2012–13 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from each of the second-level league, 2011–12 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 2011–12 First League of the Republika Srpska.

While relegation of Kozara was confirmed couple of rounds before the end of the last season, Sloboda were relegated only after all the result of the last round were known. Kozara returned to First League of the Republika Srpska after only one season in top flight, while Sloboda were relegated for the first time after 43 years in the highest tier, including also as part of Yugoslav First League.

The relegated teams were replaced by the champions of the two-second–level leagues, Gradina from the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Radnik from the First League of the Republika Srpska. Radnik returned to the top flight after spending five years in lower tier, while Gradina made their debut in the Premier League.

 

 

Borac

 

Čelik

 

GOŠK

 

Gradina

 

Leotar

 

Olimpic

 

Radnik

 

Rudar

 

Sarajevo

 

Slavija

 

Široki Brijeg

 

Travnik

 

Velež

 

Zrinjski

 

Zvijezda

 

Željezničar

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Location of clubs in 2012–13 Premijer Liga

¹ Čelik has played in round 2 and 4 on Kamberović polje due to works on the pitch of Bilino Polje, which included installing of a new drainage and under-soil heating, as well as the replacement of the turf, sound system and bench for the reserve players. They returned to Bilino Polje on round 6 against Borac.
² Gradina played their home matches in the first half of the season on Banja Ilidža and NC Goal (only round 6 and 8) due to their own stadium Gradski Stadion, Srebrenik not fulfilling the necessary requirements, but for the second half of the season their stadium got a conditional license to host Premier League matches.
³ Olimpic decided to play its home games in the second half of the season in Tuzla on Tušanj stadium instead of Otoka stadium which they used in the first half of the season but in the end played only one game on it (round 17). Already the next home game (round 20) they returned to their regular home stadium – Otoka stadium.

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	Shirt Sponsor
Borac	Branislav Krunić (Caretaker)	Draško Žarić	NAAI	m:tel
Čelik	Vlado Jagodić	Kenan Horić	Joma	RM-LH
GOŠK	Davor Mladina	Zlatko Kojić	Jako	Habitus / Ledo
Gradina	Fuad Grbešić	Malik Smajlović	NAAI	—
Leotar	Vladimir Gaćinović	Zdravko Šaraba	Kappa	Elnos
Olimpic	Nedim Jusufbegović	Miloš Vidović	NAAI	Europlakat
Radnik	Srđan Bajić	Nenad Kutlačić	Adidas	—
Rudar	Vlado Čapljić	Goran Kotaran	NAAI	Optima / ArcelorMittal
Sarajevo	Husref Musemić	Muhamed Džakmić	Lescon / Haad	Vakufska banka
Slavija	Milomir Šešlija	Ratko Dujković	Joma	Nova Banka
Široki Brijeg	Slaven Musa	Dalibor Šilić	Jako	Mepas
Travnik	Nermin Bašić	Elvedin Varupa	Joma	ADK
Velež	Ibrahim Rahimić	Admir Kajtaz	NAAI	Bosnalijek
Zrinjski	Branko Karačić	Igor Melher	Zeus	HT-ERONET
Zvijezda	Milomir Odović	Amir Hamzić	NAAI	—
Željezničar	Amar Osim	Muamer Svraka	Patrick	Sarajevo Osiguranje

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Zrinjski	Dragan Perić (Caretaker)	Promoted	19 June 2012[8]	Off-season	Dragan Perić	19 June 2012
Čelik	Vlatko Glavaš	Resigned	22 June 2012[9]		Vlado Jagodić	22 June 2012
GOŠK	Boris Gavran	End of contract	25 June 2012[10]		Slaven Musa	26 June 2012[11]
Travnik	Husnija Arapović	End of contract	28 June 2012[12]		Nermin Bašić	28 June 2012
Leotar	Borče Sredojević	Resigned	6 July 2012[13]		Vladimir Gaćinović	9 July 2012[14]
Borac	Slaviša Božičić	Sacked	13 July 2012[15]		Slobodan Starčević (Caretaker)	13 July 2012[16]
Borac	Slobodan Starčević (Caretaker)	Promoted	19 July 2012[17]		Slobodan Starčević	19 July 2012
Široki Brijeg	Marijan Bloudek	Mutual agreement	6 August 2012[18]	11th	Slaven Musa	13 August 2012[19]
GOŠK	Slaven Musa	Signed by Široki Brijeg	13 August 2012[19]	3rd	Dario Zadro	16 August 2012[20]
Radnik	Darko Nestorović	Resigned	27 August 2012[21]	15th	Jovica Lukić (Caretaker)	28 August 2012[22]
Gradina	Samir Adanalić	Resigned	27 August 2012[23]	14th	Denis Sadiković	29 August 2012[24]
Radnik	Jovica Lukić (Caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	3 September 2012[25]	15th	Srđan Bajić	3 September 2012
GOŠK	Dario Zadro	Resigned	5 September 2012[26]	13th	Ivan Katalinić	5 September 2012
Olimpic	Nedim Jusufbegović	Sacked	19 September 2012[27]	7th	Husref Musemić	20 September 2012[28]
Gradina	Denis Sadiković	Signed by Sloboda	20 September 2012[29]	16th	Boris Gavran	20 September 2012
Velež	Asmir Džafić	Mutual agreement	24 September 2012[30]	13th	Ibrahim Rahimić	25 September 2012[31]
Gradina	Boris Gavran	Resigned	24 September 2012[32]	16th	Nedžad Bajrović	24 September 2012[33]
Gradina	Nedžad Bajrović	Sacked	11 October 2012[34]	16th	Fuad Grbešić	11 October 2012
GOŠK	Ivan Katalinić	Sacked	27 November 2012[35]	15th	Davor Mladina	11 January 2013[36]
Slavija	Vlado Čapljić	Resigned	10 December 2012[37]	4th	Milomir Šešlija	4 January 2013[38]
Zvijezda	Zoran Kuntić	Signed by SzTK-Erima	19 December 2012[39]	13th	Milomir Odović	29 December 2012[40]
Travnik	Nermin Bašić	Resigned	15 January 2013[41]	14th	Elvedin Beganović	17 January 2013[41]
Olimpic	Husref Musemić	Sacked	10 February 2013[42]	3rd	Denis Sadiković	10 February 2013[43]
Sarajevo	Dragan Jović	Sacked	16 March 2013[44]	2nd	Husref Musemić	19 March 2013[45]
Rudar	Velimir Stojnić	Mutual Agreement	22 March 2013[46]	11th	Vlado Čapljić	24 March 2013[47]
Zrinjski	Dragan Perić	Resigned	31 March 2013[48]	7th	Branko Karačić	1 April 2013[49]
Olimpic	Denis Sadiković	Mutual Agreement	11 April 2013[50]	5th	Nedim Jusufbegović	11 April 2013[51]
Travnik	Elvedin Beganović	Sacked	22 April 2013[52]	14th	Nermin Bašić	22 April 2013[53]
Borac	Slobodan Starčević	Sacked	21 May 2013[54]	4th	Branislav Krunić (Caretaker)	21 May 2013

On 31 July 2012, an agreement between Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and BH Telecom was reached regarding sponsorship of the league. The contract worth about 2 million KM^[55] was signed on two years, officially renaming the league to BH Telecom Premier League.^[2] At first, two clubs, Željezničar and Široki Brijeg, didn't want to agree on the terms of the sponsorship contract because it, as they say, was humiliating for their clubs and that not all clubs in the league can be treated the same way regarding sponsorship.^[56][57] In the end, with few adjustments for those two clubs, the contract was officially signed.^[58]

On 31 July 2012, the ban on organized attendance of away fans has been lifted.^[59] The ban was on power since 8 October 2011^[60][61] after a couple of incidents, all done by Ultras groups. Also, if one club will have their supporters on an away game they must inform the other club and the football federation 4 days prior to the match.^[62]

After, once again, ultras groups made serious incidents, including derogatory chanting and attempted attack on away fans on match of round 2 between Željezničar and Borac on Grbavica stadium,^[63] the same in round 5 between once again Željezničar and this time Slavija,^[64] demolishing a pub by The Maniacs, ultras supporters of Željezničar, who arrived in Herzegovina without announcement to the local police in Mostar. The pub was a gathering point of Ultras Zrinjski, ultras group supporting HŠK Zrinjski Mostar and this happened before a match in round 6 between Zrinjski and Željezničar.^[65] In an act of revenge, some of Ultras Zrinjski demolished a pub in another part of the city where they thought The Maniacs were. Also, on the same day, after returning from an away match of round 6 between Čelik and Borac, Lešinari, ultras group supporting Borac, demolished two train wagons, while the next day someone burned down a van in which about 12 supporters of Slavija, so-called Sokolovi, were returning from an away match of round 6 between GOŠK and Slavija (only the driver was slightly injured).^[66] After all this, the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to bring up a conditional ban on away fans which will be activated after any serious incident on or before a football match of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina or in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.^[67] Overall, in the first five round of the league the disciplinary commission of Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina distributed penalties in the amount of almost €32000.^[68][69]

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 edit Rank Player Club Goals[71] 1   Emir Hadžić Sarajevo 20 2   Eldin Adilović Željezničar 18 3   Krešimir Kordić Široki Brijeg 12   Saša Kajkut Čelik   Jovica Stokić Borac 6   Jasmin Mešanović Čelik 10 7   Marko Basara Radnik 9 * Italic highlights the former club, while bold the current one.

Top assists edit Rank Player Club Assists 1   Darko Maletić Borac Banja Luka 6 2   Srđan Grahovac Borac Banja Luka 5   Vedran Kantar Borac Banja Luka   Jovica Stokić Borac Banja Luka 5   Almir Bekić GOŠK 4   Anel Hebibović Velež   Zoran Kokot Slavija   Ševko Okić Velež   Ivan Sesar Sarajevo / Elazığspor 10   Zoran Belošević Sarajevo 3   Dino Ćorić Široki Brijeg   Edin Dudo Slavija   Borivoje Filipović Leotar   Emir Hadžić Sarajevo   Jure Ivanković Široki Brijeg   Sabahudin Jusufbašić GOŠK Gabela   Marsel Mace Velež   Veldin Muharemović Olimpic   Dalibor Šilić Široki Brijeg   Pero Stojkić Zrinjski   Asmir Suljić Sarajevo   Wagner Široki Brijeg * Italic highlights the former club, while bold the current one.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Emir Hadžić	Sarajevo	GOŠK	4–0	2 September 2012
Mirza Ćemalović	Velež	Travnik	6–0	20 October 2012
Saša Kajkut	Čelik	Sarajevo	3–2	2 March 2013
Nemanja Bilbija4	Borac	Zrinjski	5–1	30 March 2013
Krešimir Kordić4	Široki Brijeg	Borac	4–0	11 May 2013
Eldin Adilović	Željezničar	Leotar	4–0	18 May 2013
Emir Hadžić5	Sarajevo	Radnik	5–0	26 May 2013

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

• Most Clean Sheets: 17
  • Sarajevo
• Fewest clean sheets: 3
  • Gradina

• ¹Without matches played without spectators because of a suspension of a stadium by Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• 2012–13 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup