Kisvárda Football Club is a Hungarian football club located in

Kisvárda Kisvárda (; german: Kleinwardein, yi, קליינווארדיין, Kleynvardeyn) is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary near the border of Slovakia and Ukraine. It is the 3rd largest town ...

. It currently plays in

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28 ...

. The team's colors are

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and

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History

Kisvárda FC, later known as Várda SE, was founded in 1911 as ''Kisvárdai Sport Egyesület (KSE)''. The officials of the village supported the new club by donating a pitch next to the market place. The financial support came from the merchants of the village, who helped a lot in the early stages of the club. In 1953, their present-day ground, the Várkerti sporttelep was built. The club was reestablished on 26 October 1971. Since the 2013–14 season, the official name of the club is ''Kisvárda-Master Good FC''. In the 2017-18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, Kisvárda finished second and were promoted to the 2018-19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I. On 21 July 2018, the first

match was played against 2017-18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I title-holders

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at the Pancho Aréna. The match ended with a 4–0 defeat. On 30 July 2018,

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was sacked after two consecutive defeats in the 2018-19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. The next coach was László Dajka, whom Kisvárda stayed in the NB I for the next (2019/2020) season. The end of the season Dajka left the club and his position received

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. Kisvárda were eliminated by

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in the round of 16 of the

2018–19 Magyar Kupa The 2018–19 Magyar Kupa (English: ''Hungarian Cup'') was the 79th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition. MOL Vidi FC won the competition by beating Budapest Honvéd FC in the final held at Groupama Aréna on 25 May 201 ...

season on 1–3 aggregate. On 6 February 2020, Tamás Bódog was appointed as the manager of the club. The club remained in the first division of the Hungarian League. However, he was sacked on 29 June 2020. On 8 July 2020, Attila Supka, previously champions of the

with

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, was appointed as the manager of the club. On 27 January 2021, Kisvárda beat

Fehérvár FC Fehérvár Football Club (commonly known as ''Fehérvár'', ''Vidi'', or ''MOL Fehérvár Football Club'' for sponsorship reasons), is a Hungarian professional football club based in Székesfehérvár, which plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, th ...

for the first time in their history. The

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match was won by 2-1. Originally, the match had to be played in autumn. However, it was postponed because Fehérvár played in the 2020-21 UEFA Europa League. On May 5th 2022 Kisvarda beat Ujpest at Várkerti Stadion 2-1 and with this result secured themselves of a finish in 2nd or 3th domestically and therefore qualified for the 2022-23 Europa Conference League at the second qualifying round. On 20 July 2022, Kisvárda played their first international match in the 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League. They entered the second round of the tournament against

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. The first leg was won by 1-0 Kisvárda at the

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. The only goal was scored by Jasir Asani in the 82nd minute. In the second leg, Kisvárda beat Kairat 1-0 at Várkerti Stadion on 28 July 2022. The only goal was scored by

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in the 39th minute.

Stadium

The old grounds, Várkert Sportpálya, were next to the market place, on Anarcsi út (Anarcsi road). It was able to host up to 1,000 supporters.
The current grounds, Várkert sporttelep, were established in 1953. The stadium is able to hold 2,000 people. The stadium's highest official attendance was 5,000, for a league match between Kisvárdai SE and Nyíregyházi VSSC on 1 April 1979. The new stadium, Várkerti Stadion, was opened on 11 August 2018. The first match was played against

in the

2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2018–19 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 120th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named ''OTP Bank Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. Videoton were the def ...

season. The match ended with a 2–0 victory for Ferencváros.

Honours

** Runners-up (1): 2021–22 *

Nemzeti Bajnokság II NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: ''Keleti ...

** Runners-up (1): 2017–18 * Nemzeti Bajnokság III ** Winner (1): 2014-15

European record

''As of match played 11 August 2022'' ;Notes * QR: Qualifying round

Players

Current squad

''As of 16 October 2022''

Players with multiple nationalities

* Viktor Hey *

Bohdan Melnyk Bohdan Melnyk ( ua, Богдан Олегович Мельник; born 4 January 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Kisvárda. Career Melnyk is the product of the BRW-VIK Volodymyr-Volynskyi Scho ...

Out on loan

Managers

(13 June 2019 – 8 October 2019) * László Dajka (16 October 2019) * Tamás Bódog (6 February 2020 – 29 June 2020) * Attila Supka (8 July 2020 – 11 May 2021) *

João Janeiro João Pedro de Oliveira Janeiro (born 29 June 1981), known simply as João Janeiro, is a Portuguese professional manager. He was most recently with Hungarian first division team Debreceni VSC, but has also managed Slovak team Dunajská Streda, ...

(20 May 2021 – 10 November 2021) *

Gábor Erős Gábor Erős (born 1 July 1980) is a Hungarian football manager and a former midfielder. He is the assistant manager of Kisvárda. Coaching career Erős was appointed caretaker manager of Kisvárda on 10 November 2021, following the dismissa ...

(10 November 2021 – present) *

László Török László Török (13 May 1941 – 17 September 2020) was a Hungarian historian, archaeologist, and Egyptologist. His works on the ancient Coptic language, Ancient Egypt, ancient Nubia, and the Kingdom of Kush were highly regarded. He was a me ...

(28 June 2022 – present)

Seasons

References

External links

Official website
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