Budapesti Spartacus SC (women's handball)

Budapesti Spartacus SC
Full nameBudapesti Spartacus Sport Club
Short nameBp. Spartacus
Founded1954
Head coachZsuzsanna Viglási
LeagueNemzeti Bajnokság I/B
2009–10Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B – Eastern Group, 10th
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Budapesti Spartacus Sport Club is a Hungarian women's handball team from Budapest, that play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, the second tier league in Hungary. The club was formed in 1954 and soon found themselves on the top. Spari, as the fans call the team, have won all but one league titles between 1960 and 1967, and in addition, they have won two domestic cup titles in 1963 and 1968. They also enjoyed a good run in the European Champions Cup, having been marched to the finals in 1965, only to fall short against HG København.

In the seventies the club have fallen back, and eventually slumped to relegation in 1975. However, the team promoted back immediately and under the guidance of head coach István Szabó a new success period has begun. Spartacus have won the national championship title in 1983 and 1986, and lifted the Hungarian cup trophy in 1988. Beside the domestic hit they also took the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1981.

From the nineties the club slowly relapsed and turned into a mid-table team. Parallel to this, their financial potential is narrowed and it all ended up in a relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B in 2007.

Since they are co-operating with another Budapest-based club, Pénzügyőr SE, the team is officially known as Pénzügyőr-Spartacus SC.

Kits

Selected former players

Head coach history

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Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

  • Champions (9): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1983, 1986
  • Runners-up (5): 1966, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984
  • Third place (5): 1958, 1970, 1973, 1985, 1988–89

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

  • Winners (3): 1963, 1968, 1988
  • Finalists (6): 1969, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984

European competitions

Recent seasons

In European competition

Source: kézitörténelem.hu

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1962–63 Champions Cup* 1/8-finals Romania Rapid București 2–4 6–16 8–20
1963–64 Champions Cup* Round 1 Austria Admira Wien 23–7 14–7 37–14
1/4-finals Soviet Union Trud Moscow 16–7 8–12 24–21
1/2-finals Romania Rapid București 7–11 5–13 12–24
1964–65 Champions Cup*
Finalist 		Round 1 Poland Ruch Königshütte Chorzów 16–3 17–8 33–11
1/4-finals Soviet Union Trud Moscow 10–7 7–9 17–16
1/2-finals Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Lokomotiva Zagreb 7–4 7–6 14–10
Finals Denmark HG København 10–7 6–14 16–21
1965–66 Champions Cup* 1/4-finals Bulgaria VIF G.Dimitrov Sofia 13–2 5–8 18–10
1/2-finals East Germany SC Leipzig 5–3 4–10 9–13
1966–67 Champions Cup* Round 1 Bulgaria Akademik Sofia 15–5 5–3 20–8
1/4-finals Soviet Union Žalgiris Kaunas 8–7 8–11 16–18
1980–81 Cup Winners' Cup
Winner 		1/8-finals Czechoslovakia Štart Bratislava 20–15 11–13 31–28
1/4-finals East Germany ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt 17–12 11–15 28–27
1/2-finals Bulgaria Kremikovski 16–13 27–21 43–34
Finals Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bane Sekulić Sombor 22–17 18–17 40–34
1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup
Finalist 		1/8-finals Romania Terom Iaşi 24–15 19–25 43–40
1/4-finals Czechoslovakia Štart Bratislava 27–19 22–29 49–48
1/2-finals Soviet Union Rostselmash Rostov 23–19 27–31 50–50 (a)
Finals Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia RK Osijek 21–27 17–27 38–54
1982–83 Champions Cup* Round 1 Greece Aris Nikaias 48–9 42–6 90–15
1/8-finals Sweden AIA-Tranbjerg 21–15 17–15 38–30
1/4-finals Hungary Vasas SC 16–21 16–14 32–35
1984–85 Champions Cup* 1/8-finals Romania Știința Bacău 31–27 22–29 53–56
1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup 1/8-finals East Germany TSC Berlin 23–23 25–32 48–55
1986–87 IHF Cup* 1/8-finals Sweden Stockholmspolisens 26–19 21–21 47–40
1/4-finals Netherlands HV Vonk Mosam 29–22 18–18 47–40
1/2-finals Czechoslovakia Štart Bratislava 31–23 18–27 49–50
1987–88 Champions Cup* Round 1 Turkey Kulübü Ankara 46–14 25–16 71–30
1/8-finals Italy Sardinia Sassari 40–18 34–18 74–36
1/4-finals France USM Gagny 32–23 24–28 56–51
1/2-finals Soviet Union Spartak Kyiv 25–27 25–36 50–63
1988–89 IHF Cup* 1/8-finals Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost Titograd 31–28 31–34 62–62 (a)
1/4-finals Austria Union CA Hollabrunn 23–20 30–19 53–39
1/2-finals Romania Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea 29–26 25–34 54–60
1989–90 IHF Cup* 1/8-finals Spain CM Leganés 28–14 19–20 47–34
1/4-finals Norway Nordstrand IF 25–15 27–28 52–43
1/2-finals East Germany Vorwärts Frankfurt 21–23 9–26 30–49

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