PVSK-Panthers, for sponsorship reasons known as PVSK-Veolia or simply Pécs, is a men's basketball club based in Pécs, Hungary. It was the oldest non-Budapest based basketball club playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the first division of Hungary, until 2022, when they were relegated. They played 53 seasons in the top division, which is the second most after MAFC. PVSK-Panthers won one trophy in its history: the Hungarian Cup in 2009.
History The team was founded in 1944, they played in the 1st division from 1946 to 1950, then after 4 year, from 1955 to 1985 continuously (with once in 1972 in the 2nd league). In 1985 they fall to the 2nd, in 1992 to the 3rd league. In 1994 they moved to Pécsvárad. In 2000 they won the 3rd division and moved back to Pécs, in 2003 they returned into the top flight. In 2009 they won the regular season and the Hungarian Cup, and finished runner-up in the play-offs.
In Pécs, there was another basketball team. In the 1940s and 1950s the PEAC was placed in the 1st division too, and then in the 1990s again under the name of Matáv SE Pécs. Currently they are in the 2nd league.
Honours
Domestic competitions Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (National Championship of Hungary) Runners-up (1): 2008–09 Third place (1): 2006–07
Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary) Winners (1): 2009 Bronze medal (1): 1983, 2007
Current roster
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueMagyar kupa European competitions 2000–01 2 NB I/B 20th 2001–02 2 NB I/B 15th 2002–03 2 NB I/B 15th 2003–04 1 NB I/A12th 2004–05 1 NB I/A5th 2005–06 1 NB I/A4th 2006–07 1 NB I/A3rd Bronze medal 2007–08 1 NB I/A6th Quarterfinalist 2008–09 1 NB I/A2nd Winner 2009–10 1 NB I/A11th 2010–11 1 NB I/A8th Quarterfinalist 2011–12 1 NB I/A7th Quarterfinalist 2012–13 1 NB I/A8th Fourth place 2013–14 1 NB I/A7th 2014–15 1 NB I/A7th Quarterfinalist 2015–16 1 NB I/A8th Fourth place 2016–17 1 NB I/A6th Quarterfinalist 2017–18 1 NB I/A6th Quarterfinalist 2018–19 1 NB I/A3rd Quarterfinalist 2019–20 1 NB I/A5th 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2020–21 1 NB I/A11th 2021–22 1 NB I/A14th 2022–23 2 NB I/B2nd 2023–24 2 NB I/B1st 2024–25 1 NB I/A14th
Notable players Zoltán Horváth (2003–05) Stojan Ivković (2004–06) Dragan Aleksić (2005–09) Krisztián Wittmann (2006–09) András Ruják (2009–10, 2019–21) Alex Legion (2012–13) Brad Loesing (2012–13) Marino Šarlija (2013–14) Zoltán Supola (2016–18)
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