First League of the Republika Srpska
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Confederation | UEFA |
Founded | 1995 |
Number of teams | 14 |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Relegation to | Second League of the Republika Srpska |
Domestic cup(s) | Bosnian Cup, Republika Srpska Cup |
International cup(s) | UEFA Europa League (The winner of the Bosnian Cup earns an automatic spot in the Europa League) |
Current champions | Rudar (2nd title) (2014–15) |
Most championships | Borac (3 titles) Radnik (3 titles) |
TV partners | RTRS |
Website | First League RS (Serbian) |
2015–16 First League of the Republika Srpska |
First League of the Republika Srpska (Serbian: Прва лига Републике Српске / Prva liga Republike Srpske) is a second level football competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since there were three different football championships in country, organized on ethnic principles, the "First League of the Republika Srpska" was the top flight in Republika Srpska before 2002. However, the champions of this League were not recognized by UEFA. In 2002, the top clubs from Republika Srpska joined Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the First League was kept as one of two second level divisions. It is still run by the Football Association of Republika Srpska, and has ended its boycott of Bosnian football on a federal level.
The league consists of 14 teams. Each team plays a total of 26 games during the course of a regular season, times each team (once at home and once away). The League champion is promoted to the Premier League at the end of the season, and the bottom clubs are relegated to lower leagues. The number of relegated teams depends on how many clubs are entering the league. That will be the winners of 3 third level leagues, and clubs relegated from Premier League. So, sometimes two clubs will be relegated, and sometimes three or four.
2015–16 Member Clubs
- FK Borac Šamac
- FK Drina HE Višegrad
- FK Kozara Gradiška
- FK Krupa
- FK Leotar Trebinje
- FK Mladost Velika Obarska
- FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad
- FK Sloboda Novi Grad
- FK Sutjeska Foča
- FK Tekstilac Derventa
- FK Vlasenica
- FK Zvijezda 09 Etno selo Stanišići
League champions
Previous champions and winners of the league are:[1]
- 1995–96 - FK Boksit Milići
- 1996–97 - FK Rudar Ugljevik
- 1997–98 - FK Rudar Ugljevik
- 1998–99 - FK Radnik Bijeljina
- 1999–00 - FK Boksit Milići
- 2000–01 - FK Borac Banja Luka
- 2001–02 - FK Leotar Trebinje
Since 2002–03 season, it became a second national level competition. League champion gets direct promotion to the Premier League.
- 2002–03 - FK Modriča Maxima
- 2003–04 - FK Slavija Sarajevo
- 2004–05 - FK Radnik Bijeljina
- 2005–06 - FK Borac Banja Luka
- 2006–07 - FK Laktaši
- 2007–08 - FK Borac Banja Luka
- 2008–09 - FK Rudar Prijedor
- 2009–10 - FK Drina Zvornik
- 2010–11 - FK Kozara Gradiška
- 2011–12 - FK Radnik Bijeljina
- 2012–13 - FK Mladost Velika Obarska
- 2013–14 - FK Drina Zvornik
- 2014–15 - FK Rudar Prijedor
- 2015–16 -
References
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