Utánpótlás Kézilabda Sport Egyesület Szekszárd is a
Hungarian women's
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
team from
Szekszárd
Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; hr, Seksar; german: Sechshard or ; sr, Сексард) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area ...
.
History
The club was created in 1995 with about 40 players. During the early years the club grew quickly, and for today more than 150 players in ten groups of age are trained by twenty coaches. Most of the players are between the age of 8 and 18, as the main pillar of the team is the youth development and promotion of home-grown players. For their work with juveniles, UKSE were awarded the ''"A Magyar Kézilabdázásért"'' ("For the Hungarian Handball") prize in 2006.
Their biggest success so far is the third place in the
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, they achieved in 2010. This result unexpectedly became more valuable later, as
Hódmezővásárhelyi NKC were unable to meet the financial criteria to enter the
2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 109th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named ''Monicomp Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 30 July 2010 and ended on 27 May 2011. Deb ...
, and UKSE, with the best balance between the non-promoted teams, got the chance to take their place in the top-level championship.
Results
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
**''Bronze:'' 2010
Notable former players
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Ágnes Triffa
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Luca Szekerczés
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Edit Csendes
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Margit Pádár
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Ninoslava Popov
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Jasmina Petrovic
See also
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2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
The 2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I was the sixty-first edition of the top level championship in the Hungarian team handball for women. The regular season began on 4 September 2011 and concluded on 31 March 2011, followed by the classification rou ...
References
External links
Official website of UKSE SzekszárdHistory and club manifesto
Hungarian handball clubs
Handball clubs established in 1995
1995 establishments in Hungary
Tolna County
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