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.

Telekom Veszprém
Full name	Veszprémi Építők Sport Egyesület
Nickname(s)	Építők
Short name	Veszprém
Founded	1977 (1977)
Arena	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Capacity	5,096
President	János Szabó
Head coach	Momir Ilić
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2022–23	Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 1st of 14 (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. 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.

Veszprém

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Location of Telekom Veszprém

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

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	2013–2015
MVM Veszprém	2015–2016
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
2006–2007		MKB Bank / T-Mobile
2007–2010
2010–2012
2012–2013		MKB Bank / T-Mobile / Veszprém
2013–2015		MKB Bank / MVM / Veszprém
2015–2016		Balaton / Veszprém
2016–2017		Magyar Telekom / Veszprém
2017–2020		Magyar Telekom / Veszprém
2020–	2Rule	Magyar Telekom / Veszprém

Kits

HOME
1987–88	2005-07	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–16	2017–19	2019–20

AWAY
1988–89	2005-07	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–16

THIRD
2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–16	2020–21

Arena information

Home hall: Veszprém Aréna

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

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers

• 12 Rodrigo Corrales
• 20 Mike Jensen

Left Wingers

• 09 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

• 05 Yahia Omar
• 17 Lukas Sandell
• 29 Nedim Remili

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Nikola Grahovac (P) (from HBW Balingen-Weilstetten) ?

Leaving

• Kentin Mahé (CB) (to VfL Gummersbach)
• Yahia Omar (RB) (to Paris Saint-Germain)
• Andreas Nilsson (P) (to Önnereds HK)

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Leaving

• Ludovic Fabregas (P) (to FC Barcelona) ?

Staff members

• Sports Director: László Nagy
• Head Coach: Momir Ilić
• Assistant Coach: Péter Gulyás
• Goalkeeper Coach: Árpád Sterbik
• Fitness Coach: Péter Kőrösi
• 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

Season	Player	Apps/Goals
2004–2005	Kiril Lazarov	26/183
2005–2006	Kiril Lazarov	30/200
2006–2007	Kiril Lazarov	23/144
2007–2008	Marko Vujin	28/173
2008–2009	Marko Vujin	31/165
2009–2010	Renato Sulić	27/115
2010–2011	Marko Vujin	27/153
2011–2012	Marko Vujin	26/176
2012–2013	Tamás Iváncsik	20/88
2013–2014	Momir Ilić	25/115
2014–2015	Momir Ilić	10/51
2015–2016	Renato Sulić	10/29
2016–2017	Dragan Gajić	15/77
2017–2018	Dragan Gajić	17/104
2018–2019	Manuel Štrlek	20/100
2019–2020	Cancelled
2020–2021	Dejan Manaskov	19/106

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	27	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, 2022–23
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Runners-up	12	1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2007, 2018, 2021, 2022
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Third Place	2	1982, 1984
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Winners	1	1980
Domestic Cups
Magyar Kupa Winners	30	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, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
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	5	2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
SEHA League Finalist	1	2016–17

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

Season	Name	Goals
1997–98	József Éles
2011–12	Marko Vujin

Recent seasons

As of 14/07/2022

• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 42
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B: 1
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II: 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 2020–21 NB I Winner 2021–22 NB I Winner 2022–23 NB I Winner

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

In European competition

Main article: Veszprém KC in European handball

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

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021–22	EHF Champions League	Group matches (Group B)	Łomza Vive Kielce	35–33	29–32	4th place
			Barcelona	29–28	30–35
			Paris Saint-Germain	34–31	40–39
			SG Flensburg-Handewitt	28–23	27–30
			FC Porto	28–28	30–23
			Dinamo București	47–32	29–31
			Motor	36–29	27–29
		Play-offs	RK Vardar	30–22	31–31	61–53
		Quarter-finals	Aalborg Håndbold	36–29	35–37	71–66
		Semi-final	Łomza Vive Kielce	35–37
		Bronze match	THW Kiel	34–34 (1–3 p)

EHF ranking

As of 20/06/2022

Rank	Team	Points
1	FC Barcelona	591
2	THW Kiel	510
3	Telekom Veszprém	499
4	Paris Saint-Germain	463
5	Łomża Vive Kielce	446
6	SC Magdeburg	417
7	Montpellier HB	391

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)
• Vuko Borozan (2019–2021)

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)

External links

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