Békéscsaba 1912 Előre

Békéscsaba

Full name	Békéscsaba 1912 Előre
Nickname(s)	Lilák (Purples)
Founded	22 October 1912 (1912-10-22)
Ground	Stadion Kórház utcai, Békéscsaba
Ground Capacity	13,000
Chairman	Károly Királyvári
Manager	Zoran Spisljak
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2014–15	2nd (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Békéscsaba 1912 Előre is a Hungarian football club from Békéscsaba. The club was founded in 1912 as Előre Munkás Testedző Egyesület. The colours of the club are lilac and white. The club achieved its greatest success in 1988 when it won the Hungarian Cup competition, defeating Honved Budapest 3–2 in the final.

Until the end of 2004–05 the club spent a total of 25 seasons in the first Hungarian division, the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. They were promoted back to the top tier in 2015.

Name changes

• 1912: Békéscsabai Előre Munkás Testedző Egyesület
• 1948: Békéscsabai Előre SC
• 1970: Békéscsabai Előre Spartacus SC
• 1991: Békéscsabai Előre FC,
• 2005: Békéscsaba 1912 Előre SE

Stadium

Stadion Kórház utcai

Honours

• Hungarian Cup:
  • Winners (1) :1987–88

Current squad

As of 20 February 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Roland Mursits 2 DF Fábio Guarú 4 DF Balázs Bényei 5 DF Balázs Koszó 6 MF Botond Birtalan 7 FW Dániel Szalai 8 FW Nathan Eccleston 9 MF Péter Takács 10 MF István Spitzmüller 11 DF Zsolt Balog (Captain) 14 MF Bálint Borbély 15 DF Zsolt Fehér 17 FW László Oláh

No. Position Player 18 DF Viktor Vadász 20 FW Matúš Paukner 21 DF György Juhász 22 FW Ádám Viczián 23 DF Slavko Damjanović 24 FW Ezequiel Calvente 25 DF Thomas Piermayr 28 DF Tamás Vaskó (Vice-captain) 30 MF Oleksandr Svedyuk 44 GK Vukašin Poleksić 67 MF Martin Hudák 86 DF Zsolt Laczkó

Season results

Domestic													International		Manager
League										Cup	League Cup	Super Cup
No.	Season	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.	Pts.	Pos.				Competition	Result
1.	1974–75	28	6	9	13	24–33	-9	21	14th				Did not qualify		Babolcsay
2.	1975–76	30	8	8	14	25–45	-20	24	15th				Did not qualify
3.	1976–77	30	9	10	15	40–57	-17	28	13th				Did not qualify		Mészöly
4.	1977–78	34	12	7	15	43–57	-14	31	10th				Did not qualify		Mészöly
5.	1978–79	34	11	9	14	49–52	-3	31	12th				Did not qualify
6.	1979–80	34	10	12	12	54–67	-13	32	14th				Did not qualify
7.	1980–81	34	13	10	11	51–48	-3	36	9th				Did not qualify
8.	1981–82	34	11	13	10	44–44	0	35	10th				Did not qualify
9.	1982–83	30	5	7	18	41–75	-34	17	16th				Did not qualify
27.	2015–16	33	6	9	18	25–55	-30	27	12th	SF			Did not qualify		Spisljak
Σ		1243	507	310	426	1902–1796	+106	1661

Updated: 09.08.2015.

European Cup history

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1988–89	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary Round		Bryne	3–0	1–2	4–2
		1. Round		Sakaryaspor	1–0	0–2	1–2

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 4, 1st game		União de Leiria	2–2
		Group 4, 2nd game		Næstved		3–3
		Group 4, 3rd game		Ton Pentre	4–0
		Group 4, 4th game		Heerenveen		0–4

UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1994–95	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round		FK Vardar	1–0	1–1	2–1
		1. Round		Tekstilshchik	1–0	1–6	2–6

External links

• 1912elore.hu Website
• Stormcorner - Békéscsaba fans' website