Veszprém KC

Veszprém KC is a Hungarian 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 26 times and the Hungarian Cup title a record 24 times. Veszprém has also won the regional SEHA League three times.

Telekom Veszprém
Full name	Veszprémi Kézilabda Sport Egyesület
Nickname(s)	Építők
Short name	Veszprém
Founded	1977
Arena	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Capacity	5,096
President	János Szabó
Head coach	David Davis
Captain	Máté Lékai
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2018–19	1st (champions)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

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.[1]

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 years interval. Their main focus is now on the younger teams. Currently the main sponsor is Magyar Telekom.

Veszprém

Location of Telekom Veszprém

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Veszprémi Építők SK	−1980
Veszprémi ÁÉV SC	1981
Veszprémi Építők SK	1982–1986
VÁÉV Bramac	1987–1990
Bramac SE	1990–1992
Fotex Veszprém SE	1992–1996
Fotex KC Veszprém	1996–2005
MKB Veszprém KC	2005–2013
MKB-MVM Veszprém	2013–2016
Telekom Veszprém	2016–present

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail Veszprém KC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
	Puma
2006–2007		MKB Bank / T-Mobile
2007–2010
2010–2012
2012–2013		MKB Bank / T-Mobile / Veszprém
2013–2015		MKB Bank / MVM / Veszprém
2015–2017		Balaton / Veszprém
2017–2020	Hummel	Magyar Telekom / Veszprém
2020–	2Rule	Magyar Telekom / Veszprém

Kits

HOME
1987–88	2011–13	2017–19	2019–20

AWAY
1988–89	2011–12	2012–13

THIRD
2011–12	2Rule 2020–21

Sports Hall information

• Name: – Veszprém Aréna
• City: – Veszprém
• Capacity: – 5096
• Address: – 8200 Veszprém, Külső-kádártai út 5.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season

Goalkeepers 12 Márton Székely 16 Vladimir Cupara 36 Rodrigo Corrales Left Wingers 02 Dejan Manaskov 26 Manuel Štrlek Right Wingers 24 Gašper Marguč 33 Daniil Shishkarev Line players 13 Rogério Moraes Ferreira 18 Andreas Nilsson 31 Blaž Blagotinšek

Left Backs 22 Nikolaj Markussen 23 Patrik Ligetvári 25 Rasmus Lauge 87 Vuko Borozan Central Backs 34 Petar Nenadić 35 Kentin Mahé 66 Máté Lékai (c) Right Backs 05 Yahia Omar 15 Kent Robin Tønnesen 55 Jorge Maqueda

Transfers

Transfers for the 2021–22 season

Leaving Márton Székely (GK) (to ?) Kentin Mahé (CB) (to Mol-Pick Szeged) Kent Robin Tønnesen (RB) (to Mol-Pick Szeged)

Staff members

• Sports Director: László Nagy
• Head Coach: David Davis
• Assistant Coach: Carlos Pérez
• Goalkeeper Coach: Árpád Sterbik
• Fitness Coach: Marija Lojanica
• Club Doctor: Tibor Sydó, MD
• Club Doctor: Zsolt Mahunka, MD
• Masseur: József Végh
• Masseur: Antal Szűcs
• Physiotherapist: Nemanja Vučić

Top scorers

Season	Player	Goals
2008–2009	Marko Vujin	165
2009–2010	Renato Sulić	115
2010–2011	Marko Vujin	153
2011–2012	Marko Vujin	176
2012–2013	Tamás Iváncsik	113
2013–2014	Momir Ilic	115
2014–2015	Momir Ilic	51
2015–2016	Renato Sulić	29
2016–2017	Dragan Gajić	77
2017–2018	Dragan Gajić	104
2018–2019	Manuel Štrlek	100
2019–2020	cancelled	-

Retired Numbers

Telekom Veszprém retired numbers
N°	Nationality	Player	Position	Tenure
3		Péter Gulyás	Right Winger	2000–2017
4		Gergő Iváncsik	Left Winger	2000–2017
6		József Éles	Left Back, Central Back	1990–2003
7		István Gulyás	Central Back	1985–1999
8		Marian Cozma posthumous honor	Line Player	2006–2009
10		Carlos Pérez	Left Back	1997–2012
11		István Csoknyai	Left Back	1990–2005
14		György Zsigmond	Line Player	1989–1999, 2001–2005

Honours

Honours	No.	Years
League
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Winners	26	1985, 1986, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Runners-up	10	1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2007, 2018
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Third Place	2	1982, 1984
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Winners	1	1980
Domestic Cups
Magyar Kupa Winners	27	1984, 1988, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Magyar Kupa Runners-up	10	1982, 1983 dec., 1986, 1987, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2018–19
Magyar Kupa Third Place	2	1981, 1983 jan.
Best European Results
EHF Champions League Finalist	4	2001–02, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
EHF Cup Winners' Cup Winners	2	1991–92, 2007–08
EHF Cup Winners' Cup Finalist	2	1992–93, 1996–97
EHF Champions Trophy Finalist	2	2002, 2008
SEHA League Winners	3	2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20
SEHA League Finalist	1	2016–17

Recent seasons

As of 20 May 2018

• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:[2] 38
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:[3] 1
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:[4] 1

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1978 County I 1st 1979 NB II 1st 1980 NB I/B 1st 1981 NB I Third place 1982 NB I Finalist 1983 NB I Third place* 1984 NB I Winner 1985 NB I 1986 NB I Finalist 1987 NB I Finalist 1988–89 NB I Winner 1989–90 NB I Winner 1990–91 NB I Winner 1991–92 NB I Winner 1992–93 NB I Finalist

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1993–94 NB I Winner 1994–95 NB I Winner 1995–96 NB I Winner 1996–97 NB I Finalist 1997–98 NB I Winner 1998–99 NB I Winner 1999–00 NB I Winner 2000–01 NB I Finalist 2001–02 NB I Winner 2002–03 NB I Winner 2003–04 NB I Winner 2004–05 NB I Winner 2005–06 NB I Finalist 2006–07 NB I Winner 2007–08 NB I Finalist

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 2008–09 NB I Winner 2009–10 NB I Winner 2010–11 NB I Winner 2011–12 NB I Winner 2012–13 NB I Winner 2013–14 NB I Winner 2014–15 NB I Winner 2015–16 NB I Winner 2016–17 NB I Winner 2017–18 NB I Winner 2018–19 NB I Finalist 2019–20 NB I cancelled 00cancelled 2020–21 NB I

1983 Magyar kupa (December): Finalist 1988 Magyar kupa: Winner

In European competition

• Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup): 27×
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup (IHF Cup Winners' Cup): 10×

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2019–20	EHF Champions League	Group Stage Group B	RK Vardar	39–30	38–29	2nd place
			PGE Vive Kielce	33–34	28–24
			THW Kiel	31–37	28–29
			HC Meshkov Brest	31–25	37–30
			Montpellier HB	18–23	24–23
			Porto Sofarma	38–28	31–24
			Motor Zaporozhye	40–28	32–22
		Round of 16	Orlen Wisła Płock	Cancelled
		Semi-final (F4)	THW Kiel	35-36
		Third place game (F4)	Paris Saint-Germain	26-31

EHF ranking

As of 29 December 2020[5]

Rank	Team	Points
1	FC Barcelona	627
2	THW Kiel	626
3	Telekom Veszprém	601
4	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	548
5	PGE Vive Kielce	537
6	Paris Saint-Germain	520
7	MOL-Pick Szeged	489

Former club members

Selected former players

• Dániel Buday (2003–2007)
• Gábor Császár (2010–2013)
• István Csoknyai (1990–2005)
• József Éles (1990–2003)
• Nándor Fazekas (1998–2004, 2009–2015)
• 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)
• Máté Lékai (2014–)
• Richárd Mezei (1997–2001)
• Roland Mikler (2014–2019)
• 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 (1997–2012)
• Árpád Sterbik (2001–2004, 2018–2020)
• Mirsad Terzić (2009–2020)
• Zlatko Saračević (2000–2002)
• Momir Ilic (2013–2019)
• Ivan Lapčević (2005–2010)
• Petar Nenadić (2018–)
• 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)
• Ivan Slišković (2015–2017)
• Manuel Štrlek (2018–)
• Chema Rodríguez (2012–2017)
• Cristian Ugalde (2012–2018)
• Marian Cozma (2006–2009)
• Blaž Blagotinšek (2016–)
• Dragan Gajić (2016–2020)
• Borut Mačkovšek (2018–2020)
• Gašper Marguč (2014–)
• Ľubomír Švajlen (1992–1998)
• Andreas Nilsson (2014–)
• Kiril Lazarov (2002–2007)
• Dejan Manaskov (2017–)
• Evgeny Lushnikov (2004–2011)
• Bjarte Myrhol (2005–2006)
• Aron Pálmarsson (2015–2017)
• Christian Zeitz (2014–2016)
• Žarko Marković (2006–2009)

Notable coaches

• Zdravko Zovko
• Szilárd Kiss
• Attila Joósz
• Lajos Mocsai
• Antonio Carlos Ortega
• Xavi Sabaté
• Ljubomir Vranjes

References

1. "2007/08 Men's Cup Winners' Cup Final". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
2. "Magyar bajnokság NB1 – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
3. "Magyar bajnokság NB1B – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
4. "Magyar bajnokság NB2 – férfi (1957–1980)" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
5. http://www.eurotopteams.com/handball/club.php

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian and English)
• Telekom Veszprém at EHF (in English)