takes part in "international" friendly tournaments every year. In 1995, the First League of Republika Srpska was established as a top division for clubs competition. Also a cup tournament was created, the Republika Srpska Cup. Meanwhile, separate leagues were formed in other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina which gathered multinational, as well as ethnic Croat clubs in the country. The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FSBiH, was created in 1992 and was recognised by FIFA in 1996 and UEFA in 1998. As the FSBiH was the only football federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina recognized by FIFA its clubs alone were allowed to compete internationally and contest the newly formed Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Faced with the fact that clubs from Republika Srpska hadn't been allowed to take part in international competitions, FSRS decided to join FSBiH, on 23 May 2002. After that, the First League of Republika Srpska became one of the two second leagues of the country, with the other, First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina joining clubs from the rest of the country, was the other one. Top ranked clubs from the RS First League were promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which started on 4 August the same year, and has been as such ever since. The Republika Srpska official football team saw in July 2013 a disputed run over the election of the main coach between 3 candidates; Ilija Petković, Nebojša Gudelj and Željko Buvač. The elected was Buvač who has been keeping the post still by mid-2019. He succeeded Borče Sredojević who ended not leading any game. The first coach was Miloš Đurković, who's assistant was Mladen Katić, and next it was Velimir Sombolac, with Velimir Stojnić as his assistant. Current status With similar disputed regions having been granted opportunities to have international matches the FSRS began to receive pressure from the citizens of Republika Srpska to push for more matches for their national team. Following FIFA's decision on 22 May 2012 to approve the Football Federation of Kosovo to play friendly matches, the FSRS President Mile Kovačević announced the next day that the Association would ask FIFA for the same. Head coaches Miloš Đurković (1992) Velimir Sombolac (1998–2001) Borče Sredojević (2008) Nikola Nikić (2013) Željko Buvač (2013–2015) Assistant coaches Mladen Katić (1992) Velimir Stojnić (1998–2001) Recent results and forthcoming fixtures Results in the past Republika