SC Pick Szeged

MOL-Pick Szeged
Full name	MOL-Pick Szeged
Short name	Szeged
Founded	1961
Arena	Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Capacity	3,200
President	Dr. Szűcs Ernő Péter
Head coach	Juan Carlos Pastor
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2015–16	Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 2nd
Colours
Club colours
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Website Official site

SC Pick Szeged is a Hungarian handball club from Szeged, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and the EHF Champions League.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail SC Pick Szeged kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
	adidas
–2006		Szeviép
2007		bet-at-home.com / Pick
2007–2010		Szeviép / Pick / Budapest Bank
2010–2011	Erima	Pick / Sole-Mizo
2011–2012	adidas
2012–2014		Pick / OTP Bank
2014–		MOL / Pick / OTP Bank

Supporters and rivalries

Supporters of SC Pick Szeged are mainly based in Szeged, Hungary. However, the club is popular mainly in eastern part of Hungary. One of the group of supporters is the Szeged Kézilabda Fan Club which is considered the main ultras of the team (there are smaller groups like Szegedi FUNok, Majestic Onion City Makó). SC Pick Szeged is in rivalry with the most famous Hungarian clubs such as Veszprém, Tatabánya.

Main article: Eternal derby (Hungary, men's handball)

Today, Pick Szeged biggest rivals are MVM Veszprém, the matches between the two teams are referred to as "Eternal derby".

Team

File:Pick Szeged handball team.jpg

Pick Szeged (2015)

Current squad

Squad for the 2015–16 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 José Manuel Sierra
• Marin Šego

Wingers

• Pedro Rodriguez Alvarez
• Mario Šoštarić
• 08 Jonas Källman
• 11 Máté Gidai
• Bendegúz Bóka
• 22 Rajko Prodanović
• 51 Roberto García Parrondo
• 54 Marko Curuvija

Line players

• Matej Gaber
• Bence Bánhidi
• 17 Szabolcs Zubai
• 23 Márk Hegedüs
• 77 Vladimir Vranješ

Back players

• Sergei Gorbok
• Denis Buntić
• Staš Skube
• Sandro Obranović
• 14 Thiagus dos Santos
• 15 Bálint Fekete
• 19 Zsolt Balogh
• 21 Alen Blažević

Transfers

Transfers for the 2016-17 season

Joining

• Pedro Rodriguez Alvarez (from Naturhouse La Rioja) (RW)
• Mario Šoštarić (from RK Gorenje Velenje) (RW)
• Matej Gaber (from Montpellier Handball) (PV)
• Staš Skube (from RK Gorenje Velenje) (CB)
• Denis Buntić (from Vive Targi Kielce) (RB)
• Marin Šego (from Vive Targi Kielce) (GK)
• Sandro Obranović (on loan from RK Zagreb) (CB)
• Sergei Gorbok (from RK Vardar) (LB)
• Bence Bánhidi (from Balatonfüredi KSE) (PV)
• Bendegúz Bóka (from Balatonfüredi KSE) (LW)

Leaving

• Dean Bombač (to Vive Targi Kielce) (CB)
• Niko Mindegia (to KIF Kolding) (CB)
• Antonio García Robledo (to KIF Kolding) (LB)
• Piotr Wyszomirski (to TBV Lemgo) (GK)
• Gábor Ancsin (to MVM Veszprém KC) (RB)
• Ferenc Ilyés (to Tatabánya KC) (LB)

Transfers for the 2017-18 season

Joining

• Dmitry Zhitnikov (from Wisła Płock) (CB)

Staff members

• Head Coach: Juan Carlos Pastor
• Assistant Coach: Marko Krivokapić
• Goalkeeping Coach: Fekete Robert
• Club Doctor: István Szabó, MD
• Masseur: Đorđe Ignjatović

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

• Winners (2): 1996, 2007
• Runners-up (15): 1985, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
• Bronze (11): 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Magyar Kupa:

• Winners (6): 1977, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2006, 2008
• Finalists (12): 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

European competitions

• EHF Champions League:
  • Quarterfinalists: 1997, 2004, 2015
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Semifinalists: 1983, 1984, 1994
• EHF Cup:
  • Winners: 2014
• EHF City Cup:
  • Semifinalists: 1996

Recent seasons

Season Division Pos. Cup Europe 1993-94 NB I 4th CWC Semi-final 1994-95 NB I EHF Quarter-final 1995-96 NB I City Semi-final 1996-97 NB I 4th CL Quarter-final 1997-98 NB I City Quarter-final 1998-99 NB I City Quarter-final 1999-00 NB I EHF Last 16 2000-01 NB I EHF Quarter-final 2001-02 NB I EHF Round 3 2002-03 NB I CWC Quarter-final

Season Division Pos. Cup Europe 2003-04 NB I CL Quarter-final 2004-05 NB I CL Last 16 2005-06 NB I CL Last 16 2006-07 NB I CL Last 16 2007-08 NB I CL Main round 2008-09 NB I CWC Quarter-final 2009-10 NB I CL Group stage 2010-11 NB I R4 CL Last 16 2011-12 NB I CL Group stage 2012-13 NB I CL Last 16

Season Division Pos. Cup Europe 2013-14 NB I EHF Winner 2014-15 NB I CL Quarter-final 2015-16 NB I CL

In European competition

R1: Round 1 / R2: Round 2 / R3: Round 3 / R4: Round 4 / QT-WC: Qualification Tournament-Wild Card
1/16: Round of 32 / GP, GM, CL: Group Phase / L16, 1/8: Last 16 / MR: Main Round / QF, 1/4: Quarter Final / SF, 1/2: Semi Final / F: Final

EHF Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996-97	1/16	Steaua București	27-17	23-25	50–42
	CL (Group B)	Badel Zagreb	22–22	29–29	2nd
		ID Runar Sandefjord	33–23	20–29
		Principe Trieste	30–22	29–25
	1/4	FC Barcelona	25-26	17-40	42–66
2003-04	GM (Group E)	RK Zagreb	27–26	25–26	2nd
		Sandefjord TIF	30–26	24–26
		Filippos Verias	31–26	23–24
	1/8	Montpellier HB	29-22	26-27	55–49
	1/4	SC Magdeburg	30-31	24-28	54–59
2004-05	GM (Group A)	FC Barcelona	22–21	26–35	1st
		Vardar Vatrost. Skopje	25–18	24–24
		HCM Constanța	27–24	23–21
	1/8	Celje Pivovarna Laško	20-21	23-23	43–44
2005-06	GM (Group D)	FC Barcelona-Cifec	26–28	20–27	2nd
		ZTR Zaporizhia	36–28	24–22
		HRK Izviđač Ljubuški	33–22	22–23
	1/8	BM Ciudad Real	31-32	27-36	58–68
2006-07	GM (Group B)	BM Ciudad Real	20–25	25–32	2nd
		Kadetten Schaffhausen	27–27	23–22
		HC Meshkov Brest	28–23	30–24
	1/8	CBM Valladolid	25-25	24-25	49–50
2007-08	GM (Group H)	RK Gorenje Velenje	30–23	29–17	1st
		RK Bosna Sarajevo	39–24	37–24
		HC Meshkov Brest	33–24	24–22
	MR (Group 4)	FC Barcelona	28–33	32–28	3rd
		GOG Svendborg TGI Gudme	34–33	25–28
		Celje Pivovarna Laško	20–19	30–35
2008-09	GM (Group H)	RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb	30–36	25–29	3rd
		Wisła Płock S.A.	26–17	26–16
		Rhein-Neckar Löwen	24–28	28–35
2009-10	GP (Group A)	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	32–32	30–39	5th
		Montpellier HB	26–33	23–30
		Pevafersa Valladolid	23–30	35–35
		HCM Constanța	35–25	30–32
		A.C. PAOK	27–24	26–27
2010-11	GP (Group C)	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	22–29	26–25	3rd
		AaB Håndbold	37–28	30–34
		Cuatro Rayas BM Valladolid	30–25	23–26
		Kadetten Schaffhausen	29–26	27–31
		HC Dinamo-Minsk	37–34	29–33
	L16	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	26-27	20-33	46–60
2011-12	GP (Group D)	Montpellier Agglomération HB	38–35	26–29	5th
		AG København	31–34	24–36
		THW Kiel	26–38	24–34
		Reale Ademar León	31–35	25–31
		RK Partizan Beograd	31–21	29–23
2012-13	GP (Group D)	FC Barcelona Intersport	28–33	24–33	4th
		RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb	26–24	27–30
		Kadetten Schaffhausen	30–29	29–36
		Füchse Berlin	22–29	24–29
		HC Dinamo Minsk	26–21	24–29
	L16	KS Vive Targi Kielce	26-25	27-32	53–57
2013-14	QT-WC	RK Metalurg	23-19	16-26	39–45 ↓ EHF
2014-15	GP (Group D)	KS Vive Targi Kielce	26–27	32–37	2nd
		Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral	23–21	25–24
		Kadetten Schaffhausen	34–24	29–32
		Aalborg Håndbold	23–23	28–25
		HC Motor Zaporozhye	27–26	29–25
	L16	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	31-29	34-30	65–59
	QF	THW Kiel	31-29	23-31	54–60
2015-16	GP (Group B)	FC Barcelona Lassa	28–30	–
		KS Vive Targi Kielce	31–30	–
		RK Vardar	–	23–27
		KIF Kolding København	–	27–22
		Rhein-Neckar Löwen	–	25–30
		IFK Kristianstad	–	–
		Montpellier HB	28–27	–

EHF Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1984-85	1/8	Tecnisa Alicante	31-33	24-29	55–62
1986-87	1/8	Dukla Prague	22-21	18-23	40–44
1987-88	R1	VIF Dimitrov Sofia	23-28	16-25	39–53
1990-91	R1	Minaur Baia Mare	27-21	16-23	43–44
1992-93	R1	Steaua București	21-16	21-27	42–43
1994-95	1/16	Grammar School Nicosia	30-17	23-18	53–35
	1/8	Montpellier HB	27-24	20-22	47–46
	1/4	Polyot Cheljabinsk (a)	27-25	21-23	48–48
1999-00	1/16	Alingsås HK	33-20	24-26	57–46
	1/8	Viking HK (a)	31-29	25-27	56–56
2000-01	R3	Beşiktaş İstanbul	34-24	35-27	69–51
	R4	CSKA Moscow	26-19	23-28	49–47
	1/4	Bidasoa Irun	28-27	23-26	51–53
2001-02	R3	BM. Gáldar	33-28	30-36	63–64
2013-14	QR3	S.L. Benfica	31-25	25-24	56–49
	GP (Group C)	Tatran Prešov	37–31	31–29	1st
		HBC Nantes	28–27	23–31
		IFK Kristianstad	29–18	26–23
	QF	Sporting CP	28-22	27-29	55–51
	SF (F4)	Füchse Berlin	24–22
	F (F4)	Montpellier Agglomération HB	29–28

EHF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977-78	1/8	FC Barcelona	27-22	13-15	40–37
	1/4	Anilana Łódź	26-22	20-25	46–47
1982-83	1/8	KFUM Fredericia	27-16	29-27	56–43
	1/4	SC Leipzig	27-19	25-29	52–48
	1/2	SKA Minsk	25-24	19-37	44–61
1983-84	1/8	VSŽ Košice	30-23	27-32	57–55
	1/4	Helsingør IF	31-21	23-25	54–46
	1/2	RK Sloga Doboj	24-26	26-25	50–51
1993-94	1/16	Swetotechnik Brovary	30-17	17-29	47–46
	1/8	BK 46 Karis	31-24	21-23	52–47
	1/4	Selfoss	30-18	20-32	50–50 (a)
	1/2	FC Barcelona	22-24	14-19	36–43
2002-03	R3	De Groot Groep E&O	31-21	31-26	62–47
	R4	Tatran Prešov	36-22	30-25	66–47
	1/4	TBV Lemgo	30-34	32-40	62–74
2008-09	1/8	Dunaferr SE	28-19	29-33	57–52
	1/4	HSG Nordhorn	31-26	25-34	56–60

City Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995-96	1/16	Beşiktaş İstanbul	35-17	30-22	65–39
	1/8	TV 08 e.V. Niederwürzbach	29-29	33-31	62–60
	1/4	RK Sisak	38-22	27-20	65–42
	1/2	SG Vfl/BHW Hameln	26-27	22-26	48–53
1997-98	1/16	RK Metković Razvitak	29-26	18-19	47–45
	1/8	Paris St.-Germain	26-19	19-24	45–43
	1/4	TuS Nettelstedt e.v.	22-25	26-29	48–54
1998-99	1/16	Handballclub Tongeren	33-14	29-18	62–32
	1/8	CSKA Kyiv	40-14	35-25	75–39
	1/4	TuS Nettelstedt e.v.	25-28	29-28	54–56

Notable players

• Gábor Ancsin
• György Avar
• Béla Árvai
• Sándor Bajusz
• Zsolt Balogh
• Zoltán Bartalos
• Csaba Bartók
• Csaba Bendó
• Róbert Berta
• Dániel Buday
• Ferenc Buday
• József Czina
• Nikola Eklemović
• József Farkas
• Bálint Fekete
• Róbert Fekete
• Máté Gidai
• Márk Hegedűs
• Gabor Herbert
• Ferenc Ilyés
• Dávid Katzirz
• Marinko Kekezović
• Attila Kotormán
• Milorad Krivokapić
• Balázs Laluska
• Ambrus Lele
• Máté Lékai
• Richárd Mezei
• Roland Mikler
• László Nagy
• Béla Oláh
• Zoltán Oláh
• Zsolt Perger
• Nenad Puljezević
• László Skaliczki
• István Sándor
• László Szabó "Sonka"
• Sándor Tamás
• Endre Tenke
• Géza Tóth
• Mihály Tóth
• Szabolcs Törő
• Attila Vadkerti
• Péter Tatai
• Nikola Prce
• Vladimir Vranješ
• Mario Bjeliš
• Alen Blažević
• Antonio Pribanić
• Ratko Đurković
• Marko Lasica
• Vladimir Osmajić
• Nenad Peruničić
• Valentin Ghionea
• Iulian Stamate
• Danijel Anđelković
• Dalibor Brajdić
• Nedeljko Jovanović
• Dragan Marjanac
• Vladan Matić
• Petar Nenadić
• Rajko Prodanović
• František Šulc
• Tomáš Straňovský
• Luka Žvižej
• Niko Mindegía
• Roberto García Parrondo
• José Manuel Sierra
• Jonas Källman
• Jonas Larholm

Notable coaches

Period	Coach
1974–1980	Árpád Kővári
1980–1981	Ferenc Buday
1981–1983	László Boros Gy.
1983–1984	Márton Ludányi
1985–1987	István Lesti
1987–1989	Árpád Kővári
1989–1991	Zsolt Barabás
1991–1995	Árpád Kővári
1995–1998	László Skaliczki
1998–1999	Ferenc Buday
1999–2000	György Koleszár
2000	Árpád Kővári
2001–2003	Dragan Đukić
2003–2006	Péter Kovács
2006–2007	Zoran Kurteš
2007–2009	Vladan Matić
2009–2010	Dragan Đukić
2010–2013	László Skaliczki
2013–0000	Juan Carlos Pastor

See also

• Pick Szeged

References

External links

• Official website
• SC Pick Szeged on Facebook