Diósgyőri VTK

Diósgyőr

Full name	Diósgyőr-Vasgyári Testgyakorlók Köre
Nickname(s)	Diósgyőr
Founded	6 February 1910 (1910-02-06)
Ground	Diósgyőri Stadion, Miskolc
Ground Capacity	11,500
Chairman	Tamás Szabó
Head coach	Tamás Bódog[1]
League	NB I
2016–17	NB I, 10th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Active departments of DVTK
Football Basketball (Women's) Ice hockey Wrestling Table tennis Chess

Diósgyőr-Vasgyári Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdioːʃɟøːri veː teː kaː]) is a Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc best known for its football team. Founded in 1910 by the local working class youth, the team plays in the first division of the Hungarian League and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Hungarian football. Diósgyőr is best known for its passionate supporters – in the past years Diósgyőr had one of the highest average attendances in the Hungarian top division.^[2] The football club enjoyed its first golden age in the late '70s and early '80s, including a third place in the 1978–79 season of the Hungarian League and two Hungarian Cup triumphs in 1977 and 1980.

History

1910s

The preparations for the establishment of a sports club of the ironworks started at the end of the 1909. Vilmos Vanger, an elementary school teacher and a five-member committee asked the director of the iron works to approve the foundation of a sports club. On 6 February 1910, the Diósgyőr-Vasgyári Testgyakorlók Köre was founded at the premises of the factory. The red and white were chosen as the colours of the club. Vilmos Vanger was nominated as the first president of the club, while, Árpád Weisz became the vice-president. The secretary was Andor Erdélyi, while the finance director was István Hamza. The first coach of the club was Gyula Molnár.^[3]

The foundation of the club was approved by the Ministry of Interior therefore the club could participate in a Hungarian League match as early as 1912. In 1916 and 1918 the club won the Northern Hungarian championships. The club had played with all of the first league teams when it celebrated its 10th birthday.^[3]

1940s

The club first reached the top league of the Hungarian League in 1940. In the 1940–41 season Diósgyőr finished 6th as Diósgyőri MÁVAG. János Füzér and István Berecz scored 33 goals during the season. In the following season, 1941–42 Diósgyőr finished 8th. During this season the club was able to beat Ferencváros by 3–2 during the season. The results of the 1942–43 season was a bit worse since the club finished only the 12th, however, during this season they also could beat its Budapest rival Ferencváros 2–1 at home. In the 1943–44 season the club finished 11th.^[3]

1970s

Diósgyőr won the 1976–77 season of the Hungarian Cup, therefore they qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1977-78 season. In the first round they encountered with the Turkish Beşiktaş J.K.. The first leg was won by the Turkish club 2–0 at the İnönü Stadium,^[4] while Diósgyőr trashed Besiktas at home in Miskolc.^[5] In the second round Diósgyőr hosted the 1976–77 Yugoslav Cup winner Hajduk Split and they won the match by 2–1.^[6] However, in the second leg the Hungarian team lost to 2–1 and 4–3 on penalty shoot-out.^[7]

In the 1978–79 season of the Hungarian League the club has reached its best result ever finishing on the third position of the table. Therefore, they qualified for the 1979-80 UEFA Cup.^[8] On 19 September 1979 Diósgyőr was hosted by SK Rapid Wien at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium and the match was won by the Hungarian club by 1–0.^[9] On 3 October 1979 the second leg was also won by the Hungarian club by 3–2.^[10] On 24 October 1979, Diósgyőr was hosted by the Scottish club, Dundee United F.C. at the Tannadice Park. The match was won by Diósgyőr.^[11] The second leg was won by Diósgyőr by 3–1 at home, therefore the Hungarian team could qualify for the third round of the cup.^[12] on 28 November 1979, in the third round Diósgyőr faced with the giant German club 1. FC Kaiserslautern and they lost 2–0 at home which resulted a very difficult return match for the Miskolc team.^[13] On 12 December 1979 Kaiserslautern beat Diósgyőr 6–1 which resulted the farewell for the team since the German club advanced on 8–1 aggregate.^[14]

1990s

The fall of communism in Hungary also affected the club as any other clubs in the country. In 1992 the club's name was changed into Diósgyőri FC. In 2000 the club went bankrupt and many players left the club. Disógyőr was able to finish the 1999–2000 season but they were relegated since the club finished 16th.

The team spent seven years in the 2nd division. After many coaches, the breakthrough was the second appearance of coach Barnabás Tornyi. The next year they were again in the first division. The most memorable scenes were winning the second division championship, and the last match of goalkeeping-legend György Veréb. At his last match (aged 49!) and with him the team defeated the Videoton FC, 4–1. The leading players were midfielder László Kiser, and striker duo Sándor Kulcsár and Gábor Egressy. In the next season the team beat the FTC and the Újpest FC, and began the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The owners wanted to make football without spending money, and the club disappeared in 2000, via bankruptcy. In the winter of 1999 most players left the club.

2000s

After the bankruptcy the fans founded again the Diósgyőri VTK and enlisted it into the Hungarian League. The club spent its first season in the seventh division. However, thanks to a merger with Borsod Volán SE the club could play in the third division in the 2000–01 season of the Hungarian League. Although the club could not get promoted into the second division, Diósgyőr could play in the second division again in the 2001–02 season since they merged with Bőcs who already got promoted to the second division. In the second league financial problems also hindered the success of the club and finally the club went bankrupt again. However, the Diósgyőri VTK 1910 Limited company was founded and later purchased the right to play in the second division from Monor. In 2003–04 the club was promoted to the first division of the Hungarian League, although due to financial problems the club was able to play in the first league with the help of the Siófok KC Ltd. who moved to Miskolc.

Diósgyőr play in the 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 seasons of the first division. However, the centenarian celebrations were ruined by the fact that the club finished 16th and was relegated to the second division after spending six consecutive seasons in the top flight of the Hungarian league.

2010s

Diósgyőr won the 2010–11 season of the second division of the Hungarian league and it was promoted after spending only one season in the second league. In the 2011–12 season the club finished 7th. On 27 July 2012 Diósgyőr started 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season with a 2–1 victory over Újpest FC.^[15] On 12 September 2012 Hungarian international team player and former Genoa C.F.C. player Gergely Rudolf signed a three-year contract with Diósgyőr.

On 7 May 2014, Diósgyőr qualified for the final of the 2013–14 Hungarian Cup after beating Debrecen 2–0 at home.^[16][17] The first tie was won by Debrecen by 4–2.^[18] Diósgyőr lost to Újpest in the 2013–14 Hungarian Cup final on penalty shoot-out,^[19] but Diósgyőr are eligible for the 2014-15 UEFA Europa League since Újpest did not receive the UEFA licence from the Hungarian Football Federation.^[20]

Crest and colours

Naming history

• 1910–38: Diósgyőri VTK
• 1938–45: Diósgyőri MÁVAG SC
• 1945–51: Diósgyőri VTK
• 1951–56: Diósgyőri Vasas
• 1956–92: Diósgyőri VTK Miskolc
• 1992–00: Diósgyőr FC
• 2000–03: Diósgyőri VTK
• 2003–04: DVTK 1910
• 2004–05: Diósgyőri Balaton FC (later Diósgyőri VTK-BFC)
• 2005–07: Diósgyőri VTK
• 2007–08: Diósgyőri VTK-BORSODI
• 2008–: Diósgyőri VTK

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The following table shows in detail Diósgyőri VTK kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
−2008	saller	Szeviép / Regale Klíma
2008		–
2009		Szeviép / É.M.K.
2009–2010	Erreà	AVE / Jánosik és TSA. / É.M.K.
2010–2011		AVE
2011–2013	Nike	–
2014–		Borsodi

Stadiums and Facilities

The home of the club is the multi-purpose Diósgyőri Stadion located in Miskolc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary. The maximum capacity of the stadium is approximately 17 000 spectators.

The played their matches from 1911 to 1939 near the canteen of the Diósgyőr Ironworks. The stadium was first opened on 25 June 1939.

In 1968 the stadium has undergone major expansions and the capacity has increased to 22,000. The stadium was then reopened after renovations on 26 May 1968. At that time, it was the biggest stadium in Hungary outside of Budapest. The highest attendance record for the stadium was set on 27 November 1968, when approximately 35,000 people saw a match between the DVTK and the Ferencvárosi TC. in the 2000s its capacity was dropped to 15,000 due to security reasons sections of the stadium was closed from the public.

Prior to demolition in 2016 the stadium had the following areas: the western Main Stand that was built in 1939. Three other wings were built in 1968, with a grass surface and a rekortan covered running track, where football matches and athletic championships are held. The Complex contains one grass surfaced training field built in 1977, one with artificial turf built in 2006, and two others with cinder covering that opened in the 1960s. The artificial grass field has lighting. Near the stadium there is a covered training field and a former boxing arena re-opened for soccer in 2009. Although the stadium does not meet the standards of many other European stadiums, it is the most modern arena in Eastern Hungary. Floodlighting was installed and began operating on 15 November 2003.

The Main Stand had its first renovation in 2005–06 and after a significant modernization project, it was opened on 23 April 2006 with a roof over 1,504 seats. In 2009–2010 the eastern-wing of the 40-year-old stands was demolished. For the 100th birthday of the club, new covered stands were built with a buffet, restrooms, and 3,137 seats on the so-called "Sunny wing" or "Napos oldal". This wing was so-named because the sun would make it difficult for fans to watch matches during afternoon competition. Construction began on 10 August 2009 and an opening ceremony was held on 6 March 2010. The 2009–10 renovation cost 400 million HUF. In 2011–2012, the training fields were modernized, and two additional fields were built. Currently, there are four training fields with floodlights, two with natural grass and 2 with artificial grass.

From 1992 to 2000, the field was named DFC Stadium due to the club changed its name from DVTK to Diósgyőri Football club. During the 2007–2008 season the name of the stadium was DVTK-Borsodi Stadium, because of a sponsorship arrangement.

A famous section of the stadium called the Csáki-stand is named after the fan, József Csáki.

In 2016 the construction of a new stadium has been started.

On 20 June 2017, it was announced that Diósgyőr is not able to play their home matches at the Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion due to the turf cannot endure it. As a consequence, Diósgyőr will play the home matches of the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I matches at stadium of Debreceni VSC', Nagyerdei Stadion, in Debrecen.^[21]

Supporters

On 19 July 2014, UEFA issued sanctions against Ferencváros and Diósgyőr and Slovakia’s Spartak Trnava, following racist behaviour by their fans during 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying matches against Maltese sides Sliema Wanderers, Birkirkara and Hibernians respectively. Ferencvaros were the hardest hit by the UEFA measures as club were fined by €20,000 and the partial closure of their stadium following monkey chants and racist banners displayed in both legs in Malta and Hungary.^[22]

Players

Current squad

As of 15 July 2017^[23]

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 Erik Bukrán 4 DF Márk Tamás 5 DF Zoltán Lipták 6 MF Diego Vela 7 FW Gábor Makrai 8 MF Bálint Oláh 9 FW Patrik Bacsa 10 FW Roland Ugrai 14 FW Zsolt Óvári 15 MF Barnabás Tóth 17 MF Miklós Kitl

No. Position Player 19 DF Tibor Nagy 20 MF Attila Busai 22 GK Ivan Radoš 25 DF Dávid Forgács 27 FW Ákos Szarka 30 MF Nono 33 FW Nikolaos Ioannidis 48 DF Dejan Karan 74 MF Patrik Ternován 94 DF Gábor Eperjesi 99 GK Botond Antal

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player

Non-playing staff

Board of directors

Position	Name
Chief executive officer	Tamás Szabó [24]
Executive assistant	Norbert Szemán

Management

Position	Name
Sports director	Miklós Benczés
Head coach	Vacant
Assistant coach	Tamás Szamosi
Fitness coach	Barney Lord
Goalkeeping Coach	György Veréb
Goalkeeping Coach	Pál Szalma
Reserve team coach	Szilárd Sütő
Under 19 Coach	Zoltán Vitelki
Under 17 Coach	István Kriston

Managerial history

Honours

Domestic

• Hungarian League:
  • Third Place (1): 1978–79
• Hungarian Cup::
  • Winners (2): 1976–77, 1979–80
  • Runners up (4): 1941–42, 1965, 1980–81, 2013–14
• Ligakupa::
  • Winners (1): 2013–14

Season results

As of 27 May 2017.

Domestic												International		Manager
League										Cup
Div.	No.	Season	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.	Pts.		Pos.	Competition	Result
NBI	1.	1940–41	26	11	5	10	61–57	+4	27	6th		Did not qualify		Csapkay
NBI	2.	1941–42	30	10	9	11	72–68	+4	29	8th	R			Csapkay
NBI	3.	1942–43	30	9	8	13	54–78	−14	26	12th				Wetzer
NBI	4.	1943–44	30	11	6	13	49–59	−10	28	11th				Tomecskó
NBI	5.	1945	22	4	1	17	29–82	−53	9	10th				Tomecskó
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
NBI	6.	1950	15	5	6	4	21–23	−2	16	8th		Did not qualify		Tomecskó
NBI	7.	1951	26	6	7	13	31–52	−11	19	11th				Tomecskó
NBI	8.	1952	26	6	4	16	31–64	−33	16	13th				Szabó
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
NBI	9.	1954	26	10	3	13	49–61	−12	23	9th		Did not qualify		Jánosi
NBI	10.	1955	26	6	7	13	40–53	−13	19	12th				Jánosi
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
NBI	11.	1957–58	26	10	6	10	32–35	−3	26	9th		Did not qualify		Teleki
NBI	12.	1958–59	26	6	10	10	28–35	−7	22	9th				Kiss
NBI	13.	1959–60	26	10	7	9	35–30	+5	27	5th				Kiss
NBI	14.	1960–61	26	3	6	17	25–65	−40	12	14th				Bodola
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
NBI	15.	1963	13	4	3	6	12–19	−7	11	11th		Did not qualify		Bukovi
NBI	16.	1964	26	4	6	16	14–38	−24	14	14th				Nagy
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
NBI	17.	1966	26	10	4	12	30–31	−1	24	9th		Did not qualify		Preiner
NBI	18.	1967	30	10	8	12	48–54	−6	28	7th				Szabó
NBI	19.	1968	30	8	8	14	36–56	−20	24	13th				Sebes, Szigeti
NBI	20.	1969	30	7	9	14	31–51	−20	23	13th				Tátrai
NBI	21.	1970	14	7	4	3	16–13	+3	18	8th				Tátrai
NBI	22.	1970–71	30	10	7	13	24–46	−22	32	12th				Tóth
NBI	23.	1971–72	30	9	6	15	32–46	−14	24	12th				Tóth
NBI	24.	1972–73	30	9	6	15	32–46	−14	24	15th				Preiner
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
NBI	25.	1974–75	28	7	11	10	26–37	−11	25	11th		Did not qualify		Szabó
NBI	26.	1975–76	30	6	12	12	26–44	−18	24	14th				Szabó
NBI	27.	1976–77	34	13	6	15	40–52	−12	32	10th	W			Szabó
NBI	28.	1978–79	34	19	6	9	60–37	+23	44	3rd				Szabó
NBI	29.	1979–80	34	12	8	14	47–42	+5	32	12th	W	UC	3R	Szabó
NBI	30.	1980–81	34	5	15	14	28–50	−22	25	15th	R	CWC	PR	Szabó, Deák, Puskás
NBI	31.	1981–82	34	9	11	14	48–62	−14	29	14th		Did not qualify		Puskás
NBI	32.	1982–83	30	8	11	11	36–44	−8	27	9th				Puskás
NBI	33.	1983–84	30	2	9	19	25–53	−28	13	16th				Fekete
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
NBI	34.	1991–92	30	6	10	14	24–44	−20	22	14th 1		Did not qualify		Vlad
NBI	35.	1992–93	30	7	9	14	26–45	−19	23	13th				Sándor
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
NBI	36.	1997–98	34	12	8	14	46–41	+5	44	11th		Did not qualify		Tornyi
NBI	37.	1998–99	34	14	9	11	56–54	+2	51	8th		IC	2R	Tornyi
NBI	38.	1999-00	32	5	9	18	26–56	−30	24	16th		Did not qualify		Szapor, Temesvári
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
NBI	39.	2004–05	30	11	4	15	39–45	−6	37	9th		Did not qualify		Gálhidi
NBI	40.	2005–06	30	10	7	13	33–44	−11	37	8th				Pajkos
NBI	41.	2006–07	30	11	5	14	40–52	−12	38	9th				Csank
NBI	42.	2007–08	30	5	13	12	43–63	−20	28	13th	L16			Pajkos, Vágó
NBI	43.	2008–09	30	9	6	15	29–45	−16	33	12th	L8			Gálhidi, Sisa
NBI	44.	2009–10	30	4	5	21	31–56	−25	17	16th	R2			Dusztlus
NBII	1.	2010–11	30	22	2	6	66–23	+43	68	1st	?			Szentes
NBI	45.	2011–12	30	13	4	13	42–43	−1	43	7th	L16	Did not qualify		Benczés, Szentes
NBI	46.	2012–13	30	9	11	10	31–39	−8	38	10th	L16			Szentes, Kovács
NBI	47.	2013–14	30	12	11	7	45–38	+7	47	5th	R			Sivić
NBI	48.	2014–15	30	13	9	8	43–36	+7	48	7th	L16	Europa League	3QR	Sivić, Vitelki
NBI	49.	2015–16	33	10	8	15	37–47	-10	38	9th	L32			Bekő,[25] Egervári[26]
NBI	50.	2016–17	33	10	7	16	39–58	-19	37	10th	QF			Egervári, Horváth,[27] Bódog[28]
NBI	51.	2017–18	0	0	0	0	0–0	+0	0	TBD	TBD			Bódog
Σ	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Notes

• Note 1: Relegation play-off: Diósgyőr 2–1 BKV Előre; BKV Előre 0–1 Diósgyőr

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Beşiktaş J.K.	5–0	0–2	5–2
		2R	Hajduk Split	2–1	1–2	3–3(aet)
1979–80	UEFA Cup	1R	SK Rapid Wien	3–2	1–0	4–2
		2R	Dundee United FC	3–1	1–0	4–1
		3R	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	1–6	1–8
1980–81	European Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Celtic Glasgow	2–1	0–6	2–7
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Sliema Wanderers	2–0	3–2	5–2
		2R	Altay Izmir	0–1	1–1	1–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Birkirkara	2–1	4–1	6–2
		2Q	Litex Lovech	1–2	2–0	3–2
		3Q	Krasnodar	1–5	0–3	1–8

Notes

• 1R: First round
• 2R: Second round
• 3R: Third round
• PR: Preliminary round
• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round

Record by country of opposition

• Correct as of 7 July 2015

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Austria	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	+2	7002100000000000000♠100.00
Bulgaria	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	+1	07001500000000000000♠50.00
Germany	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000800000000000000♠8	−7	005000000000000000000♠0.00
Malta	7000400000000000000♠4	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7001110000000000000♠11	7000400000000000000♠4	+7	7002100000000000000♠100.00
Russia	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000800000000000000♠8	−7	005000000000000000000♠0.00
Scotland	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000600000000000000♠6	7000800000000000000♠8	−2	07001750000000000000♠75.00
Turkey	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	+2	07001250000000000000♠25.00
Yugoslavia	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	+0	07001500000000000000♠50.00
Totals	20	12	1	7	34	31	+3	61.66

P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Statistics

See also

• Miskolci AK, defunct club from Miskolc
• Miskolci VSC, club from Miskolc
• Perecesi TK, defunct club from Miskolc

References

Sources

Lajos Varga: Diósgyőri Futballtörténet (Diósgyőr Soccerhistory)

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian)
• Diósgyőri VTK on Facebook
• Friends for the Diósgyőr Football (in Hungarian)