Hungarian Football Clubs In European Competitions
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Hungarian football clubs have entered European association football competitions ( UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Cup/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup,
UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...
and the now defunct
UEFA Cup Winners Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourna ...
) since 1955, when MTK Budapest, Vasas Budapest and Budapest Honved took part in the inaugural Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In the
European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
three clubs reached the semi-finals. In the 1957-58 season
Vasas Budapest Vasas may refer to: * Vasas SC, Hungarian sports club *Győri Vasas, former name of Hungarian sports club Győri ETO (1950-65) *Mihály Vasas (born 1933), Hungarian footballer and manager *Zoltán Vasas Zoltán Vasas (born 5 November 1977) is ...
, in the 1964-65 season Győr and in the 1973-74 season Újpest. In the Champions League era two Hungarian clubs reached the group stages: Ferencváros in the 1995-96 and
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seasons, and Debrecen in the 2009–10 season. The only Hungarian club who won any European trophies are Ferencváros by winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65 season.


Statistics

* Most European Cup/Champions League competitions appeared in: 14 – Ferencváros * Most UEFA Cup/Europa League competitions appeared in: 11 – * Most Cup Winners' Cup competitions appeared in: 2 – * Most Intertoto Cup competitions appeared in: 5 – * Most competitions appeared in overall: 22 – * First match played:
Vörös Lobogó SE 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 II. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most suc ...
6–3
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1955–56 European Cup The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Stade de Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956. The ...
R1) * Most matches played: 72 – * Most match wins: 21 – * Most match draws: 17 – * Most match losses: 39 – * Biggest win (match): ? goals ** 6–0 (
2005–06 UEFA Champions League The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League and the 14th since it was rebranded from the European Cup in 1992. 74 teams from 50 football associations took p ...
QR1) ** 6–0 (
2010–11 UEFA Europa League The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 1 July 2010, with ...
QR1) ** 6–0 (
2017–18 UEFA Europa League The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League was the 47th season of Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The 2018 UEFA Europ ...
QR1) * Biggest win (aggregate): ? goals ** 11–0 (
2010–11 UEFA Europa League The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 1 July 2010, with ...
QR1) * Biggest defeat (match): ? goals ** 7–0 (
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup The 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Valencia, Werder Bremen, and Bologna. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. The 1998 tournament saw Spanish clubs debut in the competition and also the return of English clubs, since the controve ...
R2) * Biggest defeat (aggregate): ? goals ** 0–11 (
2005–06 UEFA Cup The 2005–06 UEFA Cup, the 35th edition of the UEFA Cup, was won by Sevilla, beating Middlesbrough in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The ...
QR2) ''As of 8 August 2018.''


Who qualifies for UEFA competitions


European champions


UEFA coefficient and ranking

For the 2023–24 UEFA competitions, the associations will be allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA country coefficients, which will take into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22. In the 2022 rankings that will be used for the 2023–24 European competitions, Hungary's
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points total is 16.375. After earning a score of 2.750 during the 2021–22 European campaign, Hungary is ranked by UEFA as the 27th best association in Europe out of 55. * 25 ''17.125'' * 26 ''17.000'' * 27 16.375 * 28 ''15.875'' * 29 ''15.750'' *
''Full list''


UEFA country coefficient history

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Full European record


UEFA Champions League/European Cup

;Notes * Note 1: Feyenoord beat Vasas 1–0 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals of the
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. * Note 2: A number of Eastern European clubs withdrew from the first two rounds when UEFA paired up all of the Eastern European clubs against one another. * Note 3: Vidi played their home match at
Pancho Aréna Pancho Aréna is a stadium in Felcsút, Hungary. It is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Puskás Akadémia FC. Between 2015 and 2018, the stadium was the home also for the three-time champions Fehérvà ...
and Groupama Arena due to the reconstruction of Sóstói Stadion. * SF: Semi-final * QF: Quarter-final * GS: Group stage * R: Round * QR: Qualifying round * PR: Preliminary round * PO: Play-off round


Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League

;Notes * Note 3: Debrecen was eliminated in the third round of the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League. Therefore, they were eligible for entering the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round. * Note 4: Videoton was eliminated in the third round of the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League. Therefore, they were eligible for entering the
2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round began on 20 August and ended on 27 August 2015. A total of 44 teams competed in the play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. All times were ...
. * Note 5: Videoton FC played their home match at
Pancho Aréna Pancho Aréna is a stadium in Felcsút, Hungary. It is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Puskás Akadémia FC. Between 2015 and 2018, the stadium was the home also for the three-time champions Fehérvà ...
,
Felcsút Felcsút is a village in Fejér county, Hungary. History The village was first mentioned in 1269 where its name was originated from the personal name "Csút". ("fel-" felső"means "upper" in Hungarian.) In the Middle Ages the owners were cru ...
, due to the reconstruction of their own stadium, Sóstói Stadion. * Note 6: MTK Budapest FC played their home match at Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr, due to the reconstruction of their own stadium, Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion. * Note 7: Vasas SC played their home match at Szusza Ferenc Stadion due to the reconstruction of their stadium, Illovszky Rudolf Stadion. * Note 8: Vidi were eliminated in the play-off round of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League. Therefore, they were eligible for entering the
2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 20 September and ended on 13 December 2018. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. Draw The draw ...
. * Note 9: Ferencváros were eliminated in the third round of the
2019–20 UEFA Champions League The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League was the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. Bayern Munich d ...
. Therefore, they were eligible for entering the play-off stage of the
2019–20 UEFA Europa League The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League was the 49th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. Sevilla defeated Inter Milan in the fina ...
. * Note 10: Ferencváros were eliminated in the Play-off round of the
2021–22 UEFA Champions League The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League was the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid ...
. Therefore, they were eligible for entering the group stage of the
2021–22 UEFA Europa League The 2021–22 UEFA Europa League was the 51st season of Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 13th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. Eintracht Frankf ...
. * Note 11: Ferencváros were eliminated in the third round of the
2022–23 UEFA Champions League The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League is the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 31st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final will b ...
. Therefore, they were eligible for entering the play-off stage of the
2022–23 UEFA Europa League The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League is the 52nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 14th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final will be played at the Puská ...
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UEFA Europa Conference League


Records and statistics

European Cup/Champions League ;Notes *Note 1: Group stage exists only in the UEFA Champions League era from
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Inter-cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/Europa League ;Notes *Note 1: Group stage existed from the UEFA Cup 2004-05 season and in the Europa League era UEFA Cup Winners' Cup


References

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