Tatabánya Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian team handball club from Tatabánya, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary.
The current name of the club is MOL Tatabánya KC due to sponsorship reasons.
History Early history In Tatabánya, handball boasts a long history. The game took place in an organized form from 1942, within the framework of the Tatabányai Bányász Sport Club (TBSC). The transition from the big field to the small field handball, which was ordered by the Hungarian Handball Association (MKSZ) at the end of 1959, was a fundamental change. Tatabánya could start its new role in the Western Group of NB II. In 1966, TBSC became the champion in the Western Group of NB II, allowing him to start at the forefront. The members of the NB II champion team included Alfréd Antalóczy, Vilmos Drobnits and Sándor Kaló. At the end of the season, with only a worse goal difference, they were eliminated from Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Sándor Kaló became the top scorer with 160 goals. The association (MKSZ) first announced the single-group NB I/B championship in 1968, which was won by the TBSC with a great advantage and was able to be included in Nemzeti Bajnokság I again. From here, the "golden age" of the Tatabánya KC team lasted more than twenty years.
Golden age In 1969, TBSC made history in Hungarian handball, as it was the first rural team to win the Hungarian Cup. The members of the cup winning team: László Szabó, Ferenc Sándor (goalkeepers), Sándor Kaló, Lajos Simó, László Katona, Ernő Bakonyi, Tibor Bognár, László Fekete, Antal Schalkhammer, Imre Molnár, Alfréd Antalóczy, László Vörös. In 1974, Tatabánya KC became the first small-scale champion in the history of Hungarian men's handball, breaking the hegemony of the capital. The members of the championship team: László Szabó, Ferenc Sándor (goalkeepers), Ernő Gubányi, László Katona, Lajos Simó, Sándor Kaló, László Fekete, Pál Pavelka, Lajos Mészáros, József Bognár, Mihály Hegedűs, Ottó Szigeti, Ernő Bakonyi, Jenő Flasch (died on 25 May 2025). In 1978, Tatabánya KC became the champion for the second time and also won the Hungarian Cup for the second time. The members of the team: Béla Bartalos, László Szabó (goalkeepers), Sándor Kaló, József Bognár, Gyula Básti, László Katona, Lajos Mészáros, Ernő Gubányi, Jenő Flasch, Árpád Pál, Lajos Pánovics, Zsolt Kontra, József Hernicz, László Bábos. The club won the championship twice more: in 1979 and 1984. Members of the 1984 championship team: László Hoffmann, Lajos Vincze (goalkeepers), László Bábos, József Bognár, Gyula Básti, Jenő Flasch, Tamás Füredi, Ferenc Füzesi, Ernő Gubányi, Antal Kanyó, Zsolt Kontra, László Marosi, Antal Nagy, Árpád Pál, Jakab Sibalin, István Wohner.
1990's The fact of the redevelopment or closure of the Tatabánya Coal Mines was felt in 1990: salaries and other benefits became more and more limited. László Marosi, the six-time goal king of TBSC, has been certified for the German Bundesliga team, TBV Lemgo. The following year, the staffing of the team underwent a huge change. Nine key players left and still could not retain their place in the top class. The Tatabánya KC presidency gave the team one year under similar conditions to return to Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The team took the opportunity to win the 1992/93 NB I/B Championship unbeaten in their group and were at the forefront again. The team commuted up and down for a while between the first and second divisions.
2000's and 2010's In 2001, László Marosi, a world-class handball player, became the managing director of Tatabánya KC. This team returned to Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 2002. In the 2009/10 season, the team won a bronze medal in the league after many years. In his ranks with players such as Ivo Díaz, Gyula Gál, Gergely Harsányi, Máté Halász, Gábor Szente.
Crest, colours, supporters
Naming history
NamePeriodTatabányai Bányász SC −1992Tatabányai SC 1992–1996Tatabánya-Tatai Cserép KC1996–2002Tatabánya Carbonex KC2002–2012Grundfos Tatabánya KC2012–2022MOL Tatabánya KC2022–present
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsor
The following table shows in detail MOL Tatabánya Kézilabda Club kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:
+Kit manufacturersPeriodKit manufacturer2009–present Jako
+Shirt sponsorPeriodSponsor2009–2011Carbonex / Rottex / Vértes Volán2011–2012Carbonex2012–2013Grundfos / Carbonex / Vértes Volán2013–2015Grundfos2015–2016Grundfos / Szerencsejáték Zrt.2016–2017Grundfos / tippmixPro2017–2019Grundfos / tippmix2019–2020Grundfos / tippmix / rb / Tatabánya Erőmű Kft.2020–2021Grundfos / tippmix / rb / Fejér-B.Á.L Zrt. 2021–presentMOL / Grundfos / tippmix
Kits
HOME
AWAY
THIRD
Sports Hall information
Name: – Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok City: – Tatabánya Capacity: – 6200 Address: – 2800 Tatabánya, Olimpikon u.
Management
PositionName President László Marosi Executive Director Zoltán Németh Professional Director Responsible For Youth Gergely Szappanos Technical manager Zsolt Kontra Economic Affairs Tibor Bognár Financial Assistant Katalin Schmidt-Rembeczki Sports Officer in Charge Of Youth Ádám Kanyó International Relations And Communication Kata Székely-Marosi Technical Manager Of Youth Helga Csiaki PR & Communications Manager Lázár Bence Vankó
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2026–27 season MOL Tatabánya KCGoalkeepers 12 Márton Székely (c) 21 Arián Andó Left Wingers 11 Baptiste Damatrin 88 Robin Molnár Right Wingers 7 Roland Terjék 26 Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez Line Players 22 Tamás Papp 34 Miklós Karai 48 Bence Szűcs 78 Huba Vajda
Left Backs 9 Richárd Bodó 13 Josip Šarac 19 Benedek Éles Central Backs 24 Dániel Sztraka 89 Dmitry Zhitnikov 90 Levente Tóth Right Backs 8 Daniel Mosindi 25 Gábor Temesvári 30 Demis Grigoras
Technical staff Head coach: Edmond Tóth Assistant coach: Károly Tóth Goalkeeping coach: Péter Nagy Fitness coach: Bence Kanyó Physiotherapist: Róbert Radnai Physiotherapist: Mónika Kemény Masseur: Gyula Kovács Club doctor: Dr. Zoltán Csőkör
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining Richárd Bodó (LB) from OTP Bank – Pick Szeged Bence Szűcs (LP) from US Dunkerque HB Robin Molnár (LW) from ONE Veszprém Levente Tóth (CB) from NEKA Miklós Karai (LP) from Ferencvárosi TC
Leaving Filip Taleski (LB) to GRK Ohrid Matěj Havran (LB) to Wisła Płock Ignacio Plaza Jiménez (LP) to CB Caserío Ciudad Real Patrick Lemos (CB) to Handebol Clube Português do Recife Bence Krakovszki (LW) to Győri ETO-UNI FKC
Transfer history
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Dmitry Zhitnikov (CB) from Wisła Płock Josip Šarac (LB) from Frisch Auf Göppingen Demis Grigoras (RB) from S.L. Benfica Daniel Mosindi (RB) from Cesson Rennes MHB Tamás Papp (LP) from Csurgói KK Huba Vajda (LP) from Győri ETO-UNI FKC Arián Andó (GK) from Balatonfüredi KSE Roland Terjék (RW) from Montpellier Handball Gábor Temesvári (RB) from NEKA Balázs Hoffmann (LW) from Veszprém Handball Academy U21 Marko Eklemović (CB) back from loan at NEKA Dániel Sztraka (CB) back from loan at PLER-Budapest Filip Taleski (LB) from RK Vardar
Leaving Mateo Maraš (RB) to Paris Saint-Germain Christian Dissinger (LB) to Győri ETO-UNI FKC Yuga Enomoto (RW) to RK Vojvodina Milan Golubović (RB) to HSG Bärnbach/Köflach Sadou Ntanzi (CB) to Al Arabi SC László Bartucz (GK) to MT Melsungen Attila Radvánszki (GK) to OTP Bank – Pick Szeged Péter Marcsek (LP) to Carbonex-Komló Balázs Hoffmann (LW) on loan at Szigetszentmiklósi KSK Marko Eklemović (CB) to Győri ETO-UNI FKC
Transfers for the 2024–25 seasonJoining Matěj Havran (LB) from HC Zubří Sadou Ntanzi (CB) from Paris Saint-Germain Baptiste Damatrin (LW) from HBC Nantes Ignacio Plaza Jiménez (LP) from FC Porto Patrick Lemos (CB) from AEK Athens Milan Golubović (RB) from RK Vojvodina Damian Przytuła (LB) from Górnik Zabrze Attila Radvánszki (GK) from OTP Bank – Pick Szeged U21 Péter Marcsek (LP) from Balatonfüredi KSE Dániel Sztraka (CB) from NEKA Benedek Éles (LB) from GWD Minden
Leaving Cristian Ugalde (LW) (retires) Mátyás Győri (CB) to Ferencvárosi TC Gábor Ancsin (RB) to Ferencvárosi TC Uroš Vilovski (LP) to Győri ETO-UNI FKC Huba Vajda (LP) to Győri ETO-UNI FKC Josip Perić (CB) to Olympiacos Ádám Juhász (CB) to Budakalász FKC Andrej Pergel (LB) to BM Logroño La Rioja Mihály Bacsi (GK) to Ózdi KC Dániel Sztraka (CB) on loan at PLER-Budapest Reza Yadegari (LB) on loan at QHB-Eger Marko Eklemović (CB) on loan at NEKA Damian Przytuła (LB) to RK Zagreb Petar Topic (LP) to RK Zagreb
Transfers for the 2023–24 seasonJoining Ádám Juhász (CB) from S.L. Benfica László Bartucz (GK) from HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös Marko Eklemović (CB) from BFKA-Veszprém Huba Vajda (LP) from Balatonfüredi KSE Bence Krakovszki (LW) from NEKA Yuga Enomoto (RB) from Budai Farkasok KKUK Iman Jamali (LB) from Ceglédi KKSE Reza Yadegari (LB) from Mes Kerman Christian Dissinger (LB) from PLER-Budapest
Leaving Dávid Ubornyák (CB) to HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös Márk Bodor (LB) to HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös Olivér Edwards (LW) to HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös Bence Hornyák (RW) to Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém Ádám Bodnár (CB) to Kecskeméti TE Miron Paizs (RW) to Kecskeméti TE Benedek Nagy (GK) loan back to Telekom Veszprém Marko Eklemović (CB) on loan at Tatai AC Iman Jamali (LB) to Shabab Haret Saida Nemanja Obradović (LB) to RK Partizan Kolen Krancz (LP) to HC Erlangen II
Transfers for the 2022–23 seasonJoining Márton Székely (GK) from RK Eurofarm Pelister Benedek Nagy (GK) on loan from Telekom Veszprém Cristian Ugalde (LW) from AEK Athens Nemanja Obradović (LB) from RK Eurofarm Pelister Andrej Pergel (LB) on loan from Telekom Veszprém Josip Perić (CB) from RK Eurofarm Pelister Dávid Ubornyák (CB) from HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös Mateo Maraš (RB) from RK Eurofarm Pelister Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez (RW) from Balatonfüredi KSE Uroš Vilovski (LP) from HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös Petar Topic (LP) from Balatonfüredi KSE
Leaving László Bartucz (GK) to HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös Piotr Wyszomirski (GK) to Górnik Zabrze Stefan Sunajko (LW) to RK Dinamo Pančevo Dávid Fekete (LW) to Százhalombattai KE Bence Zdolik (LB) to Dabas KK Bence Bálint (LB) to Dabas KK Lukáš Urban (LB) to HT Tatran Prešov Viorel Fotache (LB) to CS Minaur Baia Mare Ádám Juhász (CB) to S.L. Benfica Zsolt Balogh (RB) to Ferencvárosi TC Péter Hornyák (RW) to Balatonfüredi KSE Barnabás Tóth (RW) to Tatai AC Darko Stojnić (LP) to RD Slovan Aliaksei Ushal (LP) to CSM Bacău Nándor Bognár (LP) to Dabas KK Martin Perényi (GK) to Szigetszentmiklósi KSK Kolen Krancz (LP) on loan at Tatai AC Ádám Bodnár (CB) on loan at Tatai AC Miron Paizs (RW) on loan at Százhalombattai KE
Transfers for the 2021–22 seasonJoining Darko Stojnić (LP) from RK Zagreb Aliaksei Ushal (LP) from Orosházi FKSE Viorel Fotache (LB) from CSM București Lukáš Urban (LB) from C' Chartres MHB Márk Bodor (LB) on loan from Telekom Veszprém Dávid Fekete (LW) from Budakalász FKC
Leaving Adrián Sipos (LP) to Telekom Veszprém Ferenc Ilyés (LB) (retires) Miloš Božović (LB) to US Ivry Handball Dávid Debreczeni (LP) to Ferencvárosi TC Michal Martin Konečný (GK) to Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil Richárd Nemes (LP) Balázs Molnár (LW) to SBS-Eger
Transfers for the 2020–21 seasonJoining Piotr Wyszomirski (GK) from TBV Lemgo Balázs Molnár (LW) from SBS-Eger Stefan Sunajko (LW) from IK Sävehof Bence Zdolik (LB) from Balatonfüredi KSE Bence Hornyák (RW) from Telekom Veszprém U21 Dávid Debreczeni (LP) from Ferencvárosi TC Nándor Bognár (LP) from NEKA Richárd Nemes (LP) from Budakalász FKC Michal Martin Konečný (GK) from HKM Sala Miloš Božović (LB) from RK Zagreb
Leaving Miloš Božović (LB) to RK Zagreb Ádám Borbély (GK) to Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs Xavér Deményi (GK) to Ferencvárosi TC Jožef Holpert (LW) to Budakalász FKC Miloš Vujović (LW) to Füchse Berlin Vitaly Komogorov (LB) to HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța