FK Leotar
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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Leotar | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Tigrovi (The Tigers) | ||
| Founded | 19 August 1925 | ||
| Ground | Police Stadium, Trebinje | ||
| Capacity | 8,550 | ||
| Chairman | Rajko Mičeta | ||
| Manager | Oleg Ćurić | ||
| League | First League of RS | ||
| 2022–23 | Premier League BH, 11th (relegated) | ||
| Website | http://fkleotar.org | ||
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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 First League of the Republika Srpska, the second-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:
- 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 2003–04 | Champions League | QR1 |  Grevenmacher
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2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| QR2 |  Slavia Prague
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1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
Players
Current squad
- As of 26 December 2023[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players with multiple nationalities
Dennis Stojković
Luka Knežević
Club officials
Coaching staff
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Other information
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Managerial history
Žarko Nedeljković- Marcel Žigante (1965–1966)
- Ibrahim Muratović
- Franjo Džidić (1984–1988)
Miodrag Radanović- Milan Jovin (2002–2004)
- Vladimir Pecelj
Brajan Nenezić- Srđan Bajić (1 July 2007 – 3 September 2009)
- Borče Sredojević (4 September 2009 – 20 January 2010)
Goran Skakić (21 January 2010 – 3 September 2010)- Vukašin Višnjevac (7 September 2010 – 25 October 2010)
- Dragan Spaić (28 October 2010 – 30 June 2011)
- Slavko Jović (8 June 2011 – 2 September 2011)
- Bogdan Korak (2 September 2011 – 21 December 2011)
- Borče Sredojević (21 December 2011 – 6 July 2012)
- Vladimir Gaćinović (9 July 2012 – 6 June 2013)
- Dragan Spaić (8 July 2013 – 18 February 2014)
- Vladimir Gaćinović (18 February 2014 – 17 March 2014)
- Rajko Mičeta (1 July 2014 – 24 March 2019)
- Oleg Ćurić (1 July 2019 – 23 June 2021)
- Branislav Krunić (23 June 2021 – 13 December 2021)
- Miodrag Bodiroga (14 December 2021 – 1 June 2022)
- Marko Vidojević (16 June 2022 – 6 September 2022)
- Marko Maksimović (16 September 2022 – 10 July 2023)
- Oleg Ćurić (17 July 2023 – present)
References
- ^ Bosnia-Hercegovina 1995/96
- ^ Bosnia-Hercegovina 2001/02
- ^ Bosnia-Hercegovina 2002/03
- ^ Bosnia-Hercegovina 2003/04
- ^ "LEOTAR FUDBAL / MUŠKARCI". SportDC. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Serbian)
- FK Leotar at UEFA.com
- FK Leotar at FSRS
- Weltfussballarchiv profile Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine