Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a professional

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club based in

Józsefváros Józsefváros (, ) is the 8th district of Budapest, Hungary. Historically one of the city's 18th–19th century outer suburbs, it is considered part of the broader city centre due to its proximity to Belváros (Budapest), Belváros (Inner City) ...

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

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. The club currently plays in the

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the

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23 times and the

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12 times. The club has also won the

Hungarian Super Cup 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 ...

twice. In 1955, as ''Vörös Lobogó SE'', they became the first Hungarian team to play in the

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and in 1964 they finished as runners-up in the

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after losing to

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in the final. The club founded the Sándor Károly Football Academy in 2001. The Academy also has a partnership agreement with English club

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. MTK was established by the Hungarian Jewish community.

History

MTK Budapest first entered the Nemzeti Bajnokság in the

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season. In the subsequent season, MTK won their first domestic title. Between 1913 and 1914 and 1924–25, MTK dominated Hungarian football by winning ten titles in a row.

Crest and colours

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The following table shows in detail MTK Budapest FC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Stadia and facilities

MTK Budapest's first stadium was opened in 1912. The first match was played MTK Budapest's main rival

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 ...

on 31 March 1912. The final result was 1–0 to MTK. MTK Budapest's second stadium was built in 1947 shortly after the end of the

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. It was demolished in 2014 to construct a brand-new stadium on its place.

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion () is a multi-purpose stadium in Józsefváros, Budapest, Hungary. The stadium was opened on 13 October 2016. It was renamed after the MTK Budapest FC, MTK Budapest and Hungary national football team, Hungary footballer ...

is a

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. It was renamed after the MTK Budapest and

footballer

Nándor Hidegkuti Nándor Hidegkuti (3 March 1922 – 14 February 2002) was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a ...

. It is currently used for

matches and is the home stadium of MTK Budapest. Lantos Mihály Sportközpont is sport centre located in

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, Budapest. It was built in 1896. It has a capacity of 3,500 (2,500 seated).It was home to Budapest Micro Club, MTK Maccabi, Rower-Veled Érted Se,

Vörös Meteor Egyetértés SK Vörös Meteor Egyetértés SK was a Hungarian football club from Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by ...

, Zuglói Kinizsi SE.

Rivalry

The fixture between MTK Budapest FC and

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...

is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. The first fixture was played in the

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season. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary.

Honours

Domestic

**Winners (23):

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, 1907–08, 1913–14, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1935–36, 1936–37,

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 ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

, 1957–58, 1986–87, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08 **Runners-up (20): 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1939–40, 1948–49, 1949–50,

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, ...

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2006–07 *

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**Winners (12): 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1951–52,

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000 **Runners-up: 1934–35, 1975–76, 2011–12 *

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 ...

** Winners (3): 1997, 2003, 2008

International

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called Coupe de l'Europe Centrale, Mitteleuropäischer Pokal or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European association football, football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the suc ...

**Winners (2):

, 1963 **Runners-up:

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**Runner-up: 1963–64 *

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, most commonly referred to as the Fairs Cup and sometimes as the European Fairs Cup or Fairs Cities' Cup, was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The Fairs Cup was the idea of FIFA vice-presid ...

**Semi-finalist: 1961–62

Friendly

Štefánik Tournament in Bratislava Štefánik Tournament in Bratislava () was an annual summer international football tournament in honor of the Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer Milan Rastislav Štefánik held in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech l ...

** Winners: 1933

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Non-playing staff

Board of directors

Management

Sources

*''Behind The Curtain – Travels in Eastern European Football'': Jonathan Wilson (2006
Behind the Curtain: Travels in Football in Eastern Europe: Amazon.co.uk: Wilson, Jonathan: 9780752869070: Books

References

External links

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at UEFA.com
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