Illovszky Stadion – historical stadium description

The stadium was built in the early 1960s, next to the so-called Béke utcai Vasas Sporttelep, where Vasas SC played its matches in the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1970s, an electronic scoreboard was installed at the venue. In July 2001, the roofing of the stadium caught fire. Since 2004, the club has owned the facility.

From February 21, 2002 the stadium was named after Rudolf Illovszky, a Vasas player and coach who, as manager, won a silver medal with the Hungarian national team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Vasas SC won the championship and the Hungarian Cup several times while playing in this stadium. The venue has occasionally played host to the Hungarian national team and in 1998 the Hungarian Cup final was played here. Attendances at the stadium have reached up to 30,000 spectators.

On October 29, 2016, the last league match was played at the facility. It then proceeded to be demolished, which was completed in March 2017, and after the old facility was demolished, the construction of a new, football-specific stadium began, which stood on the site of its predecessor (the pitch was moved slightly to the south). The new facility, also named after Rudolf Illovszky, was opened on July 5, 2019.