FC Sopron, was 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...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club from the town of Sopron

Sopron

In 1910 Sopron had 33,932 inhabitants . Religions: 64.1% Roman Catholic, 27.8% Lutheran, 6.6% Jewish, 1.2% Calvinist, 0.3% other. In 2001 the city had 56,125 inhabitants...

, near the Austrian border. It was founded in 1921 as Soproni Postás. The club's home stadium is Stadion Városi

Stadion Városi

Stadion Városi is a multi-use stadium in Sopron, Hungary. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of MFC Sopron. The stadium is able to hold 5,300 people and was reconstructed in 2003.-External links:*...

 with a capacity of 5,300..

With the beginning of the season 2007/08 Lajos Détári

Lajos Détári

Lajos Détári is a football manager and a retired Hungarian football midfielder. At the height of his career , he was a well-respected player throughout Europe, winning "Player of the Year" titles in Hungary, Greece and Switzerland.-Playing career:Détári made his debut for the Hungarian national...

 was appointed for being the head coach. After Antonio Righi bought the club Détári was fired (without getting paid for his work) and replaced by now head coach Vincenzo Cosco. In January 2008 their license was withdrawn by the league over unpaid taxes and payments. It was agreed that they would remain in 1. Liga for 2007/08 with 0 points for the season, all points being awarded to their opponents. It finally went to bankruptcy and was dissolved. It was replaced with newly founded Soproni VSE and climbed to NB II after winning Bakony Group of NB III in 2010-11 season.

Ownership

The club, which as commercial entity is called AZ FC Sopron Futball Sportszolgáltató KFT., is 79% owned by Antonio Righi. He bought the club from László Máriusz Vizer in 2007. 21% of the club are held by Sopron MJV Önkormányzata.

Naming history

• 1921: Sopron Soproni Sport Egyesület
• 1945: Soproni Postás Soproni Postás Sport Egyesület
• 1991: Soproni TSE Soproni Távközlési Sport Egyesület
• 1994: MATÁV Sopron Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Sport Club Sopron
• 1998: MATÁV Sopron Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Football Club Sopron
• 2000: MATÁV Compaq Sopron Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Football Club Compaq Sopron
• 2002: MATÁV Sopron Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Football Club Sopron
• 2005: Sopron Football Club Sopron
• 2008: ------

Notable former players

Iván Balaskó

Iván Balaskó

Iván Balaskó is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for CF Liberty Salonta.- External links:* *...

 Szabolcs Huszti

Szabolcs Huszti

Szabolcs Huszti is a Hungarian footballer who plays for FC Zenit St. Petersburg.-Career:Huszti began his professional career at the Hungarian club Ferencváros. Following a solitary first team appearance, he was loaned out to fellow top flight team FC Sopron in December 2003...

 Zoltán Petö

Zoltán Petö

Zoltán Petö is a Hungarian football defender. He currently plays for Szolnoki MÁV FC. He played for Hungary national team....

 Luigi Sartor

Luigi Sartor

Luigi Sartor is a retired Italian footballer. Usually a fullback on either flank, he can also appear as a central defender....

 Giuseppe Signori

Giuseppe Signori

Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...

 Tanase Paul Gabriel

Final squad

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...	1. Round		FK Teplice FK Teplice FK Teplice is a Czech football club based in the city of Teplice, 80 km north of Prague. The club currently plays in the Gambrinus liga.The club was founded after World War II in 1945. The club advanced to the Czechoslovak First League in just three years after being founded and played mostly...	1-0	1-3	2-3
2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 was the first after a major change of the competition format. There were only three rounds instead of five, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup...	UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...	2. Round		Kayserispor Kayserispor Kayserispor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Kayseri. Formed in 1966, Kayserispor are nicknamed Anadolu Yıldızı . The club colours are red and yellow, and the club play their home matches at Kadir Has Stadium.The club have won one Türkiye Kupası, in 2008...	3-3	0-1	3-4

UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005-06 UEFA Cup 2005-06 The UEFA Cup 2005–06 season was won by Sevilla FC, beating Middlesbrough FC in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The final took place at Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was...	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	2. Qualifying Round		FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...	0-3	1-2	1-5