Debreceni VSC (women's handball)

DVSC Schaeffler
Full nameDebreceni Vasutas Sport Club
Nickname(s)Loki
Short nameDVSC
Founded1948 (1948)
ArenaHódos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
Capacity2,250
PresidentHungary Zsolt Ábrók
Head coachHungary Zoltán Szilágyi
LeagueNemzeti Bajnokság I
2024–25Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 4th
Club colours   
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Home
Team colours
Team colours
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Away
Website
Official site

Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club, commonly abbreviated DVSC, is a Hungarian professional women's handball club from Debrecen, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Since August 2018 they are sponsored by Schaeffler Group, so the official name for the team is DVSC Schaeffler.[1]

See also: 2025–26 Debreceni VSC (women's handball) season
Location of DVSC SCHAEFFLER
Debrecen
Debrecen
Location of DVSC SCHAEFFLER

History

Nicknamed Loki, the team was founded in 1948 as a department of the multi-sports club Debreceni VSC. Seven years later, they have won their first ever Hungarian championship title after beating two of their three opponents in the championship final, including title holders Csepeli SK. However, this achievement remained the lone success of the club for a long time, after they got relegated in 1959 and spent the subsequent twenty years in the second division.[2]

Promoted back in 1979, their brightest period came under the management of Ákos Komáromi, between the late eighties and mid-nineties, during which time they won the Hungarian championship, five Hungarian cups, and two consecutive EHF Cups. The latter one is an exceptional success; no other teams have ever defended their title in the EHF Cup.[3]

In the following years, the club lost many of their key players and their financial options narrowed as well, which resulted a significant setback. The team was on the brink of bankruptcy, when András Gellén, a businessman and die-hard DVSC fan took over the club in May 2009.[4]

Gellén had his own conception, that built solely on Hungarian players and promoted the youngsters. To fulfil the club's long-term plans, he also invested into a new arena for the handball academy, which was finished in January 2011 and cost around €1.4 million.[5]

In the second part of 2011, however, DVSC faced a heavy financial crisis as Gellén could not pay the wages, and as a result, many of the first team players left. Gellén eventually sold his 63.3% share to the city of Debrecen for a nominal fee of 10 Hungarian Forint, that now owns 96.4% of the club. The city worked out a long-term project, which similarly to the club's former intention wants to build on home-grown players. The budget in the first season is expected to be around 100 million Forint (approximately €330,000), which may grow to 150–180 million (€500,000–600,000) in the coming years to ensure Debrecen to achieve a podium finish and to qualify to a European cup again. Balázs Makray took the chairman duties, who faced the similar situation in 1999 when he took over the local football club, and for the 2000s he made Debreceni VSC one of the dominant team in the Hungarian league.[6][7]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail Debreceni VSC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Kempa
2004–2005 debmut / G HBZ
2005–2006 Hotel Balmaz / debmut / G HBZ
2006–2007 Hotel Balmaz / debmut
2007–2008 Puma Hotel Balmaz
2008–2009 Erreà
2009–2010 Korvex / Hajdú Takarék
2010–2011 Korvex
2011–2012 Korvex / Hajdú Takarék
2012–2013 OTP Bank
2013–2014 TvP / OTP Bank
2014–2015 Erima TvP / Aquaticum
2015 TvP / Cívis Ház
2016–2018 TvP / Cívis Ház / Szerencsejáték Zrt.
2018–2024 Adidas Schaeffler
2024– Kappa Schaeffler

Kits

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Sources:[8][15][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

  • Winners (5): 1985, 1987, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91
  • Finalists (8): 1983, 1986, 1988, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2020–21

European competitions

EHF Cup Winners' Cup

EHF Cup

Recent seasons

As of 26 May 2024

In italics, we indicate achieved in competition(s) that have not yet been completed.

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa
1993–94 NB I Runner-up
1994–95 NB I Runner-up
1995–96 NB I Runner-up Finalist
1996–97 NB I 4th
1997–98 NB I 5th
1998–99 NB I 4th
1999–2000 NB I 4th
2000–01 NB I 5th Finalist
2001–02 NB I 5th
2002–03 NB I 8th
2003–04 NB I 6th
Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa
2004–05 NB I 5th
2005–06 NB I 4th
2006–07 NB I 5th
2007–08 NB I 5th
2008–09 NB I Third place Finalist
2009–10 NB I Runner-up
2010–11 NB I Runner-up Finalist
2011–12 NB I 8th Quarter-finals
2012–13 NB I 11th Quarter-finals
2013–14 NB I 9th Quarter-finals
2014–15 NB I 7th Quarter-finals
Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa
2015–16 NB I 4th Round 4
2016–17 NB I 7th Third place
2017–18 NB I 9th Round 4
2018–19 NB I 6th Round 4
2019–20 NB I Cancelled
2020–21 NB I 5th Finalist
2021–22 NB I Third place Quarter-finals
2022–23 NB I Third place Third place
2023–24 NB I 4th Third place
2024–25 NB I 4th Quarter-finals
2025–26 NB I TBD Pre-season

In European competition

Main article: Debreceni VSC in European handball
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg/Pos.
2025–26 EHF Champions League Group A Norway Storhamar HE v v TBD
France Metz Handball v v
Hungary Győri ETO KC v v
Germany Borussia Dortmund v v
Denmark Team Esbjerg v v
Romania CS Gloria Bistrița v v
Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica v v

Records

Notable players

Goalkeepers

Right wings

Right backs

Line players

Central backs

Left backs

Left wings

Coaches

  • Hungary Ferenc Bokor (1950–68)
  • Hungary Ferenc Kapitány (1970–71)
  • Hungary Ferenc Halász (1975–80)
  • Hungary Géza Szász (1980)
  • Hungary István Varga (1981)
  • Hungary János Szentgyörgyi (1981)
  • Hungary Ákos Komáromi (1982–90, 1991–94, 1997–98, 2000, 2002–03)
  • Slovakia Dusan Szlancso (1990–91)
  • Hungary Vilmos Köstner (1994–96, 1998–99, 2010–12, 2018–21)[20]
  • Hungary Csaba Árva (1997)
  • Hungary Imre Bíró (1999–2000, 2005–07, 2012–13)[21]
  • Hungary Sándor Medgyessy (2000–01)
  • Hungary Sándor Váczi (2001–02)
  • Hungary Zoltán Balogh (2003–04)
  • Hungary József Varga (2004, 2007–08, 2013–15)
  • Hungary László Laurencz (2004–05)
  • Hungary Botond Bakó (2008–10)[22][23]
  • Slovenia Tone Tiselj (2016–18)[24]
  • Hungary Gergő Vida (2018)[25]
  • Norway Pal Oldrup Jensen (2018)[26]
  • Hungary Kitti Kudor (2021)[20]
  • Hungary Zoltán Szilágyi (2021–)[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ "DVSC Schaeffler Néven Folytatjuk!" (in Hungarian). dvsckezilabda.hu. 10 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Törekvés, Lokomotív, DVSC, avagy a kezdetektől az első aranyérmen át a másodosztályig" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Sporttörténelem: címvédés az EHF-kupában" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Új úton a régi sikerekért" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Gellén András új kézilabdacsarnokot építtetett" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Makray Balázs lesz az új ügyvezető" (in Hungarian). DVSC official website. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  7. ^ "DVSC: szinte 100% az önkormányzaté". Hungarian Press Agency (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Világbajnok francia játékost igazoltunk". dvsckezilabda.hu (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 29 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Svéd válogatott irányító érkezik" [Swedish national team centre back arrives]. dvsckezilabda.hu (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 27 February 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Tóth Nikolett távozik nyáron" [Nikolett Tóth is leaving in the summer]. dvsckezilabda.hu (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 6 March 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Távozik Töpfner Alexandra" [Alexandra Töpfner is leaving]. dvsckezilabda.hu (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 13 May 2025.
  12. ^ a b "Fodor Veronika az NB I-ben folytatja" [Veronika Fodor continues in the NB I]. dvsckezilabda.hu (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 19 May 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Kelemen Dorina is az első osztályban folytatja" [Dorina Kelemen also continues in the first division]. dvsckezilabda.hu (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 20 May 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Kiss Csenge a NEKA-hoz igazol" [Csenge Kiss signs for NEKA]. dvsckezilabda.hu (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 20 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Tamara Haggerty nyáron távozik" [Tamara Haggerty to leave in the summer]. dvsckezilabda.hu (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 11 February 2025.
  16. ^ "Magyar bajnokság NB1 - női" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
  17. ^ "Magyar bajnokság NB1B - női" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
  18. ^ "Magyar bajnokság NB2 - női (1957-1980)" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
  19. ^ a b "Örökranglista" (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  20. ^ a b "Köstner Vilmos más szerepkörben, nyárig Kudor Kitti irányítja a csapatot". DVSC Kézilabda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Imre Bíró's CV" (PDF).
  22. ^ "Kirúgták a DVSC női kézicsapatának edzőit". index.hu (in Hungarian). 16 February 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  23. ^ "DVSC edzők". dvsckezi.dovenyi.hu. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  24. ^ "Tone Tiselj távozik a DVSC-től – DVSC Kézilabda" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  25. ^ "Megkeresi, mit lehet javítani! – DVSC Kézilabda" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  26. ^ Megosztom (22 November 2018). "Edzőváltás a DVSC Schaefflernél, Köstner Vilmos irányítja tovább a csapatot". HAON (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  27. ^ "Új edző jön a Lokinál: Szilágyi Zoltán váltja Köstner Vilmost a szezon végén". www.dehir.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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