FC Sopron was a
Hungarian football
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club from the town of
Sopron
Sopron (; german: Ödenburg, ; sl, Šopron) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő.
History
Ancient times-13th century
When the area that is today Western Hungary was a province of the Roman Empire, a ...
, near the Austrian border. It was founded in 1921 as ''Soproni Postás''. The club's home stadium is
Stadion Városi
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People
* Christoph von Stadion (1478–1543), Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
* Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen (1763–1824), Austrian ...
with a capacity of 5,300.
With the beginning of the season 2007/08
Lajos Détári
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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 In January 2008 their license was withdrawn by the league over unpaid taxes and payments.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
Soproni VSE is a Hungarian football club in Sopron. The club's colours are purple and white. They won the Nemzeti Bajnokság II two times in 1945 and 1946, but they have never played in the first league. In 2011, the club won the championship in ...
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''.
2008 January
The club was dissolved in January 2008.
Achievements
The club won the
Hungarian Cup
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in 2005.
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: ------
European cup history
UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Cup
External links
Official website
Sopron, FC
Defunct football clubs in Hungary
1921 establishments in Hungary
2008 disestablishments in Hungary
Association football clubs established in 1921
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