Košarkaški klub Borac ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Бopaц), commonly referred to as Borac Banja Luka, is a men's professional

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based in

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...

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. They are currently competing in the Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the

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. Borac also has a

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, called Borac Mako Print, that plays in the 3rd-tier Second League of Republika Srpska – Western Division. This club is not a part of the Borac Banja Luka Sports Society, like SKK Borac 1947.

History

In 2006, the club changed its name to Borac Nektar after SKK Banjalučka pivara got relegated from Bosnian Championship and folded. In 2020, Borac got promoted to the Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2020–21 season. The club returned to the 1st-tier national league for the first time since the 2012–13 season. On 15 September 2020, the club signed a contract on sports and technical cooperation with the Adriatic League club Igokea. On 13 October 2020, the club received a wild card for the 2020–21 ABA League 2 season.

Home arena

Borac plays its home games at the Borik Sports Hall. The hall is located in the Borik Neighbourhood,

, and was built in 1974. It has a seating capacity of 3,060 seats.

Players

Current roster

Head coaches

* Drago Karalić (2006–2007) * Tomica Zirojević (2007, interim) * Slobodan Nikolić (2007–2008) * Miloš Pejić (2008–2009) * Bojan Božić (2009) *

Borislav Džaković Borislav "Bora" Džaković ( sr-cyr, Борислав Џаковић, 24 October 1947 – 28 June 2019) was a Serbian-Bosnian professional basketball coach and player. Coaching career The greatest success of Džaković was the double crown wit ...

(2009–2010) * Drago Karalić (2010–2015) * Bojan Božić (2015–2018) * Marko Taušan (2018) * Dragan Mičić (2018–2019) * Marko Šćekić (2019–2020) *

Dragan Nikolić Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Драгослав Драган Николић, ; 20 August 1943 – 11 March 2016) was a Yugoslav and later, Serbian actor. Nikolić studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the ...

(2020–2022) * Zoran Kašćelan (2022–present)

Season-by-season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

''Trophies in Italic text indicates those which are under ongoing dispute with SKK Borac 1947.''

Notable players

Draško Albijanić Draško Albijanić (born December 14, 1986) is a Bosnian professional 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 the primary objec ...

Siniša Kovačević Siniša Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Синиша Ковачевић, ; born 30 May 1954) is a Serbian author, playwright, politician and professor of the Belgrade Academy of Arts. Biography Kovačević was born on 30 May 1954 in the northern ...

Robert Rothbart Robert Rothbart ( he, רוברט רות'בארט, born Boris Kajmaković on June 16, 1986) is a Bosnian-Israeli professional basketball player playing the position of center for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He was named t ...

Nemanja Vranješ Nemanja Vranješ ( sr-cyr, Немања Врањеш}; born May 11, 1988) is a Montenegrin professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Bas ...

Ognjen Kuzmić Ognjen Kuzmić ( sr-cyrl, Огњен Кузмић, ; born May 16, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Crvena zvezda, Crvena zvezda of the ABA League, Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbia n ...

References

External links

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