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Győri ETO women's handball: seven Champions League titles (1948–2026)

Győri ETO women's handball: seven Champions League titles (1948–2026)

Founded as a section in 1948, Győr has since 2005 reached nineteen league titles and seven Champions League wins. The history of Győri ETO women's handball, with sources.

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Few Hungarian clubs can say they are among the leading teams in Europe in their sport. The Győri ETO women's handball team has won the EHF Champions League seven times, more than any other club in the Champions League era (since 1993–94). The road was long, though. The section was founded in 1948, won its second national title in 1959, and then waited 46 years for the third. This article puts the story together from public sources.

Illustration: a packed handball arena lit in green and white, with silhouettes of women handball players on court
Illustration: a packed handball arena lit in green and white, with silhouettes of women handball players on court
AI illustration (artist's depiction).

1904–1948: the parent club and the new section

ETO, short for Egyetértés Torna Osztály ("Unity Gymnastics Section"), was founded in Győr in 1904. Its women's handball section was created in 1948 [1]. The club's full name today is Győri Egyetértés Torna Osztály Kézilabda Club. The current, independent handball club was established in 1992 [1].

Over the years the team has also played under other names; the sources mention Győri Vasas and Győri Richards [1].

1957–1959: the first two titles

The Győr women won the Hungarian championship for the first time in 1957, and again in 1959 [2]. Then came a long gap: the next title arrived 46 years later, in 2005 [2].

1999–2006: European finals, no trophy yet

Before the first modern domestic title, the team was already playing finals in Europe. It reached the EHF Cup final for the first time in 1999 (against Denmark's Viborg), and again in 2002, 2004 and 2005. In 2006 it reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup [1]. All of those finals were lost, but these were the years in which Győr became a regular on the European stage.

Since 2005 Audi has been the club's naming sponsor, and the official name has been Győri Audi ETO KC [1].

2005–2012: domestic dominance begins

The long wait ended in 2005. Győr won the league in 2005 and 2006, then every year from 2008 to 2014. Later it also won from 2016 to 2019, and in 2022, 2023 and 2025 [2]. The team reached the Champions League final in 2009 and 2012, but lost both [1].

2013–2019: Ambros Martín and five European titles

The turning point came with the Spanish coach Ambros Martín. He led the team from 2012 to 2018 and won four Champions League titles in that time, in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018; he lost the 2016 final [1]. The fifth title came in 2019 under his successor, Gábor Danyi [1].

In November 2014 the Audi Aréna opened. The 5,500-seat hall cost €16 million and, in its first year, hosted matches of the 2014 Women's European Championship [3].

Chart: Győri ETO women's handball timeline with league titles and Champions League finals
Chart: Győri ETO women's handball timeline with league titles and Champions League finals
Chart: Data Analytic Investments, based on the article's sources.

2020–2026: more titles in Budapest

The Champions League final four was held at the MVM Dome in Budapest in both 2025 and 2026, so Győr's supporters did not have far to travel [4][5]. In 2022 the team lost another final, but in 2024 and 2025 it won back to back. The 2025 title made Győr the most successful club of the Champions League era (since 1993–94), with seven wins [1][4].

In 2025–26 the team won the Hungarian league and cup double, but lost the Champions League final 31–29 to France's Metz on 7 June 2026 at the MVM Dome [1][5].

Champions League
Titles2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025
Finals lost2009, 2012, 2016, 2022, 2026

Sources: [1][5]

5 things many people don't know

  1. The first two league titles came in the 1950s. After 1957 and 1959, it took 46 years to win a third [2].
  2. Győr reached four EHF Cup finals before it ever won the Champions League [1].
  3. Today's club dates from 1992, even though the section has existed since 1948 [1].
  4. The Audi Aréna's first big event was a European Championship, the 2014 Women's EHF EURO [3].
  5. Győr has won seven of its twelve Champions League finals. We counted the finals by adding the titles and the lost finals [1].

What we do not know from these sources

  • The English Wikipedia club article gives 19 league titles (the latest in 2025–26) [1]. The league article lists 18 titles up to 2025 [2]. With the 2026 title, the two agree.
  • Only one source gives the figure of 16 Hungarian Cups, without the years [1].
  • The IHF report we read does not give the score of the 2025 final, only the result [4].

From the Hungarian clubs series

This is part seven of the series. The previous part covered Újpest FC football; the next is about Szolnoki Dózsa water polo.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Győri ETO KC — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C5%91ri_ETO_KC (accessed 20 Oct 2026)
  2. Wikipedia: Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I_(women%27s_handball) (accessed 20 Oct 2026)
  3. Wikipedia: Audi Aréna — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Ar%C3%A9na (accessed 20 Oct 2026)
  4. IHF: Seventh heaven for Győr, as Hungarian powerhouse retains title in the EHF Champions League Women, 2025 — https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/seventh-heaven-gyor-hungarian-powerhouse-retains-title-ehf-champions-league-women
  5. Digi24 (Romanian): Metz Handball wins the Champions League for the first time, 8 Jun 2026 — https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/sport/handbal/metz-handball-a-castigat-in-premiera-liga-campionilor-dupa-ce-a-trecut-in-finala-de-gyor-detinatoarea-trofeului-3805131

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