Vasas SC
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Vasas SC 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 Steel Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club colours are red and blue.
The club is internationally best known for its successful football
and water polo
departments, which have won many national and international competitions. But also athletes from other departments have won many Olympic gold medals as well as international and national championships.
The club’s women's handball team has for 15 times been crowned Hungarian champions, and in 1982 won the Handball European Cup.
Athletics
, basketball
(women), boxing
, chess
, fencing
, football, handball
(women), ice skating
, rowing
, skiing
, tennis
, touring
, volleyball
(women), water polo
(men / women) and wrestling
,
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 Ferencvarosi TC were ousted instead due to financial irregularities. This would have been Vasas' second relegation in this decade.
The team plays its home matches in the Rudolf Illovszky Stadium, which has a capacity of 18,000.
, 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 it's president for a short period in the mid-50s (when, after being released from prison, Kádár was party secretary in Budapest
13th district, where the team is based). During the 60s, it was not uncommon to see Kádár in the crowd during Vasas games. Unlike some of his Eastern Europe
counterparts, though, Kádár did not used his position to favor his team, nor did he aloud Hungarian officials to interfere in football as was common in other bloc countries.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
major sports clubs. Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
'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 Steel Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club colours are red and blue.
The club is internationally best known for its successful football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
and water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
departments, which have won many national and international competitions. But also athletes from other departments have won many Olympic gold medals as well as international and national championships.
The club’s women's handball team has for 15 times been crowned Hungarian champions, and in 1982 won the Handball European Cup.
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
Departments
The club is active in the following sports:Athletics
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
(women), boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
, football, handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
(women), ice skating
Ice skating
Ice skating is moving on ice by using ice skates. It can be done for a variety of reasons, including leisure, traveling, and various sports. Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared indoor and outdoor tracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water, such as lakes and...
, rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, touring
Touring
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, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
(women), water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
(men / women) and wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
,
Football
Vasas' football team belongs to the highest Hungarian football leagueHungarian League
The Nemzeti Bajnokság is a Hungarian professional league for association football clubs. The league is currently known as the OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, and it is the highest level of professional league since its inception in 1901. UEFA currently ranks the league 35th in Europe.Sixteen...
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 Ferencvarosi TC were ousted instead due to financial irregularities. This would have been Vasas' second relegation in this decade.
The team plays its home matches in the Rudolf Illovszky Stadium, which has a capacity of 18,000.
Honours
- Hungarian LeagueHungarian LeagueThe Nemzeti Bajnokság is a Hungarian professional league for association football clubs. The league is currently known as the OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, and it is the highest level of professional league since its inception in 1901. UEFA currently ranks the league 35th in Europe.Sixteen...
- Winners (6): 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1977
- Hungarian Cup
- Winners (4): 1955, 1973, 1981, 1986
- Mitropa CupMitropa CupThe Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...
- Winners (7): 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1983
- European Champions Club CupUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
- Semi-finalists (1): 1958
Selected former players
Current squad
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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1. Round |  |
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UEFA Intertoto Cup
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Group 1 |  |
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0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Group 1 |  |
Aarhus GF | 2–1 | 0–1 | |||
| Group 1 |  |
FC Lausanne-Sport | 5–3 | 1–2 | |||
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Group 8 |  |
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0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Group 8 | |
Aarhus GF | 0–2 | 0–2 | |||
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1–1 | 0–2 | |||
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Group 10, 1st game | |
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| Group 10, 2nd game |  |
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| Group 10, 3rd game |  |
Narva Trans | 4–1 | ||||
| Group 10, 4th game |  |
FC Groningen | 1–1 | ||||
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Group 7, 1st game | |
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4–1 | ||
| Group 7, 2nd game |  |
FC Universitate Riga | 3–0 | ||||
| Group 7, 3rd game | |
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| Group 7, 4th game |  |
Werder Bremen | 2–0 | ||||
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1. Round |  |
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4–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 |
| 2. Round | |
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0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
UEFA Cup
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| 2. Round |  |
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1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | ||
| 1975–76 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
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| 2. Round |  |
Sporting CP | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | ||
| 3. Round |  |
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Qualifying Round | |
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3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3(aet) |
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2–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | ||
UEFA Champions League
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6–1 | 1–2 | 7–3 | |
| 1. Round | |
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2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | ||
| Quarter-finals | |
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4–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | ||
| Semi-finals |  |
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2–0 | 0–4 | 2–4 | ||
| 1961–62 | European Cup | Preliminary Round | |
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0–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| 1962–63 | European Cup | Preliminary Round |  |
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2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 (Playoff 0–1) | ||
| 1966–67 | European Cup | 1. Round | |
Sporting CP | 5–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 |
| 2. Round |  |
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8–1 | 1–0 | 9–1 |
| 2. Round |  |
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6–0 | 5–1 | 11–1 | ||
| Quarter-finals | |
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0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | ||
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0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
Men's water polo
Hungary is acknowledged the world over as a powerhouse of water polo. The water polo department of Vasas belongs to the leading ones in the country.Honours
- Hungarian League
- Winners (16): 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Hungarian Cup
- Winners (14): 1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Hungarian Super Cup
- Winners (2): 2001, 2006
- Champions Cup:
- Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85
- Cup winners Cup
- Winners (3): 1985–86, 1994–95, 2001–02
Honours
- Hungarian League
- Winners (15): 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1991–92, 1992–93
- Hungarian Cup
- Winners (11): 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
- Champions Cup:
- Winners (1): 1981–82
- Finalist (5): 1977-78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1992–93, 1993–94
- Cup winners Cup
- Finalist (1): 1987-88
- EHF-Cup
- Finalist (1): 1984-85
- City-Cup
- Finalist (1): 1994-95
Other sports
Athletes of the club have won 40 Olympic gold medals (2006) and more than 1,000 Hungarian National Championship titles, making Vasas one of the most successful Hungarian sports clubs. There are only 29 countries which won more golds at the Summer Olympics (though some of the 40 wins were in team sports with athletes from other Hungarian clubs).- István KozmaIstván Kozma (wrestler)István Kozma is a Hungarian wrestler, Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:...
was a wrestling champion in 1964 and 1968 - László PappLászló PappLászló Papp was a Hungarian boxer, born in Budapest. A southpaw, he won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia...
was a boxing champion in 1952 and 1956 - also in 1948 being member of Vasas.
Trivia
János KádárJános Kádár
János Kádár was a Hungarian communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, presiding over the country from 1956 until his forced retirement in 1988. His thirty-two year term as General Secretary makes Kádár the longest ruler of the People's Republic of Hungary...
, HSWP
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the ruling Marxist–Leninist party of Hungary between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from elements of the Hungarian Working People's Party during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution...
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 it's president for a short period in the mid-50s (when, after being released from prison, Kádár was party secretary in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
13th district, where the team is based). During the 60s, it was not uncommon to see Kádár in the crowd during Vasas games. Unlike some of his Eastern Europe
Eastern bloc
The term Eastern Bloc or Communist Bloc refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact...
counterparts, though, Kádár did not used his position to favor his team, nor did he aloud Hungarian officials to interfere in football as was common in other bloc countries.