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{{short description|Hungarian football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
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| image = FC_Sopron_logo.png
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| fullname = Football Club Sopron
| nickname = 
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1921}}<br/>{{Start date and age|df=yes|2018}} (refounded)
| dissolved = 
| ground = [[Káposztás utca]], [[Sopron]]
| capacity = 5,300
| chairman = 
| league = [[Nemzeti Bajnokság III|NB III]]
| season = [[2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság III|2023–24]]
| position = NB III, Northwest, 10th of 16|
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'''FC Sopron''' is a Hungarian [[association football|football]] club from the town of [[Sopron]], near the Austrian border. It was founded in 1921 as ''Soproni Postás''. The club's home stadium is [[Stadion Városi]] with a capacity of 5,300.

==History==
With the beginning of the season 2007/08 [[Lajos Détári]] was appointed for being the head coach. After [[Antonio Righi]] bought the club Détári was fired (without getting paid for his work) and replaced by now head coach [[Vincenzo Cosco]]. In January 2008 their license was withdrawn by the league over unpaid taxes and payments. It was agreed that they would remain in 1. Liga for 2007/08 with 0 points for the season, all points being awarded to their opponents. It finally went to bankruptcy and was dissolved in January 2008. It was replaced with newly founded [[Soproni VSE]] and climbed to NB II after winning Bakony Group of NB III in 2010–11 season.

==Ownership==
The club, which as commercial entity is called ''AZ FC Sopron Futball Sportszolgáltató KFT.'', is 79% owned by [[Antonio Righi]]. He bought the club from [[László Máriusz Vizer]] in 2007. 21% of the club are held by ''Sopron MJV Önkormányzata''.

==Achievements==
The club won the [[Hungarian Cup]] in 2005.

==Naming history==
*  1921: '''Sopron'''   ''Soproni Sport Egyesület''
*  1945: '''Soproni Postás'''   ''Soproni Postás Sport Egyesület''
*  1991: '''Soproni TSE'''   ''Soproni Távközlési Sport Egyesület''
*  1994: '''MATÁV Sopron'''   ''Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Sport Club Sopron''
*  1998: '''MATÁV Sopron'''   ''Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Football Club Sopron''
* 2000: '''MATÁV Compaq Sopron'''   ''Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Football Club Compaq Sopron''
* 2002: '''MATÁV Sopron'''   ''Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Football Club Sopron''
* 2005: '''Sopron'''   ''Football Club Sopron''
* 2008: ------

==European cup history==
===UEFA Intertoto Cup===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Country
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
|[[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004|2004]]
|[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]
|1. Round
|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}
|[[FK Teplice]]
|1–0
|1–3
|2–3
|-
|[[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006|2006]]
|[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]
|2. Round
|{{flagicon|Turkey}}
|[[Kayserispor]]
|3–3
|0–1
|3–4
|-
|}

===UEFA Cup===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Country
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
|[[UEFA Cup 2005-06|2005–06]]
|[[UEFA Cup]]
|2. Qualifying Round
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}}
|[[FC Metalurh Donetsk]]
|0–3
|1–2
|1–5
|-
|}

==Managers==
* {{flag|HUN}} [[István Reszeli Soós ]] (2000-2001)
* {{flag|HUN}} [[György Bognár]] (2002)
* {{flag|HUN}} [[András Komjáti]] (2002-2003)
* {{flag|HUN}} [[Attila Pintér (footballer, born 1966)|Attila Pintér]] (2003)
* {{flag|HUN}} [[László Dajka ]] (2003-2004)
* {{flag|HUN}} Attila Pintér (2004-2005)
* {{flag|HUN}} [[János Csank]] (2005)
* {{flag|ROM}} [[Tibor Selymes ]] (2005-2006)
* {{flag|HUN}} [[Csaba László (footballer, born 1964)|Csaba László ]] (2006)
* {{flag|ITA}} [[Dario Bonetti]] (2006)
* {{flag|ROM}} Tibor Selymes (2006)
* {{flag|ITA}} [[Roberto Landi]] (2006)
* {{flag|ROM}} Tibor Selymes (2006)
* {{flag|HUN}} [[Aurél Csertői]] (2006-2007)
* {{flag|ITA}} Dario Bonetti (2007)
* {{flag|HUN}} [[Lajos Détári]] (2007)
* {{flag|ITA}} [[Vincenzo Cosco]] (2007-2008)

==External links==
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20060209034316/http://www.fcsopron.hu/}} {{in lang|hu}} (archived 9 February 2006)
{{commons category|FC Sopron}}

{{Nemzeti Bajnokság I}}

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