Vasas SC

Vasas FC

Full name	Vasas Football Club
Founded	16 March 1911; 107 years ago (1911-03-16)
Ground	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion, Budapest
Capacity	5,054
Chairman	László Markovits
Manager	Károly Kis
League	NB II
2017–18	NB I, 12th (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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

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 Metal Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club colours are red and blue.

Vasas FC has won the Hungarian League six times. Vasas is known internationally for reaching the semi finals of the 1957–58 European Cup season^[1] and the quarter-finals in the 1967–68 European Cup season.^[2]

History[edit]

Vasas first entered the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 1916-17 season. Since then the club have managed to win seven titles. The club's most successful period has been between 1957 and 1966. During this period they won the Hungarian league five times.

Crest and colours[edit]

Naming history[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Stadium[edit]

Vasas SC–Zalaegerszegi TE in the 2006–07 Nemzeti Bajnokság I on 28 April 2007

Vasas plays its home matches in the Illovszky Rudolf Stadion located in the 13th district of Budapest. The stadium capacity is 9,000.

Honours[edit]

• Hungarian League
  • Winners (6): 1957, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965, 1966, 1976–77
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winners (4): 1954–55, 1972–73, 1980–81, 1985–86
  • Runners-up (4): 1979–80, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2016–17
• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (6, record): 1956, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1983
• UEFA European Cup
  • Semi-finalists (1): 1957–58

Current squad[edit]

As of 5 August 2018

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Balázs Bese (on loan from MTK) 3 DF Attila Talabér (on loan from MTK) 4 DF Zsolt Szilágyi 6 FW Botond Birtalan 7 FW Ádám Hrepka 8 FW Martin Ádám 9 FW Zsombor Bévárdi (on loan from Vidi) 10 MF Donát Szivacski 12 MF Milán Kovács 13 FW Botond Király 14 GK Levente Bösz 15 MF Dávid Kovács 16 DF Keve Tóth

No. Position Player 17 MF Kristóf Hinora (on loan from MTK) 19 DF Ádám Rokszin 20 MF Ádám Hajdú 22 DF Zsolt Szokol 26 DF Dávid Kelemen 27 FW Benedek Murka 28 DF Tamás Vaskó 31 MF Dávid Barczi 32 MF Lóránd Szatmári 33 FW Ádám Balajti MF Bálint Borbély GK Zoltán Kovács (on loan from ZTE)

Ownership[edit]

On 4 January 2017 it was announced that János Jámbor bought 99% of the shares of the Vasas FC.^[3]

Non-playing staff[edit]

Management[edit]

Position	Name
Managing director	Miklós Vancsa
Technical director	András Keresztúri
Technical manager	Sándor Lakatos
Financial manager	Krisztina Molnár-Tomán

^[4]

First team staff[edit]

Position	Name
Head coach	Károly Kis
Assistant coach	Zoltán Kecskés
Athletics coach	István Ferenczi
Goalkeeping Coach	József Lippai
Club Doctor	Dezső Lejkó
Physio	Ádám Kubó
Physio	János Kiss

^{[5] [6]}

Managerial history[edit]

Seasons[edit]

In European football[edit]

Records and statistics[edit]

Twin teams[edit]

On 18 May 2016 a cooperation was announced between Vasas Kubala Akadémia and Eredivisie club SBV Vitesse. According to the cooperation, the two club have a common showcase, take part in a common conference and education. Gerry Hamstra said that it is very important for the Dutch club to initiate new cooperations in this region.^[7]

• SBV Vitesse

Trivia[edit]

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.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• (in Hungarian) Official website
• (in Hungarian) Official website (football team)
• (in Hungarian) Unofficial fan-site (team sports)