Újpesti Torna Egylet (Újpesti TE or UTE) is a Hungarian sports society, based in

Újpest Újpest (; , ) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary in 1838. Újpest was a village ...

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. The club, which was founded in 1885, includes sports sections that represent the club at

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, men's water polo, women's volleyball, athletics,

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, mud wrestling, flatwater canoeing/kayaking,

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, youth football,

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, and

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. There is a leisure section and a section for the club's fans called 'circle of friends' (baráti kör). The football team Újpest FC is also a part of the Újpesti TE family.

Departments

Team sports

* Football: ** men's football (since 1885) ** women's football * Ice hockey: ** men's ice hockey (since 1930) ** women's ice hockey * Volleyball: ** women's volleyball (1948–1990, since 1950) * Curling

Individual sports

* Athletics (since 1903) * Boxing (since 1926) *

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(since 1951) * Gymnastics * Fencing (since 1922) * Footgolf * Judo * Karate * Modern pentathlon (since 1962) * Shooting *

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(since 1910) * Skating * Taekwondo (since 2005) * Triathlon (since 1991) * Wrestling * E-sports

Dissolved departments

* Water polo: ** men's water polo (1891–2011) * Volleyball: ** men's volleyball * Handball: ** men's handball ** women's handball

Supporters and rivalries

Supporters

Supporters of Újpest are mainly from the fourth district of

, the

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. Due to the success in the 1970s, the club gained supporters from all over Budapest and the country.

Notable supporters

* Zoltán Zana ("Ganxta Zolee"), rapper and actor * Henrik Havas, journalist and television personality) * György Gyula Zagyva, politician * András Stohl, actor and television personality * Zsolt Wintermantel, politician and former mayor of

) * Attila Széki ("Curtis"), rapper and former footballer * Péter Majoros ("Majka"), rapper and television personality

Rivalries

Újpest are in rivalry with several teams from Budapest including

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, MTK Budapest, Budapest Honvéd and several provincial clubs such as

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and Diósgyőr. Since Újpest have been the third most successful club of the Hungarian Football history by winning 20 Hungarian League titles and 9 Hungarian Cup titles and the most successful Hungarian club in the

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competitions in the 1970s every club in the Hungarian League wants to defeat them. The rivalry with

dates back to 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian League title. Since then the fixture between the two teams attracts the most spectators in the domestic league. The matches between the two team often ends in violence which causes big trouble for the Hungarian football. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.

Honours

Active departments

Football (men's)

* Hungarian Championship **Winners (20): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1938–39,

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1959–60, 1969,

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1989–90, 1997–98 * Hungarian Second League: ** Winners (2): 1904, 1911–12 * Hungarian Cup **Winners (11): 1969,

, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2020–21 * Hungarian Super Cup ''(defunct)'' **Winners (3): 1992, 2002, 2014 * Mitropa Cup ''(defunct)'' **Winners (2): 1929,

1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

* Coupe des Nations ''(defunct, predecessor of Champions League)'' **Winner (1): 1930 * Joan Gamper Trophy: **Winner (1): 1970 * Trofeo Colombino: ''(defunct)'' **Winner (1): 1971

Ice hockey (men's)

* Hungarian Championship: **Winners (13): 1957–58, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88 * Hungarian Cup: **Winners (9): 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90 *Peace Cup: **Winners (5): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962

Volleyball (women's)

* Hungarian Championship **Winners (10): 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90 * Hungarian Cup **Winners (12): 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87

Inactive departments

Water polo (men's)

* Hungarian Championship **Winners (26) (record): 1930, 1931,

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator 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 independen ...

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 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

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 ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

, 1937,

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

, 1941,

1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...

1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

, 1955, 1960,

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 * Hungarian Cup **Winners (19): 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1975, 1990–91, 1992–93 * LEN Champions League ''(as European Cup)'' **Winner (1): 1993–94 * LEN Euro Cup ''(as LEN Trophy)'' **Winners (3): 1992–93, 1996–97, 1998–99 * LEN Super Cup **Winner (1): 1994

Volleyball (men's)

* Hungarian Championship **Winners (13): 1955, 1957, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1989–90, 1990–91 * Hungarian Cup **Winners (8): 1952, 1955, 1957, 1961–62, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1988–89

Handball (men's)

* Hungarian Championship **Winners (2): 1953, 1958 * Hungarian Cup **Winners (2): 1951, 1956

International honours

Notable former players

Olympic champions

* István Barta, water polo *

Olivér Halassy Olivér Halassy (né ''Haltmayer''; 31 July 1909 – 10 September 1946) was a Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. Halassy lost his left leg below the knee when he wa ...

water polo * Endre Kabos fencing (sabre) * János Németh water polo * Mihály Bozsi, water polo * Károly Kárpáti, wrestling * György Kutasi water polo * Miklós Szilvásy, wrestling * Dezső Gyarmati, water polo * Dezső Lemhényi water polo *

Miklós Martin Miklós (Nick) Martin (June 29, 1931 – March 25, 2019) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest. He died in Pasadena, CA. Biography Martin was part of the Hungarian team ...

water polo * György Vízvári water polo * János Urányi, canoe sprint * László Fábián, canoe sprint * Ágnes Keleti, gymnastics * Mihály Mayer, water polo * Imre Polyák, wrestling (Greco-Roman) * Paula Marosi, fencing (foil) * Ildikó Rejtő, fencing (foil) *

Ferenc Bene Ferenc Bene (17 December 1944 – 27 February 2006) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a striker for Újpest and Hungary. He was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics, in which he was the top scorer o ...

, football * Zoltán Dömötör, water polo * Gyula Zsivótzky, athletics (hammer throw) *

Antal Dunai Antal Dunai, also known as Dunai II (né ''Dujmov'', 21 March 1943) is a Hungarian former footballer with Yugoslav origins. He became a first division player at Pécsi Dózsa, but he spent the majority of his career at Újpesti Dózsa from ...

, football * László Fazekas, football * László Nagy, football * Ernő Noskó, football * Tibor Cservenyák, water polo * László Sárosi, water polo * Norbert Növényi, wrestling (Greco-Roman) * Tamás Darnyi, swimming * Attila Mizsér, pentathlon * Bence Szabó, fencing (sabre) * László Csongrádi, fencing (sabre) * Péter Farkas, wrestling (Greco-Roman) * Kinga Czigány, canoe sprint * Éva Dónusz, canoe sprint * Erika Mészáros, canoe sprint * Krisztián Berki, gymnastics (pommel horse) *

Danuta Kozák Danuta Kozák (; born 11 January 1987) is a Hungarian Sprint kayak, sprint canoeist. She has won one silver, one bronze and six Olympic gold medals, three of which in 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro in 2016, making her the first female to w ...

, canoe sprint * Sándor Tótka, canoe sprint

Presidents

List of the presidents of the Újpesti TE: * 1885–1887: János Goll * 1887–1892: Lajos Mády * 1892–1897: Béla Csepcsányi * 1897–: * –1903: * 1903–1905: Arnold Kada * 1905–: Mór Oszmann * 1909–: Samu Blum * 1910–: Lehel Héderváry * 1914–: Ödön Kálmán * 1919–1925: János Szücs * 1925–1942: Lipót Aschner

References

External links

*
Official website
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