A beautiful anniversary is ahead of Loki, the fans and the whole DVSC family: the return match of the upcoming Conference League-qualifiers (against the Armernian Alashkert or the Montegrin Arsenal Tivat) will be the 100^th international cup match in the history of our club!

Until now, DVSC has played 98 matches on the international stage (Champions League, Europa League, UEFA-cup, KK, Intertoto), with a balance of 32 wins, 19 draws and 47 losses. All of this should be judged in the light of the teams that we were up against: Liverpool, Fiorentina and Lyon in the Champions League, PSV Eindhoven and Sampdoria in the Europa League, Manchester United or Wolfsburg during the qualifiers.

The story began with the Central European Cup in 1979, in which we played in the home of the Bosnian Celik Zenica aways and lost 2-0 away. In fact, Lajos Garamvölgyi, the latter legendary coach of Loki, also stepped onto the pitch on that match. Our first victory was in March 1980, when the team won 2-1 against the Czech Cheb in the Central European Cup. In this series, Loki also played against top Italian teams and and held their ground decently against Udinese and Pisa. On both occasions, they were defeated with a scoreline of 2-0.

Then came a long list of fantastic victories. In 1998, under the leadership of András Herczeg, Debrecen, after a 1-1 draw at home, knocked out German Bundesliga team Hansa Rostock from the prestigious UEFA Intertoto Cup with a 2-1 away victory. In 1999, the team defeated Wolfsburg 2-1 at home in the UEFA Cup. In 2001, also in Debrecen, they defeated the star-studded French Bordeaux 3-1. Then, in the 2003/2004 UEFA Cup, they marched all the way to the spring phase until they were eventually stopped by the Belgian team Bruges, albeit with great difficulty.

The 5-0 victory in Split in 2005 is a memorable event even for the younger generation, not to mention the 2009 Champions League march, where Debrecen reached the group stage. Afterwards, DVSC continued to claim valuable victories. In 2014, they defeated BATE Borisov 1-0, and in 2015, they scored nine goals against Skonto Riga at the Nagyerdei Stadium. Four years ago, we had a clash against the Italian Torino.

The story continues on 27 July and 3 August, 2023, with the second match being the 100^th international cup match in the history of DVSC. Loki has already burdened their opponents’ net with 125 goals, and more goals are yet to come. Hajrá, Loki!