Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian professional

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club based in

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that competes in the

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, the first tier of Hungarian football. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the

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in the 2009–10 season. Debrecen have become the second most successful club in Hungary since 2000, winning the Hungarian League seven times.

History

Debrecen was founded on 12 March 1902 as Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club. The club first reached the

in the 1943–44 season. Debrecen rose to domestic prominence in the early 2000s when they won their first Hungarian league title in 2004–05 season. Since then the club managed to win seven titles in the 2010s total. However, in the late 2010s the club lost its governmental support and started to decline. In the

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, they were escaping from relegation. At international level, Debrecen reached their biggest success when they managed to reach the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage. The following year they reached the group stages of the

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. In the following years, DVSC competed in the Champions League and the European League qualifiers. In 2023-2024, DVSC played in the European Conference League. The team played against the Armenian Alashkert FC and qualified to the next round, in which Loki clashed with Rapid Wien and finished their European journey that year.

Crest and colours

Naming history

* 1902–12: Egyetértés Football Club * 1912–48: Debreceni Vasutas * 1948–49: Debreceni Vasutas Sport Egyesület * 1949–55: Debreceni Lokomotív * 1955–56: Debreceni Törekvés * 1957–79: Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club * 1979–89: Debreceni Munkás Vasutas Sport Club * 1989–95: Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club * 1995–99: DVSC-Epona * 1999–01: Debreceni VSC * 2001–02: Netforum-DVSC * 2002: Debreceni VSC * 2003–05: DVSC-MegaForce * 2005–06: DVSC-AVE Ásványvíz * 2006–16: DVSC-TEVA * 2016–: Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The following table shows in detail Debreceni VSC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Stadiums and facilities

Debrecen played their home matches between 1989 and 2014 at the Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion, which has a capacity of 12,500. After winning the first

trophy, it was found that the stadium did not meet UEFA stadium criteria. Therefore, the most important

and

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matches had to be played at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium as in

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and the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage. On 1 May 2014, the Nagyerdei stadium was opened with an inauguration ceremony.

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, Hungarian prime minister, said that "the Hungarian spirit, the architects, the engineers, the workers make Hungary great again with this constructions like the Nagyerdei stadium" (in Hungarian: "A magyar szellem, a tervezők, a mérnökök, a munkások ilyen alkotásokkal teszik ismét naggyá Magyarországot"). The stadium was also sanctified by Nándor Bosák, bishop of the Roman

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, Gusztáv Bölcskei, minister, and Fülöp Kocsis, bishops of the

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. After the

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, singers such as

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, Viktor Király, Ildikó Kersztes, Gigi Radić, and Erika Miklósa entertained the audience. The first match was played between the Debrecen All Stars and Hungary All Stars, including players such as Attila Pintér, current

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coach, Kálmán Kovács, former Budapest Honvéd legend, Péter Lipcsei, former

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icon, György Véber, former

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icon and

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manager at that time,

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, former Hungary international, Flórián Urbán, former Újpest legend, and Lajos Détári, former Hungary national team legend. On 10 May 2014, the first official match was played at the new stadium between Debrecen and

in the 2013–14 Hungarian League season. The match ended with a 3–1 victory over the

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-based rival, Újpest. The first goal of the match was scored by Kulcsár in the 27th minute. Although Vasiljević equalised the score in the 37th minute, Debrecen were able to clinch the victory in the second half due to an own goal by

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in the 46-minute and a goal by Vadnai in the 85th minute. On 22 May 2014, the first match of the

was played at the stadium in front of 20,000 spectators, which ended with a 2–2 draw against

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. The first goal was scored by the former Debrecen player Dzsudzsák. Eriksen equalised the score in the 56th minute. The debutant Varga took the lead in the 69th minute again, but the score was equalised by Schöne in the 72nd minute.

Supporters

Supporters of DVSC are mainly based in

, Hungary. However, the club is popular in all over Hungary. Club's main

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group is ''Szívtiprók Ultras Debrecen'' (SZ.U.D.), which is the largest and oldest faction, founded in 1994. As of 2000, SZ.U.D started to divide itself, in factions of ultras outside Debrecen, such as ''SZ.U.D. Budapest'', ''SZ.U.D. Nagyvárad'' and ''SZ.U.D. Hódmezővásárhely''. Among smaller groups are considered ''Force Field'', ''Red Territory'' and ''Vadmacskák'', which are the oldest. However, since 2009, new ultras factions, such as ''Sziporkák'', ''Debrecen Hooligans'', ''Barrabrava Debrecen'' and others appeared. This while several, like ''North Side Hooligans'' were dissolved in early 2000s. Debrecen has fierce rivalries with

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and competitive rivalries with

and Videoton. On 5 August 2014, UEFA issued sanctions against Debrecen,

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's Steaua București and

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following racist behaviour by their fans during 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying against

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and Zrinjski Mostar respectively. Debrecen shut sector B of their ground after fans showed an "illicit banner" during the match against

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's Cliftonville. *Szívtiprók Ultras Debrecen (founded in 1994) ;Famous supporters *

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Ownership

On 27 May 2017, it was announced that Andy Vajna could replace Gábor Szima as the owner of Debrecen. Nevertheless, Andy Vajna added that he likes football but he does not want to invest into football. On 15 August 2017, it was revealed that Gábor Szima, the owner of Debrecen, might leave the club and a Greek tycoon might arrive. On 1 July 2020, Szima resigned as the owner of the club. The 73 percent of the shares of the club were purchased by the local government. László Papp, mayor of Debrecen, announced that the main goal is to be promoted to the first league again. On 18 December 2020, it was announced that the DVSC Egyesület purchased the majority of the shares. On 27 June 2022, Ike Thierry Zaengel was appointed as the chairman and owner of the club.

Honours

Domestic

** Winners (7): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14 * Nemzeti Bajnokság II ** Winners (8): 1942–43, 1948–49, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1978–79, 1988–89, 1992–93, 2020–21 ** Runners-up (1): 1983–84 *

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** Winners (6): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13 * Ligakupa ** Winners (1): 2009–10 * Szuperkupa ** Winners (5):

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Record departures

Players

Current squad

Players with multiple nationalities

* Erik Kusnyír

Out on loan

B squad

Club officials

Board of directors

''As of 21 October 2022''

Management

''As of 14 June 2025''

Notable foreign players

* Stevo Nikolić * Haris Handžić * Haris Tabakovic * Dorge Kouemaha * Yannick Mbengono * Justin Mengolo * Sandro Tomić * Ronald Habi * Božidar Radošević * Dajan Šimac * Igor Morozov * Adamo Coulibaly * Selim Bouadla * Roguy Méyé * Kakhaber Chkhetiani * Luis Ramos * Mindaugas Malinauskas * Aco Stojkov * David Babunski * Dorian Babunski * Mirsad Mijadinoski * Bojan Brnović * Meldin Drešković * Dušan Lagator *

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* Hamzat Ojediran * Liviu Goian *

Tibor Selymes Tibor Selymes (born 14 May 1970) is a Romanian football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Bălan of Hungarian descent, Selymes made his debut in Divizia A with FC Brașov in 1988. He later played many years in Belgium. S ...

* Nicolae Ilea * Marius Șumudică * Sabin Ilie * Ibrahima Sidibe * Igor Bogdanović * Dragan Vukmir * Nenad Novaković * Dušan Brković * Róbert Vittek * Dalibor Volaš * Rene Mihelič * Suk Hyun-jun * Ivan Bobko * Frank Feltscher

Notes

References

External links

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Detailed international match archive

Debreceni VSC Forum

Debrecen City – Dombi Tibi elemzés
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