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 League Hungarian may refer to:
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* Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary
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( hu, Nemzeti Bajnokság).
Besides all of the professional clubs of Hungary numerous amateur sides take part every year. These have to qualify through local cup competitions.
The most successful participant in the Magyar Kupa has been
Ferencváros
Ferencváros () is the 9th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest IX. kerülete), Hungary.
Name
The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.
History
The development of Fe ...
with 24 wins, followed by local rivals
MTK with 12 cups. The current holder is Ferencváros, having won their 24th title in 2022.
History
Although the first
Hungarian League Hungarian may refer to:
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* Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946
* Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary
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match was played in
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minist ...
, the first Hungarian Cup match was played eight years later in
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
between
MTK Budapest FC and
Budapesti TC. The first era of the Magyar Kupa was dominated by the same clubs as in the Hungarian League:
MTK Budapest FC and
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. Ferencváro ...
. In the 1910s MTK won four trophies, while Ferencváros only one. However, in the 1920s Ferencváros won three other titles, whereas MTK two cups. The only club able to interrupt the
Ferencvárosi TC-MTK Budapest FC rivalry was
Kispesti AC in
1926.
In the 1930s, new clubs finally broke through to win the Hungarian Cup, and two of them were from outside Budapest. In
1930
Events
January
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Bocskai FC
Bocskai Football Club was a Hungarian football club from the town of Debrecen
Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A ...
and in
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...
Soroksár FC. The traditional clubs (MTK and Ferencváros) won three trophies: Ferencváros in
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
and
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
, and MTK in
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
.
The 1940s were dominated by Ferencváros by winning the cup in a three consecutive seasons:
1941–42,
1942–43, and
1943–44. Ferencváros's dominance was interrupted by
Szolnoki MÁV FC
Szolnoki MÁV FC is a Hungarian football club, from the city of Szolnok. In 2010 it gained promotion to the National Championship.
Crest and colours
The colours of the club are blue and white.
Manufacturers and shirt sponsors
The following ...
by winning the
1940–41 season.
Due to the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hunga ...
, the Magyar Kupa was held only three times in the 1950s. Three Budapest clubs could win in the 1950s:
Budapesti Bástya,
Budapesti Vasas SC, and
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. Ferencváro ...
. The 1960s were dominated by
Rába ETO Győr by winning the cup in three consecutive seasons: 1965, 1966, and 1967. In
1969
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Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
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Újpesti Dózsa SC became cup winners for the first time after losing five finals.
The 1970s were dominated by Budapest clubs. Ferencváros won four times, Újpest won twice, and Vasas SC won once. However, the
1976–77 season was won by
Diósgyőri VTK
Diósgyőr-Vasgyári Testgyakorlók Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc best known for its football team. Founded in 1910 by the local working class youth, the team plays in the ...
. This was the first time when the cup finals was in a
round-robin tournament
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.
In the 1980s,
Újpesti Dózsa SC won three trophies, while
Budapest Honvéd SE could lift the cup twice. In the 1990s
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. Ferencváro ...
won the cup four times. In
1999
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Debreceni VSC
Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a professional football club, based in Debrecen, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hungarian football. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the ...
won their first cup trophy.
In the early 2000s, the Magyar Kupa was dominated by Debrecen by winning three trophies in
2001
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,
2008
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,
2010
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. Debrecen's dominance was interrupted by Újpest in 2002, and Ferencváros in 2003, and 2004 while Honvéd could win the cup in 2007 and in 2009 Other non-Budapest cup winners were Videoton in 2006 and Sopron in 2005.
In the 2010s, the dominance of the non-Budapest clubs continued. Debrecen managed to clinch the cup twice in the 2011–12 and in the 2012–13 seasons while Kecskemét could lift the trophy in the 2010–11 season. However, Újpest surprisingly won the 2013–14 season while the rebuilt Ferencváros in 2014–15
season.
Austro-Hungarian Challenge Cup Finals
Magyar Kupa Finals
Notes:
*
Note 1: In 1912,
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. Ferencváro ...
did not play and lost by
Walkover
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.
*
Note 2: Final from 1956 held in 1958.
*
Note 3: Final from 1977 played in
Group-Format.
Statistics
Performances by club
Notes:
*
Note 4: Includes Ferencváros FC
*
Note 5: Includes MTK, MTK-VM, Hungária and Bástya.
*
Note 6: Includes Újpesti Dózsa and Újpesti TE.
*
Note 7: Includes Kispesti AC and Kispest-Honvéd.
*
Note 8: Includes Vasas ETO Gyõr and Rába Vasas ETO Gyõr.
*
Note 9: Includes Vasas SC, Budapesti Vasas SC
*
Note 10: Includes Diósgyőri MÁVAG SC
*
Note 11: Includes FC Fehérvár and Videoton FC.
*
Note 12: Includes Pécsi MFC.
*
Note 13: Includes Szolnoki MÁV SE
*
Note 14: A team from
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.
Performances by county
''As of 11 May 2022''
Top scorers in the Final
![TakacsJozsef](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/TakacsJozsef.jpg)
The following football players scored at least three goals in the Magyar Kupa final. There have been only one player who scored four goals in one single match in the final of
1932–33,
József Takács.
Four goals
*
József Takács (
Ferencváros FC) (
1932–33)
Hat-trick
*
Vilmos Kohut (
Ferencváros FC) (
1927–28)
*
Pál Teleki (
Bocskai FC
Bocskai Football Club was a Hungarian football club from the town of Debrecen
Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A ...
) (
1929–30)
*
Pál Zilahi (
III. Kerületi TVE) (
1930–31)
*
György Sárosi
György Sárosi (; 5 August 1912 – 20 June 1993) was a Hungarian footballer. Sárosi was a complete footballer renowned for his versatility and technique among other things, and he played in several positions for Ferencváros and the Hungary ...
(
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. Ferencváro ...
) (
1932–33)
*
Béla Várady (
Vasas SC 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 ...
) (
1972–73)
*
József Horváth (
Újpesti Dózsa) (
1974–75)
*
János Görgei
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(
Diósgyőri VTK
Diósgyőr-Vasgyári Testgyakorlók Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc best known for its football team. Founded in 1910 by the local working class youth, the team plays in the ...
) (
1976–77)
*
Péter Lipcsei (
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. Ferencváro ...
) (
1994–95)
*
Dorge Kouemaha (
Debreceni VSC
Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a professional football club, based in Debrecen, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hungarian football. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the ...
) (
2007–08)
*
Foxi Kethevoama (
Kecskeméti TE
Kecskeméti Testedző Egyesület, commonly known as Kecskeméti TE or simply Kecskemét, is a sports club based in Kecskemét, Hungary. It is most famous for its football team which competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hu ...
) (
2010–11
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)
Venues
![Stade Budapest 08667](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Stade_Budapest_08667.jpg)
*In the list below are included all the stadiums, inclusive the stadiums from finals with 2 or 3 legs.
Referees in the Final
''As of 30 May 2017.''
See also
*
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...
*
Szuperkupa
References
External links
Hungary - List of Cup Finals RSSSF.com
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Hungary
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