Győri Audi ETO KC

Győri ETO KC
Full name	Győri Egyetértés Torna Osztály Kézilabda Club
Short name	Győr
Founded	1948; 73 years ago (1948)
Arena	Audi Arena
Capacity	5,500 seats
President	Dr. Csaba Bartha
Head coach	Ambros Martín
Captain	Anne Mette Hansen
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 2nd
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Győri ETO KC (Hungarian: Győri Egyetértés Torna Osztály Kézilabda Club, lit. Concordance Gymnastics Department of Győr Handball Club) is a Hungarian women's handball club from Győr. Since they are sponsored by Audi, the official name for the team is Győri Audi ETO KC.

On domestic level ETO won 15 Hungarian Championship title, including seven in a row between 2008 and 2014. They are also a fifteen-time Hungarian Cup winners, having won all their finals between 2005 and 2016.

ETO won the Champions League in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The team also reached the final in 2009, 2012, and in 2016.^[1][2] In addition, Győr reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2006 and the final of the EHF Cup in 1999, 2002, 2004, and 2005.

History[]

The first golden era^[3]

The ETO was founded in 1904, but the women's handball section wasn't created until 1948. The first edition of the Hungarian Championship was held in 1951.

President János Lang and department leader Vilmos Joósz started to build the first "golden team" in the mid-fifties. The members of the first team that succeeded were Magdolna Matulay, Ilona Dittrich, Magdolna Novák, Ilona Szalai, and Éva Boudny. At the beginning, the coach of the team was Pál Kellner, but he emigrated to Sweden after the 1956 revolution, so the team was in a need for a new coach. Károly Varga took over the responsibility, but after the summer break, he was replaced by László Stéger.

In 1957, ETO won their first Hungarian Championship title - in their first season playing in the top level championship - after a victory in the final round against Goldberger. Multiple players missed the 1958 Championship due to pregnancy, therefore the team finished at the disappointing 8th position. The new year however brought success again, thanks to signing one of the greatest players of the era, Magda Jóna. ETO won the 1959 Championship, while Magda Jóna became the topscorer with 225 goals scored. The successful performance continued, in 1960 they finished second behind Bp. Spartacus.

Towards the end

After Magda Jóna left the team in 1960, the success seemed to avoid the club as well. Between 1961 and 1965, ETO reached only a 4th and an 11th position, while László Stéger left the bench. His replacement was Jenő Kheim. In 1966, ETO finished 13th and got relegated from the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. They gained promotion to the first league once more for a season, but could not make their good run last long, since they got relegated even from the third division. The club of ETO decided to terminate the handball department.

More than a decade without ETO

Between 1980 and 1992, the handball team in Győr went through several struggles. They either played in the lower championships or were considered as a "middle team" in the first league. There were several names changes in the club's life, including Győri Vasas or Győri Richards. In 1992, Győri ETO Kézilabda Club was established, which was owned by the Municipality of Győr. The president was Attila Vanyus (between 1992 and 2012), who built up the successful club we know today with his persistent, hard work.

ETO again

From 1993, a really strong team was formed in Győr. Players like Mariann Horváth, Beáta Hoffmann, Anikó Nagy, Gabriella Szabados, Eszter Mátéfi, and Anna Szántó were playing for ETO. They reached the 5th position, while Eszter Mátéfi became the top scorer of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Kálmán Róth took over the team from 1994. With his lead, the team played their first ever European Cup match in the City Cup against the Swiss team, ZMC Zürich. Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki or Anita Kulcsár were the key players of their club and the national team as well.

ETO played in the EHF Cup for the first time in the 1998/99 season. They reached the final, but fell short against the more powerful Danish side, Viborg HK.

First season in the Champions League, another success on European level

ETO played in the Champions League in the 2000/01 season for the first time. They could not go through from the group phase, on the other hand they finished on the 3rd position in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Important players left the team, so the staff decided to fill up the empty gaps with players from their own youth team. Players like: Anita Görbicz, Ibolya Mehlmann, Viktória Petróczi, and Gabriella Kindl.

In 2002, ETO played the final of the EHF Cup against Ikast, then the semifinal of Cup Winners' Cup in 2003 against ESBF Besançon and the 2004 EHF Cup final against Viborg HK, while more young players joined the squad, like Bernadett Bódi, Orsolya Herr, Renáta Mörtel, Bernadett Temes or Gabriella Juhász.

In 2005, ETO strengthened their squad with Romanian internationals; Aurelia Brădeanu and Simona Gogîrlă. In the Hungarian Championship, ETO was able to win the title after an exciting fight against Dunaferr, which meant that the gold medal returned to Győr after 46 years.

2005 - 2012 Dominance in Hungary

Since 2005, the club is sponsored by Audi, therefore the official name for the team is Győri Audi ETO KC. With the help of their new sponsor, they won 6 Hungarian Championship titles and 7 Hungarian Cup during seven seasons.

In the European Cups, they reached the final of EHF Cup in 2005, where they fell short against Hungarian rivals, Alcoa FKC, then the final of EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2006, where they lost against ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica.

In 2009, Győri ETO reached the final of the Champions League, meeting Danish champion Viborg HK. Due to a knee injury suffered days before the first leg, captain Anita Görbicz couldn't take part in the finals.^[4] Győr won the first match away 26–24^[5] but was defeated at Veszprém Aréna 23–26, thus losing the title on aggregate score. In 2012, the team made it to the EHF Champions League finals again, where they fell short to ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica on the away goals rule. ETO won the first leg on home soil to 29–27, while their Montenegrin opponent achieved a 27–25 victory in the rematch which was just enough for them to gain the title.

During the years, both Hungarian and foreign handball talents and stars wore the green and white jersey, such as Anikó Kovacsics, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Eduarda Amorim, Katrine Lunde, Heidi Løke, Ana Gros, Andrea Lekić or Jovanka Radičević.

2012–2021 Reaching the Top

For the 2012/13 season, coach Ambros Martín joined the squad and have worked with the team for six years. ETO reached the final of the Champions League and could finally win after 7 lost European cup finals. They were able to win a thrilling semifinal rematch against Oltchim Vâlcea, where the guest Romanian team were leading in the 51st minute even with 6 goals.^[6] The last 10 minutes of the match were incredible from Győr's point of view, because they were able to come back to the match and lose with only 1 goal. Considering, that they have won their first match in Romania with 2 goals, that loss meant that they have made it to the final, where they had to face the Norwegian powerhouse Larvik HK. After a victory in Norway (24–21), they won the rematch and the title at the same time in the Veszprém Aréna.^[7] Since 2014 the winner of the Champions League have been decided in a Final Four tournament. ETO defended their title, which meant they won the last title in the old format and the first in the new one.

In the Ambros Martín era (2012–2018) ETO won 4 Champions League titles (in 2013 against Larvik, in 2014 against Budućnost, in 2017 against HC Vardar and in 2018 once again against HC Vardar) and lost one final (in 2016 against CSM București). In Hungary, their dominance remained, they won 5 Hungarian Championship titles and 5 Hungarian Cups, as well as 2 Hungarian Supercups. They lost only two titles, both against Ferencváros.

In February 2018, the club announced that the most successful coach of the club's history, Ambros Martín won't extend his contract and will leave the team after the 2017–18 season.^[8] Gábor Danyi - who was the assistant coach of the team since 2011 - took over his place on the bench. Danyi's first season as the head coach was ETO's best season so far. They did not just win all the titles possible, but remained unbeaten throughout the whole season.^[9] However, in May 2021 Danyi got sacked after a huge (9 goals) defeat against the domestic rivals Ferencváros, which also meant the team lost the National Championship title for the first time after 2015.^[10] The team lost 2 matches in total during Danyi's three-year tenure. Ambros Martín returned to the bench.

2021–present

On 4th of June 2021 the legend and icon of Győri ETO KC, Anita Görbicz played her last match for the team and retired after spending 24 seasons playing for the club.^[11] Another important and outstanding player of the era, Eduarda Amorim also played her last match for the team that day, leaving the club after 12 seasons.

Crest, colours, supporters[]

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor[]

The following table shows in detail Győri ETO KC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
	adidas
2004–2006		graboplast / e·on
2006–2010		Audi / e·on
2010	Erima	Audi
2011		Audi / Digi
2011–2012	adidas
2012–2013		Audi
2013–2015		Audi / MVM
2015		Audi / Győr
2016–		Audi / Győr / Szerencsejáték Zrt.

Kits[]

HOME
2007–08	2008–10	2011–12

AWAY
2004-05 2011–12 2017–18	2005-06	2007–08	2008–09	2013–14

THIRD
2005–06	2011–13

Arena[]

• 

  Audi Arena in Győr
  Name: Audi Aréna
• City: Győr, Hungary
• Capacity: 5,500 spectators
• Address: H-9027 Győr, Kiskút liget 4,

Team[]

Current squad 2021–2022[]

Squad information
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Date of Birth	In	Contract until	Previous club
1		Laura Glauser	Goalkeeper	20 August 1993	2020	2023	Metz Handball
5		Linn Blohm	Line Player	20 May 1992	2021	2023	Minaur Baia Mare
6		Nadine Schatzl	Left Wing	19 November 1993	2021	2024	Ferencvárosi TC
7		Kari Brattset Dale	Line Player	15 February 1991	2018	2024	Vipers Kristiansand
8		Anne Mette Hansen	Left Back	25 August 1994	2017	2022	København Håndbold
11		Ryu Eun-hee	Right Back	24 February 1990	2021	2023	Busan Bisco
12		Amandine Leynaud	Goalkeeper	2 May 1986	2018	2022	ŽRK Vardar
15		Stine Bredal Oftedal	Centre Back	25 September 1991	2017	2024	Issy Paris
16		Silje Solberg	Goalkeeper	16 June 1990	2020	2023	Siófok KC
21		Veronica Kristiansen	Left Back	10 July 1990	2018	2024	Midtjylland Håndbold
22		Viktória Lukács	Right Wing	31 October 1995	2020	2023	Ferencvárosi TC
23		Csenge Fodor	Left Wing	23 April 1999	2017	2025	NEKA
27		Estelle Nze Minko	Centre Back	11 August 1991	2019	2023	Siófok KC
45		Noémi Háfra	Left Back	5 October 1998	2021	2024	Ferencvárosi TC
48		Dorottya Faluvégi	Right Wing	31 March 1998	2019	2022	Ferencvárosi TC
77		Crina Pintea	Line Player	3 April 1990	2021	2023	CSM București
80		Jelena Despotović	Left Back	30 April 1994	2021	2023	Debreceni VSC

Retired numbers[]

Győri Audi ETO KC
No.	Player	Position	Tenure	Matches	Goals	Seasons
13	Anita Görbicz	Centre Back / Left Wing	1997–2021	750	3797	24

Transfers[]

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Sandra Toft

Out on loan[]

• Tamara Pál (CB) (at MTK Budapest) until 2022
• Laura Kürthi (RB) (at MTK Budapest) until 2022
• Johanna Farkas (CB) (at Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA) until 2022
• Sára Afentáler (RB) (at Alba Fehérvár KC) until 2021
• Nikolett Tóth (GK) (at Alba Fehérvár KC) until 2021

Staff members[]

• Chairman: dr. Csaba Bartha^[12]
• Sports Director: Anita Görbicz
• International Relations: Tamás Szabó
• Technical Director: Péter Molnár
• Head Coach: Ambros Martín
• Assistant Coach: Attila Kun
• Fitness Coach: Zoltán Holanek
• Club Doctor: Péter Balogh, MD
• Club Doctor: László Szálasy, MD

Notable former players[]

• Eszter Mátéfi (1993–1997)
• Gabriela Rotiș (2008–2009)
• Simona Spiridon (2007–2011)
• Asma Elghaoui (2016–2017)

Head coach history[]

^[13]

		1957–1963
		1964–1968
		1973
	Lajos Horváth	1989–1992; 1993–1994;
	Tibor Kocsis	1992–1993
		1994–1996; 2002–2007
		1996
	József Vura	1996–2002
	Csaba Konkoly	2007–2011
	Karl Erik Bøhn	2011–2012
	Ambros Martin	2012–2018; 2021–present
	Gábor Danyi	2018–2021

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

• Champions (15): 1957, 1959, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Runners-up: 1960, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2014–15, 2020–21
• Third place: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

• Winners (15) – record: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–2018, 2018–2019,
• Finalists: 1999–00, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2016–17

Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary); Championship vs. Cup winner

• Winners: 2014 (Ch.), 2015 (C.)

European competitions[]

• EHF Champions League:
  • Winners: 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Finalists: 2009, 2012, 2016
  • Bronze medalist: 2021
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Finalists: 2006
• EHF Cup:
  • Finalists: 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005

Others[]

• Hungarian Sport Team Of The Year: 2014, 2017, 2018^[14]

Recent seasons[]

As of 2 September 2021

• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:^[15] 42
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:^[16] 9
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:^[17] 2

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa NB I 5th NB I 5th NB I 4th NB I 5th NB I NB I 1999–00 NB I Finalist 2000–01 NB I NB I Finalist NB I

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa NB I Finalist NB I Winner NB I Winner NB I Winner NB I Winner 2008–09 NB I Winner 2009–10 NB I Winner 2010–11 NB I Winner 2011–12 NB I Winner 2012–13 NB I Winner

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 2013–14 NB I Winner 2014–15 NB I Winner 2015–16 NB I Winner 2016–17 NB I Finalist 2017–18 NB I Winner 2018–19 NB I Winner 2019–20 NB I Cancelled 2020–21 NB I 2021–22 NB I

In European competition[]

Source: kézitörténelem.hu

• Participations in Champions League: 19×
• Participations in EHF European League (EHF Cup): 4×
• Participations in Challenge Cup (City Cup): 2×
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 3×

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021–22	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	CSKA Moscow	32–22
			Vipers Kristiansand	35–29
			RK Krim Mercator		31–26
			Odense Håndbold		31–26
			Metz Handball		33–29
			Kastamonu Bld. GSK	37–20	38–22
			IK Sävehof	41��19

Statistics: matches played – 316, wins – 229, draws – 21, losses – 66, goals scored – 9,135, goals conceded – 7,714, goal difference – +1,421

Statistics[]

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League FINAL4[]

(All-Time) – Last updated on 6 June 2021

Rank	Name	Appearances	Goals
1	Anita Görbicz	6	57
2	Eduarda Amorim	6	49
3	Nycke Groot	4	37
4	Stine Bredal Oftedal	3	21
5	Bernadett Bódi	5	21
6	Heidi Løke	3	19
7	Kari Brattset Dale	2	16
8	Veronica Kristiansen	2	15
9	Anikó Kovacsics	2	12
10	Yvette Broch	3	10

Champions League winners[]

Rank	Players	Titles	Winning years
1	Anita Görbicz	5	2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
	Eduarda Amorim	5	2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
3	Bernadett Bódi	4	2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
4	Éva Kiss	3	2017, 2018, 2019
	Dorina Korsós	3	2013, 2014, 2017
	Adrienn Orbán	3	2013, 2014, 2017
	Tamara Pál	3	2017, 2018, 2019
	Szidónia Puhalák	3	2017, 2018, 2019
	Zsuzsanna Tomori	3	2017, 2018, 2019
	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	3	2017, 2018, 2019
	Nora Mørk	3	2017, 2018, 2019
	Heidi Løke	3	2013, 2014, 2017
	Nycke Groot	3	2017, 2018, 2019
	Jana Knedlíková	3	2017, 2018, 2019
15	Csenge Fodor	2	2018, 2019
	Orsolya Herr	2	2013, 2014
	Ágnes Hornyák	2	2013, 2014
	Dóra Hornyák	2	2013, 2014
	Anikó Kovacsics	2	2013, 2014
	Szederke Sirián	2	2013, 2014
	Viktória Soós	2	2013, 2014
	Ivett Szepesi	2	2013, 2014
	Katrine Lunde	2	2013, 2014
	Stine Bredal Oftedal	2	2018, 2019
	Anne Mette Hansen	2	2018, 2019
	Raphaëlle Tervel	2	2013, 2014
	Yvette Broch	2	2017, 2018
27	Júlia Hársfalvi	1	2017
	Gabriella Tóth	1	2017
	Jovanka Radičević	1	2013
	Katarina Bulatović	1	2014
	Kari Brattset Dale	1	2019
	Veronica Kristiansen	1	2019
	Amandine Leynaud	1	2019
	Anja Althaus	1	2018
	Crina Pintea	1	2019
	Andrea Lekić	1	2013
	Mireya González	1	2018
	Asma Elghaoui	1	2017

See also[]

• Győri ETO FC
• Győri ETO Futsal Club

References[]

External links[]

• Győri Audi ETO KC official website
• Győri Audi ETO KC on Facebook
• 2019–20 Győri ETO KC season
• 2020–21 Győri Audi ETO KC season
• 2021–22 Győri Audi ETO KC season