AFC Avas
| AFC Avas | |
| managed by Liszi | |
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| Club Information | |
| Full name | AFC Avas (95733) |
| Short name | Avas |
| Nickname(s) | The Highlanders |
| Colours | Red, Gold and Black |
| Founded | 13 Sep 2002 |
| Location | Miskolc,  Magyarország
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| League | IV.5 |
| Fanclub | Tlaktolos Öldögfiókák |
| (~Hellboyz with Tlactols) | |
| Home Ground Information | |
| Name | AvasarenA |
| Total capacity | 83.049 |
| Terraces | 52.000 |
| Basic seating | 20.760 |
| Seats under roof | 8.310 |
| Seats in VIP boxes | 1.979 |
| Youth Team Information | |
| Name | Avasi Hegylakók |
| (Highlanders of Avas) | |
| Ground | Avasi Ifiképző Komplexum |
| (Avas Youth Sports Complex) | |
| Ground capacity | 300 |
| Coach Information | |
| Name | Baktybek Datka Uulu |
| Nationality |  Kyrgyz Republic
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| Since | 11 Dec 2010 |
Athletic & Football Club Avas, also referred to as AFC Avas, is a Hattrick team from Miskolc, Hungary. The club is one of the oldests in the Hungarian football league, since it was founded in 2002 and joined the football league in its second season.
Since than the club had some successful seasons at league levels III-IV-V by winning division V twice and division IV four times and making it to the last 32 in the Hungarian Cup twice. Although never reached higher levels then division III, AFC Avas was ranked 2nd best team in the region of Miskolc (behind the mostly decorated Hungarian team, garristop) most of the time under the club's last spell at division III.
AFC Avas plays at the AvasarenA (formerly Stadio Delle Avas).
History
Early Seasons
First Golden Era
Stagnation
Second Golden Era
Nowadays
League & Cup History
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | |
| III | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - |
| IV | 8 | 8 | 7 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ? |
| V | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cup | - | - | r3 | r3 | r3 | r2 | r4 | r6 | r7 | r5 | r7 | r6 | r4 | r6 | r10 | r8 | r6 | r5 | r4 | r7 | r3 | r4 | r5 | r10 | r8 | r8 | r5 | r7 | r4 |
Logo
The club used three logos since 2002, but all of them had two things in common: red-gold-black colours and they all feature the TV tower of Avas, which is a popular destination of tourists and one of the symbols of Miskolc.
The first logo featured a football, which represents Avas Hill and the TV tower on the top of it. It serves as the main symbol of the club for five years, the longest period of the club's history, then the club's management decided to try something brand new. They thought that the old logo was too "dark & heavy" and they looked for a light one.
The second logo was a heavily criticised one. It was "brighter & lighter", but the supporters and even the players and staff members couldn't identify themselves with it. It was a big failure for the club and after only two seasons (and a significant drop in merchandising revenue) the management decided to get a new one.
The third logo got back to the roots of the first one. The round shape was brought back and the TV tower was on it as always. The new feature was the "trophy-counter" behind the TV tower. That time there were only three golden stars on the logo, nowadays there are six of it, one for each championship trophy.
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Colours
Club founders have been chosen red, gold and black for club colours. Red and gold have been chosen as main colours because those two are the colours of Miskolc. Black is just a secondary colour with no official meaning, but it is often regarded as an honour of the (nowadays ruined) heavy industry in the region.
Team Kits
The home colours have been red and gold shirts with black shorts and socks. Traditionally, the away kit have been all white usually with red.
The first home design was a red and gold striped shirt with black shorts and socks. The away kit was all white with a red and gold stripe on the shirt. At that time, the club logo was on the middle of the shirt.
The club used the first design until the second relegation to division V. At the lower level, the management wanted a kit, which shows optimism and hope of progression. That was the time when the upward pointing arrow design was created. Since than, the club logo has switched position from the middle to the left side (over the heart). That design had served for two successful seasons, when the club won division V and division IV back-to-back.
The club celebrated its 7th anniversary with a brand new kit. The upward pointing arrow remained, but in a very simplified way. In its first season, the club became division IV champion and promoted to division III. The design had been in use for three seasons until the club's 8th anniversary, when a brand new design presented to the players and supporters.
The new strip left the arrow design completely. It got back to the roots and brought back the vertical stripes. Since November 2010, there are two black ribbon on the shirts as a symbol of grief. One for Rezmuves_Matula and one for Ryke, who were friends of the club owner and passed away at very young age.
Special Kits
When something cheerful or sad thing happens in the history of club, a special kit comes out. The club usually celebrates anniversaries or jubilee and farewell matches this way. Jubilee and farewell kits don't have any sponsor name on them, neither do grief kits. For example, on the farewell match of Levente Krámli there was a thank you message on the shirts to the retiring player. Or on the 800th match of club the message was simply 800.
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Anniversary or jubilee kits have golden laureate logos, a golden number shows the actual age and golden stars show the number of championship trophies. The club celebrated its fifth championship trophy with a golden kit, which only had five big stars on it.
Grief kits are usually all black and without any sponsor names and some way they are referring to the person who passed away.
Stadium
Supporters
Youth Academy
Players
| No. | Country | Position | Player | Since | Transfer Price | Notes |
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CD | Baktybek Datka Uulu | 25-01-2005 | 765.000 € | Coach, former NT/U20, HoF candidate |
| 3 | 
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WB/W | Steffen Obermenzing | 31-01-2011 | 1.100.000 € | |
| 4 | 
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WB/W | Benjamin Lhomme | 31-01-2011 | 626.000 € | |
| 5 |
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CD | Emil Grofcsik | 12-09-2010 | Academy | |
| 6 |
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CD/IM | Bastien Tournier | 12-04-2011 | 1.467.000 € | |
| 7 | 
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WB/W | Generoso Michetelli | 02-04-2011 | 1.190.000 € | |
| 10 | 
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CD/IM | Rešad Perez | 03-03-2011 | 2.400.000 € | |
| 11 |
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W | Lajos Sira | 03-02-20111 | 119.000 €1 | HoF candidate |
| 14 | 
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CD/IM | Yusuf Matiba | 04-02-2011 | 2.750.000 € | |
| 15 | 
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CD/IM | Ludvík Zelený | 16-04-2011 | 2.777.775 € | |
| 18 |
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FW | Valerio De Benetti | 07-04-2011 | 2.500.000 € | |
| 19 | 
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FW | Michell Matallana | 23-01-2011 | 3.825.000 € | |
| 20 |
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GK | István Balázs | 02-02-2011 | 4.511.000 € | |
| 21 |
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CD/IM | Dario Omrčen | 09-02-2011 | 2.790.000 € | |
| 28 | 
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IM | Benjamin Thoma | 31-05-2009 | 1.758.000 € | former coach, ass. coach, HoF cand. |
| 29 |
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FW | Erik Miatow | 19-12-20062 | 1.377.000 €2 | HoF candidate |
| 92 |
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FW | Alexander Koteczky | 30-03-2011 | Academy | |
| 94 |
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CD | Zoltán Liszek | 25-12-2010 | Academy | |
| 95 |
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FW | Emil Gida | 14-01-2009 | Academy | |
| 96 |
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WB | Viktor Somlai | 15-12-2007 | Academy | |
| 97 |
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FW | Gyula Molnár | 27-02-2011 | Academy | |
| 98 |
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IM | Attila Morvai | 25-10-2008 | Academy | |
| 99 |
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CD | Péter Liszek | 25-11-2007 | 1.000 € | former coach, assistant coach |
1Academy player, discovered 05-11-2004, sold 08-11-2004 (42 000 €). Rebought 21-09-2007 (1 300 000 €), resold 20-11-2007 (1 529 000 €). Rejoined the club again 03-02-2011 (119 000 €).
2Academy player, discovered 31-01-2005, sold 03-02-2005 (765 000 €). Rejoined the club again 19-12-2006 (1 377 000 €).
Staff
| Country | Name | Role |
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Péter Liszek | Chairman/Assistant coach/player |
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Baktybek Datka Uulu | Coach/player |
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Benjamin Thoma | Assistant coach/player |
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János Szóda | Youth coach |
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Vendel Szabados | Scout (Miskolc) |
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Antal Füge | Scout (Veszprém) |
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Domonkos Villás | Scout (Eger) |
