FK Bor

Early Years (1920s to 1960s)

The club was founded in 1919 as a Serbian-French sports society under the name Association Sportive Bor (ASB). The club was financed by the French Society of the Bor Mines and managed by a Frenchman named Loren, the director of mechanical services in Bor mining company. Not much is recorded about the early club activity, until the first official game played in 1920. ASB's first head coach was Gallois, who also played for the club as well as for France national football team. ASB played only friendlies until early 1930s when it joined the Niš Football Subassociation where it played in the Timok Valley regional league with moderate success until the beginning of the Second World War. At the beginning of the Second World War, the club was renamed BSK. This was the most successful club in the area of the Eastern Serbia and achieved good results in the Serbian football competitions during the war. BSK and another local team Rudar merged in early 1945, to form a club with the name of Radnički. Next year, the club officially changed its name to FK Bor and was engaged in the first organized post-war competitions. Soon the prefix rudarski (meaning the miners) was added to the name and the club was known as RFK Bor until 1974, when it changed back to FK Bor.

Rise to Prominence (1960s and 1970s)

Victories over Radnički Niš by 7–0 and Radnički Kragujevac by 9–1 are good examples of some great exhibitions made in the '50s. Bor played in the…

Yugoslav Second League Winners: 1967–68, 1971–72 Yugoslav Cup Runners-up: 1967–68 Serbian League Winners: 1962–63, 1979–80, 1989–90, 1995–96 Niš Zone League Winners: 1960–61, 1961–62 Bor and Zaječar District Cup Winners: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1995–96, 1996–97 Niš Football Association Cup Winners: 1953–54 RTB Trophy Winners: 1957 Punjab International Football Cup Winners: 2012