Borac
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Borac (translation "Fighter") is the name of several sports clubs from Banja Luka in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Football
The football club Borac was founded on July 4, 1926. Originally it was named Radnički Sportski Klub Borac, meaning Workers' Sports Club Fighter. It was founded by a group of football aficionados including Veselin Masleša, Rudolf-Rudi Hiter, Savo Novaković, Mustafa Softić, Nikola Kuković and others. The first success of Borac in this early period came in 1928 when it won a tournament played in Sarajevo.
Borac was renamed Fudbalski Klub Borac (Football Club Borac, FK Borac) in 1945. It played two years in the Yugoslav Third League before it advanced to the Second League in 1953.
It became part of the Yugoslav First League in 1961/62 but dropped back out next season. It returned to the First League in 1970/71, all seasons between 1972 and 1980, and between 1989 and 1992. Its best placement in the First League was 1990/91 when it finished fourth.
FK Borac was the runner-up in the 1975 Yugoslav Cup, and won it in 1988 as the only Second League club to ever achieve this. The club also won the Mitropa Cup (Central European Cup) in 1992. It played a total of eight games in UEFA competitions.
Seven Borac players participated in the Yugoslav national football team and its stadium, the City Stadium of Banja Luka (capacity: 30,000), hosted five international matches.
FK Borac currently competes in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Handball
The handball club Borac was founded in 1950.
This club won the European Men's Championship of 1976 after being the runner-up in 1975. In 1991 they won the IHF Cup.
Domestically, they were the national champions of former Yugoslavia seven times and are the most successful handball club ever from Bosnia and Herzegovina.