FK Leotar

Leotar

Full name	Fudbalski klub Leotar
Nickname(s)	Tigrovi (The Tigers)
Founded	19 August 1925; 96 years ago (19 August 1925)
Ground	Police Stadium, Trebinje
Capacity	8,550
Chairman	Gordan Mišeljić
Manager	Branislav Krunić
League	Premier League BH
	First League of RS, 2nd (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

FK Leotar (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Леотар), commonly known as Leotar Trebinje or simply Leotar, is a professional football club based in the city of Trebinje that is situated in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1925 and named after the mountain located just north of the city, the club's home ground is the 8,550-seater Stadion Police.

They currently play in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first-tier competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Founded in 1925, Leotar was a member of the First League of the Republika Srpska after the 1992–95 Bosnian War, winning its final season before integration in the 2001–02 season. 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.^{[citation needed]} 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 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[]

Domestic[]

League[]

• Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
• First League of the Republika Srpska:
  • Winners (1): 2001–02
• Second League of the Republika Srpska:
  • Winners (1): 2019–20 (east)

Cups[]

• Republika Srpska Cup:
  • Winners (3): 2002, 2004, 2021

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	Grevenmacher	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QR2	Slavia Prague	1–2	0–2	1–4

Club officials[]

Coaching staff[]

Current technical staff

Head coach: Branislav Krunić Goalkeeping Coach: Veselin Klimović Doctor: Vlado Rašović Physiotherapist: Rade Bošković Physiotherapist: Bojan Piljević

Other information[]

Current management

President: Gordan Mišeljić Vice president: Milan Tomanović Sports director: Jovica Vico

Managerial history[]

• 
• Marcel Žigante (1965–1966)
• 
• Franjo Džidić (1984–1988)
• Miodrag Radanović
• Milan Jovin (2002–2004)
• 
• Brajan Nenezić
• (1 July 2007 – Sept 3, 2009)
• Borče Sredojević (Sept 4, 2009–20 Jan 2010)
• (21 Jan 2010 – Sept 3, 2010)
• Vukašin Višnjevac (Sept 7, 2010 – Oct 25, 2010)
• (28 Oct 2010 – 30 June 2011)
• (8 June 2011 – Sept 2, 2011)
• (Sept 2, 2011–21 Dec 2011)
• Borče Sredojević (21 Dec 2011 – 6 July 2012)
• Vladimir Gaćinović (9 July 2012 – 6 June 2013)
• (8 July 2013 – 18 Feb 2014)
• Vladimir Gaćinović (18 Feb 2014 – 17 March 2014)
• (1 July 2014 – 24 March 2019)
• (1 July 2019 – 23 June 2021)
• Branislav Krunić (23 June 2021 – present)

References[]

External links[]

• FK Leotar at UEFA.com
• FK Leotar at FSRS
• Weltfussballarchiv profile