FK Leotar

Leotar
Full name Fudbalski Klub Leotar Trebinje
Nickname(s) Tigrovi (The Tigers)
Founded 1925 (1925)
Ground Police Stadium, Trebinje
Ground Capacity 8,550
Chairman Simeon Dučić
Manager Rajko Mičeta
League First League of the Republika Srpska
2013–14 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 16th (relegated)

FK Leotar (Serbian Cyrillic: ФK Лeoтap) is a professional football club from the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They play in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club's home ground is the 8,500-seater Police Stadium, and the club are nicknamed "Tigrovi" ("Tigers").

Founded in 1925, Leotar was a member of the First League of the Republika Srpska after the Bosnian conflict, winning its final season before integration in 2001–02. In its first season in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Leotar won its only national championship and qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

History

Yugoslavia

Founded in 1925 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the club served as a training ground for many players who went on to enjoy notable careers elsewhere. Leotar never managed to gain promotion to the Yugoslav First League.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Leotar entered the first-ever season of the First League of Republika Srpska in 1995–96, playing in the Eastern Group and failing to reach the play-offs.[1] In 2001–02, Leotar won the last-ever league championship in the Republika Srpska before the entity's clubs were integrated into a national league.[2] In its first season in the national league in 2002–03, Leotar became the champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the only time, denying Željezničar Sarajevo a third consecutive title by gaining 85 points to their 82.[3] The club fell to fourth in the next season.[4]

The following season, Leotar played in the qualification stages for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. The club defeated Grevenmacher of Luxembourg in the first qualifying round, but was defeated by Czech club Slavia Prague 1–2 at home and 2–1 away in the second.

Honours

European record

Summary

Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
UEFA Champions League 4 1 1 2 3 4 2003–04
Total 4 1 1 2 3 4

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 5 July 2013
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

By season

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2003–04 Champions League QR1 Luxembourg Grevenmacher 2–0 0–0 2–0
QR2 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 1–2 0–2 1–4

Current squad

As of August 7, 2014. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina GK Mladen Kukrika
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Aleksandar Mumalo
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Novo Papaz
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Srđan Andrić
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Vasilije Vučić
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Semjon Milošević
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Predrag Šešelj
8 Montenegro DF Miloš Marković
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Miloš Aćimović
11 Serbia FW Milovan Dmitrović
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Stefan Ćorović
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Milorad Cimirot
15 Serbia DF Dejan Popović
No. Position Player
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Lazar Zečević
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Bojan Deretić
18 Serbia FW Nenad Stojanović
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Vladimir Todorović
20 Montenegro MF Vojin Jeknić
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Neđo Tasovac
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Uroš Tepavčević
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Novo Milošević
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Nemanja Mulina
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Mile Pjaca
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina GK Vasilije Kolak
Bosnia and Herzegovina GK Miroslav Aničić
Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Irinej Đurić

Technical staff

As of 7 August 2014
Current technical staff
  • Head coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Damjan Ratković
  • Assistant coach: Montenegro Rajko Mičeta
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Veselin Klimović
  • Doctor: Bosnia and Herzegovina Vlado Rašović
  • Physiotherapist: Bosnia and Herzegovina Rade Bošković
  • Physiotherapist: Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Piljević

Management

As of 7 August 2014
Current management

Managers
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Spaić (28 Oct 2010 – 30 June 2011)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Slavko Jović (8 June 2011 – Sept 2, 2011)
  • Serbia Bogdan Korak (Sept 2, 2011–21 Dec 2011)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Borče Sredojević (21 Dec 2011 – 6 July 2012)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Vladimir Gaćinović (9 July 2012 – 6 June 2013)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Spaić (8 July 2013 – 18 Feb 2014)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Vladimir Gaćinović (18 Feb 2014 – 17 March 2014)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Damjan Ratković (21 July 2014–present)
  • Montenegro Rajko Mičeta

References

  1. ↑ http://rsssf.com/tablesb/bih96.html
  2. ↑ http://rsssf.com/tablesb/bih02.html
  3. ↑ http://rsssf.com/tablesb/bih03.html
  4. ↑ http://rsssf.com/tablesb/bih04.html

External links

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