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Sopron Basket

Sopron Basket is a Hungarian professional women's basketball club from Sopron. Founded in 1921 as the women's section of Soproni VSE, it has played in the Hungarian National Championship since 1986. It plays its home games in the Aréna Sopron. Sopron won its first-ever EuroLeague championship in 2022, defeating Fenerbahçe in the final.

Sopron Basket
Sopron Basket logo
LeaguesNB I/A
EuroLeague Women
Founded1921
HistorySoproni VSE (1986–1993)
GYSEV-Sopron (1993–2002)
Orsi-Sopron (2002–2004)
MKB-Euroleasing Sopron (2004–2011)
Uniqa-Euroleasing Sopron (2011–2015)
Uniqa Sopron (2015–2017)
Sopron Basket (2017–present)
ArenaAréna Sopron
Capacity2,500
LocationSopron, Hungary
Team colorsGreen and yellow
   
PresidentZoltán Török
Head coachDávid Gáspár
Championships1 EuroLeague
1 Ronchetti Cup
15 Hungarian Leagues
10 Hungarian Cups
WebsiteOfficial website

Sopron won its first national championship in 1993, making its debut in the Euroleague the following season. Settled in the top positions, the team played in subsequent years the Ronchetti Cup, which it won in 1998 beating ASPTT Aix-en-Provence. As of 2011 Sopron remains the only Hungarian women's basketball team that has won an international competition since the fall of communism. The following year Sopron won its second championship, which marked its return to the Euroleague, which it has played every year since.[1]

The team has won four more championships since 2002, three of them between 2007 and 2011. In 2009 it reached the Euroleague's Final Four after beating Wisła Kraków and Bourges Basket in the knockout stages, ending 4th after losing to CB Avenida and UMMC Ekaterinburg.

Honours edit

Titles edit

Record in European competitions edit

  • EuroLeague
  • Ronchetti Cup
    • 1995: Group Stage (4/4)
    • 1996: 3rd Preliminary Round
    • 1997: Quarter-Finals
    • 1998: Champion
    • 1999: Quarter-Finals

Current players edit

Roster edit

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Sopron Basket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 0   Époupa, Olivia 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 30 – (1994-04-30)30 April 1994
F 1   Kunek, Alice 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1991-01-06)6 January 1991
PG 4   Fegyverneky, Zsófia 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 39 – (1984-09-29)29 September 1984
F/C 5   Magbegor, Ezi 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1999-08-13)13 August 1999
F 8   Varga, Alíz 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2001-03-17)17 March 2001
C 10   Stanković, Dragana 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1995-01-18)18 January 1995
G/F 13   Czukor, Dalma 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1999-03-29)29 March 1999
C 14   Határ, Bernadett 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1994-08-24)24 August 1994
F 15   Sitku, Zsuzsanna 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2003-11-07)7 November 2003
G/F 23   Erdelyiova, Alexandra 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 19 – (2004-09-25)25 September 2004
PF 32   Brooks, Jelena 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1989-04-28)28 April 1989
PG 42   Turner, Yvonne 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 36 – (1987-10-13)13 October 1987
SG 44   Borondy, Vivien 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 29 – (1995-01-10)10 January 1995
SG 66   Völgyi, Lili 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 17 – (2007-03-28)28 March 2007
Head coach
  •   Dávid Gáspár
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured


Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Ezi Magbegor Dragana Stanković Bernadett Határ
PF Jelena Brooks Zsuzsanna Sitku
SF Alice Kunek Yvonne Turner Alexandra Erdelyiova
SG Alíz Varga Dalma Czukor Lili Völgyi
PG Zsófia Fegyverneky Vivien Borondy Olivia Époupa

References edit

  1. ^ Profile in FIBA Europe's website

External links edit

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