MTK Budapest FC

MTK Budapest

Full name	Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club
Short name	MTK
Founded	16 November 1888; 133 years ago (1888-11-16)
Ground	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Capacity	5,322
Chairman	Tamás Deutsch
Manager	Gábor Márton
League	NB I
2020–21	NB I, 7th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Active departments of MTK
Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Handball (Women's) Basketball (Women's) Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastic Boxing Wrestling Tennis Table tennis Rowing Taekwondo Karate Rhythmic gymnastics Sailing Speed skating Short track speed skating Ski Chess

Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a Hungarian football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest. 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.

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.

Crest and colours[]

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors[]

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

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
−2007	Nike	Fotex
2007–2008		Fotex / Sándor Károly Akadémia
2008–2009		Sándor Károly Akadémia
2009–2010		Duna Takarék / Sándor Károly Akadémia
2010–2011		Duna Takarék
2011–2012		Duna Takarék / Sándor Károly Akadémia
2012–2013		Országos Kéktúra
2013–		panzi pet

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.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

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: 2003, 2008

International[]

• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners: 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 22 October 2021^[4]

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  MNE Milan Mijatović (captain) 2 DF  HUN Benedek Varju 3 DF  FIN Nikolai Alho 4 DF  POR Tiago Ferreira 5 DF  HUN Zsombor Nagy 6 MF  ALB Ylber Ramadani 7 MF  ENG James Weir 8 MF  HUN Szabolcs Mezei 9 FW  BRA Myke 10 FW  ROU Gheorghe Grozav 11 FW  MKD Bojan Miovski 12 GK  HUN 13 FW  HUN Zalán Vancsa 14 MF  HUN Mihály Kata 15 MF  HUN 16 DF  COL Sebastián Herrera

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  HUN Zsolt Haraszti (on loan from Paks) 18 MF  HUN 20 DF  GHA 21 DF  HUN Benjamin Balázs 22 DF  CRO Marko Perković 23 FW  HUN Márk Kovácsréti 24 MF  SRB Srđan Dimitrov 25 GK  HUN Bence Somodi 26 FW  BIH Andrija Drljo 27 MF  HUN Martin Palincsár 28 FW  GHA Clinton Osei 29 DF  HUN 32 DF  SRB — GK  HUN

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 Balázs Bese (at Budafok until 30 June 2022) — GK  HUN (at Kecskemét until 30 June 2022) — MF  HUN (at Szentlőrinc SE until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  HUN Barnabás Biben (at Szentlőrinc until 30 June 2022) — FW  HUN Ákos Zuigéber (at Budafok until 30 June 2022) — FW  HUN Bence Bíró (at Pécs until 30 June 2022) — FW  HUN Dániel Prosser (at SønderjyskE until 30 June 2022)

Non-playing staff[]

Board of directors[]

Position	Name
President	Tamás Deutsch
Club Director
President of committee
Member of the presidency	Péter Deutsch
Member of the presidency	János Somogyi
Member of the presidency
Member of the supervising committee	István Molnár
Member of the supervising committee
Member of the supervising committee

^[5]

Management[]

Position	Name
Head coach	Gábor Márton
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

^[6]

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[]

• Media related to MTK Budapest FC at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website (in Hungarian)
• Article on MTK at www.uefa.com
• European Cup 1955–56
• Soccerway profile
• Matches, old tickets, ground photos at magyarfutball.hu