2012–13 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Season	2012–13
Champions	Vitez; 1st First League title
Promoted	Vitez
Relegated	Bosna; Goražde; Krajina; Krajišnik
Matches played	142
Goals scored	381 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Haris Dilaver; Ante Pinjuh; (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Bratstvo 6–0 Branitelj; Čapljina 6–0 Krajišnik; Vitez 6–0 Krajišnik
Biggest away win	Bratstvo 0–3 Vitez; Krajišnik 0–3 Jedinstvo
Highest scoring	9 goals; Branitelj 7–2 Krajišnik
Longest winning run	6 matches; Vitez
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches; Radnički
Longest winless run	14 matches; Krajišnik
Longest losing run	14 matches; Krajišnik
Highest attendance	3,500 (Lukavac, Radnički against Sloboda)
Lowest attendance	30
Total attendance	41,900
Average attendance	355
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the thirteenth season of the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the second tier football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 2012–13 fixtures were announced on 6 July 2012. It began on 11 August 2012 and will end on sometimes at the begin of June 2012; a winter break where no matches are played will be in effect between 18 November 2011 and 9 March 2012.^[1] Gradina were the last champions, having won their first championship title in the 2011–12 season and earning a promotion to Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sixteen clubs are participating in this session, eleven returning from the previous session, one relegated from Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and four promoted from four regional Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From First League of the FBiH

Promoted to Premier League

Gradina

Relegated to one of 4 respective regional Second League of the FBiH

UNIS (Second League of the FBiH – Center)
Famos-SAŠK Napredak (Second League of the FBiH – Center)
Orašje (Second League of the FBiH – North)
Omladinac (Second League of the FBiH – North)

To First League of FBiH

Relegated from Premier League

Sloboda

Promoted from four regional Second League of the FBiH

Radnički (Second League of the FBiH – North)
Troglav (Second League of the FBiH – South)
Podgrmeč (Second League of the FBiH – West)
Bosna (Second League of the FBiH – Center)

Teams

UNIS, Famos-SAŠK Napredak, Orašje and Omladinac were relegated to their respective third-level league at the end of the 2011–12 season. For Famos-SAŠK Napredak and Orašje this is the worst league tier they played in since independence of BiH. The relegated teams were replaced by the champions of the four third–level leagues, Radnički from the Second League of the FBiH – North, Troglav from the Second League of the FBiH – South, Podgrmeč from the Second League of the FBiH – West and Bosna from the Second League of the FBiH – Center.

Stadions and locations

Location of clubs in 2012–13 First League of the FBiH

Team	Location	Stadium^[2]	Capacity^[3]
Bosna	Visoko	Luke Stadium	5,200
Branitelj	Rodoč, Mostar	SC Rodoč	300
Bratstvo	Gračanica	Gradski Stadion Luke, Gračanica	3,000
Budućnost	Banovići	FK Budućnost Stadium	4,600
Čapljina	Čapljina	Bjelave Stadium	3,000
Goražde	Goražde	Midhat Drljević Stadium	1,500
Iskra	Bugojno	Jaklić Stadium	11,000
Jedinstvo	Bihać	Pod Borićima Stadium	7,500
Krajina	Cazin	Gradski Stadion, Cazin	6,000
Krajišnik	Velika Kladuša	Gradski Stadion, Velika Kladuša	5,628
Podgrmeč	Sanski Most	Gradski Stadion, Sanski Most	1,500
Radnički	Lukavac	Jošik Stadium	2,000
Rudar	Kakanj	FK Rudar Stadium	4,568
Sloboda	Tuzla	Tušanj Stadium	8,444
Troglav	Livno	Zgona Stadium	2,000
Vitez	Vitez	Gradski Stadion, Vitez	3,000

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
Bosna	Adnan Fočić
Branitelj	Feđa Kulagić
Bratstvo	Nusret Muslimović
Budućnost	Munever Rizvić
Čapljina	Zlatko Križanović
Goražde	Fahrudin Čulov
Iskra	Salim Duraković
Jedinstvo	Nermin Karač
Krajina	Muhamed Berberović
Krajišnik	Fahrudin Šehić
Podgrmeč	Benjamin Ključanin
Radnički	Darko Vojvodić
Rudar	Kemal Hafizović
Sloboda	Abdulah Ibraković
Troglav	Žarko Mandić	Božo Crnjak	Diadora
Vitez	Valentin Plavčić

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Radnički	Smajil Karić	Sacked	9 September 2012^[4]	15	Darko Vojdović	19 September 2012^[5]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vitez (C)	28	16	7	5	54	24	+30	55	Promotion to Premijer liga BiH
2	Radnički Lukavac	28	12	9	7	40	29	+11	45
3	Branitelj	28	13	5	10	43	41	+2	44
4	Rudar Kakanj	28	12	6	10	32	25	+7	42
5	Bratstvo Gračanica	28	12	6	10	34	28	+6	42
6	Sloboda Tuzla	28	13	2	13	40	27	+13	41
7	Jedinstvo Bihać	28	12	5	11	45	33	+12	41
8	Čapljina	28	12	5	11	36	45	−9	41
9	Iskra	28	10	7	11	32	33	−1	37
10	Budućnost	28	10	6	12	36	35	+1	36
11	Podgrmeč	28	10	6	12	29	43	−14	36
12	Troglav	28	9	7	12	30	37	−7	34
13	Bosna Visoko (R)	28	9	6	13	28	37	−9	33	Relegation to Second League FBiH
14	Goražde (R)	28	9	5	14	35	46	−11	32
15	Krajina (R)	28	8	4	16	25	56	−31	28
16	Krajišnik (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: SportSport.ba (in Bosnian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to higher rank and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BOV	BRA	BRT	BUD	ČAP	GOR	ISK	JED	KRA	KRŠ	POD	RAL	RKA	SLO	TRO	VIT
Bosna Visoko		2–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0
Branitelj	2–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	7–0	7–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3
Bratstvo Gračanica	3–0	6–0		2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–3
Budućnost	1–0	1–1	3–3		2–0	5–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	2–4
Čapljina	1–0	4–3	1–0	0–0		2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	6–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Goražde	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–0		3–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–3	3–2
Iskra	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0		2–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Jedinstvo Bihać	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0		6–0	4–1	5–1	6–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1
Krajina	0–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–1		2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2
Krajišnik	0–3	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–3	2–1	0–3	0–3		2–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–4	0–3
Podgrmeč	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0		0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Radnički Lukavac	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–2	4–3	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2
Rudar Kakanj	2–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0		0–1	2–0	0–0
Sloboda Tuzla	2–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	0–2		5–0	3–2
Troglav	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0		2–2
Vitez	4–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	6–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2013. Source: SportSport.ba
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Bosna Visoko	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L
Branitelj	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W
Bratstvo Gračanica	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Budućnost	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W
Čapljina	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L
Goražde	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W
Iskra	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W
Jedinstvo Bihać	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Krajina	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L
Krajišnik	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Podgrmeč	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L
Radnički Lukavac	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L
Rudar Kakanj	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W
Sloboda Tuzla	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L
Troglav	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W
Vitez	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W

Source: SportSport.ba
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

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 23 March 2013.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Haris Dilaver	Vitez	10
1	Ante Pinjuh	Branitelj	10
3	Elvis Mešić	Jedinstvo	9
3	Darijo Pranjković	Vitez	9
5	Muhamed Mujić	Budućnost	8

Hat-tricks

Updated 23 March 2013.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Haris Dilaver	Vitez	Bosna	4–1	11 August 2012
Ante Pinjuh	Branitelj	Krajišnik	7–2^{[permanent dead link]}	24 October 2012
Jasmin Mujkić	Bratstvo	Branitelj	6–0^{[permanent dead link]}	3 November 2012
Mirza Rizvanović	Bratstvo	Branitelj	6–0^{[permanent dead link]}	3 November 2012
Bajro Spahić	Rudar	Bratstvo	6–1^{[permanent dead link]}	10 November 2012