FC Sopron

Football Club Sopron

Full name

Football Club Sopron

Founded

1921

Dissolved

2008

Ground

Káposztás utca, Sopron

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 In January 2008 their license was withdrawn by the league over unpaid taxes and payments.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

Final squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as 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

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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