FC Sopron

Football Club Sopron

Full name	Football Club Sopron
Founded	1921
Dissolved	2008
Ground	Káposztás utca, Sopron
Ground Capacity	5,300
Chairman	Antonio Righi
League	Soproni Liga (NB1) (Level 1)
Soproni Liga 2007/08	15th
Home colours Away colours

FC Sopron, was a Hungarian football club from the town of Sopron, near the Austrian border. It was founded in 1921 as Soproni Postás. The club's home stadium is Stadion Városi with a capacity of 5,300..

With the beginning of the season 2007/08 Lajos Détári was appointed for being the head coach. After Antonio Righi bought the club Détári was fired (without getting paid for his work) and replaced by now head coach Vincenzo Cosco. In January 2008 their license was withdrawn by the league over unpaid taxes and payments. It was agreed that they would remain in 1. Liga for 2007/08 with 0 points for the season, all points being awarded to their opponents. It finally went to bankruptcy and was dissolved. It was replaced with newly founded Soproni VSE and climbed to NB II after winning Bakony Group of NB III in 2010-11 season.

Ownership

The club, which as commercial entity is called AZ FC Sopron Futball Sportszolgáltató KFT., is 79% owned by Antonio Righi. He bought the club from László Máriusz Vizer in 2007. 21% of the club are held by Sopron MJV Önkormányzata.

2008 January

The club was dissolved in January 2008.

Achievements

The club won the Hungarian Cup in 2005.

Naming history

• 1921: Sopron Soproni Sport Egyesület
• 1945: Soproni Postás Soproni Postás Sport Egyesület
• 1991: Soproni TSE Soproni Távközlési Sport Egyesület
• 1994: MATÁV Sopron Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Sport Club Sopron
• 1998: MATÁV Sopron Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Football Club Sopron
• 2000: MATÁV Compaq Sopron Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Football Club Compaq Sopron
• 2002: MATÁV Sopron Magyar Távközlési Vállalat Football Club Sopron
• 2005: Sopron Football Club Sopron
• 2008: ------

Notable former players

• Iván Balaskó
• Szabolcs Huszti
• Zoltán Petö
• Luigi Sartor
• Giuseppe Signori
• Tanase Paul Gabriel

Final squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Tanase Paul Gabriel 22 GK Márk Heinrich 3 DF Christiano Galliani 6 DF László Reinhardt 13 DF Predrag Pocuca 19 DF Zoltán Fehér 29 DF Sándor Csikós 30 DF Cosmin Giura 34 DF Attila Farkas 4 MF Sándor Károlyi

No. Position Player 7 MF Fabricio Deffo 83 MF Norbert Zana 85 MF Csaba Ködöböcz 8 FW Dávid Németh 9 FW Danilo Belić 14 FW Orlando Aquino 17 FW László Legoza 23 FW Botond Birtalan 26 FW Jimmy Jones Tchana

European cup history

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round		FK Teplice	1-0	1-3	2-3
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2. Round		Kayserispor	3-3	0-1	3-4

UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005-06	UEFA Cup	2. Qualifying Round		FC Metalurh Donetsk	0-3	1-2	1-5

External links

• (Hungarian) Official website

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