarter-finals

    The 8 winner from the previous round met their opponents in this round on the way to the final. This round consisted of 4 two-legged fixtures. The date for the matches was determined with the draw which was held on 25 October. The first match took place on 2 November, while the rematch was scheduled three weeks after, on 23 November 2011.

    First leg

    Second leg

    Semi-finals

    The remaining 4 teams will play in this last round before the final. It will consist of 2 two-legged fixtures which will take part on 14 March and 4 April this year. The draw was done on 6 March.

    First leg

    Second leg

    Final

    The final was contested between Željezničar and Široki Brijeg and played over a two-legged fixture. The date for the finals was set for 25 April and 16 May 2012.

    First leg

    Second leg

    Top goalscorers

    • 1 Šaban Pehilj is a footballer of Željezničar. In the first halfseason he was loaned to Krajišnik, while in the second halfseason he was loaned to Kozara. He scored all of his goals for Krajišnik and hasn't played a single game in this competition for Kozara.

      Media coverage

    Only from quarter-finals and onwards selected matches were broadcast in B&H by BHT1 and Moja TV. BHT1 broadcast 4 live games, including both final matches, while Moja TV broadcast 2 live games.
    These matches were broadcast live on television:
    RoundBHT1Moja TV
    Quarter-finalsBorac v Sarajevo
    Čelik v Željezničar
    Semi-finalsŽeljezničar v Borac
    Borac v Željezničar
    FinalŽeljezničar v Široki Brijeg
    Široki Brijeg v Željezničar