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Dunaferr SE (men's Handball)
Dunaferr Sportegyesület was a Hungary, Hungarian Team handball, handball club from Dunaújváros, that is part of the multi-sports club running under the same name. The team enjoyed their best spell in the early 2000s, having won the Hungarian Championship in 2000 and the Hungarian Cup in 2001. Beside the domestic success they also reached the finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2000 and the semifinals of the EHF Cup three years later. After February 2011 the official name of the club was Dunaferr Alexandra due to sponsorship reasons. The men's handball division of Dunaferr SE was closed on 1 July 2011. Honours National Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I * Winner (1): 2000 * Runners-up (4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 * ''Bronze'' (8): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Magyar Kupa: * Winner (1): 2001 International *EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Finalists'': 2000 **''Semifinalists'': 2002 *EHF Cup: **''Semifinalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunaújváros
Dunaújváros (; also known by other alternative names) is an industrial city in Fejér County, Central Hungary. It is a city with county rights. Situated 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Budapest on the Danube, the city is best known for its steelworks, which is the largest in the country. It was built in the 1950s on the site of the former village of Dunapentele and was originally given the name of Sztálinváros before acquiring its current name in 1961. Geography Dunaújváros is located in the Transdanubian part of the Great Hungarian Plain (called Mezőföld), south of Budapest on the Danube, Highway 6, Motorways M6, M8 and the electrified Budapest-Pusztaszabolcs-Dunaújváros-Paks railway. Etymology and names The city replaced the village of ''Dunapentele'' ("Pantaleon up on the Danube"), named after Saint Pantaleon.Antal Papp: Magyarország (Hungary), Panoráma, Budapest, 1982, , p. 860, pp. 542–544 The construction of this new industrial city started in 1949 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
