The Hungarian Football Federation (HFF) (, ) is the governing body of

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and

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. It organizes the

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and the Hungary national team. The MLSZ is responsible for the

Hungarian football league system The Hungarian football league system is a series of connected leagues for club football in Hungary. This system has hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels. History The governing body of football in ...

, the men's and women's national teams. The headquarters are in

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 ...

. The MLSZ is a member of the

Hungarian Olympic Committee The Hungarian Olympic Committee (, , MOB) is the National Olympic Committee representing Hungary. History The Hungarian Olympic Committee was founded on 19 December 1895, as sixth in the world, following the French, Greek, American, German a ...

Honours

;

National Team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

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''Runner-up'' (2 times -

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 ...

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 ...

) * Olympic Games: Gold medal

Winner (3 times -

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

);

''Runner-up'' (1 times -

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

);

Third place (1 time -

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

) * European Championship: Third place (1):

;National Youth Teams *

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members' men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when i ...

Third place (1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Divisions

;Men's *

Hungary national football team The Hungary national football team (, ) represents Hungary in men's international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The team has made nine appearances in the FIFA World Cup, and five in the ...

Hungary national under-21 football team The Hungary national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team for Hungary and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Hungarian Under-21 team w ...

Hungary national under-19 football team This article includes current squads of Hungary U-20 and U-19 national football teams. The road to 2008 UEFA Euro U-19 After 11 years, the Hungarian U-19 football team qualified for the 2008 EURO U-19 final tournament. At the first round of ...

Hungary national under-17 football team The Hungary national under-17 football team represents Hungary in association football at under-17 age level and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Hungary. Competition history UEFA U-16/17 E ...

Hungary national under-16 football team The Hungary national under-17 football team represents Hungary in association football at under-17 age level and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Hungary. Competition history UEFA U-16/17 E ...

* Hungary national futsal team * Hungary national beach soccer team ;Women's *

Hungary women's national football team The Hungary women's national football team represents Hungary in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. Results and fixtures * The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months ...

* Hungary women's national under-19 football team *

Hungary women's national under-17 football team Hungarian women's national under-17 football team represents Hungary in international youth football competitions. Competitive record FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup UEFA Wom ...

Current head coaches

Competitions

Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség is responsible for organising the following competitions:

Men's football

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 ...

''(Tier 1)'' *

Nemzeti Bajnokság II The NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: ''Ke ...

''(Tier 2)'' *

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 ...

''(Tier 3)'' – three sections (East, Central, West) *

Megyei Bajnokság I Megyei Bajnokság I is the fourth tier of Hungarian football league system. It includes the championships of the 20 counties of Hungary. The champions might be promoted to the Nemzeti Bajnokság III. Champions ;Notes * Note 1: did not want to ...

''(Tier 4)'' - nineteen sections (

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)

Women's football

* Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women) ''(Tier 1)'' * Nemzeti Bajnokság II (women) ''(Tier 2)'' – two sections (East, West)

Cups

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

– Men * Magyar Kupa (women) – Women

Futsal

''(Tier 1)'' *

– Men * Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women) ''(Tier 1)'' * Magyar Kupa (women) – Women

Beach soccer

* Nemzeti Strandlabdarúgó Liga ''(Tier 1)''

Hungarian Football Federation Player of the Year

As awarded by the HFF. In 1980 the title was not awarded. *In 1949, 1950 and 1963 the title was awarded to two players.

Hungarian Footballer of the Year (Golden Ball)

As awarded by journalists * 2012:

Ádám Szalai Ádám Csaba Szalai (born 9 December 1987) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career in Germany, signing in 2004 with VfB Stuttgart and going on to represent Mainz 05, Schalke 04, 1899 H ...

* 2013:

Szabolcs Huszti Szabolcs Huszti (; born 18 April 1983) is a Hungarian professional football coach and a former player. He is the de facto manager of Fehérvár, even though Gábor Toldi formally holds that position. He was well known for his dribbling, pace, p ...

* 2018: Nemanja Nikolić * 2019:

Péter Gulácsi Péter Gulácsi (born 6 May 1990) is a Hungary, Hungarian association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. Gulácsi began his career at Liverpool F.C., Liverpool but d ...

Presidents

Current sponsorships

Adidas Adidas AG (; stylized in all lowercase since 1949) is a German athletic apparel and footwear corporation headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the ...

- Official main sponsor *

OTP Bank OTP Bank Group is the largest commercial bank of Hungary and one of the largest independent financial service providers in Central and Eastern Europe, with banking services for private individuals and corporate clients. The OTP Group comprises su ...

- Official main sponsor * MOL - Official main sponsor
Merkantil Bank
- Official sponsor *

Groupama Groupama, an abbreviation for Groupe des Assurances Mutuelles Agricoles (), is a French insurance group headquartered in Paris with operations in 10 countries. It is listed in the 2007 ICA Global 300 list of mutuals and cooperatives, rank ...

- Official sponsor *

Huawei Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei" sometimes stylized as "HUAWEI"; ; zh, c=华为, p= ) is a Chinese multinational corporationtechnology company in Longgang, Shenzhen, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its main product lines include teleco ...

- Official sponsor
Jet-Sol
- Official sponsor * Förch - Official sponsor

References

External links

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