# Tatabányai SC

Tatabányai Sport Club is a Hungarian football club based in Tatabánya, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary. The team set to play in Nemzeti Bajnokság II from 2024–25, the second tier of Hungarian football after promotion from Nemzeti Bajnokság III 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 Budapest had formed football teams – Debrecen, Miskolc, Győr.
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 Hungarian League, 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 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 Bicske.
During the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary with Tatabánya being the first in the first tier of Komárom-Esztergom they got promoted for 2020–21 season.
On 9 June 2024, Tatabánya secure promotion to NB II from 2024–25 after defeat Békéscsaba 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.

## European cup history
### UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1985–86 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1. Round | | SK Rapid Wien | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–6 |

### UEFA Intertoto Cup

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1962–63 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group 5 | Ajax Amsterdam | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| | | Group 5 | AS Nancy | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| | | Group 5 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6–2 | 2–2 | |
| | | Quarter-finals | FC Servette | 6–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 |
| | | Semi-finals | RH Slovnaft Bratislava | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| 1987 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group 4 | Naestved BK | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| | | Group 4 | AC Bellinzona | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| | | Group 4 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 6–1 | 1–0 |
| 1988 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group 4 | First Vienna FC | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| | | Group 4 | FK Union Cheb | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| | | Group 4 | Vejle BK | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 1989 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group 5 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| | | Group 5 | IFK Göteborg | 5–3 | 3–3 |
| | | Group 5 | Lyngby BK | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 1990 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group 7 | FC Luzern | 3–4 | 2–3 |
| | | Group 7 | FC Nitra | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| | | Group 7 | Örebro SK | 1–1 | 1–5 |
| 1991 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group 1 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| | | Group 1 | SK Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| | | Group 1 | Malmö FF | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| 2000 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1. Round | HB Tórshavn | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 |
| | | 2. Round | HNK Cibalia | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| | | 3. Round | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| 2001 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1. Round | FC Shirak | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–4 |
| | | 2. Round | Tiligul Tiraspol | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
| | | 3. Round | Brescia Calcio | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |

### UEFA Cup

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1981–82 | UEFA Cup | 1. Round | Real Madrid CF | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2(a) |
| 1982–83 | UEFA Cup | 1. Round | AS Saint-Étienne | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 |
| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup | 1. Round | Vitória SC | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 1988–89 | UEFA Cup | 1. Round | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |

## Selected former managers

* Emil Rauchmaul 1937
* Károly Lakat 1957–1962
* Gyula Grosics 1963
* Gábor Kléber 1964–1965
* Nándor Hidegkuti 1966
* László Hári 1967–1968
* György Szűcs 1968–1969
* Károly Lakat 1970–1974
* József Gelei 1974–1975
* Tivadar Monostori 1975
* Ede Moór 1975–1976
* Tivadar Monostori 1977–1979
* Antal Szentmihályi 1979–1980
* Károly Lakat 1980–1982
* Jenő Dalnoki 1982–1984
* István Bacsó 1984–1985
* Károly Lakat 1985
* Miklós Temesvári 1985–1988
* Antal Szentmihályi 1988–1990
* Barnabás Tornyi 1990–1991
* Gyula Rákosi 1991–1992
* Károly Csapó 1992
* Ferenc Ebedli 1997–1998
* Bálint Tóth −1999
* József Kiprich 1999–2001
* Ferenc Ebedli 2001
* László Kovács 2001–
* József Török −2003
* Lajos Détári 2004
* Tibor Sisa 2004–2007
* Barnabás Tornyi 2007
* Ferenc Mészáros 2007
* László Borbély 2007
* Octavio Zambrano and László Dajka 2008–2009
* P. László Nagy 2009–2011
* József Kiprich 2011–2012
* Aurél Csertői 2012–2013
* P. László Nagy 2013
* Péter Bozsik 2013–2014
* Gyula Plotár 2014 (caretaker)
* Attila Miskei 2014–