2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina


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

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

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BoracBanja LukaBanja Luka City Stadium7,238
ZenicaBilino Polje15,292
GabelaPodavala Stadium12,800
KozaraGradiškaGradski stadion 5,000
LeotarTrebinjePolice Stadium8,550
OlimpicSarajevoStadion Otoka23,000
RudarPrijedorGradski stadion 5,000
SarajevoAsim Ferhatović Hase Stadium35,630
SlavijaIstočno SarajevoGradski SRC Slavija6,000
SlobodaTuzlaStadion Tušanj8,444
Stadion Pecara5,628
TravnikStadion Pirota3,200
VeležMostarStadion Vrapčići5,294
ZrinjskiMostarBijeli Brijeg Stadium20,000
ZvijezdaGradačacBanja Ilidža5,000
SarajevoStadion Grbavica16,100

1 GOŠK played their first home game in Čitluk, Bare Stadium, on 14 August 2011 against Sarajevo as their stadium, Podavala, still was under renovation.
2 Olimpic played their first three home matches on Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium as their stadium was under reconstruction and renovation. They returned on Otoka Stadium after more than 2 years in round 9 on 2 October 2011 against GOŠK. They also played their first home game in the second half-season, on 10 March 2012, in round 16, against Rudar, at Bare Stadium in Čitluk, as heavy snowfalls during winter in Sarajevo disabled Otoka Stadium for any football games.

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 Slaviša Božičić Draško ŽarićNAAI
Čelik Vlatko Glavaš Emir HadžićJomaRM-LH
GOŠK Boris Gavran Vedad ŠabanovićJakoHabitus/
Ledo
Kozara Miloš Pojić Nenad StudenNAAIStihl
Leotar Borče Sredojević Zdravko ŠarabaKappaElnos
Olimpic Nedim JusufbegovićJakoEuroplakat
Rudar Velimir Stojnić Goran KotaranLegeaOptima/
ArcelorMittal
Sarajevo Dragan Jović Sedin TorlakLesconAurA
Slavija Vlado Čapljić Goran SimićadidasRed Star Sport/
Nova Banka
Sloboda Abdulah Ibraković Denis MujkićJako
Široki Brijeg Marijan Bloudek Dalibor ŠilićJakoMepas
Travnik Husnija Arapović Elvedin VarupaJomaADK
Velež Asmir DžafićNAAIBosnalijek
Zrinjski Dragan Perić
Damir DžidićZeusHT-ERONET
Zvijezda Zoran Kuntić Amir HamzićZeus
Željezničar Amar Osim Mirsad BešlijaMacronCODE

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Borac Vlado JagodićMutual agreement28 May 2011Off-season Zvjezdan Cvetković4 June 2011
Široki Brijeg Blaž SliškovićSigned by Al-Ansar31 May 2011Off-season Mario Ćutuk4 June 2011
Leotar Dragan SpaićRenamed to first assistant8 June 2011Off-season Slavko Jović8 June 2011
Rudar Boris GavranEnd of contract13 June 2011Off-season Dragan Radović13 June 2011
Čelik Abdulah IbrakovićMutual agreement20 June 2011Off-season Boris Gavran20 June 2011
Sarajevo Mirza VarešanovićDismissed25 June 2011Off-season Jiří Plíšek25 June 2011
Velež Milomir OdovićEnd of contract1 July 2011Off-season Mirza Varešanović6 July 2011
Široki Brijeg Mario ĆutukMutual agreement9 July 2011Off-season Branko Karačić9 July 2011
Olimpic Mehmed JanjošMutual agreement15 Aug 201110th Nedim Jusufbegović15 Aug 2011
Čelik Boris GavranMutual agreement23 Aug 201116th Elvedin Beganović
23 Aug 2011
Leotar Slavko JovićDismissed2 Sep 201113th Bogdan Korak2 Sep 2011
GOŠK Darko DražićSigned by SMK FC6 Sep 201115th Milomir Odović8 Sep 2011
Slavija Dragan BjelicaResigned12 Sep 201113th Aleksandar Simić
12 Sep 2011
Travnik Nedžad SelimovićDismissed17 Sep 201111th Mesud Duraković19 Sep 2011
Kozara Vinko MarinovićResigned18 Sep 201115th Vlado Jagodić20 Sep 2011
Slavija Aleksandar Simić
End of tenure as caretaker23 Sep 201115th Zoran Erbez23 Sep 2011
Sloboda Ibrahim CrnkićResigned24 Sep 201111th Darko Vojvodić28 Sep 2011
Čelik Elvedin Beganović
Promoted25 Sep 201110th Elvedin Beganović
25 Sep 2011
Travnik Mesud DurakovićDismissed28 Sep 201114th Nermin Bašić30 Sep 2011
Borac Zvjezdan CvetkovićDismissed3 Oct 20114th Velimir Stojnić3 Oct 2011
Travnik Nermin BašićRenamed to first assistant10 Oct 20119th Haris Jaganjac10 Oct 2011
Sarajevo Jiří PlíšekResigned20 Dec 20113rd Dragan Jović6 Jan 2012
Leotar Bogdan KorakDismissed21 Dec 201114th Borče Sredojević21 Dec 2011
Zvijezda Dragan JovićSigned by Sarajevo6 Jan 20129th Zoran Kuntić13 Jan 2012
Travnik Haris JaganjacDismissed11 Jan 201215th Husnija Arapović11 Jan 2012
Slavija Zoran ErbezResigned17 Jan 201216th Milan Gutović17 Jan 2012
GOŠK Milomir OdovićResigned27 Jan 201212th Boris Gavran30 Jan 2012
Borac Velimir StojnićResigned17 Mar 20124th Slaviša Božičić19 Mar 2012
Široki Brijeg Branko KaračićDismissed19 Mar 20122nd Marijan Bloudek20 Mar 2012
Slavija Milan GutovićResigned20 Mar 201216th Vlado Čapljić20 Mar 2012
Čelik Elvedin BeganovićResigned22 Mar 20127th Amir Japaur
22 Mar 2012
Rudar Dragan RadovićDismissed25 Mar 201212th Velimir Stojnić26 Mar 2012
Čelik Amir Japaur
End of tenure as caretaker28 Mar 20129th Vlatko Glavaš28 Mar 2012
Velež Mirza VarešanovićResigned19 Apr 201210th Adnan Dizdarević
19 Apr 2012
Velež Adnan Dizdarević
End of tenure as caretaker24 Apr 201210th Asmir Džafić24 Apr 2012
Zrinjski Slaven MusaResigned29 Apr 20126th Draženko Bogdan
2 May 2012
Kozara Vlado JagodićResigned30 Apr 201216th Siniša Đurić
1 May 2012
Sloboda Darko VojvodićResigned30 Apr 201215th Abdulah Ibraković3 May 2012
Kozara Siniša ĐurićEnd of tenure as caretaker3 May 201216th Miloš Pojić3 May 2012
Zrinjski Draženko Bogdan
End of tenure as caretaker11 May 20126th Dragan Perić
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:
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

Most assists

Hat-Tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
KozaraSlavija27 08 2011
GOŠKRudar11 09 2011
ŽeljezničarVelež23 10 2011
4ŽeljezničarRudar17 03 2012
ŽeljezničarSloboda28 04 2012

FK Željezničar
Goalkeepers: Adnan Gušo ; Elvis Karić ; Semir Bukvić.
Defenders: Jadranko Bogičević ; Benjamin Čolić ; Josip Kvesić ; Velibor Vasilić ; Elvir Čolić ; Semir Kerla ; Josip Ćutuk ; Goran Marković.
Midfielders: Zajko Zeba ; Muamer Svraka ; Patrick Nyema Gerhardt ; Mirsad Bešlija ; Nermin Jamak ; Srđan Stanić ; Samir Bekrić ; Sulejman Smajić ; Nermin Zolotić ; Perica Stančeski ; Haris Hajradinović.
Forwards: Eldin Adilović ; Vernes Selimović ; Mirsad Ramić.
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Managers: Amar Osim.
Transferred out during the season:''' Srđan Savić ; Dejan Drakul ; Edin Višća.