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Videoton FC
Full name	Videoton FC
Nickname(s)	Vidi
Founded	1941
Ground	Stadion Sóstói,; Székesfehérvár; (Capacity: 16,000)
Chairman	Sándor Berzi
Manager	György Mezey
Coach	György Mezey
League	Soproni Liga (NB1)
2008-09	6th
Home colours	Away colours

Videoton FC is a Hungarian football club, based in Székesfehérvár. The club was founded in 1941 and its colours are blue and red. It is best known for reaching the UEFA Cup final in 1985.

[edit] History

Founded in 1941 as Székesfehérvári Vadásztölténygyár SK by the defense manufacturing company Székesfehérvári Vadásztölténygyár, the club was made up of workers of the factory in its early years. The team first entered the Fejér County Championship in 1942/43 and went on to win the championship. In 1948 the club was broken into three teams, with one team playing in the NB III (Third Division of the National Championship), one in the County Championship and the third one in the Second division of the County Championship. In 1950, the workers of the factory assembled their own team in the hope of achieving better results, and the club was renamed Vadásztölténygyári Vasas on March 10. On January 3, 1956, all teams joined forces in a unified team built on Vadásztölténygyár. In that season the team won the County Championship by a very wide margin, and, after winning the following year’s County Championship Winners Trophy, qualified for the second Division of the National Championship for the 1957/58 season.

The first opportunity to play in the Hungary's highest league presented itself only a few years later. In the 1961/62 season the team finished in third position - barely qualifying for the first division. Known now as VT Vasas, the dream finally came true in 1967 when the team finished second in the second division and was promoted to the top league.

On January 22, 1968, the club was renamed Videoton SC, due to sponsorship by the electrical goods manufacturer Videoton. The first year in the top league wasn't very successful. The team had 9 wins and 18 defeats, finishing in fifteenth place and being relegated.

However, the following year, Videoton bounced back and won the second division. The following years the club consolidated its position in the first division by finishing tenth, seventh, fifth, fourth and again fifth in the next 5 seasons. Then in the 1975/76 season the team achieved the best position in its history by finishing second.

After this Videoton produced modest results in the ensuing years, failing to finish in the top three on four occasions. Finally, in 1982, the team reached the final of the Hungarian Cup, but were defeated 2-0 by Újpest. This was the beginning of the club's golden age. In 1984, the team finished third with the same number of points as ETO Győr, who finished second, because of a superior head-to-head performance. In this season, József Szabó was the top goal-scorer in the 1st division with 19 goals.

On September 18, 1985, the UEFA Cup success story started. The club caught international attention when it reached the final after a remarkable campaign. Videoton overcame Dukla Prague (1-0/0-0), Paris Saint-Germain FC (4-2/1-0), FK Partizan (0-2/5-0), Manchester United (0-1/1-0) and FK Željezničar (3-1/1-2). After this, they lost the first leg of the final at home 3-0 to Real Madrid, but won the return match at the Bernabéu 1-0. In the championship Videoton once again finished in third place.

After this Videoton continued to be a mainstay in the first division. However, they failed to achieve significant results. In 1998 they barely escaped relegation. Finishing the season in 16th place, the club had to win a play-off against MATÁV Sopron to remain in the top flight. They won both games 2-1 and 3-0. Relegation came the following year ending a streak of 29 years in the first division.

This was the beginning of a reformation for the club. After winning the Second Division and gaining promotion in 2000, the teamed once again reached the cup final in 2001, losing 5-2 to Debrecen. This led to the team's only participation in the Intertoto Cup, where they were defeated by PFC Marek Dupnitsa in the first round.

In 2005, the club changed its name to FC Fehérvar. The next year saw the club's most successful domestic year. After a third place finish, the first in 21 years, the team finally won the Hungarian Cup for the first time by defeating Vasas SC 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out, after the match had finished 2-2 after extra time. Two years later, the team won the first edition of the Hungarian League Cup by defeating Debrecen 3-0 on aggregate (Home 3-0; Away 1-2). They won the league cup again in 2009, this time beating Pécsi FC 3-1 in the final. At the beginning of the 2009-10 season, the club reassumed the Videoton name.^[1]

[edit] Current squad

As of September 5, 2009.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Zsolt Sebõk
2	DF	Marko Andić
3	DF	Gábor Horváth
4	DF	Róbert Varga
5	DF	Zoltán Lipták
6	MF	Tamás Sifter
7	FW	Dénes Szakály
8	MF	Attila Polonkai
9	FW	Illés Sitku
10	MF	Zsolt Dvéri
11	FW	Milan Purović (on loan from Sporting CP)
12	GK	Tomáš Tujvel
13	DF	Ilija Radović
14	MF	Balázs Farkas

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Dániel Nagy
16	DF	Ádám Présinger
18	FW	Goran Vujović
19	FW	János Máté
20	DF	Pál Lázár
21	FW	André Alves
22	GK	Nenad Filipović
23	DF	Gábor Kocsis
24	FW	Dávid Kocsis
25	MF	Ákos Elek
26	MF	Damir Milanović
27	MF	Gábor Demjén
28	MF	Tamás Móri
29	FW	Balázs II Farkas (on loan from Dynamo Kiev)

[edit] Transfers 2009/2010

No.		Position	Player
--			Ákos Koller (to Kecskemét)
--			Dávid Mohl (to Debreceni VSC)
--			Péter Simek (to Újpest FC)
--			Norbert Lattenstein (to Szombathelyi Haladás)
--			Romero (released)
--			Ivan Buljubasic (released)
--			Milan Pavličić (released)
--			Oleksandr Tkatchuk (released)
--			Darko Karadžić (released)
--			Viktor Németh (released)

No.	Position	Player
--		Róbert Varga (from Győr)
--		Gergő Vaszicsku (from Felcsút)
--		Dávid Palkó (from Felcsút)
--		Gábor Demjén (from DVSC)
--		Dávid Kocsis (from Vác)
--		Zoltán Lipták (from Újpest)
--		Ádám Présinger (from MTK)
--		Ádám Csobánki (from REAC)
--		Damir Milanovic (from Sibenik)
--	GK	Tomáš Tujvel (from Nitra)
--	FW	Balázs Farkas (from Dynamo Kyiv)

[edit] In the system

[edit] Honours

UEFA Cup: runners-up

1985

Hungarian League: runners-up

1976

Hungarian Cup: 1

2006

Hungarian League Cup: 2

2008, 2009

[edit] European cup history

[edit] UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1974-75	UEFA Cup	1. Round	SSC Napoli	1-1	0-2	1-3
1976-77	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Fenerbahçe SK	4-0	1-2	5-2
		2. Round	FC Wacker Innsbruck	1-0	1-1	2-1
		3. Round	1. FC Magdeburg	1-0	0-5	1-5
1981-82	UEFA Cup	1. Round	SK Rapid Wien	0-2	2-2	2-4
1984-85	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Dukla Prague	1-0	0-0	1-0
		2. Round	Paris Saint-Germain	1-0	4-2	5-2
		3. Round	FK Partizan	5-0	0-2	5-2
		Quarter-finals	Manchester United	1-0	0-1	1-1(p)
		Semi-finals	FK Zeljeznicar	3-1	1-2	4-3
		Final	Real Madrid CF	0-3	1-0	1-3
1985-86	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Malmö FF	1-0	2-3	3-3(a)
		2. Round	Legia Warszawa	0-1	1-1	1-2
1989-90	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Hibernian FC	0-3	0-1	0-4
2006-07	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	FC Kairat	1-0	1-2	2-2(a)
		2. Qualifying Round	Grasshoppers FC	1-1	0-2	1-3