Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia

SzCsGA respects the traditions and history of soccer in Szeged, but it is not the legal successor to the former Szeged teams such as Szegedi AK, Szegedi Dózsa SC, or SZEOL SC. Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia was founded in 2011, as Szeged 2011, as a symbol of a new direction and stable operation—something that had not been characteristic of soccer in Szeged in the preceding period. The Sports Organization is wholly owned by the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád, as is the Gyula-based Grosics Academy Football Club, which works in close professional collaboration with it and is an independent youth development association. The founder of the sports organization is László Kiss-Rigó, Bishop of the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád, whose creed is “Strength, Love, Sobriety”—which is also the club’s motto and appears on the coat of arms. Initially, Szeged 2011 Kft. had only an adult team, while the Grosics Academy in Gyula—which has been operating since 2009—focused solely on youth development. Since the summer of 2012, Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia have been building and fielding our own youth teams in Szeged to meet the requirements for competing in the league. Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia competed in the second division of the national league, Nemzeti Bajnokság II, from 2011 to 2013, when the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) merged the previously two-group second-division league, and we lost the promotion playoff match against Kisvárda, so we continued in the third division. The city of…

Nemzeti Bajnokság III: Winners (1): 2018–19