Alba Fehérvár Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian women's handball team based in

Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the Regions of Hungary, regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and t ...

. Founded in 1968 by the merger of ''Máv Előre'' and ''VT Vasas'', the club achieved their biggest success in 2005, when they were crowned of the

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

winners, after beating domestic rivals Győri ETO KC in the finals. This is the first and so far the only major European title for the team.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

* –1994: ''Alcoa Köfém SC'' *1994–1998: ''Cerbona SC'' *1998–1999: ''Cerbona-Alcoa SC'' *1999–2004: ''Cornexi-Alcoa'' *2004–2007: ''Cornexi-Alcoa-HSB Holding'' *2007–2009: ''Fehérép Alcoa FKC'' *2009–2010: ''Alcoa Fehérvár KC'' *2010–2011: ''Alcoa FKC RightPhone'' *2011–2012: ''Alcoa FKC'' *2012–2015: ''Fehérvár KC'' *2015–present: ''Alba Fehérvár KC''

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail Fehérvár KC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Kits

Supporters and rivalries

The supporters of the club are based in

, in western part and capital of

Fejér County Fejér ( hu, Fejér megye, ) is an administrative county ( comitatus or megye) in Central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties ...

, Hungary. *Fehérvár KC's arch-rival is the neighbouring club

Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA or DKKA (in English: Dunaújvárosi Kohász Handball Academy), formerly known as ''Dunaferr'', is a Hungarian women's handball club from Dunaújváros, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. History Dunaferr The ...

and games between the clubs are considered as the " Fejér megyei derbi".

Team

Current squad

''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' * Head coach: Krisztián Józsa * Goalkeeping coach: Péter Tatai * Fittness coach: Alen Marosevic * Masseur: László Bíró * Physiotherapist: Hajnalka Horváth * Chairman: Imre Balássi * Technical manager: Dominika Járossy ;Goalkeepers * 12 Molli Kubina * 16 Nikolett Tóth * 91 Tea Pijević ;Left wingers * 17 Viktória Takó * 13 Bea Bojtos ;Right wingers * 97 Szonja Szemes * 11 Bruna Zrnić ;Line players * 7 Nikolett Dubán * 99 Emőke Varga ;Left backs * 22 Kincső Gerháth * 23 Bianka Boldizsár * 24 Borbála Besszer * 14 Linda Utasi * 8 Katarina Stošić * 9 Laura Tolnai * 37 Réka Sulyok ;Playmakers * 19 Tamara Smbatian * 25 Mana Ohyama ;Right backs * 4 Sára Afentáler

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ; Joining * Szonja Szemes (RW) (from Győri Audi ETO KC) * Katarina Stošić (LB) (from

Szombathelyi KKA Szombathelyi KKA is a Hungarian women's handball club. They currently play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. Until 2022 they played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NBI), the top level championship in Hungary, after gained promotion in 2019. Since th ...

) * Bruna Zrnić (RW) (from ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica) ; Leaving * Alexandra Töpfner (RW) (to

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) * Krisztina Triscsuk (LB) ''(retires)'' * Fruzsina Bardi (LP) (to

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) * Adrienn Szarka (LW) ''(retires)'' * Dalma Domokos (RW) (to

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)

Previous Squads

Honours

Domestic competitions

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 ...

(''National Cup of Hungary'') * Silver medal with cup

''Finalist (1): 2005–06''

European competitions

**''Winners:'' 2005 **''Semifinalists:'' 2002, 2014

Recent seasons

*Seasons in ''

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 28 ...

'': 28 *Seasons in '' Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B'': 16 *Seasons in ''

Nemzeti Bajnokság II NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: ''Keleti ...

'': 3

In European competition

''Alba Fehérvár'' score listed first. As of 21 November 2020. *Participations in EHF European League ''(EHF Cup)'': 12x *Participations in

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''(City Cup)'': 1x *Participations in ''

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'': 2x

Notable players

* Beatrix Balogh * Rita Deli * Anita Kulcsár *

Beáta Siti Beáta Siti (born 23 September 1973) is a Hungarian former handball player, and later coach. During her active career she was European champion and silver medalist from both World Championships and the Olympic Games. Her biggest success with t ...

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Éva Kiss Éva Kiss (born 10 July 1987) is a retired Hungarian handball goalkeeper who most recently played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungarian national team. Since the 2020–21 season she serves as a goalkeeping coach at the Academy of Győri ETO KC. F ...

Eszter Siti Eszter Ágnes Siti (born 12 November 1977 in Nagykanizsa) is a former Hungarian handball player. She is a European champion and World Championship silver medalist. Her sister, Beáta Siti, also a Hungarian international handballer, who current ...

* Orsolya Herr * Anita Herr * Melinda Pastrovics *

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* Tamara Tilinger * Viktória Csáki * Melinda Vincze * Szabina Mayer * Fruzsina Dávid-Azari * Szabina Tápai * Tímea Sugár * Hortenzia Szrnka * Valéria Szabó * Virág Vaszari *

Zsuzsanna Lovász Zsuzsanna Lovász (formerly Zsuzsanna Pavlikné Lovász; born 17 December 1976) is a retired Hungarian handball player. She participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she placed fifth with the Hungarian national team. Personal life Her ...

* Krisztina Triscsuk *

Andrea Farkas Andrea Farkas (born 1 September 1969) is a former Hungarian international team handball goalkeeper who currently works as goalkeeping coach for Dunaújvárosi NKS. Among her achievements with the national team is an Olympic bronze medal from ...

Helga Németh Helga Németh (born 7 August 1973 in Nagykanizsa) was during her active career a Hungarian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players ...

* Ildiko Barbu * Nicoleta Alexandrescu * Anca Grosu * Georgeta Năniţă *

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* Ana Amorim *

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* Olga Gorshenina * Yana Zhilinskayte *

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* Biljana Filipović-Bandelier * Jelena Živković-Lavko *

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* Sanja Bogosavljevic * Mayuko Ishitate *

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* Laima Bernatavičiūtė *

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* Elena Gjeorgjievska *

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* Bobana Klikovac * Sandra Nikčević *

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* Claudine Mendy *

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* Sabrina Zazai *

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* Ana Maruscec * Dora Lackovic *

Olha Vashchuk Olha Vashchuk (born uk, Ольга Ващук; 13 August 1987) is a Ukrainian (until 2014) and Turkish (since 2014) handballer playing for the Turkish club Ardeşen GSK Ardeşen GSK ( tr, Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handba ...

Coaches

* Zsolt Barabás (1992–1993) * József Zupkó (1993–1994) * Tibor Babiczky (1994) * Ervin Horváth (1995–1996) * Mária Berzsenyi (1996–1999) * Vilmos Köstner (1999–2001) * Gyula Zsiga (2001–2002) *

Barabás Pánczél Barabás is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Jews settled in Barabás in the middle of the 19th century. The synagogue of the Orthodox community was built in 1910. There is a ...

(2002) * József Farkas (2003) *

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(2003–2006) * József Vura (2006–2008) *

László Sótonyi László Sótonyi (born 1970) is a Hungarian handball player and coach. He played for the Hungarian national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed seventh. Sótonyi is head coach for the club Csurgói KK, and second co ...

(2008–2010) * Attila Mihály (2010–2012) * Csaba Konkoly (2012) * Pal Oldrup Jensen (2012–2014) * Botond Bakó (2014–2016) * Rita Deli (2016–2020) *

Krisztián Józsa Krisztián is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Krisztián Adorján (born 1993), Hungarian footballer * Krisztián Bártfai (born 1974), Hungarian sprint canoeist * Krisztián Berki (born 1985), Hungarian artistic gymnast *Kris ...

(2020–2021; 2022–present) * Boris Dvoršek (2021–2022)

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fehervar KC Hungarian handball clubs Handball clubs established in 1968 Sport in Székesfehérvár