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Debreceni VSC (women's handball)
Hungarian handball club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club, commonly abbreviated DVSC, is a Hungarian professional women's handball club from Debrecen, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.
Since August 2018 they are sponsored by Schaeffler Group, so the official name for the team is DVSC Schaeffler.[1]
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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]
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Crest, colours, supporters
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The following table shows in detail Debreceni VSC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:
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Kits
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2025–26 season
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
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Honours
Domestic competitions
Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)
Champions (2): 1955, 1987
Runners-up (8): 1985, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2009–10, 2010–11
Third place (6): 1986, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2008–09, 2021–22, 2022–23
Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)
European competitions
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Recent seasons
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- As of 26 May 2024
In italics, we indicate achieved in competition(s) that have not yet been completed.
- Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:[16] 45
- Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:[17] 5
- Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:[18] 15
In European competition
- Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup): 4x
- Participations in EHF European League (IHF Cup, EHF Cup): 19x
- Participations in Challenge Cup (City Cup): 1x
- Participations in Cup Winners' Cup (IHF Cup Winners' Cup): 9x
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Records
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Notable players
Goalkeepers
Bettina Pásztor
Éva Kiss
Melinda Pastrovics
Viktória Oguntoye
Ágnes Triffa
Tímea Sugár
Vivien Víg
Mária Barkasziné Szász
Annamária Király
Erika Kalocsai
Brigitta Szopóczy
Györgyi Hang
Kyra Csapó
Ann-Cathrin Giegerich
Irina Samozvanova
Tetyana Vorozhtsova
Irina Uvarovska
Right wings
Katalin Szilágyi
Edina Kereki
Viktória Csáki
Krisztina Nagy
Nóra Varsányi
Petra Slakta
Alexandra Töpfner
Zsuzsanna Pálffy
Nada Micic
Mariana Costa
Right backs
Beatrix Benyáts
Mária Jeddi †
Viktória Soós
Rita Borók
Anita Herr
Anett Sopronyi
Anna Kovács
Szabina Karnik
Szimonetta Planéta
Danica Nikic
Dragana Stanisic
Michaela Galai
Anna Punko
Elinore Johansson
Kristina Dramac
Line players
Valéria Szabó
Petra Madai
Rita Borbás
Tünde Nyilas
Adrienn Gaál
Réka Bordás
Szederke Sirián
Szilvia Ábrahám
Rózsa Tóth
Csilla Elekes
Janka Caltíková
Lucia Uhraková
Verica Nikolic
Arna Sif Palsdottir
Bobana Klikovac
Lilia Gorilska
Tamara Haggerty
Central backs
Annamária Bogdanović
Anasztázia Virincsik
Bernadett Temes
Barbara Pálos-Bognár
Kitti Kudor
Emese Rácz
Éva Barna
Nikolett Tóth
Petra Vámos
Karyna Yezhykava
Lotte Grigel
Madalina Zamfirescu
Tetyana Shynkarenko
Tetyana Mironec
Ruta Latakaite
Deonise Fachinello
Ivana Lovric
Left backs
Zsuzsa Nagy
Gabriella Szűcs
Dóra Hornyák
Erika Csapó
Vivien Léránt
Hortenzia Szrnka
Mária Tóth
Gréta Kácsor
Renáta Mörtel
Anita Bulath
Eszter Mátéfi
Nóra Valovics
Ilona Eperjesi
Annamária Félix
Éva Barna
Fatima Ovtus
Natalya Bodenchuk
Maria Khakunova
Daniela Crap
Jelena Despotovic
Elke Karsten
Alžbeta Tóthová
Juliana Borges Lima
Marijana Trbojevic
Left wings
Anna Szántó
Olívia Buglyó
Éva Vantara-Kelemen
Erika Kirsner
Ivett Nagy
Anita Kazai
Gabriella Juhász
Dorina Korsós
Júlia Hársfalvi
Krisztina László
Alina Marin
Dagmar Stuparičová
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Coaches
Ferenc Bokor (1950–68)
Ferenc Kapitány (1970–71)
Ferenc Halász (1975–80)
Géza Szász (1980)
István Varga (1981)
János Szentgyörgyi (1981)
Ákos Komáromi (1982–90, 1991–94, 1997–98, 2000, 2002–03)
Dusan Szlancso (1990–91)
Vilmos Köstner (1994–96, 1998–99, 2010–12, 2018–21)[20]
Csaba Árva (1997)
Imre Bíró (1999–2000, 2005–07, 2012–13)[21]
Sándor Medgyessy (2000–01)
Sándor Váczi (2001–02)
Zoltán Balogh (2003–04)
József Varga (2004, 2007–08, 2013–15)
László Laurencz (2004–05)
Botond Bakó (2008–10)[22][23]
Tone Tiselj (2016–18)[24]
Gergő Vida (2018)[25]
Pal Oldrup Jensen (2018)[26]
Kitti Kudor (2021)[20]
Zoltán Szilágyi (2021–)[27]
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