Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club-Zugló is a professional football club based in

Zugló Zugló (german: Lerchenfeld) is the official name of the 14th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest XIV. kerülete), the capital of Hungary. It is a large and mixed neighborhood, with communist era style highrise apartments sprinkled between dec ...

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, Hungary, that competes in the

Nemzeti Bajnokság III Nemzeti Bajnokság III (''NBIII'', ''National Championship III'') is the third tier of Hungarian football (from the autumn of 1997 till the spring of 2005, NB III was the fourth tier, the third was NB II). The tier contains 3 groups (west, cente ...

. The club was founded in 1911. Its football section became closed in 2001, but has now reopened, while other sections that are still operational are

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. The table tennis department won the European Cup of 1980 and several national championships. The football team reached in the years 1996 and 1997 twice the

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final and was runner up in the

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in 1996.

History

On 18 July 2012, BVSC started an adult team after 10 years of pause. The team are going to compete in the Budapest Labdarugó Szövetség IV. In 2019, the club were promoted to the Budapest bajnokság I after winning the 2018-19 Budapest bajnokság II. In May 2020, the club were promoted to the

after finishing first in the Budapest championship. The 2019-20 Budapest Bajnokság I was interrupted and finally terminated due to the

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. Gábor Horváth, director of the football department, said that the club were eligible to enter the

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and the club would meet all the requirements to play at the third tier. On 28 July 2021, former Hungarian national team player,

Ákos Buzsáky Ákos Buzsáky (born 7 May 1982) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság for MTK Budapest and Ferencváros, the Primeira Liga for Porto, the Premier League for Queens Par ...

, was appointed. The main aim of the club was to get promoted to

Nemzeti Bajnokság II NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: ''Keleti' ...

. In the

season, the club finished second. In March 2022, the club announced that refugees from the

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can do sports for free at the club. On 1 June 2022,

was removed from his position. On 22 June 2022, Flórián Urbán was appointed as the new manager of the club.

Name changes

As most other Hungarian sports clubs BVSC was subject to numerous changes of its name throughout its history. Here is a list of names that were in use by the club: *1911–1945 ''MAVOSZ Budapesti VSC'' *1945-? ''Vasutas Előre SC'' (after merger with ''Budapesti MÁV Előre'') *?-1948 ''MÁV Konzum Vasutas Előre'' *1948–1954 ''Budapesti Lokomotív SK'' *1954-1956 ''Budapesti Törekvés SE'' (after merger with '' Budapesti Előre SK'' and '' Budapesti Postás SK'') *1956-1990 ''Budapesti VSC'' (after demerger of '' Budapesti Előre SK'' and '' Budapesti Postás SK'') *1990-1991 ''BVSC-Mávtransped'' *1992-1992 ''BVSC-Novép'' *1992-1996 ''BVSC-Dreher'' *1996-1997 ''Budapesti VSC'' *1997-1998 ''BVSC-Zugló FC'' *1998-1999 ''BVSC-Zugló'' *1999-2001 ''Budapesti VSC'' *2001-2011 ''BVSC-Zugló FC'' *2011- ''BVSC-Zugló''

Players

Current squad

Non-playing staff

Management

Honours

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: ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1995–96 *

: ** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1995–96, 1996–97

Seasons

Managers

Péter Szabó Péter Szabó (13 April 1899 – 21 September 1963) was a Hungarian football manager and player. Club career Born in Budapest, Szabó played with MTK Budapest FC where he won three consecutive championships. In 1919 he moves abroad and joins ...

(1951–1952) * Béla Kállói (1953) * István Baráth (1953–1954) * Tivadar Király (1954) * László Fenyvesi (1955–1957) * László Balogh (1957) * Ede Moór (1957–1960) * Gábor Kiss (1960–1961) * Jenő Stahl (1961) * László Fenyvesi (1961–1962) * László Keszei (1962–1963) * János Gyarmati (1964–1968) * Ferenc Szigeti (1969–1970) * Béla Marosvári (1970–1973) *

György Mezey György Mezey (born 7 September 1941) is a Hungarian former association football player, who played as a midfielder. He later became a well-regarded coach. He was coach of the Hungary national team from 1983 to 1986, leading the team to the ...

(1973–1977) *

Mihály Vasas Mihály Vasas (born 14 September 1933) is a Hungarian football forward who played for Hungary in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.Mihály Ubrankovics (1978–1981) * András Borbély (1981–1982) * Antal Szentmihályi (1982–1983) * László Halácsi (1983–1985) * József Farkas (1985–1986) * József Both (1987–1988) *

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(1988–1992) * József Both (1992-1993) *

Imre Garaba Imre Garaba (born 29 July 1958) is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1980, and got 82 caps and 3 goals until 1991. He was a participant at the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, ...

(1993) *

Sándor Egervári Sándor Egervári (born 15 July 1950) is a Hungarian football manager. He attended the University of Physical Education in Budapest and qualified as a football coach in 1983. He has completed the UEFA A and B course and as well as the pro lic ...

(1993–1996) * László Dajka (1996–1997) *

(1997) * György Bognár (1997–1998) * István Sándor (1998) * Dragan Sekulić (1999) * József Tajti (1999) *

Tibor Simon Tibor Simon (1 September 1965 – 23 April 2002) was a Hungarian football player and manager. Career Simon, who played as a defender, spent his entire professional club career with Ferencváros, and also earned 16 caps at international level f ...

(1999–2001) * József Dzurják (2001–2002) * Tamás Futó (2003–2004) * there were no professional team (2004–2012) * András Hernády (2013–2015) * Ákos Balogh (2015–2017) * László Varga (2017–2018) * Gabala Krisztián (2018–2020) *

(2021–2022)

Transfers

In

In Europe

Record by country of opposition

*''Correct as of 5 July 2010'' P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Notable members in other sports

* Gábor Gergely, table tennis world champion * Ferenc Kiss, wrestler, coach with BVSC * László Schell, ice hockey referee, former player

References

External links

Official site
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