FK Bor
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Full name | Fudbalski klub Bor | ||
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Nickname(s) | Real sa Pirita | ||
Founded | 1919 | ||
Ground | FK Bor Stadium | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
League | Zone League East | ||
2021–22 | 4th | ||
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FK Bor (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Бор) is a football club based in Bor, Serbia.
History
Early Years (1920s to 1960s)
The club was founded in 1919 as a Serbian-French sports society under the name Association Sportive Bor (ASB). The club was financed by the French Society of the Bor Mines and managed by a Frenchman named Loren, the director of mechanical services in
At the beginning of the
BSK and another local team Rudar merged in early 1945, to form a club with the name of Radnički. Next year, the club officially changed its name to FK Bor and was engaged in the first organized post-war competitions. Soon the prefix rudarski (meaning the miners) was added to the name and the club was known as RFK Bor until 1974, when it changed back to FK Bor.
Rise to Prominence (1960s and 1970s)
Victories over
The season 1967–68 was by far the best one in the club's history. Coached by Radojica Radojičić, Bor not only won the East Division of the 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League, therefore getting promotion to the top division, the Yugoslav First League, but it also reached the final of the 1967–68 Yugoslav Cup and qualified for the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup. Goalkeeper Jovan Hajduković was voted the best player of the East Division of the Second League.
In the domestic cup campaign Bor achieved two major upsets. In the round of 16, they eliminated the top side FK Radnički Niš in an away match by 2–3, with two goals in the extra time. After eliminating FK Sloboda Tuzla in the quarter-finals, Bor was drawn with another top Yugoslav club, FK Vojvodina. Vojvodina, who were crowned Yugoslav Champions just one year ago, was a clear favorite to win the game. However, backed by some 10,000 home supporters, Bor pulled off a 2–1 victory and qualified for a final with Yugoslav and European powerhouse Red Star Belgrade.
The final was played on 22 May 1968 in Belgrade. Although Red Star won easily with 7–0 securing the Double, Bor earned the right to represent Yugoslavia in the next year's Cup Winners' Cup.
Originally, Bor was drawn against
Bor finished its first season in the top level at 13th place among 18 clubs. They were selected to represent Yugoslavia in the
After three seasons in the top division they were relegated in 1971, but immediately bounced back, finishing the 1971–72 Second League in front of Priština and eliminating Rudar Ljubija and FK Crvenka in the playoffs. Bor played three more seasons in the Yugoslav First League until 1975. They reached the quarter-finals of the 1970–71 Yugoslav Cup where they were again defeated by the eventual winner Red Star Belgrade.
Bor played two more seasons in the Second League. After 14 consecutive years of playing in the national levels, they got relegated back to the Serbian Republic league (3rd level) in 1977. They were promoted back to the Second League after two seasons and in
1980s and 1990s
The club played in the Second Yugoslav League with moderate success during the first half of the 80s. In 1986 they got relegated to the Serbian Republic League and, in the late 80s, a new third-level competition was formed - the Inter-Republic Leagues. Bor played alongside some solid teams from
The club was always relying on
Financial struggles in recent years and lower league football (2000s and 2010s)
Over the last two decades, Bor has been struggling between Serbian League East and the Serbian Zone League (3rd and 4th competition level) even spending a season in the Bor District League (5th level). In 2012, while playing in the 4th league, the club changed its name to OFK Bor. In 2017, after relegation from the Zone League, club folded due to financial difficulties. The next year, they reorganised under the name FK Bor 1919 and they currently compete in Zone League East, the fourth-highest football league in Serbia.
Records and highlights
FK Bor played in the national Cup Finale in season 1967–68:
- Yugoslav Cup Final: Red Star Belgrade – FK Bor 7:0 (1:0)
- Highest League Position: 13 in First League
- Lowest League Position: 16 in Pomoravlje-Timok Zone League
- Highest Attendance: 20000 in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 vs Slovan Bratislava
- Biggest Win: 21–0 against BSK Bogovina in Spring 1960
- Biggest Defeat: 13–0 against FK Tabane on 13 April 2016
Honours
- Yugoslav Second League
- Winners: 1967–68, 1971–72
- Yugoslav Cup
- Runners-up: 1967–68
- Third League
- Winners: 1962–63, 1979–80, 1989–90, 1995–96
- Niš Zone League
- Winners: 1960–61, 1961–62
- Bor and Zaječar District Cup
- Winners: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1995–96, 1996–97
- Niš Football Association Cup
- Winners: 1953–54
- RTBtrophy
- Winners: 1957
FK Bor in Europe
season | competition | round | land | team | result |
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1968–69 | European Cup Winners' Cup
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1round | Slovan Bratislava | 0:3,2:0 |
FK Bor Supporters Player of the Year
- 2009–10: Marko Terzić
Managerial history
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