Budafoki Munkás Testedző Egyesület is a Hungarian

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club from the town of

Budafok Budafok (german: Promontor; literally "Promontory near Buda, or Buda Point") is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It is situated in the southwestern part of Buda, near the Danube, and belongs to District XXII. Budafok was an independent munici ...

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, Hungary. The club currently plays in the

Nemzeti Bajnokság II NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: ''Keleti ...

History

The club was founded in 1912 as Világosság Football Club. At that time,

was not part of

; it joined the capital city only in 1950, along with other towns such as

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and

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. Budafok mostly played in the second division of Hungarian football hierarchy, the

between

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and

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. However, the club got promoted and debuted in the 1945–46 season of the

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, and finished ninth. The manager of the club in the top division was the legendary Gusztáv Sebes. After the fall of

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, 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

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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

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) and who was also president of the

Puskás Akadémia FC Puskás Akadémia Football Club, commonly known as Puskás Akadémia, is a football club based in Felcsút, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Puskás Akadémia have spent five seasons in the ...

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,

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. 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

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, which allowed the club to advance from the Budapest league to the

Nemzeti Bajnokság III Nemzeti Bajnokság III (''NBIII'', ''National Championship III'') is the third tier of Hungarian football (from the autumn of 1997 till the spring of 2005, NB III was the fourth tier, the third was NB II). The tier contains 3 groups (west, cente ...

. 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

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, while the club managed to reach the semi-finals of the 2016-17 Magyar Kupa, where they were beaten by

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. In 2017, the club signed former

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and

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striker

Attila Filkor Attila Filkor (born 12 July 1988) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Budafok II. Club career Early career Born in Budapest, Filkor started playing football with local side MTK, before joining Maltese cl ...

. On 13 May 2017, Budafok won the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season thereby gaining promotion to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season. On 29 June 2017 it was announced by the club that their former player,

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, became the sport director. In the 8th round of the 2018–19 Magyar Kupa season, Budafok were eliminated by MOL Vidi FC. In 2020, the club was promoted to the Nemzeti Bajnokság. Due to the

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, 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

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, might miss the first match of the 2020-21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season due to the

Current squad

Out on loan

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'' ;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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Budafoki LC 1912 establishments in Hungary Association football clubs established in 1912 Football clubs in Budapest