Hydro Fehérvár AV19 is a
Hungarian ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
team that plays in the Austrian
bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. They were founded in 1960 and played from 1978 in the Hungarian
Országos Bajnokság I through sorts of affiliations until 2012, claiming the Championship on 13 occasions. They play their home games at
Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall
Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall is an indoor sporting arena in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. The arena has a capacity of 3,500 peoplefehervarav19.huFehérvár AV19 - Hivatalos honlap/ref> and was opened in 1991. It is home to the Fehérvár AV19 ice ...
in
Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér ...
. In 2009, the club was renamed after the main sponsor Sapa Profiles Kft Hungary, the Hungarian subsidiary of a Swedish aluminum group. The club did not have a main naming sponsor for a couple of years before 2019, however, in 2019 Hydro Extrusion Hungary Kft, the Hungarian subsidiary of the Norwegian company became the new naming sponsor, thus naming the club Hydro Fehérvár AV19.
History
Székesfehérvári Volán Sports Club was founded in 1960. In 1964–65, the team started playing in outdoor rinks and 10 years later the hockey department came together with the intention of having a professional team. In 1977, the opening of a rink started a new chapter in the history of Hungarian hockey and Volan. At this point, only Budapest and Dunaújváros had suitable structure for hockey. They played their first season in the Hungarian championships in
1977–78, and three years later on the back of Budapest VSC folding and the Sports club benefiting from an influx of BVSC players captured their first Hungarian championship in 1981, becoming the first provincial team to do so.
At the turn of the millennium, Alba Volán-FeVita rose to prominence to become the top team in the nation. This culminated in the series of 10 consecutive championship titles of the Hungarian league from 2003. This turn of domination persuaded the club seek application into the Austrian League for stronger competition. This happened against the background, to better expose the players of the national team in the A-group level. In their first EBEL season in
2007–08, Alba Volánbusz experienced to skill level difference and finished in last place, this was offset however, by the successful Hungarian national team inclusion at the
2008 IIHF World Championships after seventy years back promotion to the highest international division.
Fehérvár AV19' still competed in the Hungarian Championship at first, with the club sourcing a farm team SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár II in the Championship or the
MOL Liga
The Erste Liga (formerly the MOL Liga) is an international ice hockey league organized for clubs based in Hungary and Romania. It is sponsored by the Erste Group, Erste Bank Hungary.
The games played between the Hungarian teams count towards th ...
. However, after many years of struggling to field a competitive team in 2012 they were unable to participate in the Hungarian Championship, as they were required to enter their second team in the Erste Bank Junior League. They did not directly inform the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation of their decision. This led to angst, however, the club still participated in the Hungarian Cup.
Achievements
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Hungarian Championship:
**Winners (13) :
1981
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1999
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2001
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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Interliga
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**Winners (2):
2003
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2007
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IIHF Continental Cup
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**Third place (1) : 2005
Players and personnel
Current roster
Updated 26 October 2020.
Head coaches
* József Kertész 1977–1979
* Ambrus Kósa 1979–1981
* János Balogh 1981–1983
* Antal Palla 1983–1985
* Gábor Ocskay senior 1985–1988
* Ferenc Lőrincz 1988–1989
* Elek Tamás 1989–1991
* Borisz Puskarjov 1996–97
* Tibor Kiss 1997–2000
* Jan Jasko 2000–2003
* Branislav Sajban 2003–2004
*
Pat Cortina 2004–2006
* Karol Dvorak 2006
* Jan Jasko 2006–2008
* Lajos Énekes 2008
*
Ted Sator
Ted Sator (born November 18, 1949) is an American professional coach (ice hockey), ice hockey coach. He has twelve seasons of National Hockey League (NHL) coaching experience, serving as an assistant coach for various teams and head coach of the N ...
2008–2009
* Lajos Énekes 2009
* Jarmo Tolvanen 2009–2010
* Ulf Weinstock 2010–2011
*
Kevin Primeau 2011–2012
* Jan Neliba 2012–2013
*
Marty Raymond
Marty Raymond (born October 2, 1964) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Raymond is the current head coach for the Cotter Schools Rambler boys hockey program, scheduled to compete in the Minnesota State High School Leagu ...
2013–2014
*
Rob Pallin 2014–2016
*
Tyler Dietrich
Tyler Dietrich (born July 2, 1984, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. He is currently working for Team Canada.
Career
Dietrich played WHL hockey with the Moose Jaw Warriors, the Medicine Hat Tigers and ...
2016
*
Benoit Laporte 2016–2017
*
Hannu Järvenpää
Hannu Rainer Järvenpää (born May 19, 1963 in Ii, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and a retired professional ice hockey player. He is the current Head Coach of HC Gherdëina, an Italian team playing in the Alps Hockey League.
Järvenp ...
2017–2020
* Antti Karhula 2020-2021
*
Kevin Constantine
Kevin Lars Constantine (born December 27, 1958) is an American ice hockey coach who currently serves as the head coach of the Hungarian hockey club Fehérvár AV19 of the ICE Hockey League (ICE). Constantine has coached hockey teams in the NHL, ...
2021-
Honored members
References
External links
Official Club WebsiteClub profile on the official site of Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
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Ice hockey teams in Hungary
Alba Volán
1960 establishments in Hungary
Austrian Hockey League teams
Interliga (1999–2007) teams
Carpathian League teams