BSK Borca
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FK BSK Borča is a football club from Borča
Borca
Borča is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.-Location:...

, Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. It is the football club of the BSK Borča sports society, BSK stands for Borčanski Sportski Klub meaning Sports Society of Borča.

History

BSK Borča football club was founded in April, 1937. The club has chiefly competed in the lower (regional) leagues of the Belgrade area. The arrival of new leadership in the mid-1990s and, as of 2003, the new investments into the club have significantly contributed to the club’s expansion into a serious sports organization.

The club’s worst seasons since its founding were between 1990 and 1992, when it went down from the Belgrade Zone League
Belgrade Zone League
Belgrade Zone League , often simplifiyed into Beogradska zona is a section of the Zone Leagues, Serbia's fourth football league. The league is operated by the Football Association of Belgrade.The league is composed of 18 clubs...

 to First Division Belgrade, and lastly to the Second Division Belgrade, the lowest category of the competition.
The club’s ascendency started in 1993, with the arrival of Dragomir Vasić, the owner of Bami company. He stabilized the club financially and had the club’s stadium capacity extended to additional 1000 seats. The club has gradually started moving up, from First Division Belgrade to Belgrade Zone and Serbian League North
Serbian League Vojvodina
Serbian League Vojvodina is a section of the Serbian League, Serbia's third football league. Teams from Vojvodina are in this section of the league...

. The club promoted to the Second Federal League
Serbian First League
Serbian First League is the name for the second tier in Serbia's football league. The league is operated by the Football Association of Serbia. 18 teams are set to compete in this league for the 2009-10 season...

 in the 1998–99 season.

FK BSK has been competing mostly in the Serbian First League (second tier) for the past 8 seasons. Its greatest performances were in the seasons 2006-07
Serbian First League 2006-07
The Serbian Second Football League is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 20 teams competed in this league for the 2006-07 season...

 and 2007-08
Serbian First League 2007-08
The Serbian Second Football League is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 18 teams will compete in this league for the 2007-2008 season...

, when the club headed into play-offs for the Serbian SuperLiga.

FK BSK finished first in the 2008–09 season of the Serbian First League and won promotion into the Serbian SuperLiga
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...

.

The club has a sports complex which includes 4 grass fields (the main one plus 3 auxiliary ones), a sports hall, and a restaurant with 300 seats and 16 luxury rooms. The club’s reorganization and new infrastructure were possible thanks to the efforts of Obrad Ćesarević and Dragomir Vasić, who both try to keep the club and its professional team in fine standing.

Current squad

As of August 2011.

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011.

Notable former players

Players with national team caps or more than 50 league appearances: (incomplete)
Borislav Topić
Borislav Topić
Borislav Topić is a Bosnian Serb football defender who plays for FCM Târgu Mureș in Romania.He previously played for FK Rudar Prijedor and BSK Borča.-References:...

 Mitar Novaković
Mitar Novakovic
Mitar Novaković is a Montenegrin international footballer playing for FC Amkar Perm in the Russian Premier League.-External links:* *...

 Stefan Savić
Stefan Savić
Stefan Savić is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Manchester City in the Premier League. A centre-back who primarily plays on the right side of the pitch, he is regarded as a promising young prospect....

 Zoran Knežević
Zoran Kneževic (footballer)
Zoran Knežević is a Serbian footballer who is currently playing for FC Gazovik Orenburg.-External links:...

 Predrag Lazić
Predrag Lazic
Predrag Lazić is a Serbian footballer who plays from Aris Limassol.-External links:* at Srbijafudbal.* at Romaniansoccer.* at Transfermarkt.* at Playerhistory.* * at Utakmica.rs...

 Novak Martinović
Novak Martinovic
Novak Martinović is a Serbian footballer who plays for FC Steaua Bucureşti Romania, as a right defender and sometimes as a centre back...



For the list of all former and current players with wikipedia article, please see: :Category:FK BSK Borča players.

Stadium

Realization of the project for the new stadium, with 4 stands providing close to 8000 seats, is planned to be done gradually. Started in April 2009, the first stage includes the construction of the western stand capacity (1560 seats) and the eastern stand (2370 seats).

Fans

BSK Borča fans are known as Kompanija Borča (KMPN). Kompanija means firm,or a company. Kompanija was formed by fusion of few smaller groups - Beton Boys, Olosh Boys, LDK C-2 and Shakal Squad. In the 2010-11 season the fans were boycotting club, because the matches were played on Omladinski stadion
Omladinski Stadion
Omladinski stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Belgrade, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of OFK Beograd. The stadium is capable of seating up to 14,600 people. It often gets a lot of attendance thanks to the Blue Union ultras group of supporters...

, not in Borča
Borca
Borča is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.-Location:...

.

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