Kisvárda FC

Kisvárda Football Club [ˈkɪʃvaːrdɒ] is a Hungarian football club located in Kisvárda. It currently plays in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The team's colors are red and white.

Kisvárda FC

Full name	Kisvárda Futball Club
Founded	1911; 112 years ago (1911)
Ground	Várkerti Stadion
Capacity	2,750
Chairman	Szabolcs Tóth
Manager	Vacant
League	NB I
2022–23	NB I, 6th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

Kisvárda FC, later known as Várda SE, was founded in 1911 as Kisvárdai Sport Egyesület (KSE). The officials of the village supported the new club by donating a pitch next to the market place.^[1] The financial support came from the merchants of the village, who helped a lot in the early stages of the club.^[2] In 1953, their present-day ground, the Várkerti sporttelep was built.

The club was reestablished on 26 October 1971.^[3]

Since the 2013–14 season, the official name of the club is Kisvárda-Master Good FC.^[4]

In the 2017-18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, Kisvárda finished second and were promoted to the 2018-19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.^[5]

On 21 July 2018, the first Nemzeti Bajnokság I match was played against 2017-18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I title-holders Videoton FC at the Pancho Aréna. The match ended with a 4–0 defeat.^[6]

On 30 July 2018, Elemér Kondás was sacked after two consecutive defeats in the 2018-19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.^[7] The next coach was László Dajka, whom Kisvárda stayed in the NB I for the next (2019/2020) season.

The end of the season Dajka left the club and his position received Vasile Miriuță.^[8]

Kisvárda were eliminated by Ferencváros in the round of 16 of the 2018–19 Magyar Kupa season on 1–3 aggregate.^[9]

On 6 February 2020, Tamás Bódog was appointed as the manager of the club.^[10] The club remained in the first division of the Hungarian League. However, he was sacked on 29 June 2020.^[11]

On 8 July 2020, Attila Supka, previously champions of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I with Debreceni VSC, was appointed as the manager of the club.^[12]

On 27 January 2021, Kisvárda beat Fehérvár FC for the first time in their history. The 2020-21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I match was won by 2-1. Originally, the match had to be played in autumn. However, it was postponed because Fehérvár played in the 2020-21 UEFA Europa League.^[13]

On 5 May 2022 Kisvarda beat Ujpest at Várkerti Stadion 2-1 and with this result secured themselves of a top 3 finish and therefore qualified for the 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League at the second qualifying round.

On 20 July 2022, Kisvárda played their first international match in the 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League. They entered the second round of the tournament against FC Kairat. The first leg was won by 1-0 Kisvárda at the Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The only goal was scored by Jasir Asani in the 82nd minute.^[14][15] In the second leg, Kisvárda beat Kairat 1-0 at Várkerti Stadion on 28 July 2022. The only goal was scored by Jasmin Mešanović in the 39th minute.^[16]

On 12 August 2023, Miloš Kruščić was sacked after a draw against MTK Budapest FC at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion in the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.^[17][18] Miloš Kruščić was replaced by Máté Gerliczki.^[19]

On 7 November 2023, János Mátyus resigned as the coach of the club.^[20] The club lost five matches and could win only one match with Mátyus in the 2023-24 season.^[21]

Stadium

Main article: Várkerti Stadion

 

Várkerti Stadion

The old grounds, Várkert Sportpálya, were next to the market place, on Anarcsi út (Anarcsi road). It was able to host up to 1,000 supporters.^[22]
The current grounds, Várkert sporttelep, were established in 1953. The stadium is able to hold 2,000 people. The stadium's highest official attendance was 5,000, for a league match between Kisvárdai SE and Nyíregyházi VSSC on 1 April 1979.^[23]

The new stadium, Várkerti Stadion, was opened on 11 August 2018. The first match was played against Ferencváros in the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. The match ended with a 2–0 victory for Ferencváros.^[24]

Honours

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  • Runners-up (1): 2021–22
• Nemzeti Bajnokság II
  • Runners-up (1): 2017–18
• Nemzeti Bajnokság III
  • Winner (1): 2014–15

European record

As of match played 11 August 2022

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	Kairat	1–0	1–0	2−0
		3QR	Molde	2–1	0–3	2–4

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

Players

Current squad

As of 7 September 2023^[25]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   HUN Marcell Kovács 3 DF   BIH Aleksandar Jovičić 5 MF   MKD Boban Nikolov 6 MF   HUN Bence Ötvös 7 FW   MNE Driton Camaj 8 MF   UKR Bohdan Melnyk 9 MF   POL Rafał Makowski 10 MF   HUN Kristopher Vida 11 MF   BRA Lucas 14 DF   BIH Branimir Cipetić 17 FW   HUN Norbert Balogh (on loan from Dunajská Streda) 18 DF   HUN Kevin Körmendi (on loan from Puskás Akadémia) 19 DF   BIH Enes Alić

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   CZE Jaroslav Navrátil 23 DF   HUN Imre Széles 24 DF   CRO Dominik Kovačić 27 FW   BIH Jasmin Mešanović 30 GK   MNE Danijel Petković 37 FW   HUN Ádám Czékus 40 FW   MKD Mario Ilievski 41 MF   HUN Roland Biró 42 DF   HUN Tibor Lippai 44 DF   ESP Raúl Stefan 88 MF   HUN Erik Czérna 97 FW   SRB Miloš Spasić 99 GK   UKR Mykhaylo Hotra

Players with multiple nationalities

•     Bohdan Melnyk

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   HUN Levente Szőr (at Tiszakécske until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   UKR Yaroslav Helesh (at Haladás until 30 June 2024)

Managers

•     Vasile Miriuță (13 June 2019 – 8 October 2019)^[26][27]
•   László Dajka (16 October 2019)^[28]
•   Tamás Bódog (6 February 2020 – 29 June 2020)^[29][30]
•   Attila Supka (8 July 2020 – 11 May 2021)^[31]
•   João Janeiro (20 May 2021 – 10 November 2021)
•   Gábor Erős (10 November 2021 – 28 June 2022)
•   László Török (28 June 2022 – 27 March 2023)^[32]
•   Miloš Kruščić (28 June 2022 – 12 August 2023)^[33][34]
•   János Mátyus (3 September 2023-7 November 2023)^[35]

Seasons

Main article: List of Kisvárda FC seasons

See also

• MFA Mukachevo

References

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30. "Kisvárda: Már nem Bódog Tamás a vezetőedző – hivatalos - NSO".
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External links

• Official website 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)