Vasas SC

Vasas

Full name	Vasas Sport Club
Founded	16 March 1911
Ground	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky, Budapest
Capacity	18,000
Chairman	László Markovits
Manager	Michael Oenning
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2014–15	1st (promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Activ departments of Vasas
Football	Handball	Basketball (Men's)
Basketball (Women's)	Ice Hockey	Water Polo
Volleyball	Athletics	Swimming
Canoe/kayak	Boxing	Fencing
Tennis	Wrestling	Gymnastic
Ski	Aerobic	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.

The club 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:

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

History

Club legend Rudolf Illovszky

Centenary stamp of Vasas

Vasas won their first Hungarian League title in 1957.^[3]

Vasas won the 1960–61 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.^[4] The following year Vasas could repeat the succes by winning the 1961–62 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.^[5] The club third title arrived by winning the 1965 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season^[6] In 1966 Vasas set a record by winning the 1966 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season without any defeats.^[7]

Vasas won the 1976–77 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.^[8]

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.

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.^[9]

Stadium

Vasas plays its home matches in the Stadion Rudolf Illovszky located in the 13th district of Budapest. The stadium capacity is 18,000.

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): 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
17.	1943–44	30	8	11	11	54-61	-7	27	13th
18.	1945	22	10	7	5	69-38	+31	27	5th
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
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
25.	1952	26	13	7	6	54-40	+14	33	4th
26.	1953	26	14	4	8	62-37	+35	32	3rd
27.	1954	26	11	7	8	49-51	-2	29	4th
28.	1955	26	16	4	6	62-39	+23	36	4th
29.	1956	17	5	6	6	28-28	+0	16	8th
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
32.	1958–59	26	12	9	5	30-22	+8	33	4th
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
37.	1963	13	6	2	5	19-16	+3	14	5th
38.	1964	26	12	7	7	44-31	+13	31	6th
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
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
85.	2015–16	33	9	5	19	32–54	-22	32	10th	TBD					Szanyó, Oenning
86.	2016–17	0	0	0	0	0–0	+0	0	TBD	TBD					Oenning
Σ		60	18	12	30	71–91	–20	66

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

Current squad

As of 21 February 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 4 DF Kire Ristevski 6 MF Donát Szivacski 7 DF Szilveszter Hangya 8 FW Martin Ádám 9 FW Ilias Ignatidis 10 FW Mohamed Remili (Captain) 12 MF Miloš Adamović 13 MF Zsombor Berecz 14 DF Csaba Preklet 15 MF Norbert Könyves

No. Position Player 16 FW Yevhen Pavlov 21 DF Zsolt Korcsmár 23 MF Máté Vida 26 DF Tamás Grúz 31 GK Bence Hermány 37 MF Christian Müller 39 FW István Ferenczi 77 MF Péter Czvitkovics 89 DF András Debreceni 90 GK Dániel Póser 93 DF Danijel Romić 99 FW Csanád Novák

In Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Country	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

• 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)
• Antal Simon (2015)
• Michael Oenning (2016–)

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

1. "1957–58 UEFA European Cup". UEFA.com. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
2. "1967–68 UEFA European Cup". UEFA.com. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
3. "1957 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". rsssf.com. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
4. "1960–61 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". rsssf.com. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
5. "1961–62 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". rsssf.com. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
6. "1965 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". rsssf.com. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
7. "1966 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". rsssf.com. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
8. "1976–77 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". rsssf.com. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
9. "2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I: MTK Budapest 0–2 Vasas". soccerway.com. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

External links

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