Budafoki MTE

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Budafoki MTE
Budafoki MTE logo.png
Full nameBudafoki Munkás Testedző Egyesület
Short nameBMTE
Founded1912; 109 years ago (1912)
GroundPromontor utcai Stadion
Capacity2,000
Coordinates47°25′18.3″N 19°1′41.2″E / 47.421750°N 19.028111°E / 47.421750; 19.028111Coordinates: 47°25′18.3″N 19°1′41.2″E / 47.421750°N 19.028111°E / 47.421750; 19.028111
ChairmanVízi Sándor
ManagerCsaba Csizmadia
LeagueNB II
2020–21NB I, 12th of 12 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Budafoki Munkás Testedző Egyesület is a Hungarian football club from the town of Budafok, Budapest, Hungary.[1] The club currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

History[]

The club was founded in 1912 as Világosság Football Club. At that time, Budafok was not part of Budapest; it joined the capital city only in 1950, along with other towns such as Újpest and Kispest.

Budafok mostly played in the second division of Hungarian football hierarchy, the Nemzeti Bajnokság II between World War I and World War II. However, the club got promoted and debuted in the 1945–46 season of the Hungarian League, and finished ninth.[2] The manager of the club in the top division was the legendary Gusztáv Sebes.

After the fall of Communism, there was a high risk that the club would be dissolved just like many other clubs in Hungary. At that time, Hungarovin, the wine-producing company financed the club. However, the company was sold to Henkell during the privatisation in Hungary. The new owner, Henkell wanted to expand its Budafok factory and wanted to use the club's football stadium too for this purpose. The club was very close to dissolution at this point. However, two sports leaders, Sándor Vízi and Rezső Gallow started to negotiate, aiming to take the football club out of the privatisation and thus to find a way to save football in Budafok. In the end, they succeeded and the football stadium was excluded from the privatisation of the company and a new era started in the life of the club.

In 2015, János Jakab a former Budafok player became the president of the club. Jakab, who also managed MEDOSZ Erdért (the former club of Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán) and who was also president of the Puskás Akadémia FC had excellent contacts in the Hungarian football. Jakab was searching for new investors for the football club. He met Róbert Bélteky, a Hungarian-Australian entrepreneur, whom he managed to convince that it is a great opportunity to invest in the club, which then opened a new chapter in the life of Budafok. Bélteky was not new to football, he was the owner of the most popular Australian association football club, Melbourne Victory FC.[3] When Bélteky was asked about the purchase in an interview with Nemzeti Sport, he explained: "I wanted to purchase a club and then see it prospering", "I did not want to buy a club from the first league and my friend Jakab suggested Budafok". Eventually, Bélteky purchased the 95% of the club, while the remaining 5% shares now belong to the Foundation for Budafoki Football.

Budafok merged with Újbuda FC, which allowed the club to advance from the Budapest league to the Nemzeti Bajnokság III. The club started the competitions in the 2015-16 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season. The club finished fourth in that season. After the strong start, Budafok stepped up an other level, and won the 2016-17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season with manager László Prukner, while the club managed to reach the semi-finals of the 2016-17 Magyar Kupa, where they were beaten by Ferencvárosi TC.[4][5]

In 2017, the club signed former Inter Milan and A.C. Milan striker Attila Filkor.

On 13 May 2017, Budafok won the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season thereby gaining promotion to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season.[6]

On 29 June 2017 it was announced by the club that their former player, Lóránt Oláh, became the sport director.[7]

In the 8th round of the 2018–19 Magyar Kupa season, Budafok were eliminated by MOL Vidi FC.[8]

In 2020, the club was promoted to the Nemzeti Bajnokság. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019-20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II was interrupted and finally terminated in May. The club was the second at that time, therefore they were promoted to the 2020-21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Bélteky, the owner of the club and resident of Australia, might miss the first match of the 2020-21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Current squad[]

As of 26 August 2021[10]

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 Hungary HUN István Oroszi
3 DF Hungary HUN Andor Margitics
6 MF Hungary HUN Botond Nándori
7 FW Hungary HUN Bence Mervó
8 MF Hungary HUN Máté Fekete
9 MF Hungary HUN Sebestyén Ihrig-Farkas
10 FW Hungary HUN Dávid Kovács
11 MF Hungary HUN Miklós Micsinai
13 DF Hungary HUN Zsolt Venczel
14 DF Hungary HUN Donát Horgosi
15 DF Hungary HUN Dániel Szalai
16 MF Hungary HUN Attila Filkor
17 FW Ukraine UKR Ronald Takács
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Hungary HUN Marcell Papp
20 MF Hungary HUN Ákos Zuigéber (on loan from MTK Budapest)
21 FW Hungary HUN Bálint Farkas
22 DF Hungary HUN Kornél Khiesz
23 DF Hungary HUN Sinan Medgyes
24 MF Hungary HUN István Soltész
26 DF Hungary HUN Márk Jagodics
29 GK Hungary HUN András Horváth (on loan from Honvéd)
30 GK Hungary HUN Balázs Bese (on loan from MTK Budapest)
37 MF Hungary HUN Máté Kotula (on loan from Mezőkövesdi)
48 DF Hungary HUN Dominik Fótyik
82 FW Hungary HUN Dávid László (on loan from Honvéd)
91 DF Hungary HUN Gergő Vaszicsku
99 FW Hungary HUN Máté Szabó
— MF Hungary HUN Krisztián Adorján

Name Changes[]

  • 1912–1913: Világosság Football Csapat
  • 1913–1919: Budafoki Atlétikai és Football Club
  • 1919–1922: Budafoki Munkás Testedző Egyesület
  • 1922–1950: Budafoki Műkedvelő Testedző Egyesület
  • 1950: merger with Budapesti Gyárépítők
  • 1950–1951: Budapesti Gyárépítők MTE
  • 1951–1956: Budapesti Gyárépítők SK
  • 1956–1957: Budafoki Építők Munkás Testedző Egyesüle
  • 1957–?: Budafoki MTE Kinizsi Sportegyesület
  • 1988–1992: Budafoki MTE-Törley
  • 1993–2006: Budafoki LC
  • 2006–2007: Budafoki Lombard Labdarúgó "Club"
  • 2007–2015: Budafoki Labdarúgó Club
  • 2015–  : Budafoki MTE

Seasons[]

As of 28 June 2020

Domestic International Manager
League Cup
Div. No. Season MP W D L GF–GA Dif. Pts. Pos. Competition Result
NBI 1. 1945–46 0 0 0 0 0-0 +0 0 TBD Did not qualify Hungary
NBIII ?. 2016–17[11] 34 28 3 3 75-24 +51 87 1st L16 Did not qualify Hungary Prukner
NBII ?. 2017–18[12] 38 12 9 17 42-56 -14 45 14th L32 Did not qualify Hungary , Hungary
NBII ?. 2018–19[13] 38 12 5 21 46-66 -20 41 16th L32 Did not qualify Hungary , Hungary Csizmadia
NBII ?. 2019–20[14] 27 16 6 5 42-23 +19 54 2nd L32 Did not qualify Hungary Csizmadia
NBI 2. 2020–21 33 7 6 20 34-74 -40 27 12th QF Did not qualify Hungary Csizmadia
Σ ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Notes
  • Note 1:
  • R64: Round of 64
Other Notes
  • Italics: in progress
  • R: Runners-up
  • SF: Semi-finals
  • QF: Quarter-finals
  • GS: Group stage
  • PO: Play-offs

Managers[]

Main article: List of Budafoki MTE managers

References[]

  1. ^ "Budafoki Labdarúgó Club". Magyarfutball.hu. 2015-05-29.
  2. ^ "Hungarian League 1945–46". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.com. 2015-05-29.
  3. ^ "Minority shareholders sell stakes in Melbourne Victory". 12 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Budafok: és lőn Világosság! – nagy célokat tűztek ki" [Budafok: Let there be light!] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ "A budafoki helyzet fokozódik: az NB I. felé tart a kertvárosi csapat" [Budafok is heading towards the Nemzeti Bajnokság I] (in Hungarian). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. ^ "NB III: bajnok lett Prukner László alakulata!" [NB III: Prukner László's team became champions] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. ^ "NB II: Budafokon sportigazgató is lesz a volt Fradi-csatár" [NB II: The former Fradi forward became sports director] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. ^ "MK: NB III-as ejtette ki az MTK-t, a Vidi továbbküzdötte magát". Nemzeti Sport. 5 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Budafok: Hiányozhat a főnök az ausztráliai járványhelyzet miatt - N".
  10. ^ "Budafok". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  11. ^ "2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2017.
  12. ^ "2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2018.
  13. ^ "2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság II". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2019.
  14. ^ "2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2020.

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