Vasas SC (women's handball)

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Vasas SC
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Full nameVasas Sport Club
Short nameVasas SC
Founded1926;98 years ago (1926)
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Capacity600
President László Markovits
Head coach Csaba Konkoly
League Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2022–23Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B – 1st
Club colours  
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Vasas SC is a Hungarian women's handball team. It is part of the Budapest-based multi-sports club Vasas SC. One of the most successful teams in the country, they have won the Hungarian championship a record 15 times and in 1982 they were also crowned as the European Champions Cup winners.

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Brief history

Hazena, the early form of the modern handball, had been played across Europe for years, when, in 1926, based on the players who were fired by MTE for political reasons, Vas- és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja was founded. Until 1928 there was not an organized national championship and the hazena team participated only in several invitational tournaments. Due to financial reasons the club suspended its operations in 1931.

After a financial consolidation the handball department of Vasas was reborn and entered the championship in 1938. The brightest year of this era was 1945, when Vasas won the second division title and gained promotion to the top level championship. However, just after a few years, due growing troubles the club decided to withdraw from the competitive handball once again.

On 7 March 1956 the Sport School of Angyalföld (Angyalföldi Sportiskola) was founded. Under head coach József Ferenczy the Sport School performed brilliantly, having won several youth and junior titles. They also wanted to enter the adult competition, but the permit was not granted. Instead of that, they got the chance from Hungarian Handball Federation to join either Csavargyár or Vasas. They have chosen Vasas and the team has risen from its ashes in 1960. With the ASI-girls on the board, under the new, team handball rules, Vasas entered the Budapest II championship and won it in their inaugural year and gained promotion. In 1962 they celebrated another promotion, this time from the Budapest I division to the NB II. In 1964 Vasas climbed to the NB I, the top-level league in Hungary. Although they suffered a surprise relegation in 1965, they spent only one season in the NB II. With the comeback in 1967 the brightest period in the club's life began.

In 1969 the Vasas lifted the Hungarian Cup trophy, followed by another Cup title in 1971. From 1972 they have won the Hungarian Championship an exceptional eleven times in a row – in 1977 and 1981 they did not even drop a single point throughout the season. Adding to this, they also won the Hungarian Cup eight times in this period. Their most successful year came in 1982, when Vasas did the treble: beside the Hungarian Championship and Hungarian Cup they took the European Champions Cup title as well.

From the second part of the eighties the key players of the golden era either retired or moved abroad and the Hungarian Championship got more balanced as well, which led to Vasas slowly lost their dominant role.

In the nineties, after the transition, private companies took over the club and became their main sponsor. In short term Vasas benefited from it, they managed to put together a strong squad and the team was shining in the old glory. However, after these financials grown narrow, a disintegration process started. To save from cessation, in 2004 Vasas Sport Club took the team under control. In 2009, Vasas said goodbye to NB I.

After eight years, the team was able to start the 2017/18 season again in the top division after winning the NB I / B Championship. However, the cutting-edge outing lasted only a year. The team was promoted again in 2021, but was eliminated at the end of the season.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail Vasas SC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
hummel
2004–2005 UNIQA Biztosító
2005–2008 Invitel
2008Lancast UNIQA
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2009 MVM
2009–2013–
2013–2019Erima
2019–20212Rule
2021–Joma

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Transfers for the 2024–25 season [1] [2]

Staff members

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

European competitions

Recent seasons

As of 10 August 2023
SeasonDivisionPos. Magyar kupa
1963 NB II6th
1964 NB II Arrow-up.gif Gold medal icon.svg
1965 NB I Arrow-down.gif 12th
1966 NB II Arrow-up.gif Gold medal icon.svg
1967 NB I Bronze medal icon.svg
1968 NB I6th
1969 NB I Bronze medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1970 NB I4th Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist
1971 NB I Bronze medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1972 NB I Gold medal icon.svg
1973 NB I Gold medal icon.svg
1974 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1975 NB I Gold medal icon.svg
1976 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1977 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist
1978 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1979 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1980 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1981 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1982 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1983 NB I4th
SeasonDivisionPos. Magyar kupa
1984 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1985 NB I Gold medal icon.svg
1986 NB I Silver medal icon.svg Gold medal with cup.svg Winner
1987 NB I4th Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist
1988–89 NB I7th
1989–90 NB I8th
1990–91 NB I11th
1991–92 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist
1992–93 NB I Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist
1993–94 NB I Bronze medal icon.svg
1994–95 NB I Bronze medal icon.svg Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist
1995–96 NB I5th
1996–97 NB I Bronze medal icon.svg Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist
1997–98 NB I4th
1998–99 NB I7th
1999-00 NB I7th
2000–01 NB I6th
2001–02 NB I7th
2002–03 NB I10th
2003–04 NB I7th
2004–05 NB I6th
SeasonDivisionPos. Magyar kupa
2005–06 NB I7th
2006–07 NB I6th
2007–08 NB I10th
2008–09 NB I Arrow-down.gif 12th
2009–10 NB I/B6th
2010–11 NB I/B7thRound 2
2011–12 NB I/B7thRound 3
2012–13 NB I/B2ndRound 2
2013–14 NB I/B4thRound 2
2014–15 NB I/B3rdRound 4
2015–16 NB I/B3rd Round 2
2016–17 NB I/B Arrow-up.gif Gold medal icon.svg Round 3
2017–18 NB I Arrow-down.gif 14th Round 3
2018–19 NB I/B5th Round 3
2019–20 NB I/BCancelled Round 1
2020–21 NB I/B Arrow-up.gif Gold medal icon.svg Round 3
2021–22 NB I Arrow-down.gif 14th Round 4
2022–23 NB I/B Arrow-up.gif Gold medal icon.svg
2023–24 NB I

In European competition

Head coach history

[6]

Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Cséfay 1965–1968
Flag of Hungary.svg Ottó Fleck 1968–1975
Flag of Hungary.svg János Csík 1975–1981; 1983; 1984; 1991–1993; 1996–1998; 2015–2017
Flag of Hungary.svg Mihály Gódor 1983
Flag of Hungary.svg István Hikádé 1984–1987
Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Barabás 1987
Flag of Hungary.svg Béla Fekete 1988
Flag of Hungary.svg Béla Csönge 1988
Flag of Hungary.svg Aladárné Krámer1989–1990
Flag of Hungary.svg Zsuzsa Liskáné Balogh1990–1991
Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Németh1993–1994
Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Berendi 1999–2000
Flag of Hungary.svg József Kenyeres 2000
Flag of Hungary.svg Gyula Zsiga 1994–1996; 2000–2001
Flag of Hungary.svg Vilmos Köstner 2001–2005
Flag of Hungary.svg Lajos Mocsai 1982; 2005–2007
Flag of Hungary.svg György Papp 1998–1999; 2007–2010
Flag of Hungary.svg Márta Varga 2010–2015; 2018–2019 [7] [8]
Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Kovács 2017–2018
Flag of Hungary.svg Gergely Penszki 2019–2023 [9] [10]
Flag of Hungary.svg Csaba Konkoly 2023– [11]

Notable players

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