Maroon Friends 1946

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Udruženje Bordo prijatelji 1946
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AbbreviationUBP1946
Founded2010
Type Fan group, Advocacy group
Team FK Sarajevo
Headquarters Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Website Official website

Maroon Friends 1946 (Bosnian : 'Bordo prijatelji 1946') is an FK Sarajevo fan association and advocacy group organized by influential individuals from the financial, political, and cultural sectors of Bosnian society with the aim of lobbying both locally and internationally for the club and influencing club policies. [1] The association has strong informal ties to FK Sarajevo Ultras, Horde Zla. [2]

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History

In 2009, a handful of eminent supporters of FK Sarajevo, including fashion designer Adnan Hajrulahović, poet and musician Benjamin Isović, entrepreneur Avdo Salihbegović and others started having informal meetings about the possibility of organizing a new supporter's association with the goal of helping the club. [3] These meetings led to the formal registration of an Association of Citizens in 2010, which quickly struck a strong partnership with the club's Ultras group, Horde zla. After a thorough analysis of club finances and the announced shift in UEFA licensing, the association came to the conclusion that the club would be in a dire situation by 2012. [4] [5] After the founding Assembly, a platform and organizational plan were forged under the working title Projekt 2010-2014. [6] The association wrote a new template for the club's statute and found bureaucratic loopholes in Bosnia's law in order to potentially attract foreign investment seeing the country has no Sports Law. [7] FK Sarajevo's management at the time, witnessing the association's polyvalence, quickly invited members to join the club's assembly and board, which they did. On 14 July 2012, the new club statute was voted into power, enabling Malaysian businessman, investor and Chairman of Berjaya Group, Vincent Tan, who had earlier been lobbied by Scotiabank director and association member Feđa Kusturica, to buy majority stocks and become de facto owner of the club. [8] [9]

Media

Maroon Friends 1946 has been publishing a monthly magazine named Maroon Fan (Bosnian : Bordo Fan) since 2010. [10] Furthermore, it has, in cooperation with Moja TV, an IPTV provider and subsidiary of the BH Telecom, founded an internet-based television channel named Bordo TV. [11]

Bodies

Presidency

As of 29 July 2016 [12]

NamePosition
Benjamin Isović Chairman
Senad KapetanovićVice-chairman
Avdo SalihbegovićGeneral Secretary
Adis MešićMember
Eldin KarićMember
Senad KadićMember
Kenan AgićMember
Dino MahićMember
Armin SkalonjaMember

Assembly

As of 29 July 2016 [13]

 
NameYears
Samir HadžićChairman
Zlata Alić IbiševićVice-chairman
Mirza MuzurovićMember
Adnan Hajrulahović Member
Adnan DžemidžićMember
Irhad Kovačević GeriMember
Hajrudin KapetanovićMember
Maid DelićMember
Dino MahićMember
Emir CokojaMember
Emil HadžovićMember
 
NameYears
Zijad BlekićMember
Sead BašićMember
Rešad MuratovićMember
Feđa Kusturica Member
Slaviša Vukićević Member
Edis Kusturica Member
Elmedin KonakovićMember
Amir RizvanovićMember
Reuf KarabegMember
Dževad BećirevićMember
Alen Hujić Member

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  2. ↑ "Jedna od najuspješnijih godina u historiji kluba". Sport.ba. 29 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kako su nastali Bordo prijatelji: Vizionari koji su četiri godine vodili bitku za bolje Sarajevo". Klix.ba. 29 July 2016.
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  6. ↑ "Predstavljamo: Bordo prijatelji 1946". Fksinfo.com. 29 July 2016.
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