Tatabányai SC

Tatabánya
Full nameTatabányai Sport Club
Founded1910; 114 years ago (1910)
GroundStadion Gyula Grosics,
Tatabánya
Capacity5,021
ChairmanKrisztián Bolla
ManagerGergely Gyürki
LeagueNB II
2023–24NB III
Northeast, 1st of 16 (promoted via play-offs)
Websitehttps://www.tatabanyaisc.hu/

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.

History

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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

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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1985–86 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1. Round Austria SK Rapid Wien 1–1 0–5 1–6

UEFA Intertoto Cup

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Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1962–63 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 5 Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam 2–1 2–1
Group 5 France AS Nancy 4–0 2–1
Group 5 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6–2 2–2
Quarter-finals Switzerland FC Servette 6–0 0–1 6–1
Semi-finals Czechoslovakia RH Slovnaft Bratislava 1–2 1–1 2–3
1987 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 4 Denmark Naestved BK 3–1 4–0
Group 4 Switzerland AC Bellinzona 2–0 0–1
Group 4 Czechoslovakia DAC Dunajská Streda 6–1 1–0
1988 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 4 Austria First Vienna FC 2–2 1–2
Group 4 Czechoslovakia FK Union Cheb 3–2 0–1
Group 4 Denmark Vejle BK 0–0 1–1
1989 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 5 Germany Lokomotive Leipzig 0–0 0–0
Group 5 Sweden IFK Göteborg 5–3 3–3
Group 5 Denmark Lyngby BK 3–1 0–0
1990 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 7 Switzerland FC Luzern 3–4 2–3
Group 7 Slovakia FC Nitra 0–0 0–4
Group 7 Sweden Örebro SK 1–1 1–5
1991 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 1 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax 0–3 0–5
Group 1 Slovakia SK Slovan Bratislava 2–1 2–4
Group 1 Sweden Malmö FF 1–1 0–0
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1. Round Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 3–0 4–0 7–0
2. Round Croatia HNK Cibalia 3–2 0–0 3–2
3. Round Russia FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–2 1–2 2–4
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1. Round Armenia FC Shirak 2–3 3–1 5–4
2. Round Moldova Tiligul Tiraspol 4–1 1–1 5–2
3. Round Italy Brescia Calcio 1–1 1–2 2–3

UEFA Cup

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Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1981–82 UEFA Cup 1. Round Spain Real Madrid CF 2–1 0–1 2–2(a)
1982–83 UEFA Cup 1. Round France AS Saint-Étienne 0–0 1–4 1–4
1987–88 UEFA Cup 1. Round Portugal Vitória SC 1–1 0–1 1–2
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1. Round West Germany VfB Stuttgart 2–1 0–2 2–3

Selected former managers

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References

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  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.