Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungarian professional
football
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club based in
Ferencváros
Ferencváros (, ) is the 9th district of Budapest (), Hungary.
Name
The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.
History
The developmen ...
,
Budapest
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, that competes in the
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros was founded in 1899 by Ferenc Springer and a group of local residents of Budapest's ninth district, Ferencváros. Ferencváros is best known internationally for winning the 1964–65 edition of the
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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after defeating
Juventus
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1–0 in
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in the
final
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. Ferencváros also reached the
final
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in the same competition in
1968
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, when they lost to
Leeds United
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, as well as the
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European Cup Winners' Cup
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, losing to
Dynamo Kyiv
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.
The best-known part of the club is the well-supported men's
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team – the most popular team in the country. The parent multisport club Ferencvárosi TC divisions include women's football, women's handball, men's
futsal
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, men's ice hockey, men's handball, men's water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling, curling and swimming teams, some of which are highly successful.
The club colours are green and white, and the club's mascot is a green eagle, hence another of the club's nicknames, ''The Green Eagles''.
History
On 3 May 1899, Ferencvárosi TC was founded by citizens of the 9th district of
Budapest
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. With the exception of three seasons between 2006 and 2009, Ferencváros have played in the
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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since its inception in 1901. The club's financial problems in 2006 resulted in the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) withdrawing the club's licence; a withdrawal that was eventually deemed unauthorized. Following this, Fradi were promoted back to the first division in 2009.
Ferencváros are the most successful Hungarian team both domestically and internationally. They won the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and have also won the
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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36
times and the
Magyar Kupa
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24 times.
They qualified for the renewed Champions League, the first Hungarian Club to do so, in the 1995–1996 season. Since then, the club have also taken part in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, 2019–20 Europa League, 2020–21 Champions League, and 2021–22 Europa League group stages.
On December 3, 1900, the football section of the club was established. Two months later, on February 10, the first Hungarian championship match took place between Ferencváros and Budapesti TC, though it was not officially recognized by the Hungarian Football Federation. The first official championship match was played on April 21, 1901, where Ferencváros suffered a 5–3 defeat against MUE. Borbás Gáspár, then 17 years old, scored Ferencváros' first official championship goal. The first point was earned in a 2–2 draw against Műegyetem, and the first victory came on June 16, 1901 (FTC-Budapesti SC 5–1).
Interestingly, Ferencváros made its international debut earlier than in domestic competitions. On March 25, 1901, the Viennese Cricketer defeated the Hungarian team 9–0. On May 5, against the Old Cricketer (5–0, the first Ferencváros victory in international competition), the players wore the first badge with five green and four white stripes and three inverted E's in a green shield at the bottom – a design that still references the club's motto: morals, strength, unity.
In 1902, Ferencváros suffered its heaviest defeat, losing 16–0 against the English team Oxford FC. The club secured its first championship title in 1903 and the second in 1905, followed by three more in the 1900s (1906/07, 1908/09, 1909/10). On June 6, 1909, FTC permanently won the first Hungarian football challenge trophy, capturing the silver ball for the fifth time.
On February 12, 1911, Ferencváros inaugurated its new stadium on Üllői Road, Ferencváros Stadion, where it still plays today. Schlosser Imre scored the first green-and-white goal in the new facility. In 1911, the club won its third consecutive championship title, remaining unbeaten in 21 matches that season. In 1912, Ferencváros defeated Working FC, winning against an English team in England for the first time. In the same year, they beat the III. district team 11–3, with Schlosser scoring eight goals in one match, a record that still stands for goals scored in a single match. The 1911/12 championship brought another Ferencváros title, marking the club's seventh.
In 1913, Ferencváros achieved not only the championship title but also won the Hungarian Cup for the first time in its history.
In 1914, World War I broke out, bringing a somber year for Ferencváros football players. Almost every member of the team received military service call-ups, and many of them never returned home.
Crest and colours
The colours of the club are green and white. The nine stripes on the club badge, five green and four white, symbolise the district of
Ferencváros
Ferencváros (, ) is the 9th district of Budapest (), Hungary.
Name
The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.
History
The developmen ...
, Budapest's ninth district. The three E's on Ferencváros' badge represent the club's motto of Erkölcs, Erő, Egyetértés ().
Naming history
Ferencvárosi TC has changed names various times throughout their history:
* 1899–1950: ''Ferencvárosi Torna Club''
* 1950–1951: ''ÉDOSZ SE''
* 1951–1956: ''Kinizsi''
* 1956–present: ''Ferencvárosi Torna Club''
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
The following table shows in detail Ferencvárosi TC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:
Current sponsorships:
* Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Macron
* Main Sponsor:
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The first stadium of the club started being built in the autumn of 1910. On 12 February 1911, Ferencváros played their first match against Budapest rival
MTK Budapest
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which was won by the club. The starting line-up consisted of Fritz, Rumbold, Magnlitz, Weinber, Bródy, Payer, Szeitler, Weisz, Koródy, Schlosser, Borbás. The first stadium could host 40,000 spectators.
In 1971 the stands were demolished and a new stadium began to be built. The new stadium was inaugurated on the 75th anniversary of the club. On 19 May 1974, the first match was played against Vasas. The new stadium could host 29,505 spectators (including 10,771 seats and 18,734 standing). In the 1990s the stadium was redesigned to meet the UEFA requirements therefore its capacity was reduced to 18,100. When Ferencváros qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage, a new journalist stand was built over the main stand.
On 21 December 2007, the stadium's name was changed from Üllői úti Stadion to Stadion Albert Flórián.
Flórián Albert
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, the former Ferencváros icon, was present at the inauguration ceremony.
There were many plans on how to increase the capacity of the stadium in case the
Hungarian Football Federation
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won the bid for the
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or the Euro 2012. However, the Federation did not win any bids therefore the reconstruction of the stadium was delayed.
When Kevin McCabe became the owner of the club the reconstruction was on schedule again. Later, McCabe sold his team to the Hungarian state and the reconstruction did not take place.
Ferencváros Stadion,
multi-purpose stadium
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, is the third home of the club. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators in
UEFA
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matches and 23,700 in Hungarian League matches.
When Gábor Kubatov was elected as president of the club, he and Pál Orosz managed to raise enough funds for the construction of a new stadium. The new stadium was rotated by 90 degrees in order to meet UEFA requirements. Therefore, the main stand which was parallel to the
Üllői út
Üllői út (Üllői Avenue, lit. means "Road to Üllő", ) is a major transport artery in Budapest, Hungary. Üllői út is the longest avenue in Budapest. It is 15.6 km long and nearly perfectly straight.
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became parallel to the Hungária körút. As part of the national stadium reconstruction programme the new stadium was built between 2013 and 2014.
The stadium was designed by Ágnes Streit and Szabolcs Kormos and was built by Market Építő Zrt from 2013 to 2014. In the arena there can be found the Ferencváros Museum and a fan shop too. The stadium is cutting edge in its vein matching entrance system. On 10 August 2014, Ferencváros played the opening match against Chelsea.
After the demolition of the Puskás Ferenc Stadion,
Hungary
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played their home matches at the new arena until the new Puskás Ferenc Stadion was opened in late 2019. The national team celebrated the victory against
Norway
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public limited company
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chairman Kevin McCabe successfully acquired a tender to purchase Ferencváros. McCabe's Hungarian company, Esplanade
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bought Ferencváros' real estate for £8.45 million with a view to start paying off the £5 million debt. In April 2008, Ferencváros Torna Club officially agreed to sell the football club, Ferencváros Labdarúgó ZRt. to Esplanade Kft., McCabe's company in Hungary.
In 2011, McCabe relinquished his ownership of the club after describing a "strained relationship" with some minority shareholders.
On 25 February 2011, Gábor Kubatov, Hungarian MP, was appointed as the president of Ferencváros.
On 28 October 2014, Gábor Kubatov was re-elected to serve another four-year term as the president of the club.
Supporters and rivalries
Supporters of Ferencváros are mainly from the capital city of Hungary, Budapest. However, the club is popular all over Hungary.
Ferencváros' nickname of Fradi is derived from Franzstadt, the German name for the area of Ferencváros, with the club carrying a "vague sense of German ethnicity", according to British sports journalist Jonathan Wilson.
Since the opening of the newly built Groupama Aréna, the spectators are scanned at the entrance. As a consequence, the main supporter group of the club, called B-közép, announced a boycott in 2014. Club chairman Kubatov said that he had wanted peace in the new stadium and the club had already paid a lot of fines and punishments due to the unacceptable behaviour of the B-közép. Kubatov had expected that the spectators could have been changed due to the new regulations. However, the number of spectators had not increased in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.
On 13 March 2016, 10,125 spectators watched the match between Ferencváros' second team against
Csepel SC
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The Csepel ...
in the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season. The attendance was a protest by the B-közép to show how many spectators were missing from the Groupama Aréna.
On 24 March 2016, the representatives of the B-közép started negotiations with club leader, Gabor Kubatov. As a results of the negotiations they were allowed back to the stadium.
Friendships
The fans have friendships with fans of Rapid Wien and since both play in Green the alliance is nicknamed the "Green Brothers". They also have friendly relations in Hungary with fans of
Zalaegerszeg
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Location
Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road.
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, in Poland with
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Cambridge United
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.
Rivalries
Ferencváros have rivalry with several teams from Budapest including
MTK Budapest
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,
Újpest
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, Honvéd, Vasas SC, and several provincial clubs such as
Debrecen
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and Diósgyőr. Since Ferencváros has been the most successful club in Hungarian Football history by winning 33 Hungarian League titles, 21
Hungarian Cup
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titles and 2 Hungarian League Cup titles and the most successful Hungarian club in the
European football
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competitions by winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964–65 season, every club in the Hungarian League wants to defeat them.
The biggest rivalry is with
Újpest
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, which dates back to the 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 teams often end in violence which causes big trouble for the Hungarian football. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.
The fixture between Ferencváros and
MTK Budapest FC
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is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary, which dates back as early as the 1903 season when Ferencváros first won the Hungarian League. In the following three decades either Ferencváros or MTK Budapest won the domestic league.
Honvéd are also considered fierce rivals as the clubs are in very close proximity to each other and in the past frequently competed for honours.
Hooliganism
On 26 November 2002, the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Committee fined Ferencváros €18,300 for fireworks and
hooliganism
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-related offences committed by the fans of Ferencváros before and after the 2002-03 UEFA Cup second tie against
VfB Stuttgart
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on 12 November 2002.
In 2004, Ferencváros were charged by
UEFA
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with crowd trouble and racist abuse after playing Millwall in the 2004-05 UEFA Cup tie in Budapest, Hungary. Four fans of Millwall suffered stab wounds. The racist abuse was directed at Millwall's players of African origin, including Paul Ifill.
On 17 July 2013, Ferencváros fans fought with police after a
friendly match
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against
Leeds United
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, which ended in a 1–0 victory over the
Championship
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club, in
Murska Sobota
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, Slovenia.
On 19 July 2014,
UEFA
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issued sanctions against Ferencváros and Diósgyőr and
Slovakia
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Birkirkara
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and Hibernians respectively. Ferencváros were the hardest hit by the UEFA measures as club were fined by €20,000 and the partial closure of their stadium following monkey chants and racist banners displayed in both legs in
Malta
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and
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.
On 27 January 2015, Gábor Kubatov, president of the club, said that he would have the fines paid by the supporters. Kubatov aims to cease the racism and violence at the stadium.
On 9 February 2015,
UEFA
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refused the appeal of Ferencváros in connection with the incidents before and after the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying match between NK Rijeka and Ferencváros. According to the verdict, Ferencváros supporters were not allowed to attend the following
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1967
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1962
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1966
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1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
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1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
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1964
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* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
1964
Events January
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)
Retired numbers
* 2 – Tibor Simon, Defender (1985–99) – ''posthumous honour.''
* 12 – " The 12th man", reserved for club supporters. Number retired in 2007.
Notable former players
Had senior international caps for their respective countries.
Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Ferencváros.
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Teslim Fatusi
Teslim Babatunde Fatusi (born 17 September 1977) is an olympic gold medalist and Nigerian international footballer who played as a winger for Miami Dade FC.
Club career
Born in Surulere, Lagos State, Fatusi began playing youth football ...
Zoltán Gera
Zoltán Gera (born 22 April 1979) is a Hungarian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for Fulham F.C., Fulham, Pécsi Mecsek FC, Pécsi Mecsek and Harkány SE, as well as enjoying two spells at Ferencv ...
István Géczi
István Géczi (, 16 March 1944 – 10 September 2018) was a Hungary, Hungarian Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC.
He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer ...
Marek Heinz
Marek Heinz (born 4 August 1977) is a Czech former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker.
Career
Early career
Heinz started his football career in his native Czech Republic, whe ...
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Ferenc Horváth
Ferenc Horváth (born 6 May 1973) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is now a manager, most recently coaching at Budapest Honvéd FC.
He made his debut for the Hungary national team in 1996, and got 32 ...
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György Horváth
György Horvath (21 December 1943 – 17 October 1988) was a Hungarian weightlifter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mu ...
Sándor Kocsis
Sándor Péter Kocsis (; ; 21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian Association football, footballer who played for Ferencvárosi TC, Budapest Honvéd FC, Budapest Honvéd, SC Young Fellows Juventus, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelo ...
Zsolt Laczkó
Zsolt Laczkó (born 18 December 1986) is a Hungarian former professional association football, footballer who last played as a Defender (association football)#Wing-back, left wing back or Winger (association football), winger for III. Kerületi ...
József Mészáros
József Mészáros (16 January 1923 – 21 April 1997) was a Hungarian footballer and football manager.
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1997 deaths
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László Pusztai
László Pusztai (1 March 1946 – 6 July 1987) was a Hungarian football player who participated in the 1978 World Cup where Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Bas ...
Vasyl Rats
Vasyl Karlovych Rats (; ) (born 25 March 1961) is a Ukrainian former football (soccer), football midfielder (football), midfielder. He participated in two FIFA World Cup, World Cups with the Soviet Union national football team.
Club career
Af ...
József Sándor
József Sándor (born 6 August 1892, date of death unknown) was a Hungarian wrestler. He competed in the lightweight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commo ...
Geza Šifliš
Geza Šifliš (, ; 25 February 1907 – 18 November 1948) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper of Hungarian ethnicity. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Nicknamed ''Gouliver'' for his height and strength, he played in ...
Đorđe Tutorić
Đorđe Tutorić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Туторић; born 5 March 1983) is a Serbian retired Association football, footballer.
Club career
Born in Subotica, Tutorić began his career in his native Serbia play ...
László Wukovics
László Wukovics (born 22 January 1970 in Budapest) is a former Hungary national football team, Hungarian international association football, footballer.
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1970 births
Living people
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1934 FIFA World Cup
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1938 FIFA World Cup
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1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
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1962 FIFA World Cup
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1966 FIFA World Cup
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1978 FIFA World Cup
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1982 FIFA World Cup
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1986 FIFA World Cup
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1990 FIFA World Cup
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2014 FIFA World Cup
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2022 FIFA World Cup
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...