Békéscsabai Előre NKSE

The birth of the team dated back to 1973, when multi-sports club Békéscsabai Előre Spartacus took over the local team Kötöttárugyár, and thus it became one of the departments of the club.

The team have promoted to the top level league first in 1980, and two years later they achieved their greatest success up to date, having won silver medal in the Hungarian championship and reaching the quarterfinals of the IHF Cup (predecessor of EHF Cup). However, the following two decades remained unsuccessful, the club turned into a mid-table team.

In 2000 the handball department seceded from the main club, which caused a staggering setback: with continually worsening results year after year, in 2004 Békéscsaba eventually got relegated.

Shocked by the results, the club with the support of the local government have worked out a long-term conception, mainly based on the new, rising generation. The club have always been well known for their grassroot programs, and have been honoured by the Hungarian Handball Federation for their work with youths in 2008.

At the end of 2006, Békéscsaba fought back to the top-tier championship, and after survived the first two seasons, a slow development has started. The team finished in 2008 in the eighth position, and achieved a fourth place in the following year, with that they earned a place in the EHF Cup.[2]

Home hall: Városi Sportcsarnok

• Name: – Városi Sportcsarnok
• City: – Békéscsaba
• Capacity: – 2300
• Address: – 5600 Békéscsaba, Gyulai út 44.

As of 23 August 2021.

• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:[10] 39
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:[11] 9
• Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:[12] 1

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 1993–94 NB I 7th 1994–95 NB I 11th 1995–96 NB I 7th 1996–97 NB I 8th 1997–98 NB I 6th 1998–99 NB I 6th 1999-00 NB I 9th 2000–01 NB I 9th 2001–02 NB I 11th 2002–03 NB I/B 2nd

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 2003–04 NB I 11th 2004–05 NB I/B 1st 2005–06 NB I 10th 2006–07 NB I 10th 2007–08 NB I 8th 2008–09 NB I 4th 2009–10 NB I 4th 2010–11 NB I 6th Round 4 2011–12 NB I 9th Finalist 2012–13 NB I 9th Quarter-finals

Season Division Pos. Magyar kupa 2013–14 NB I 6th Round 4 2014–15 NB I 8th Round 4 2015–16 NB I 11th Quarter-finals 2016–17 NB I 10th Round 3 2017–18 NB I 12th Round 5 2018–19 NB I 12th Round 5 2019–20 NB I Cancelled Round 3 2020–21 NB I 14th Round 4

In European competition

Békéscsabai Előre score listed first. As of 25 November 2018.[13]

• Participations in EHF Cup (IHF Cup): 4x
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 1x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1983–84	IHF Cup	Quarter-finals	AS Lyon 1	26–20	29–17	55–37
		Semi-finals	Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	21–23	21–28	42–51
2009–10	EHF Cup	Second round	BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Reg.	26–24	31–20	57–44
		Third round	BM Parc Sagunt	30–30	24–26	54–56
2010–11	EHF Cup	Second round	RK Olimpija	32–23	22–31	54–54 (a)
2011–12	EHF Cup	Third round	ŽRK Vardar	40–20	39–20	79–40
		Round of 16	C.B. Mar Alicante	19–25	25–22	44–47
2012–13	Cup Winners' Cup	Third round	Stabæk Håndball	22–27	28–24	50–51

Statistics: matches played: 16 – wins: 9 – draws: 1 – losses: 6 – goals scored: 435 – goals conceded: 380

• Károly Szabó (1981–1987; 1989–1990; 1995–1998; 2000–2002; 2004–2005)
• György Buday (1988–1989)
• Sándor Rácz (1990–1991; 1998–1999)
• Pálné Csulik (1991–1992)
• Zoltán Fellegvári (1987)
• Lászlóné Tobak (1993–1995; 2002)[14]
• József Farkas (1999–2000)
• Norbert Gera (2003–2004)
• Ferenc Gávai (2005)[15]
• Tamás Rapatyi (2005–2007)
• Eszter Mátéfi (2007–2010)
• Beáta Bohus (2010–2011)
• Péter Kovács (2011–2012)
• Csaba Ökrös (2012–2013)
• Botond Bakó (2013–2014)
• György Avar (2014–2016)
• László Skaliczki (2016–2018)
• Roland Horváth (2018–2020)
• Gergő Vida (2020–2021)
• Bálint Papp (2021–2023)[16]
• József Farkas (2023)[17]
• Sándor Rác (2023–)[18]

• Békéscsaba 1912 Előre SE

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