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Kaposvári Rákóczi FC
Full name	Kaposvári Rákóczi FC
Nickname(s)	Kraci
Founded	1923
Ground	Stadion Rákóczi,; Kaposvár; (Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman	Kálmán Torma
Manager	László Prukner
League	Soproni Liga
2008-09	9th
Home colours	Away colours

Kaposvári Rákóczi FC is a football club in Kaposvár, Hungary. Their home stadium is Stadion Kaposvár Rákoczi. The team is named after Francis II Rákóczi, a Transylvanian prince and national hero and they are also often referred to be the nickname Somogyiak, referring to Somogy County, where the team plays.

[edit] History

[edit] 1923-2003

The team was formed on August 15, 1923 as the Rákóczi Sport Club by workers of the local Mezőgazdasági Ipari Részvénytársaság sugar factory. Though they originally played as amateurs, they played their first professional match against MÁV I. the following year. From this time forward the team would bounce back between the NB III and NB II.

In 1941 the team awaited the arrival of István Avar, but his debut with the team was delayed by the second world war. After the war, the team really got going in 1960, where they won the NB III under the name Kaposvár Kinizsi.

In 1970 the team took back its classic name, Rákóczi, but in 1971 they were relegated back to the NB III. They would put together a successful season afterward though, and return to NB II. At this time some good young talent joined from the team's youth organization, including Bőzsöny, Savanyó, and Hegedűs the goalkeeper, and in 1973 Imre Mathesz took the helm as head coach. The team would add more key players and would finish 3 points behind Szeged for second place and the right to enter NB I.

The team's first NB I. match was played against Vasas SC before 22,000 fans at Rákóczi Stadion. The Somogyiak won the match 2-0, behind two goals from Győző Burcsa. By 2006, however, Burcsa left for Székesfehérvár and the team finished the 1975-1976 campaign in 13th place. In 1976-1977 they finished 14th and by the next season they were relegated with a 17th place finish. They wouldn't have to wait long to return, however. They finished in 3rd place the following year in the NB II. and won it outright in 1979-1980 with a six point lead over Szombathelyi Haladás.

The 1980-1981 season had a few noteworthy matches. On August 9th they beat Pécs 2-1 before a crowd of 12,000 at home. Later in the season they held on to a 3-3 draw against Újpest in Budapest. Nevertheless, the team would end the season in 16th place and again face relegation. They would drop as far as the third division before finally returning to the NB I. again after winning the second division in 1987. This would be their final season in NB I. until the next millennium. Besides the first NB I. match between two teams from Somogy county (a 1-3 loss against Siófok FC) the year was mostly forgettable as Rákóczi finished in last place.

The rest of the 80s and 90s were spent entirely in the II. and III. divisions, though not without talent. In 1995 they won the NB III. with a goal difference of 76-11. They continued to be successful in the NB II. László Prukner became the head coach in the summer of 2003, but the team lost several key players in the same year. The fans were worried that they would again slide into the III. division.

[edit] NB I. Results

Since their formation Kaposvári Rákóczi FC has participated in 8 seasons at Hungary's highest professional level. In that time they're best finish has been 7th place (in both 2006 and 2007) and they've been relegated three times.

Year	MP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Dif.	Pts	Finish
2007-2008	30	14	9	7	48-38	+10	51	6th place
2006-2007	30	12	5	13	40-36	+4	41	7th place
2005-2006	30	10	7	13	35-41	-6	37	7th place
2004-2005	30	8	10	12	34-47	-13	34	12th place
1987-1988	30	4	9	17	25-63	-38	17	16th place: Relegated to NB II.
1980-1981	34	6	12	16	34-67	-33	24	16th place: Relegated to NB II.
1977-1978	34	8	7	19	32-61	-29	23	17th place: Relegated to NB II.
1976-1977	34	9	9	16	39-45	-6	27	14th place
1975-1976	30	6	12	12	41-52	-9	24	13th place
TOTALS	282	77	80	125	328-450	-122	278

[edit] Current squad

As of 25 September 2009.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tamás Horváth
2	MF	Miklós Szolomajer
3	DF	László Pintér
4	MF	Lukács Bőle
5	MF	István Bank
6	DF	Róbert Kovácsevics
7	DF	Boris Gujić
8	MF	Kornél Kulcsár
9	FW	Krisztián Farkas
10	FW	Nemanja Nikolić
11	FW	Igor Lambulić
13	FW	Júnior Ailton
14	FW	Róbert Szepessy
15	DF	István Kerekes
16	FW	Gábor Reszli

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Viktor Petrók
18	MF	Benjamin Balázs
19	MF	Krisztián Pest
20	MF	Zoltán Farkas
21	MF	Slobodan (Mare) Marković
22	DF	Zoltán Jovánczai
23	GK	László Horváth
24	MF	Dávid Hegedűs
25	MF	Gabor Bogdan
26	MF	Tamás Grúz
27	MF	Béla Maróti
28	DF	Krisztián Zahorecz
30	MF	Srđan Stanić
32	GK	Árpád Milinte

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
—		GK	Zoltán Kovács (at Diósgyőri VTK)

[edit] Recent seasons

[edit] Kaposvári Rákóczi FC

Year	Division	Position
2000–01	Hungarian National Championship II (II)
2001–02	Hungarian National Championship II
2002–03	Hungarian National Championship II
2003–04	Hungarian National Championship II	1st ↑
2004–05	Hungarian National Championship I (I)	12th
2005–06	Hungarian National Championship I	7th
2006–07	Hungarian National Championship I	7th
2007–08	Hungarian National Championship I	6th
2008–09	Hungarian National Championship I	9th
2009–10	Hungarian National Championship I

[edit] Honours

Hungarian League
- NB II. Championship (2): 1980, 1987
- NB III. Championship (4): 1960, 1972, 1985, 1995

[edit] External links

(Hungarian) Kaposvári Rákóczi FC official site

(Hungarian) Kaposvári Rákóczi FC Supporters site

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