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39-459: On domestic level ETO won 17 Hungarian Championship titles, including seven in a row between 2008 and 2014. They are also a fifteen-time Hungarian Cup winners, having won all their finals between 2005 and 2016. ETO won the Champions League in 2013 , 2014 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 and 2024 . The team also reached the final in 2009 , 2012 , 2016 , and in 2022 . In addition, Győr reached

78-555: A best-of-three system is used. Teams ranked fifth to ninth and tenth to twelfth decide their final places in a classification round, using a round robin system, playing six additional rounds. According to their final position in the regular season, they awarded bonus points which are added to the points they earn in the postseason. Bottom two teams get relegated. The following table lists the Hungarian women's handball champions by counties of Hungary . Since 1951, clubs have participated in

117-408: A thriller of an ending. ETO lost the final against CSM in 2016 in a penalty shootout, where Anikó Kovacsics was the only ETO-player able to score from the 7-metre line. They managed to beat Vardar in extra time on both occasions (31–30 in 2017 and 27–26 in 2018) with the second final becoming especially memorable with the last second save courtesy of Éva Kiss . The move was referred to by the press as

156-568: Is the top professional league for Hungarian women's team handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation . The first edition of the women's handball league was when the owner was pregnant, held in 1951. That year only four teams participated, playing once against each other. Csepeli Vasas SK were crowned champions as they got equal points to Budapest Vörös Meteor Közért , but were superior on goal difference. Next season Vörös Meteor took revenge and secured

195-454: The "Kiss of Death" . In Hungary, their dominance remained, they won 5 Hungarian Championship titles and 5 Hungarian Cups, as well as 2 Hungarian Supercups. They lost two titles, both against Ferencváros . In February 2018, the club announced that the most successful coach of the club's history, Ambros Martín won't extend his contract and will leave the team after the 2017–18 season, since he wanted to seek out new challenges. Gábor Danyi - who

234-679: The top scorer of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I . Kálmán Róth took over the team from 1994. With his lead, the team played their first ever European Cup match in the City Cup against the Swiss team, ZMC Zürich. Katalin Pálinger , Krisztina Pigniczki and Anita Kulcsár were the key players of their club and the national team as well. ETO played in the EHF Cup for the first time in the 1998/99 season. They reached

273-507: The 2004 EHF Cup final against Viborg HK (48–64 on aggregate), while more young players joined the squad, like Bernadett Bódi , Orsolya Herr , Renáta Mörtel , Bernadett Temes or Gabriella Juhász . In 2005, ETO strengthened their team with Romanian internationals; Aurelia Brădeanu and Simona Gogîrlă . In the Hungarian Championship ETO was able to win the title after an exciting fight against Dunaferr , which meant that

312-488: The 2023 semi final (35–37). The tenure of the Danish coach wasn't long, on 13th March 2024 the club announced that they terminated the contract of Ulrik Kirkely and Kristian Danielsen with immediate effect, while Attila Kun (a coach from the club’s academy) was named as the temporary head coach, until they found their new head coach, Swedish Per Johansson . With Kirkely the team lost to Mosonmagyaróvár and Ferencváros away in

351-482: The Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1951 with four teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 14 teams in the first division. The current system is composed by twelve teams. The sides play twice against each other in the regular season on a home and on an away leg. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs, where

390-1068: The Hungarian League. Below the list of Hungarian League clubs who have participated in the first division. The club with the most appearances are the 12-time champions Ferencváros . The following data indicates Hungarian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues. EHF League Ranking for 2021/22 season: Algeria Angola Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Iceland Italy Japan Kazakhstan Lithuania Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Senegal Serbia South Korea Spain Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Tunisia Turkey Krisztina Pigniczki Too Many Requests If you report this error to

429-540: The National Championship title for the first time since 2015. The team lost 2 matches in total during Danyi's three-year tenure. Ambros Martín returned to the bench. In the Danyi era (2018–2021) ETO won 1 Hungarian Championship title, 2 Hungarian Cups and 1 Champions League final (against Russian Rostov , 25–24) as well as finishing 3rd once in the most prestigious European competition (after losing to French Brest in

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468-536: The Spaniard. They were able to win a thrilling semifinal rematch against Oltchim Vâlcea , where the guest Romanian team were leading in the 51st minute even with 6 goals. The last 10 minutes of the match were incredible from Győr's point of view, because they were able to come back to the match and lose with only 1 goal. Considering they have won their first match in Romania with 2 goals, that loss meant that they have made it to

507-422: The championship trophy. Since then ETO with the support of their new main sponsor, car manufacturer Audi , have won all but three titles losing the championship on all three occasions to main rivals Ferencvárosi TC . At the beginning only four teams entered the National Championship. Later, the league have been expanded, first to 12, later to 14 teams. There was a short living try with 16 teams in two groups but

546-468: The era, Eduarda Amorim also played her last match for the team that day, leaving the club after 12 seasons. The club holds the record for the longest unbeaten run in the EHF Champions League . Between 5 February 2018 and 6 February 2022 all their matches ended with either a victory or a draw. They set the record for 70 unbeaten matches in a row. In March 2022 it was announced that Csaba Bartha,

585-485: The final of the Champions League for the first time, meeting Danish champion Viborg HK . In the semifinals the triumphed against Austrian record champion and 8-time CL winner Hypo Niederösterreich , 54–47 on aggregate. Due to a knee injury suffered days before the first leg, captain Anita Görbicz couldn't take part in the finals. Győr won the first match away 26–24 but was defeated at Veszprém Aréna 23–26, thus losing

624-523: The final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2006 and the final of the EHF Cup in 1999, 2002, 2004, and 2005. The ETO was founded in 1904, but the women's handball section wasn't created until 1948. The first edition of the Hungarian Championship was held in 1951. President János Lang and department leader Vilmos Joósz started to build the first "golden team" in the mid-fifties. The members of

663-511: The final, but fell short against the more powerful Danish side, Viborg HK . After playing in lower tier European competitions for a couple of years, ETO got to debut in the top tier, also known as the Champions League in the 2000/01 season after beating Polish MKS Lublin in Round 2 of qualification. They could not go through from the group phase with one victory, two draws and three losses, on

702-570: The final. Tables have turned, ETO won 48–47 on aggregate, and as a result they had to face the Norwegian powerhouse Larvik HK for the trophy. After a victory in Norway (24–21), they won the rematch and the title at the same time in the Veszprém Aréna . Since 2014 the winner of the Champions League have been decided in a Final Four tournament. ETO defended their title, which meant they won the last title in

741-619: The first leg on home soil to 29–27, while their Montenegrin opponent achieved a 27–25 victory in the rematch which was just enough for them to gain the title. Not even Göbricz 's 21 goals scored in the finals combined were sufficient. ETO's bad luck seemed to continue in Europe, as this final was the 7th on European level they lost out of the 7 finals they have reached. In the meantime their dominance in Hungary wasn't questionable. During this period both Hungarian and foreign handball talents and stars wore

780-473: The first team that succeeded were Magdolna Matulay, Ilona Dittrich, Magdolna Novák, Ilona Szalai, and Éva Boudny. At the beginning, the coach of the team was Pál Kellner, but he emigrated to Sweden after the 1956 revolution , so the team was in a need for a new coach. Károly Varga took over the responsibility, but after the summer break, he was replaced by László Stéger. In 1957, ETO won their first Hungarian Championship title - in their first season playing in

819-472: The gold medal returned to Győr after 46 years. Since 2005, the club is sponsored by Audi , therefore the official name for the team is Győri Audi ETO KC . With the help of their new sponsor, they won 6 Hungarian Championship titles and 7 Hungarian Cup during seven seasons. In the European Cups they first failed to qualify for Champions League 2004/05 season after losing to Ukrainian Motor Zaporizhzhia in

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858-404: The green and white jersey, such as Anikó Kovacsics , Zsuzsanna Tomori , Eduarda Amorim , Katrine Lunde , Heidi Løke , Ana Gros , Andrea Lekić or Jovanka Radičević . For the 2012/13 season , coach Ambros Martín joined the squad and have worked with the team for six years. ETO reached the final of the Champions League and could finally win after 7 lost European cup finals with the help of

897-416: The idea got dropped just after five seasons. Since 2006 the league is made up of 12 teams. The championship was held in one calendar year until 1987, when they switched to autumn-spring format. In the 2003–04 season Austrian top club Hypo Niederösterreich played in the league as a guest team, however, their results did not count towards the final ranking. As we can see from the chart the number of teams in

936-500: The national championship, and after 11 victories on 11 games in the Champions League they lost two out of their remaining matches and also draw once. On top of this ETO lost the Magyar Kupa final against Ferencváros. Although Győr lost both the domestic title and cup, they managed to triumph in the Champions League for the 6th time overall after trying unsuccessfully for the previous five years. Johansson's squad first beat Team Esbjerg in

975-477: The old format and the first in the new one. In the Ambros Martín era (2012–2018) ETO won 4 Champions League titles (in 2013 against Larvik , in 2014 against Budućnost , in 2017 against HC Vardar and in 2018 once again against HC Vardar ) and lost one final (in 2016 against CSM București ). Except for the 2014 final against Budućnost, which ended with a 27–21 ETO victory, all the finals of Martín led Győr had

1014-462: The other hand they finished 3rd in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I . Important players left the team, so the staff decided to fill up the empty gaps with players from their own youth team. Players like Anita Görbicz , Ibolya Mehlmann , Viktória Petróczi , and Gabriella Kindl . In 2002, ETO played the final of the EHF Cup against Ikast (53–61 on aggregate), then the semifinal of Cup Winners' Cup in 2003 against ESBF Besançon (45–56 on aggregate) and

1053-501: The playoffs yet, but a year later there was nothing to stop them. Until 2002 another five league title landed in the hands of Ágnes Farkas and co. The lone team which managed to interrupt their run was the Radulovics -led Dunaferr in 1998. The Dunaújváros-based team won five titles altogether until 2004, when, after finished on the podium an incredibly nine times in row without having won the title, finally Győri Graboplast ETO KC lifted

1092-477: The president of the club got his contract terminated on mutual consent. On 24 September 2022 ETO lost a Champions League group match to French side Metz in the Audi Aréna after almost 7 years since the last loss on home court. Beating HC Lokomotiva Zagreb 26:17 in round 11 (on 14 January 2023) of the competition marked Györ's record-setting 200th win in Champions League, becoming the first women's team to reach

1131-516: The qualifiers, but they reached the final of EHF Cup in the meantime, after beating Polish SPR Lublin in Round 3 of qualification, Norwegian Våg Vipers in the 1/8 finals, Romania HC Zalău in the quarterfinals and German HC Leipzig in the semifinals, however they fell short against Hungarian rivals, Alcoa FKC . Then ETO also lost the final of EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2006, where they lost against ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica from Serbia and Montenegro, 48–51 on aggregate. In 2009, Győri ETO reached

1170-515: The respective milestone. The second Martín era (2021–2023) came to an end after the season, and the management decided to turn into a different direction with assigning the Danish Ulrik Kirkely as the head coach of Győr. With Martín the club won both domestic national titles, but lost both domestic cups. In the CL they lost to Vipers Kristiansand both years, first in the 2022 final (31–33), then

1209-1008: The semi final (24–23), then German SG BBM Bietigheim for the trophy (30–24). Stine Bredal Oftedal , often referred to as "the engine of the team" decided to end her professional career, that became a sweet goodbye with a Champions League title, her third one in the green and white jersey overall. The following table shows in detail Győri ETO KC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year: Nemzeti Bajnokság I ( National Championship of Hungary ) Magyar Kupa ( National Cup of Hungary ) Szuperkupa ( Super Cup of Hungary ); Championship vs. Cup winner Source: kézitörténelem.hu Statistics: matches played – 367 , wins – 269 , draws – 23 , losses – 75 , goals scored – 10,735 , goals conceded – 9,010 , goal difference – +1,725 played Nemzeti Bajnoks%C3%A1g I (women%27s handball) The Nemzeti Bajnokság I (English: National Championship I , commonly abbreviated NB I )

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1248-437: The semi final). The COVID-19 pandemic also happened to appear during this period, as well as Nycke Groot , a prominent player and first choice playmaker for the team decided to leave, and fight for different kind of goals. On 4 June 2021 the legend and icon of Győri ETO KC, Anita Görbicz played her last match for the team and retired after spending 24 seasons playing for the club. Another important and outstanding player of

1287-422: The team in 1960, the success seemed to avoid the club as well. Between 1961 and 1965, ETO reached only a 4th and an 11th position, while László Stéger left the bench. His replacement was Jenő Kheim. In 1966, ETO finished 13th and got relegated from the Nemzeti Bajnokság I . They gained promotion to the first league once more for a season, but could not make their good run last long, since they got relegated even from

1326-466: The third division. The club of ETO decided to terminate the handball department. Between 1980 and 1992, the handball team in Győr went through several struggles. They either played in the lower championships or were considered as a "middle team" in the first league. There were several name changes in the club's life, including Győri Vasas or Győri Richards. In 1992, Győri ETO Kézilabda Club was established, which

1365-423: The title just ahead of Csepel. The forthcoming years were characterized by long term team hegemonies: Budapesti Spartacus SC won seven titles between 1960 and 1967, whilst Vasas SC were awarded thirteen gold medals between 1972 and 1985. Turning into the nineties, Ferencvárosi TC managed to appear in the dominant role. In the 1992–93 season, after topping the table in the regular season, they bled to death in

1404-429: The title on aggregate score . ETO players missed 9 penalties combined in the finals. On year later they lost the semifinals against Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 45–49 on aggregate, then another year later another semifinal duel to Spanish Itxako Navarra , 50–45 on aggregate. In 2012, the team made it to the EHF Champions League finals again, where they fell short to ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica on the away goals rule . ETO won

1443-529: The top level championship - after a victory in the final round against Goldberger. Multiple players missed the 1958 Championship due to pregnancy, therefore the team finished at the disappointing 8th position. The new year however brought success again, thanks to signing one of the greatest players of the era, Magda Jóna . ETO won the 1959 Championship, while Jóna became the topscorer with 225 goals scored. The successful performance continued, in 1960 they finished second behind Bp. Spartacus . After Magda Jóna left

1482-480: Was owned by the Municipality of Győr. The president was Attila Vanyus (between 1992 and 2012), who built up the successful club we know today with his persistent, hard work. From 1993, a really strong team was formed in Győr. Players like Mariann Horváth, Beáta Hoffmann , Anikó Nagy , Gabriella Szabados, Eszter Mátéfi , and Anna Szántó were playing for ETO. They reached the 5th position, while Eszter Mátéfi became

1521-446: Was the assistant coach of the team since 2011 - took over his place on the bench. Danyi's first season as the head coach was one of ETO's best seasons so far. They did not just win all the titles possible, but remained unbeaten throughout the whole season. However, in May 2021 Danyi got sacked after a huge (9 goals) defeat against the domestic rivals Ferencváros, which also meant the team lost

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