ŠK Krajišnik Banja Luka (

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: ШК Крајишник Бања Лука) was a

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club based in

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History

Beginnings

The club was formed in 1919 and, although football was already being played before, it is the first club registered in Banja Luka. Along with

FK Sloboda Novi Grad Fudbalski klub Sloboda Novi Grad (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Cлoбoдa Hoви Гpaд) is a football club from the town of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and one of the oldest in the country. The club comp ...

, also from the region of

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, back then roughly corresponding to the Vrbas Banovina Yugoslav subdivision, it was among the founders of the Zagreb football sub-association.ZAPISI IZ ARHIVA: Stasavanje banjalučkog sporta (4): Veliko rivalstvo Krajišnika i Balkana
at

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, 24-4-2017, reytrieved 23-7-2018 Backed by some of the wealthiest people from the town, Krajišnik became the dominant and most popular club in Banja Luka, and the interwar period was marked by a rivalry and local derby with ĐSK Balkan, with Borac being the outsider, or third contender. Krajišnik initially existed as ''Građanski sportski klub Krajišnik'', and included a tennis section as well. After initially being part of the Zagreb football subassociation, soon after, Vrbas Banovina region was separated and Banja Luka football subassociation was formed.

Golden era

Krajišnik dominated the competition within the sub-association, and after numerous failed attempts, it reached to qualify to the

1935–36 Yugoslav Football Championship The 1936 Yugoslav Football Championship ( Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: Državno prvenstvo 1935/36 / Државно првенство 1935/36) was the 13th season of Kingdom of Yugoslavia's premier football competition. It was played in a cup format ...

. After passing the round of sixteen because of

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withdrew from the tournament, they lost against

SK Ljubljana Sport klub Ljubljana (), commonly referred to as SK Ljubljana, was a Slovenian football club from Ljubljana. The club was founded in April 1936 on the basis of football section of ASK Primorje. SK Ljubljana was dissolved in 1941, when the World ...

in the quarter-finals (1–3;1–4).

New stadium

Popularity of football was increasing, so in 1937, mostly funded by the donations of Bogoljub Kujundžić, the ban of the Vrbas Banovina, a new stadium was inaugurated, the

Banja Luka City Stadium Banja Luka City Stadium (Gradski stadion Banja Luka / Градски стадион Бања Лука) is a multi-purpose stadium in Borik, Banja Luka, Republika Srpska an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is currently used mostly for footba ...

, which was initially named after him until the start of the Second World War.Stadion
at FK Borac Banja Luka official website, retrieved 23-7-2018 At its inauguration on September 5, 1937, Krajišnik played against Yugoslav champions

BSK Belgrade OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK Beograd Mozzart ...

. Earlier, the first night football game under electric illumination was played in 1933 between Krajišnik and

FK Mačva Šabac Fudbalski klub Mačva Šabac () is a Serbian professional football club based in Šabac, which competes in the Serbian First League. One of the oldest football clubs in Serbia, their nickname is (), which was first used in 1927, when the Urugua ...

Disbandment

At the start of

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, Krajišnik disappeared as the region fells under control of the

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-backed

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. At the end of the war in 1945 the new authorities supported the

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-backed FK Borac and gave them the property that belonged to Krajišnik which was not revived ever after.

Players and coaches

At the 1935–36 Yugoslav Championship, Krajišnik was coached by Milorad Zakić, and the players were: Milorad Zakić (coach/goalkeeper), Ranko Kasalović, Vojislav Davidović, Dimitrije Marić, Mehmed Jakić, Vojislav Samardžija, Božidar Kačavenda, Petar Cvetković, Zvonimir Kurtović, Arsen Ljubibratić, Aleksandar Mastela, Ivica Bilić and Vladislav Beljanski.Krajišnik (Banja Luka)
at exyufudbal.in.rs, retrieved 23-7-2018

References

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