PVSK Panthers


PVSK-Panthers, for sponsorship reasons known as PVSK-Veolia or simply Pécs, is the men's basketball club based in Pécs, Hungary. It is the oldest non-Budapest based basketball club playing in the NB I/A, the first division. They played 49 seasons in the top division, which is the third most after MAFC and Honvéd.
PVSK-Panthers won one trophy in its history: the Hungarian Cup in 2009.

History

The team was founded in 1944, they played in the 1st division from 1946 to 1950, then after 4 year, from 1955 to 1985 continuously. In 1985 they fall to the 2nd, in 1992 to the 3rd league. In 1994 they moved to Pécsvárad. In 2000 they won the 3rd division and moved back to Pécs, in 2003 they returned into the top flight. In 2009 they won the regular season and the Hungarian Cup, and finished runner-up in the play-offs.
In Pécs, there was another basketball team. In the 1940s and 1950s the PEAC was placed in the 1st division too, and then in the 1990s again under the name of Matáv SE Pécs. Currently they are in the 2nd league.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Magyar Kupa

Notable players