FK Borac Čačak
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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Zebre | ||
| Founded | 1926 | ||
| Ground | Čačak Stadium, Čačak (Capacity: 6,000) |
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| President |  Milenko Kostić |
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| Head Coach | Ljubiša Dmitrović |
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| League | Jelen Superliga | ||
| 2008-09 | 5th | ||
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Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Борац Чачак) is an Serbian professional football club based in Čačak.
It was founded in 1926. Borac plays at the Čačak Stadium (Stadion kraj Morave) which has a capacity of 6,000.
The club's colors are red and white. Mainly because of the horizontally placed stripes, Borac's nickname is Zebre (Zebras). Borac translates to Fighter in English.
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[edit] History
Immediately after the end of World War I in Čačak began to play football. According to some sources the first football game took place in 1920. FK Borac Čačak was founded six years later. The group of union workers was organized before May 1, 1926 founded the club that had the first red and later a red-and-white uniform. The first president of the club was a carpenter worker Jovan Jolović. Before World War II biggest club success was winning 1st place in the West Morava parish in 1934.
After a break during World War II club continues to work and already in 1946 plays the qualifications for the First League against Red Star Belgrade. The next big success was winning the Serbia Cup in 1958 and four years later made promotion in the Second Federal League. The first play-off match against OFK Titograd FK Borac lost 1:3. In the home game at the Stadium near the Morava on July 15, 1962 with six goals in the second half, FK Borac secured a promotion to the Second Federal League.
For many years FK Borac played in the Second Federal League but the dream of the promotion to the Yugoslav First League came through in 1994 when FK Borac was promoted for the first time. Previously FK Borac failed in three attempts to make it to the top flight in 1970, 1971, and 1973 losing the play-off matches. The club have been relegated three times since first making the Yugoslav First League but also they have three times managed to win promotion back to the top league, last one in 2003.
[edit] Recent years
In the 2005/06 season, FK Borac finished in the 7th place which was the best result in the history of the club.
However, in the 2007/08 season went even further. Finished 4th, the club for the first time provide a place in European competition, ie. UEFA Cup. They had a very successful run - they defeated Dacia Chişinău from Moldova in the first qualifying round (4-2 on aggregate) and Lokomotiv Sofia from Bulgaria in the second qualifying round (2-1 on aggregate). FK Borac then challenged Dutch giants Ajax in the 1st round and were eliminated after defeats in both games 1-4 in Belgrade and a 0-2 in Amsterdam.
[edit] European competitions
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| 2008/09 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying 1 |  |
Dacia Chişinău | 3-1 | 1-1 |
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Lokomotiv Sofia | 1-0 | 1-1 | ||
| First round |  |
Ajax | 1-4 | 0-2 |
[edit] Current squad 2009/10
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For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2009.
[edit] Players with multiple nationalities
The following players won't count as foreign in the 2009-10 season:
- 8
Miloš Stojčev - 10 Marko Mugoša
- 12 Branko Grahovac
- 14
Slavko Marić
[edit] Supporters
Borac's supporters are known across Serbia as Čete (troops) and The Mean Machine.
[edit] Notable former players
[edit] Coaching history
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
- FK Borac Čačak (Serbian)
- uefa.com - FK Borac Čačak
