Košarkaški klub Borac Čačak ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Борац Чачак), commonly referred to as KK Borac Čačak or as Borac Mozzart due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional

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based in

Čačak Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Чачак, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Morava Valley within the geographical region of Šumadija. , the city proper has 73,331 inhabitants, wh ...

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. The club plays in the

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and the

Basketball League of Serbia The Basketball League of Serbia ( sr, Кошаркашка лига Србије, Košarkaška liga Srbije; abbr. КЛС or KLS), is a top-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federatio ...

. Their home arena is the

Borac Hall Borac Hall Near Morava ( sr-cyr, Хала Борца крај Мораве), commonly known as Borac Hall ( sr-cyr, Хала Борац), is an indoor arena in Čačak, Serbia. It has a capacity of 3,000 people. It is home arena of a basketball clu ...

History

1945–1992

Borac was a member of the Yugoslav First Federal League since the 1952 season. Players that grew up in this club were

Radmilo Mišović Radmilo Mišović ( sr-cyr, Радмило Мишовић; born 14 March 1943), is a Serbian former professional basketball executive, player and Coach (basketball), coach. Playing career A Guard (basketball), guard, Mišović spent entire play ...

( top scorer player of first division in the seventies),

Dragan Kićanović Dragan Kićanović ( sr, Драган Кићановић; born 17 August 1953) is a Serbian and Yugoslav retired professional basketball player. A 1.92m (6 ft 3 in) tall shooting guard, Kićanović played in the 1970s and 1980s, and is cons ...

, Radivoj Živković,

Željko Obradović Želimir "Željko" Obradović ( sr-cyr, Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Partizan of the ABA League, the Basketba ...

, and many other players who have left a significant mark on the basketball area of European, Yugoslav and Serbian basketball. In the 1972–73 season, the club finished in fourth place in the Regular Season standings of the

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, which was considered a great success for club from small city in Yugoslavia back then. Also, in the following season, Borac participated in European

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. In the 1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League season, the club finished in fifth place and club's youth team won the national competition.

1992–2017

In the period of

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, Borac was a regular participant of top-tier

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. In 1992–93 season, the club made it to the semifinals of the

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

. Following the Montenegrin independence from state union, the club participated in the

, top-tier national league competition and one below the regional

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. In the 2009–10 Basketball League of Serbia season, the club finished in first place of the regular season standings of the

, but was eliminated later in the Super League, which consists of best ranked national league clubs and Serbian clubs that participated in the ABA League. In the

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and

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seasons, the club finished in second place of the regular season standings of the Basketball League of Serbia.

2017–present

Starting with the 2017–18 season, the club besides the national league played in the newly established regional

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, where they were first in regular season, but eventually eliminated in the Playoffs. In the 2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia, 2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia and

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season as well, the club was first in regular season standings of the Basketball League of Serbia. In 2019–20 season which was cut short due to

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, the club based on regular season standings of the

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, was promoted to the top-tier regional league. Borac finished its debut appearance in the 2020–21 ABA League First Division in 11th place, with 8–18 record, led by head coach

Marko Marinović Marko Marinović ( sr-cyr, Марко Мариновић, ; born 15 March 1983) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Professional career On 12 July 2013, Marinović signed with Radnički Kragujevac for the 2013–14 seas ...

. In the following season, Borac improved its overall record to 9–17, but was forced to play the

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because of league regulations with the Serbian team, and the new champion of the ABA League Second Division –

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, which they won in best of three games format.

Sponsorship naming

Borac has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: *Borac Reksprom: 1992–1993 *Borac Mozzart Sport: 2013–2016 *Borac Mozzart: 2022–present

Home arenas

* Borac Hall Near Morava (1969–present)

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Coaches

* Mioljub Denić (1951–1960) * Aleksandar Stefanović (1967) * Josip Sever (1967–1968) * Aleksandar Stefanović (1968–1969) *

(1969) * Aleksandar Stefanović (1969–1970) *

Dragoljub Pljakić Dragoljub Pljakić ( sr-cyr, Драгољуб Пљакић; August 28 1937 – June 28 2011), nicknamed "Pljaka", was a Serbian basketball player and coach. Playing career Pljakić spent the major part of his playing career with Radnički from ...

(1970–1971) * Lazar Lečić (1972–1973) * Slobodan Koprivica (1973–1974) * Nikola Mišović (1975–1976) * Slobodan Koprivica (1977–1978) *

Aleksandar Nikolić Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Sp ...

(1978–1980) * Slobodan Koprivica (1981–1983) * Maško Purić (1983) *

Nenad Trajković Nenad Trajković ( sr-cyr, Ненад Трајковић; born Naser Trajković; 10 February 1961), is a Serbian basketball coach. Early life Naser Trajković ( sr-cyr, Насер Трајковић) was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yu ...

(1989–1990) * Ratko Joksić (1990–1992) * Vladimir Androić (1992–1993) * Slobodan Janković (1994–1995) *

Milovan Stepandić Milovan Stepandić ( sr-cyr, Милован Степандић; December 18, 1954 – January 15, 2020) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. Coaching career Stepandić coached Budućnost, Iva Zorka Šabac, Borac Čačak and NIS Vojv ...

(1998–2000) * Dejan Mijatović (2000–2002) *

Raško Bojić Raško Bojić ( sr-cyr, Рашко Бојић; born December 17, 1964) is a Serbian basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with th ...

(2002–2003) *

(2005–2008) *

(2008–2015) * Aleksandar Bjelić (2015) *

(2015–2018) * Jovica Arsić (2018–2019) *

(2019–2022) * Dejan Mijatović (2022–present)

Hall of Famers and greatest players

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

FIBA Hall of Fame

FIBA Order of Merit recipients

FIBA's 50 Greatest Players

Season-by-season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* Yugoslav Federal B League (2nd-tier / defunct) **Winner (1): 1980–81 *

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(2nd-tier / defunct) **Winner (2): 1998–99, 2003–04 * League Cup of Serbia (2nd-tier) **Winner (1): 2013–14

Awards

BLS First League MVP The BLS First League MVP, or the Serbian First League MVP, is the award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the " Most Valuable Player" during the first part of a season of the Basketball League of Serbia. The Basketball League of Serbia i ...

** Nikola Ilić (1) – 2007–08 **

Aleksa Avramović Aleksa Avramović ( sr-cyr, Алекса Аврамовић; born October 25, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. Youth career Avramović played in ...

(1) – 2015–16 * BLS Super League MVP ** Nikola Ilić (1) – 2007–08 * Yugoslav League Top Scorer **

(5) – 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74

Notable players

;1970s * Goran Grbović *

* Radivoj Živković ;1980s * Radisav Ćurčić *

Marko Ivanović Marko Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Марко Ивановић; born July 24, 1962) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He is currently serving as the general manager for Borac Čačak of the Basketball League of Serbia. Po ...

;1990s *

Igor Mihajlovski Igor Mihajlovski ( mk, Игор Михајловски; born December 24, 1973) is a Macedonian former professional basketball player and currently assistant coach of Rabotnički. Playing career Mihajlovski has played with: KK Kumanovo, KK Parti ...

* Haris Brkić * Branko Milisavljević *

Oliver Popović Oliver Popović ( sr-cyr, Оливер Поповић; born 18 March 1970) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career He was a Yugoslav champion (1987, 1989, and 1998) and Cup holder (1989), silver medalist of ...

* Miroslav Radošević ;2000s *

Branko Cvetković Branko Cvetković ( sr-cyr, Бранко Цветковић, born 5 March 1984) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He also represented the Serbian national team internationally. He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6 ¾ in) tall and p ...

Zoran Erceg Zoran Erceg (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played the power forward positi ...

Dragan Labović Dragan Labović ( sr-cyr, Драган Лабовић; born April 20, 1987) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who last played for BC Nokia of the Finnish Korisliiga. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team inte ...

* Aleksandar Rašić *

Duško Savanović Duško Savanović ( sr-cyr, Душко Савановић, born September 5, 1983) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. A power forward, he represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally and was an All-Euroleague ...

Miloš Teodosić Miloš Teodosić ( sr-cyr, Милош Теодосић, born March 19, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the National Basketball ...

* Nikola Ilić * Branko Jorović *

Miroslav Raduljica Miroslav Raduljica ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Радуљица, born January 5, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Crvena zvezda, Crvena zvezda of the ABA League, Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Ser ...

;2010 *

Aleksej Nešović Aleksej Nešović ( sr, Алексеј Нешовић; born March 14, 1985) is a Bosnian professional basketball player. Standing at he plays at the point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five pos ...

Ilija Đoković Ilija Đoković ( sr-cyr, Илија Ђоковић, born 5 January 1996) is a Serbian professional basketball player for SCM Timișoara of the Romanian Liga Națională. Professional career Đoković started playing professional basketball fo ...

* Nemanja Protić ;2020 * Lautaro López *

Duda Sanadze Duda Sanadze ( ka, დუდა სანაძე) (born 25 July 1992) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Atomerőmű SE of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, Hungary basketball league Playing career In February 2021, Sanadze signed for ...

* Sava Lešić * Ivan Marinković * Bryce Jones

International record

References

External links

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