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.
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Selected former players Ágnes Farkas Andrea Farkas Éva Erdős Ágnes Végh Zsuzsanna Varga Magda Jóna Klára Horváth Valéria Agocs Beáta Balog Orsolya Herr Zita Szucsánszki Zsuzsanna Viglási Nikolett Brigovácz Judit Veszeli Katalin Borkowska Auguszta Mátyás Fanni Kenyeres Beáta Balog Eszter Laluska Judit Pőcze Oksana Ploshchynska Jasmina Petrovic
Head coach history Pál Nádori Ottó Fleck István Szabó Barabás Pánczél (1996–1998; 2000–2002; 2007) Ervin Horváth (2002–2003) László Palásthy (2003–2004) János Csík (2004–2005) ifj. Szilárd Kiss (2005) Zoltán Marczinka (2005) László Laurencz (2005–2007)
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 European Champions Cup: Finalists: 1965 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Winners: 1981 Finalists: 1982
Recent seasons Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 45 Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B: 1
In European competition Source: kézitörténelem.hu Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup): 8 Participations in EHF Cup (IHF Cup): 3 Participations in Cup Winners' Cup (IHF Cup Winners' Cup): 3
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate1962–63Champions Cup* 1/8-finals Rapid București2–46–168–201963–64Champions Cup* Round 1 Admira Wien23–714–737–14 1/4-finals Trud Moscow16–78–1224–21 1/2-finals Rapid București7–115–1312–241964–65Champions Cup* Finalist Round 1 Ruch Königshütte Chorzów16–317–833–11 1/4-finals Trud Moscow10–77–917–16 1/2-finals Lokomotiva Zagreb7–47–614–10 Finals HG København10–76–1416–211965–66Champions Cup* 1/4-finals VIF G.Dimitrov Sofia13–25–818–10 1/2-finals SC Leipzig5–34–109–131966–67Champions Cup* Round 1 Akademik Sofia15–55–320–8 1/4-finals Žalgiris Kaunas8–78–1116–181980–81Cup Winners' Cup Winner 1/8-finals Štart Bratislava20–1511–1331–28 1/4-finals ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt17–1211–1528–27 1/2-finals Kremikovski16–1327–2143–34 Finals Bane Sekulić Sombor22–1718–1740–341981–82Cup Winners' Cup Finalist 1/8-finals Terom Iaşi24–1519–2543–40 1/4-finals Štart Bratislava27–1922–2949–48 1/2-finals Rostselmash Rostov23–1927–3150–50 (a) Finals RK Osijek21–2717–2738–541982–83Champions Cup* Round 1 Aris Nikaias48–942–690–15 1/8-finals AIA-Tranbjerg21–1517–1538–30 1/4-finals Vasas SC16–2116–1432–351984–85Champions Cup* 1/8-finals Știința Bacău31–2722–2953–561985–86Cup Winners' Cup 1/8-finals TSC Berlin23–2325–3248–551986–87IHF Cup* 1/8-finals Stockholmspolisens26–1921–2147–40 1/4-finals HV Vonk Mosam29–2218–1847–40 1/2-finals Štart Bratislava31–2318–2749–501987–88Champions Cup* Round 1 Kulübü Ankara46–1425–1671–30 1/8-finals Sardinia Sassari40–1834–1874–36 1/4-finals USM Gagny32–2324–2856–51 1/2-finals Spartak Kyiv25–2725–3650–631988–89IHF Cup* 1/8-finals Budućnost Titograd31–2831–3462–62 (a) 1/4-finals Union CA Hollabrunn23–2030–1953–39 1/2-finals Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea29–2625–3454–601989–90IHF Cup* 1/8-finals CM Leganés28–1419–2047–34 1/4-finals Nordstrand IF25–1527–2852–43 1/2-finals Vorwärts Frankfurt21–239–2630–49
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