Vác FC

Vác FC
Full name	Vác Futball Club
Founded	1899; 125 years ago
Ground	Ligeti Stadion,; Vác
Capacity	9,000
Chairman	John P. Marshall
Manager	János Csank
League	MB I; Pest
2022–23	MB I; Pest, 10th of 16
Home colours	Away colours

Vác FC is a Hungarian football club based in Vác, north of Budapest. The club of the fourth division of the Hungarian football league was established in June 1899 as Váci Városi SE plays its home matches at the Stadion Városi Vác. Before 2009, the club was known by a variety of other names.

Name[edit]

The team has undergone a number of name changes since its inception, often due to the politics of the time, and since 2003 has been named after the Dunakanyar, Hungarian for Danube Bend, the point where the Danube river changes direction near where Vác is located.

1899-48: Váci SE
1948–55: Váci Dolgozók TK
1955-55: Váci Petőfi
1955–57: Váci Bástya
1957-57: Váci SE
1957–61: Váci Petőfi
1961–65: Váci Vasas
1965–70: Váci SE
1970–80: Váci Híradás
1980–92: Váci Izzó MTE
1992–97: Vác FC-Samsung
1997–98: Vác FC
1998-01: Vác FC-Zollner
2001–03: Váci VLSE
2003–07: Dunakanyar-Vác FC
2007–09: Vác-Újbuda LTC
2009–13: Dunakanyar-Vác FC
2013–present: Vác FC

History[edit]

Domestic[edit]

The club was founded on 28 November 1899 as Váci Sportegyesület. The main activities were cycling, fencing, gymnastics and tennis. The first (friendly) match of the football team was played on 24 May 1904 against Műegyetem FC (now Műegyetemi AFC – university team in Budapest, they were in the second league in that time), and lost 0–3.

Before 1926 in the Hungarian football system there were only Budapest teams allowed to play in the first league. There were regional championships (kerületi bajnokság) for the non-Budapest (Hungarian: vidéki) teams. Váci SE has won two regional titles in 1913 and 1924.

After 1926 the new professional league was open for the non-Budapest teams, but Váci SE couldn't afford to have a professional team. In the August 1948 two clubs, Váci AC (founded: 1920) and Váci Reménység (founded: 1922) were merged into Váci SE, and the club was renamed as Váci Dolgozók TK.

In 1986–1987 under János Csank the team won the NB II. Division and was promoted to the I. division, where they would spend the next 13 years. They reached the Hungarian Cup final in 1991 and 1992, but lost 0–1 against Ferencvárosi TC and 0–1 after extra time against Újpest FC. In 1991–1992 and 1992–1993 they barely finished in 2nd behind Ferencvárosi TC and later Kispest-Honvéd. In 1993–1994 they won the Hungarian League for the first and only time. The following year, however, was their most dismal year thus far in the first division, but they reached the cup final again, and lost again against Ferencváros 0–2, 3–4.

In 2000 the league reorganized to relegate the bottom two teams and Vác, who had put up their most miserable season to date, was relegated to the II. division. By 2001 they fell further to the III. division. After this, with the help of young players—on average 20.7 years old—the team returned to II. division play in 2003.

They won the NB II in 2005–2006.^[1]Eastern Division and earned the right to enter the first division. The 2006–2007 saw little success, and the team was relegated at the bottom of the table. Many of the team's players were only semi-professional and work other jobs besides football.

In the summer of 2007 an amateur club from the district XI of Budapest, Újbuda-Lágymányosi TC were merged into the club.

NB I. Division results[edit]

Year	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.	Pts	Finish
1987–88	30	9	10	11	34–34	0	28	10th
1988–89	30	10	5/5	10	33–34	−1	45	8th
1989–90	30	8	12	10	30–31	−1	36	11th
1990–91	30	14	8	8	35–29	+6	36	4th
1991–92	30	19	7	4	51–27	+24	45	2nd
1992–93	30	17	8	5	48–28	+20	42	2nd
1993–94	30	19	8	3	58–29	+29	46	1st: Championship (1)
1994–95	30	8	11	11	37–44	−7	35	13th
1995–96	30	7	12	11	39–46	−7	33	11th
1996–97	34	10	10	14	40–48	−8	40	11th
1997–98	34	15	6	13	45–47	−2	51	6th
1998–99	34	13	10	11	51–49	+2	49	10th
1999–00	32	3	6	23	24–85	−61	15	16th: Relegated to NB II.
2006–07	30	4	7	19	21–57	−36	19	16th: Relegated to NB II.
TOTALS	434	156	125	153	546–588	-42	520

International[edit]

They played in the UEFA Champions League 1994-95, losing both matches, 3–0 and 2–1, against Paris Saint-Germain F.C., from France.

They fared little better in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1995-96, where they had one draw and one loss to FK Sileks Kratovo, from the Republic of Macedonia, losing 2–4 agg.

The team's only international wins came in the UEFA Cup. In the UEFA Cup 1991-92 they beat FC Dynamo Moscow 1–0 in the first leg, but lost the second leg 1–4 and did not advance. In the UEFA Cup 1992-93 they defeated their first round opponent F.C. Groningen 1–0 and 1–1, only to be defeated by S.L. Benfica in the second round 1–5 and 0–1. In the UEFA Cup 1993-94 they won their first match against Apollon Limassol 2–0, but lost the second 0–4 and didn't make it out of the first round.

All-time International Results[edit]

Competition	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.
Champions League	2	0	0	2	1–5	−4
Winner's Cup	2	0	1	1	2–4	−2
UEFA Cup	8	3	1	4	7–15	−8
TOTAL	12	3	2	7	10–24	-14

Honours[edit]

Hungarian League:
- Winners (1): 1993–94 (as Vác-Samsung)
Hungarian Cup:
- Runner-up (3): 1990–91 (as Váci Izzó), 1991–92, 1994–95
Hungarian Second Division:
- Winners (2): 1986–87, 2005–06
Regional Championship (Kerületi Bajnokság):
- Winners (2): 1913, 1924

Current squad[edit]

European cup history[edit]

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup[edit]

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying Round		FK Sileks Kratovo	1–1	1–3	2–4

UEFA Intertoto Cup[edit]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1989	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 3	FC Tirol Innsbruck	0–0	0–1
		Group 3	FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1–0	0–0
		Group 3	AC Bellinzona	1–0	1–1
1991	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 3	SV Austria Salzburg	1–2	1–1
		Group 3	Hallescher FC	2–1	1–5
		Group 3	Ikast FS	2–0	1–2
1992	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 7	SK Slovan Bratislava	2–3	1–5
		Group 7	Aarhus GF	2–0	1–0
		Group 7	Kiruna FF	5–2	2–0
1994	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 4, 1st game	Hamburger SV	1–2
		Group 4, 2nd game	FK Inter Bratislava		3–2
		Group 4, 3rd game	SK Dynamo Ceske Budejovice	2–1
		Group 4, 4th game	Ikast FS		4–0

UEFA Cup[edit]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1991–92	UEFA Cup	1. Round	FC Dynamo Moscow	1–0	1–4	2–4
1992–93	UEFA Cup	1. Round	FC Groningen	1–0	1–1	2–1
		2. Round	S.L. Benfica	0–1	1–5	1–6
1993–94	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Apollon Limassol	2–0	0–4	2–4(aet)