| Full name | Fudbalski Klub Borac 1926 | ||
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| Nickname | Zebre (The Zebras) | ||
| Founded | 1 May 1926; 99 years ago (1926-05-01) | ||
| Ground | Čačak Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| President | Vladimir Stanisavljević | ||
| Manager | Zoran Kostić | ||
| League | Serbian First League | ||
| 2024–25 | Serbian First League, 8th of 16 | ||
| Website | fkborac1926.com | ||
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Fudbalski klub Borac 1926 (Serbian Cyrillic:Фудбалски клуб Борац 1926), commonly known asBorac Čačak, is a professionalfootball club based inČačak, Serbia. The home ground isČačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2024–25 season, the club competes in second tierSerbian First League.
The word Borac in translation meansfighter in English. Mainly because of the horizontal stripes, Borac's nickname is "Zebras".
At the end ofWorld 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. BeforeWorld 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 theYugoslav First League againstRed 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 theYugoslav Second League. The first play-off match againstOFK 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 theFirst 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 theYugoslav First League but they have also three times managed to win promotion back to the top league, last time in 2003. In the2005–06 season, Borac finished in 7th place, the club's highest finish at the time.
In 2006,Serbian SuperLiga was established as top-tier competition in Serbia following theMontenegrin independence from state union. Borac Čačak finished the2007–08 in 4th place, thereby securing a place in European competition for the first time. In the2008–09 UEFA Cup, Borac defeatedDacia Chișinău fromMoldova 4–2 on aggregate in the first qualifying round, andLokomotiv Sofia fromBulgaria 2–1 on aggregate in the second qualifying round. However,Dutch giantsAjax denied Borac entry into the group stage by defeating them twice, 1–4 in Belgrade and 0–2 in Amsterdam.[1]
In2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga, Borac Čačak finished in 15th place and were relegated to theSerbian First League. After mediocre performance in2012–13 Serbian First League, Borac finished in second place of2013–14 Serbian First League as runners-up overMetalac 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 underfloodlights, defeating Metalac 1–0 at the reconstructed Čačak stadium.
Borac Čačak finished in 16th place of2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga and were relegated once again to the Serbian First League.[2] In2018–19 Serbian First League, Borac had yet another turbulent season, barely escaping the relegation zone in the last round of the competition, following the win overNovi Pazar andBečej's loss toTrajal.[3] In July 2019, the club was expelled from theSerbian First League due to 1.7 million euros debt in taxes and around 270,000 euros in debts to its former players.[4][5]
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos |
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| 2020–21 | Serbian First League | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 14th |
| 2021–22 | Serbian League West | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 30 | 52 | 4th |
| 2022–23 | Serbian League West | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 74 | 24 | 76 | 2nd |
| 2023–24 | Serbian League West | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 18 | 74 | 1st |
| 2024–25 | Serbian First League | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 45 | 6th |
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | QR1 |  | Dacia Chișinău | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| QR2 |  | Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| R1 |  | Ajax | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 |
| Period | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 2008–present | NAAI | Škoda |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Igor Bondžulić |
| Assistant manager | Radojica Vasić |
| Goalkeeping coach | Zoran Savić |
| Analyst coach | Siniša Kotorčević |
| Physiotherapist | Mitar Popović |
| Doctor | Stefan Veljović |
| Security commissioner | Nebojša Ilić |
| General secretary | Milanko Heleta |
Former players with senior national team appearances:[7]
Radojko Avramović
Igor BogdanovićBoban DmitrovićLjubiša DunđerskiJovan GojkovićSlobodan MarkovićRadovan RadakovićMilivoje VitakićBranimir AleksićIvica DragutinovićRadiša IlićAleksandar JevtićDarko LazovićMarko LomićNemanja MilunovićFilip MladenovićMiljan MutavdžićIvan Stevanović
Mario BožićRade Krunić
Misdongarde Betolngar
Bacar Baldé
Ilija Spasojević
Nenad Erić
Omega Roberts
Darko KrsteskiStefan Spirovski
Damir ČakarVladimir GluščevićMilan JovanovićRade PetrovićRisto RadunovićDarko Zorić
Javier Cohene
Mustapha Bangura
Eugene Sseppuya
Mike TemwanjeraFor the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see:Category:FK Borac Čačak players.
A great number of coaches have passed through the club. Before the World War II the main coach was the formerBSK Belgrade andnational team playerDragomir Tošić. After 1945 the main coaches wereIvan 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 byDušan Radonjić,Slobodan Ostojić,Mihailo Kolarević, Dušan Marić,Milovan Đorić,Milovan Ćirković,Dragutin Spasojević,Nenad Starovlah,Ivan Čančarević,Milorad Kosanović,Dimitrije Mitrović,Branko Smiljanić, Božidar Vuković,Slavenko Kuzeljević,Dušimir Vulović,Radovan Gudurić,Milutin Marušić,Miodrag Božović andMilovan Rajevac.[8]
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Gojko Zec (1966-1968)Milovan Ćirković (–1990)Slobodan Ostojić (1990–)Milovan Đorić (–1993)Dragutin Spasojević (October 1993 – ?)Nenad Starovlah (? – 1994)Ivan Čančarević (1994–1995)Slavko Vojičić (1995 – September 1995)Milorad Kosanović (September 1995 – November 1995)Dimitrije Mitrović (1996)Mihailo Kolarević (1997)Branko Smiljanić (1998 – February 1998)Slobodan Dogandžić (February 1998 – 1998)Dušan Radonjić (1998 – ?)Branko Smiljanić (? – 1999)Slavenko Kuzeljević(1999–2000)Radovan GudurićMiodrag Božović(23 September 2003 – 2004)Slavko Vojičić (2004-2005)Miodrag Božović(2005 – 2006)Radovan Ćurčić(2006 – 3 March 2007)Miodrag Božović(8 March 2007 – 8 January 2008)Milovan Rajevac(17 January 2008 – 13 August 2008)Nenad Milovanović(14 August 2008 – 11 November 2008)Ljubiša Dmitrović(12 November 2008 – 2009)Žarko Đurović (2009)Miodrag Martać(2009–10)Nenad Milovanović(2010)Slavko Petrović (10 January 2011 – 30 May 2011)Ljubiša Dmitrović (2011)Slavko Petrović (3 October 2011 – 26 March 2012)Slavko Vojičić (2012)Zoran Njeguš (2012-2013)Dejan Vukićević (2013)Bogić Bogićević (2013-2015)Nenad Lalatović (29 June 2015 – 10 November 2015)Milorad Kosanović (2015)Ljubiša Stamenković(2015 – April 2016)
Thomas Vasov(April 2016 – May 2016)Milorad Kosanović (2016)Ljubiša Dmitrović (May 2016 – August 2016)[9]Mladen Dodić (2 Nov 2016- Apr 17)[10]Vladimir Stanisavljević (Apr 2017) (caretaker)Milorad Kosanović (8 Apr 2017- Jun 17)[11]Igor Spasić (26 Jun 2017-24 Feb 18)[12]Miloš Đolović (2018) (caretaker)Vladimir Stanisavljević (6 Mar 2018-Dec 20)[13]Thomas Vasov (12 Jan 2021-Apr 21)[14]Vladimir Stanisavljević (2021)Željko Kovačević (2021-22)[15]Darko Rakočević (2022-21 Jun 25)[16]Igor Bondžulić (1 Jul 2025-Oct 25)[17]Zoran Kostić (27 Oct 2025-)[18]
