Tatabányai Sport Club is a Hungarian

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club based in

Tatabánya Tatabánya (; ; ) is a city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. Location The city is located in the valley between the Gerecse an ...

, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary. The team set to play in

Nemzeti Bajnokság II The 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: ''Ke ...

from 2024–25, the second tier of Hungarian football after promotion from

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in 2023–24. They play their home games at Stadion Gyula Grosics.

History

The club was founded on February 6, 1910, by Ferenc Frei, a mining engineer. At this time several Hungarian towns outside of

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had formed football teams –

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. The First World War weakened the team, but in the 1920s the club was still without a doubt the most popular in Tatabánya. Professionalism was introduced into the

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, but the team couldn't afford this, and stuck with amateur players. After the end of the Second World War in 1947 the team reached the first division. After the disqualification from the

2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III The 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III is Hungary's third-level football competition. Three teams were relegated including Szigetszentmiklós, Dunaújváros PASE, and Ajka from the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság II. Standings Central East West ...

season, the club merged with Tatabánya FCE which won the second tier of Komárom-Esztergom division in 2017–18. The new formation failed to rebound back to NB III after close 1–0 defeat against

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. During the outbreak of

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with Tatabánya being the first in the first tier of Komárom-Esztergom they got promoted for

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season. On 9 June 2024, Tatabánya secure promotion to NB II from 2024–25 after defeat

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1-2 and win aggregate 3-4 in 2023–24 NB III promotion play-off, the club return to second tier after 10 year absence.

Honours

: ** Winners:

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, 2004-05

European cup history

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup

UEFA Cup

Selected former managers

* Emil Rauchmaul 1937 * Károly Lakat 1957–1962 *

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1963 * Gábor Kléber 1964–1965 *

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1966 * László Hári 1967–1968 * György Szűcs 1968–1969 * Károly Lakat 1970–1974 * József Gelei 1974–1975 *

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1975 * Ede Moór 1975–1976 *

1977–1979 * Antal Szentmihályi 1979–1980 * Károly Lakat 1980–1982 *

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1982–1984 * István Bacsó 1984–1985 * Károly Lakat 1985 * Miklós Temesvári 1985–1988 * Antal Szentmihályi 1988–1990 *

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1990–1991 *

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1991–1992 *

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1992 * Ferenc Ebedli 1997–1998 * Bálint Tóth −1999 *

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1999–2001 * Ferenc Ebedli 2001 * László Kovács 2001– *

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−2003 *

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2004 *

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2004–2007 *

2007 * Ferenc Mészáros 2007 *

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2007 *

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and László Dajka 2008–2009 * P. László Nagy 2009–2011 *

2011–2012 * Aurél Csertői 2012–2013 * P. László Nagy 2013 *

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2013–2014 * Gyula Plotár 2014 ''(caretaker)'' *

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2014–

External links

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Detailed international matches list

References

Tatabanya Tatabánya 1910 establishments in Hungary

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