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MTK Budapest FC
Hungarian football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a professional football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest, Hungary. The club currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12 times. The club has also won the Hungarian Super Cup twice. In 1955, as Vörös Lobogó SE, they became the first Hungarian team to play in the European Cup and in 1964 they finished as runners-up in the European Cup Winners' Cup after losing to Sporting Clube de Portugal in the final. The club founded the Sándor Károly Football Academy in 2001. The Academy also has a partnership agreement with English club Liverpool. MTK was established by the Hungarian Jewish community.
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History
MTK Budapest first entered the Nemzeti Bajnokság in the 1903 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.[1]
Club identity and supporters
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MTK Budapest was founded on 16 November 1888 by members of Budapest’s assimilated Jewish middle class as Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (“Circle of Hungarian Body‐Trainers”).[2] Right from its foundation, MTK Budapest sought to promote “universal Hungarianhood” and modern athletics free from local or conservative constraints, and deliberately cast itself as a modern, cosmopolitan alternative to local, parochial clubs in Hungary.[2] From its earliest years, the club drew support from Budapest’s downtown bourgeoisie and assimilated Jewish community, positioning itself in cultural opposition to local rivals like Ferencváros, whose fan identity emerged from working- and lower-middle-class districts. From the 1890s through the 1930s, MTK emerged as one of Hungary’s dominant teams, winning multiple national titles and fostering a fanbase drawn largely from the city’s bourgeoisie and Jewish community.[2] Its historic rivalry with Ferencváros (whose supporters increasingly embraced right-wing, nationalist and antisemitic sentiment) accentuated MTK’s reputation as the “Jewish” or liberal club in Budapest.[3][4]
In 1949, under Hungary’s new Communist regime, MTK was forcibly taken over by the ÁVH state security service and underwent a series of name changes; from Textiles SE (1950) to Bástya SE (1951) and Vörös Lobogó SE (1952), that aligned it with Stalinist state institutions. Although the club achieved on-field success during this era, winning multiple league titles and becoming the first Hungarian side to play in the European Cup (1955), its association with the secret police alienated much of its traditional fan base and disrupted the emotional bonds between club and supporters lasting well beyond the Stalinist period.[3][4]
Since the early 2000s, MTK’s supporter culture has remained notably free of far-right influence, standing in sharp contrast to many Hungarian clubs.[3] A 2021 study confirmed that, among major Hungarian teams, MTK’s fanbase is one of the few without significant extremist elements, reinforcing its longstanding image as the city’s liberal, cosmopolitan side.[3]
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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 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 World War II. It was demolished in 2014 to construct a brand-new stadium on its place.
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Budapest, Hungary.[5] It was renamed after the MTK Budapest and Hungary footballer Nándor Hidegkuti. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of MTK Budapest.
Lantos Mihály Sportközpont is sport centre located in Zugló, 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, Zuglói Kinizsi SE.[6][7]
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Rivalry
The fixture between MTK Budapest FC and Ferencvárosi TC is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. The first fixture was played in the 1903 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary.
Honours
Domestic
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- Winners (23): 1904, 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, 1953, 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, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2006–07
- Magyar Kupa
- Szuperkupa
- Winners (3): 1997, 2003, 2008
International
- Mitropa Cup
- European Cup Winners' Cup
- Runner-up: 1963–64
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- Semi-finalist: 1961–62
Friendly
- Štefánik Tournament in Bratislava
- Winners: 1933
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Players
Current squad
- As of 15 February, 2025[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Non-playing staff
Board of directors
Management
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See also
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
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