Mezőkövesdi KC

Mezőkövesdi KC
Mezőkövesdi KC
Full name	Mezőkövesdi Kézilabda Club
Short name	MKC
Founded	1993
Arena	Városi Sportcsarnok, Mezőkövesd
Capacity	850 seats
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Mezőkövesdi Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian handball club from Mezőkövesd, that played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary.

Mezőkövesd

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Location of Mezőkövesdi KC

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Mezőkövesdi KC	1993–present

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail Mezőkövesdi Kézilabda Club kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
0000 – 2011	Mass
2011–2014	Kempa
2014–2019	Erima
2019 – present	Hummel

Shirt sponsor

Period	Sponsor
2010–2013	Mátrai Erőmű Zrt. / Mezőkövesd / Technical Parts AG / Wiktori Kft. / Kovács Vegyesipari Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. / Mezőkövesdi Városgazdálkodási Rt.
2013–2014	Mátrai Erőmű Zrt. / Mezőkövesd / Mezőkövesdi Városgazdálkodási Zrt.
2014–2015	Mezőkövesd / Mezőkövesdi Városgazdálkodási Zrt.
2015–2016	Mezőkövesd / Mezőkövesdi Városgazdálkodási Zrt. / Szerencsejáték Zrt.
2016–2017	Mezőkövesd / Mezőkövesdi Városgazdálkodási Zrt. / tippmixPro
2017–2018	Mezőkövesd / Mezőkövesdi Városgazdálkodási Zrt.
2018–2019	Mezőkövesd / tippmix / Kovács Vegyesipari Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. / Balneo Hotel Zsori Thermal & Wellness
2019–2020	Mezőkövesd / tippmix
2020 – present	Mezőkövesd

Kits

HOME
2018–19	2019–20	2021–

AWAY
2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–

THIRD
2020–

Supporters and rivalries

The supporters of the club are based in Mezőkövesd, in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary.

Mezőkövesdi KC's arch-rival is the neighbouring club Eger-Eszterházy SzSE and games between the clubs are considered as the "Bükkaljai derbi".
Mezőkövesdi KC's arch-rival is the neighbouring club Gyöngyösi KK and games between the clubs.

Sports Hall information

Name: – Városi Sportcsarnok
City: – Mezőkövesd
Capacity: – 850
Address: – 3400 Mezőkövesd, Kavicsos tó út 9.

Management

Position	Name
President	Tamás Pap
Vice President	Lajos Csiger
Vice President	Péter Drizner
Member Of The Board	Szabolcs Pap
Member Of The Board	Dr. Béla Hedrik
Technical Manager	Roland Nagy
Technical Manager	Gábor Bertha

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season

Mezőkövesdi KC

Goalkeepers

Left Wingers

04 Balázs Sárosi
25 Dániel Szabó

Right Wingers

29 Norbert Nagy

Line Players

Central Backs

Left Backs
Right Backs

24 Richárd Kátai

Technical staff

Head Coach: Péter Drizner
Masseur: Ágnes Póta Lázárné

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Leaving

Kristóf Csörgő (CB) to Ferencvárosi TC

Transfers for the 2021–22 season

Joining

Leaving

Imre Pásztor (GK) to Sport36-Komló
Olivér Szöllősi (LP) to Sport36-Komló
Bence Kovács (LB) to Orosházi FKSE
Dániel Fekete (LB) to Füzesabonyi SC
Bálint Rosta (LP) loan back to Gyöngyösi KK

Transfers for the 2020–21 season

Joining

Dániel Fekete (LB) from SV Blau-Weiss 1893 Goldbach/Hochheim
Tamás Boda (LB) from Békési FKC
István Varga (GK) from Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs
Bálint Rosta (LP) on loan from Gyöngyösi KK

Leaving

Tomislav Radnić (CB) to Budakalász FKC
Milos Mojsilov (GK) to TuS Vinnhorst
Faruk Halilbegović (LB) to RK Vojvodina
Stanko Stanković (RB) to AC Diomidis Argous
Henrique Pedro Martins (LP) to Vitória Setúbal
László Horváth (CB) to Balatonfüredi KSE
Máté Dávid (LP) to Budakalász FKC
Martin Varjú (RW) to Budakalász FKC
Máté Menyhárt (LW) to Budai Farkasok KKUK

Transfers for the 2019–20 season

Joining

Milos Mojsilov (GK) from Ceglédi KKSE
Olivér Szöllősi (LP) from Balatonfüredi KSE
Martin Varjú (RW) from Csurgói KK

Leaving

Transfers for the 2018–19 season

Joining

Tomislav Radnić (CB) from Ceglédi KKSE
Stanko Stanković (RB) from AHC Dunărea Călărași
Predrag Rodić (LB) from RK Jugović
Henrique Pedro Martins (LP) from Gyöngyösi KK
Filip Krivokapić (CB) from RK Lovćen^[1]
László Horváth (CB) from Balatonfüredi KSE
Máté Dávid (LP) from Ceglédi KKSE
Bálint Gulácsi (LB) from Bőcs KSC
Péter Kovács (RW) from Békési FKC
Kristóf Győri (GK) on loan from NEKA
Faruk Halilbegović (LB) from Selka Eskişehir SK
Bence Mikita (CB) from Ferencvárosi TC

Leaving

Nebojsa Vojinovic (LB) to Váci KSE
Ákos Sándor (LP) to Balassagyarmati Kábel SE
József Padla (RB) to Hatvani KSZSE
Filip Krivokapić (CB) to GRK Ohrid

Transfers for the 2017–18 season

Joining

Nebojsa Vojinovic (LB) from MRK Požarevac
Ákos Sándor (LP) from Nyíregyházi SC
Nándor Jancsó (RW) from Tatai AC
Norbert Jóga (LP) from Gyöngyösi KK
Máté Menyhárt (LW) from SBS-Eger
Botond Zelei (CB) from PLER KC
József Padla (RB) from Ózdi KC
Koppány Tóth (GK) from Ózdi KC
Imre Pásztor (GK) from Balmazújvárosi KK

Leaving

Tomislav Radnić (CB) to Ceglédi KKSE
Marko Vukić (LB)
Darko Trivković (LP)
Aleksey Grigoriev (RB)
István Szepesi (LW) to SBS-Eger
Péter Vaskó (RW) to SBS-Eger
Balázs Holló (GK) to Dabas KK
Gergő Lókodi (LB) to Dabas KK
Péter Grünfelder (LP) to Sport36-Komló
Roland Kiss (CB) to Balmazújvárosi KK
Norbert Nagy (RW) to Balmazújvárosi KK
János Kovács (GK) to Balmazújvárosi KK
Gábor Pordán (RB) to SZESE Győr
Máté Gulás (CB)
Artsiom Selvasiuk (LP) loan back to HC Meshkov Brest

Transfers for the 2016–17 season

Joining

Marko Vukić (LB) from RK Zagreb
Péter Vaskó (RW) from Grundfos Tatabánya KC
Gergő Lókodi (LB) from PLER KC
János Kovács (GK) from SBS-Eger
Norbert Nagy (RW) from Ferencvárosi TC
Gábor Pordán (RB) from Balatonfüredi KSE
Máté Gulás (CB) from Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs
Artsiom Selvasiuk (LP) on loan from HC Meshkov Brest

Leaving

Atsushi Mekaru (CB) to BM Puente Genil
Dušan Bozoljac (LB) to Runar Sandefjord
Gábor Hajdú (LB) to SG Handball West Wien^[2]
Szabolcs Antal (LP) to Orosházi FKSE
Bence Benis (RW) to Ferencvárosi TC
Ferenc Molnár (LP) (retires)
Péter Kovács (RW) to Békési FKC
Tibor Balogh (GK) loan back to Csurgói KK
Attila Füstös (LB) loan back to Csurgói KK

Transfers for the 2015–16 season

Joining

Jure Kozina (RB) from RK Metković
Gábor Hajdú (LB) from Gyöngyösi KK
Szabolcs Antal (LP) from Ceglédi KKSE
Bence Benis (RW) from Orosházi FKSE
Atsushi Mekaru (CB) from Nyíregyházi SC^[3]
Aleksey Grigoriev (RB) from AHC Potaissa Turda
Dušan Bozoljac (LB) from Medical Park Antalyaspor
Attila Füstös (LB) on loan from Csurgói KK
Tibor Balogh (GK) on loan from Csurgói KK

Leaving

Stefan Ilić (LB) to RK Metaloplastika
Rudolf Ćužić (CB) to Handball Carpi^[4]
Stanislav Nakhaenko (LP) to Sport36-Komló
Marko Vasić (RW) to Váci KSE
Zoltán Terenyi (RW) to Váci KSE
Gábor Pálos (LW) to Vesthimmerland
Gergő Lókodi (LB) to PLER KC
Szilveszter Liszkai (GK) to Tremblay en France^[5]
Mate Volarević (GK) to SSV Bozen
Jure Kozina (RB) to RK Split
Aleksandar Ćirić (LB) to Százhalombattai KE

Transfers for the 2014–15 season

Joining

Marko Vasić (RW) from RK Jugović
Mate Volarević (GK) from RK Metković
Nikola Džono (RB) from Stal Mielec
Stanislav Nakhaenko (LP) from HC Dinamo Minsk
Saeid Pourghasemi (LB)
Szilveszter Liszkai (GK) from Gyöngyösi KK
Gergő Lókodi (LB) from PLER KC
Gábor Pálos (LW) from SBS-Eger
Zoltán Terenyi (RW) from ETO-SZESE Győr
Balázs Holló (GK) from Szentendrei KC
Stefan Ilić (LB) from RK Jugović
Aleksandar Ćirić (LB)

Leaving

Transfers for the 2013–14 season

Joining

Goran Đukić (RB) from Orosházi FKSE
Tomáš Szűcs (LB) from PLER KC
István Szepesi (LW) from Pécsi VSE
Péter Grünfelder (LP) from Pécsi VSE
László Kurbely (RB) from Pécsi VSE
Zsolt Dobó (LB) from Ceglédi KKSE
Olivér Kiss (GK) from Grundfos Tatabánya KC
Rudolf Ćužić (CB) from RK Poreč
Tomislav Radnić (CB) from RK Medveščak
Matija Pavlović (LB) from MRK Dugo Selo
Ádám Bakos (RW) from Váci KSE

Leaving

Marek Kovácech (RB) to Balmazújvárosi KK
Koppány Tóth (GK) to Ózdi KC
Csaba Nyikes (LB) to Ózdi KC
Dániel Fekete (LB) to SV Blau-Weiss 1893 Goldbach/Hochheim
Attila Varga (CB) to Mezőtúri AFC
Marian Kleis (LW) to Nyíregyházi SC
Tomáš Szűcs (LB) to HKM Sala
László Fekete (LB) to Ózdi KC
Patrik Gyuris (LP) to Kecskeméti TE

Previous Squads

2018–2019 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Hungary	Patrik Pelyhe	(2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 23)	Goalkeeper
2	Hungary	Nándor Jancsó	(1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 29)	Right Winger
3	Hungary	Bence Kovács	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 28)	Left Back
5	Hungary	Norbert Jóga	(1996-07-20) 20 July 1996 (age 28)	Line Player
6	Montenegro	Filip Krivokapić	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28)	Central Back
7	Serbia	Predrag Rodić	(1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28)	Left Back
10	Croatia	Tomislav Radnić	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34)	Central Back
11	Hungary	Péter Kovács	(1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 30)	Right Winger
12	Hungary	Koppány Tóth	(1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Faruk Halilbegović	(1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 (age 37)	Left Back
14	Hungary	László Horváth	(1998-09-22) 22 September 1998 (age 26)	Central Back
16	Hungary	Imre Pásztor	(1996-07-23) 23 July 1996 (age 28)	Goalkeeper
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stanko Stanković	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 34)	Right Back
24	Hungary	Bálint Gulácsi	(2001-04-08) 8 April 2001 (age 23)	Left Back
25	Hungary	Dániel Szabó	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 23)	Left Winger
31	Hungary	Botond Zelei	(1997-12-18) 18 December 1997 (age 26)	Central Back
35	Brazil	Henrique Pedro Martins	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29)	Line Player
66	Hungary	Bence Mikita	(1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 26)	Central Back
67	Hungary	Kristóf Győri	(2000-06-25) 25 June 2000 (age 24)	Goalkeeper
95	Hungary	Máté Menyhárt	(1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29)	Left Winger
99	Hungary	Máté Dávid	(1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 28)	Line Player

2015–2016 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Croatia Italy	Mate Volarević	(1992-06-04) 4 June 1992 (age 32)	Goalkeeper
3	Hungary	Bence Kovács	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 28)	Left Back
5	Hungary	István Szepesi	(1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34)	Left Winger
9	Hungary	Attila Füstös	(1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 30)	Left Back
10	Hungary	Roland Kiss	(1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 (age 27)	Central Back
11	Hungary	Péter Grünfelder	(1991-01-27) 27 January 1991 (age 33)	Line Player
12	Hungary	Balázs Holló	(1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32)	Goalkeeper
13	Hungary	Gábor Hajdú	(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
15	Croatia	Tomislav Radnić	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34)	Central Back
19	Japan	Atsushi Mekaru	(1985-04-03) 3 April 1985 (age 39)	Central Back
20	Hungary	Tibor Balogh	(1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 31)	Goalkeeper
21	Hungary	Szabolcs Antal	(1990-07-07) 7 July 1990 (age 34)	Line Player
22	Hungary	Péter Kovács	(1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 30)	Right Winger
23	Hungary	Ferenc Molnár	(1982-03-04) 4 March 1982 (age 42)	Line Player
24	Hungary	Bence Benis	(1989-02-22) 22 February 1989 (age 35)	Right Winger
25	Serbia	Darko Trivković	(1983-05-01) 1 May 1983 (age 41)	Line Player
32	Hungary	Szilveszter Liszkai	(1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37)	Goalkeeper
33	Russia	Aleksey Grigoriev	(1983-02-19) 19 February 1983 (age 41)	Right Back
39	Serbia	Dušan Bozoljac	(1985-01-05) 5 January 1985 (age 39)	Left Back
71	Serbia	Aleksandar Ćirić	(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 30)	Left Back
71	Hungary	János Nyitrai	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31)	Line Player
77	Croatia	Jure Kozina	(1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 32)	Right Back

2014–2015 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Croatia Italy	Mate Volarević	(1992-06-04) 4 June 1992 (age 32)	Goalkeeper
3	Hungary Serbia	Marko Vasić	(1989-07-19) 19 July 1989 (age 35)	Right Winger
5	Hungary	István Szepesi	(1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34)	Left Winger
6	Serbia	Stefan Ilić	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32)	Left Back
7	Croatia	Rudolf Ćužić	(1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 (age 39)	Central Back
9	Hungary	Zoltán Terenyi	(1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32)	Right Winger
10	Hungary	Gergő Lókodi	(1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
11	Hungary	Péter Grünfelder	(1991-01-27) 27 January 1991 (age 33)	Line Player
12	Hungary	Balázs Holló	(1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32)	Goalkeeper
15	Croatia	Tomislav Radnić	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34)	Central Back
20	Hungary	Péter Sipos	(1993-11-05) 5 November 1993 (age 30)	Goalkeeper
21	Hungary	Gábor Pálos	(1985-06-21) 21 June 1985 (age 39)	Left Winger
22	Hungary	Péter Kovács	(1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 30)	Right Winger
23	Hungary	Ferenc Molnár	(1982-03-04) 4 March 1982 (age 42)	Line Player
24	Croatia	Matija Pavlović	(1994-06-06) 6 June 1994 (age 30)	Left Back
25	Serbia	Darko Trivković	(1983-05-01) 1 May 1983 (age 41)	Line Player
32	Hungary	Szilveszter Liszkai	(1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37)	Goalkeeper
39	Belarus	Stanislav Nakhaenko	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)	Line Player
71	Serbia	Aleksandar Ćirić	(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 30)	Left Back
71	Iran	Saeid Pourghasemi	(1986-09-21) 21 September 1986 (age 38)	Left Back
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Nikola Džono	(1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 (age 38)	Right Back

Top Scorers

Season	Player	Apps/Goals
2004–2005	Csaba Fügedi	19/111
2005–2006	Csaba Fügedi	24/139
2006–2007	Csaba Nyikes	26/170
2007–2008	László Fekete	28/138
2008–2009	László Fekete	32/201
2009–2010	László Fekete	27/151
2010–2011	László Fekete	29/149
2011–2012	László Fekete	27/87
2012–2013	Marian Kleis	22/133
2013–2014	Bence Benis	34/136
2014–2015	Gergő Lókodi	30/112
2015–2016	István Szepesi	38/157
2016–2017	István Szepesi	26/107
2017–2018	Máté Menyhárt	24/132
2018–2019	Stanko Stanković	24/82
2019–2020	Cancelled
2020–2021	Nándor Jancsó	21/138

Honours

Honours	No.	Years
League
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Winners	2	2012–13, 2017–18
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Runners-up	1	2006–07
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Third Place	1	2005–06
Domestic Cups
Magyar Kupa Third Place	1	2014–15

Recent seasons

As of 1 November 2017.

Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:^[6] 9
Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:^[7] 7
Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:^[8]^[9] 8

Season	Division	Pos.
1993–94	County I	1st
1994–95	NB II Északkelet	8th
1995–96	NB II Északkelet	5th
1996–97	NB II Északkelet	8th
1997–98	NB II Északkelet	2nd
1998–99	NB II Északkelet	4th
1999-00	NB II Északkelet	6th
2000–01	NB II Északkelet	3rd
2001–02	NB II Északkelet	1st
2002–03	NB I/B Kelet	10th

Season	Division	Pos.	Magyar kupa
2003–04	NB I/B Kelet	9th
2004–05	NB I/B Kelet	10th
2005–06	NB I/B Kelet	3rd
2006–07	NB I/B Kelet	2nd
2007–08	NB I	13th
2008–09	NB I	7th
2009–10	NB I	10th
2010–11	NB I	10th	Round 3
2011–12	NB I	11th	Round 3
2012–13	NB I/B Kelet	1st	Round 4

Season	Division	Pos.	Magyar kupa
2013–14	NB I	10th	Round 3
2014–15	NB I	8th	Third place
2015–16	NB I	8th	Fourth place
2016–17	NB I	14th	Round 4
2017–18	NB I/B Kelet	1st	Round 2
2018–19	NB I	12th	Round 5
2019–20	NB I	Cancelled
2020–21	NB I/B Kelet	4th	Round 5
2021–22	NB I/B Kelet	17th	Round 3
2022–23	NB II Északkelet	1st

EHF ranking

As of 14/07/2022^[10]

Rank	Team	Points
286	US Ivry Handball	3
287	Tremblay Handball	3
288	Göztepe S.K.	3
289	Mezőkövesdi KC	3
290	HC Zomimak-M	3
291	SPR Stal Mielec	3
292	AD Ciudad de Guadalajara	3

Former club members

Notable former players

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2013	György Avar
2014–16	László Skaliczki
2016	Ferenc Molnár
2016–17	Pavol Jano
2017–18	Péter Drizner
2018–20	Dániel Buday
2020–	Péter Drizner

References

^ "Filip Krivokapic is nálunk folytatja!". 19 June 2018.
^ "Hajdu Gábor elbúcsúzott". 15 June 2016.
^ "Mezőkövesd".
^ "AM | Ufficiale a Carpi: Il nuovo straniero è il croato Rudolf Cuzic | PallamanoItalia".
^ "Liszkai Tremblayben". 24 November 2015.
^ "Magyar bajnokság NB1 – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
^ "Magyar bajnokság NB1B – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
^ "Magyar bajnokság NB2 – férfi (1981–2000)" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
^ "Magyar bajnokság NB2 – férfi (2001–)" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

Official website (in Hungarian)
Mezőkövesdi KC on Facebook

[1] "Filip Krivokapic is nálunk folytatja!". 19 June 2018.

[2] "Hajdu Gábor elbúcsúzott". 15 June 2016.

[3] "Mezőkövesd".

[4] "AM | Ufficiale a Carpi: Il nuovo straniero è il croato Rudolf Cuzic | PallamanoItalia".

[5] "Liszkai Tremblayben". 24 November 2015.

[6] "Magyar bajnokság NB1 – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.

[7] "Magyar bajnokság NB1B – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.

[8] "Magyar bajnokság NB2 – férfi (1981–2000)" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.

[9] "Magyar bajnokság NB2 – férfi (2001–)" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.

[10] "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

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