FK Borac Banja Luka

Borac Banja Luka

Full name	Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka
Nickname(s)	Crveno-plavi (The Red-Blues) Velikan iz Platonove (Giant from Platon St) Krajiški ponos (Pride of Krajina)
Founded	4 July 1926 (1926-07-04)
Ground	Banja Luka City Stadium
Capacity	10,030
President	Goran Lukić
Manager	Mladen Žižović
League	Premier League BH
2023–24	Premier League BH, 1st of 12 (champions)
Website	http://www.fkborac.net/
Home colours Away colours

Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, pronounced [bǒːrat͡s]) is a Bosnian professional football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of the Borac Banja Luka Sports Society. Borac Banja Luka is one of the most popular football clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name Borac means "Fighter".

Currently, Borac is a part of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and plays its home matches at the Banja Luka City Stadium, which has a capacity of 10,030 seats.

History

Early years (1926–1953)

Borac Banja Luka's anthem

The football club Borac Banja Luka was founded on 4 July 1926. Originally it was named Radnički sportski klub Borac, which means Labour Sports Club Borac, Borac meaning "Fighter", and its roots come from the relation the club had with local labour movements during the first half of the 20th century. The club was founded by a group of football enthusiasts including the writer, activist and People's Hero of Yugoslavia Veselin Masleša, Rudolf "Rudi" Hiter, Savo Novaković, Nikola Pucar, Brane Pucar, Mustafa Softić, Nikola Kuković, Žarko Vranješević, Mile Stefanović and Brane Stefanović among others. They financed the club believing that by backing and supporting it, they would directly help promote the labour movements struggle that was underway. The name "Borac" was given by Masleša who said: "If you are going to fight for workers' rights, why don't you give the club name Borac?".

The club's first president was Rudolf Hiter, and Savo Novaković was named vice president, with a supervisory board headed by Đoko Jovanović. As football attracted more and more attention in the city on the Vrbas river, Banja Luka got the right to organise its own sub-association gathering the clubs of the entire Krajina region, a new, bigger and modern stadium was built. The opening ceremony took place on September 5, 1937, on the ground of the present-day Banja Luka City Stadium.

The club's first success in this early period came in 1928 when RSK Borac won a tournament played in Sarajevo. Before World War II, the major club in Banja Luka was ŠK Krajišnik, however, after 1945, it was disbanded, and Borac replaced Krajišnik as the city's main club. Borac played conference leagues in order to qualify for the re-established Yugoslav First League were defeated Sloboda Novi Grad 14–3 on aggregate, FK Kozara from Banja Luka with 8–4 on aggregate and Borac Kozarska Dubica 7–0 on aggregate and became Banja Luka district champions. In 1945, RSK Borac has renamed FK Borac Banja Luka and played for two years in the Yugoslav Third League, before it was promoted to the Yugoslav Second League in 1948.

Decades of success in the first and second league (1960–1992)

In 1961, Borac was promoted to the Yugoslav First League for the first time but was instantly dropped back down at the end of the season. The club had to wait for almost a decade to the return to the top flight. It was in the 1970–71 season, and the club stayed in the top league for four consecutive seasons. In this period, precisely in 1974, Borac achieved the Yugoslav Cup final. They were defeated by Hajduk Split in Belgrade, and as the runner-up, they have provided placement for the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup season. In the first round of Cup Winners' Cup, Borac played against US Rumelange from Luxembourg. The first leg was played in Banja Luka where Borac recorded a record win in European competitions by a 9–0.

The second leg was won by Borac by 1–5, meaning 14–1 on aggregate, and played in the second round against R.S.C. Anderlecht. The "Red-Blues" won the home match but it was 1–3 on aggregate at the end for the Belgians, who became winners of the European Cup Winners' Cup that season. Borac Banja Luka was the only team who beat R.S.C Anderlecht in one match (at home by 1–0) during the cup season. In the 1974–75 season, Borac played in the second league, but the club achieved a quick promotion and thus ensured the beginning of a new 5-year first league period that lasted until 1980. The following nine seasons, Borac spent in the second League, before a final top league period between 1989 and 1992. Borac's best placement in the first League was in 1992, when it finished the season as 4th. In total, Borac played 487 matches in Yugoslav First League during a 46 years long period.

Memorable years (1988–1992)

Yugoslav Cup winner (1988)

From 1988 to 1992, Borac enjoyed the best period in its long history. In 1988, Borac achieved its biggest success. Under coach Husnija Fazlić Borac won the Yugoslav Cup, the second major football competition in former Yugoslav football and became the only second league club that ever achieved this. In the final, Borac defeated Yugoslav football giant Red Star by 0–1 at JNA stadium in Belgrade. The historic goal was scored by Senad Lupić, one of the Borac's legends. At the ceremony, the president of Yugoslav Football Association Antun Čilić gave the golden plaques to Borac players and the head coach. The next day, tens of thousands of Borac supporters gathered at Krajina square in Banja Luka and gave their team a hero's welcome.

11 May 1988

Borac Banja Luka	1–0	Red Star Belgrade
Lupić 60'	Report

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Blažo Zuber (Bačka Topola)

BORAC BANJA LUKA:
GK		Slobodan Karalić
DF		Stojan Malbašić
DF		Mario Mataja
DF		Milorad Bilbija
DF		Zvonko Lipovac
MF		Damir Špica (c)
MF		Božur Matejić
MF		Nenad Popović
FW		Suad Beširević
FW		Amir Durgutović	74'
FW		Senad Lupić	88'
Substitutes:
DF		Velimir Stojnić
MF		Mile Šijaković	74'
FW		Vlado Lemić	88'
Manager:
Husnija Fazlić

RED STAR:
GK		Stevan Stojanović
DF		Slobodan Marović
DF		Goran Jurić
DF		Slavko Radovanović
DF		Miodrag Krivokapić
MF		Goran Milojević
MF		Robert Prosinečki
MF		Žarko Đurović	71'
FW		Borislav Cvetković
FW		Dragan Stojković (c)
FW		Dragiša Binić
Substitutes:
MF		Dejan Joksimović	71'
Manager:
Velibor Vasović

First European title (1992)

In 1992, Borac won its first international trophy, the Mitropa Cup. The club won the cup in the Italian city Foggia.

At that time there was an ongoing civil war in Yugoslavia, but despite that, they travelled to Italy in the hope to write history. After the elimination of U.S. Foggia in front of 30,000 spectators, Borac met in the final BVSC Budapest at Pino Zaccheria Stadium. Filipović scored but gave only a temporary advantage to Borac because the Hungarians were equalized by Tuboly. That was the result of regular time, so the winner was decided by penalties. Borac won 5–3 from the white spot and got the trophy. Sašivarević, Stavljanin, Filipović, Bilbija, and Simeunović scored for Borac, and goalkeeper Simeunović saved his goal twice. Borac head coach was Smilevski, who was recently named the member of Borac's "Best Eleven" squad in its history. Borac played a total of twelve games in UEFA competitions and has never lost a European match at its home ground. Also, seven Borac players have participated in the Yugoslav national football team in its history.

27 May 1992

Borac	1–1	BVSC Budapest
Filipović 4'	Report	Tuboly 63'
Penalties
Šašivarević Stavljanin Filipović Bilbija Simeunović	5–3	Nikiforov Iscak Nahóczky Molnár Tuboly

Pino Zaccheria Stadium

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Steindl (Austria)

Recent years (2001–present)

The First League of the Republika Srpska was the top flight of the Republika Srpska before 2002. Borac won the Republika Srpska championship three times (2001, 2006 and 2008). Their 2008 title was won dominantly with 14 points ahead of Sloga Doboj. Borac has won five Republika Srpska Cups, in 1995 against Rudar Prijedor, 1996 against Jedinstvo Brčko, 2009 against Radnik Bijeljina, 2011 again against the club from Bijeljina and in 2012 against Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad. In 2002, the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was created as three national competitions were merged in one.

It became the country's most prestigious level of football competition. Also, since 2002, the clubs from the entire country are competing in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup. In 2010, Borac won the Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup and finished third in the national championship. During the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League season, they played in the second round against FC Lausanne-Sport but were knocked out in front of sold-out Banja Luka City Stadium with 1–2 on aggregate for the Swiss club. In 2011, Borac became the football champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina with only 4 defeats and 15 conceded goals during 30 matches. The club won also the Republika Srpska Cup. In the following 2011–12 UEFA Champions League season, Borac began its qualifying with a match against Maccabi Haifa, which they lost by 5–1. In the second leg, Borac showed great performance and won 3–2 by two goals from Krunić and one from Vidaković, however, they were eliminated. In 2012, Borac finished the national championship third and qualified for the European football competition season. Borac got Čelik Nikšić from Montenegro as their opponent. Borac was knocked out by the away goal rule (3–3a).

On 15 August 2024, Borac achieved its first-ever participation in a European club competition by defeating Faroese KÍ Klaksvík 4–3 on aggregate, thereby qualifying for at least the League phase of the third tier of continental club football in Europe. This made them only the second club from Bosnia and Herzegovina to compete in the group or league phase of a European competition.

Colours and crest

Colours

Borac Banja Luka's traditional home colours are red and blue with white socks (colours that are contained on the Yugoslav flag). Borac has maintained the red-blue shirt for its home kit throughout the history of the club. Its traditional away colours are all blue or all red. The club's kit is after long-standing Serbian sports clothing company NAAI, currently, new manufactured by Diadora, an Italian sports clothing company.

Crest

Borac Banja Luka's present crest contains the name of the club and the name of the City of Banja Luka in the background formed from the sections that are coloured as the Serbian flag. On the top of the crest, the year of the club foundation is located. In addition, the whole crest is framed in gold colour.

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  Borac's crest during the former Yugoslavia
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  Borac's present crest

Stadium

Main article: Gradski stadion (Banja Luka)

Banja Luka City Stadium in September 2012.

The home stadium of Borac is the Banja Luka City Stadium. It has 10,030 seats and is one of the most modern stadiums in the country. The stadium was built in 1937 and its main donator was Bogoljub Kujundžić, the ban of the Vrbas banovina. Since then, the stadium underwent several expansions and reconstructions in the years 1973, 1981, 2010 and 2012. In 2010, the stadium underwent a complete reconstruction. New seats were installed on east and west stands, locker rooms were renovated, a completely new VIP lounge and room for media was built, new lighting, sound systems and video surveillance were installed, and trophy and technical rooms were renovated. In 2012, the new north stand was built with a capacity of 2,492 seats, which increased the total capacity of the stadium to 9,730. According to recent plans, the east stand will be covered by a roof in the upcoming years. The construction of the south stand began, which will increase the total capacity to approximately 13,000 seats.

New stadium

In 2008, an expert committee has chosen the concept of building a new stadium. The new stadium will have 30,000 seats, and the whole complex will cover 205,000 square meters. It will include two additional football fields, tennis, basketball and volleyball courts. The cost of the whole project is estimated to be €50 million and it will meet the highest FIFA and UEFA demands.

Supporters

As one of the most successful football clubs in the country, Borac always had a considerable number of supporters. The organized supporters of FK Borac are known as Lešinari (Serbian Cyrillic: Лешинари) and they are the oldest organized supporter group in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They were established in 1987. The gathering point of the club's most loyal and passionate fans was the East stand of Banja Luka City Stadium until 2017 when it was changed to the North stand. Borac has big strong and loyal brotherhood with Vojvodina fans Firma and friendship with fans of Genoa.

Rivalries

Željezničar-Borac Banja Luka rivalry

Borac's fans at a game between Borac and Željezničar in 2009.

Since the season 2008–09, the time when Borac started to be standard in the Bosnian Premier League once again, a great rivalry started to develop between them and FK Željezničar. Starting from the 2009–10 season the two teams mainly competed against each other for one of the titles (the league title or national cup) and even the attendance almost got on pair with the acclaimed Sarajevo derby. The rivalry also has a root in the fact that Sarajevo and Banja Luka are, by a good margin, the two biggest cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first being also the capital of the whole country while the second takes the role as the de facto capital of Republika Srpska entity. Since the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the teams met each other 22 times (6 of which are in a national cup), although they played the first time against each other in 1947 Yugoslav Cup. In those 22 matches, Željezničar won 12 times, while Borac managed to win 7 times, with 3 matches ending in a draw. The goal difference is 31:19 in favour of Željezničar (Not including results from the 2015 to 2016 season).

Honours

Domestic

League

• Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Winners (3): 2010–11, 2020–21, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (1): 2022–23
• First League of Republika Srpska
  • Winners (5): 2000–01, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2018–19 (record)
  • Runners-up (1): 1997–98

Cups

• Yugoslav Cup
  • Winners (1): 1987–88
  • Runners-up (1): 1974
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup
  • Winners (1): 2009–10
  • Runners-up (3): 2003–04, 2020–21, 2023–24
• Republika Srpska Cup
  • Winners (6): 1994–95, 1995–96, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2022–23

European

• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (1): 1992

Recent seasons

Season	League									CupRS	Cup	European competitions		Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos					Player	Goals
1992–93	1st YU↓	36	6	11	19	35	64	23	19th	—	—	—	—
1993–94	2nd YU	38						33	15th	—	1/16 YU	—	—
1994–95	2nd YU↓	38						39	16th	W	—	—	—
In summer 1995 Borac left the Football Association of Yugoslavia to join to First League of the Republika Srpska
1995–96	RS W	20	14	6	0	50	13	48	2nd	W	—	—	—
1996–97	RS W	22	11	6	5	32	16	39	2nd		—	—	—
1997–98	RS	34	18	4	12	58	34	58	2nd		—	—	—
1998–99	RS	34	13	6	15	44	39	45	15th		—	—	—
1999–00	RS	38	16	11	11	70	40	59	8th		—	—	—
2000–01	RS	30	20	3	7	66	22	63	1st		—	—	—
2001–02	RS↑	30	16	7	7	45	25	55	3rd	1/8	1/16	—	—
2002–03	Prem	38	16	6	16	50	49	54	7th	1/16	QF	—	—
2003–04	Prem	30	11	6	13	40	42	39	7th	1/8	RU	—	—
2004–05	Prem↓	30	13	2	15	36	39	40*	15th	1/8	1/8	—	—
2005–06	RS↑	30	19	5	6	50	19	62	1st	SF	1/8	—	—
2006–07	Prem↓	30	13	0	17	42	47	39	15th	1/8	QF	—	—
2007–08	RS↑	30	21	4	5	62	29	67	1st	RU	1/16	—	—
2008–09	Prem	30	15	4	11	45	26	49	5th	W	1/16	—	—	Stojan Vranješ	5
2009–10	Prem	30	17	2	11	37	29	53	3rd	1/8	W	—	—	Nemanja Bilbija	6
2010–11	Prem	30	19	7	4	37	15	64	1st	W	1/8	Europa League	QR2	Stevo Nikolić	10
2011–12	Prem	30	17	4	9	46	26	55	3rd	W	SF	Champions League	QR2	Saša Kajkut	9
2012–13	Prem	30	14	9	7	43	25	51	3rd	RU	1/16	Europa League	QR1	Joco Stokić	12
2013–14	Prem	30	13	6	11	39	32	45	6th	1/16	1/8	—	—	Joco Stokić	10
2014–15	Prem	30	14	7	9	26	26	49	5th	1/8	SF	—	—	Joco Stokić	10
2015–16	Prem↓	30	10	6	14	27	33	36	11th	1/8	QF	—	—	Toni Jović	6
2016–17	RS↑	32	25	6	1	61	47	81	1st	QF	1/16	—	—	Ivan Delić	12
2017–18	Prem↓	32	10	8	14	22	31	38	9th	1/8	1/8	—	—	Petar Kunić	12
2018–19	RS↑	32	25	5	2	60	14	80	1st	QF	QF	—	—	Saša Kajkut	13
2019–20	Prem	22	10	6	6	29	23	36	4th	1/8	QF	—	—	Stojan Vranješ	12
2020–21	Prem	33	21	4	8	59	31	67	1st	1/16	RU	Europa League	QR2	Stojan Vranješ	15
2021–22	Prem	33	13	15	5	44	34	54	3rd	SF	QF	Champions League	QR1	Stojan Vranješ	10
												Europa Conference League	QR2
2022–23	Prem	33	18	4	11	39	32	58	2nd	W	1/8	Europa Conference League	QR1	Momčilo Mrkaić	10
2023–24	Prem	33	24	6	3	68	26	78	1st	1/8	RU	Europa Conference League	QR2	Jovo Lukić	12

Key League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position; Cup / Europe: PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; Group = Group stage; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;

European record

As of 19 December 2024

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	8	3	0	5	11	17	−6	037.50
UEFA Europa League	10	2	5	3	10	11	−1	020.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	6	4	0	2	17	8	+9	066.67
UEFA Conference League	12	3	3	6	8	17	−9	025.00
Mitropa Cup	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Total	38	12	10	16	49	56	−7	031.58

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

List of matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1975–76	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Rumelange	9–0	5–1	14–1
		2R	Anderlecht	1–0	0–3	1–3
1988–89	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Metalist Kharkov	2–0	0–4	2–4
1991–92	Mitropa Cup	SF	Foggia	2–2 (4–2 p)
		Final	Budapesti VSC	1–1 (5–3 p)
2010–11	Europa League	2Q	Lausanne-Sport	1–1	0–1	1–2
2011–12	Champions League	2Q	Maccabi Haifa	3–2	1–5	4–7
2012–13	Europa League	1Q	Čelik Nikšić	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2020–21	Europa League	1Q	Sutjeska Nikšić	1–0	—	—
		2Q	Rio Ave	0−2	—	—
2021–22	Champions League	1Q	CFR Cluj	2–1 (a.e.t.)	1−3	3–4
	Europa Conference League	2Q	Linfield	0–0	0−4	0–4
2022–23	Europa Conference League	1Q	B36 Tórshavn	2–0	1–3 (a.e.t.)	3–3 (3–4 p)
2023–24	Europa Conference League	2Q	Austria Wien	1−2	0−1	1–3
2024–25	Champions League	1Q	Egnatia	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)	2–2 (4–1 p)
		2Q	PAOK	0−1	2−3	2–4
	Europa League	3Q	KÍ	3–1 (a.e.t.)	1−2	4–3
		PO	Ferencváros	1–1 (a.e.t.)	0–0	1–1 (2–3 p)
	Conference League	LP	Panathinaikos	1–1	—	20th out of 36
			APOEL	—	1–0
			Víkingur	—	0−2
			LASK	2–1	—
			Shamrock Rovers	—	0−3
			Omonia	0–0	—
		KPO	Olimpija Ljubljana

Club ranking

UEFA coefficient

As of 19 December 2024

Rank	Team	Points
131	Paços de Ferreira	11.693
133	Rio Ave	11.693
121	Borac Banja Luka	12.125
135	Heart of Midlothian	11.500
136	Servette FC	11.500

Players

Current squad

As of 9 September 2024

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MKD	Damjan Shishkovski
2	DF	NED	Bart Meijers
4	DF	SRB	Nikola Pejović
5	MF	MKD	Boban Nikolov
6	DF	CRO	Niko Datković
7	FW	SRB	Nikola Srećković
8	MF	SVN	Aleks Pihler
9	FW	BIH	Esmir Hasukić
10	FW	BIH	David Vuković
11	FW	BIH	Damir Hrelja
13	GK	SRB	Filip Manojlović
15	MF	BIH	Srđan Grahovac (Captain)
16	DF	COL	Sebastián Herrera
18	DF	BIH	Aleksandar Subić (3rd captain)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	BIH	Zoran Kvržić
21	GK	BIH	Nikola Ćetković
22	FW	BIH	David Čavić
23	MF	BIH	Stojan Vranješ (Vice-captain)
24	DF	CUW	Jurich Carolina
27	FW	BIH	Enver Kulašin
30	FW	SVN	Gregor Bajde
45	MF	SRB	Petar Karaklajić
77	MF	AUT	Stefan Savić
88	MF	CRO	Dino Skorup
92	GK	BIH	Nikola Milićević
93	DF	MNE	Marko Vukčević
98	MF	SVN	Sandi Ogrinec
99	FW	SRB	Đorđe Despotović

Players on dual registration

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	BIH	Nikola Grujić (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)
14	FW	BIH	Pavle Đajić (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)
31	DF	BIH	Savo Šušić (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)
49	FW	BIH	Stefan Marčetić (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)
51	MF	BIH	Luka Misimović (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	BIH	Jusuf Terzić (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)
—	DF	BIH	Mateja Stašević (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)
—	FW	BIH	Nedim Keranović (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)
—	FW	BIH	Sergej Bogdanić (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)

Players on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	BIH	Marko Kujundžić (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)
17	DF	BIH	Filip Račić (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	BIH	Marko Radić (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)
—	MF	BIH	Danilo Moconja (at FK BSK until 31 May 2025)

Other players

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MNE	Balša Goranović

Technical staff

Current staff

Head coach: Mladen Žižović Assistant coach: Bojan Puzigaća Coach: Boris Raspudić Coach: Čedomir Ćulum Fitness Coach: Predrag Božić Goalkeeping Coach: Siniša Mrkobrada Performance Analyst: Stefan Pupovac Head Physiotherapist: Vladimir Pilipović Physiotherapist: Darko Dejanović Physiotherapist: Nikola Vučenović Kit manager: Milovan Maksić Youth Staff: U19 Head coach: Ranko Stanarević Goalkeeping Coach: Radovan Gajić U17 Head coach: Igor Mirković U15 Head coach: Asmir Avdukić

Club management

Current board

President: Goran Lukić Director: Dejan Čato President of the assembly: Stojan Malbašić Director of Football: Oliver Jandrić Head of Youth Development: Saša Kajkut Youth Coordinator: Nemanja Miljanović Marketing Director: Mirko Vujinović Portparol: Maria Đurić Board members: Goran Lukić Nenad Nešić Slobodan Stanarević Bojan Kresojević Ljubo Ninković Bogoljub Zeljković

Former players

For a list of former and current players with Wikipedia articles, see Category:FK Borac Banja Luka players.

World Cup players

2014 FIFA World Cup

• Asmir Avdukić

Managerial history

• Mirko Kokotović (1959–1962)
• Krešimir Arapović (1969–1971)
• Ilija Miljuš (1971)
• Božidar Drenovac (1971–1972)
• Ilija Miljuš (1972)
• Gojko Zec (1972–1973)
• Ivan Čabrinović (1973–1974)
• Boris Marović (1974–1975)
• Miljenko Mihić (1975–1976)
• Momčilo Spasojević (1976–1977)
• Ilija Miljuš (1977–1978)
• Mirko Bazić (1978–1980)
• Dušan Drašković (1980)
• Marko Valok (1981)
• Husnija Fazlić (1981–1982)
• Ilija Miljuš (1982–1983)
• Husnija Fazlić (1983–1984)
• Zoran Smileski (1984)
• Đorđe Gerum (1984–1985)
• Ilija Miljuš (1985–1986)
• Husnija Fazlić (1986–1988)
• Josip Kuže (1988–1989)
• Stanko Poklepović (1989–1990)
• Vladica Popović (1990–1991)
• Zoran Smileski (1991–1993)
• Vladimir Petrović (1993)
• Slobodan Karalić (2002)
• Stojan Malbašić (2002 – March 2003)
• Borče Sredojević (2003)
• Nikola Rakojević (2003 – June 2004)
• Dragan Vukša (June 2004 – 2004)
• Slavoljub Stojanović (2004–2005)
• Zoran Smileski (2005 – June 2006)
• Mihajlo Bošnjak (June 2006 – March 2007)
• Stanislav Karasi (March 2007 – June 2007)
• Milomir Odović (September 2007 – September 2008)
• Vlado Jagodić (16 September 2008 – 11 June 2009)
• Velimir Stojnić (1 July 2009 – 11 January 2010)
• Zoran Marić (12 January 2010 – 2 August 2010)
• Vlado Jagodić (3 August 2010 – 4 June 2011)
• Zvjezdan Cvetković (4 June 2011 – 3 October 2011)
• Velimir Stojnić (3 October 2011 – 17 March 2012)
• Slaviša Božičić (19 March 2012 – 13 July 2012)
• Slobodan Starčević (18 July 2012 – 20 May 2013)
• Dragan Jović (25 June 2013 – 18 March 2014)
• Vinko Marinović (18 March 2014 – 25 March 2015)
• Vlado Jagodić (27 March 2015 – 31 August 2015)
• Petar Kurćubić (3 September 2015 – 28 October 2015)
• Željko Vranješ (29 October 2015 – 31 December 2015)
• Aleksandar Janjić (21 January 2016 – 6 March 2016)
• Borče Sredojević (6 March 2016 – 20 May 2016)
• Zoran Dragišić (20 May 2016 – 23 August 2016)
• Vlado Jagodić (23 August 2016 – 10 October 2016)
• Vule Trivunović (11 October 2016 – 26 May 2017)
• Marko Tešić (caretaker) (26 May 2017 – 7 June 2017)
• Željko Vranješ (8 June 2017 – 30 August 2017)
• Zoran Milinković (30 August 2017 – 22 November 2017)
• Igor Janković (caretaker) (22 November 2017 – 10 January 2018)
• Igor Janković (10 January 2018 – 12 March 2018)
• Marko Maksimović (caretaker) (13 March 2018 – 22 March 2018)
• Darko Vojvodić (22 March 2018 – 5 June 2019)
• Branislav Krunić (9 June 2019 – 5 March 2020)
• Vlado Jagodić (5 March 2020 – 21 December 2020)
• Marko Maksimović (26 December 2020 – 28 July 2021)
• Zoran Milinković (30 July 2021 – 18 August 2021)
• Nemanja Miljanović (18 August 2021 – 3 April 2022)
• Tomislav Ivković (4 April 2022 – 3 June 2022)
• Nenad Lalatović (10 June 2022 – 26 August 2022)
• Vinko Marinović (28 August 2022 – 11 June 2024)
• Mladen Žižović (11 June 2024 – present)

External links

• Official website (in Serbian)
• Sport association Borac (in Serbian)
• Official supporters' website (in Serbian)
• Borac Banja Luka at UEFA.com