It was the oldest non-Budapest based basketball club playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the first division of Hungary, until 2022, when they were relegated.

PVSK-Panthers won one trophy in its history: the Hungarian Cup in 2009.

The team was founded in 1944, they played in the 1st division from 1946 to 1950, then after 4 year, from 1955 to 1985 continuously (with once in 1972 in the 2nd league).

In 2000 they won the 3rd division and moved back to Pécs, in 2003 they returned into the top flight.

In 2009 they won the regular season and the Hungarian Cup, and finished runner-up in the play-offs.