Balmazújvárosi FC, also known by the sponsor name Balmaz Kamilla Gyógyfürdő or the company name Balmazújváros Sport, is a Hungarian

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club located in

Balmazújváros Balmazújváros is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 18,149 people (2001). Twin towns – sister cities Balmazújváros is twinned wi ...

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. It currently plays in

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

. The team's colors are

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and

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History

Between 2011 and 2016 the club received 1.2 billion HUF as a backing to develop the club's stadium and the team. On 17 September 2012,

László Arany László Arany (born 9 March 1971) is a retired Hungarian football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensiv ...

was sacked by the club after the defeat against

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at home. The team with Arany could win only the first match of the

2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság II Zalaegerszeg and Vasas finished the 2011–12 season in the bottom two places of the table and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions. Vasas ended an 8-year stay in the top league. Zalaegerszeg ended an 18-year stay in the top l ...

season against DVSC-DEAC but after they lost four matches in a row. In the

2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság II The 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság II football season was a single sixteen-team league, unlike previous years, which had two geographically-based sixteen-team groups. Kaposvár and Mezőkövesd were relegated from the 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnoksá ...

season Balmazújváros managed to escape from relegation from the second division by finishing 13th and gaining one point more than their rival

Siófok Siófok (; ; ) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton. It is the Somogy County#Municipalities, second largest municipality in Somogy County and the seat of Siófok District. It covers an area of about between Lak ...

. In the

2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság II The 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság II is Hungary's second-level football competition. The championship was won by Gyirmót FC Győr and they were also promoted to the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I along with Mezőkövesd-Zsóry SE. Three teams inc ...

season Balmazújváros finished 5th therefore they could not get promoted to the first division. On 4 June 2017, Balmazújváros finished second in the

2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II The 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II was Hungary's second-level football competition. The season was won by Puskás Akadémia FC, while Balmazújvárosi FC finished second by beating Kisvárda FC on the last day of the match day by 1–0 on 4 Jun ...

season thereby gaining promotion to the highest level of the Hungarian League system. Balmazújváros is going to play in the

2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2017–18 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 119th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named ''OTP Bank Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. Budapest Honvéd FC, ...

season. On the 38th match day Balmazújváros hosted their rival

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at home at the

Balmazújvárosi Városi Sportpálya Balmazújvárosi Városi Sportpálya is a sports stadium in Balmazújváros, Hungary. The stadium is home to association football side Balmazújvárosi FC. The stadium has a capacity of 2,435. History On 5 April 2013 Balmazújváros hosted Feren ...

on 4 June 2017. The match was won by Balmazújváros by 1–0 and the only goal of the match was scored by

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in the 84th minute. On 13 June 2017, the management of Balmazújváros FC appointed

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as the manager of the club. Previously Horváth managed

Kecskeméti TE Kecskeméti Testedző Egyesület, commonly known as Kecskeméti TE or simply Kecskemét, is a sports club based in Kecskemét, Hungary. It is most famous for its Association football, football section which competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II ...

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Győri ETO FC ETO FC Győr (''Egyetértés Torna Osztály Futball Club Győr''; ''Concordance Gymnastics Department Football Club of Győr'') or just ETO is a Hungarian professional football club from the city of Győr. They are best known for reaching the se ...

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, and

Diósgyőri VTK Diósgyőri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a professional Association football, football club, part of the Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc. Founded in 1910 by the local working clas ...

. On 3 January 2019,

Balázs Bekő Balázs Bekő (born 15 December 1971) is a Hungarian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Dorog. Managerial career On 24 June 2013, Bekő became the head coach of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Kecskeméti TE. Bekő becam ...

was sacked since the club finished the first half of the

2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság II The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (also known as 2018–19 Merkantil Bank Liga) was Hungary's 68th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system. Team changes Stadiums by capacity Stadiums by l ...

season at the 18th position.

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was appointed as the manager of the club. On 29 August 2019, the club was excluded from the

2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II The 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (also known as 2019–20 Merkantil Bank Liga) is Hungary's 69th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system. On 29 July 2019, it was announced that Balmazújvár ...

Stadium

Balmazújváros play their home matches at the Városi Sportpálya with a capacity of 2,400. The stadium was opened in 2013.

Current squad

Out on loan

Season results

The following table includes the seasons the club spent in the

only. *: defunct *''Italics'' indicate that the season is still in progress. *R6= 6th round (last 128 teams) in

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

competitions. *R7= 7th round (last 64 teams) *R8= 8th round (last 32 teams) *QF = quarter-finals (last 8 teams) *SF = semi-finals *R = runner up

Managers

(-3 Jan 2019) *

(7 Jan 2019-Jun 2019)PREUZEO MAĐARSKI KLUB: Toni Golem novi trener Balmazujvarosa
- Dalmatinski Portal

References

External links

Official website Balmaz Kamilla Gyógyfürdő

Official page of Balmaz Kamilla Gyógyfürdő

Soccerway
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