The fixture between

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros wa ...

and

Újpest FC Újpest Football Club () is a Hungarian professional association football, football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in Nemzeti ...

is a

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and a fierce

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. The two clubs are the most popular clubs in the country and two of the most successful ones.

History and rivalry culture

The first match between Ferencváros and Újpest was played on 19 February 1905 at the Sorkosári úti Stadion in the 1905 Hungarian League season. The match ended with a 2-0 victory for the Ferencváros. The two goals were scored by

Ferenc Weisz Ferenc Weisz (23 February 1885 – 8 July 1944) was a Hungarian football player and manager. Weisz, who was Jewish, played club football as a striker for Ferencváros and MTK, winning the Hungarian league nine times. He also represented his c ...

. The return match was also won by Ferencváros 3-1. The first and only Újpest goal was scored by Béla Petz. The rivalry can be traced back to the 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian League title. The city of

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became part of

only in the 1950s. Therefore, the rivalry is based on a city-rural contrast. The supporters of Ferencváros were

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and city-dwellers, while the supporters of Újpest were Hungarians, Germans, and

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. In the 1950s Ferencváros became the team of the opposition, while Újpest were forced to become the team of the

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. Therefore, Ferencváros fans consider Újpest as the Soviet invaders. Both clubs are named after the areas in the city they play in, Ferencváros play in the 9th district

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just south of the city centre. Újpest play in the 4th district of

to the north of the city. Traditionally MTK were Ferencváros main rival with both clubs dominating early Hungarian football. Once Újpest turned professional in the mid-1920s they became a successful side (totally dominating the league in the 1930s and 1970s). On the day of the match police have to defend the public from the aggressive supporters of the two clubs. Therefore, the Line 3 of the Budapest Metro is controlled by the police and special carriages are provided before and after the match. The purple-white supporters of the Újpest FC get on at the Újpest-Központ metro station which is the closest metro station to the Szusza Ferenc Stadium. They get off at the Népliget metro station which is next to the Albert Stadion. The journey usually ends up in aggression and vandalism caused by the police and exaggerated by the media. On 4 April 2015, the ultras of both sides announced their boycott on the 2014–15 Hungarian League derby at the

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. Before the 2014–15 Hungarian League Ferencváros-Újpest match the mayor of

Zsolt Wintermantel Zsolt Wintermantel (born 26 February 1972) is a Hungarian politician, who served as Mayor of Újpest (4th district of Budapest) from 2010 to 2019. Besides that he represented Újpest (Budapest Constituency VI) in the National Assembly of Hungary ...

said that "without spectators there is no derby". Wintermantel also signed the letter which announces that Újpest fans do not attand the derby due to the regulations at the entrance of the newly built

Hooliganism

In the 2012-13 season Ferencváros hosted Újpest. Before the match there was a big fight between the Újpest supporters and the police at the Újpest-Központ. In the 2013-14 season, after the derby the police had to use tear-gas to dissipate the Újpest fans at the Szusza ferenc Stadium.

Similarity

The rivalry between Ferencváros and Újpest is very similar to the rivalry between

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and

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. Both Ferencváros and Rapid Wien use the green-white colors, while both Újpest and Austria Wien use the purple-white colors.

Fans

Besides the district of

have a large fan base in the countryside, while the fans of

are mainly based in the fourth district of

that is

and other parts of

as well.

All time league results

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (1905 – present)

Source:

Statistics

As of 4 September 2022.

Head-to-head ranking in NBI

• Total:

29 times higher,

25 times higher.

In the Magyar Kupa Finals

Ferencváros and Újpest met only twice in the final of the

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

. The first encounter took place in the

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Final. Ferencváros beat Újpest by a record of 11-1 at the

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. The second encounter took place at the

Players who played for both clubs

References

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