FK Leotar
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| fullname = Fudbalski klub Leotar
| website = {{URL|http://fkleotar.org}}
| nickname = Tigrovi (The Tigers)
| founded = {{Start date and age|19 August 1925}}
| ground = Police Stadium, Trebinje
| capacity = 8,550
| chairman = Rajko Mičeta
| manager = Vlado Jagodić
| league = First League of RS
| season = 2023–24
| position = First League of RS, 4th of 18
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FK Leotar ({{lang-sr-cyrl|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|date=February 2013}} 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.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bih96.html Bosnia-Hercegovina 1995/96] In 2001–02, Leotar won the last league championship in the Republika Srpska before the entity's clubs were integrated into a national league.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bih02.html Bosnia-Hercegovina 2001/02] 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.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bih03.html Bosnia-Hercegovina 2002/03] The club fell to fourth in the next season.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bih04.html Bosnia-Hercegovina 2003/04]
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
- Runners-up (1): 2020–21
- Second League of the Republika Srpska:
- Winners (1): 2019–20 {{small|(east)}}
==Cups==
- Republika Srpska Cup:
- Winners (3): 2002, 2004, 2021
European record
=Summary=
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!width="160"|Competition !width="30"|Pld !width="30"|W !width="30"|D !width="30"|L !width="30"|GF !width="30"|GA !width="150"|Last season played |
UEFA Champions League
|4 |1 |1 |2 |3 |4 |
Total
|4 |1 |1 |2 |3 |4 |
Source: [https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/clubs/77877--leotar/ 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=
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! width="60"|Season ! width="150"|Competition ! width="30"|Round ! width="150"|Opponent ! width="40"|Home ! width="40"|Away ! width="65"|Agg. |
rowspan=2|2003–04
| rowspan=2|Champions League | QR1 | align="left" |{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Grevenmacher | bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–0 | bgcolor="#ffffdd"|0–0 | bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–0 |
QR2
| align="left" |{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Slavia Prague | bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–4 |
Players
=Current squad=
{{updated|26 December 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://sportdc.net/club/5888-leotar/card|title=LEOTAR FUDBAL / MUŠKARCI|website=SportDC|access-date=19 January 2023}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=BIH|name=Đoko Milović|pos=DF|other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=BIH|name=Matija Glogovac|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=SRB|name=Dejan Uzelac|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=BIH|name=Božo Prusina|pos=DF|other=on loan from Široki Brijeg}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=BIH|name=Marko Čubrilo|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=BIH|name=Zoran Milić|pos=DF}}
{{fs player|no=9|nat=BIH|pos=MF|name=Nikola Leko}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=BIH|name=Danilo Šipovac|pos=FW|other=on loan from Zrinjski Mostar}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=BIH|name=Miloš Aćimović|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=BIH|name=Darko Đajić|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=SRB|name=Miloš Stanojević|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=BIH|name=Amar Tahrić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=BIH|name=Ammar Đuderija|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SRB|name=Mihailo Cmiljanović|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=BIH|name=Mahir Karić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=BIH|name=David Čavić|pos=FW|other=on loan from Borac Banja Luka}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=BIH|name=Luka Knežević|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=BIH|name=Aleksandar Milaković|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=46|nat=BIH|name=Aleksa Spaić|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=SRB|name=Dušan Puletić|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=MKD|name=Boban Georgiev|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=97|nat=BIH|name=Risto Perišić|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SRB|name=Nemanja Cvetković|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BIH|name=Andrej Đurić|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BIH|name=Kerim Tatar|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}
=Players with multiple nationalities=
- {{flagicon|SRB}} {{flagicon|ITA}} Dennis Stojković
- {{flagicon|BIH}} {{flagicon|CRO}} Luka Knežević
Club officials
=Coaching staff=
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=Other information=
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Historical list of coaches
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- {{flagicon|YUG}} Žarko Nedeljković
- {{flagicon|YUG}} Marcel Žigante (1965–1966)
- {{flagicon|YUG}} Ibrahim Muratović
- {{flagicon|YUG}} Franjo Džidić (1984–1988)
- {{flagicon|FRY}} Miodrag Radanović
- {{flagicon|FRY}} Milan Jovin (2002–2004)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Vladimir Pecelj
- {{flagicon|MNE}} Brajan Nenezić
- {{flagicon|MNE}} Srđan Bajić (1 July 2007 – 3 September 2009)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Borče Sredojević (4 September 2009 – 20 January 2010)
- {{flagicon|SRB|2004}} Goran Skakić (21 January 2010 – 3 September 2010)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Vukašin Višnjevac (7 September 2010 – 25 October 2010)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Dragan Spaić (28 October 2010 – 30 June 2011)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Slavko Jović (8 June 2011 – 2 September 2011)
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Bogdan Korak (2 September 2011 – 21 December 2011)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Borče Sredojević (21 December 2011 – 6 July 2012)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Vladimir Gaćinović (9 July 2012 – 6 June 2013)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Dragan Spaić (8 July 2013 – 18 February 2014)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Vladimir Gaćinović (18 February 2014 – 17 March 2014)
- {{flagicon|CRO}} {{flagicon|BIH}} Rajko Mičeta (1 July 2014 – 24 March 2019)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Oleg Ćurić (1 July 2019 – 23 June 2021)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Branislav Krunić (23 June 2021 – 13 December 2021)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Miodrag Bodiroga (14 December 2021 – 1 June 2022)
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Marko Vidojević (16 June 2022 – 6 September 2022)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Marko Maksimović (16 September 2022 – 10 July 2023)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Oleg Ćurić (17 July 2023 – 25 April 2024)
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Zoran Šaraba (26 June 2024 – 31 December 2024)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Vlado Jagodić (26 January 2025 – present)
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.fkleotar.org}} {{in lang|sr}}
- [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/77877--leotar/ FK Leotar] at UEFA.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140424035742/http://www.fsrs.org/index.php/fk-leotart FK Leotar] at FSRS (archived 24 April 2014)
- [http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/club_profile.php?ID=7053 Weltfussballarchiv profile]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234941/http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/club_profile.php?ID=7053 |date=2 December 2013 }}.
{{First League of the Republika Srpska teamlist}}
{{Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
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Category:Association football clubs established in 1925
Category:Football clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category:Football clubs in Republika Srpska