The Football Association of Republika Srpska (FSRS)[2] was established on 5 September 1992 in spite of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina which had escalated earlier that year.
[3] When war started, football was used as an important morale-boosting activity, providing soldiers with distraction from the front, and encouraging interaction with peacekeepers.
Republika Srpska was coached in that match by Miloš Đurković, assistant coach was Mladen Katić, and the selected players were Nikola Čobanović, Dragan Marković, Neđo Zdjelar, Sretko Vojkić, Zoran Vranješ, Stojan Janjetović, Veljko Salamić, Vlado Jagodić, Borče Sredojević, Ljubiša Kukavica, Borislav Tonković, Danijel Pajić, Jovica Lukić, Milan Miladinović, Stojan Malbašić, Enver Ališić, Mićo Gračanin, Zoran Nešković, Aleksa Marić, Predrag Šobot, Boris Gluhović, Filip Trivan, Drago Lukić and Miro Šarac.
[3] Afterwards, war intensified, and no more national team matches for Republika Srpska were played, the FSRS was more focused in organising a proper club championship and cup competitions.
However, a possibility for international friendly matches for national teams of Republika Srpska was left open, but with explicit permission of FIFA.
The national team of Republika Srpska had its "international debut" in 2000 against the Greek club Kavala FC which won 6–0.
Meanwhile, separate leagues were formed in other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina which gathered multinational, as well as ethnic Croat clubs in the country.
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.
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.
[3] Its next game was in 1998, 3 years after the signing of the Dayton agreement, and by then the FA of Republika Srpska had already become part of the structure of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[13] Since 2000, the U19 team regularly takes part in the international Stevan Nešticki Tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia.