DVSC_(Women's_handball)

Debreceni VSC (women's handball)

Debreceni VSC (women's handball)

Hungarian handball club

Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club, commonly abbreviated DVSC, is a Hungarian professional women's handball club from Debrecen, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Quick Facts DVSC Schaeffler, Full name ...

Since August 2018 they are sponsored by Schaeffler Group, so the official name for the team is DVSC Schaeffler.[1]

Debrecen
Debrecen
Location of DVSC SCHAEFFLER

History

Nicknamed Loki, the team was founded in 1948 as a department of the multi-sports club Debreceni VSC. Seven years later, they have won their first ever Hungarian championship title after beating two of their three opponents in the championship final, including title holders Csepeli SK. However, this achievement remained the lone success of the club for a long time, after they got relegated in 1959 and spent the subsequent twenty years in the second division.[2]

Promoted back in 1979, their brightest period came under the management of Ákos Komáromi, between the late eighties and mid-nineties, during which time they won the Hungarian championship, five Hungarian cups, and two consecutive EHF Cups. The latter one is an exceptional success; no other teams have ever defended their title in the EHF Cup.[3]

In the following years, the club lost many of their key players and their financial options narrowed as well, which resulted a significant setback. The team was on the brink of bankruptcy, when András Gellén, a businessman and die-hard DVSC fan took over the club in May 2009.[4]

Gellén had his own conception, that built solely on Hungarian players and promoted the youngsters. To fulfil the club's long-term plans, he also invested into a new arena for the handball academy, which was finished in January 2011 and cost around €1.4 million.[5]

In the second part of 2011, however, DVSC faced a heavy financial crisis as Gellén could not pay the wages, and as a result, many of the first team players left. Gellén eventually sold his 63.3% share to the city of Debrecen for a nominal fee of 10 Hungarian Forint, that now owns 96.4% of the club. The city worked out a long-term project, which similarly to the club's former intention wants to build on home-grown players. The budget in the first season is expected to be around 100 million Forint (approximately €330,000), which may grow to 150–180 million (€500,000–600,000) in the coming years to ensure Debrecen to achieve a podium finish and to qualify to a European cup again. Balázs Makray took the chairman duties, who faced the similar situation in 1999 when he took over the local football club, and for the 2000s he made Debreceni VSC one of the dominant team in the Hungarian league.[6][7]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail Debreceni VSC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

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Kits

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Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season[8]

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

  • Winners (5): 1985, 1987, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91
  • Finalists (8): 1983, 1986, 1988, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2020–21

European competitions

EHF Cup Winners' Cup

EHF Cup

Recent seasons

As of 28 May 2023.
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In European competition

Main article: Debreceni VSC in European handball
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Records

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Notable players

Goalkeepers

Right wings

Right backs

Line players

Central backs

Left backs

Left wings

Coaches

  • Hungary Ferenc Bokor (1950-68)
  • Hungary Ferenc Kapitány (1970-71)
  • Hungary Ferenc Halász (1975-80)
  • Hungary Géza Szász (1980)
  • Hungary István Varga (1981)
  • Hungary János Szentgyörgyi (1981)
  • Hungary Ákos Komáromi (1982-90, 1991-94, 1997-98, 2000, 2002-03)
  • Slovakia Dusan Szlancso (1990-91)
  • Hungary Vilmos Köstner (1994-96, 1998-99, 2010-12, 2018-21)[20]
  • Hungary Csaba Árva (1997)
  • Hungary Imre Bíró (1999-2000, 2005-07, 2012-13)[21]
  • Hungary Sándor Medgyessy (2000-01)
  • Hungary Sándor Váczi (2001-02)
  • Hungary Zoltán Balogh (2003-04)
  • Hungary József Varga (2004, 2007-08, 2013-15)
  • Hungary László Laurencz (2004-05)
  • Hungary Botond Bakó (2008-10)[22][23]
  • Slovenia Tone Tiselj (2016-18)[24]
  • Hungary Gergő Vida (2018)[25]
  • Norway Pal Oldrup Jensen (2018)[26]
  • Hungary Kitti Kudor (2021)[20]
  • Hungary Zoltán Szilágyi (2021-)[27]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "DVSC Schaeffler Néven Folytatjuk!" (in Hungarian). dvsckezilabda.hu. 10 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Törekvés, Lokomotív, DVSC, avagy a kezdetektől az első aranyérmen át a másodosztályig" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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    "Sporttörténelem: címvédés az EHF-kupában" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Új úton a régi sikerekért" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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    "Gellén András új kézilabdacsarnokot építtetett" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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    "Makray Balázs lesz az új ügyvezető" (in Hungarian). DVSC official website. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
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    "DVSC: szinte 100% az önkormányzaté". Hungarian Press Agency (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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    Játékosok DVSC Kézilabda 31 August 2022
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    nemzetisport.hu (28 November 2023). "Női kézi: olimpiai bajnok jobbátlövőt szerződtetett a DVSC – hivata". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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    Lajos, Szűcs (8 December 2023). "Planéta Szimonetta távozik jövő nyáron". DVSC Kézilabda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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    "2023 sikerei után jövőre új nehéztüzéreket is harcba dob a Loki kézilabdacsapata".
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    Lajos, Szűcs (11 January 2024). "Tóth Nikolett érkezik irányító posztra". DVSC Kézilabda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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    "Női kézi: az idény végén Németországba távozik a DVSC svéd átlövője – hivatalos". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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    Lajos, Szűcs (7 March 2024). "Osztrák válogatott jobbátlövő érkezik Hámori Koni pótlására". DVSC Kézilabda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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    "Magyar bajnokság NB1B - női" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
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    "Örökranglista" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  20. [20]
    "Köstner Vilmos más szerepkörben, nyárig Kudor Kitti irányítja a csapatot". DVSC Kézilabda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  21. [21]
    "Imre Bíró's CV" (PDF).
  22. [22]
    "Kirúgták a DVSC női kézicsapatának edzőit". index.hu (in Hungarian). 16 February 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  23. [23]
    "DVSC edzők". dvsckezi.dovenyi.hu. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  24. [24]
    "Tone Tiselj távozik a DVSC-től – DVSC Kézilabda" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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    "Megkeresi, mit lehet javítani! – DVSC Kézilabda" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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    Megosztom (22 November 2018). "Edzőváltás a DVSC Schaefflernél, Köstner Vilmos irányítja tovább a csapatot". HAON (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  27. [27]
    "Új edző jön a Lokinál: Szilágyi Zoltán váltja Köstner Vilmost a szezon végén". www.dehir.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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