Borac Čačak
Full nameFudbalski klub Borac Čačak
Nickname(s)Zebre (The Zebras)
Founded1 May 1926 (1926-05-01)
GroundČačak Stadium
Capacity6,000[1]
PresidentMilenko Kostić
ManagerVladimir Stanisavljević
LeagueSerbian League West
2020–21Serbian First League, 14th (relegated)

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 First League of FR Yugoslavia. Previously Borac had failed in three attempts to make it to the top flight, losing play-off matches in 1970, 1971, and 1973. The club has been relegated three times since first making the Yugoslav First League but they have also three times managed to win promotion back to the top league, last time in 2003. In the 2005–06 season, Borac finished in 7th place, the club's highest finish at the time.

2006–present

Čačak Stadium, February 2019
Celebration of relegation survival after last round win of Serbian First League, May 2019

In 2006, Serbian SuperLiga was established as top-tier competition in Serbia following the Montenegrin independence from state union. Borac Čačak finished the 2007–08 in 4th place, thereby securing a place in European competition for the first time. In the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, Borac defeated Dacia Chișinău from Moldova 4–2 on aggregate in the first qualifying round, and Lokomotiv Sofia from Bulgaria 2–1 on aggregate in the second qualifying round. However, Dutch giants Ajax denied Borac entry into the group stage by defeating them twice, 1–4 in Belgrade and 0–2 in Amsterdam.[2]

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 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga and were relegated once again to the Serbian First League.[3] In 2018–19 Serbian First League, Borac had yet another turbulent season, barely escaping the relegation zone in the last round of the competition, following the win over Novi Pazar and Bečej's loss to Trajal.[4] In July 2019, the club was expelled from the Serbian First League due to 1.7 million euros debt in taxes and around 270,000 euros in debts to its former players.[5][6]

Honours

UEFA competitions

  • Qualified for Europe in 1 season
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2008–09 UEFA Cup QR1 Moldova Dacia Chișinău 3–1 1–1 4–2
QR2 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 1–1 2–1
R1 Netherlands Ajax 1–4 0–2 1–6

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Serbia SRB Jovan Stanić
4 DF Serbia SRB Filip Engelman
5 MF Serbia SRB Nikola Tasić (captain)
6 DF Serbia SRB Lazar Obradović
7 FW Serbia SRB Pavle Obradović
12 DF Serbia SRB Njegoš Janjušević
13 DF Serbia SRB Jovica Vasilić
15 FW Serbia SRB Lazar Marković
16 MF Serbia SRB Nikola Šutić
18 DF Serbia SRB Đorđe Saković
22 FW Serbia SRB Marko Ilić
24 GK Serbia SRB Saša Mišić
25 DF Serbia SRB Igor Nedeljković
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Tibor Berak
29 GK Serbia SRB Jovan Ćalović
33 FW Serbia SRB Nemanja Kovačević
41 GK Serbia SRB Mateja Maslarević
42 MF Serbia SRB Vojislav Kovačević
43 DF Serbia SRB Veljko Filipović
46 DF Serbia SRB Marko Jelić
47 MF Serbia SRB Stefan Bojović
49 FW Serbia SRB Veljko Bogićević
85 MF Serbia SRB Milan Ćulum
–– MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Radosavljević
–– MF Serbia SRB Jovan Lukić

Youth & reserves

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW North Macedonia MKD Destan Haciya
— DF Serbia SRB Srđan Pantelić
— MF South Korea KOR Jang Su-min
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Ghana GHA Kennedy Asamoah
— FW Serbia SRB Lazar Jolović
— South Korea KOR Park Ji-soo

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2019.

Notable former players

Former players with senior national team appearances:[7]

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 BSK Belgrade and national team player Dragomir Tošić. After 1945 the main coaches were Ivan Stevović, Dragoslav Filipović, Prvoslav Dragićević, Kosta Tomašević, Živorad Stanković, Vasilije Šijaković, Gojko Zec, Dragan Bojović, Momčilo Ilić, Žarko Nedeljković, among others. More recently, the club was managed by Dušan Radonjić, Slobodan Ostojić, Mihailo Kolarević, Dušan Marić, Milovan Đorić, Milovan Ćirković, Dušan Spasojević, Nenad Starovlah, Ivan Čančarević, Milorad Kosanović, Dimitrije Mitrović, Branko Smiljanić, Božidar Vuković, Slavenko Kuzeljević, Dušimir Vulović, Radovan Gudurić, Milutin Marušić, Miodrag Božović and Milovan Rajevac.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "龙8官网手机版国际-首页".
  2. ↑ "Ajaks ubedljiv protv Borca - 4:1". b92.net (in Serbian). 18 September 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Borac ispao, Radnik siguran, Bačka je živa!". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 5 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Борац победио Новопазарце и опстао у Првој лиги, Бечеј испао, Златибор у баражу. zurnal.rs (in Serbian). 5 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Borac Čačak ISTUPIO iz lige, nema dovoljno igrača!". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Živanović, V. (5 August 2019). "Mirko Poledica u Čačku iznosi dokaze o malverzacijama u FK Borac". danas.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  7. ↑ FK Borac Čačak at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ History at official website
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