Diosgyori VTK

Diosgyor-Vasgyari Testgyakorlok Kore, more commonly Diosgyori VTK (Hungarian: [ˈdioːʒɟoːri ˈveːteːkaː]) is a Hungarian sports club from Diosgyor district of Miskolc best known for its football team. Founded in 1910 by the local working class youth, the team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Hungarian football. Diosgyor is best known for its passionate supporters – in the past years Diosgyor had one of the highest average attendances in the Hungarian top division. The football club enjoyed its first golden age in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including a third place in the 1978–79 season of the Hungarian League and two Hungarian Cup triumphs in 1977 and 1980.

Supporters

Diosgyor has one of the most supporters in Hungary and almost everybody in the town is fond of football. In the 2007–08 season, the average number of attendance in Diosgyor matches was 5,063, with DVTK being the most visited team in NB I. On the season peak, 10,000 fans encouraged the team. In the 2011–12 season, the average number of fans was 7,793, with the most visited team at the top, while the season peaked at 11,398 at the stadium, which meant a full house. The relationship with the Nyiregyhaza, Ferencvaros, and Ujpest supporters is particularly bad. DVTK fans have previously sympathized with the other red and white team in East Hungary, DVSC supporters. In recent years, a friendly relationship with the supporters of Szeged has evolved and they have a friendship with the Polish fans of GKS Belchatow.

On 19 July 2014, UEFA issued sanctions against Ferencvaros and Diosgyor and Slovakia’s Spartak Trnava, following racist behaviour by their fans during 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying matches against Maltese sides Sliema Wanderers, Birkirkara and Hibernians respectively. Ferencvaros were the hardest hit by the UEFA measures as club were fined by €20,000 and the partial closure of their stadium following m chants and racist banners displayed in both