Pécsi Vasutas SK

Pécsi VSK
Full name	Pécsi Vasutas Sportkör
Short name	PVSK
Founded	1919
Ground	PVSK Stadium
Capacity	12,000
Website	http://www.pvsk.hu/Labdarugas
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Hungarian football club

Football club

Pécsi Vasutas Sportkör is a Hungarian football club from the city of Pécs, Hungary.^[1]

History

They took the field for the first time on September 26, 1919, against PMSC-Bőrgyár, and immediately made their debut with a hard-fought 2-2 draw.

Their first golden age was undoubtedly the early 1930s, when PVSK not only won the Hungarian Railway Workers’ Championship but also introduced a local legend to the sport: Very little is known about András Bendekovics, but we do know that he was a member of the Hungarian national team that competed in the 1936 Olympics under the name Bérczes.

However, the undisputed first golden age—one that would satisfy any connoisseur—began in the mid-1940s, even if it did not last long. With the end of World War II, the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) fundamentally reorganized the league, and PVSK from the South Transdanubia region was promoted to NBI/B—where the letter “B” in no way implies that this was not the true first division, but merely a classification.

Pécsi Vasutas Sport Klub debuted in the 1945–46 season of the Hungarian League and finished fifteenth.[1]

On September 25, 1945, in front of 6,000 spectators, the team made its debut against Pestszentlőrinc, securing a 4–2 victory. Although they were unable to avoid relegation, the memories remain no less fond—especially since Hungarian soccer once again gained a local hero: Antal Werner, whose name was Hungarianized to “Vezér,” made his debut on the national team alongside Puskás and Szusza, and on June 29, 1947, in Belgrade, the national team—with him in its ranks—won 3–2.

1952 was another great year; PVSK was promoted once again and played a competitive match against what was then the best team in the world—Honvéd, of course—losing 2–0 to a squad that included Grosics, Lóránt, Bozsik, Budai II, Kocsist, and Puskás. Another season’s end, another relegation.

In the first match of the 1979 season, the Pécs team faced Honvéd and won 2–0. The bad news is that they were relegated at the end of the season. From that point on, PVSK’s path led straight downhill—to NB II, NB III, and then to the county leagues. Last year—2009/2010—they managed to win the county second division championship.