FK Glasinac is a football

Football (soccer)

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 club from the town of Sokolac

Sokolac

Sokolac is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the part of the City of East Sarajevo in the Republika Srpska entity....

, in Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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. It is part of a wider sports society named SD Sokolac. The club competes in the Second League of the Republika Srpska, a third-tier competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club colours are red and blue.

The club has, besides the senior football section, also 4 different youth levels that have traditionally been the first teams of many footballers that later continued their careers in other stronger leagues.

History

FK Glasinac Sokolac was formed in 1936. Until 1941 it worked exclusively with youth and contributed to the development of sports in the Romanija

Romanija

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 region.

After the end of the World War II, its activities were restored in 1949 and it began competing in the regional Bosnian leagues, where it stayed until the break-up of SFR Yugoslavia and the beginning of the Bosnian War

Bosnian War

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 in 1992.

In April 1993 the club joined the Football Association of Republika Srpska

Football Association of Republika Srpska

The Football Association of Republika Srpska is a football association in the Serb run entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina called Republika Srpska. The association supervises over 300 football clubs of which 3 are women's teams. The referee association has around 1,200 members. There are also around...

 and started competing in the First league of Republika Srpska. In the seasons 1993/94 and 1994/95 it played in the First League of RS group East, and after the formation of the unified First League of RS it has been a constant member. It played in the 2002/03 and 2003/04 editions of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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. Since then, it has returned to the First League of RS, now a second national tier.

Players

For a list of current and former players with Wikipedia articles, see :Category:FK Glasinac Sokolac players.

External sources

• Club details, history and stadium at opstinasokolac.org., the official site of Sokolac
  Sokolac
  Sokolac is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the part of the City of East Sarajevo in the Republika Srpska entity....
  
  municipality.
• Club page at Soccerway.
• Club at BiHsoccer.