Vasas SC

Vasas
	Club crest
Full name	Vasas Sport Club
Founded	16 March 1911; 113 years ago
Ground	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky,; Budapest
Capacity	18,000
Chairman	László Markovits
Manager	Michael Oenning
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2014–15	1st (promoted)
Website	http://www.vasasfutballclub.hu/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Vasas SC [ˈvɒʃɒʃ] is one of Hungary's major sports clubs. Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest's 13th district in the north of the town. Members of the Hungarian Union of Iron Workers founded the club as Vas-és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja, the "Sport Club of Iron and Steel Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club colours are red and blue.

The club is internationally best known for its successful football and water polo departments, which have won many national and international competitions. However, also athletes from other departments have won many Olympic gold medals as well as international and national championships. The football club was relegated in 2012 but returned to the top-tier in 2015.

The club’s women's handball team has been crowned Hungarian champions 15 times, and in 1982 won the Handball European Cup.

Crest and colours

Naming history

1911: Vas-és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja
1943: Kinizsi Vasas Budapest
1944: Nemzeti Kinizsi Budapest
1945: Budapesti Vasas SC
1948: Budapesti Vasas SE
1957: Budapesti Vasas SC

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
????−01	Lotto	Danubius Hotels
2001–02	Hummel
	Hummel
2004–05	Jako	pannonbau
2005–06	Jako	Herz
2006–08	Lancast	Herz
2008–09		Herz / Regale Klíma
2009–10		–
2011		Híd
2011–12		Vasas SC
2012–13	Dragon Sport	–
2014–15	Adidas	HunGast
2015–	Adidas	ALPROSYS

Departments

The club is active in the following sports:

Athletics, basketball, boxing, chess, fencing, football, handball (women), ice skating, rowing, skiing, tennis, touring, volleyball (women), water polo (men / women) and wrestling,

Football

Vasas' football team belongs to the highest Hungarian football league and was the dominating force in Hungarian football during the 1960s. In the 2006–07 season Vasas finished 5th.

In 2006 the club would have been relegated as penultimate, but could retain its place as rivals Ferencváros were ousted instead due to financial irregularities. This would have been Vasas' second relegation in this decade.

The team plays its home matches in the Rudolf Illovszky Stadium, which has a capacity of 18,000.

Honours

Hungarian League
- Winners (6): 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1977
Hungarian Cup
- Winners (4): 1955, 1973, 1981, 1986
Mitropa Cup
- Winners (6): 1956, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1983
European Champions Club Cup
- Semi-finalists (1): 1958

Season results

Domestic													International		Manager
League										Cup	League Cup	Super Cup	International
No.	Season	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.	Pts.	Pos.	Cup	League Cup	Super Cup	Competition	Result
1.	1916–17	22	6	9	7	29–30	−1	21	6th
2.	1917–18	22	11	5	6	37–26	+11	27	4th
3.	1918–19	21	9	6	6	20–19	+1	24	4th
4.	1919–20	28	10	9	9	31–26	+5	29	6th
85.	2015–16	0	0	0	0	0–0	0	0	TBD	TBD	†				Szanyó
Σ		60	18	12	30	71–91	–20	66

†: defunct Italics indicate that the season is still in progress.

Current squad

As of 17 January 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	HUN	Gergely Nagy
2	DF	HUN	Attila Osváth
5	MF	HUN	Donát Szivacski
7	DF	HUN	Szilveszter Hangya
8	FW	HUN	Martin Ádám
9	MF	HUN	Zsombor Berecz
10	FW	HUN	Mohamed Remili (Captain)
12	MF	SRB	Miloš Adamović
14	DF	HUN	Csaba Preklet
15	MF	HUN	Norbert Könyves
16	FW	UKR	Yevhen Pavlov
20	FW	HUN	Krisztián Kenesei
23	MF	HUN	Máté Vida


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	HUN	Tamás Grúz
29	MF	HUN	Benedek Murka
31	GK	HUN	Bence Hermány
33	FW	GRE	Ilias Ignatidis
77	MF	HUN	Péter Czvitkovics
89	DF	HUN	András Debreceni
90	GK	HUN	Dániel Póser
93	DF	CRO	Danijel Romic
99	FW	HUN	Csanád Novák
—	DF	MKD	Kire Ristevski
—	DF	HUN	Zsolt Korcsmár
—	MF	GER	Christian Müller

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1973–74	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Sunderland	0–2	0–1	0–3
1981–82	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Enosis Neon Paralimni	8–0	0–1	8–1
		2. Round	Standard Liège	0–2	1–2	1–4
1986–87	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Velež Mostar	2–2	2–3	4–5

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1987	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 1	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–2	2–2
		Group 1	Aarhus GF	2–1	0–1
		Group 1	Lausanne-Sport	5–3	1–2
1990	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 8	First Vienna	0–0	1–0
		Group 8	Aarhus GF	0–2	0–2
		Group 8	Gefle	1–1	0–2
1996	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 10, 1st game	Lierse	2–0
		Group 10, 2nd game	Gaziantepspor		2–3
		Group 10, 3rd game	Narva Trans	4–1
		Group 10, 4th game	Groningen		1–1
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 7, 1st game	Öster		4–1
		Group 7, 2nd game	Universitāte Rīga	3–0
		Group 7, 3rd game	İstanbulspor		0–2
		Group 7, 4th game	Werder Bremen	2–0
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Union Luxembourg	4–0	3–1	7–1
		2. Round	Neuchâtel Xamax	1–0	2–0	3–0
		3. Round	Polonia Warsaw	1–2	0–2	1–4
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round	ZTS Dubnica	0–0	0–2	0–2

UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1971–72	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Shelbourne	1–0	1–1	2–1
		2. Round	St Johnstone	1–0	0–2	1–2
1975–76	UEFA Cup	1. Round	VOEST Linz	4–0	0–2	4–2
		2. Round	Sporting CP	3–1	1–2	4–3
		3. Round	Barcelona	0–1	1–3	1–4
1980–81	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Boavista	0–2	1–0	1–2
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round	Ventspils	3–1	1–2	4–3 (aet)
		1. Round	AEK Athens	2–2	0–2	2–4

UEFA Champions League

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1957–58	European Cup	Preliminary Round	CDNA Sofia	6–1	1–2	7–3
		1. Round	BSC Young Boys	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Quarter-finals	Ajax	4–0	2–2	6–2
		Semi-finals	Real Madrid	2–0	0–4	2–4
1961–62	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Real Madrid	0–2	1–3	1–5
1962–63	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Fredrikstad	7–0	4–1	11–1
		1. Round	Feyenoord	2–2	1–1	3–3 (Play-off 0–1)
1966–67	European Cup	1. Round	Sporting CP	5–0	2–0	7–0
		2. Round	Inter Milan	0–2	1–2	1–4
1967–68	European Cup	1. Round	Dundalk	8–1	1–0	9–1
		2. Round	Valur	6–0	5–1	11–1
		Quarter-finals	Benfica	0–0	0–3	0–3
1977–78	European Cup	1. Round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	1–1	1–4

Former managers

Tibor Gallowich (1941–43, 1945)
Béla Guttmann (1945)
Tibor Gallowich (1948)
Rudolf Jeny (1951–52)
Lajos Baróti (1953–57)
Rudolf Illovszky (1957–63, 1965)
Lajos Csordás (1966–67)
Rudolf Illovszky (1967–69)
Ferenc Machos (1970–72)
Lajos Baróti (1972–74)
Rudolf Illovszky (1974–77)
Kálmán Mészöly (1978–80)
Dezső Bundzsák (1980–82)
Kálmán Mészöly (1983–84)
Rudolf Illovszky (1984–86)
István Kisteleki (1986–88)
Kálmán Mészöly (1988–89)
Imre Gellei (1991–92)
Kálmán Mészöly (1993–94)
Rudolf Illovszky (1995)
Imre Gellei (1995–99)
András Komjáti (1999–00)
György Mezey (July 2000 – Nov 00)
Péter Bozsik (2001)
András Komjáti (2001)
László Kiss (Jan 2002 – April 2)
Barnabás Tornyi (April 2002 – June 2)
Sándor Egervári (2004–05)
Attila Pintér (Dec 2005 – June 6)
Géza Mészöly (July 2006 – Dec 09)
Giovanni Dellacasa (Dec 2009 – Oct 10)
András Komjáti (Oct 2010 – Aug 11)
Marijan Vlak (2011–12)
Flórián Urbán (Jan 2012 – April 12)
Marijan Vlak (April 2012 – June 12)
Quim Machado (June 2012 – Sept 12)
Gábor Szapor (Sept 2012 – Dec 12)
Dirk Berger (2013)
Károly Szanyó (2014–15)
Michael Oenning (2016–)

Men's water polo

Hungary is acknowledged the world over as a powerhouse of water polo. The water polo department of Vasas belongs to the leading ones in the country.

Honours

Hungarian League
- Winners (17): 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Hungarian Cup
- Winners (15): 1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009
Hungarian Super Cup
- Winners (2): 2001, 2006
Champions Cup
- Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85
Cup winners Cup
- Winners (3): 1985–86, 1994–95, 2001–02

Women's handball

Honours

Hungarian League
- Winners (15): 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1991–92, 1992–93
Hungarian Cup
- Winners (11): 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Champions Cup:
- Winners (1): 1981–82
- Finalist (5): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1992–93, 1993–94
Cup winners Cup
- Finalist (1): 1987–88
EHF-Cup
- Finalist (1): 1984–85
City-Cup
- Finalist (1): 1994–95

Other sports

Athletes of the club have won 40 Olympic gold medals (2006) and more than 1,000 Hungarian National Championship titles, making Vasas one of the most successful Hungarian sports clubs. There are only 29 countries which won more golds at the Summer Olympics (though some of the 40 wins were in team sports with athletes from other Hungarian clubs).

István Kozma was a wrestling champion in 1964 and 1968
László Papp was a boxing champion in 1952 and 1956 – also in 1948 being member of Vasas.

Trivia

János Kádár, HSWP First Secretary and Hungarian leader from 1956 until 1988, was a supporter of Vasas. A working-class man, Kádár had played in the team when young and was its president for a short period in the mid-1950s (when, after being released from prison, Kádár was party secretary in Budapest 13th district, where the team is based). During the 1960s, it was not uncommon to see Kádár in the crowd during Vasas games. Unlike some of his Eastern Europe counterparts, though, Kádár did not use his position to favor his team, nor did he allow Hungarian officials to interfere in football as it was common in other bloc countries.

External links

v t e Vasas Sport Club
History	History Seasons Europe Managers
Home stadium	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (1960) (1960–2016) Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (2018–present)
Rivalries	Budapest derby
Other sports	Handball (women) Basketball (men) Water polo Fencing
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