Vasas SC

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Vasas SC

Full name

Budapesti Vasas Sport Club

Founded

16th of march 1911

Ground

Stadion Rudolf Illovszky,
Budapest
(Capacity 18,000)

Chairman

János Jámbor

Manager

Géza Mészöly

League

Hungarian League (Level I)

2006-07

5th





Home colours





Away colours

Vasas SC (pronounced: vaashash). 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 waterpolo 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.

Also world famous tha women's handball team . 15 times Hungarian champions,1982 European Cup Winner . 4 more final .

1 Naming history
2 Departments
3 Football
4 Men's Waterpolo
- 4.1 Honours
5 Other sports
6 External links

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

The club is active in the following sports:

Athletics, Basketball (women), Boxing, Chess, Fencing, Football, Handball (women), Ice Skating, Rowing, Skiing, Tennis, Touring, Volleyball (women), Waterpolo (men / women) and Wrestling,

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 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.

Hungarian League
- Winners (6): 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1977
Hungarian Cup
- Winners (4): 1955, 1973, 1981, 1986

Mitropa Cup
- Winners (7): 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1983

European Champions Club Cup
- Semi-Finalists (1): 1958

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Csaba Borszéki
33	GK	Gábor Németh
5	DF	Péter Pandur
27	DF	Zsolt Balog
	DF	Miklós Balogh
21	DF	András Tóth
28	DF	Mariusz Unierzyski
2	DF	Dániel Kollár
25	DF	Gábor Kovács
	DF	Márton Kiss
17	DF	Balázs Tóth
19	DF	Igor Popovic
23	MF	Tamás Tandari
21	MF	Cedomir Pavicevic

No.	Position	Player
	MF	Ákos Harnisch
	MF	Tamás Somorjai
	MF	Péter Kincses
7	MF	Károly Kiss
32	MF	József Piller
31	MF	Roland Mundi
18	MF	Norbert Németh
17	MF	Péter Odrobéna
	MF	Denisz Rebrik
22	MF	Zoltán Bükszegi
13	FW	Tamás Skita
15	FW	János Lázok
30	FW	Thomas Sowunmi
18	FW	Zoran Radulovic

Hungary is acknowledged the world over as a powerhouse of waterpolo. The waterpolo department of Vasas belongs to the leading ones in the country.

Hungarian League
- Winners (14): 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2007
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
Cupwinners Cup
- Winners (3): 1985-86, 1994-95, 2001-02

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).