PVSK Panthers

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Pécsi VSK-Veolia
Nickname	Vasút
Leagues	NB I/B
Founded	1944; 80 years ago (1944)
History	List Pécsi VSK (1944–1948, 1956–1994, 2000–) Pécsi Lokomotív (1948–1954) Pécsi Törekvés (1954–1956) PVSK-Pécsvárad (1994–2000)
Arena	Lauber Dezső Sports Hall
Capacity	3,036
Location	Pécs, Hungary
Main sponsor	Veolia
Team manager	Gábor Bán
Championships	1 Hungarian Cups
Home Away

Active departments of Pécsi VSK
Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's U21) Water polo Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Athletics Boxing Judo Ski Orienteering

PVSK-Panthers, for sponsorship reasons known as PVSK-Veolia or simply Pécs, is a men's basketball club based in Pécs, Hungary. It was the oldest non-Budapest based basketball club playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the first division of Hungary, until 2022, when they were relegated. They played 53 seasons in the top division, which is the second most after MAFC. PVSK-Panthers won one trophy in its history: the Hungarian Cup in 2009.

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 (with once in 1972 in the 2nd league). 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.

Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (National Championship of Hungary)

• Runners-up (1): 2008–09
• Third place (1): 2006–07

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

• Winners (1): 2009
• Bronze medal (1): 1983, 2007

Pécs Panthers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G/F 1 Szabadfi, Márk 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2004-06-08)8 June 2004 PG 2 Halász, Ákos 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 33 – (1991-08-08)8 August 1991 SF 3 Werner, Viktor 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1999-03-05)5 March 1999 F/C 4 Henry, Shane 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-12-10)10 December 1993 SF 5 Carev, Aleksej 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (2000-02-18)18 February 2000 G/F 8 Barnjak, Josip 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-12-16)16 December 1998 PG 9 Ruják, András 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 36 – (1988-07-30)30 July 1988 PF 10 Calloway, Jacob 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1996-04-30)30 April 1996 G/F 11 Varga, Gergő 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2003-04-22)22 April 2003 SG 13 Mucza, Tamás 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (1999-12-27)27 December 1999 G 17 Illés, Máté 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1995-06-06)6 June 1995 F/C 19 Dorogi, Gergő 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 C 21 Pápai, Máté 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-06-20)20 June 1998 G 25 Dimitrijevic, Djordje 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1997-02-06)6 February 1997 F 55 Krestinin, Denis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1994-04-15)15 April 1994	Head coach Simon Petrov Assistant coach(es) Armin Fodor Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 1, 2023

• Zoltán Horváth (2003–05)
• Stojan Ivković (2004–06)
• Dragan Aleksić (2005–09)
• Krisztián Wittmann (2006–09)
• András Ruják (2009–10, 2019–21)
• Alex Legion (2012–13)
• Brad Loesing (2012–13)
• Marino Šarlija (2013–14)
• Zoltán Supola (2016–18)

• Official website