Budapesti Spartacus SC (women's handball)

Budapesti Spartacus SC
Full name	Budapesti Spartacus Sport Club
Short name	Bp. Spartacus
Founded	1954
Head coach	Zsuzsanna Viglási
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
2009–10	Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B – Eastern Group, 10th
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Budapesti Spartacus Sport Club is a Hungarian women's handball team from Budapest, that play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, the second tier league in Hungary. The club was formed in 1954 and soon found themselves on the top. Spari, as the fans call the team, have won all but one league titles between 1960 and 1967, and in addition, they have won two domestic cup titles in 1963 and 1968. They also enjoyed a good run in the European Champions Cup, having been marched to the finals in 1965, only to fall short against HG København.

In the seventies the club have fallen back, and eventually slumped to relegation in 1975. However, the team promoted back immediately and under the guidance of head coach István Szabó a new success period has begun. Spartacus have won the national championship title in 1983 and 1986, and lifted the Hungarian cup trophy in 1988. Beside the domestic hit they also took the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1981.

From the nineties the club slowly relapsed and turned into a mid-table team. Parallel to this, their financial potentinal is narrowed and it all ended up in a relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B in 2007.

Since they are co-operating with another Budapest-based club, Pénzügyőr SE, the team is officially known as Pénzügyőr-Spartacus SC.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2010–11 season^[1]

Staff members

• Technical Director: Imre Lakatos
• Head Coach: Zsuzsanna Viglási
• Coach: Zsuzsanna Nagy
• Coach: Éva Balázs

Selected former players

• Ágnes Végh
• Zsuzsanna Varga
• Magda Jóna
• Klára Horváth
• Valéria Agocs
• Beáta Balog
• Orsolya Herr
• Zita Szucsánszki

Selected former coaches

• Pál Nádori
• Ottó Fleck
• István Szabó
• László Laurencz
• János Csík

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

• Champions (9): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1983, 1986
• Runners-up (5): 1966, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984
• Third place (5): 1958, 1970, 1973, 1985, 1988–89

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

• Winners (3): 1963, 1968, 1988
• Finalists (6): 1969, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984

European competitions

• European Champions Cup:
  • Finalists: 1965
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Winners: 1981
  • Finalists: 1982

Recent seasons

• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:^[2] 45
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:^[3] 1

In European competition

Source: kézitörténelem.hu

• Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup): 8
• Participations in EHF Cup (IHF Cup): 3
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup (IHF Cup Winners' Cup): 3

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1962-63	Champions Cup*	1/8-finals	Rapid București	2-4	6-16	8–20
1963-64	Champions Cup*	Round 1	Admira Wien	23-7	14-7	37–14
		1/4-finals	Trud Moscow	16-7	8-12	24–21
		1/2-finals	Rapid București	7-11	5-13	12–24
1964-65	Champions Cup* Finalist	Round 1	Ruch Königshütte Chorzów	16-3	17-8	33–11
		1/4-finals	Trud Moscow	10-7	7-9	17–16
		1/2-finals	Lokomotiva Zagreb	7-4	7-6	14–10
		Finals	HG København	10-7	6-14	16–21
1965-66	Champions Cup*	1/4-finals	Akademik Sofia	13-2	5-8	18–10
		1/2-finals	SC Leipzig	5-3	4-10	9–13
1966-67	Champions Cup*	Round 1	Akademik Sofia	15-5	5-3	20–8
		1/4-finals	Žalgiris Kaunas	8-7	8-11	16–18
1980-81	Cup Winners' Cup Winner	1/8-finals	Štart Bratislava	20-15	11-13	31–28
		1/4-finals	ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt	17-12	11-15	28–27
		1/2-finals	Kremikovski	16-13	27-21	43–34
		Finals	Bane Sekulić Sombor	22-17	18-17	40–34
1981-82	Cup Winners' Cup Finalist	1/8-finals	Terom Iaşi	24-15	19-25	43–40
		1/4-finals	Štart Bratislava	27-19	22-29	49–48
		1/2-finals	Rostselmash Rostov	23-19	27-31	50–50 (a)
		Finals	RK Osijek	21-27	17-27	38–54
1982-83	Champions Cup*	Round 1	Aris Nikaias	48-9	42-6	90–15
		1/8-finals	AIA-Tranbjerg	21-15	17-15	38–30
		1/4-finals	Vasas SC	16-21	16-14	32–35
1984-85	Champions Cup*	1/8-finals	Știința Bacău	31-27	22-29	53–56
1985-86	Cup Winners' Cup	1/8-finals	TSC Berlin	23-23	25-32	48–55
1986-87	IHF Cup*	1/8-finals	Stockholmspolisens	26-19	21-21	47–40
		1/4-finals	HV Vonk Mosam	29-22	18-18	47–40
		1/2-finals	Štart Bratislava	31-23	18-27	49–50
1987-88	Champions Cup*	Round 1	Kulübü Ankara	46-14	25-16	71–30
		1/8-finals	Sardinia Sassari	40-18	34-18	74–36
		1/4-finals	USM Gagny	32-23	24-28	56–51
		1/2-finals	Spartak Kyiv	25-27	25-36	50–63
1988-89	IHF Cup*	1/8-finals	Budućnost Titograd	31-28	31-34	62–62 (a)
		1/4-finals	Union CA Hollabrunn	23-20	30-19	53–39
		1/2-finals	Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	29-26	25-34	54–60
1989-90	IHF Cup*	1/8-finals	CM Leganés	28-14	19-20	47–34
		1/4-finals	Nordstrand IF	25-15	27-28	52–43
		1/2-finals	Vorwärts Frankfurt	21-23	9-26	30–49

References

External links

• Official website