President János Lang and department leader Vilmos Joósz started to build the first "golden team" in the mid-fifties.

Players like Mariann Horváth, Beáta Hoffmann, Anikó Nagy, Gabriella Szabados, Eszter Mátéfi, and Anna Szántó were playing for ETO.

In the Hungarian Championship ETO was able to win the title after an exciting fight against Dunaferr, which meant that the gold medal returned to Győr after 46 years.

In the European Cups they first failed to qualify for Champions League 2004/05 season after losing to Ukrainian Motor Zaporizhzhia in the qualifiers, but they reached the final of EHF Cup in the meantime, after beating Polish SPR Lublin in Round 3 of qualification, Norwegian Våg Vipers in the 1/8 finals, Romania HC Zalău in the quarterfinals and German HC Leipzig in the semifinals, however they fell short against Hungarian rivals, Alcoa FKC.

Due to a knee injury suffered days before the first leg, captain Anita Görbicz couldn't take part in the finals.

In 2012, the team made it to the EHF Champions League finals again, where they fell short to ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica on the away goals rule.

ETO won the first leg on home soil to 29–27, while their Montenegrin opponent achieved a 27–25 victory in the rematch which was just enough for them to gain the title.

During this period both Hungarian and foreign handball talents and stars wore the green and white jersey, such as Anikó Kovacsics, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Eduarda Amorim, Katrine Lunde, Heidi Løke, Ana Gros, Andrea Lekić or Jovanka Radičević.

They were able to win a thrilling semifinal rematch against Oltchim Vâlcea, where the guest Romanian team were leading in the 51st minute even with 6 goals.

Tables have turned, ETO won 48–47 on aggregate, and as a result they had to face the Norwegian powerhouse Larvik HK for the trophy.

[8] They managed to beat Vardar in extra time on both occasions (31–30 in 2017 and 27–26 in 2018) with the second final becoming especially memorable with the last second save courtesy of Éva Kiss.

[11] However, in May 2021 Danyi got sacked after a huge (9 goals) defeat against the domestic rivals Ferencváros, which also meant the team lost the National Championship title for the first time since 2015.

The COVID-19 pandemic also happened to appear during this period, as well as Nycke Groot, a prominent player and first choice playmaker for the team decided to leave, and fight for different kind of goals.

[13] Another important and outstanding player of the era, Eduarda Amorim also played her last match for the team that day, leaving the club after 12 seasons.

[15] On 24 September 2022 ETO lost a Champions League group match to French side Metz in the Audi Aréna after almost 7 years since the last loss on home court.

[16] Beating HC Lokomotiva Zagreb 26:17 in round 11 (on 14 January 2023) of the competition marked Györ's record-setting 200th win in Champions League, becoming the first women's team to reach the respective milestone.

[17] The second Martín era (2021–2023) came to an end after the season,[18] and the management decided to turn into a different direction with assigning the Danish Ulrik Kirkely as the head coach of Győr.

Although Győr lost both the domestic title and cup, they managed to triumph in the Champions League for the 6th time overall after trying unsuccessfully for the previous five years.

Johansson's squad first beat Team Esbjerg in the semi final (24–23), then German SG BBM Bietigheim for the trophy (30–24).

Stine Bredal Oftedal, often referred to as "the engine of the team" decided to end her professional career, that became a sweet goodbye with a Champions League title, her third one in the green and white jersey overall.

The following table shows in detail Győri ETO KC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year: