In 1993 the bridge was destroyed by aggressors and as a result the founding members;
Pandžo Safet, Hodžić Mirsad, Mustafa Fetahagić, Pandžo Izet, Subašić Osman, Matišić Mile, Džafić Suad, Popara Nihad, Hadžijusufović Sefko, Fatić Meho, Hodžić Šerif, Bašić Senad, Sistek Edis and Ervin Resulović decided to name the club in honour of the bridge and carry the name into eternity.
The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and Old Bridge, Stari Most, after which it is named. In the 1990s conflict, however, most of the historic town and the Old Bridge, designed by the renowned architect Sinan, was destroyed. The Old Bridge was recently rebuilt and many of the edifices in the Old Town have been restored or rebuilt with the contribution of an international scientific committee established by UNESCO. The Old Bridge area, with its pre-Ottoman, eastern Ottoman, Mediterranean and western European architectural features, is an outstanding example of a multicultural urban settlement. The reconstructed Old Bridge and Old City of Mostar is a symbol of reconciliation, international co-operation and of the coexistence of diverse cultural, ethnic and religious communities. <br /> https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/946
