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