Tatabányai Sport Club is a Hungarian football club based in Tatabánya, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary. The team set to play in Nemzeti Bajnokság II from 2024 to 2025, the second tier of Hungarian football after promotion from Nemzeti Bajnokság III in 2023–24. They play their home games at Stadion Gyula Grosics.

History The club was founded on February 6, 1910, by Ferenc Frei, a mining engineer. At this time several Hungarian towns outside of Budapest had formed football teams – Debrecen, Miskolc, Győr.

The First World War weakened the team, but in the 1920s the club was still without a doubt the most popular in Tatabánya. Professionalism was introduced into the Hungarian League, but the team could not afford this, and stuck with amateur players. After the end of the Second World War in 1947 the team reached the first division.

After the disqualification from the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season, the club merged with Tatabánya FCE which won the second tier of Komárom-Esztergom division in 2017–18. The new formation failed to rebound back to NB III after close 1–0 defeat against Bicske.

During the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary with Tatabánya being the first in the first tier of Komárom-Esztergom they got promoted for 2020–21 season.

On 9 June 2024, Tatabánya secure promotion to NB II from 2024 to 2025 after defeat Békéscsaba 1-2 and win aggregate 3–4 in 2023–24 NB III promotion play-off, the club return to second tier after 10-year absence.

Name changes

Tatabányai Sport Club: 1910 – 1949 in 1947 merger with Tatabányai SC MaDISz andTatabányai SC Barátság Tatabányai Tárna: 1949 – 1951 Tatabányai Bányász SK: 1951 – 1956 Tatabányai Sport Club: 1956 autumn – 1957 August Tatabányai Bányász SC: 1957 – 1992 Tatabányai Sport Club: 9 March 1992 – 1995 Tatabányai FC: 1995 – 1996 Lombard FC Tatabánya: 1996 – 2002 In 2002 the company that managed the club moved to Szombathely and launched Lombard FC Haladás Instead, the company that managed Csepel-Auto Trader moved to Tatabánya and launched its team Auto Trader-FC Tatabánya: 2002 – September 2005 Csőszer FC Tatabánya: September 2005 – 20 September 2005 Csőszer FC Tatabánya-Auto Trader: 20 September 2005 – 2006 Football Club Tatabánya: 2006 – March 2007 Football Club Tatabánya-Vértes Center: March 2007 – June 2007 Football Club Tatabánya: 2007 – 2010 Enternet-Football Club Tatabánya: 2010 – June 2011 Duna Football Club Tatabánya: June 2011 – 2013 Football Club Tatabánya: 2013 – 2018 on 20 June 2018, merger with Tatabányai FCE Tatabányai Sport Club: 20 June 2018 – 2023 OPUS TIGÁZ Tatabánya: 2023 –

Honours Nemzeti Bajnokság II: Winners (4): 1947–48, 1949–50, 1955, 2004–05 Nemzeti Bajnokság III: Winners (1): 1993–94

European cup history

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate1985–86UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1. RoundSK Rapid Wien1–10–51–6

UEFA Intertoto Cup Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate1962–63UEFA Intertoto CupGroup 5Ajax Amsterdam2–12–1Group 5AS Nancy4–02–1Group 51. FC Kaiserslautern6–22–2Quarter-finalsFC Servette6–00–16–1Semi-finalsRH Slovnaft Bratislava1–21–12–31987UEFA Intertoto CupGroup 4Naestved BK3–14–0Group 4AC Bellinzona2–00–1Group 4DAC Dunajská Streda6–11–01988UEFA Intertoto CupGroup 4First Vienna FC2–21–2Group 4FK Union Cheb3–20–1Group 4Vejle BK0–01–11989UEFA Intertoto CupGroup 5Lokomotive Leipzig0–00–0Group 5IFK Göteborg5–33–3Group 5Lyngby BK3–10–01990UEFA Intertoto CupGroup 7FC Luzern3–42–3Group 7FC Nitra0–00–4Group 7Örebro SK1–11–51991UEFA Intertoto CupGroup 1Neuchâtel Xamax0–30–5Group 1SK Slovan Bratislava2–12–4Group 1Malmö FF1–10–02000UEFA Intertoto Cup1. RoundHB Tórshavn3–04–07–02. RoundHNK Cibalia3–20–03–23. RoundFC Zenit Saint Petersburg1–21–22–42001UEFA Intertoto Cup1. RoundFC Shirak2–33–15–42. RoundTiligul Tiraspol4–11–15–23. RoundBrescia Calcio1–11–22–3

UEFA Cup Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate1981–82UEFA Cup1. RoundReal Madrid CF2–10–12–2(a)1982–83UEFA Cup1. RoundAS Saint-Étienne0–01–41–41987–88UEFA Cup1. RoundVitória SC1–10–11–21988–89UEFA Cup1. RoundVfB Stuttgart2–10–22–3

Selected former managers Emil Rauchmaul 1937 Károly Lakat 1957–1962 Gyula Grosics 1963 Gábor Kléber 1964–1965 Nándor Hidegkuti 1966 László Hári 1967–1968 György Szűcs 1968–1969 Károly Lakat 1970–1974 József Gelei 1974–1975 Tivadar Monostori 1975 Ede Moór 1975–1976 Tivadar Monostori 1977–1979 Antal Szentmihályi 1979–1980 Károly Lakat 1980–1982 Jenő Dalnoki 1982–1984 István Bacsó 1984–1985 Károly Lakat 1985 Miklós Temesvári 1985–1988 Antal Szentmihályi 1988–1990 Barnabás Tornyi 1990–1991 Gyula Rákosi 1991–1992 Károly Csapó 1992 Ferenc Ebedli 1997–1998 Bálint Tóth −1999 József Kiprich 1999–2001 Ferenc Ebedli 2001 László Kovács 2001– József Török −2003 Lajos Détári 2004 Tibor Sisa 2004–2007 Barnabás Tornyi 2007 Ferenc Mészáros 2007 László Borbély 2007 Octavio Zambrano and László Dajka 2008–2009 P. László Nagy 2009–2011 József Kiprich 2011–2012 Aurél Csertői 2012–2013 P. László Nagy 2013 Péter Bozsik 2013–2014 Gyula Plotár 2014 (caretaker) Attila Miskei 2014–

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Detailed international matches list

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