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|ground = [[Illovszky Rudolf Stadion]],<br />[[Budapest]]
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|chairman = [[László Markovits]]
|manager = [[Gábor Erős]]
|league = [[Nemzeti Bajnokság II|NB II]]
|season = [[2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II|2024–25]]
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'''Vasas SC''' ({{IPA|hu|ˈvɒʃɒʃ}}) is a Hungarian [[sports club]] based in [[Budapest]].

Members of the ''Hungarian Union of Iron Workers'' founded the club as ''Vas- és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja'', the "Sport Club of Iron and Metal Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club colours are red and blue. Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest's 13th district in the north of the city. 

They have won the [[Hungarian League]] six times. Vasas is known internationally for reaching the semi-finals of the [[1957–58 European Cup]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1957/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924061512/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1957/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2011|title=1957–58 UEFA European Cup|publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=6 May 2016|access-date=6 May 2016}}</ref> the quarter-finals in the [[1967–68 European Cup]] season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1967/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924061527/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1967/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2011|title=1967–68 UEFA European Cup|publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=6 May 2016|access-date=6 May 2016}}</ref> and for being the most successful club in the [[Mitropa Cup]] with 6 championships.

==History==
{{Main|History of Vasas SC}}
Vasas first entered the [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]] in the [[1916–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1916–17]] season. Since then the club have managed to win seven titles. The club's most successful period was between 1957 and 1966, when they won the Hungarian league five times.

==Crest and colours==

===Naming history===
* '''1911–1925''': Vas-és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja
* '''1926–1943''': Vasas SC
* '''1943–1944''': Nemzeti Nehézipari Munkások Kinizsi SC
* '''1944–1949''': Vasas SC
* '''1949–1957''': Budapesti Vasas SC
* '''1957–1992''': Vasas SC
* '''1992–1993''' Vasas SC-Smirnoff
* '''1993–1995''': Vasas Ilzer
* '''1995–1996''': Vasas Casino Vígadó
* '''1997''': Vasas SC
* '''1997–2001''': Vasas Danubius Hotels
* '''2001–2003''': Vasas SC
* '''2003–2009?''': Budapesti Vasas SC
* '''2009–2011''': Vasas SC
* '''2011–2012''': Vasas–HÍD
* '''2012–present''': Vasas FC

===Manufacturers and shirt sponsors===
The following table shows in detail Vasas SC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
! style="color:#DF0000; background:#0060BF; border:3px solid #DBBD64;"|Period
! style="color:#DF0000; background:#0060BF; border:3px solid #DBBD64;"|Kit manufacturer
! style="color:#DF0000; background:#0060BF; border:3px solid #DBBD64;"|Shirt sponsor
|-
|1995−97
| rowspan="2" |[[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
|Casino Vigadó
|-
| 1998−01
| Danubius Hotels
|-
| 2001–02
| rowspan=1 | [[Hummel International|Hummel]]
| –
|-
| 2004–05
| rowspan=2 | [[Jako]]
| pannonbau
|-
| 2005–06
| rowspan=2 | [[Winter salami|Herz]]
|-
| 2006–08
| rowspan=5 | Lancast
|-
| 2008–09
| [[Winter salami|Herz]] / Regale Klíma
|-
| 2009–10
|&nbsp;–
|-
| 2011
| Híd
|-
| 2011–12
| Vasas SC
|-
| 2012–13
| Dragon Sport
|&nbsp;–
|-
| 2014–15
| rowspan=2 | [[Adidas]]
| HunGast
|-
| 2015–
| ALPROSYS
|}

==Stadium==
{{Main|Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (1960)}}
[[File:Vasas-ZTE 20070428.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Vasas SC–[[Zalaegerszegi TE]] in the [[2006–07 Nemzeti Bajnokság I]] on 28 April 2007]]
Vasas played their home matches in the [[Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (1960)|Illovszky Rudolf Stadion]] located in the 13th district of Budapest between 1960 and 2016. The stadium capacity was 9,000. The last match was played between Vasas SS and [[Videoton FC]] in the [[2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I]] on 29 October 2016. As part of the Hungarian Football Stadium Reconstruction Program, the stadium was demolished in 2016 and a brand new stadium was built in its place.

{{Main|Illovszky Rudolf Stadion}}
On 5 July 2019, the new stadium was opened. The first match was played by Vasas SC and [[FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda]] which was won by the hosts 2–0. The capacity of the new stadium is 5054 and it cost 7.5 billion HUF.

On 7 August 2019, the first [[Nemzeti Bajnokság II]] match was played in the stadium when Vasas hosted [[Soroksár SC]] in the [[2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II]] season.

On 11 July 2019 the first international match was played between [[Budapest Honvéd FC]] and [[FK Žalgiris]] in the [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase]]. The match was won by the hosts 3–1. [[File: Illovszky_Rudolf_Stadion_(2019).jpg |thumb|right|200px|The new stadium]]

==Honours==
* '''[[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]]'''
** '''Winners (6): ''' [[1957 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1957]], [[1960–61 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1960–61]], [[1961–62 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1961–62]], [[1965 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1965]], [[1966 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1966]], [[1976–77 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1976–77]]
* '''[[Magyar Kupa]]'''
** '''Winners (4): ''' [[1954–55 Magyar Kupa|1954–55]], [[1972–73 Magyar Kupa|1972–73]], [[1980–81 Magyar Kupa|1980–81]], [[1985–86 Magyar Kupa|1985–86]]
** Runners-up (4): [[1979–80 Magyar Kupa|1979–80]], [[1999–2000 Magyar Kupa|1999–2000]], [[2005–06 Magyar Kupa|2005–06]], [[2016–17 Magyar Kupa|2016–17]]
* '''[[Mitropa Cup]]'''
** '''Winners (6, record): ''' [[1956 Mitropa Cup|1956]], [[1957 Mitropa Cup|1957]], 1962, 1965, [[1969–70 Mitropa Cup|1969–70]], 1982–83
* '''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup / UEFA Champions League]]'''
** '''Semi-finalists (1): ''' [[1957–58 European Cup|1957–58]]

==Current squad==
{{updated|25 January, 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vasasfc.hu/csapat/jatekosok|title = Csapat – VASAS FC}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=Ágoston Kiss}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=Janos Bodnár}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=[[Bence Pávkovics]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Roland Lehoczky|other={{small|on loan from [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=[[Zsombor Berecz (footballer)|Zsombor Berecz]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Áron Doktorics}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Sándor Hidi}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=[[Kristóf Hinora]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=[[Regő Szánthó]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=[[László Deutsch]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=Máté Ódor}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Bertalan Kapornai}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Bálint Faragó}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=[[Máté Vida]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Patrik Mamusits}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=HUN|pos=GK|name=Zsombor Molnár}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=[[Kenneth Otigba]]}}
{{Fs player|no=36|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=[[Botond Baráth]]}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=[[Csaba Bukta]]}}
{{Fs player|no=  |nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=[[Dávid Zimonyi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=HUN|pos=GK|name=[[Levente Jova]]}}
{{Fs player|no=57|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=Patrick Iyinbor}}
{{Fs player|no=68|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=Attila Girsik}}
{{Fs player|no=70|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=[[András Radó]]}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Milán Tóth}}
{{Fs player|no=78|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=[[Barnabás Rácz]]}}
{{Fs player|no=88|nat=SVK|pos=MF|name=[[Jozef Urblík]]}}
{{Fs player|no=92|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Barnabás Németh|other={{small|on loan from [[Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC|Nyíregyháza]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=94|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=[[Benjámin Cseke]]}}
{{Fs player|no=95|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Filip Pintér}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=HUN|pos=GK|name=János Uram|other=at [[Békéscsaba 1912 Előre|Békéscsaba]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Dominik Sztojka|other=at [[Budafoki MTE|Budafok]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Szabolcs Szilágyi|other=at [[FK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc|Csíkszereda]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Boldizsár Rab|other=at [[Szentlőrinci SE|Szentlőrinci]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=[[Filip Holender]]|other=at [[Fehérvár FC|Fehérvár]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

===Youth academy===
{{fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=Dominik Kovács}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=Zsombor Puskás}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=Máté Lukácz}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Bendegúz Móga}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Zalán Vecsey}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Zsombor Boros}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Attila Girsik}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Balázs Pócs}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Csaba Molnár}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Jeromos Farkas}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Dominik Földi}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=Márk Petres}}
{{fs end}}

==Ownership==
On 4 January 2017 it was announced that János Jámbor bought 99% of the shares of the Vasas FC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/vasas-az-anyaegyesulet-eladta-a-futball-kft-99-szazalekat-2544773|title=Vasas: az anyaegyesület eladta a futball kft. 99 százalékát|publisher=[[Nemzeti Sport]]|date=4 January 2017|access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref>

==Non-playing staff==

===Management===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
|Managing director || {{flagicon|HUN}} Nagy Miklós
|-
|Technical director|| {{flagicon|HUN}} Kopjári Nándor
|-
|Club doctor || {{flagicon|HUN}} Dezső Lejkó
|-
|Kit manager || {{flagicon|HUN}} Dániel Kutassy
|}

<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vasasfc.hu/csapat/edzok|title=Vezetőség}}</ref>

===First team staff===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|Head coach|| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Erős
|-
|Assistant coach|| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Nagy
|-
|Athletics coach || {{flagicon|HUN}} József Havrán
|-
|Goalkeeping coach || {{flagicon|HUN}} Balázs Farkas
|-
|Physio || {{flagicon|HUN}} Buda Lajtaváry
|-
|Physio || {{flagicon|HUN}} János Nagy
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vasasfc.hu/csapat/edzok|title = Csapat}}</ref>

==Twin teams==
On 18 May 2016 a cooperation was announced between Vasas Kubala Akadémia and [[Eredivisie]] club [[SBV Vitesse]]. According to the cooperation, the two club have a common showcase, take part in a common conference and education. [[Gerry Hamstra]] said that it is very important for the Dutch club to initiate new cooperations in this region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/vasas-holland-klubbal-mukodik-egyutt-az-akademia-2502039|title=Vasas: holland klubbal működik együtt az akadémia|publisher=[[Nemzeti Sport]]|date=18 May 2016|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[SBV Vitesse]]

==Trivia==

[[János Kádár]], [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|HSWP]] First Secretary and Hungarian leader from 1956 until 1988, was a supporter of Vasas. A working-class man, Kádár had played in the team when young and was its president for a short period in the mid-1950s (when, after being released from prison, Kádár was party secretary in [[Budapest]] 13th district, where the team is based). During the 1960s, it was not uncommon to see Kádár in the crowd during Vasas games. Unlike some of his [[Eastern Bloc|Eastern Europe]] counterparts, though, Kádár did not use his position to favor his team, nor did he allow Hungarian officials to interfere in football as it was common in other bloc countries.

==See also==
* [[List of Vasas SC managers]]
* [[List of Vasas SC records and statistics]]
* [[List of Vasas SC seasons]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons cat}}
* {{Official website}} {{in lang|hu}} 
* [http://vasas11.centercom.hu/ Unofficial fan-site (team sports)] {{in lang|hu}} 

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