Veszprém KC

Veszprém KC is a Hungarian professional handball club from Veszprém, that for sponsorship reasons is called ONE Veszprém. Veszprém plays in the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I and are the most successful team in the country, having won the Hungarian Championship a record 28 times and the Hungarian Cup title a record 31 times. Veszprém has also won the regional SEHA League 5 times.

Veszprém are one of the three Hungarian clubs that have won a major European trophy, most recently in 2008, when they overcame Rhein-Neckar Löwen and were crowned as the EHF Cup Winner's Cup champions. They are yet to win the EHF Champions League, having been defeated in the final on four occasions.

The main sponsors of the club were the MKB Bank and the MVM Group. In the summer of 2015, the MKB Bank decided to quit sponsoring after a 10-year interval. Their main focus is now on the younger teams. Currently the main sponsor is Magyar Telekom.

History
In Veszprém there was a long tradition of handball, and in 1970 the Bakony Chemist TC women's team won the first championship among the rural ensembles. The sports club was founded in 1977 under the wing of the Veszprém County State Construction Company (VÁÉV) under the name Of Veszprém Builders, after a political decision was taken in the city, which urged the men's division of BVTC, which had been relegated from NB II, to be taken over by the VÁÉV.

In 1981, under the executive direction of Csaba Hajnal, the new team was promoted to the first division, where it finished each season with a medal; In the first season, he won a silver medal. Over the next three years, they won one silver and two bronze medals in the championship, two silver medals and one gold medal. In 1985 and 1986, the team won the championship.

Over the next four years, the team won only four silver medals (three times at the Rába ETO, 1990–1992 Bramac, Fotex until 2005, MKB until 2015, MVM until 2016, Telekom-backed team since 2016: since 1992, 23 seasons, 20 championship gold and 3 silver medals have been awarded to Veszprém. (Meanwhile, between May 2008 and October 2011, they did not lose a single league game.)

After the success in 1984, 3 Győr victories came, and from 1988 onwards, 19 cup victories in 24 years were added to the list of glory, the brightest result being four KEK finals (2 wins and 2 silver medals) and four EHF Champions League 2nd place.

Since July 2008, Veszprém Aréna has been the home ground for Telekom Veszprém, previously playing their matches in the 15th street hall.

In April 2020, fans voted for the All Star team in club history, which includes Árpád Sterbik, Gergő Iváncsik, Carlos Pérez, József Éles, László Nagy, Mirza Džomba and Andreas Nilsson.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsor
The following table shows in detail Veszprém KC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Arena information



 * Name: – Veszprém Aréna
 * City: – Veszprém
 * Capacity: – 5096
 * Address: – 8200 Veszprém, Külső-kádártai út 5.

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2024–25 season


 * Goalkeepers
 * 12 🇪🇸 Rodrigo Corrales
 * 20 Mike Jensen
 * Left Wingers
 * 9 🇫🇷 Hugo Descat
 * 21 🇮🇸 Bjarki Már Elísson
 * Right Wingers
 * 24 Gašper Marguč
 * 55 🇧🇾 Mikita Vailupau
 * Line players
 * 2 Nikola Grahovac
 * 46 🇷🇸 Dragan Pechmalbec
 * 89 🇫🇷 Ludovic Fabregas


 * Left Backs
 * 23 🇭🇺 Patrik Ligetvári
 * 99 🇷🇺 Sergei Kosorotov
 * Central Backs
 * 39 🇪🇬 Yehia El-Deraa
 * 88 Agustín Casado
 * 25 Luka Cindrić
 * Right Backs
 * 17 🇸🇪 Lukas Sandell
 * 29 🇫🇷 Nedim Remili
 * 98 🇭🇺 Barna János Dániel Injury icon 2.svg

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2024–25 season


 * Joining [[File:Arrow-up.png]]
 * 🇪🇸 Xavier Pascual Fuertes (Coach) (from 🇷🇴 Dinamo Bucuresti)
 * Luka Cindrić (CB) (from 🇷🇴 Dinamo Bucuresti)
 * 🇭🇺 Barna János Dániel (RB) (from own academy) Injury icon 2.svg
 * Nikola Grahovac (P) (from 🇩🇪 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten)
 * Francisco Costa (RB) (from Sporting CP) (?)
 * Luka Stepancic (RB) (from 🇭🇺 SC Pick Szeged) (?)


 * Leaving [[File:Arrow-down.gif]]
 * 🇭🇺 Benedek Nagy (GK) (to 🇩🇪 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten)
 * 🇫🇷 Kentin Mahé (CB) (to 🇩🇪 VfL Gummersbach)
 * 🇪🇬 Yahia Omar (RB) (to 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain)
 * 🇸🇪 Andreas Nilsson (P) (to 🇸🇪 Önnereds HK)


 * Transfers for the 2025–26 season


 * Joining [[File:Arrow-up.png]]
 * 🇭🇺 Kristóf Palasics (GK) (back from loan 🇪🇸 CB Ciudad de Logroño) (?)
 * 🇭🇺 Gergő Fazekas (CB) (back from loan 🇵🇱 Wisla Plock)

Staff members

 * 🇭🇺 Sports Director: László Nagy
 * 🇪🇸 Head Coach: Xavier Pascual Fuertes
 * 🇪🇸 Assistant Coach: Toni Garcia
 * 🇪🇸 Video & Analysis: Ivan Pascual Garcia
 * 🇪🇸 Goalkeeper Coach: Árpád Sterbik
 * 🇭🇺 Fitness Coach: Péter Kőrösi
 * 🇭🇺 Club Doctor: Tibor Sydó, MD
 * 🇭🇺 Club Doctor: Zsolt Mahunka, MD
 * 🇭🇺 Club Doctor: Péter Szenkovics, MD
 * 🇭🇺 Masseur: József Végh
 * 🇷🇸 Physiotherapist: Nemanja Vučić
 * 🇲🇰 Physiotherapist: Dimitar Manevski

Individual awards

 * Double
 * Winners (20): 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24

Domestic
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer 

Recent seasons

 * Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 44
 * Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B: 1
 * Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II: 1

In European competition

 * Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup): 27×
 * Participations in Cup Winners' Cup (IHF Cup Winners' Cup): 10×

Selected former players

 * 🇭🇺 Csaba Bartók (2002–2004)
 * 🇭🇺 Dániel Buday (2003–2007)
 * 🇭🇺 Gábor Császár (2010–2013)
 * 🇭🇺 István Csoknyai (1990–2005)
 * 🇭🇺 József Éles (1990–2003)
 * 🇭🇺 Nándor Fazekas (1994–1997, 1998–2004, 2009–2014)
 * 🇭🇺 Gyula Gál (2001–2009)
 * 🇭🇺 István Gulyás (1985–1999)
 * 🇭🇺 Péter Gulyás (2000–2017)
 * 🇭🇺 János Gyurka (1979–1991, 1993–1997)
 * 🇭🇺 Ferenc Ilyés (2007–2009, 2011–2012)
 * 🇭🇺 Gergő Iváncsik (2000–2017)
 * 🇭🇺 Tamás Iváncsik (2007–2014)
 * 🇭🇺 Lajos Keller (1980–1986)
 * 🇭🇺 Balázs Laluska (2010–2014)
 * 🇭🇺 Máté Lékai (2014–2022)
 * 🇭🇺 Richárd Mezei (1997–2001)
 * 🇭🇺 Roland Mikler (2014–2019)
 * 🇭🇺 Tamás Mocsai (2013–2014)
 * 🇭🇺 László Nagy (2012–2019)
 * 🇭🇺 Károly Pardi (1980–1989)
 * 🇭🇺 István Pásztor (1993–2008)
 * 🇭🇺 Jenő Putics (1987–1990)
 * 🇭🇺 Timuzsin Schuch (2011–2018)
 * 🇭🇺 János Szathmári (1995–2001)
 * 🇭🇺 József Végh (1982–1990)
 * 🇭🇺 György Zsigmond (1989–1999, 2001–2005)
 * 🇭🇺 🇷🇸 Nikola Eklemović (2004–2011)
 * 🇭🇺 🇨🇺 Ivo Díaz (1999–2005)
 * 🇭🇺 🇨🇺 Carlos Pérez (1997–2013)
 * 🇪🇸 Árpád Sterbik (2001–2004, 2018–2020)
 * 🇧🇦 Mirsad Terzić (2009–2020)
 * 🇧🇦 Zlatko Saračević (2000–2002)
 * Marco Oneto (2012–2013)
 * 🇷🇸 Vladimir Cupara (2019–2023)
 * 🇷🇸 Dalibor Čutura (1998–1999)
 * 🇷🇸 Momir Ilić (2013–2019)
 * 🇷🇸 Ivan Lapčević (2005–2010)
 * 🇷🇸 Petar Nenadić (2018–2023)
 * 🇷🇸 Žarko Šešum (2007–2010)
 * 🇷🇸 Dejan Perić (2006–2011)
 * 🇷🇸 Marko Vujin (2006–2012)
 * Mirza Džomba (2001–2004)
 * Slavko Goluža (2003–2004)
 * Božidar Jović (2000–2003)
 * Vlado Šola (2004–2006)
 * Marko Kopljar (2016–2017)
 * Mirko Alilović (2011–2018)
 * Ivan Slišković (2015–2017)
 * Renato Sulić (2004–2005, 2009–2018)
 * Manuel Štrlek (2018–2023)
 * 🇪🇸 Isaías Guardiola (2016)
 * 🇪🇸 Chema Rodríguez (2012–2017)
 * Carlos Ruesga (2013–2015)
 * 🇪🇸 Cristian Ugalde (2012–2018)
 * 🇪🇸 Jorge Maqueda (2020–2022)
 * Blaž Blagotinšek (2016–2022)
 * Dragan Gajić (2016–2020)
 * Borut Mačkovšek (2018–2020)
 * 🇸🇰 Tomáš Urban (2012)
 * 🇲🇰 Kiril Lazarov (2002–2007)
 * 🇲🇰 Dejan Manaskov (2017–2022)
 * 🇳🇴 Bjarte Myrhol (2005–2006)
 * 🇳🇴 Kent Robin Tønnesen (2017–2021)
 * Rasmus Lauge (2019–2023)
 * René Toft Hansen (2018–2019)
 * 🇮🇸 Aron Pálmarsson (2015–2017)
 * 🇷🇴 Marian Cozma (2006–2009)
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeny Lushnikov (2004–2011)
 * 🇩🇪 Christian Zeitz (2014–2016)
 * 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 Ľubomír Švajlen (1992–1998)
 * 🇲🇪 🇶🇦 Žarko Marković (2007–2009)
 * 🇲🇪 Vuko Borozan (2019–2021)

Notable coaches

 * 🇭🇺 Attila Joósz (1991–1995)
 * 🇭🇺 Szilárd Kiss (1995)
 * 🇭🇺 Pál Kocsis (1995–1996)
 * 🇭🇺 Sándor Vass (1996–1997)
 * 🇭🇺 dr. László Hoffmann
 * 🇭🇺 Sándor Kaló
 * 🇭🇺 László Kovács (1999–2000)
 * 🇭🇷 Zdravko Zovko (2000–2007)
 * 🇭🇺 Lajos Mocsai (2007–2012)
 * 🇪🇸 Antonio Carlos Ortega (2012–2015)
 * 🇪🇸 Xavi Sabaté (2015–2017)
 * 🇸🇪 Ljubomir Vranjes (2017–2018)
 * 🇪🇸 David Davis (2018–2021)
 * 🇷🇸 Momir Ilic (2021–2024)
 * 🇪🇸 Xavier Pascual Fuertes (2024–)