Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club-Zugló commonly known as BVSC-Zugló is a professional football club based in Zugló, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.
The club was founded in 1911. Its football section became closed in 2001, but has now reopened, while other sections that are still operational are table tennis, wrestling, water polo. The table tennis department won the European Cup of 1980 and several national championships.
The football team reached in the years 1996 and 1997 twice the Hungarian Cup final and was runner up in the national championship in 1996.
History
On 18 July 2012, BVSC started an adult team after 10 years of pause. The team are going to compete in the Budapest Labdarugó Szövetség IV.[1][2]
In 2019, the club were promoted to the Budapest bajnokság I after winning the 2018-19 Budapest bajnokság II.
In May 2020, the club were promoted to the Nemzeti Bajnokság III after finishing first in the Budapest championship.[3] The 2019-20 Budapest Bajnokság I was interrupted and finally terminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gábor Horváth, director of the football department, said that the club were eligible to enter the 2020-21 Nemzeti Bajnokság III and the club would meet all the requirements to play at the third tier.
In March 2022, the club announced that refugees from the Russo-Ukrainian War can do sports for free at the club.[6]
On 1 June 2022, Ákos Buzsáky was removed from his position.[7]
On 22 June 2022, Flórián Urbán was appointed as the new manager of the club.[8]
In 2022–23, BVSC-Zugló finished 1st in NB III East and promotion to NB II for the first time in history in 20 years via promotion relegation play-off after defeat Szentlőrinc 1-2 and play in second tier since 2003–04.
On 9 April 2023, BVSC beat Körösladány 8–0. On 16 April 2023, BVSC beat Putnok by 3-0 and won the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season.[9]
On 2 August 2023, Paulo Vinicius, former Fehérvár FC pleayer, was signed by the club.[10]
On 30 November 2023, Tamás Szekeres was appointed as the new coach of the club.[11]
In the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season, BVSC were struggling to avoid relegation. However, the club had surprising results such as beating Győri ETO FC 1–0 at home on 4 February 2024.[12][13]
On 24 April 2024, Tamás Szekeres resigned and was replaced by Ádám Kincses.[14][15] On 28 April 2024, it was announced that István Kisteleki also helps the management of the team.[16] In the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, BVSC finished in the 13th position and avoided relegation the third tier.[17]
As most other Hungarian sports clubs BVSC was subject to numerous changes of its name throughout its history. Here is a list of names that were in use by the club:
1911–1945 MAVOSZ Budapesti VSC
1945-? Vasutas Előre SC (after merger with Budapesti MÁV Előre)
