Vasas SC (women's handball)

Vasas SC
Full name	Vasas Sport Club
Short name	Vasas SC
Founded	1926; 98 years ago (1926)
Arena	Sterbinszky Amália Kézilabdacsarnok
Capacity	600
President	László Markovits
Head coach	Csaba Konkoly
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2022–23	Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B – 1st
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Active departments of Vasas
Football Handball (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball<br/>(Women's) Water polo Ice hockey Volleyball<br/>(Women's) Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastic Boxing Wrestling Tennis Aerobic Ski Chess

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.

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:

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Transfers for the 2024–25 season^{[1] [2]}

Staff members

• Chairman: László Markovits
• Technical Director: Ferenc Venczkó
• Head Coach: Csaba Konkoly
• Assistant Coach/Youth Coach: Dániel Kiss
• Goalkeeper Coach: István Bakos

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

• Champions (15) – record: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1991–92, 1992–93
• Runners-up (1): 1986
• Third place (7): 1953, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

• Winners (11): 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986
• Finalist (7): 1970, 1977, 1987, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97

European competitions

• European Champions Cup:
  • Winners: 1982
  • Finalists: 1978, 1979, 1993, 1994
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Finalists: 1988
  • Semifinalists: 1996
• EHF Cup:
  • Semifinalists: 1997
• EHF City Cup:
  • Finalists: 1995

Recent seasons

As of 10 August 2023

• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:^[3] 45
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:^[4] 11
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:^[5] 3

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1963 NB II 6th 1964 NB II 1965 NB I 12th 1966 NB II 1967 NB I 1968 NB I 6th 1969 NB I Winner 1970 NB I 4th Finalist 1971 NB I Winner 1972 NB I 1973 NB I 1974 NB I Winner 1975 NB I 1976 NB I Winner 1977 NB I Finalist 1978 NB I Winner 1979 NB I Winner 1980 NB I Winner 1981 NB I Winner 1982 NB I Winner 1983 NB I 4th

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1984 NB I Winner 1985 NB I 1986 NB I Winner 1987 NB I 4th Finalist 1988–89 NB I 7th 1989–90 NB I 8th 1990–91 NB I 11th 1991–92 NB I Finalist 1992–93 NB I Finalist 1993–94 NB I 1994–95 NB I Finalist 1995–96 NB I 5th 1996–97 NB I Finalist 1997–98 NB I 4th 1998–99 NB I 7th 1999-00 NB I 7th 2000–01 NB I 6th 2001–02 NB I 7th 2002–03 NB I 10th 2003–04 NB I 7th 2004–05 NB I 6th

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 2005–06 NB I 7th 2006–07 NB I 6th 2007–08 NB I 10th 2008–09 NB I 12th 2009–10 NB I/B 6th 2010–11 NB I/B 7th Round 2 2011–12 NB I/B 7th Round 3 2012–13 NB I/B 2nd Round 2 2013–14 NB I/B 4th Round 2 2014–15 NB I/B 3rd Round 4 2015–16 NB I/B 3rd Round 2 2016–17 NB I/B Round 3 2017–18 NB I 14th Round 3 2018–19 NB I/B 5th Round 3 2019–20 NB I/B Cancelled Round 1 2020–21 NB I/B Round 3 2021–22 NB I 14th Round 4 2022–23 NB I/B 2023–24 NB I

In European competition

• Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup): 13x
• Participations in EHF Cup (IHF Cup): 2x
• Participations in Challenge Cup (City Cup): 2x
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup (IHF Cup Winners' Cup): 4x

Head coach history

^[6]

	Sándor Cséfay	1965–1968
	Ottó Fleck	1968–1975
	János Csík	1975–1981; 1983; 1984; 1991–1993; 1996–1998; 2015–2017
	Mihály Gódor	1983
	István Hikádé	1984–1987
	Zsolt Barabás	1987
	Béla Fekete	1988
	Béla Csönge	1988
	Aladárné Krámer	1989–1990
	Zsuzsa Liskáné Balogh	1990–1991
	Sándor Németh	1993–1994
	Antal Berendi	1999–2000
	József Kenyeres	2000
	Gyula Zsiga	1994–1996; 2000–2001
	Vilmos Köstner	2001–2005
	Lajos Mocsai	1982; 2005–2007
	György Papp	1998–1999; 2007–2010
	Márta Varga	2010–2015; 2018–2019[7][8]
	Péter Kovács	2017–2018
	Gergely Penszki	2019–2023[9][10]
	Csaba Konkoly	2023–[11]

Notable players

See also

• Vasas SC

References

• History of Vasas SC handball department

External links

• Official website
• Vasas SC on Facebook

This page was last edited on 13 April 2024, at 15:24