Vasas SC (women's handball)

Vasas-ASI
Full name	Vasas Sport Club - Angyalföldi Sportiskola
Short name	Vasas
Founded	1926
Arena	Vasas Sportcsarnok, Budapest
Capacity	1,500
President	Éva Muts
Head coach	János Csík
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
2015–16	Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B – Western Group, 2nd
Colours
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Active departments of Vasas
Football Handball (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Water polo Ice hockey Volleyball (Women's) Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastic Boxing Wrestling Tennis Aerobic Ski Chess

Vasas-Angyalföldi Sportiskola (English: Vasas-Sports School of Angyalföld, abbreviated Vasas-ASI) is a Hungarian women's handball team. It is part of the Budapest-based multi-sports club Vasas SC. One of the most successful teams in the country, they have won the Hungarian championship a record 15 times and in 1982 they were also crowned as the European Champions Cup winners.

Brief history

Hazena, the early form of the modern handball, had been played across Europe for years, when, in 1926, based on the players who were fired by MTE for political reasons, Vas- és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja was founded. Until 1928 there was not an organized national championship and the hazena team participated only in several invitational tournaments. Due to financial reasons the club suspended its operations in 1931.

After a financial consolidation the handball department of Vasas was reborn and entered the championship in 1938. The brightest year of this era was 1945, when Vasas won the second division title and gained promotion to the top level championship. However, just after a few years, due growing troubles the club decided to withdraw from the competitive handball once again.

On 7 March 1956 the Sport School of Angyalföld (Angyalföldi Sportiskola) was founded. Under head coach József Ferenczy the Sport School performed brilliantly, having won several youth and junior titles. They also wanted to enter the adult competition, but the permit was not granted. Instead of that, they got the chance from Hungarian Handball Federation to join either Csavargyár or Vasas. They have chosen Vasas and the team has risen from its ashes in 1960. With the ASI-girls on the board, under the new, team handball rules, Vasas entered the Budapest II championship and won it in their inaugural year and gained promotion. In 1962 they celebrated another promotion, this time from the Budapest I division to the NB II. In 1964 Vasas climbed to the NB I, the top-level league in Hungary. Although they suffered a surprise relegation in 1965, they spent only one season in the NB II. With the comeback in 1967 the brightest period in the club's life began.

In 1969 the Vasas lifted the Hungarian Cup trophy, followed by another Cup title in 1971. From 1972 they have won the Hungarian Championship an exceptional eleven times in a row – in 1977 and 1981 they did not even drop a single point throughout the season. Adding to this, they also won the Hungarian Cup eight times in this period. Their most successful year came in 1982, when Vasas did the treble: beside the Hungarian Championship and Hungarian Cup they took the European Champions Cup title as well.

From the second part of the eighties the key players of the golden era either retired or moved abroad and the Hungarian Championship got more balanced as well, which led to Vasas slowly lost their dominant role.

In the nineties, after the transition, private companies took over the club and became their main sponsor. In short term Vasas benefited from it, they managed to put together a strong squad and the team was shining in the old glory. However, after these financials grown narrow, a disintegration process started. To save from cessation, in 2004 Vasas Sport Club took the team under control. Vasas-ASI is currently competing in the NB I/B.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail Vasas SC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Team

Current squad

Staff members

• Chairman: Éva Muts
• Technical Director: Ferenc Venczkó
• Head Coach: János Csík
• Assistant Coach/Youth Coach: Márta Varga
• Goalkeeper Coach: Judit Kovácsné Balogh

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

• Champions (15) – record: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1991–92, 1992–93
• Runners-up (1): 1986
• Third place (7): 1953, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

• Winners (11): 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986
• Finalist (7): 1970, 1977, 1987, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97

European competitions

• European Champions Cup:
  • Winners: 1982
  • Finalists: 1978, 1979, 1993, 1994
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Finalists: 1988
  • Semifinalists: 1996
• EHF Cup:
  • Semifinalists: 1997
• EHF City Cup:
  • Finalists: 1995

Recent seasons

• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:^[1] 43
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:^[2] 8
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:^[3] 3

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1993-94 NB I 1994-95 NB I Finalist 1995-96 NB I 5th 1996-97 NB I Finalist 1997-98 NB I 4th 1998-99 NB I 7th 1999-00 NB I 7th 2000-01 NB I 6th 2001-02 NB I 7th 2002-03 NB I 10th

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 2003-04 NB I 7th 2004-05 NB I 6th 2005-06 NB I 7th 2006-07 NB I 6th 2007-08 NB I 10th 2008-09 NB I 12th 2009-10 NB I/B 6th 2010-11 NB I/B 7th Round 2 2011-12 NB I/B 7th Round 3 2012-13 NB I/B 2nd Round 2

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 2013-14 NB I/B 4th Round 2 2014-15 NB I/B 3rd Round 4 2015-16 NB I/B 3rd Round 2 2016-17 NB I/B

In European competition

Source: kézitörténelem.hu

• Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup): 13
• Participations in EHF Cup (IHF Cup): 2
• Participations in Challenge Cup (City Cup): 2
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup (IHF Cup Winners' Cup): 4

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1973-74	Champions Cup*	1/8-finals	ASUL Vaulx-en-Velin	34-9	20-7	54–16
		1/4-finals	Radnički Belgrade	15-12	12-8	23–20
1974-75	Champions Cup*	1/8-finals	IL Vestar Oslo	14-9	10-9	24–18
		1/4-finals	CSKA Sofia	26-8	19-22	45–30
		1/2-finals	Lokomotiva Zagreb	14-11	11-16	25–27
1976-77	Champions Cup*	1/8-finals	CSKA Sofia	15-12	17-14	32–26
		1/4-finals	Spartak Kyiv	13-10	8-13	21–23
1977-78	Champions Cup* Finalist	1/8-finals	Radnički Belgrade	16-12	12-15	28–27
		1/4-finals	TSV GutsMuths Berlin	24-14	21-12	45–26
		1/2-finals	KS Ruch Chorzów	23-14	16-12	39–26
		Final	TSC Berlin	14–19
1978-79	Champions Cup* Finalist	1/8-finals	Hellas Den Haag	33-4	27-11	60–15
		1/4-finals	Radnički Belgrade	16-12	9-12	25–24
		1/2-finals	SC Leipzig	19-13	14-13	33–26
		Finals	Spartak Kyiv	17-13	9-14	26–27
1980-81	Champions Cup*	Round 1	Spartak Kyiv	14-11	14-19	28–30
1981-82	Champions Cup* Winner	1/8-finals	Paris UC	35-15	31-15	66–30
		1/4-finals	Hellas Den Haag	29-15	40-20	69–35
		1/2-finals	Spartak Kyiv	22-15	20-25	42–40
		Finals	Radnički Belgrade	29-19	21-24	50–43
1982-83	Champions Cup*	1/8-finals	Skjeberg IF	22-16	21-16	43–36
		1/4-finals	Bp. Spartacus SC	14-16	21-16	35–32
		1/2-finals	Radnički KR Belgrade	26-22	22-32	48–54
1983-84	Champions Cup*	1/8-finals	Bordeaux EC	25-10	18-12	43–22
		1/4-finals	Štart Bratislava	18-15	16-19	44–44 (a)
		1/2-finals	Bayer Leverkusen	17-17	12-15	29–32
1984-85	IHF Cup* Finalist	1/8-finals	Sasja Antwerpen	29-6	41-6	70–12
		1/4-finals	Automobilist Baku	23-15	21-23	44–38
		1/2-finals	THJ Iskra Partizánske	23-15	23-21	44–36
		Finals	ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt	19-17	13-19	32–36
1985-86	Champions Cup*	Round 1	Tarsus Erkusport	bye –
		1/8-finals	Harazim Ramat Gan	35-9	34-11	69–20
		1/4-finals	Hypobank Südstadt	21-16	21-21	42–37
		1/2-finals	Spartak Kyiv	18-15	19-28	37–43
1986-87	Champions Cup*	1/8-finals	Radnički Belgrade	27-22	13-27	40–49
1987-88	Cup Winners' Cup Finalist	1/8-finals	Mureşul Târgu Mureş	21-15	19-22	40–37
		1/4-finals	SC Leipzig	22-15	18-24	40–39
		1/2-finals	TV Lützellinden	22-15	19-21	41–36
		Finals	Kuban Krasnodar	20-20	17-28	37–48
1988-89	Cup Winners' Cup	1/8-finals	Athinaikos	45-9	42-13	87–22
		1/4-finals	Știința Bacău	21-31	20-32	41–63
1992-93	Champions Cup* Finalist	Round 1	SG WAT Funfhaus	21-12	15-17	36–29
		1/8-finals	TMO SC Ankara	26-14	19-18	45–32
		1/4-finals	USM Gagny	25-21	21-18	46–39
		1/2-finals	TuS Walle Bremen	14-13	22-18	36–31
		Finals	Hypobank Südstadt	14-17	11-23	25–40
1993-94	Champions League Finalist	1/16-finals	LC Brühl St. Gallen	33-15	26-24	59–39
		1/8-finals	GOG Gudme	22-13	20-27	42–40
		Champions League (Group B)	TV Giessen-Lützellinden	21–16	19–19	1st
			Gjerpen IF Skien	32–15	16–23
			SG WAT Funfhaus	29–14	20–16
		Finals	Hypo Niederösterreich	18-20	21-25	39–45
1994-95	City Cup Finalist	1/8-finals	RK Kočevje	29-13	21-13	50–26
		1/4-finals	Rapid București	24-14	21-19	45–33
		1/2-finals	Graničar Đurđevac	20-14	15-20	35–34
		Finals	Rotor Volgograd	20-24	19-24	39–48
1995-96	Cup Winners' Cup	1/16-finals	Ikast F.S.	27-13	20-31	47–44
		1/8-finals	Jomsa Rimini	30-17	16-14	46–31
		1/4-finals	Rostselmash Rostov	21-14	17-24	38–38 (a)
		1/2-finals	Kras Zagreb	25-19	11-18	36–37
1996-97	EHF Cup	1/8-finals	GZKS Sośnica Gliwice	24-22	33-21	57–43
		1/4-finals	Valencia Urbana	19-20	21-20	40–40 (a)
		1/2-finals	Robit Olimpija Ljubljana	24-26	17-21	41–47
1997-98	Cup Winners' Cup	1/16-finals	Silcotub Zalău	22-16	15-24	37–40
1998-99	City Cup	1/8-finals	Željezničar Hadžići	29-14	25-26	54–40
		1/4-finals	Oțelul Galați	21-20	20-24	41–44

See also

• Vasas SC

References

• History of Vasas SC handball department

External links

• Official website
• Vasas SC on Facebook

Vasas Sport Club
Football	Vasas FC Vasas FC II
Home stadium	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky (1961–present)
Rivalries	North Pest derby Budapest derby
Other sports	Handball (women) Basketball (men) - Basketball (women) Water polo Ice hockey Volleyball (women) Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastics Boxing Wrestling