MTK Budapest

Full name	Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club
Short name	MTK
Founded	16 November 1888; 135 years ago (1888-11-16)
Ground	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Capacity	5,322
Chairman	Tamás Deutsch
Manager	Dávid Horváth
League	NB I
2022–23	NB II, 2nd of 20 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Active departments of MTK
Football (men's) Football B (men's) Football (women's) Handball (women's) Basketball (women's) Volleyball (women's) Athletics Boxing Canoeing Fencing Gymnastic Judo Karate Rowing Rhythmic gymnastics Skating Taekwondo Tennis Bridge Chess E-sports

Closed departments of MTK
Basketball (men's) Handball (men's) Water polo Ice hockey Futsal Rugby Cycling Weightlifting Wrestling

Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest, Hungary. The team currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12 times. The club has also won the Hungarian Super Cup twice. In 1955, as Vörös Lobogó SE, they became the first Hungarian team to play in the European Cup and in 1964 they finished as runners-up in the European Cup Winners' Cup after losing to Sporting Clube de Portugal in the final. The club founded the Sándor Károly Football Academy in 2001. The Academy also has a partnership agreement with English club Liverpool. MTK was established by the Hungarian Jewish community.

History

MTK Budapest first entered the Nemzeti Bajnokság in the 1903 season. In the subsequent season, MTK won their first domestic title. Between 1913 and 1914 and 1924–25, MTK dominated Hungarian football by winning ten titles in a row. ^[1]

Crest and colours

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The following table shows in detail MTK Budapest FC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Stadia and facilities

MTK Budapest's first stadium was opened in 1912. The first match was played MTK Budapest's main rival Ferencváros on 31 March 1912. The final result was 1–0 to MTK.

MTK Budapest's second stadium was built in 1947 shortly after the end of the World War II. It was demolished in 2014 to construct a brand-new stadium on its place.

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Budapest, Hungary. ^[2] It was renamed after the MTK Budapest and Hungary footballer Nándor Hidegkuti. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of MTK Budapest.

Lantos Mihály Sportközpont is sport centre located in Zugló, Budapest. It was built in 1896. It has a capacity of 3,500 (2,500 seated).It was home to Budapest Micro Club, MTK Maccabi, Rower-Veled Érted Se, Vörös Meteor Egyetértés SK, Zuglói Kinizsi SE. ^{[3] [4]}

Rivalry

The fixture between MTK Budapest FC and Ferencvárosi TC is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. The first fixture was played in the 1903 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary.

Honours

Domestic

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  • Winners (23): 1904, 1907–08, 1913–14, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1951, 1953, 1957–58, 1986–87, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08
  • Runners-up (20): 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1939–40, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2006–07
• Magyar Kupa
  • Winners (12): 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1951–52, 1968, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000
  • Runners-up: 1934–35, 1975–76, 2011–12
• Szuperkupa
  • Winners (2): 2003, 2008

International

• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (2): 1955, 1963
  • Runners-up: 1959
• European Cup Winners' Cup
  • Runner-up: 1963–64
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  • Semi-finalist: 1961–62

Friendly

• Štefánik Tournament in Bratislava
  • Winners: 1933

Players

Current squad

As of 2 February 2024 ^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   HUN Patrik Demjén 2 DF   HUN Benedek Varju 3 DF   SRB Nemanja Antonov 4 DF   HUN Dávid Bobál 5 DF   HUN Zsombor Nagy 6 MF   HUN Mihály Kata ( captain) 7 MF   HUN Zoltán Stieber 9 FW   CAN Richie Ennin 10 MF   HUN István Bognár 11 FW   BIH Marin Jurina 13 GK   HUN Gergő Rácz 14 MF   HUN Artúr Horváth 15 MF   HUN Márk Kosznovszky

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   HUN Bence Végh 17 FW   SVK Nikolas Špalek 18 FW   HUN Krisztián Németh 20 FW   HUN Mátyás Kovács 21 MF   HUN Gergő Kocsis 22 DF   UKR Viktor Hey 23 MF   SEN Khaly Thiam 24 DF   HUN Dániel Vadnai 25 DF   HUN Tamás Kádár 27 DF   HUN Patrik Kovács 29 FW   HUN Rajmund Molnár (on loan from Haladás) 30 MF   HUN Barnabás Biben

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   HUN Adrián Csenterics (at BVSC-Zugló until 30 June 2024) — DF   HUN Bence Várkonyi (at Zalaegerszeg until 30 June 2024) — MF   HUN Roland Lehoczky (at Tiszakécske until 30 June 2024) — MF   HUN Ádám Miknyóczki (at Pécs until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   HUN Gergő Szőke (at Gyirmót until 30 June 2024) — FW   HUN Dániel Zsóri (at Budafok until 30 June 2024) — FW   HUN Ákos Zuigéber (at Szeged until 30 June 2024)

Non-playing staff

Board of directors

Position	Name
President	Tamás Deutsch
Club director	József Jakobsen
President of committee	Iván Serényi
Member of the presidency	Péter Deutsch
Member of the presidency	János Somogyi
Member of the presidency	László Domonyai
Member of the supervising committee	István Molnár
Member of the supervising committee	Péter Stern
Member of the supervising committee	István Putics

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Management

Position	Name
Head coach	Dávid Horváth
Assistant coach	Tamás Petres
Goalkeeper coach	József Andrusch
Fitness coach	András Szabó
Masseur	János Kiss
Masseur	István Dömök
Club doctor	Imre Dreissiger
Club doctor	Dániel Kincses
Technical manager	Mihály Horváth
Physiotherapist	Péter Sipos
Kit Manager	Gábor Máté

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Managerial history

Seasons

In European football

See also

• Örökrangadó
• Vörös Meteor Egyetértés SK

Sources

• Behind The Curtain – Travels in Eastern European Football: Jonathan Wilson (2006) Behind the Curtain: Travels in Football in Eastern Europe: Amazon.co.uk: Wilson, Jonathan: 9780752869070: Books

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to MTK Budapest FC.

• Official website (in Hungarian and English)
• Article on MTK at UEFA.com
• European Cup 1955–56
• Soccerway profile
• Matches, old tickets, ground photos at magyarfutball.hu