- Nyíregyháza Spartacus
Football club infobox
clubname = Nyíregyháza Spartacus
nickname = Szpari
fullname = Nyíregyháza Spartacus Football Club
founded =1959
ground = Városi Stadion,Nyíregyháza
capacity = 13,501 | chairman =
manager =Attila Révész
league =Hungarian League
season = 2007-08| position = 9th
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leftarm2=FF0000|body2=FF0000|rightarm2=FF0000|shorts2=FF0000|socks2=FF0000Nyíregyháza Spartacus is a football club from
Nyíregyháza ,Hungary . Formed in 1959, they've had brief stints in the NB I., though they currently play in the second division, NB II. The team is locally referred to by their nickname, "Szpari". They play in Városi Stadion, in the city sport complex just north of the downtown.History
1960s
The team was founded in
1959 by the fusion of the clubs "Spartacus" and "Építők". In the early 1960s the team entered the second division of Hungarian football and then the now non-existent NB I./B, a sub-division of the first division. These were the years of the so-called "golden team" featuring players such Bakos, Pilcsuk, Kovacsis, Páll Cini, Papp Szuszka, Szokol, Kaskötő, Ignéczi, Nagy Zoli, Harcsa, Groholy, and Csemiczky. The team, however, fell from the NB I./B in 1968, ending the golden age.1980s
In 1980 the team finally ascended to the NB I. Their first match in the first division was played against
Diósgyőri VTK , soon-to-be rivals from nearbyMiskolc . The first goal was scored by Kozma "Kicsi" and Szpari won the match 2-0. The team finished the season in 7th place. However, the team was never able to improve from that season and they were relegated at the end of the 1983-1984 season.1998-2005
The team finally returned to the NB I. in 1998-1999 and ended that season in 13th place. They finished 9th in 1999-2000, but the league shrank in the 2000-2001 season, ultimately only allowing 12 teams to compete and Szpari again exited the first division.
In the 2004-2005 season the league expanded to again allow 16 teams and Nyíregyháza again found themselves in the first division. Though there were a few highlights including a masterful win over a declining Ferencváros to a home crowd in the second half of the season, the team ended in 15th place and were relegated yet again to NB II.
NB II Championship
The team had an unsuccessful campaign to return to the NB I. in 2005-2006 finishing sixth place overall, though they currently are making a strong case in the NB II. Eastern division, where they are currently dead even in points with Ferencváros. The two times they faced the perennial Hungarian league favorites ended in a draw, 0-0 in Nyíregyháza and 1-1 to a crowd of over 13,000 in Budapest. With two matches left in the season the two teams were tied in the standings, but Nyíregyháza ended triumph, winning the NB II Eastern division outright and will play next season in the NB I.
2007-2008
The team transitioned fairly well to the NB I. and finished in tenth place.
Colours and Badge
tadium
upporters
The team has several fan groups. The Keleti Front (Eastern Front) began in 1992, The [http://www.mastiffs95.fw.hu Mastiffs] began in 1995, and most recently Elit began in 2007.
Current squad
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pos=MFNB I. Results
The team has seen limited success in Hungary's top league, finishing only one season with more goals counting for them than against them. The highest they've ever finished is 7th place and they've been relegated to lower divisions three times.
* "The 2000-2001 featured a new format involving 2 groups of 8 who played each other twice for 14 games. The top 6 teams in each group went on to form a new group of 12, whereas the bottom 4 teams were relegated."Honours
* Hungarian NB II, Eastern Division Champions: 2006-2007
Notable former players
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Miklós Kiss , holds team record for goals scored (19)
*Károly Czeczeli , 2nd most goals scored (17)
*Miklós Moldván , holds team record for matches played (122)
*Krisztian Timar Links
* [http://www.szpari.hu Official Website of the Club]
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