Vasas SC

Vasas Budapest is a working-class neighborhood in the north of Angyalfold plague in XIII. District of the Hungarian capital Budapest indigenous to sports club. He was ( German: Sport Club of Iron and Steel Workers ) on 16 March 1911 by the Hungarian Association of Iron Workers as Vas - és Fémmunkások Sports Clubja founded. The colors of the club are red and blue.

The association operates, among others, the following sports: football, water polo, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, rowing, athletics, boxing, wrestling, fencing, skiing, skating, chess and hiking.

Outstanding are the football section, which made strong attention to themselves in Hungary after the Second World War, as well as water polo, which belonged for many years a world leader.

  • 3.1 Achievements
  • 3.2 Major Players

Changes in the association's name

Football

The football team was a long time the first division, the Nemzeti National Championship, at. However, the club was relegated in season 2011/12 as last but one in the second-class Nemzeti National Championship II from.

The team carries out their home games at Illovszky Rudolf stadium which holds around 18,000 spectators.

  • Most Viewers: 30,000 against Diósgyor, May 28, 1972.
  • Most Viewers on neutral ground: 104,000, July 28, 1956, Budapest, Népstadion, Vasas - SK Rapid Wien 1:1, Mitropacup.

Achievements

  • Hungarian Championship ( 6): 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1977
  • Hungarian Cup Winners ( 4): 1955, 1973, 1981, 1986
  • Mitropa Cup ( 7): 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1983

Major Players

  • László " Ladislao " Kubala
  • Lajos Baróti ( 1953-57, 1972-74 )
  • Ferenc Plattkó
  • Gusztáv Sebes
  • Gyula Lóránt
  • Rudolf Illovszky
  • Kálmán Mészöly
  • Pál Berendi
  • Petar Divić
  • Laszlo Szabadi

Significant coach

  • Béla Guttmann
  • Rudolf Illovszky
  • Kálmán Mészöly

Water polo

Hungary is traditionally a leading water polo nation and is record winner at the World Championships and Olympic Games. Vasas SC has made ​​a special contribution.

Achievements

  • European Cup of Champions ( 2): 1980, 1985
  • European Cup Winners' Cup ( 3): 1986, 1995, 2002
  • Hungarian Championship ( 18): 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
  • Hungarian Cup (14 ): 1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005

Major Players

  • Bulcsú Székely, Olympic Champion 2000

Hockey

Due to financial problems of the Budapest Stars took over in the 2010/11 season Vasas control of the club and entered as a hockey club Vasas Budapest with emphasis on the training of young players.

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