Veszprém KC

Veszprém KC is a Hungarian professional 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 27 times and the Hungarian Cup title a record 30 times. Veszprém has also won the regional SEHA League 4 times.
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. They are yet to win the EHF Champions League, having been defeated in the final on four occasions.
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-year interval. Their main focus is now on the younger teams. Currently the main sponsor is Magyar Telekom.
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 2016, Telekom-backed team since 2016: 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
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsor
The following table shows in detail Veszprém KC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:
Kits
Arena information
Name: – Veszprém Aréna
City: – Veszprém
Capacity: – 5096
Address: – 8200 Veszprém, Külső-kádártai út 5.
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season
Goalkeepers
1 Ignacio Biosca
12 Rodrigo Corrales
32 Benedek Nagy
Left Wingers
9 Hugo Descat
21 Bjarki Már Elísson
Right Wingers
24 Gašper Marguč
55 Mikita Vailupau
Line players
18 Andreas Nilsson (c)
46 Dragan Pechmalbec
89 Ludovic Fabregas
Left Backs
23 Patrik Ligetvári
99 Sergei Kosorotov
Central Backs
35 Kentin Mahé
39 Yehia El-Deraa
88 Agustín Casado
Right Backs
5 Yahia Omar
17 Lukas Sandell
29 Nedim Remili
Transfers
Transfers for the 2024–25 season
Joining
Leaving
Ignacio Biosca (GK) (to FC Barcelona) ?
Yahia Omar (RB) (to Paris Saint-Germain)
Staff members
Sports Director: László Nagy
Head Coach: Momir Ilić
Assistant Coach: Péter Gulyás
Goalkeeper Coach: Árpád Sterbik
Fitness Coach: Srđan Žirojević
Club Doctor: Tibor Sydó, MD
Club Doctor: Zsolt Mahunka, MD
Club Doctor: Péter Szenkovics, MD
Masseur: József Végh
Physiotherapist: Nemanja Vučić
Physiotherapist: Dimitar Manevski
Top scorers
Retired numbers
Honours
Individual awards
Double
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
Recent seasons
Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 42
Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B: 1
Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II: 1
In European competition
Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup): 27×
Participations in Cup Winners' Cup (IHF Cup Winners' Cup): 10×
EHF ranking
Former club members
Selected former players
Csaba Bartók (2002–2004)
Dániel Buday (2003–2007)
Gábor Császár (2010–2013)
István Csoknyai (1990–2005)
József Éles (1990–2003)
Nándor Fazekas (1994–1997, 1998–2004, 2009–2014)
Gyula Gál (2001–2009)
István Gulyás (1985–1999)
Péter Gulyás (2000–2017)
János Gyurka (1979–1991, 1993–1997)
Ferenc Ilyés (2007–2009, 2011–2012)
Gergő Iváncsik (2000–2017)
Tamás Iváncsik (2007–2014)
Lajos Keller (1980–1986)
Balázs Laluska (2010–2014)
Máté Lékai (2014–2022)
Richárd Mezei (1997–2001)
Roland Mikler (2014–2019)
Tamás Mocsai (2013–2014)
László Nagy (2012–2019)
Károly Pardi (1980–1989)
István Pásztor (1993–2008)
Jenő Putics (1987–1990)
Timuzsin Schuch (2011–2018)
János Szathmári (1995–2001)
József Végh (1982–1990)
György Zsigmond (1989–1999, 2001–2005)
Nikola Eklemović (2004–2011)
Ivo Díaz (1999–2005)
Carlos Pérez (1997–2013)
Árpád Sterbik (2001–2004, 2018–2020)
Mirsad Terzić (2009–2020)
Zlatko Saračević (2000–2002)
Marco Oneto (2012–2013)
Vladimir Cupara (2019–2023)
Dalibor Čutura (1998–1999)
Momir Ilić (2013–2019)
Ivan Lapčević (2005–2010)
Petar Nenadić (2018–2023)
Žarko Šešum (2007–2010)
Dejan Perić (2006–2011)
Marko Vujin (2006–2012)
Mirza Džomba (2001–2004)
Slavko Goluža (2003–2004)
Božidar Jović (2000–2003)
Vlado Šola (2004–2006)
Marko Kopljar (2016–2017)
Mirko Alilović (2011–2018)
Ivan Slišković (2015–2017)
Renato Sulić (2004–2005, 2009–2018)
Manuel Štrlek (2018–2023)
Isaías Guardiola (2016)
Chema Rodríguez (2012–2017)
Carlos Ruesga (2013–2015)
Cristian Ugalde (2012–2018)
Jorge Maqueda (2020–2022)
Blaž Blagotinšek (2016–2022)
Dragan Gajić (2016–2020)
Borut Mačkovšek (2018–2020)
Tomáš Urban (2012)
Kiril Lazarov (2002–2007)
Dejan Manaskov (2017–2022)
Bjarte Myrhol (2005–2006)
Kent Robin Tønnesen (2017–2021)
Rasmus Lauge (2019–2023)
René Toft Hansen (2018–2019)
Aron Pálmarsson (2015–2017)
Marian Cozma (2006–2009)
Evgeny Lushnikov (2004–2011)
Christian Zeitz (2014–2016)
Ľubomír Švajlen (1992–1998)
Žarko Marković (2007–2009)
Notable coaches
Szilárd Kiss
Attila Joósz (1991–1995)
László Kovács (1999–2000)
Zdravko Zovko (2000–2007)
Lajos Mocsai (2007–2012)
Antonio Carlos Ortega (2012–2015)
Xavi Sabaté (2015–2017)
Ljubomir Vranjes (2017–2018)
David Davis (2018–2021)
Momir Ilic (2021–present)
References
External links
Telekom Veszprém at EHF
Handball clubs in Hungary
Handball clubs established in 1977
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