Debreceni VSC (women's handball)

Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club, commonly abbreviated DVSC, is a Hungarian women's handball club from Debrecen, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Debreceni VSC
Full nameDebreceni Vasutas Sport Club
Nickname(s)Loki
Short nameDVSC
Founded1948 (1948)
ArenaHódos Imre Sportcsarnok, Debrecen
Capacity1,800
President Zsolt Ábrók
Head coach Vilmos Köstner
LeagueNemzeti Bajnokság I
2018–196th
Club colours         
Home
Away
Website
Official site
Active departments of DVSC
FootballHandball

Since August 2018 they are sponsored by Schaeffler Group, so the official name for the team is DVSC SCHAEFFLER.[1]

History

Nicknamed Loki, the team was founded in 1948 as a department of the multi-sports club Debreceni VSC. Seven years later, they have won their first ever Hungarian championship title after beating two of their three opponents in the championship final, including title holders Csepeli SK. However, this achievement remained the lone success of the club for a long time, after they got relegated in 1959 and spent the subsequent twenty years in the second division.[2]

Promoted back in 1979, their brightest period came under the management of Ákos Komáromi, between the late eighties and mid-nineties, during which time they won the Hungarian championship, five Hungarian cups, and two consecutive EHF Cups. The latter one is an exceptional success; no other teams have ever defended their title in the EHF Cup.[3]

In the following years, the club lost many of their key players and their financial options narrowed as well, which resulted a significant setback. The team was on the brink of bankruptcy, when András Gellén, a businessman and die-hard DVSC fan took over the club in May 2009.[4]

Gellén had his own conception, that built solely on Hungarian players and promoted the youngsters. To fulfil the club's long-term plans, he also invested into a new arena for the handball academy, which was finished in January 2011 and cost around €1.4 million.[5]

In the second part of 2011, however, DVSC faced a heavy financial crisis as Gellén could not pay the wages, and as a result, many of the first team players left. Gellén eventually sold his 63.3% share to the city of Debrecen for a nominal fee of 10 Hungarian Forint, that now owns 96.4% of the club. The city worked out a long-term project, which similarly to the club's former intention wants to build on home-grown players. The budget in the first season is expected to be around 100 million Forint (approximately €330,000), which may grow to 150–180 million (€500,000–600,000) in the coming years to ensure Debrecen to achieve a podium finish and to qualify to a European cup again. Balázs Makray took the chairman duties, who faced the similar situation in 1999 when he took over the local football club, and for the 2000s he made Debreceni VSC one of the dominant team in the Hungarian league.[6][7]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail Debreceni VSC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Kempa
2004–2005 debmut / G HBZ
2005–2006 Hotel Balmaz / debmut / G HBZ
2006–2007 Hotel Balmaz / debmut
2007–2008 Puma Hotel Balmaz
2008–2009 Erreà
2009–2010 Korvex / Hajdú Takarék
2010–2011 Korvex
2011–2012 Korvex / Hajdú Takarék
2012–2013 OTP Bank
2013–2014 TvP / OTP Bank
2014–2015 Erima TvP / Aquaticum
2015 TvP / Cívis Ház
2016– TvP / Cívis Ház / Szerencsejáték Zrt.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season[8]

Transfers
Transfers for the 2020-21 season

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

  • Champions (2): 1955, 1987
  • Runners-up (8): 1985, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2009–10, 2010–11
  • Third place (4): 1986, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2008–09

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

  • Winners (4): 1985, 1987, 1989–90, 1990–91
  • Finalists (6): 1983, 1988, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2010–11

European competitions

EHF Cup Winners' Cup

EHF Cup

Recent seasons
As of 15 October 2019.
Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa
1993–94 NB I
1994–95 NB I
1995–96 NB I Finalist
1996–97 NB I 4th
1997–98 NB I 5th
1998–99 NB I 4th
1999–00 NB I 4th
2000–01 NB I 5th Finalist
2001–02 NB I 5th
2002–03 NB I 8th
Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa
2003–04 NB I 6th
2004–05 NB I 5th
2005–06 NB I 4th
2006–07 NB I 5th
2007–08 NB I 5th
2008–09 NB I Finalist
2009–10 NB I
2010–11 NB I Finalist
2011–12 NB I 8th Quarter-finals
2012–13 NB I 11th Quarter-finals
Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa
2013–14 NB I 9th Quarter-finals
2014–15 NB I 7th Quarter-finals
2015–16 NB I 4th Round 4
2016–17 NB I 7th Third place
2017–18 NB I 9th Round 4
2018–19 NB I 6th Round 4
2019–20 NB I

In European competition
Main article: Debreceni VSC in European handball
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2019–20 EHF Cup Qual. Round 2 Bayer Leverkusen 35–27 34–31 69–58
Qual. Round 3 ŽORK Jagodina 37–26 36–26 73–52
Group stage
(Group A)		 DHK Baník Most 36–29 29–28 3rd place
Kastamonu GSK 32–34 31–30
Thüringer HC 19–26 23–26

Records

Notable players

Coaches
  • Ferenc Bokor (1950–1968)
  • Ferenc Kapitány (1970–1971)
  • Ferenc Halász (1975–1980)
  • Géza Szász (1980)
  • István Varga (1981)
  • János Szentgyörgyi (1981)
  • Dusan Szlancso (1991)
  • Ákos Komáromi (1982-1990, 1991-1994, 1997-1998, 2000, 2002-2003)
  • Csaba Árva (1997)
  • Sándor Medgyessy (2000-2001)
  • Sándor Váczi (2001-2002)
  • Zoltán Balogh (2003-2004)
  • László Laurencz (2004–2005)
  • Imre Bíró (1999-2000, 2005–2007, 2012–2013)[13]
  • Botond Bakó (2008-2010)[14][15]
  • József Varga (2004, 2007-2008, 2013-2015)
  • Vilmos Köstner (1994-1996, 1998-1999, 2010–2012, 2018-)
  • Tone Tiselj (2016-2018)[16]
  • Gergő Vida (2018)[17]
  • Pal Oldrup Jensen (2018)[18]

See also

References
  1. "DVSC SCHAEFFLER NÉVEN FOLYTATJUK!" (in Hungarian). dvsckezilabda.hu. 10 August 2018.
  2. "Törekvés, Lokomotív, DVSC, avagy a kezdetektől az első aranyérmen át a másodosztályig" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  3. "Sporttörténelem: címvédés az EHF-kupában" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  4. "Új úton a régi sikerekért" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  5. "Gellén András új kézilabdacsarnokot építtetett" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  6. "Makray Balázs lesz az új ügyvezető" (in Hungarian). DVSC official website. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  7. "DVSC: szinte 100% az önkormányzaté". Hungarian Press Agency (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  8. "Játékosok". dvsckezilabda.hu.
  9. "Magyar bajnokság NB1 - női" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
  10. "Magyar bajnokság NB1B - női" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
  11. "Magyar bajnokság NB2 - női (1957-1980)" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
  12. "Örökranglista" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  13. "Imre Bíró's CV" (PDF).
  14. MTI (16 February 2010). "Kirúgták a DVSC női kézicsapatának edzőit". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  15. "DVSC edzők". dvsckezi.dovenyi.hu. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  16. "Tone Tiselj távozik a DVSC-től – DVSC Kézilabda" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  17. "Megkeresi, mit lehet javítani! – DVSC Kézilabda" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  18. Megosztom, 2018 11 22 14:16. "Edzőváltás a DVSC Schaefflernél, Köstner Vilmos irányítja tovább a csapatot". HAON (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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