Ferencvárosi TC (Women's handball)
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Ferencvárosi Torna Club is a Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 women's handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 team from Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

, that is part of the multi-sports club Ferencvárosi TC. Nicknamed Fradi, the team plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Women's handball)
The Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the top professional league for Hungarian women's team handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation.- History :...

, the top level championship in Hungary. They are one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won eleven Hungarian championship and as many Hungarian cup titles. FTC also enjoy a good reputation in continental competitions: they lifted the EHF Cup Winners' Cup trophy in 1978 and 2011, and they were also crowned as the EHF Cup
Women's EHF Cup
The Women's EHF Cup is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It takes place every year, from September to May. It was first organized by the European Handball Federation in 1993...

 winners in 2006. The team also reached the finals of the EHF Champions League two times, however, they fell short in both occasions.

The current name of the club is FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria due to sponsorship reasons.

Results

  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I
    Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Women's handball)
    The Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the top professional league for Hungarian women's team handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation.- History :...

    :
    • Gold: 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007
    • Silver: 1963, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009
    • Bronze: 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011

  • Magyar Kupa
    Magyar Kupa (Women's handball)
    Magyar Kupa is the main domestic cup for Hungarian women's team handball clubs, which is organized and supervised by the Hungarian Handball Federation. The competition is held annually, starting in September and concluding in April. The teams play in a one-leg knockout system with a final four...

    :
    • Winners: 1967, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003

  • EHF Champions League:
    • Finalists: 1971, 2002
    • Semifinalists: 1996, 1997, 2001

  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
    • Winners: 1978, 2011
    • Finalists: 1979, 1994
    • Semifinalists: 2007

  • EHF Cup
    Women's EHF Cup
    The Women's EHF Cup is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It takes place every year, from September to May. It was first organized by the European Handball Federation in 1993...

    :
    • Winners: 2006
    • Semifinalists: 2005

  • EHF Champions Trophy:
    • Third Placed: 2002
    • Fourth Placed: 2006

Current squad

As of 11 July 2011

Goalkeepers
  • 16   Elena Abramovich
    Elena Abramovich
    Elena Abramovich is a Belarusian handball goalkeeper who plays for Ferencvárosi TC and the Belarusian national team.She made her international debut on the 2002 European Championship in Denmark.-External links:*...

  • 61   Melinda Pastrovics
    Melinda Pastrovics
    Melinda Pastrovics is a Hungarian handball goalkeeper who plays for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team.She made her full international debut on 8 April 2006 against Norway...



Wingers4   Adrienn Szarka
Adrienn Szarka
Adrienn Szarka is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC in left wing position.-Achievements:*Nemzeti Bajnokság I:**Bronze Medallist: 2011*Magyar Kupa:**Bronze Medallist: 2009...

6   Nelly Such
Nelly Such
Nelly Such is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC in right wing position.-Achievements:*Nemzeti Bajnokság I:**Bronze Medallist: 2011*EHF Cup Winners' Cup:**Winner: 2011...

  • 13   Krisztina Szádvári
    Krisztina Szádvári
    Krisztina Szádvári is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC in left wing position.-Achievements:*Nemzeti Bajnokság I:**Silver Medallist: 2008, 2009**Bronze Medallist: 2011...

  • 19   Mónika Kovacsicz
  •   Viktória Lukács
  •   Fruzsina Zsigmond


Line players
  • 98   Piroska Szamoránsky
    Piroska Szamoránsky
    Piroska Szamoránsky is a Hungarian handball player currently under contract with Ferencvárosi TC.-Club:As a child she practiced aerobic, jazz ballet and rope skipping...

  •   Anita Cifra
    Anita Cifra
    Anita Cifra is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC as a line player. She is also a Hungarian international, having made her debut on 6 March 2009 against Sweden.-External links:* -References:...


Back players2   Szandra Zácsik
Szandra Zácsik
Szandra Zácsik is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team.-Club:...

8   Zita Szucsánszki
Zita Szucsánszki
Zita Szucsánszki is a Hungarian handball player, captain of Ferencvárosi TC and member of the Hungarian national team....

  • 17   Dóra Deáki
    Dóra Deáki
    Dóra Deáki is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC in middle back position.Product of the Győri ETO KC youth system, she made her senior debut for the team in 2007....

  • 18   Bettina Dajka
    Bettina Dajka
    Bettina Dajka is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC in middle back position.-Achievements:*Nemzeti Bajnokság I:**Winner: 2007**Silver Medallist: 2009**Bronze Medallist: 2008, 2011...

  • 23   Zsuzsanna Tomori
    Zsuzsanna Tomori
    Zsuzsanna Tomori is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team.-Club:Tomori started to play handball at the age of 12 and signed her first professional contract with Vasas SC in 2004...

  •   Gréta Kovács
  •   Anett Hornyák
  •   Anikó Szabó
  •   Nikolett Budai
  •   Jelena Živković
    Jelena Živković
    Jelena Živković is a Serbian team handball player who plays for Ferencvárosi TC in right back position. She was also capped several times for the Serbian national team and participated on the 2010 European Championship....



Staff members

Technical Director: György Szász Head Coach: Gábor Elek Goalkeeping Coach: András Novák Youth Coach: Vladimir Golovin Club Doctor: Attila Pavlik, MD
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...

 Masseur: László Nemecsek

Selected former players

Valéria Agócs Éva Angyal
Éva Angyal
Éva Angyal is a former Hungarian handball player, World Championship silver medalist and Olympic Games bronze medalist.-External links:*...

 Ágota Bujdosó
Ágota Bujdosó
Ágota Bujdosó is a former Hungarian international handball goalkeeper.-Club:Bujdosó started her career in 1957 in Vasas and has spent her entire career by the Angyalföld-based team. She enjoyed her best spell in the seventies, having won the Hungarian Championship seven times in a row between 1972...

 Ilona Eperjesi Andrea Farkas
Andrea Farkas
Andrea Farkas is a former Hungarian international team handball goalkeeper who currently works as goalkeeping coach for Dunaújvárosi NKKSE. Among her achievements with the national team is an Olympic bronze medal from 1996 and an Olympic silver medal from 2000...


Ágnes Farkas
Ágnes Farkas
Ágnes Farkas is a retired Hungarian team handball player. She has been a European champion, and Olympic Games and World Championship silver medalist.-Club:...

 Márta Giba Mária Hajós Erika Kirsner
Erika Kirsner
Erika Kirsner is a former Hungarian international handball player who currently serves as the president of Váci NKSE.-Achievements:*Nemzeti Bajnokság I:**Winner: 2000, 2002, 2007...

 Beatrix Kökény
Beatrix Kökény
Beatrix Kökény is a former Hungarian team handball player, European champion and multiple Olympic medalist, who currently serves as the technical director of Ferencvárosi TC....


Dóra Lőwy
Dóra Lowy
Dóra Lőwy is a former Hungarian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with the Hungarian national team.-Achievements:*Nemzeti Bajnokság I:...

 Ildikó Pádár
Ildikó Pádár
Ildikó Pádár is a Hungarian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....

 Anna Rothermel Eszter Siti
Eszter Siti
Eszter Ágnes Siti is a former Hungarian handball player, European champion and World Championship silver medalist...

 Amália Sterbinszky
Amália Sterbinszky
Amália Sterbinszky is a former Hungarian handball player who was voted the best female handballer of the twentieth century in Hungary....


Tímea Sugár Tímea Tóth Mária Vanya Katarina Mravíková
Katarína Mravíková
Katarína Mravíková is a retired Slovakian handballer. She spent most of her career in Hungary, where she has won a number of domestic league and cup titles...



Coaching history

Period Head Coach Notes
1960–1965   Endre Balogh 
1966–1985   Gyula Elek  Longest serving coach in Ferencvárosi TC's history
1985   Gyula Elek and András Németh 
1986   Károly Konkoly 
1986–1988   Mária Berzsényi
Mária Berzsenyi
Mária Berzsenyi is a former Hungarian handball goalkeeper, Olympic Games and World Championship bronze medalist....

 
1989–1990   Pál Hoffmann 
1990–1992   Gyula Elek  Second spell at the club
1992–2007   András Németh  Most honours won with Ferencvárosi TC
2007–2008   Gyula Zsiga 
2008–   Gábor Elek  Son of former coach Gyula Elek

Ferencvárosi TC II

Ferencvárosi TC II is the junior team of Ferencvárosi TC women's handball club. They compete in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (Women's handball)
The Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B is the second tier league for Hungarian women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation. The league is divided into two groups, a Western one and an Eastern one...

, the second-tier league in Hungary. Although they play in the same league system as their senior team, rather than a separate league, they are ineligible for promotion to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, since junior teams cannot play in the same division as their senior side.
Squad for the 2010–11 season

Goalkeepers Brigitta Andrási Fruzsina Bán Annamária Ferenczi Viktória Hartyáni Kamilla Kántor

Wingers Barbara Hermann Viktória Lukács Maja Mayer Erika Tauker Melinda Tóth Fruzsina Zsigmond

Line players Helga Albert Petra Haibach Melitta Kaiser Barbara Szendrei
Back players Virgínia Bárdi Szilvia Bauer Bettina Budai Nikolett Budai Ildikó Gaylhoffer Petra Haibach Virág Hatala Anett Hornyák Lilla Katona Ágnes Kocsis Gréta Kovács Izabella Nagy Zsófia Nagy Mónika Pados Kitti Rásonyi Anikó Szabó Imola Szász

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