PVSK Panthers

Pécsi VSK-Pannonpower
Pécsi VSK-Pannonpower logo
Nickname	Vasút
Leagues	NB I/A
Founded	1944
History	Pécsi VSK (1944–1948, 1956–1994, 2000–) Pécsi Lokomotív (1948–1954) Pécsi Törekvés (1954–1956) PVSK-Pécsvárad (1994–2000)
Arena	Lauber Dezső Sports Hall
Arena Capacity	4,000
Location	Pécs, Hungary
Team colors	Black, White
Main sponsor	Pannonpower
Team manager	Gábor Bán
Head coach	Ferenc Csirke
Championships	1 Hungarian Cups
Website	pvsk-panthers.hu
Uniforms
Home Away

PVSK-Panthers (due sponsorship reasons currently PVSK-Pannonpower) is the men's basketball club based in Pécs, Hungary. It is the oldest non-Budapest based basketball club playing in the 1st division (therefore the oldest men's basketball club who currently plays in the 1st division). They played 42 seasons in the top division, which is the 3rd after MAFC and Honvéd.

PVSK-Panthers won one trohpy in its history: the Hungarian Cup in 2009.

History

The team was founded in 1944, they played in the 1st division from 1946 to 1950, then after 4 year, from 1955 to 1985 continuously (with once in 1972 in the 2nd league). In 1985 they fall to the 2nd, in 1992 to the 3rd league. In 1994 they moved to Pécsvárad. In 2000 they won the 3rd division and moved back to Pécs, in 2003 they returned into the top flight. In 2009 they won the regular season and the Hungarian Cup, and finished runner-up in the play-offs.

In Pécs, there was another basketball team. In the 1940s and 1950s the PEAC was placed in the 1st division too, and then in the 1990s again under the name of Matáv SE Pécs. Currently they are in the 2nd league.

Honors

• Hungarian Championship:
  • Winners: -
  • Runners-up: 2009
  • 3rd place: 2007
• Hungarian Cup:
  • Winners: 2009
  • Runners-up: -
  • 3rd place: 1983, 2007

Notable players

• Zoltán Horváth (2003–05)
• Dragan Aleksić (2005–09)
• Benson Egemonye (2010–11)
• Bam Doyne (2011–12)
• Alex Legion (2012–13)
• Brad Loesing (2012–13)
• Marino Šarlija (2013–14)

External links

• Official website