Borac Banja Luka
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Borac is a sports society with several teams, from the city of Banja Luka
Banja Luka
-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. Borac means "Fighter" and the clubs supporters are called Lešinari/Лешинари which means Vultures.

The club is the champion of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the country's most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs with last two teams relegated at the end of every season....

 for 2010/2011 season.

Football

The football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club Borac was founded on July 4, 1926. Originally it was named Radnički sportski klub Borac, meaning Workers' Sports Club Borac. It was founded by a group of football aficionados including Veselin Masleša, Rudolf "Rudi" Hiter, Savo Novaković, Mustafa Softić, Nikola Kuković and others. The club's first success in this early period came in 1928 when it won a tournament played in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

.

Borac was renamed Fudbalski klub Borac (Football Club Borac, FK Borac) in 1945. It played two years in the Yugoslav
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

 Third League before it advanced to the Second League in 1953.

It gained promotion to Yugoslav First League
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...

 for the 1961/62
Yugoslav First League 1961/62
The 1961–62 Yugoslav First League season was the 16th season of the First Federal League , the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fourth title.-Teams:At the end of the previous...

 season, but promptly dropped back down at the end of it. The club would wait almost a decade for a return to top flight – 1970/71
Yugoslav First League 1970/71
The 1970–71 Yugoslav First League season was the 25th season of the First Federal League , the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946...

 was the season, and the stay in top league was longer this time around – four consecutive seasons. The 1974/75 season was spent in Second League where the club achieved quick promotion and thus ensured the beginning of a new 5-year First League period that lasted until 1980. The following nine seasons were spent in Second League, before a final top league stint between 1989 and 1992. Borac's 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
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 competitions.

Seven Borac players participated in the Yugoslav national football team and its stadium, the City Stadium of Banja Luka
City Stadium of Banja Luka
City Stadium of Banja Luka is a multi-purpose stadium in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Borac Banja Luka....

 (capacity: 7,238), hosted five international matches.

Borac Banja Luka in recent times had great success by winning three First League of the Republika Srpska
First League of the Republika Srpska
First League of the Republika Srpska is a second level football competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since there were three different football championships in country, organized on ethnic principles, the "First League of the Republika Srpska" was the top flight in Republika Srpska before 2002....

 titles, first one in 2000/2001, the second in 2005/2006 and the third in 2007/08.

FK Borac Banja Luka is one of the oldest football clubs from former Yugoslavia. Borac supporters group "Лешинари"/"Lešinari" are formed in 1987.They have been involved in a number of fights with rival supporters such as FK Sarajevo, NK Čelik, Zrinjski and Željezničar.

Honours and achievements

National Championships – 2
  • Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the country's most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs with last two teams relegated at the end of every season....

    :
  • Winners (1): 2010–11
    2010–11 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    The 2010–11 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the eleventh season since its original establishment and the ninth as a unified country-wide league. It began in August 2010 and ended in May 2011...

  • 3rd (1): 2009–10
  • Yugoslav First League
    Yugoslav First League
    The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...

    :
  • 4th (1): 1990–91
  • First League of the Republika Srpska
    First League of the Republika Srpska
    First League of the Republika Srpska is a second level football competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since there were three different football championships in country, organized on ethnic principles, the "First League of the Republika Srpska" was the top flight in Republika Srpska before 2002....

    :
  • Winners (3): 2000–01, 2005–06, 2007–08

National Cups – 4
  • Yugoslav Cup
    Yugoslav Cup
    The Yugoslav Cup, officially the Marshal Tito Cup, was one of two major football competitions in the former Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order...

    :
  • Winners (1): 1987–88
    1987–88 Yugoslav Cup
    The 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup was the 40th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup , also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" , since its establishment in 1946. FK Borac Banja Luka beat FK Crvena Zvezda in the final.-Final:-See also:*1987–88 Yugoslav First League...

  • Runners-up (1): 1973–74
  • 1/2 Finalists (1): 1990–91
  • Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Cup.Until 1999/2000 season, three separated cups were organized...

    :
  • Winners (1): 2009–10
    2009–10 Kup Bosne i Hercegovine
    2009–10 Kup Bosne i Hercegovine was the twelfth season of Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup. The competition started on 8 September 2009 with the First Round and concluded on 19 May 2010 with the Final.-First round:...

  • Runners-up (1): 2003–04
  • Republika Srpska Cup
    Republika Srpska Cup
    The Football Cup of Republika Srpska is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Republika Srpska in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is run by the Football Association of Republika Srpska.-Football Cup Finals of Republika Srpska:- External links :*...

    :
  • Winners (4): *1994–95*, *1995–96*, 2008–09, 2010–11

International
  • Mitropa Cup
    Mitropa Cup
    The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...

    :
  • Winners (1): 1992

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away
1975–76
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1975-76
The season 1975-76 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by R.S.C. Anderlecht of Belgium in an entertaining final against West Ham United of England...

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

1R   Rumelange
US Rumelange
Union Sportive Rumelange, usually abbreviated to US Rumelange, is a football club, based in Rumelange, in south-western Luxembourg.-History:...

9–0 5–1
2R   Anderlecht 1–0 0–3
1988–89
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1988-89
The season 1988-89 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won for the third time by Barcelona in the final against Italian entrants Sampdoria. The same two sides reached the final of the European Cup 1991–92, which Barcelona also won. Wimbledon F.C...

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

1R   Metalist Kharkov 2–0 0–4
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2Q   Lausanne-Sport 1–1 0–1
2011–12 UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

2Q   Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

3–2 1–5

UEFA Team Ranking 2011

Rank Country Team Points
275   Inter Baku
FC Inter Baku
Inter Baku PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku, that currently plays in Azerbaijan Premier League.Inter Baku is a multi-sports club and competes in football, wrestling, boxing, judo and unifight. The football team won the championship in 2008 and 2010...

3.241
276   WIT Georgia
FC WIT Georgia
FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team, playing in the capital, Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd, , a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies...

3.233
277   Borac Banja Luka 3.183
278   Liepājas Metalurgs 3.174
279   Nitra
FC Nitra
FC Nitra is a Slovak association football club, playing in the town of Nitra. Established in 1909, FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in Slovakia. Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from the Czechoslovakian league with their longest stay being 5 years . Nitra came close to...

3.174

As of September 29th, 2011. Source

Current squad


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Greatest ever team




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Greatest ever team

The following team was voted the greatest ever Borac team by readers of Glas Srpske newspaper in 2006: Marjan Jantoljak Velimir Sombolac
Velimir Sombolac
Velimir Sombolac is a former Bosnian Serb football player and manager.-Club career:...

 Nenad Gavrilović Milorad Bilbija
Milorad Bilbija
Milorad Bilbija is a retired Bosnian Serb professional footballer who played for Borac Banja Luka, and had a brief spell with Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Super Lig.-External sources:...

 Adem Kasumović Momčilo Spasojević Zoran Smileski Aleksandar Mastela Tomo Knez Husnija Fazlić
Husnija Fazlić
Husnija Fazlić is a former Yugoslav association footballer.-References:*http://www.boracbl.net/intervju/f_fazlichune.html*http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/fazlichussnija/1976/...

 Abid Kovačević
Abid Kovacevic
Abid Kovačević is a former Bosnian footballer. He capped twice for Yugoslavia.-Club career:Kovačević played for Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. in the Greek Super League from 1981-1984.-References:*...


Notable former players

Husein "Tutek" Jašarević Anto Jakovljević
Anto Jakovljević
Anto Jakovljević is a former Croatian association footballer.-Club career:Jakovljević played for Borac Banja Luka and FK Sarajevo in the Yugoslav First League...

 Petar Ađanski Dževad Agić Zlatan Arnautović
Zlatan Arnautovic
Zlatan Arnautović is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics....

 Mensur Bajagilović Zdravko Barišić Zoran Batrović
Zoran Batrovic
Zoran Batrović is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as striker for SFR Yugoslavia.-External links:* at Reprezentacija.rs...

 Vlado Kotur
Vlado Kotur
Vlado Kotur is a former Bosnian footballer and current coach.-External links:*http://www.dubickaraja.com/content/view/371/347/...

 Pašo Bećirbašić Suad Beširević
Suad Beširević
Suad Beširević is a Slovenian/Bosnian football manager and former player.He is regarded as one of the best players of FK Borac Banja Luka where he spend most of his career and where he won the 1987-88 Yugoslav Cup. While in Cyprus, his name was also referred to as Suat Pesirovic.-External...

 Franko Bogdan Drago Bogojević Berislav Buković Zeljko Buvač
Zeljko Buvač
Željko Buvač is a former Yugoslav association footballer.-Club career:Buvač played for Borac Banja Luka in the Yugoslav First League. While playing for this club, in 1988, he won Yugoslav Cup...

 Berislav Buković Miloš Cetina Slaviša Čula
Slaviša Cula
Slaviša Čula is a Serbian former football player.He won Yugoslav First League in 1991....

 Vladimir Ćulafić Mersud Demirović Fuad Đulić Miodrag Đurđević
Miodrag Đurđević
Miodrag Đurđević is a former Yugoslav/Bosnian football player.On the club level, he played for Borac Banja Luka, Čelik Zenica, Dinamo Zagreb, FC Basel and SG Lörrach-Stetten.- External links :...

 Husnija Fazlić
Husnija Fazlić
Husnija Fazlić is a former Yugoslav association footballer.-References:*http://www.boracbl.net/intervju/f_fazlichune.html*http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/fazlichussnija/1976/...

 Nenad Gavrilović Dragan Gugleta
Dragan Gugleta
Dragan Gugleta is a Serbian midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-References:*...

 Muhamed Ibrahimbegović Marjan Jantoljak Emir Jusić Slobodan Karalić
Slobodan Karalić
Slobodan Karalić is a former Yugoslav association footballer.-Club career:Karalić played for Borac Banja Luka in the Yugoslav First League. While playing for this club, in 1988, he won Yugoslav Cup...

 Adem Kasumović Mladen Klobučar Tomislav Knez
Tomislav Knez
Tomislav Knez is a former footballer from Yugoslavia.During his club career he played for Borac Banja Luka, NK Dinamo Zagreb, SV Schwechat, SK Rapid Wien, Kapfenberger SV and SV Güssing. He earned 14 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations'...

 Mirko Kokotović
Mirko Kokotovic
Mirko Kokotović was a Croatian footballer who played international football for the both the Croatian and Royal Yugoslavian national teams....


Esad Komić
Esad Komić
Esad Komić is a former Yugoslavian professional footballer.Played goalkeeper in FK Borac Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, HNK Šibenik, Croatia, and Olympique de Marseille, France.He currently lives in the Salt Lake City, Utah, USA....

 Abid Kovačević
Abid Kovacevic
Abid Kovačević is a former Bosnian footballer. He capped twice for Yugoslavia.-Club career:Kovačević played for Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. in the Greek Super League from 1981-1984.-References:*...

 Dževad Kreso Hikmet Kušmić Nenad Lazić Zvonko Lipovac
Zvonko Lipovac
-Club career:Lipovac played for Borac Banja Luka and Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League. While playing for this club, in 1988, he won Yugoslav Cup.-References:*http://www.boracbl.net/intervju/f_lipovaczvonko.html...

 Stojan Malbašić
Stojan Malbašić
Stojan Malbašić is a former Bosnian Serb footballer and now a coach at FK Borac Banja Luka.Malbašić played club football for Borac Banja Luka in the Yugoslav First League, helping the club win the 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup.-References:...

 Dragan Marjanović
Dragan Marjanović
Dragan Marjanović is a former Bosnian football forward who played in the former Yugoslavia and Austria.-Career:Born in Jajce, Marjanović started playing football for the youth side of Elektrobosna Jajce. In 1972, he joined the senior team was leading goal-scorer in the club's regional league...

 Božur Matejić
Božur Matejić
Božur Matejić is a former Serbian Yugoslav footballer.-Club career:Matejić played for Borac Banja Luka in the Yugoslav First League. While playing for this club, in 1988, he won 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup...

 Josip Pelc Duško Radaković Izet Redžepagić
Izet Redžepagić
Izet Redžepagić was a professional football forward who played in the former Yugoslavia and Turkey.-Career:Born in Yugoslavia, Redžepagić started playing football for local side FK Borac Banja Luka in the Yugoslav First League...

 Mirsad Sejdić
Mirsad Sejdić
Mirsad Sejdić is a former Bosnian football forward who played in the former Yugoslavia and Turkey.-Career:Born in Jajce, Sejdić started playing football for the youth side of Elektrobosna Jajce. In 1976, he joined Yugoslav First League side FK Borac Banja Luka...

 Zoran Smilevski
Zoran Smilevski
Zoran Smileski is a Macedonian football coach and former player.From 2010 to 2011, he was the head coach of Machine Sazi Tabriz in the Azadegan League in Iran.-Honours:*FK Sileks Kratovo...

 Velimir Sombolac
Velimir Sombolac
Velimir Sombolac is a former Bosnian Serb football player and manager.-Club career:...

 Momčilo-Bobi Spasojević Borče Sredojević
Borče Sredojević
Borče Sredojević is a Bosnian football manager and former player.He is currently an assistant coach to Safet Sušić in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team and also the head coach of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club FK Leotar.He started playing with FK Kozara Gradiška but...

 Dragoslav Sredojević Damir Špica
Damir Špica
Damir Špica is a former Yugoslav association footballer.-Club career:Špica played for Borac Banja Luka in the Yugoslav First League. While playing for this club, in 1988, he won Yugoslav Cup.-References:...

 Suad Švraka Mile Tomljenović Zvonko Vidačak Milan Vukelja Izudin Smailagić Senad Lupić
Senad Lupić
Senad Lupić is a former Bosnian footballer.During his club career he first played for suburb club NK Polet Omeragići where he was born and soon after he was spoted by town club FK Tekstilac Derventa...

 Vladan Grujić
Vladan Grujic
Vladan Grujić is a Bosnian football midfielder who played for AEP Paphos.Vladan Grujić played for FK Borac Banja Luka and Serbian clubs FK Obilić and Red Star Belgrade. Since, Grujić has played for the German club 1. FC Köln before moving to Alania Vladikavkaz...

 Vule Trivunović
Vule Trivunovic
Vule Trivunović is a Bosnian international football player.-Club:Being a part of Serbian top league club FK Obilić, he played the first season with the youth squad that achieved the title of youth champions of FR Yugoslavia in the season 1999-00. He also played for FK Sarajevo in the Bosnian...

 Bojan Puzigaća
Bojan Puzigaća
Bojan Puzigaća is a Bosnian footballer who currently plays for Cracovia in the Polish Ekstraklasa.-External links:...

 Ognjen Vranješ
Ognjen Vranješ
Ognjen Vranješ is a Bosnian professional footballer playing for Krasnodar in the Russian First Division.-Club career:...

 Stojan Vranješ
Stojan Vranješ
Stojan Vranješ is a Bosnian professional footballer that plays for Pandurii Târgu Jiu in Romania....

 Nemanja Bilbija
Nemanja Bilbija
Nemanja Bilbija is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays for FK Vojvodina...

 Darko Maletić
Darko Maletic
Darko Maletić is a Bosnian footballer. He currently plays for FC Aktobe. Maletić holds peculiar record: he played in UEFA Cup for 5 different clubs from various countries .-Club career:...

 Rade Veljović
Rade Veljovic
Rade Veljović is a Serbian footballer currently under contract for FK Javor....


Handball

The handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 club Borac was founded in 1950.

This club won the European Men's Championship of 1975/1976. In 1990/91 they won the IHF
International Handball Federation
The International Handball Federation, often referred to by the acronym IHF, is the administrative and controlling body for International team handball.- Championships :*World Men's Handball Championship*World Women's Handball Championship...

 Cup.

Domestically, they were the national champions of former Yugoslavia
Former Yugoslavia
The former Yugoslavia is a term used to describe the present day states which succeeded the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....

 seven times and are the most successful handball club ever from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

.

Volleyball

The volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 club Borac was founded in 2001.
It competes in Prva liga Republike Srpske - West.

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