FK Borac Čačak
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Full name | Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak | ||
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Nickname(s) | Zebre (The Zebras) | ||
Founded | 1 May 1926 | ||
Ground | Čačak Stadium | ||
Capacity | 6,000[1] | ||
President | Milenko Kostić | ||
Manager | Vladimir Stanisavljević | ||
League | Serbian League West | ||
2020–21 | Serbian First League, 14th (relegated) | ||
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Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Борац Чачак), or simply Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2019–20 season, the club competes in third tier Serbian League West.
The word Borac in translation means fighter in English. Mainly because of the horizontal stripes, Borac's nickname is "Zebras".
History
At the end of World War I, football began to be played in Čačak. According to some sources the first football match took place in 1920. Six years later, a group of union workers who organized on 1 May 1926 founded the club. Initially, the uniform was red and later was changed to red-and-white. The first president of the club was a carpenter, Jovan Jolović. On 6 August 1932, FK Borac had its first night match under stadium floodlights, with the Arsenal football club. Before World War II the club's biggest success was winning 1st place in the West Morava district league in 1934.
After a break during World War II, the club started up again and in 1946 played in the qualifications for the Yugoslav First League against Red Star Belgrade but lost. Its next achievement was to win the Serbian Cup in 1958 (regional Yugoslav Cup back then) and four years later won promotion to the Yugoslav Second League. The first play-off match against OFK Titograd was lost 1–3, but in the home match on 15 July 1962, with six goals in the second half, FK Borac secured a promotion to the Second Federal League.
For many years Borac played in the Second Federal League but the dream of the promotion to the top-tier competition came through in 1994 when Borac got promoted to the
2006–present
In 2006,
In 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga, Borac Čačak finished in 15th place and were relegated to the Serbian First League. After mediocre performance in 2012–13 Serbian First League, Borac finished in second place of 2013–14 Serbian First League as runners-up over Metalac Gornji Milanovac, with whom they were tied on points and promoted to the top-tier competition. On 2 August 2014, Borac for the second time in their history played a night match under floodlights, defeating Metalac 1–0 at the reconstructed Čačak stadium.
Borac Čačak finished in 16th place of
Honours
- Serbian Cup
- Runners-up: 2011–12
- Second League FRY/SCG
- Champions (3): 1993–94, 1998–99, 2002–03 (Group West)
UEFA competitions
- Qualified for Europe in 1 season
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2008–09 | UEFA Cup
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QR1 | Dacia Chișinău | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
QR2 | Lokomotiv Sofia
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1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||
R1 | Ajax | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 |
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
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2008–present | NAAI | Škoda |
Current squad
- As of 15 August 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Youth & reserves
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Out on loan
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For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2019.
Notable former players
Former players with senior national team appearances:[7]
- Boban Dmitrović
- Ivica Dragutinović
- Jovan Gojković
- Aleksandar Ignjatović
- Radiša Ilić
- Darko Lazović
- Marko Lomić
- Lazar Marković
- Slobodan Marković
- Nikola Milojević
- Filip Mladenović
- Miljan Mutavdžić
- Ivan Stevanović
- Milivoje Vitakić
- Nemanja Milunovic
- Dusan Jovancic
- Mario Božić
- Rade Krunić
- Misdongarde Betolngar
- Bacar Baldé
- Ilija Spasojević
- Nenad Erić
- Omega Roberts
- Darko Krsteski
- Stefan Spirovski
- Damir Čakar
- Vladimir Gluščević
- Milan Jovanović
- Rade Petrović
- Risto Radunović
- Darko Zorić
- Javier Cohene
- Mustapha Bangura
- Eugene Sseppuya
- Mike Temwanjera
For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Borac Čačak players.
Coaching history
A great number of coaches have passed through the club. Before the World War II the main coach was the former
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References
- ^ "龙8官网手机版国际-首页".
- ^ "Ajaks ubedljiv protv Borca - 4:1". b92.net (in Serbian). 18 September 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Borac ispao, Radnik siguran, Bačka je živa!". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 5 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Борац победио Новопазарце и опстао у Првој лиги, Бечеј испао, Златибор у баражу. zurnal.rs (in Serbian). 5 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Borac Čačak ISTUPIO iz lige, nema dovoljno igrača!". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Živanović, V. (5 August 2019). "Mirko Poledica u Čačku iznosi dokaze o malverzacijama u FK Borac". danas.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ FK Borac Čačak at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ History at official website
External links
- Club profile and squad at Srbijafudbal