Members of the Hungarian Union of Iron Workers founded the club as Vas- és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja, the "Sport Club of Iron and Metal Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club colours are red and blue. Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest's 13th district in the north of the city.
Vasas first entered the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 1916–17 season. Since then the club have managed to win seven titles. The club's most successful period was between 1957 and 1966, when they won the Hungarian league five times.
Crest and colours
Naming history
1911–1925: Vas-és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja
1926–1943: Vasas SC
1943–1944: Nemzeti Nehézipari Munkások Kinizsi SC
1944–1949: Vasas SC
1949–1957: Budapesti Vasas SC
1957–1992: Vasas SC
1992–1993 Vasas SC-Smirnoff
1993–1995: Vasas Ilzer
1995–1996: Vasas Casino Vígadó
1997: Vasas SC
1997–2001: Vasas Danubius Hotels
2001–2003: Vasas SC
2003–2009?: Budapesti Vasas SC
2009–2011: Vasas SC
2011–2012: Vasas–HÍD
2012–present: Vasas FC
Manufacturers and shirt sponsors
The following table shows in detail Vasas SC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:
Vasas played their home matches in the Illovszky Rudolf Stadion located in the 13th district of Budapest between 1960 and 2016. The stadium capacity was 9,000. The last match was played between Vasas SS and Videoton FC in the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I on 29 October 2016. As part of the Hungarian Football Stadium Reconstruction Program, the stadium was demolished in 2016 and a brand new stadium was built in its place.
On 5 July 2019, the new stadium was opened. The first match was played by Vasas SC and FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda which was won by the hosts 2–0. The capacity of the new stadium is 5054 and it cost 7.5 billion HUF.
On 18 May 2016 a cooperation was announced between Vasas Kubala Akadémia and Eredivisie club SBV Vitesse. According to the cooperation, the two club have a common showcase, take part in a common conference and education. Gerry Hamstra said that it is very important for the Dutch club to initiate new cooperations in this region.[8]
János Kádár, HSWP First Secretary and Hungarian leader from 1956 until 1988, was a supporter of Vasas. A working-class man, Kádár had played in the team when young and was its president for a short period in the mid-1950s (when, after being released from prison, Kádár was party secretary in Budapest 13th district, where the team is based). During the 1960s, it was not uncommon to see Kádár in the crowd during Vasas games. Unlike some of his Eastern Europe counterparts, though, Kádár did not use his position to favor his team, nor did he allow Hungarian officials to interfere in football as it was common in other bloc countries.
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