Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a professional football club, based in

Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and ...

, Hungary, that competes in the

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

, the first tier of

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. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the

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in the 2009–10 season. Debrecen have become the most successful club in Hungary since 2000, winning the Hungarian League seven times.

History

Debrecen was founded on 12 March 1902 as Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club. The club first reached the

in the 1943–44 season. Debrecen rose to domestic prominence in the early 2000s when they won their first Hungarian league title in 2004–05 season. Since then the club managed to win seven titles in the 2010s total. However, in the late 2010s the club lost its governmental support and started to decline. In the

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, they were escaping from relegation. At international level, Debrecen reached their biggest success when they managed to reach the

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group stage. The following year they reached the group stages of the

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Crest and colours

Naming history

* 1902–12: Egyetértés Football Club * 1912–48: Debreceni Vasutas * 1948–49: Debreceni Vasutas Sport Egyesület * 1949–55: Debreceni Lokomotív * 1955–56: Debreceni Törekvés * 1957–79: Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club * 1979–89: Debreceni Munkás Vasutas Sport Club * 1989–95: Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club * 1995–99: DVSC-Epona * 1999–01: Debreceni VSC * 2001–02: Netforum-DVSC * 2002: Debreceni VSC * 2003–05: DVSC-MegaForce * 2005–06: DVSC-AVE Ásványvíz * 2006–16: DVSC-TEVA * 2016–: Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The following table shows in detail Debreceni VSC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Stadiums and facilities

Debrecen played their home matches between 1989 and 2014 at the

Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion Stadion Oláh Gábor Út is a multi-use stadium in Debrecen, Hungary. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of Debreceni VSC. The stadium is able to hold 10,200 people. It was replaced by Nagyerdei Stadion ...

, which has a capacity of 12,500. After winning the first

trophy, it was found that the stadium did not meet UEFA stadium criteria. Therefore, the most important

and

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matches had to be played at the

Ferenc Puskás Stadium The Ferenc Puskás Stadium ( hu, Puskás Ferenc Stadion), or formerly People's Stadium (''Népstadion'') was a multi-purpose stadium in the 14th district (Zugló) of Budapest, Hungary. It was situated between the Puskás Ferenc Stadion and th ...

as in

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and the

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. On 1 May 2014, the Nagyerdei stadium was opened with an inauguration ceremony.

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, said that "the Hungarian spirit, the architects, the engineers, the workers make Hungary great again with this constructions like the Nagyerdei stadium" (in Hungarian: "A magyar szellem, a tervezők, a mérnökök, a munkások ilyen alkotásokkal teszik ismét naggyá Magyarországot"). The stadium was also sanctified by Nándor Bosák, bishop of the Roman

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, Gusztáv Bölcskei, minister, and Fülöp Kocsis, bishops of the

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. After the sanctification, singers such as Lou Bega,

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, Ildikó Kersztes, Gigi Radić, and Erika Miklósa entertained the audience. The first match was played between the Debrecen All Stars and Hungary All Stars, including players such as Attila Pintér, current

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coach, Kálmán Kovács, former

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legend, Péter Lipcsei, former

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icon, György Véber, former

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icon and

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manager at that time,

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, former Hungary international,

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, former Újpest legend, and

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, former Hungary national team legend. On 10 May 2014, the first official match was played at the new stadium between Debrecen and

in the 2013–14 Hungarian League season. The match ended with a 3–1 victory over the

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-based rival, Újpest. The first goal of the match was scored by Kulcsár in the 27th minute. Although Vasiljević equalised the score in the 37th minute, Debrecen were able to clinch the victory in the second half due to an own goal by Antón in the 46-minute and a goal by Vadnai in the 85th minute. On 22 May 2014, the first match of the

was played at the stadium in front of 20,000 spectators, which ended with a 2–2 draw against Denmark national football team. The first goal was scored by the former Debrecen player Dzsudzsák.

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equalised the score in the 56th minute. The debutant Varga took the lead in the 69th minute again, but the score was equalised by Schöne in the 72nd minute.

Supporters

Supporters of DVSC are mainly based in

, Hungary. However, the club is popular in all over Hungary. Club's main

ultras Ultras are a type of association football fans who are renowned for their fanatical support. The term originated in Italy, but is used worldwide to describe predominantly organised fans of association football teams. The behavioural tende ...

group is ''Szívtiprók Ultras Debrecen'' (SZ.U.D.), which is the largest and oldest faction, founded in 1994. As of 2000, SZ.U.D started to divide itself, in factions of ultras outside Debrecen, such as ''SZ.U.D. Budapest'', ''SZ.U.D. Nagyvárad'' and ''SZ.U.D. Hódmezővásárhely''. Among smaller groups are considered ''Force Field'', ''Red Territory'' and ''Vadmacskák'', which are the oldest. However, since 2009, new ultras factions, such as ''Sziporkák'', ''Debrecen Hooligans'', ''Barrabrava Debrecen'' and others appeared. This while several, like ''North Side Hooligans'' were dissolved in early 2000s. Debrecen has fierce rivalries with

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and competitive rivalries with

and Videoton. On 5 August 2014, UEFA issued sanctions against Debrecen,

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's Steaua București and

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's Maribor following racist behaviour by their fans during 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying against

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, Strømsgodset and

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respectively. Debrecen shut sector B of their ground after fans showed an "illicit banner" during the match against

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's Cliftonville. *Szívtiprók Ultras Debrecen (founded in 1994) ;Famous supporters * László Lukács

Ownership

On 27 May 2017, it was announced that

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could replace Gábor Szima as the owner of Debrecen. Nevertheless, Andy Vajna added that he likes football but he does not want to invest into football. On 15 August 2017, it was revealed that Gábor Szima, the owner of Debrecen, might leave the club and a Greek tycoon might arrive. On 1 July 2020, Szima resigned as the owner of the club. The 73 percent of the shares of the club were purchased by the local government. László Papp, mayor of Debrecen, announced that the main goal is to be promoted to the first league again. Dániel Tőzsér, former footballer, is appointed the director of the club. It was also announced that the budget of the club will be 1.2 billion HUF. Péter Szabó said that the new management of the club will base its function on business. On 18 December 2020, it was announced that the DVSC Egyesület purchased the majority of the shares. On 27 June 2022, Ike Thierry Zaengel was appointed as the chairman of the club.

Honours

Domestic

** Winners (7): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14 *

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** Winners (8): 1942–43, 1948–49, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1978–79, 1988–89, 1992–93,

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** Runners-up (1): 1983–84 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

** Winners (6): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12,

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** Winners (1): 2009–10 * Szuperkupa ** Winners (5): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010

Record departures

Players

Current squad

. ..

Players with multiple nationalities

* Dorian Babunski * Erik Kusnyír

B squad

Non-playing staff

Board of directors

Management

Notable foreign players

* Stevo Nikolić * Haris Handžić * Dorge Kouemaha * Yannick Mbengono * Justin Mengolo * Sandro Tomić * Ronald Habi * Božidar Radošević * Igor Morozov * Adamo Coulibaly *

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* Dajan Šimac * Luis Ramos * Mindaugas Malinauskas *

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* Tunde Adeniji *

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* Nicolae Ilea *

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* Ibrahima Sidibe * Igor Bogdanović *

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* Nenad Novaković * Dušan Brković *

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* Suk Hyun-jun *

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* Frank Feltscher

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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Detailed international match archive

Debreceni VSC Forum

Debrecen City – Dombi Tibi elemzés
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