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Zsolt Kalmár
Zsolt Kalmár (; born 9 June 1995) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fehérvár and the Hungary national team. Kalmár began his professional career with Nemzeti Bajnokság I club ETO Győr in 2013, winning the league title in his first year, before moving to 2. Bundesliga club RB Leipzig a year later. He then moved on loans to FSV Frankfurt, Brøndby and DAC Dunajská Streda, agreeing to join the latter on a permanent deal in 2018, growing out to become team captain in his second season at the club. Kalmár made his senior international debut for Hungary in 2014. He has earned over 20 caps. Club career Győr Youth Kalmár joined the Győri ETO youth academy in 2005, where he progressed through the various youth teams. For the 2012–13 season, he was given the opportunity to play for the club's reserves at the age of 17. In October 2012, he was on a trial with Dutch league leaders Feyenoord. Kalmár made his debut in a match which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RB Leipzig
RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (), commonly known as RB Leipzig or informally as Red Bull Leipzig, is a German professional association football, football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH, which purchased the playing rights of fifth-tier side SSV Markranstädt with the intent of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. The men's professional football club is run by the spin-off organization RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH. RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena (Leipzig), Red Bull Arena. The club nickname is . After its foundation, RB Leipzig quickly rose through the ranks of German football, starting in the fifth-tier NOFV-Oberliga Süd. The club achieved successive promotions the following years, eventually being promoted to the Bundesliga in 2015–16 2. Bundesliga, 2015–16. In their debut 2016–17 Bundesliga, top-flight season, they qualified to the UEFA Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SV Sandhausen
Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Germany's smallest professional football club. The club's greatest success came in 2011–12 when it won the 3. Fußball-Liga, 3. Liga and earned promotion to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga for the first time. History After an initial period of financial instability, the club advanced steadily through the lower leagues until it earned promotion to the ''Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar'' in 1931, but only played for a single season at that level before descending again. In 1943, it was merged with ''TSV Walldorf'' and ''VfB Wiesloch'' to form the wartime squad ''KSG Walldorf-Wiesloch''. The combined squad was dissolved at the end of the conflict and ''SG Sandhausen'' was reestablished as an independent club late in 1945. A half dozen years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kicker (magazine)
''Kicker'' (stylized in all lowercase) is Germany's leading sports magazine, focused primarily on Association football, football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice weekly, usually Monday and Thursday. Each edition sells around 80,000 copies. ''Kicker'' is a founding member of European Sports Media, an association of football publications. ''Kicker'' annually awards the most prolific scorer of the Bundesliga with the ''Kicker Torjägerkanone'' () award. It is equivalent to the Pichichi Trophy in Spanish football. The magazine also publishes an almanac, the ''Kicker Fußball-Almanach''. It was first published from 1937 to 1942, and then continuously from 1959 to date. They also publish a yearbook (''Kicker Fußball-Jahrbuch''). History ''Kicker'' was first issued in July 1920 in Konstanz, Germany. The magazine's headquarters were originally in Stuttgart before relocating to Nuremberg in 1926. During World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Erzgebirge Aue
Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. The city of Aue-Bad Schlema has a population of about 20,800, making it one of the smallest cities to ever host a club playing at the second highest level of German football. However, the team attracts supporters from a larger urban area that includes Chemnitz and Zwickau, whose own football sides (Chemnitzer FC, CFC and FSV Zwickau, FSV) are among Aue's traditional rivals. History 1945–1963: East Germany's dominant side The club was founded as ''SG Aue'' in 1945, and on 1 November 1948 became ''BSG Pneumatik Aue'' under the sponsorship of the local construction tool works. Changes in sponsorship led to a change in name to ''BSG Zentra Wismut Aue '' in 1949 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Kimmich
Joshua Walter Kimmich (; born 8 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back or defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the Germany national team. Widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, he is known for his versatility, aggression and playmaking ability, and has been compared with former Bayern Munich and Germany captain Philipp Lahm. After coming through RB Leipzig's youth academy, Kimmich began playing for the club's first team in 2013. Two years later, he joined Bayern Munich. In the 2019–20 season, after winning the continental treble with Bayern Munich, Kimmich was included in the UEFA Team of the Year, the FIFA FIFPro Men's World11, and was recognized as the UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season. Club career Early career Kimmich played youth football for VfB Stuttgart. He then went on to join RB Leipzig in July 2013. Stuttgart secured an option to rebuy. He made his 3. Liga debut for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Puskás Stadium
The Ferenc Puskás Stadium (), or formerly People's Stadium (''Népstadion''), was a multi-purpose stadium in the 14th district (Zugló) of Budapest, Hungary. It was situated between the Puskás Ferenc Stadion and the Keleti pályaudvar metro stations. It was used mainly for football matches. The stadium, which was an all-seater, in the 2000s had a safe capacity of 38,652, though its original capacity exceeded 100,000. The stadium was closed in 2016 and demolished in 2017 to give place to the Puskás Aréna. History The first plan of a national stadium were drafted as early as 1896 when there were chances that Budapest would host the first modern Olympic Games. In 1911 Budapest was one of the frontrunners to host the 1920 Olympics. However, after Austria-Hungary's defeat in World War I, the Games were awarded to Antwerp instead. The location of the first plan included Budapest XI. district and Budapest X. district. In 1924 the government imposed a sport tax which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debreceni VSC
Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian professional football club based in Debrecen 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 UEFA Champions League in the 2009–10 season. Debrecen have become the second most successful club in Hungary since 2000, winning the Hungarian League seven times. History Debrecen was founded on 12 March 1902 as Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club. The club first reached the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 1943–44 season. Debrecen rose to domestic prominence in the early 2000s when they won their first Hungarian league title in 2004–05 season. Since then the club managed to win seven titles in the 2010s total. However, in the late 2010s the club lost its governmental support and started to decline. In the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, they were escaping from relegation. At international level, Debrecen reached their biggest success when t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szuperkupa ...
The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final between MTK Budapest FC and Újpest FC. Performances Performances by club See also Magyar Kupa References * {{National football Supercups (UEFA region) 3 Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egri FC
Egri FC is a Hungarian football club, based in Eger. The club's colours are red and blue. They played five times in the first league, however there were two years in the recent past (2003–05) when the city of Eger had no adult football team. The team was refounded in 2005 and they played in lower divisions. In 2011, the club won the Nemzeti Bajnokság III Nemzeti Bajnokság III (''NB III'', ''National Championship III'') is the third tier of Football in Hungary, 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 ..., so in the 2011–12 season they play in the second league. In 2011–2012 Eger won the Nemzeti Bajnokság II so they promoted to the first league. Ownership In 2013, 75% of the shares of the club were bought by John P. Marshall. Current squad Managers * Antal Simon (June 2011 – Feb 13) * Ferenc Mészáros (March 2013 – May 13) * Csaba V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd Football Club (), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its football team. ''Honvéd'' means the Homeland Defence. Originally formed as ''Kispest AC'', they became ''Kispest FC'' in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed ''Budapesti Honvéd SE'' and became the Hungarian Army team. The club's top players from this era, Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, Zoltán Czibor, and Gyula Grosics helped the club win the Hungarian League four times during the 1950s and also formed the nucleus of the legendary Hungary national team popularly known as the '' Mighty Magyars.'' During the 1980s and early 1990s, the club enjoyed another successful period, winning a further eight Hungarian League titles. They also won league and cup doubles in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Pintér (footballer, Born 1966)
Attila Pintér (born 7 May 1966) is a hungarians, Hungarian association football, football manager and former player. He is best known for being the head coach of the Hungary national football team, Hungary national team from 19 December 2013 until 18 September 2014. Managerial career Ferencváros Pintér won the Hungarian League title with Ferencvárosi TC, Ferencváros in the 2003-04 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 2003–04 season. Pintér also could win the Hungarian Cup in 2004. He was dismissed from the club in 2004 after what was claimed to be a contract negotiation problem. Shortly after, the players of the club released a statement about Pintér's apparent behaviour during his tenure: according to the team, profanity, hazing, racist slurs and bullying was commonplace. Sopron Pintér won the Hungarian Cup in 2005 with FC Sopron, Sopron. Győr Attila Pintér became the coach of the Győri ETO FC in 2009. During his coaching the team finished third in the Hungarian National Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
