Vasas SC (Women's handball)
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Vasas-Angyalföldi Sportiskola (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.
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
.
Viktória Antóni
Wingers2 Orsolya Tóth4 Adél Hárs7 Angéla Dénes
Line players5 Bettina Fehér
Back players3 Mariann Szepesi6 Lilla Kovács8 Zsófia Méder9 Zsófia Szlama
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. It is part of the Budapest-based multi-sports club Vasas SC
Vasas SC
Vasas SC is one of Hungary's major sports clubs. Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest's 13th district in the north of the town. Members of the Hungarian Union of Iron Workers founded the club as Vas-és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja, the "Sport Club of Iron and Steel Workers", on 16 March 1911...
. One of the most successful teams in the country, they have won the Hungarian championship
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 :...
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
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...
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
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...
. In 1964 Vasas climbed to the NB 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 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
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...
.
Results
- Nemzeti Bajnokság INemzeti 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: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1993
- Silver: 1986
- Bronze: 1953, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997
- Magyar KupaMagyar 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: 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
- European Champions Cup:
- Winners: 1982
- Finalists: 1978, 1979, 1993, 1994
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Finalists: 1988
- Semifinalists: 1996
- EHF CupWomen's EHF CupThe 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...
:- Semifinalists: 1997
- EHF City CupWomen's EHF Challenge CupThe Women's EHF Challenge Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999-2000 season.- Summary :- External links :*...
:- Finalists: 1995
Current squad
Goalkeepers1 Viktória Antóni
- 12 Zsanett Brunner
- 16 Anita Németh
Wingers2
Orsolya Tóth4 Adél Hárs7 Angéla Dénes
- 10 Klaudia Komsa
- 14 Bozsána Fekete
- 18 Orsolya Takács
- 26 Henriett Páli
Line players5
Bettina Fehér
- 11 Andrea Mestery
- 21 Petra Balogh
- 23 Kitty Mészáros
- 93 Lilla Major
Back players3
Mariann Szepesi6 Lilla Kovács8 Zsófia Méder9 Zsófia Szlama
- 13 Renáta Apkó
- 15 Kata Németh
- 17 Nikolett Bognár
- 19 Mária Hirmann
- 20 Stephanie Simon
- 22 Nikolett Kovács
- 24 Kata Komjáti
- 81 Hortenzia Szrnka
- 92 Alexandra Krizsán