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Pécsi Mecsek FC
Full name	Pécsi Mecsek Football Club
Nickname(s)	Munkás (Worker)
Founded	1950 as Pécsi Dózsa
Ground	Stadium of Újmecsekalja, Hungary; (Capacity: 7,160)
Chairman	Matyi Dezső
Manager	Antal Botos
League	NB II (Western Group)
2008-2009	NB II (Western Group) 3rd

Pécsi Mecsek FC is a Hungarian football club from the city of Pécs.

This club was formed on February 16, 1973, when 4 other football clubs were merged together. (Pécsi Dózsa, Ércbányász SC, Helyipari SC and Pécsi Építők). They play their home games at Stadium of Újmecsekalja.

In 1974 a fifth club was merged into it, Pécsi Bányász.

[edit] History

Pécs were promoted to the first division in 1955 and they have managed to play on top flight to 1975 since except for the season of 1958-59 when they finished as champions of the second division after the relegation. Pécs played in second division in the season of 1975-76. Pécs finished as champions of the second division in the season of 1976-77. PMSC has been playing in the first division for 20 years between 1977 and 1997. They won the Hungarian Cup in 1990.

In the then European Cup Winners Cup they were drawn against Manchester United, and became the first team to play against English opposition in Europe since English teams were banned five years previously. They lost the game 3-0 on aggregate, and Manchester United went on to win the competition, beating Barcelona in the final.^[1]

[edit] Name changes

 190?: Pécs   (Pécsi Athlétikai Club)

1950: Pécs (Pécsi Dózsa Sport Club)
1956: Pécs (Pécs Baranya)
1957: Pécs (Pécsi Dózsa Sport Club)
1973: Pécs (Pécsi Munkás Sport Club) amalgamation with Pécsi Bányász SC, Pécsi Ércbányász SC, Pécsi Helyiipar SK and Pécsi Építők --> PMSC
1995: Pécs (Pécsi Mecsek Futball Club)

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Managers

[edit] Honours

Hungarian League:
- 2nd (1): 1985-86
- 3rd (1): 1990-91

Hungarian Second Division:
- Winners (3): 1958-59, 1976-77, 2002-03

Hungarian Cup:
- Winners (1): 1990
- Runners-up (2): 1978, 1987

[edit] Current squad

As of October 10, 2009

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	József Nagy
5	DF	László Sütő
6	MF	András Horváth
7	FW	Dávid Wittfrédi
10	MF	Olivér Nagy
11	MF	Tamás Cseri
13	MF	Tamás Kecskés (on loan from MTK Hungária FC)
14	DF	Péter Stark
15	DF	Tamás Szamosi (on loan from MTK Hungária FC)
16	GK	Csaba Sólyom
17	DF	Csaba Regedei

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Levente Lantos
19	FW	Szabolcs Gyánó
20	FW	Gergő Lovrencsics
21	MF	Roland Racskó
22	MF	Győző Máté
25	MF	Balázs Fónai
29	MF	László Szabó (on loan from MTK Hungária FC)
31	GK	Lajos Hegedűs (on loan from MTK Hungária FC)
61	DF	Gábor Simonfalvi
69	FW	Zsolt Horváth
82	MF	Balázs Berdó

[edit] European cup history

[edit] UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1990-91	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Manchester United	0-2	0-1	0-3

[edit] UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1963	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 8	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	5-2	0-0
		Group 8	FK Velež Mostar	4-1	2-1
		Group 8	VfV Hildesheim	5-3	1-0
		Quarter-finals	NK Rijeka	2-1	2-2	4-3
		Semi-finals	Calcio Padova	0-3	3-4	3-7
1988	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 9	Grasshopper FC	0-1	0-1
		Group 9	Pogon Szczecin	3-1	0-0
		Group 9	Östers IF	2-0	1-3

[edit] UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970-71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round	FC Universitatea Craiova	3-0	1-2	4-2
		2. Round	Newcastle United	2-0(aet)	0-2	2-2(p)
		3. Round	Juventus FC	0-2	0-1	0-3
1986-87	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1-0	0-2	1-2
1991-92	UEFA Cup	1. Round	VfB Stuttgart	2-2	1-4	3-6