Vasas SC

Vasas FC

Full name	Vasas Football Club
Founded	16 March 1911 (1911-03-16)
Ground	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky, Budapest
Ground Capacity	9,000
Chairman	László Markovits
Manager	Michael Oenning
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2015–16	Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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]

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:

History

Lajos Baróti-managed Vasas won the first Hungarian League title in 1957

Club legend Rudolf Illovszky

1910s

Vasas were promoted to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 1916 for the first time. In their first season (1916–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I) the club finished 6th.^[3]

1920s

Vasas finished third in the 1924–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. Only MTK Budapest and Ferencváros could overtake the club in the championship.^[4] In the following (1925–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I) season the club could repeat their success. Vasas collected 29 points and won 11 out of 22 matches in the season.^[5]

In the 1928–29 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season Vasas finished 11th and they were relegated. Vasas won only 5 out of the 22 matches and gained only 14 points.^[6]

1930s

Vasas returned to the top flight of the Hungarian League in the 1930–31 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season and the club finished 8th securing their membership in the top league.^[7] However, in the next season (1931–32 Nemzeti Bajnokság I) Vasas were relegated again for the second time in the club's history. Vasas finished 11th and collected only 13 points by winning only 5 out of 22 matches.^[8]

1950s

Kamarás

Teleki

Sárosi

Kárpáti

Bárfi

Berendi

Csordás

Lenkei

Raduly

Szilágyi

Bundzsák

Vasas's linup in the 1957–58 European Cup semi-final against Real Madrid C.F. at the Népstadion.

Vasas won their first Hungarian League title in 1957^[9] and they entered the 1957–58 European Cup. On 4 September 1957 PFC CSKA Sofia beat Vasas 2-1 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in the first leg of the preliminary round.^[10] On 3 October 1957 Vasas beat 6-1 PFC CSKA Sofia at Népstadion in the second leg of the preliminary round.^[11] On 20 November 1957 BSC Young Boys drew (1-1) with Vasas at the Charmilles Stadium in the first leg of the first round.^[12] On 30 November 1957 Vasas beat BSC Young Boys at Népstadion.^[13] On 5 February 1958 Ajax Amsterdam drew (2-2) with Vasas at the Olympisch Stadion in the first leg of the quarter finals.^[14] On 26 February 1958 Vasas beat 4-0 Ajax Amsterdam at Népstadion. The goals were scored by Szilágyi (9th and 39th minute), Csordás (29th minute), and Bundzsák(7th minute).^[15] On 2 April 1958 Real Madrid C.F. beat 4-0 Vasas at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the first leg of the semi-final.^[16] Although Vasas beat Real Madrid 2-0 at the Népstadion on 16 April 1958, they were eliminated from the 1957–58 European Cup.^[17] Vasas have been the most successful Hungarian club in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League history along with Győri ETO FC.

1960s

Club legend Kálmán Mészöly, who played for Vasas between 1952 and 1979

Vasas won the 1960–61 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.^[18] The following year Vasas could repeat the success by winning the 1961–62 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.^[19] The club third title arrived by winning the 1965 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season^[20] In 1966 Vasas set a record by winning the 1966 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season without any defeats.^[21]

1970s

Vasas won the 1976–77 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.^[22]

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.

2000s

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.

2010s

Centenary stamp of Vasas

On 3 August 2011, the club celebrated the 100th anniversary of their foundation with a match against Serie A club A.S. Roma at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium. The match ended with a 1-0 win for the Italian side. The only goal was scored by Viviani.^[23]

In the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season Vasas secured their Nemzeti Bajnokság I membership on the last match day (33rd) by beating MTK Budapest FC 2-0 at Dunaferr Arena resulting the farewell of Puskás Akadémia FC from the top league.^[24]

Stadium

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

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

Honours

• 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: 2005–06
• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (6, record): 1956, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1983
• UEFA European Cup
  • Semi-finalists (1): 1957–58

Season results

Domestic													International		Manager
League										Cup	League Cup	Super Cup
No.	Season	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.	Pts.	Pos.				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
5.	1920–21	24	5	8	11	20–30	-10	18	11th
6.	1921–22	22	7	6	9	24–33	-9	20	7th
7.	1922–23	22	10	8	4	37–31	+6	28	4th
8.	1923–24	22	7	4	11	28–36	-8	18	9th
9.	1924–25	22	10	7	5	38–25	+13	27	3rd
10.	1925–26	22	11	7	4	58–47	+11	29	3rd
11.	1926–27	18	7	4	7	27–32	-5	18	6th
12.	1927–28	22	6	2	14	37–57	-20	14	10th
13.	1928–29	22	5	4	13	26-68	-42	14	11th
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
14.	1930–31	22	6	5	11	41-52	-11	17	8th
15.	1931–32	22	5	3	14	41-69	-28	13	11th
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
16.	1942–43	30	14	5	11	64-49	+15	33	6th						Gallowich
17.	1943–44	30	8	11	11	54-61	-7	27	13th						Gallowich
18.	1945	22	10	7	5	69-38	+31	27	5th						Guttmann
19.	1945–46	26	18	2	6	86-49	+37	38	2nd
20.	1946–47	30	16	7	7	77-43	+34	39	3rd
21.	1947–48	32	22	7	3	76-31	+45	51	2nd						Gallowich
22.	1948–49	30	15	2	13	68-51	+17	32	7th
23.	1949–50	30	15	5	10	67-44	+23	35	6th
23.	1950	15	8	1	6	30-23	+7	17	6th
24.	1951	26	11	7	8	47-33	+14	29	4th						Jeny
25.	1952	26	13	7	6	54-40	+14	33	4th						Jeny
26.	1953	26	14	4	8	62-37	+35	32	3rd						Baróti
27.	1954	26	11	7	8	49-51	-2	29	4th						Baróti
28.	1955	26	16	4	6	62-39	+23	36	4th	W					Baróti
29.	1956	17	5	6	6	28-28	+0	16	8th						Baróti
1956 Hungarian uprising
30.	1957	11	7	3	1	36-14	+22	17	1st						Baróti
31.	1957–58	26	9	10	7	38-32	+6	28	5th						Illovszky
32.	1958–59	26	12	9	5	30-22	+8	33	4th						Illovszky
33.	1959–60	26	12	7	6	44-29	+15	32	3rd						Illovszky
34.	1960–61	26	15	8	3	59-24	+35	38	1st						Illovszky
35.	1961–62	26	17	4	5	55-27	+28	38	1st						Illovszky
36.	1962–63	26	8	9	9	37-31	+6	25	9th						Illovszky
37.	1963	13	6	2	5	19-16	+3	14	5th						Illovszky
38.	1964	26	12	7	7	44-31	+13	31	6th						Illovszky
39.	1965	26	17	5	4	48-19	+29	39	1st						Illovszky
40.	1966	26	17	9	0	67-27	+40	43	1st						Csordás
41.	1967	30	16	6	8	71-37	+34	38	4th						Csordás
42.	1968	30	18	6	6	66-37	+29	42	3rd						Illovszky
43.	1969	30	18	3	9	72-43	+29	39	4th						Illovszky
44.	1970	14	7	4	3	19-13	+6	18	5th						Illovszky
45.	1970–71	30	19	3	8	61-25	+36	47	3rd						Machos
46.	1971–72	30	12	8	10	51-46	+5	32	6th						Machos
47.	1972–73	30	16	8	6	54-33	+21	40	3rd	W					Baróti
48.	1973–74	30	9	14	7	35-31	+4	32	8th						Baróti
49.	1974–75	28	10	7	11	43-46	-3	27	6th						Illovszky
50.	1975–76	30	15	4	11	65-41	+24	34	5th						Illovszky
51.	1976–77	34	25	3	6	100-45	+55	53	1st						Illovszky
52.	1977–78	34	15	12	7	58-42	+16	42	5th						Illovszky
53.	1978–79	34	16	10	8	62-49	+13	42	4th						Mészöly
54.	1979–80	34	17	10	7	75-52	+23	44	3rd						Mészöly
55.	1980–81	34	18	10	6	68-38	+30	46	3rd	W					Bundzsák
56.	1981–82	34	12	8	14	57-54	+3	32	12th						Bundzsák
57.	1982–83	30	11	6	13	56-52	+4	28	7th						Bundzsák
58.	1983–84	30	14	5	11	46-40	+6	33	6th						Mészöly
59.	1984–85	30	10	11	9	56-44	+12	31	5th						Illovszky
60.	1985–86	30	11	7	12	37-43	-6	29	9th	W					Illovszky
61.	1986–87	30	13	6	11	42-40	+2	32	6th						Kisteleki
62.	1987–88	30	9	11	10	33-37	-4	29	9th						Kisteleki
63.	1988–89	30	10	7	13	35-58	-23	35	14th1						Mészöly
64.	1989–90	30	10	9	11	35-42	-7	39	8th						Mészöly
65.	1990–91	30	8	8	14	32-43	-11	24	12th						Mészöly
66.	1991–92	30	10	13	7	40-29	+11	33	6th						Gellei
67.	1992–93	30	7	13	10	31-33	-2	27	10th						Gellei
68.	1993–94	30	8	8	14	36-43	-7	24	10th						Mészöly
69.	1994–95	30	10	7	13	38-45	-7	37	10th						Mészöly, Illovszky
70.	1995–96	30	12	10	8	44-40	+4	46	7th						Gellei
71.	1996–97	34	19	7	8	50-33	+17	64	4th						Gellei
72.	1997–98	34	19	7	8	66-41	+25	64	3rd						Gellei
73.	1998–99	34	15	10	9	51-44	+7	55	6th						Gellei
73.	1999–00	32	19	4	9	58-32	+26	61	3rd						Komjáti
74.	2000–01	22	10	6	6	42-33	+9	40	3rd						Komjáti
75.	2001–02	38	7	11	20	51-78	-27	32	12th						Kiss, Tornyi [25]
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
76.	2004–05	30	10	3	17	34-48	-14	33	13th						Egervári
77.	2005–06	30	5	10	15	32-47	-15	25	15th	R					Pintér
78.	2006–07	30	13	6	11	43-41	+2	45	5th						Mészöly
79.	2007–08	30	12	5	13	42-45	-3	41	10th						Mészöly
80.	2008–09	30	11	5	14	42-52	-10	38	10th						Mészöly
81.	2009–10	30	8	7	15	39-61	-22	31	13th						Dellacasa
82.	2010–11	30	11	7	12	34-46	-12	40	11th						Komjáti
83.	2011–12	30	5	9	16	29-51	-22	22	15th	R4					Vlak
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
84.	2015–16	33	9	5	19	32–54	-22	32	10th	3R					Szanyó, Oenning
85.	2016–17	0	0	0	0	0–0	+0	0	TBD	TBD					Oenning[26]
Σ		60	18	12	30	71–91	–20	66

Notes

• Note 1: Relegation play-off in 1988–89 Nemzeti Bajnokság I: Vasas 1-1 Szegedi EAC (Fáy utca, 18.06.1989) and Szegedi EAC 0-1 Vasas (Szeged, 25.06.1989).

W: Winners R: Runners-up

: defunct

Current squad

As of 25 September, 2016.

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 Gergely Nagy 2 DF Attila Osváth 3 MF Manjrekar James 4 DF Kire Ristevski 6 MF Donát Szivacski 7 DF Szilveszter Hangya 8 FW Martin Ádám 10 FW Mohamed Remili 12 MF Botond Király 13 MF Zsombor Berecz 14 DF Csaba Preklet 17 FW Yevhen Pavlov

No. Position Player 19 DF Felix Burmeister 20 MF Márk Kleisz 21 DF Zsolt Korcsmár 23 MF Máté Vida 27 FW Benedek Murka 28 DF Tamás Vaskó 33 GK Vukasin Poleksic (on loan from Békéscsaba) 66 FW Mahir Saglik 70 FW Tamás Kulcsár 77 MF Péter Czvitkovics 89 DF András Debreceni (Captain) 90 GK Dániel Póser

Non-playing staff

Management

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

^[27]

First team staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Michael Oenning
Assistant coach	Zoltán Kecskés
Athletics coach	István Ferenczi
Goalkeeping Coach	József Lippai
Club Doctor	Dezső Lejkó
Physio	Ádám Kubó
Physio	Zoltán Prohászka

^{[28] [29]}

In Europe

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
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
1973–74	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Sunderland	0–2	0–1	0–3
1977–78	European Cup	1. Round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	1–1	1–4
1980–81	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Boavista	0–2	1–0	1–2
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
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
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round	Ventspils	3–1	1–2	4–3 (aet)
		1. Round	AEK Athens	2–2	0–2	2–4
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round	ZTS Dubnica	0–0	0–2	0–2

Former managers

Twin teams

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.^[30]

• SBV Vitesse

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.

References

External links

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

Vasas Sport Club
Football	Vasas FC Vasas FC II
Home stadium	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky (1961–present)
Rivalries	North Pest derby Budapest derby
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