Veszprém KC

Veszprém KC is a Hungarian handball club from Veszprém, that for sponsorship reasons is called Telekom Veszprém. Veszprém plays in the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I and are the most successful team in the country, having won the Hungarian Championship a record 26 times and the Hungarian Cup title a record 24 times. Veszprém has also won the regional SEHA League three times.

Telekom Veszprém
Full nameKézilabda Sport Egyesület
Nickname(s)Építők
Short nameVeszprém
Founded1977 (1977)
ArenaVeszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Capacity5,096
PresidentJános Szabó
Head coachMomir Ilić
CaptainRasmus Lauge Schmidt
LeagueNemzeti Bajnokság I
2020–212nd
Club colours   
Home
Away
Website
Official site

Veszprém are one of the three Hungarian clubs that have won a major European trophy, most recently in 2008, when they overcame Rhein-Neckar Löwen and were crowned as the EHF Cup Winner's Cup champions.[1]

The main sponsors of the club were the MKB Bank and the MVM Group. In the summer of 2015, the MKB Bank decided to quit sponsoring after a 10 years interval. Their main focus is now on the younger teams. Currently the main sponsor is Magyar Telekom.

Veszprém
Location of Telekom Veszprém

History

In Veszprém there was a long tradition of handball, and in 1970 the Bakony Chemist TC women's team won the first championship among the rural ensembles. The sports club was founded in 1977 under the wing of the Veszprém County State Construction Company (VÁÉV) under the name Of Veszprém Builders, after a political decision was taken in the city, which urged the men's division of BVTC, which had been relegated from NB II, to be taken over by the VÁÉV.

In 1981, under the executive direction of Csaba Hajnal, the new team was promoted to the first division, where it finished each season with a medal; In the first season, he won a silver medal. Over the next three years, they won one silver and two bronze medals in the championship, two silver medals and one gold medal. In 1985 and 1986, the team won the championship.

Over the next four years, the team won only four silver medals (three times at the Rába ETO, 1990-1992 Bramac, Fotex until 2005, MKB until 2015, MVM until 2017, Telekom-backed team since 2017: since 1992, 23 seasons, 20 championship gold and 3 silver medals have been awarded to Veszprém. (Meanwhile, between May 2008 and October 2011, they did not lose a single league game.)

After the success in 1984, 3 Győr victories came, and from 1988 onwards, 19 cup victories in 24 years were added to the list of glory, the brightest result being four KEK finals (2 wins and 2 silver medals) and four EHF Champions League 2nd place.

Since July 2008, Veszprém Aréna has been the home ground for Telekom Veszprém, previously playing their matches in the 15th street hall.

In April 2020, fans voted for the All Star team in club history, which includes Árpád Sterbik, Gergő Iváncsik, Carlos Pérez, József Éles, László Nagy, Mirza Džomba and Andreas Nilsson.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history
Name Period
Veszprémi Építők SK −1980
Veszprémi ÁÉV SC 1981
Veszprémi Építők SK 1982–1986
VÁÉV Bramac 1987–1990
Bramac SE 1990–1992
Fotex Veszprém SE 1992–1996
Fotex KC Veszprém 1996–2005
MKB Veszprém KC 2005–2013
MKB-MVM Veszprém 2013–2016
Telekom Veszprém 2016–present

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail Veszprém KC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2006–2007 MKB Bank / T-Mobile
2007–2010
2010–2012
2012–2013 MKB Bank / T-Mobile / Veszprém
2013–2015 MKB Bank / MVM / Veszprém
2015–2017 Balaton / Veszprém
2017–2020 Magyar Telekom / Veszprém
2020– 2Rule Magyar Telekom / Veszprém

Kits

Sports Hall information
Home hall: Veszprém Aréna

Team

Current squad
Squad for the 2021–22 season

Transfers
Transfers for the 2022–23 season
Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Staff members
  • Sports Director: László Nagy
  • Head Coach: Momir Ilic
  • Assistant Coach: Péter Gulyás
  • Goalkeeper Coach: Árpád Sterbik
  • Fitness Coach: Marija Lojanica
  • Club Doctor: Tibor Sydó, MD
  • Club Doctor: Zsolt Mahunka, MD
  • Masseur: József Végh
  • Physiotherapist: Nemanja Vučić
  • Physiotherapist: Dimitar Manevski

Top scorers
Season Player Apps/Goals
2004–2005 Kiril Lazarov26/183
2005–2006 Kiril Lazarov30/200
2006–2007 Kiril Lazarov23/144
2007–2008 Marko Vujin28/173
2008–2009 Marko Vujin31/165
2009–2010 Renato Sulić27/115
2010–2011 Marko Vujin27/153
2011–2012 Marko Vujin26/176
2012–2013 Tamás Iváncsik20/88
2013–2014 Momir Ilic25/115
2014–2015 Momir Ilic10/51
2015–2016 Renato Sulić10/29
2016–2017 Dragan Gajić15/77
2017–2018 Dragan Gajić17/104
2018–2019 Manuel Štrlek20/100
2019–2020cancelled-
2020–2021 Dejan Manaskov19/106

Retired Numbers
Telekom Veszprém retired numbers
N° Nationality Player Position Tenure
3Péter GulyásRight Winger2000–2017
4Gergő IváncsikLeft Winger2000–2017
6József ÉlesLeft Back, Central Back1990–2003
7István GulyásCentral Back1985–1999
8Marian Cozma posthumous honorLine Player2006–2009
10Carlos PérezLeft Back1997–2012
11István CsoknyaiLeft Back1990–2005
14György ZsigmondLine Player1989–1999, 2001–2005

Honours
Honours No. Years
League
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Winners 26 1985, 1986, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Runners-up 11 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2007, 2018, 2021
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Third Place 2 1982, 1984
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Winners 1 1980
Domestic Cups
Magyar Kupa Winners 29 1984, 1988, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
Magyar Kupa Runners-up 10 1982, 1983 dec., 1986, 1987, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2018–19
Magyar Kupa Third Place 2 1981, 1983 jan.
Best European Results
EHF Champions League Finalist 4 2001–02, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
EHF Cup Winners' Cup Winners 2 1991–92, 2007–08
EHF Cup Winners' Cup Finalist 2 1992–93, 1996–97
EHF Champions Trophy Finalist 2 2002, 2008
SEHA League Winners 4 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21
SEHA League Finalist 1 2016–17

Individual awards
Winners (18): 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Domestic

Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer[2]

Season Name Goals
1997–98 József Éles
2011–12 Marko Vujin

Recent seasons
As of 20 May 2018
Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa
1978 County I 1st
1979 NB II 1st
1980 NB I/B 1st
1981 NB I Third place
1982 NB I Finalist
1983 NB I Third place*
1984 NB I Winner
1985 NB I
1986 NB I Finalist
1987 NB I Finalist
1988–89 NB I Winner
1989–90 NB I Winner
1990–91 NB I Winner
1991–92 NB I Winner
1992–93 NB I Finalist
Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa
1993–94 NB I Winner
1994–95 NB I Winner
1995–96 NB I Winner
1996–97 NB I Finalist
1997–98 NB I Winner
1998–99 NB I Winner
1999–00 NB I Winner
2000–01 NB I Finalist
2001–02 NB I Winner
2002–03 NB I Winner
2003–04 NB I Winner
2004–05 NB I Winner
2005–06 NB I Finalist
2006–07 NB I Winner
2007–08 NB I Finalist
Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa
2008–09 NB I Winner
2009–10 NB I Winner
2010–11 NB I Winner
2011–12 NB I Winner
2012–13 NB I Winner
2013–14 NB I Winner
2014–15 NB I Winner
2015–16 NB I Winner
2016–17 NB I Winner
2017–18 NB I Winner
2018–19 NB I Finalist
2019–20 NB I cancelled 00cancelled
2020–21 NB I Winner
2021–22 NB I Winner
  • 1983 Magyar kupa (December):
    Finalist
  • 1988 Magyar kupa: Winner

In European competition
Main article: Veszprém KC in European handball
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2019–20 EHF Champions League Group Stage
Group B		 RK Vardar 39–30 38–29 2nd place
PGE Vive Kielce 33–34 28–24
THW Kiel 31–37 28–29
HC Meshkov Brest 31–25 37–30
Montpellier HB 18–23 24–23
Porto Sofarma 38–28 31–24
Motor Zaporozhye 40–28 32–22
Round of 16 Orlen Wisła Płock Cancelled
Semi-final (F4) THW Kiel 35-36
Third place game (F4) Paris Saint-Germain 26-31
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2021–22 EHF Champions League Group matches

(Group B)

 Łomza Vive Kielce 35–33 29–32 4th place
Barcelona 29–28 30–35
Paris Saint-Germain 34–31 40–39
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28–23 27–30
FC Porto 28–28 30–23
Dinamo București 47–32 29–31
Motor 36–29 27–29
Play-offs RK Vardar 30–22 31–31 61–53
Quarter-finals Aalborg Håndbold

EHF ranking
As of 27/04/2022[6]
RankTeamPoints
1 FC Barcelona753
2 Paris Saint-Germain673
3 Telekom Veszprém638
4 THW Kiel633
5 Montpellier HB545
6 SG Flensburg-Handewitt544
7 Aalborg Håndbold539

Former club members

Selected former players

Notable coaches

References
  1. "2007/08 Men's Cup Winners' Cup Final". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  2. "Kézitörténelem.hu".
  3. "Magyar bajnokság NB1 – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
  4. "Magyar bajnokság NB1B – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
  5. "Magyar bajnokság NB2 – férfi (1957–1980)" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
  6. "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
  7. SZABOLCS, VINCZE (7 June 2021). "Férfi kézilabda: Nem sikerült elérni a célomat, számítottam a dönté". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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