Vasas SC (women's handball)

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. In 2009, Vasas said goodbye to NB I.

After eight years, the team was able to start the 2017/18 season again in the top division after winning the NB I / B Championship. However, the cutting-edge outing lasted only a year. The team was promoted again in 2021, but was eliminated at the end of the season.

As of 10 August 2023

• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:^[2] 45
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:^[3] 11
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:^[4] 3

More information Season, Division ...

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1963 NB II 6th 1964 NB II 1965 NB I 12th 1966 NB II 1967 NB I 1968 NB I 6th 1969 NB I Winner 1970 NB I 4th Finalist 1971 NB I Winner 1972 NB I 1973 NB I 1974 NB I Winner 1975 NB I 1976 NB I Winner 1977 NB I Finalist 1978 NB I Winner 1979 NB I Winner 1980 NB I Winner 1981 NB I Winner 1982 NB I Winner 1983 NB I 4th

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1984 NB I Winner 1985 NB I 1986 NB I Winner 1987 NB I 4th Finalist 1988–89 NB I 7th 1989–90 NB I 8th 1990–91 NB I 11th 1991–92 NB I Finalist 1992–93 NB I Finalist 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 2003–04 NB I 7th 2004–05 NB I 6th

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 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 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 Round 3 2017–18 NB I 14th Round 3 2018–19 NB I/B 5th Round 3 2019–20 NB I/B Cancelled Round 1 2020–21 NB I/B Round 3 2021–22 NB I 14th Round 4 2022–23 NB I/B 2023–24 NB I

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European record

Vasas SC made its debut in European competitions during the 1973–74 season. The club won the 1981–82 European Champions Cup and reached four other European finals.^[5][6] Vasas last competed in a European club competition during the 1998–99 season.

More information Season, Competition ...

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate / position
1973–74	European Champions Cup	R16	ASUL Vaulx-en-Velin	34–9	20–7	54–16
		QF	Radnički Belgrade	15–12	8–12	23–24
1974–75	European Champions Cup	R16	IL Vestar Oslo	14–9	10–9	24–18
		QF	CSKA Sofia	26–8	19–22	45–30
		SF	Lokomotiva Zagreb	14–11	11–16	25–27
1976–77	European Champions Cup	R16	CSKA Sofia	15–12	17–14	32–26
		QF	Spartak Kyiv	13–10	8–13	21–23
1977–78	European Champions Cup	R16	Radnički Belgrade	16–12	12–15	28–27
		QF	TSV GutsMuths Berlin	24–14	21–12	45–26
		SF	Ruch Chorzów	23–14	16–12	39–26
		F	TSC Berlin	14–19		Runner-up
1978–79	European Champions Cup	R16	Hellas Den Haag	33–4	27–11	60–15
		QF	Radnički Belgrade	16–12	9–12	25–24
		SF	SC Leipzig	19–13	14–13	33–26
		F	Spartak Kyiv	17–13	9–14	26–27
1980–81	European Champions Cup	R1	Spartak Kyiv	14–11	14–19	28–30
1981–82	European Champions Cup Winner	R16	Paris UC	35–15	31–15	66–30
		QF	Hellas Den Haag	29–15	40–20	69–35
		SF	Spartak Kyiv	22–15	20–25	42–40
		F	Radnički Belgrade	29–19	21–24	50–43
1982–83	European Champions Cup	R16	Skjeberg IF	22–16	21–16	43–32
		QF	Budapesti Spartacus	14–16	21–16	35–32
		SF	Radnički Belgrade	26–22	22–32	48–54
1983–84	European Champions Cup	R16	Bordeaux EC	25–10	18–12	43–22
		QF	Štart Bratislava	18–15	16–19	34–34 (a)
		SF	Bayer Leverkusen	17–17	12–15	29–32
1984–85	IHF Cup	R16	Sasja Antwerpen	29–6	41–6	70–12
		QF	Automobilist Baku	23–15	21–23	44–38
		SF	Iskra Partizánske	23–15	23–21	46–36
		F	ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt	19–17	13–19	32–36
1985–86	European Champions Cup	R1	Tarsus Erkuspor	Bye		Advanced
		R16	Maccabi Ramat Gan	35–9	34–11	69–20
		QF	Hypobank Südstadt	21–16	21–21	42–37
		SF	Spartak Kyiv	18–15	19–28	37–43
1986–87	European Champions Cup	R16	Radnički Belgrade	27–22	13–27	40–49
1987–88	IHF Cup Winners' Cup	R16	Mureșul Târgu Mureș	21–15	19–22	40–37
		QF	SC Leipzig	22–15	18–24	40–39
		SF	TV Lützellinden	22–15	19–21	41–36
		F	Kuban Krasnodar	20–20	17–28	37–48
1988–89	IHF Cup Winners' Cup	R16	Athinaikos	45–9	42–13	87–22
		QF	Știința Bacău	21–31	20–32	41–63
1992–93	European Champions Cup	R1	SG WAT Fünfhaus	21–12	15–17	36–29
		R16	TMO SC Ankara	26–14	19–18	45–32
		QF	USM Gagny	25–21	21–18	46–39
		SF	TuS Walle Bremen	14–13	22–18	36–31
		F	Hypobank Südstadt	14–17	11–23	25–40
1993–94	EHF Women's Champions League	R1	LC Brühl St. Gallen	33–15	26–24	59–39
		R16	GOG Gudme	22–13	20–27	42–40
		GS	TV Giessen-Lützellinden	21–16	19–19	1st
			Gjerpen IF	32–15	16–23
			SG WAT Fünfhaus	29–14	20–16
		F	Hypo Niederösterreich	18–20	21–25	39–45
1994–95	EHF City Cup	R16	RK Kočevje	29–13	21–13	50–26
		QF	Rapid București	24–14	21–19	45–33
		SF	ŽRK Graničar Đurđevac	20–14	15–20	35–34
		F	Rotor Volgograd	20–24	19–24	39–48
1995–96	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R32	Ikast FS	27–13	20–31	47–44
		R16	Jomsa Rimini	30–17	16–14	46–31
		QF	Rostselmash Rostov	21–14	17–24	38–38 (a)
		SF	ŽRK Kras Zagreb	25–19	11–18	36–37
1996–97	Women's EHF Cup	R16	Sośnica Gliwice	24–22	33–21	57–43
		QF	Valencia Urbana	19–20	21–20	40–40 (a)
		SF	Robit Olimpija Ljubljana	24–26	17–21	41–47
1997–98	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R32	Silcotub Zalău	22–16	15–24	37–40
1998–99	EHF City Cup	R16	Željezničar Hadžići	29–14	25–26	54–40
		QF	Oțelul Galați	21–20	20–24	41–44

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Head coach history is:^[7]

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