SC Pick Szeged

MOL-Pick Szeged
Full name	MOL-Pick Szeged
Short name	Szeged
Founded	1961
Arena	Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Capacity	3,200
President	Dr. Szűcs Ernő Péter
Head coach	Juan Carlos Pastor
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2014–15	Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 2nd
Colours
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

SC Pick Szeged is a Hungarian handball club from Szeged, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and the EHF Champions League.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

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

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
	adidas
–2006		Szeviép
2007		bet-at-home.com / Pick
2007–2010		Szeviép / Pick / Budapest Bank
2010–2011	Erima	Pick / Sole-Mizo
2011–2012	adidas
2012–2014		Pick / OTP Bank
2014–		MOL / Pick / OTP Bank

Supporters and rivalries

Supporters of SC Pick Szeged are mainly based in Szeged, Hungary. However, the club is popular mainly in eastern part of Hungary. One of the group of supporters is the Szeged Kézilabda Fan Club which is considered the main ultras of the team (there are smaller groups like Szegedi FUNok, Majestic Onion City Makó). SC Pick Szeged is in rivalry with the most famous Hungarian clubs such as Veszprém, Tatabánya.

Today, Pick Szeged biggest rivals are MVM Veszprém, the matches between the two teams are referred to as "Eternal derby".

Team

Pick Szeged (2015)

Current squad

Squad for the 2015–16 season

Goalkeepers 01 José Manuel Sierra 16 Piotr Wyszomirski Wingers 08 Jonas Källman 11 Máté Gidai 22 Rajko Prodanović 51 Roberto García Parrondo 54 Marko Curuvija Line players 17 Szabolcs Zubai 23 Márk Hegedüs 77 Vladimir Vranješ

Back players 05 Niko Mindegia 09 Antonio García Robledo 14 Thiagus dos Santos 15 Bálint Fekete 18 Ferenc Ilyés 19 Zsolt Balogh 21 Alen Blažević 44 Dean Bombač 90 Gábor Ancsin

Transfers

Transfers for the 2016-17 season

Joining Pedro Rodriguez Alvarez (from Naturhouse La Rioja) (RW) Mario Šoštarić (from RK Gorenje Velenje) (RW) Matej Gaber (from Montpellier Handball) (PV) Staš Skube (from RK Gorenje Velenje) (CB) Denis Buntić (from Vive Targi Kielce) (RB) Marin Šego (from Vive Targi Kielce) (GK) Sergei Gorbok (from RK Vardar) (LB) Bence Bánhidi (from Balatonfüredi KSE) (PV) Bendegúz Bóka (from Balatonfüredi KSE) (LW)

Leaving Dean Bombač (to Vive Targi Kielce) (CB) Niko Mindegia (to KIF Kolding) (CB) Piotr Wyszomirski (to TBV Lemgo) (GK)

Staff members

• Head Coach: Juan Carlos Pastor
• Assistant Coach: Marko Krivokapić
• Goalkeeping Coach: Fekete Robert
• Club Doctor: István Szabó, MD
• Masseur: Đorđe Ignjatović

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

• Winners (2): 1996, 2007
• Runners-up (15): 1985, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
• Bronze (11): 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Magyar Kupa:

• Winners (6): 1977, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2006, 2008
• Finalists (12): 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

European competitions

• EHF Champions League:
  • Quarterfinalists: 1997, 2004, 2015
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Semifinalists: 1983, 1984, 1994
• EHF Cup:
  • Winners: 2014
• EHF City Cup:
  • Semifinalists: 1996

Recent seasons

Season Division Pos. Cup Europe 1993-94 NB I 4th CWC Semi-final 1994-95 NB I EHF Quarter-final 1995-96 NB I City Semi-final 1996-97 NB I 4th CL Quarter-final 1997-98 NB I City Quarter-final 1998-99 NB I City Quarter-final 1999-00 NB I EHF Last 16 2000-01 NB I EHF Quarter-final 2001-02 NB I EHF Round 3 2002-03 NB I CWC Quarter-final

Season Division Pos. Cup Europe 2003-04 NB I CL Quarter-final 2004-05 NB I CL Last 16 2005-06 NB I CL Last 16 2006-07 NB I CL Last 16 2007-08 NB I CL Main round 2008-09 NB I CWC Quarter-final 2009-10 NB I CL Group stage 2010-11 NB I R4 CL Last 16 2011-12 NB I CL Group stage 2012-13 NB I CL Last 16

Season Division Pos. Cup Europe 2013-14 NB I EHF Winner 2014-15 NB I CL Quarter-final 2015-16 NB I CL

In European competition

R1: Round 1 / R2: Round 2 / R3: Round 3 / R4: Round 4 / QT-WC: Qualification Tournament-Wild Card
1/16: Round of 32 / GP, GM, CL: Group Phase / L16, 1/8: Last 16 / MR: Main Round / QF, 1/4: Quarter Final / SF, 1/2: Semi Final / F: Final

EHF Champions League Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1996-97 1/16 Steaua București 27-17 23-25 50–42 CL (Group B) Badel Zagreb 22–22 29–29 2nd ID Runar Sandefjord 33–23 20–29 Principe Trieste 30–22 29–25 1/4 FC Barcelona 25-26 17-40 42–66 2003-04 GM (Group E) RK Zagreb 27–26 25–26 2nd Sandefjord TIF 30–26 24–26 Filippos Verias 31–26 23–24 1/8 Montpellier HB 29-22 26-27 55–49 1/4 SC Magdeburg 30-31 24-28 54–59 2004-05 GM (Group A) FC Barcelona 22–21 26–35 1st Vardar Vatrost. Skopje 25–18 24–24 HCM Constanța 27–24 23–21 1/8 Celje Pivovarna Laško 20-21 23-23 43–44 2005-06 GM (Group D) FC Barcelona-Cifec 26–28 20–27 2nd ZTR Zaporizhia 36–28 24–22 HRK Izviđač Ljubuški 33–22 22–23 1/8 BM Ciudad Real 31-32 27-36 58–68 2006-07 GM (Group B) BM Ciudad Real 20–25 25–32 2nd Kadetten Schaffhausen 27–27 23–22 HC Meshkov Brest 28–23 30–24 1/8 CBM Valladolid 25-25 24-25 49–50 2007-08 GM (Group H) RK Gorenje Velenje 30–23 29–17 1st RK Bosna Sarajevo 39–24 37–24 HC Meshkov Brest 33–24 24–22 MR (Group 4) FC Barcelona 28–33 32–28 3rd GOG Svendborg TGI Gudme 34–33 25–28 Celje Pivovarna Laško 20–19 30–35 2008-09 GM (Group H) RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 30–36 25–29 3rd Wisła Płock S.A. 26–17 26–16 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 24–28 28–35 2009-10 GP (Group A) Chekhovskiye Medvedi 32–32 30–39 5th Montpellier HB 26–33 23–30 Pevafersa Valladolid 23–30 35–35 HCM Constanța 35–25 30–32 A.C. PAOK 27–24 26–27 2010-11 GP (Group C) Chekhovskiye Medvedi 22–29 26–25 3rd AaB Håndbold 37–28 30–34 Cuatro Rayas BM Valladolid 30–25 23–26 Kadetten Schaffhausen 29–26 27–31 HC Dinamo-Minsk 37–34 29–33 L16 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 26-27 20-33 46–60 2011-12 GP (Group D) Montpellier Agglomération HB 38–35 26–29 5th AG København 31–34 24–36 THW Kiel 26–38 24–34 Reale Ademar León 31–35 25–31 RK Partizan Beograd 31–21 29–23 2012-13 GP (Group D) FC Barcelona Intersport 28–33 24–33 4th RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 26–24 27–30 Kadetten Schaffhausen 30–29 29–36 Füchse Berlin 22–29 24–29 HC Dinamo Minsk 26–21 24–29 L16 KS Vive Targi Kielce 26-25 27-32 53–57 2013-14 QT-WC RK Metalurg 23-19 16-26 39–45 ↓ EHF 2014-15 GP (Group D) KS Vive Targi Kielce 26–27 32–37 2nd Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral 23–21 25–24 Kadetten Schaffhausen 34–24 29–32 Aalborg Håndbold 23–23 28–25 HC Motor Zaporozhye 27–26 29–25 L16 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 31-29 34-30 65–59 QF THW Kiel 31-29 23-31 54–60 2015-16 GP (Group B) FC Barcelona Lassa 28–30 – KS Vive Targi Kielce 31–30 – RK Vardar – 23–27 KIF Kolding København – 27–22 Rhein-Neckar Löwen – 25–30 IFK Kristianstad – – Montpellier HB 28–27 –

EHF Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1984-85 1/8 Tecnisa Alicante 31-33 24-29 55–62 1986-87 1/8 Dukla Prague 22-21 18-23 40–44 1987-88 R1 VIF Dimitrov Sofia 23-28 16-25 39–53 1990-91 R1 Minaur Baia Mare 27-21 16-23 43–44 1992-93 R1 Steaua București 21-16 21-27 42–43 1994-95 1/16 Grammar School Nicosia 30-17 23-18 53–35 1/8 Montpellier HB 27-24 20-22 47–46 1/4 Polyot Cheljabinsk (a) 27-25 21-23 48–48 1999-00 1/16 Alingsås HK 33-20 24-26 57–46 1/8 Viking HK (a) 31-29 25-27 56–56 2000-01 R3 Beşiktaş İstanbul 34-24 35-27 69–51 R4 CSKA Moscow 26-19 23-28 49–47 1/4 Bidasoa Irun 28-27 23-26 51–53 2001-02 R3 BM. Gáldar 33-28 30-36 63–64 2013-14 QR3 S.L. Benfica 31-25 25-24 56–49 GP (Group C) Tatran Prešov 37–31 31–29 1st HBC Nantes 28–27 23–31 IFK Kristianstad 29–18 26–23 QF Sporting CP 28-22 27-29 55–51 SF (F4) Füchse Berlin 24–22 F (F4) Montpellier Agglomération HB 29–28 EHF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1977-78 1/8 FC Barcelona 27-22 13-15 40–37 1/4 Anilana Łódź 26-22 20-25 46–47 1982-83 1/8 KFUM Fredericia 27-16 29-27 56–43 1/4 SC Leipzig 27-19 25-29 52–48 1/2 SKA Minsk 25-24 19-37 44–61 1983-84 1/8 VSŽ Košice 30-23 27-32 57–55 1/4 Helsingør IF 31-21 23-25 54–46 1/2 RK Sloga Doboj 24-26 26-25 50–51 1993-94 1/16 Swetotechnik Brovary 30-17 17-29 47–46 1/8 BK 46 Karis 31-24 21-23 52–47 1/4 Selfoss 30-18 20-32 50–50 (a) 1/2 FC Barcelona 22-24 14-19 36–43 2002-03 R3 De Groot Groep E&O 31-21 31-26 62–47 R4 Tatran Prešov 36-22 30-25 66–47 1/4 TBV Lemgo 30-34 32-40 62–74 2008-09 1/8 Dunaferr SE 28-19 29-33 57–52 1/4 HSG Nordhorn 31-26 25-34 56–60 City Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1995-96 1/16 Beşiktaş İstanbul 35-17 30-22 65–39 1/8 TV 08 e.V. Niederwürzbach 29-29 33-31 62–60 1/4 RK Sisak 38-22 27-20 65–42 1/2 SG Vfl/BHW Hameln 26-27 22-26 48–53 1997-98 1/16 RK Metković Razvitak 29-26 18-19 47–45 1/8 Paris St.-Germain 26-19 19-24 45–43 1/4 TuS Nettelstedt e.v. 22-25 26-29 48–54 1998-99 1/16 Handballclub Tongeren 33-14 29-18 62–32 1/8 CSKA Kyiv 40-14 35-25 75–39 1/4 TuS Nettelstedt e.v. 25-28 29-28 54–56

Notable players

• Gábor Ancsin
• György Avar
• Béla Árvai
• Sándor Bajusz
• Zsolt Balogh
• Zoltán Bartalos
• Csaba Bartók
• Csaba Bendó
• Róbert Berta
• Dániel Buday
• Ferenc Buday
• József Czina
• Nikola Eklemović
• József Farkas
• Bálint Fekete
• Róbert Fekete
• Máté Gidai
• Márk Hegedűs
• Gabor Herbert
• Ferenc Ilyés
• Dávid Katzirz
• Marinko Kekezović
• Attila Kotormán
• Milorad Krivokapić
• Balázs Laluska
• Ambrus Lele
• Máté Lékai
• Richárd Mezei
• Roland Mikler
• László Nagy
• Béla Oláh
• Zoltán Oláh
• Zsolt Perger
• Nenad Puljezević
• László Skaliczki
• István Sándor
• László Szabó "Sonka"
• Sándor Tamás
• Endre Tenke
• Géza Tóth
• Mihály Tóth
• Szabolcs Törő
• Attila Vadkerti
• Péter Tatai
• Nikola Prce
• Vladimir Vranješ
• Mario Bjeliš
• Alen Blažević
• Antonio Pribanić
• Ratko Đurković
• Marko Lasica
• Vladimir Osmajić
• Nenad Peruničić
• Valentin Ghionea
• Iulian Stamate
• Danijel Anđelković
• Dalibor Brajdić
• Nedeljko Jovanović
• Dragan Marjanac
• Vladan Matić
• Petar Nenadić
• Rajko Prodanović
• František Šulc
• Tomáš Straňovský
• Luka Žvižej
• Niko Mindegía
• Roberto García Parrondo
• José Manuel Sierra
• Jonas Källman
• Jonas Larholm

Notable coaches

Period	Coach
1974–1980	Árpád Kővári
1980–1981	Ferenc Buday
1981–1983	László Boros Gy.
1983–1984	Márton Ludányi
1985–1987	István Lesti
1987–1989	Árpád Kővári
1989–1991	Zsolt Barabás
1991–1995	Árpád Kővári
1995–1998	László Skaliczki
1998–1999	Ferenc Buday
1999–2000	György Koleszár
2000	Árpád Kővári
2001–2003	Dragan Đukić
2003–2006	Péter Kovács
2006–2007	Zoran Kurteš
2007–2009	Vladan Matić
2009–2010	Dragan Đukić
2010–2013	László Skaliczki
2013–0000	Juan Carlos Pastor

See also

• Pick Szeged

References

External links

• Official website
• SC Pick Szeged on Facebook