Full name | Fudbalski klub Leotar Trebinje |
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Nickname(s) | Tigrovi (The Tigers) |
Founded | 1925 |
Ground | Police Stadium, Trebinje |
Capacity | 8,550 |
Chairman | Simeon Dučić |
Manager | Rajko Mičeta |
League | Second League RS - East |
2015–16 | First League RS, 9th (relegated) |
FK Leotar (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Леотар), commonly known as Leotar or Leotar Trebinje, is a professional football based in the city of Trebinje 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 8,500-seater Stadion Police.
They currently play in the Second League of the Republika Srpska, a third-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 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.
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.
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. 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. 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. The club fell to fourth in the next season.