Szombathelyi Haladás

Szombathelyi Haladás (Hungarian: [ˈsombɒthɛji ˈhɒlɒdaːʃ]), is a Hungarian football club based in Szombathely. Haladás is the Hungarian word for progress. The club, which was founded in 1919, plays its home games at the Haladás Sportkomplexum which has a capacity of 8,903. The club colours are green and white.

Haladás

Full name	Szombathelyi Haladás
Nickname(s)	Hali
Founded	1919; 105 years ago (1919)
Ground	Haladás Sportkomplexum
Capacity	8,903
Chairman	Béla Illés
Manager	Aleksandar Jović
League	NB II
2022–23	NB II, 9th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Haladás reached the Hungarian Cup final in the years 1975, 1993 and 2002. Since its first promotion in 1936 the club has spent 51 seasons in the first division of the Hungarian league, the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NB I).

History

The yoyo years

Since 1919 the club have been famous for their yoyo between the Hungarian First Division and the Hungarian Second Division. The club were unable to strengthen their stay in the first league which resulted a continuous yoyo effect.

The 2000s

In the 2001–02 season of the Hungarian Cup Haladás played in the final against Újpest. The club lost 2–1 after extra time. In January 2002 Haladás appointed Lázár Szentes as the new coach of the club.^[1] In the 2001–02 season Haladás was facing relegation problems.^[2] In August 2003 Lajos Détári resigned as coach of the club.^[3] In October 2003 former Zalaegerszeg championship-winner coach Péter Bozsik was appointed as the coach of the club.^[4] In the 2006–07 season of the Hungarian Second Division the club missed out on promotion to the first division because of an 11 points deduction for the use of ineligible players. BFC Siófok was promoted in the place of Haladás.

In the 2008 Haladás won the Hungarian Second Division which resulted the promotion of the club to the first division. In 2008 Haladás played with Arsenal a pre-season friendly match in Szombathely. The match finished 1–1.^[5]

In the 2008–09 season Haladás reached the best rank ever in the history of the team. The club won the bronze medal and got the right to start the qualification rounds in the Europa League.

In the Europa League 2009–10 season Haladás played against Irtysh Pavlodar in the first round. The first leg finished 1–0 thanks to Krisztián Kenesei's goal in the 79th minute.^[6] In the second leg the result was 2–1 to Irtysh, which meant that Haladás could play in the second round.^[7] In the second round Haladás played the Swedish club Elfsborg. In the first leg Haladás lost 3–0,^[8] while at home. During the second leg, Haladás drew with Elfsborg which caused them to be knocked out of the tournament.^[9]

2010s

Szombathely were eliminated from the round of 16 of the 2018–19 Magyar Kupa by Mezőkövesd SE on 0–1 aggregate.^[10]

In the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season Haladás finished 12th and they were relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II to compete in the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season.

2020s

The 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Haladás finished the season on the 17th place thus avoiding relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság III.^[11]

Colours, badge, and nicknames

The colours of the club are green and white. This combination is very common in Hungarian League since Ferencváros, Győr, Kaposvár, Paks have the same colour combination.

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The following table shows in detail Szombathelyi Haladás kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
−2008	Legea	Strabag
2008–11		Contact Zrt.
2011–12		Contact Marketing Zrt. / Sopron Bank
2012–13		Contact Marketing Zrt.
2013–14		—
2014–15		AGS sport 23
2015–18	Adidas	Swietelsky
2018–2021	2Rule	—	2021–present	Adidas	Vasútvill Kft.

Stadium

Main article: Rohonci úti Stadion

 

The demolished old stadium located in Rohonci úti Stadion

 

The area of the demolished stadium in April 2016

Szombathelyi Haladás play their home matches at the Rohonci úti Stadion situated in Szombathely, Hungary. The capacity of the old stadium was 9,500. It was built in 1923 and it was demolished in 2015. It hosted the hammer throw events for the IAAF World Athletics Final as the Stade Louis II in Monaco is too small. Currently Haladás play their home matches in Sopron.

Main article: Haladás Sportkomplexum

On 8 November 2017, the Haladás Sportkomplexum was opened. The first official match was played between Haladás and Ferencvárosi TC in the 2017-18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.

Honours

• Nemzeti Bajnokság II
  • Winners (10): 1938–39, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1961–62, 1972–73, 1980–81, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2007–08
  • Runners-up (1): 2002–03
• Magyar Kupa
  • Runners-up (3): 1974–75, 1992–93, 2001–02

Players

Main article: List of Szombathelyi Haladás players

As of 16 February 2024. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF   SRB Vanja Zvekanov 5 MF   HUN György Hursán 6 MF   HUN Attila Szakály 7 MF   HUN Barnabás Mohos 8 DF   HUN Marcell Frák 10 MF   ROU Carlo Erdei 14 DF   ROU Cornel Ene 15 DF   HUN Bonifác Csonka 17 MF   HUN Kornél Csernik 19 FW   HUN István Katona 21 FW   HUN Rajmund Horváth 22 DF   HUN Gergő Bolla 26 DF   HUN Márk Jagodics

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF   HUN Vince Nyíri 33 MF   HUN Arnold Horváth 45 FW   SVK Marko Kelemen (on loan from Ružomberok) 70 MF   HUN András Jancsó 73 DF   SRB Zoran Beronja (on loan from Szeged) 77 FW   HUN Dániel Szvoboda 78 MF   HUN Barnabás Rácz 86 GK   HUN Donát Pálfi 87 GK   HUN István Verpecz 88 FW   HUN Ármin Szijjártó 95 FW   HUN Attila Pintér 99 DF   HUN Patrik Tarján

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 — FW   HUN Rajmund Molnár (at MTK Budapest until 30 June 2024)

In European football

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975–76	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Valletta	7–0	1–1	8–1
		2. Round		Sturm Graz	1–1	0–2	1–3
1981–82	Mitropa Cup			Osijek	4–2	0–3	4–5
				AC Milan	0–1	0–2	0–3
				TJ Vítkovice	2–2	1–6	3–8
1988	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 5		Young Boys	3–1	0–4	3–5
		Group 5		DAC Dunajská Streda	0–0	0–3	0–3
		Group 5		IFK Norrköping	0–1	0–0	0–1
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1. Round		Irtysh Pavlodar	1–0	1–2	2–2(a)
		2. Round		Elfsborg	0–0	0–3	0–3

Managers

•   István Mészáros (1942–43)
•   Károly Soós (1947–48, 1948–50)
•   Iuliu Bodola (1951–53)
•   József Albert (1966) and (1969)
•   László Sárosi (1974–79)
•   Dezső Novák (01/07/1987–30/06/1988)
•   László Dajka (1998–99)
•   Lázár Szentes (03/01/2002–11/06/2002)
•   Róbert Glázer (20/06/2002–24/04/2003)
•   Lajos Détári (29/03/2003–26/08/2003)
•   Péter Bozsik (2003–04)
•   Tamás Artner (08/07/2005–21/06/2007)
•   Aurél Csertői (21/06/2007–15/09/2009)
•   Antal Róth (16/09/2009–23/07/2010)
•   Aurél Csertői (23/07/2010–16/10/2010)
•   Zoltán Aczél (16/10/2010–14/12/2011)
•   Tamás Artner (19/12/2011–17/10/2014)
•   Lázár Szentes (17/10/2014–20/04/2015)
•   Attila Kuttor (21/04/2015–05/05/2015)
•   Géza Mészöly (05/05/2015–30/08/2017)
•   Bálint Pacsi (30/08/2017-12/11/2017)
•   Michal Hipp (13/11/2017–15/09/2018)
•   Ferenc Horváth (27/09/2018–30/06/2019)
•   Attila Supka (11/07/2019–29/10/2019)
•   Szilárd Desits (29/10/2019–30/12/2019)
•   János Mátyus (30/12/2019–31/05/2021)
•   Szabolcs Németh (04/06/2021–)

References

1. "New coach at Haladás". UEFA. 2 January 2002.
2. "Hungary round-up: No joy for Haladás". UEFA. 10 May 2002.
3. "Détári takes leave of Haladás". UEFA. 27 August 2003.
4. "Bozsik takes Haladás reins". UEFA. 8 October 2003.
5. "Haladás waiting for bubble to burst". UEFA. 9 September 2008.
6. "Haladás 1–0 Irtysh". UEFA. 2 July 2009.
7. "Irtysh 2–1 Haladás". UEFA. 9 July 2009.
8. "Elfsborg 3–0 Haladás". UEFA. 16 July 2009.
9. "Haladás 0–0 Elfsborg". UEFA. 23 July 2009.
10. "2018–19 Magyar Kupa". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
11. "Summary - NB II - Hungary - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian)
• Szombathelyi Haladás on Facebook