2011–12 FK Željezničar season

Kup BiH
	Winner
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Eldin Adilović (19); All: ; Eldin Adilović (21)
Highest home attendance	39,000
Lowest home attendance	16,000
Home colours	Away colours
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FK Željezničar's 2011–12 season was their 14th successive season in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina which saw Željezničar win the league title for the 5th time.

The 2011–12 season was ultimately very successful for the club as they won the Bosnian "double," winning the title and the Bosnian cup over NK Široki Brijeg.^[2] It was one of the best seasons in the club's history, including setting the league record for points with three games to play, having an over 30-game undefeated streak, and defeating every other team in the league at least once except Zrijnski, whom they drew with twice.^[3]

During the season, the club also started publishing an official club magazine.^[4]

Statistics 2011–12

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Adnan Gušo	48	Non-EU	2008	29	0	—	—	Originally from youth system
2	DF	Elvir Čolić	37	EU	2010	11	0	2012	Free	Second nationality: Slovenia
3	DF	Josip Kvesić	33	Non-EU	2011	35	1	2013	Free	Second nationality: Croatia
4	DF	Goran Marković	38	Non-EU	2010	7	0	2012	Free
5	DF	Semir Kerla	36	Non-EU	2012	7	0	2014	Free
6	DF	Jadranko Bogičević	41	Non-EU	2010	38	4	2013	Free
8	MF	Nermin Zolotić	30	Non-EU	2010	14	0	2012	Youth system
9	FW	Eldin Adilović	38	Non-EU	2011	39	21	2013	Free
10	MF	Zajko Zeba	41	Non-EU	2010	41	10	2015	Free	Originally from youth system
11	MF	Srđan Stanić	34	Non-EU	2007	24	0	2012	Youth system	Second nationality: Croatia
12	GK	Elvis Karić	44	Non-EU	2010	11	0	2012	Free
13	MF	Haris Hajradinović	30	Non-EU	2012	1	0	—	Youth system
14	FW	Mirsad Ramić	31	Non-EU	2011	17	1	2014	Youth system
15	DF	Nyema Gerhardt	38	EU	2011	35	2	2012	Free	Second nationality: Switzerland
16	FW	Vernes Selimović	41	Non-EU	2011	35	10	2013	Free
17	DF	Benjamin Čolić	32	Non-EU	2009	33	0	2012	Youth system
18	DF	Josip Ćutuk	39	Non-EU	2012	4	0	2013	Free	Second nationality: Croatia
19	DF	Velibor Vasilić	43	Non-EU	2011	32	0	2013	Free
20	MF	Mirsad Bešlija	44	Non-EU	2009	33	2	2013	Free
21	FW	Omar Baljić	33	EU	2010	0	0	2012	Free	Second nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina
22	GK	Semir Bukvić	33	Non-EU	2011	3	0	2013	Free
23	MF	Muamer Svraka	36	Non-EU	2009	39	12	2012	Youth system
24	MF	Nermin Jamak	38	Non-EU	2011	32	3	2013	Free	Originally from youth system
27	MF	Sulejman Smajić	39	Non-EU	2011	19	2	2013	Free
28	MF	Perica Stančeski	39	Non-EU	2011	8	0	2012	Free	Second nationality: Serbia
90	MF	Samir Bekrić	40	Non-EU	2012	16	5	2013	Free

Last updated: 23 May 2012
Source: FKŽeljezničar.com and Footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)

Total squad cost: €6,800,000

From the youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	BIH	Haris Hajradinović
25	DF	BIH	Emrah Hasanhodžić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	BIH	Amar Prutina

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.

N	P	Nat.	Name											Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League		Cup			Europe	Others	Total			Notes
1	GK		Adnan Gušo	2		2					4
12	GK		Elvis Karić	1				1			1		1
22	GK		Semir Bukvić
2	DF		Elvir Čolić	3							3
3	DF		Josip Kvesić	2							2
4	DF		Goran Marković						1		1
5	DF		Semir Kerla	1							1
6	DF		Jadranko Bogičević	5		1	1				6	1
15	DF		Nyema Gerhardt	9		2			1		12
17	DF		Benjamin Čolić	3							3
18	DF		Josip Ćutuk
19	DF		Velibor Vasilić	4		1			1		6
8	MF		Nermin Zolotić
10	MF		Zajko Zeba	4							4
11	MF		Srđan Stanić	1							1
20	MF		Mirsad Bešlija	2							2
23	MF		Muamer Svraka	4		2			1		7
24	MF		Nermin Jamak	5							5
27	MF		Sulejman Smajić	2					2		4
28	MF		Perica Stančeski						1		1
90	MF		Samir Bekrić	1							1
9	FW		Eldin Adilović		1	1					1		1
14	FW		Mirsad Ramić	1							1
16	FW		Vernes Selimović	2		1					3
21	FW		Omar Baljić

Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: Competitive matches and FKŽeljezničar.com
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
22	GK	Semir Bukvić	33	Non-EU	Olimpic	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
25	DF	Emir Alić	33	Non-EU	SAŠK Napredak	Loan return	Summer	2012	N/A
3	DF	Josip Kvesić	33	Non-EU	Varaždin	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
27	MF	Sulejman Smajić	39	Non-EU	Lokeren	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
30	MF	Dejan Drakul	36	Non-EU	Free agent	Sign	Summer	2013	Free
16	FW	Vernes Selimović	41	Non-EU	Zrinjski	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free
9	FW	Eldin Adilović	38	Non-EU	Čelik	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free
18	DF	Josip Ćutuk	39	Non-EU	Free agent	Sign	Winter	2013	Free
5	DF	Semir Kerla	36	Non-EU	Žilina	Transfer	Winter	2014	Free
90	MF	Samir Bekrić	40	Non-EU	Tobol	Transfer	Winter	2013	Free
29	FW	Šaban Pehilj	31	Non-EU	Krajišnik	Loan return	Winter	2012	N/A
26	FW	Aleksandar Nikolić	33	Non-EU	Drina Zvornik	Loan return	Winter	2012	N/A

Total expenditure:

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
12	GK	Ibrahim Šehić	35	Non-EU	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Transfer	Summer	€425,000	FKŽeljezničar.com
24	DF	Elvis Mešić	43	Non-EU	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Transfer	Summer	Free	FKŽeljezničar.com
5	DF	Goran Gančev	40	Non-EU	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer	Summer	Free
3	DF	Mirko Radovanović	38	Non-EU	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free
25	DF	Emir Alić	33	Non-EU	Sloboda Tuzla	Contract termination	Summer	Free
13	MF	Edin Višća	34	Non-EU	İstanbul B.B.	Transfer	Summer	€400,000	FKŽeljezničar.com
25	MF	Goran Perak	38	Non-EU	Vinogradar	Transfer	Summer	Free	FKŽeljezničar.com
16	MF	Milan Ćulum	39	Non-EU	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	Transfer	Summer	Free	FKŽeljezničar.com
29	FW	Lazar Popović	41	Non-EU	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free	FKŽeljezničar.com
9	FW	Damir Rovčanin	36	Non-EU	Velež	Transfer	Summer	Free
14	FW	Bajro Spahić	40	Non-EU	Velež	Transfer	Summer	Free	FKŽeljezničar.com
29	FW	Šaban Pehilj	31	Non-EU	Krajišnik	Loan	Summer	N/A
26	FW	Aleksandar Nikolić	33	Non-EU	Drina Zvornik	Loan	Summer	N/A
5	MF	Srđan Savić	38	Non-EU	Karviná	Contract termination	Winter	Free	FKŽeljezničar.com
30	MF	Dejan Drakul	36	Non-EU	Free agent	Contract termination	Winter	Free
29	FW	Šaban Pehilj	31	Non-EU	Kozara	Loan	Winter	N/A
26	FW	Aleksandar Nikolić	33	Non-EU	Radnik	Loan	Winter	N/A

Total income: €825,000

Competitions

Pre-season

30 June 2011	Željezničar	Moravski Stadion, Moravske Toplice
	Volaš 18' Cvijanović 22' Ploj 88'	Report	Adilović 6' Ramić 70' Selimović 76'

2 July 2011	UPC-Arena, Graz
	Bodul 65'	Report

5 July 2011	Baumit Jablonec	Moravski Stadion, Moravske Toplice
17:30 CEST		Report	Savić 40' Zeba 84' (pen.)

7 July 2011	İstanbul BB	Moravski Stadion, Moravske Toplice
17:30 CEST	Adilović x2 Jamak x2	Report

Mid-season

28 January 2012	Međugorje
		Report	Adilović 39'

30 January 2012	Međugorje
	Svraka 55'	Report

Željezničar

v

Rijeka

1 February 2012	Međugorje
		Report

Željezničar

v

Slaven Belupo

10 February 2012	Željezničar	2 – 2	Slaven Belupo	Stadion Valbruna, Rovinjsko Selo
	Bekrić 30' Zeba 80'	Report	Milardinović 32' (pen.) Mujanović 62'

12 February 2012	Željezničar	Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka
	Matovina 90'	Report

Željezničar

v

Olimpija Ljubljana

15 February 2012	Željezničar	2 – 1	Olimpija Ljubljana	Stadion Valbruna, Rovinjsko Selo
	Selimović 30' Stanić 79'	Report	Ranić 44'

Željezničar

v

Pécsi

17 February 2012	Željezničar	0 – 0	Pécsi	Stadion Valbruna, Rovinjsko Selo
		Report

Željezničar

v

Austria Klagenfurt

19 February 2012	Željezničar	3 – 0	Austria Klagenfurt	Stadion Valbruna, Rovinjsko Selo
13.00	Zeba 38'

v

Međugorje

Međugorje

Međugorje

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final result	First match	Last Match
2011–12 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	Winner	7 August	23 May 2012
2011–12 Kup Bosne i Hercegovine	Round of 32	Winner	14 September	16 May 2012
2011–12 UEFA Europa League	QR2	QR3	14 July	4 August

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Željezničar (C)	30	22	5	3	68	17	+51	71	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Široki Brijeg	30	18	9	3	48	17	+31	63	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
3	Borac Banja Luka	30	17	4	9	46	26	+20	55	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
4	Sarajevo	30	16	6	8	48	31	+17	54	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
5	Olimpic	30	15	7	8	44	23	+21	52

Source: SportSport.ba (in Bosnian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^
national cup, their slot as the cup winner was taken by the second-placed team in the league, Široki Brijeg. As Široki Brijeg was also the runner-up in the cup, the fourth placed team on the league table also qualified for UEFA Europa League.^[5]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	22	5	3	68	17	+51	71	13	2	0	36	6	+30	9	3	3	32	11	+21

Last updated: 23 May 2012.
Source: Sportsport.ba

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L
Position	12	7	11	9	6	7	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2012. Source: Sportsport.ba
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Željezničar's eighth-round match against Borac was abandoned after Borac supporters invaded the pitch and threw stones at Željezničar supporters, immediately after Željezničar had opened the scoring. The match was ultimately abandoned and awarded to Željezničar.^[6]

Željezničar had a 26-game undefeated streak in the league only broken by Leotar on the 30th and final round of the season. Željezničar had clinched the title at this point, while Leotar needed to win to avoid relegation.^[7]

7 August 2011 1	Pecara Stadium, Široki Brijeg
21:00	Čolić 17' (o.g.) Wagner 90'	Report	Ćorić 27' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Danijel Pajić (Bijeljina)

13 August 2011 2	Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo
21:00	Adilović 47' Zeba 65', 76'	Report		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Goran Paradžik (Ljubuški)

20 August 2011 3	Željezničar	Stadion Pirota, Travnik
17:00	N. Varupa 2' E. Varupa 83'	Report	Selimović 45'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Semir Kaplan (Stolac)

Željezničar v Zrinjski Mostar

24 August 2011 4

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

28 August 2011 5

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo

10 September 2011 6

Željezničar

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Željezničar v Zvijezda Gradačac

18 September 2011 7

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

24 September 2011 8

Gradski Stadion, Banja Luka

Željezničar v Sloboda Tuzla

2 October 2011 9

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

16 October 2011 10

Željezničar

Stadion Podavala, Gabela

Željezničar v Velež Mostar

23 October 2011 11

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

30 October 2011 12

Gradski SRC Slavija Stadium, Istočno Sarajevo

Željezničar v Sarajevo

5 November 2011 13

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

19 November 2011 14

Gradski Stadion, Gradiška

26 November 2011 15

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

Željezničar v Široki Brijeg

10 March 2012 16	Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo
14:00	Svraka 43'

17 March 2012 17	Željezničar	Gradski Stadion, Prijedor
15:00		Report	Adilović 24', 42', 50', 83' Bekrić 54'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Tomislav Čuić (Tomislavgrad)

Željezničar v Travnik

24 March 2012 18	Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo
18:00	Selimović 56'

1 April 2012 19	Bijeli Brijeg Stadium, Mostar
18:30

7 April 2012 20

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

Željezničar v Čelik Zenica

11 April 2012 21	Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo
19:00

14 April 2012 22	Željezničar	Banja Ilidža, Gradačac
16:30

Željezničar v Borac Banja Luka

21 April 2012 23

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

28 April 2012 24

Stadion Tušanj, Tuzla

Željezničar v GOŠK Gabela

2 May 2012 25

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

5 May 2012 26

Stadion Vrapčići, Mostar

Željezničar v Slavija

9 May 2012 27

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

12 May 2012 28

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo

Željezničar v Kozara Gradiška

20 May 2012 29

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

23 May 2012 30

Police Stadium, Trebinje

Kup Bosne i Hercegovine

Round of 32

14 September 2011	Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo
19:00 CEST	Zeba 39' (pen.) Svraka 74'			Referee: Huseijn Terzić (Travnik)

Round of 16

28 September 2011 First leg	Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo
18:30 CEST				Referee: Predrag Stankić (Bijeljina)

19 October 2011 Second leg	Željezničar	Stadion Otoka, Sarajevo
				Referee: Predrag Stankić (Bijeljina)

Quarter-finals

Željezničar v Čelik Zenica

2 November 2011 First leg

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

23 November 2011 Second leg

Željezničar

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Semi-finals

Željezničar v Borac Banja Luka

14 March 2012 First leg	Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo
17:00 CET	Zeba 87'

Borac v Željezničar

4 April 2012	Gradski Stadion, Banja Luka
17:00 CEST		Report	Zeba 45'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Midhat Arnautović (Lukavac)

Final

25 April 2012 First leg

Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo

16 May 2012 Second leg

Pecara Stadium, Široki Brijeg

UEFA Europa League

Though they won the domestic double, Željezničar was not successful in Europe, only winning one round against Sheriff Tiraspol. After going down 2–0 to Maccabi Tel Aviv at home, Željezničar was demolished 6–0 in the return leg after conceding two late consolation goals, including an own goal by the goalkeeper.[8]

Second qualifying round

14 July 2011 First leg	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo
20:30 CEST	Bešlija 60'	Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

21 July 2011 Second leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	0 – 0 (0 – 1 agg.)	Željezničar	Malaya Sportivnaya Arena, Tiraspol
18:00 CEST		Report		Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Third qualifying round

28 July 2011 First leg	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo
20:30 CEST		Report	Colautti 47', 56'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Michael Lerjeus (Sweden)

4 August 2011 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6 – 0 (8 – 0 agg.)	Željezničar	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:30 CEST	Colautti 18', 45+1' Dahan 38' Atar 54', 86' Selimović 81' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 6,013 Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)

References

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^ "Željezničar clinch Bosnian-Herzegovinian Cup". UEFA.com. 16 May 2012.
^ "Sarajevo i Željezničar igraju 99. derbi: Pogledajte najbolje utakmice vječitih rivala". index.hr. 12 May 2012.
^ "Željezničar pokreće zvanični klupski magazin" (in Bosnian). klix.ba. 11 August 2011.
^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup" (in Bosnian). NFSBiH. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
^ "Sport? Daleko je ovo od sporta..." 24 September 2011.
^ "Biti il' ne biti: Leotar - Željezničar". Vijesti Trebinje. 23 May 2012.
^ "Maccabi savladao Željezničar sa ubjedljivih 6:0". klix.ba. 4 August 2011.

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national cup, their slot as the cup winner was taken by the second-placed team in the league, Široki Brijeg. As Široki Brijeg was also the runner-up in the cup, the fourth placed team on the league table also qualified for UEFA Europa League.^[5]

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[indexhr-3] "Sarajevo i Željezničar igraju 99. derbi: Pogledajte najbolje utakmice vječitih rivala". index.hr. 12 May 2012.

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[Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_Cup-5] "Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup" (in Bosnian). NFSBiH. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

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[8] "Biti il' ne biti: Leotar - Željezničar". Vijesti Trebinje. 23 May 2012.

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