2018–19 First League of the Republika Srpska

First League of the Republika Srpska
Season	2018–19
Champions	Borac Banja Luka; 5th First League title
Promoted	Borac Banja Luka
Relegated	Sutjeska Foča ; Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad
Matches played	191
Goals scored	437 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bojan Marković ; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Borac Banja Luka 5–0 Kozara; (27 April 2019) ; Podrinje Janja 5–0 Tekstilac; (17 November 2018) ; Željezničar Banja Luka 5–1 Podrinje Janja; (24 November 2018) ; Sloga Gornje Crnjelovo 5–1 Željezničar Banja Luka; (8 June 2019)
Biggest away win	Kozara 2–4 Modriča; (1 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Željezničar Banja Luka 4–3 Kozara; (13 October 2018)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Borac Banja Luka
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches; Borac Banja Luka
Longest winless run	19 matches; Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad
Longest losing run	5 matches; Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad; Podrinje Janja
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 First League of the Republika Srpska was the twenty-fourth season of the First League of the Republika Srpska, the second tier football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment and the seventeenth as a second-tier league.

Teams

Location of clubs in 2018–19 First League RS

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Borac Banja Luka	22	17	4	1	36	6	+30	55	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Sloga Gornje Crnjelovo	22	14	4	4	36	16	+20	46
3	Rudar Prijedor	22	11	6	5	23	16	+7	39
4	Željezničar Sport Team Banja Luka	22	10	3	9	38	28	+10	33
5	Kozara	22	8	5	9	23	25	−2	29
6	Podrinje Janja	22	8	5	9	25	30	−5	29
7	Tekstilac Derventa	22	6	7	9	15	23	−8	25	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Modriča	22	5	9	8	19	27	−8	24
9	Slavija	22	6	6	10	22	34	−12	24
10	Drina Zvornik	22	5	7	10	21	28	−7	22
11	Sutjeska Foča	22	5	5	12	23	29	−6	20
12	Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	22	4	5	13	15	34	−19	17

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[1]

Promotion round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Borac Banja Luka (C, P)	32	25	5	2	60	14	+46	80	Promotion to the Premijer Liga BiH
2	Sloga Gornje Crnjelovo	32	18	6	8	51	27	+24	60
3	Željezničar Sport Team Banja Luka	32	16	3	13	55	42	+13	51
4	Rudar Prijedor	32	13	8	11	29	27	+2	47
5	Kozara	32	12	9	11	36	40	−4	45
6	Podrinje Janja	32	9	6	17	30	51	−21	33

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Slavija	32	11	9	12	39	44	−5	42
8	Modriča	32	10	12	10	27	32	−5	42
9	Tekstilac Derventa	32	9	12	11	22	27	−5	39
10	Drina Zvornik (R)	32	9	10	13	34	36	−2	37	Relegation to the Second League RS
11	Sutjeska Foča (R)	32	9	7	16	37	41	−4	34
12	Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad (R)	32	4	7	21	19	58	−39	19

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[1]
(R) Relegated