page_title: Torcida Sandžak
section_title: 80s and 90s
hierarchical_section_title: Torcida Sandžak / History / 80s and 90s
caption_attribution_description: English: Torcida Sandžak
context_page_description: Torcida Sandžak is a supporter group of the professional football club FK Novi Pazar. Torcida Sandžak is, together with Ultra Azzurro and Ekstremi, the most famous supporter group of FK Novi Pazar.
context_section_description: In the 1980s, FK Novi Pazar became a regular team in the Yugoslav Second League and its stadium was well attended. The supporters in those days were called the "Pazarci" (Inhabitants of Pazar), or the "Supporters of Novi Pazar". Although they were well organized, they cannot be called real supporters. First organized group of supporters in Novi Pazar started in 1984, under the name "Blue Hunters". FK Novi Pazar was knocking on Yugoslav First League's door and these supporters traveled with the club around the country. While many organized groups were forming all over the country in the 1980s, a few more were formed in Novi Pazar. Fighters in 1987, Pirates, Eagles, and Blue Girls in 1988, and Blue Warriors in 1989.
  The unification of all supporter groups happened in 1989 under the name Torcida  Sandžak. The name "Torcida", which has a similar meaning as the Ultras of Europe. The name "Sandžak" represents a historical region in Serbia and Montenegro, today populated mostly by Bosniaks. It derives its name from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative district that existed until the Balkan Wars of 1912. Novi Pazar was the capital of the district and therefore "Sandžak" was taken to represent the city and the region. In the 1990s, another group was founded. In 1998, a group was formed under the name of Ultra Azzurro.
caption: Torcida Sandžak in 2012
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