MTK Budapest FC

This article is about the men's football club. For the sports club, see MTK Budapest. For other uses, see MTK Budapest (disambiguation).

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

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
2023–24	NB I, 8th of 12
Website	http://mtkbudapest.hu/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Main article: History of MTK Budapest FC

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:

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
2013–2017		panzi pet
2017–2018		Work Service
2018–present		Prohuman

Stadia and facilities

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion (1947)

Main article: Hungária körúti stadion

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.

Main article: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion (1947)

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.

Main article: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion

The newly built stadium

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.

Main article: Lantos Mihály Sportközpont

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

See also: Budapest derby and Örökrangadó

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 (3): 1997, 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 August, 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 8 MF  HUN Márk Kosznovszky 9 FW  HUN Rajmund Molnár 10 MF  HUN István Bognár 11 FW  BIH Marin Jurina 12 GK  HUN Adrián Csenterics

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  HUN Gergő Rácz 14 MF  HUN Artúr Horváth 16 MF  HUN Bence Végh 17 FW  SVK Róbert Polievka 18 FW  HUN Krisztián Németh 22 DF  UKR Viktor Hey 23 MF  SEN Khaly Thiam 24 DF  GEO Ilia Beriashvili 25 DF  HUN Tamás Kádár 26 MF  HUN Gergő Szőke 27 DF  HUN Patrik Kovács 28 FW  HUN Noel Kenesei

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 — MF  HUN Mátyás Kovács (at Fehérvár until 30 June 2025) — MF  HUN Roland Lehoczky (at Vasas until 30 June 2025) — FW  HUN Ákos Zuigéber (at Budafok until 30 June 2025)

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

^[6]

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

^[7]

Managerial history

Main article: List of MTK Budapest FC managers

Seasons

Main article: List of MTK Budapest FC seasons

In European football

Main article: MTK Budapest FC 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

1. "Hungary football championship". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
2. "Nándor Hidegkuti Stadion". Stadium Database. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
3. "MTK Lantos Mihály Sportközpont". MTK.hu. 10 February 2015.
4. "MTK Lantos Mihály Sportközpont". MTK.hu. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
5. "Team". MK Budapest. Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
6. "Az MTK Budapest Labdarúgó Zrt. hivatalos honlapja". www.mtkbudapest.hu. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• 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