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.

Tatabánya

Full name	Tatabányai Sport Club
Founded	1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Ground	Stadion Gyula Grosics, Tatabánya
Capacity	5,021
Chairman	Krisztián Bolla
Manager	Gergely Gyürki
League	NB II
2023–24	NB III Northeast, 1st of 16 (promoted via play-offs)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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	Country	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	Country	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

• 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–

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian)
• Detailed international matches list

References

1. "NB III: helyben hagyták a Tatabánya kizárását" [NB III: the exclusion of Tatabánya was left in place] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 28 March 2017.
2. "Szomorú mérkőzés: marad a megye I.-ben a Tatabánya SC". kemma.hu (in Hungarian). 16 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
3. "MLSZ-döntés: újra NB III.-as lehet a Tatabánya". kemma.hu (in Hungarian). 5 May 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.