Borac (tran.
"Fighter") is the name of several sports clubs from Banja Luka in Republika
Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The football club Borac was founded on July 4, 1926. Originally it was named
Radnicki Športski Klub Borac, meaning Workers' Sports Club Fighter. It was
founded by a group of football aficionados including Veselin Masleša, Rudolf-Rudi
Hiter, Savo Novakovic, Mustafa Softic, Nikola Kukovic and others. The first
success of Borac in this early period came in 1928 when it won a tournament
played in Sarajevo.
Borac was renamed Fudbalski Klub Borac (Football Club Borac, FK Borac) in
1945. It played two years in the Yugoslav Third League before it advanced to
the Second League in 1953.
It became part of the Yugoslav First League in 1961/62 but dropped back out
next season. It returned to the First League in 1970/71, all seasons between
1972 and 1980, and between 1989 and 1992. Its best placement in the First
League was 1990/91 when it finished fourth.
FK Borac was the runner-up in the 1975 Yugoslav Cup, and won it in 1988 as
the only Second League club to ever achieve this. The club also won the
Mitropa Cup (Central European Cup) in 1992. It played a total of eight games
in UEFA competitions.
Seven Borac players participated in the Yugoslav national football team and
its stadium, the City Stadium of Banja Luka (capacity: 30,000), hosted five
international matches.
FK Borac currently competes in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
