Budapesti Spartacus Sport Club is a Hungarian women's

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team from

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, that play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, the second tier league in Hungary. The club was formed in 1954 and soon found themselves on the top. ''Spari'', as the fans call the team, have won all but one league titles between 1960 and 1967, and in addition, they have won two domestic cup titles in 1963 and 1968. They also enjoyed a good run in the European Champions Cup, having been marched to the finals in 1965, only to fall short against HG København. In the seventies the club have fallen back, and eventually slumped to relegation in 1975. However, the team promoted back immediately and under the guidance of head coach

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a new success period has begun. Spartacus have won the national championship title in 1983 and 1986, and lifted the Hungarian cup trophy in 1988. Beside the domestic hit they also took the

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in 1981. From the nineties the club slowly relapsed and turned into a mid-table team. Parallel to this, their financial potential is narrowed and it all ended up in a relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B in 2007. Since they are co-operating with another Budapest-based club, ''Pénzügyőr SE'', the team is officially known as Pénzügyőr-Spartacus SC.

Kits

Selected former players

* Ágnes Farkas * Andrea Farkas *

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* Ágnes Végh * Zsuzsanna Varga * Magda Jóna * Klára Horváth * Valéria Agocs * Beáta Balog * Orsolya Herr * Zita Szucsánszki * Zsuzsanna Viglási * Nikolett Brigovácz * Judit Veszeli * Katalin Borkowska * Auguszta Mátyás * Fanni Kenyeres * Beáta Balog * Eszter Laluska * Judit Pőcze * Oksana Ploshchynska * Jasmina Petrovic

Head coach history

* Pál Nádori * Ottó Fleck *

* Barabás Pánczél (1996–1998; 2000–2002; 2007) * Ervin Horváth (2002–2003) * László Palásthy (2003–2004) * János Csík (2004–2005) * ifj. Szilárd Kiss (2005) * Zoltán Marczinka (2005) * László Laurencz (2005–2007)

Honours

Domestic competitions

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 ...

(''National Championship of Hungary'') * Gold medal blank

Champions (9): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1983, 1986 * Silver medal blank

''Runners-up (5): 1966, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984'' * Bronze medal blank

''Third place (5): 1958, 1970, 1973, 1985, 1988–89''

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(''National Cup of Hungary'') * Gold medal with cup

Winners (3): 1963, 1968, 1988 * Silver medal with cup

''Finalists (6): 1969, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984''

European competitions

* European Champions Cup: **''Finalists:'' 1965 *

: **''Winners:'' 1981 **''Finalists:'' 1982

Recent seasons

*Seasons in ''

'': 45 *Seasons in '' Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B'': 1

In European competition

Source
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/small> *Participations in Champions League ''(Champions Cup)'': 8 *Participations in EHF Cup ''(IHF Cup)'': 3 *Participations in ''

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(IHF Cup Winners' Cup)'': 3

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Budapesti Spartacus SC Women's handball Women's handball clubs in Hungary Handball clubs established in 1954 Sports clubs and teams in Budapest 1954 establishments in Hungary Women's sport in Budapest