Várpalotai BSK is a Hungarian handball club from Várpalota, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

Várpalota

Location of Várpalotai BSK

History

Várpalotai Bányász SK is a sports club founded in 1927. The first men's handball division was established in 1952. The team entered the county championship in 1953. In 1962, Várpalotai Bányász won the championship and was promoted to the then Nemzeti Bajnokság II. In 1968, the club can celebrate a bronze medal in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. The 1974 champion of Nemzeti Bajnokság II is Várpalotai Bányász Sport Kör, and can start the next season already in NB I/B. In 1979, the team won a bronze medal in the NB I/B. In 1981, the Várpalotai Bányász won the NB I/B gold medal, and for the first time in its history, they advanced to the highest national division of the sport, the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The team finishes its first Nemzeti Bajnokság I year in 9th place. The club then played in the highest division for 11 seasons (1982–1993), and then withdrew its team from further competition as a result of the economic impossibility following the regime change. The best result of the team's first division membership was two 4th places (in 1985 and 1992). After the withdrawal, many people transferred to other teams, and the termination of the team was also discussed, but this did not happen in the end. The team based on the remaining players (Szedlák, Balogh G., Bakacs, Nagy R., Szilágyi) entered the county championship and won it by a landslide. In the 1994/95 season, the team already won the championship in Nemzeti Bajnokság II, winning 20 of its 22 matches. Between 1995 and 2000, the club was again in the NB I/B. After that, the red-blacks compete in the NB I/B and in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. Várpalota finished the 2008/09 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season at the top again. From 2009/10, team is again in NB I/B. After the 2015/16 season, the team was relegated from NB I/B. Since then, the team has been in Nemzeti Bajnokság II.^[1]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2013–14	Zeus 2016–17

AWAY
2013–14	Zeus 2016–17

Sports Hall information

• Name: – Gál Gyula Városi Sportcsarnok^[2]
• City: – Várpalota
• Capacity: – 600
• Address: – Várpalota, Fehérvári út 9, 8100

Team

Honours

Recent seasons

As of 30/08/2023

• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:^[3] 11
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:^[4] 21
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:^[5][6][7][8] 27

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1964 NB II Nyugat 9th 1965 NB II Nyugat 9th 1966 NB II Nyugat 9th 1967 NB II Nyugat 6th 1968 NB II Nyugat 3th 1969 NB II Nyugat 4th 1970 NB II Nyugat 4th 1971 NB II Nyugat 2nd 1972 NB II Nyugat 4th 1973 NB II Nyugat 3th 1974 NB II Nyugat 1st 1975 NB I/B 6th 1976 NB I/B 7th 1977 NB I/B 11th 1978 NB I/B 6th 1979 NB I/B 3th 1980 NB I/B 7th

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1981 NB I/B 1st 1982 NB I 9th 1983 NB I 12th 1984 NB I 9th 1985 NB I 11th 1986 NB I 4th 1987 NB I 8th 1988–89 NB I 7th 1989–90 NB I 10th 1990–91 NB I 6th 1991–92 NB I 4th 1992–93 NB I 14th 1993–94 County I 1st 1994–95 NB II Északnyugat 1st 1995–96 NB I/B Nyugat 11th 1996–97 NB I/B Nyugat 5th 1997–98 NB I/B Nyugat 9th 1998–99 NB I/B Nyugat 8th 1999-00 NB I/B Nyugat 14nd 2000–01 NB II Északnyugat 6th 2001–02 NB II Északnyugat 1st

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 2002–03 NB I/B Nyugat 12th 2003–04 NB I/B Nyugat 13th 2004–05 NB II Északnyugat 5th 2005–06 NB II Északnyugat 8th 2006–07 NB II Északnyugat 5th 2007–08 NB II Északnyugat 2nd 2008–09 NB II Északnyugat 1st 2009–10 NB I/B Nyugat 5th 2010–11 NB I/B Nyugat 8th 2011–12 NB I/B Nyugat 3th 2012–13 NB I/B Nyugat 8th 2013–14 NB I/B Nyugat 7th 2014–15 NB I/B Nyugat 14th 2015–16 NB I/B Nyugat 14th Round 1 2016–17 NB II Északnyugat 3th 2017–18 NB II Északnyugat 3th Round 2 2018–19 NB II Északnyugat 5th 2019–20 NB II Északnyugat Cancelled 2020–21 NB II Északnyugat 5th 2021–22 NB II Északnyugat 4th 2022–23 NB II Északnyugat 5th 2023–24 NB II Északnyugat

Former club members

References

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian)
• Várpalotai BSK on Facebook
• Várpalotai BSK on Instagram