Maroon Friends 1946

Udruženje Bordo prijatelji 1946
Abbreviation	UBP1946
Founded	2010
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]

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]

Name	Position
Benjamin Isović	Chairman
Senad Kapetanović	Vice-chairman
Avdo Salihbegović	General Secretary
Adis Mešić	Member
Eldin Karić	Member
Senad Kadić	Member
Kenan Agić	Member
Dino Mahić	Member
Armin Skalonja	Member

Assembly

As of 29 July 2016 ^[13]

Name Years Samir Hadžić Chairman Zlata Alić Ibišević Vice-chairman Mirza Muzurović Member Adnan Hajrulahović Member Safet Sušić Member Irhad Kovačević Geri Member Hajrudin Kapetanović Member Maid Delić Member Dino Mahić Member Emir Cokoja Member Emil Hadžović Member

Name Years Zijad Blekić Member Sead Bašić Member Rešad Muratović Member Feđa Kusturica Member Slaviša Vukićević Member Edis Kusturica Member Elmedin Konaković Member Amir Rizvanović Member Reuf Karabeg Member Dževad Bećirević Member Alen Hujić Member

Gallery

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  Bordo TV (Maroon TV) Cover art.
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  The December 2013 edition of Bordo Fan (Maroon Fan).

References

1. "O nama". Official website. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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.
4. "Kako su nastali Bordo prijatelji: Vizionari koji su četiri godine vodili bitku za bolje Sarajevo". Klix.ba. 29 July 2016.
5. "Bordo prijatelji 1946: "FK Sarajevo je brand"". Klix.ba. 29 July 2016.
6. "Predstavljamo: Bordo prijatelji 1946". Fksinfo.com. 29 July 2016.
7. "Prijedlog novog statuta FK Sarajevo". Sportsport.ba. 29 July 2016.
8. "Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan takes control of club in Bosnia". The Guardian. 25 December 2013.
9. "Novi STATUT Fudbalskog Kluba Sarajevo". FK Sarajevo Official website. 29 July 2016.
10. "Izašao drugi broj magazina "Bordo fan"". Klix.ba. 29 July 2016.
11. "Bordo Fan TV". Official website. 29 July 2016.
12. "Sastav Bordo prijatelja". Official website. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016.
13. "Sastav Bordo prijatelja". Official website. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016.

External links

• Official website (in Bosnian)
• "Project 2010-2014" (PDF).