The 2012–13 First League of the Republika Srpska is the eighteenth season of the

First League of the Republika Srpska The First League of the Republika Srpska ( sh, Prva liga Republike Srpske / ) is a second level football competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The league champion is promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Relegated teams, de ...

, the second tier

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league of

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, 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 The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herz ...

. 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 The Second League of the Republika Srpska ( sr, Друга лига Републике Српске / Druga liga Republike Srpske) is a third level football league competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is divided into two leagues, based on geog ...

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

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* Radnik Relegated to one of 2 respective regional Second League of the RS *

FK Laktaši Fudbalski klub Laktaši (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Лакташи) is a football club based in the town of Laktaši, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It competes in the Second League of Republika Srpska. The club was ...

(Second League of the RS – West) * Proleter (Second League of the RS – West)

To First League of RS

Relegated from

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Promoted from two regional Second League of the RS * Borac (Š) (Second League of the RS – West) * Mladost (VO) (Second League of the RS – East)

Stadions and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

Season events

FK Crvena Zemlja withdrawal

On 17 July 2012, Crvena Zemlja announced that they will withdraw from the

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

:''Updated 25 May 2013.''

Hat-tricks

:''Updated 24 March 2013.''

References

External links

Official site for the Football Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaOfficial site for the Football Federation of the Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaOfficial site for the Football Federation of the Republika of Srpska
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2012–13 in Bosnia and Herzegovina football First League of the Republika Srpska seasons