Vasas FC

Full name	Vasas Futball Club
Founded	16 March 1911 (1911-03-16)
Ground	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion, Budapest
Capacity	5,054
Chairman	László Markovits
Manager	Szilárd Desits
League	NB II
2022–23	NB I, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away 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 (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈvɒʃɒʃ]) is a Hungarian sports club based in Budapest

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 .Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest's 13th district in the north of the town.

They have won the Hungarian League six times. Vasas is known internationally for reaching the semi-finals of the 1957–58 European Cup season,^[1] the quarter-finals in the 1967–68 European Cup season,^[2] and for being the most successful club in the Mitropa Cup with 6 championships.

History

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

Stadium

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

Vasas played their home matches in the Illovszky Rudolf Stadion located in the 13th district of Budapest between 1960 and 2016. The stadium capacity was 9,000. The last match was played between Vasas SS and Videoton FC in the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I on 29 October 2016. As part of the Hungarian Football Stadium Reconstruction Program, the stadium was demolished in 2016 and a brand new stadium was built in its place.

On 5 July 2019, the new stadium was opened. The first match was played by Vasas SC and FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda which was won by the hosts 2–0. The capacity of the new stadium is 5054 and it cost 7.5 billion HUF.

On 7 August 2019, the first Nemzeti Bajnokság II match was played in the stadium when Vasas hosted Soroksár SC in the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season.

On 11 July 2019 the first international match was played between Budapest Honvéd FC and FK Žalgiris in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. The match was won by the hosts 3–1.

The new stadium

Honours

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  • Winners (6): 1957, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965, 1966, 1976–77
• Magyar Kupa
  • Winners (4): 1954–55, 1972–73, 1980–81, 1985–86
  • Runners-up (4): 1979–80, 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2016–17
• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (6, record): 1956, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1969–70, 1982–83
• European Cup / UEFA Champions League
  • Semi-finalists (1): 1957–58

Current squad

As of 3 September 2023^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  HUN Donát Szivacski 4 DF  HUN Bence Pávkovics 5 DF  HUN Róbert Litauszki 6 MF  HUN Dominik Sztojka 7 MF  HUN Balázs Bakti (on loan from Puskás Akadémia) 8 MF  HUN Sebestyén Ihrig-Farkas 10 FW  HUN Filip Holender 13 MF  HUN Zsombor Berecz (captain) 15 MF  HUN Sándor Hidi 16 MF  HUN Boldizsár Rab 17 MF  HUN Kristóf Hinora 19 DF  HUN László Deutsch 20 DF  HUN Máté Ódor 21 MF  HUN Bertalan Kapornai

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  HUN Bálint Faragó 23 MF  HUN Máté Vida 26 GK  HUN János Uram 30 MF  ROU Szabolcs Szilágyi 34 DF  HUN Kenneth Otigba 36 DF  HUN Botond Baráth 55 GK  HUN Levente Jova 70 FW  HUN András Radó 71 MF  HUN Csongor Papp (on loan from Zalaegerszegi) 77 FW  HUN Milán Tóth 86 FW  HUN Soma Novothny 88 MF  SVK Jozef Urblík 97 FW  HUN Dávid Zimonyi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  HUN Dániel Bánfalvi (at Komárom until 30 June 2024)

Youth academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  HUN Dominik Kovács — DF  HUN Zsombor Puskás — DF  HUN Máté Lukácz — MF  HUN Bendegúz Móga — MF  HUN Zalán Vecsey — MF  HUN Zsombor Boros

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  HUN Attila Girsik — FW  HUN Balázs Pócs — FW  HUN Csaba Molnár — FW  HUN Jeromos Farkas — FW  HUN Dominik Földi — FW  HUN Márk Petres

Ownership

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

Non-playing staff

Management

Position	Name
Managing director	Nagy Miklós
Technical director	Kopjári Nándor
Technical manager	Sándor Lakatos
Financial manager	Éva Prohászka

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First team staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Schindler Szabolcs
Assistant coach	Tóth András
Athletics coach	Gaál Miklós
Goalkeeping coach	József Lippai
Club doctor	Dezső Lejkó
Physio	Ádám Kubó
Physio	János Kiss

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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.^[8]

• 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.

See also

• List of Vasas SC managers
• List of Vasas SC records and statistics
• List of Vasas SC seasons

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vasas SC.

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