Ferencvárosi Torna Club
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Ferencvárosi TC (ˈfɛrɛnt͡svaːroʃi teː t͡seː) or FTC (ˈɛf teː t͡seː), simply known as Ferencváros, nicknamed Fradi (ˈfrɒdi), is a sport club in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

, founded in 1899 by Ferenc Springer and a group of local residents of Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

's ninth district, Ferencváros
Ferencváros
Ferencváros is the 9th district of Budapest , Hungary.- Name :The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.- History :The development of Ferencváros began in the late 18th century....

. Ferencváros is best known for winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
The seventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1964-'65 season. The competition was won by Ferencváros in a one game final against Juventus, despite the game taking place at the Italian's home ground, the Stadio Comunale...

 (now Europa League) in 1965 by beating Juventus F.C.
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

 in the final.

The best-known part of the club is the well-supported men's football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team – the most popular team in the country. Other divisions include the women's football, women's handball, men's futsal, 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 mascot is a green eagle; hence another of the club's nicknames, 'The Green Eagles'.

History

Ferencváros is considered to be the most successful Hungarian team either on home and international turf. They could win the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
The seventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1964-'65 season. The competition was won by Ferencváros in a one game final against Juventus, despite the game taking place at the Italian's home ground, the Stadio Comunale...

 on international level, the Hungarian National Championship I 28 times, and the Hungarian Cup 20 times. Ferencváros participated in all the first division championships since the start of Hungarian Football Championships in 1901 until the 2006/07 season in which they were relegated (demoted) to the NB II for not meeting financial criteria.

Early years (1899–1920)

On 3 May 1899 Ferencvárosi TC were founded by young and old citizens of the ninth district of Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. Ferenc Springer, a lawyer from the same district, was nominated as the first chairman of the club. The budget of the club was assured by the ball which was organised in order to celebrate the establishment of the club. The club's first pitch was built on the Soroksári avenue in the ninth district. On 3 December 1900, the football department was founded officially. Two months later in February the first match of the Hungarian National Championship I was played between Ferencváros and Budapesti Torna Club. Since the match was not announced at the Hungarian Football Federation
Hungarian Football Federation
The Hungarian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Hungary. It organizes the Hungarian league and the Hungarian national team. It is based in Budapest.György Szepesi was Chairman of the Hungarian Football Association from 1978 to 1986....

, it is not considered as the first official match of the club. Two months later on 21 April 1900, the team played their first official match against Műegyetem. Ferencváros lost their first match 5–3. The first goal of the club was scored by Gáspár Borbás
Gáspár Borbás
Gáspár Borbás was a Hungarian amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

. The first point in the championship was gained against Műegyetem with a draw. The first victory came on 16 June 1901, when Ferencváros beat Budapesti Sport Club 5–1. It is interesting that Ferencváros played their first official match on international turf against the Vienna Cricket and Football Club and lost by 9–0. The first victory on international turf came against the Vienna Cricket and Football Club by 5–0. This was the first time that the team wore the green-white striped badge which is now the emblem of the club. In 1902 Ferencváros lost to Oxford United F.C.
Oxford United F.C.
Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The...

 16–0, which the biggest defeat ever in the club's history. In 1903 the club won their first Hungarian National Championship I title. In 1905 the club won their second championship title. All in all, the club won five championship titles in the 1900s. On 12 February 1911, the club's current stadium was inaugurated. The first goal in the new stadium was scored by Imre Schlosser
Imre Schlosser
Imre Schlosser-Lakatos was a Hungarian footballer. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian League....

. In 1912 Ferencváros could win against Woking F.C.
Woking F.C.
Woking Football Club is a football club from in Woking, Surrey, England, formed in 1889. They are playing in the Conference South in the 2011–12 season. For the 2011/2012 season, Woking are sharing their ground with Conference National club Hayes & Yeading United.-Promotion to the...

 for the first time in England. In the same year Ferencváros beat III. Kerületi TVE by 11–3 (Imre Schlosser
Imre Schlosser
Imre Schlosser-Lakatos was a Hungarian footballer. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian League....

 scored 8 goals which is still a club record in one match) and became champion for the seventh time. The year 1914 (the beginning of the First World War) is considered as the saddest year in the club history when many players from the club were enlisted and many of them never returned.

1920s

The 1920s was not a successful period for the club, since MTK Hungária FC
MTK Hungária FC
MTK Budapest FC or just MTK is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League. 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...

 won the Hungarian National Championship I for ten times. In the 1924–25 season Ferencváros lost 14–2 to MTK Hungária FC
MTK Hungária FC
MTK Budapest FC or just MTK is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League. 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...

 which is still the biggest defeat in the championship. In 1926 Ferencváros could beat their rival and became champion again after 13 years. In 1926 the professional championship was formed and the team's first professional football player was Horváth II. The first professional championship was won by Ferencváros in 1927. Ferencváros became the first team whose training was played in a movie in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. In 1928 Ferencváros could win again the national championship and also the Hungarian Cup. In the same year Ferencváros won the Mitropa Cup 1928
Mitropa Cup 1928
The 1928 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Ferencvárosi TC in a final against SK Rapid Wien. This was the second edition of the tournament.-Quarterfinals:...

 by beating SK Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...

 10–6 on aggregate in the finals. This was the first trophy won on international turf. Ferencváros participated in an South American tour where the team beat surprisingly the two-time Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 champion Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...

 by 3–2.

1930–1950

In the 1930s Ferencváros won the Hungarian National Championship I four times (1931–32, 1933–34, 1931937-38, and 1939–40). In the 1931–32 season the team could win 22 matches out of 22, which is still a record in the Hungarian National Championship I. During this season the team could score their 400th goal in the championship. According to the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 magazine, L'Auto, Ferencváros was the seventh best team in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 in 1933. In 1937 Ferencváros won the Mitropa Cup
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...

 by beating SS Lazio 4–2 in the final in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. Furthermore, The team could won the Hungarian Cup twice in 1933 and in 1935.
In the 1940s Ferencváros could celebrate two Hungarian National Championship I title in 1940–41 and in 1948–49. In the 1940–41 season the team could score more than hundred goals. In the 1940s Ferencváros were the first team who flew to the United States
United States
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. On 31 October 1948, Ferencváros played their 1000th match in the Hungarian National Championship I. In the 1948–49 season the team could celebrate their 50th anniversary with a gold medal. During this season the team were able to score 140 goals in 30 matches (Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák (footballer)
Ferenc Deák was a Hungarian football player for teams such as Szentlőrinc SE, Ferencváros and Bp. Dózsa...

 scored 59 goals). The team could win the Hungarian Cup three times in 1942, in 1943, and in 1944.
In the 1950s Ferencváros could not win a championship title only a Hungarian Cup title in 1958. In 1951 the team changed their name into Kinizsi.

The Golden era (1960s)

During this period Ferencváros could win the Hungarian National Championship I four times (1963, 1964, 1967, and 1968).

On European turf Ferencváros played three finals one in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
The seventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1964-'65 season. The competition was won by Ferencváros in a one game final against Juventus, despite the game taking place at the Italian's home ground, the Stadio Comunale...

 against Juventus F.C.
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

, on in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68
The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967-68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous...

 against Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

 and one in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75
The 1974–75 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Dynamo Kyiv in a convincing final victory against Ferencváros...

 against Dinamo Kiev. Although Ferencváros could win only the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
The seventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1964-'65 season. The competition was won by Ferencváros in a one game final against Juventus, despite the game taking place at the Italian's home ground, the Stadio Comunale...

, they are the only Hungarian team who could win a European trophy.

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy

Ferencváros could win the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
The seventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1964-'65 season. The competition was won by Ferencváros in a one game final against Juventus, despite the game taking place at the Italian's home ground, the Stadio Comunale...

 (now Europa League). Ferencváros beat Spartak Brno by 2–1 on aggregate, Wiener Sport-Club by 2–2 on aggregate, AS Roma by 3–1 on aggregate, Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...

 by 2–2 on aggregate, Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 by 3–3 on aggregate, Juventus F.C.
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

 by 1–0 in the final. The 1965 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
1965 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
The 1965 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was the final of the seventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the second of two that weren't played over two legs. It was played on 23 June 1965 between Ferencvárosi TC of Hungary and Juventus F.C. of Italy. Ferencváros won the tie 1–0.-Match...

 was played in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in front of the home crowd of the Juventus F.C.
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

 (40,000 spectators). The only goal of the match came in the 74th minute when Máté Fenyvesi
Máté Fenyvesi
Máté Fenyvesi is a former Hungarian footballer.During his club career he played for Kecskeméti Kinizsi for two years, and from 1953 to 1969 for Ferencvárosi TC...

 scored the goal. On 23 June 1965 Ferencváros became the champion of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Ferencváros could reach the quarter-finals of the 1965-66 European Cup season. Ferencváros beat Keflavík Football Club
Keflavík Football Club
Keflavík Football Club is an Icelandic football team, commonly known as Keflavík. It is a subdivision of Keflavík ÍF , based in the town of Reykjanesbær in Iceland. They play at Nettó-völlur in Keflavík.-Competition history:Keflavík have played in the Icelandic football league since 1956...

 by 13–2 on aggregate, Panathinaikos F.C. by 3–1 on aggregate, and lost to Internazionale Milano F.C. by 1–5 on aggregate.

Flórián Albert was named European Footballer of the Year
European Footballer of the Year
The "", literally translated as "the golden ball" and often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award, was an annual association football award. It was presented to the player who had been considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year...

 in 1967. He has been the most successful player of the Ferencváros since the formation of the club. He scored 255 goals in 351 matches from 1958–74.

In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68
The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967-68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous...

 season Ferencváros beat FC Argeş Piteşti
FC Arges Pitesti
FC Argeş Piteşti is a Romanian professional football club from Piteşti, Argeş county.FC Argeş was one of the most successful Romanian clubs in the 1970s, when it won the national championship twice: in 1972 and 1979, and finished twice as runner-up...

 by 5–3 on aggregate, Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points...

 by 4–2 on aggregate, Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

 by 2–0 on aggregate, Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...

 by 4–2 on aggregate, Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...

 by 5–4. In the first final Ferencváros lost to Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

 1–0 on Elland Road
Elland Road
Elland Road is an all-seater football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has been the permanent residence of Leeds United A.F.C...

 and in the second match in the Népstadion (now Puskás Ferenc Stadium) the result was 0–0 in front of 76,000 spectators, therefore Ferencváros could not celebrate their second title in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...

.

1970s

In the 1970s Ferencváros could win the Hungarian National Championship I only once in 1976, but they were more successful in the Hungarian Cup which they won four times (1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978).
Ferencváros could reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup 1971-72
UEFA Cup 1971-72
The UEFA Cup 1971–72 was the inaugural year of the competition. It was won by English side Tottenham Hotspur over their countrymen Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate after a two-legged final....

 season. Ferencváros beat Fenerbahçe S.K. by 4–2 on aggregate, Panionios NFC, Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...

 by 6–3, FK Željezničar Sarajevo by 3–3, and lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

 in the semi-finals by 3–4.
On 17 March 1974 the legendary and iconic Flórián Albert played his last match and obviously said adieu with a goal.
In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75
The 1974–75 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Dynamo Kyiv in a convincing final victory against Ferencváros...

 season Ferencváros beat Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

 by 6–1 on aggregate, Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

 by 1–1 on aggregate, Malmö FF
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...

 by 4–2 on aggregate, FK Crvena Zvezda by 4–3 on aggregate, but lost to Dinamo Kiev by 3–0 in the final.

1980s and 1990s

In the 1980s Ferencváros could won the championship only once in the 1980–81 season. Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencvaros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Vienna in 1983. For the Hungarian National Football Team he made 70 appearances from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals...

 was awarded Silver Shoes
Silver Shoes
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 by scoring 30 goals in one season.
During the management of Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencvaros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Vienna in 1983. For the Hungarian National Football Team he made 70 appearances from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals...

 Ferencváros won the Hungarian National Championship I in 1992. Ferencváros also won the Hungarian Cup three times.
During the management of the two Olympic Games
Olympic Games
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 gold medalist, and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65
The seventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1964-'65 season. The competition was won by Ferencváros in a one game final against Juventus, despite the game taking place at the Italian's home ground, the Stadio Comunale...

 trophy winner Dezső Novák
Dezso Novák
Dezső Novák is a former Hungarian footballer.During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup...

 Ferencváros won the Hungarian National Championship I twice in 1995 and in 1996.

Novák's team were also successful on international level. Ferencváros were the first Hungarian team to qualify for the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 group phase in 1995 by beating Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

 in the qualifying matches. In the first leg of the qualifying round Ferencváros beat Anderlect 1-0 away. At the Albert Stadion Ferencváros drew with the Belgian champion (1-1), therefore the team qualyfied for the group stagesof the Champions League.
On 13 September 1995 Ferencváros beat Grasshoppers
Grasshopper-Club Zürich
Grasshopper Club Zürich commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshopper is a Swiss multisports club based in Zürich. The oldest and best known section of Grasshopper Club Zürich is its football team...

 on away ground 3-0. Krisztián Lisztes
Krisztián Lisztes
Krisztián Lisztes is a Hungarian professional footballer, who plays for Ferencvárosi TC.- Career :Lisztes began his professional career as a midfielder, playing for the Hungarian team Ferencvárosi TC, where he was brought up through the youth academy. He was considered by many as one of the...

 and Ottó Vincze
Ottó Vincze
Ottó Vincze is a Hungarian football midfielder.He played abroad in Spain, Switzerland and Germany.-External links:***...

 (2) scored the Hungarian goals. In the second match of the group stages Ferencváros debuted at the Albert Stadion against the Dutch
Dutch people
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 champion Ajax Amsterdam
Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...

. The final result was 5-1 to the Dutch club. On 18 October Ferencváros played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu against the La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

 champion Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

. The final result was 6-1 to Spanish giant. On 1 November Real Madrid were the guest at the Albert Stadion and the result was a 1-1. The penultimate match in the group stages was against the Swiss champions Grasshoppers. The result was 3-3. The last match of the group stages was played at the Olympisch Stadion
Olympisch Stadion (Amsterdam)
The Olympisch Stadion is a stadium built as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. When completed, the stadium had a capacity of 31,600. Following the completion of the rival De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam in 1937, the Amsterdam authorities decided to increase the capacity of the...

 against Ajax Amsterdam. Ajax won 4-0. Ferencváros finished third in the group and were eliminated from the group stage. They also conceded 19 goals during the 6 group phase games which is still a tied negative record in Champions League as of 2010.
Ferencváros were runner up in the Hungarian National Championship I during the second management of Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencvaros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Vienna in 1983. For the Hungarian National Football Team he made 70 appearances from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals...

.

Ups and downs (2000s)

In 2003 Ferencváros entered the Budapest Stock Exchange
Budapest Stock Exchange
The Budapest Stock Exchange was re-opened in 1990 with headquarters in Budapest, Hungary.BSE is the key institution of the Hungarian Financial market and the official trading venue for publicly offered securities....

 as the first Hungarian club which take a step to become a public limited company.
Ferencváros were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League 2004-05
UEFA Champions League 2004-05
The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool, who beat Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0 down...

 by Sparta Prague and therefore they could console themselves in the UEFA Cup. Ferencváros reached the group stages of the UEFA Cup 2004-05
UEFA Cup 2004-05
The 2004–05 UEFA Cup season was won by CSKA Moscow, coming from behind in the final against Sporting Clube de Portugal. It was the first win by a Russian side in any European competition, and was even more impressive considering that the final was held at the José Alvalade Stadium, the home of...

. Ferencváros beat Millwall F.C.
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...

 by 4–2 on aggregate. In the group stage they defeated Hearts of Midlothian by 1–0, drew against Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...

, and lost to FC Basel
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...

 and Schalke 04. In 2004 Ferencváros launched a wide-ranging anti-racism
Anti-racism
Anti-racism includes beliefs, actions, movements, and policies adopted or developed to oppose racism. In general, anti-racism is intended to promote an egalitarian society in which people do not face discrimination on the basis of their race, however defined...

 campaign in order to get rid of intolerance and discrimination in football.
In 2004–05 season Ferencváros finished second and therefore qualified for the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

.


Ferencváros entered the 2005-06 UEFA Cup season and lost against the Belarus FC Partizan Minsk. In the first leg Ferencváros lost 2–0, while they won away 2–1, but on 3–2 aggregate they were eliminated from the UEFA Cup.


In July 2006, the club was removed from the national first division as punishment for continued financial troubles. The club has recently challenged the legality of this move in court. Ferencváros has won the case as the verdict declared that the FA's move was against the law. An out-of-court agreement between the club and the Hungarian Football Federation
Hungarian Football Federation
The Hungarian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Hungary. It organizes the Hungarian league and the Hungarian national team. It is based in Budapest.György Szepesi was Chairman of the Hungarian Football Association from 1978 to 1986....

 has been reached. In the season 2006/07, Nyíregyháza
Nyíregyháza Spartacus
Nyíregyháza Spartacus is a football club from Nyíregyháza, Hungary. Formed in 1959, they've had brief stints in the NB I., though they currently play in the second division, NB II. The team is locally referred to by their nickname, Szpari...

 beat Ferencváros to promotion in a tight contest, ensuring that Ferencváros stayed in the second division. Despite investments in players, including former Ferencváros stars, the season 2007/08 brought further trouble. This time Kecskemét
Kecskeméti TE
Kecskeméti TE is a club, most famous for its football team. It hails from the city of Kecskemét, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary and is currently competing in the NB I, the top league of Hungarian football...

 and Szolnok
Szolnoki MÁV FC
Szolnoki MÁV FC is a Hungarian football club, from the city of Szolnok. In 2010 it gained promotion to the National Championship.- Current squad :As of September 6, 2011. According to transfermarkt.de...

 both outran Fradi in the NB II (Eastern Group) title race. In the 2008/09 season, however, FTC finally secureded it's return to the NB I.


In February 2008, Kevin McCabe, chairman of English football club Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

, finalised an agreement with the club to buy its football team and with the Hungarian government to purchase and develop the ground around Stadion Albert Flórián
Stadion Albert Flórián
Stadion Albert Flórián is a sports stadium in Budapest, Hungary. The stadium is home to the famous association football side Ferencvárosi TC. The stadium has a capacity of 18,100, set to be expanded to 25,000. Formerly known as Üllői úti stadion for its location, it has been renamed for Ballon d'Or...

. In April 2008, Ferencváros Torna Club officially agreed to sell the football club, Ferencváros Labdarúgó ZRt. to Esplanade Kft, McCabe's company in Hungary.

The development of a new all-seater football stadium with a capacity of 25,000 has been started. 'The Blades' already own a Chinese club – the Chengdu Blades
Chengdu Blades
Chengdu Blades F.C. is a professional football club based in Chengdu, PR China who currently plays in the 42,000 seater Chengdu Sports Centre in the Chinese Super league...

 and have an interest in clubs in Belgium, Ivory Coast, and Australia, and an exchange of ideas relationship with São Paulo
São Paulo Futebol Clube
São Paulo Futebol Clube , commonly known as São Paulo, is a professional football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. They play in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league, and are one of the only five clubs to...

. In 2009 Craig Short
Craig Short
Craig Jonathan Short is a former football player who played as a central-defender...

 was nominated as the new manager of the club.

The club returned on 22 May 2009 to the Soproni Liga after a three year absence.

2010s

In 2010 László Prukner
László Prukner
László Prukner is a Hungarian football manager and former player, formerly managing Ferencvárosi TC, where he was in charge from 2010 to 2011. Prukner previously managed Kaposvári Rákóczi FC.- Playing career :...

 became the coach of Ferencváros. In the 2010–11 Hungarian League Ferencváros finished third. In the last round Ferencváros were competing with Zalaegerszegi TE
Zalaegerszegi TE
Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet is a Hungarian football team from the city of Zalaegerszeg.ZTE traces its roots back to 1912, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its first match was a 4-2 defeat to a team from Vasvár. The team was first composed of members of a literary and debating society...

 and Debreceni VSC
Debreceni VSC
Debreceni VSC or just Debrecen or DVSC is a football club from the city of Debrecen in Hungary. They are best known for reaching the group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 season. Debreceni VSC has been the most successful Hungarian club since 2000. The club has won the Hungarian...

 for the third position of the Hungarian Championship. Ferencváros beat Lombard-Pápa TFC
Lombard-Pápa TFC
Lombard-Pápa TFC is a Hungarian football club from the town of Pápa.- Honours :* NB II Nyugat:** Runners-up: 2008–09* UEFA Intertoto Cup:** Second Round: 2005- Current squad :-Out on loan:- UEFA Intertoto Cup :...

 3–0 in the Albert Stadion, therefore Ferencváros finished third. Ferencváros beat Armenian Ulisses in the first round of the UEFA Europa League 2011-12 season. In the second round of the Europa League Ferencvaros beat 2-1 the Norwegian Aalesunds FK at the Albert Stadion but lost 2-1 in Ålesund
Ålesund
is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....

, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. In the extra time Aalesunds scored a goal in the 199th minute and Ferencváros said farewell to the Europa League.

In September 2011 Lajos Détári
Lajos Détári
Lajos Détári is a football manager and a retired Hungarian football midfielder. At the height of his career , he was a well-respected player throughout Europe, winning "Player of the Year" titles in Hungary, Greece and Switzerland.-Playing career:Détári made his debut for the Hungarian national...

 was appointed as the manager of the club due to the resignation of László Prukner
László Prukner
László Prukner is a Hungarian football manager and former player, formerly managing Ferencvárosi TC, where he was in charge from 2010 to 2011. Prukner previously managed Kaposvári Rákóczi FC.- Playing career :...

 after several defeats in the Hungarian League and the early farewell from the Europa League. Ferencváros won the first match with Détári by 2-0 against Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszegi TE
Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet is a Hungarian football team from the city of Zalaegerszeg.ZTE traces its roots back to 1912, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its first match was a 4-2 defeat to a team from Vasvár. The team was first composed of members of a literary and debating society...

 which was coached by Ferencváros's former coach László Prukner.

On 31 October, 2011, the legend of the club Flórián Albert
Flórián Albert
Flórián Albert was a Hungarian international football player, later manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967...

 died at the age of 70. He was the only Hungarian football player who won the prize Ballon d'Or.

First team squad

As of 2 November, 2011.

Retired numbers

  • 2   Tibor Simon
    Tibor Simon
    Tibor Simon was a Hungarian football player and manager.-Career:Simon, who played as a defender, spent his entire professional club career with Ferencváros, and also earned 16 caps at international level for Hungary, including three FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.He also managed FC Sopron...

    , defender
    Defender (football)
    Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

    . Played for the club between 1985 and 1999. He was murdered in 2002.
  • 12 – the supporters. Retired in 2007.

Colours, badge, and nicknames

Ferencváros's colours of green and white represents the traditional colours of the coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

 of Ferencváros
Ferencváros
Ferencváros is the 9th district of Budapest , Hungary.- Name :The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.- History :The development of Ferencváros began in the late 18th century....

 (the ninth district of Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. The three e letters, which can be found in the team's badge, mean Erkölcs, Erő and Egyetértés (in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 morality, power, and agreement).
The mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...

 of the club is the Green Eagle, however, it is not represented in the official logo of the team. Before the matches the mascot always appears on the turf and enthuse the spectators.
A popular nicknames for the club are Fradi and the Green Eagles.

Anthem

Hajrá Fradi! Hajrá Fradi! Hajrá fiúk mert fő a győzelem!

Hajrá Ferencváros! Hajrá Ferencváros!

Hajrá Fradi, hajrá Fradi

Hajrá fiúk mert fő a győzelem!

Száz kisleány, egy gólra vár

Száz csókot ád majd a győztes meccs után!

Hajrá Fradi, hajrá Fradi

Hajrá fiúk csak tovább

És süvít a labda

A hálóba varrva

Hajrá, hajrá FTC!

Its English translation is:

Go Fradi! Go Fradi! Go boys 'cause the victory is the most important!

Go Ferencváros! Go Ferencváros!

Go Fradi, go Fradi

Go lads 'cause the victory is the most important!

One hundred little girls are waiting for a goal

They will give one hundred kisses after the game!

Go Fradi, go Fradi

Go lads go

and the ball flies

kicked into the net

Go Fradi go FTC!

Supporters and rivalries

Ferencváros are the most supported football club in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. Fans of the club are not only from the 9th district (called Ferencváros
Ferencváros
Ferencváros is the 9th district of Budapest , Hungary.- Name :The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.- History :The development of Ferencváros began in the late 18th century....

) of Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

, but from all over Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. In Hungarian football Ferencváros are a club with many rivalries. First and foremost is their rivalry with Újpest FC
Újpest FC
Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...

 (see for more details Ferencváros TC and Újpest FC rivalry
Ferencváros TC and Újpest FC rivalry
The fixture between Ferencvárosi TC and Újpest FC is a local derby in Budapest, Hungary and a fierce rivalry.. The two clubs are the most popular clubs in the country and two of the most successful ones.-History and rivalry culture:...

), the club which is considered as their arch-rival. The derby between the two is also called the Derby of Budapest and it is amongst the most heated and emotional footballing rivalries in the region. Ferencváros are also in rivalry with MTK Hungária FC
MTK Hungária FC
MTK Budapest FC or just MTK is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League. 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...

, Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...

, and in the 2000s with Debreceni VSC
Debreceni VSC
Debreceni VSC or just Debrecen or DVSC is a football club from the city of Debrecen in Hungary. They are best known for reaching the group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 season. Debreceni VSC has been the most successful Hungarian club since 2000. The club has won the Hungarian...

. The matches between these teams are always very tense and include violence.

Honours

  • Hungarian League
    • Winners (28): 1903
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1903
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1905
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1905
      Final standings of the Hungarian League 1905 season. The championship title of the unbeaten Postás was withdrawn half year after the last match, due to a bribery scandal.-Final standings:...

      , 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1911-12
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1913
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1912-13
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1926
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1925-26
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1927
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1926-27
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1928
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1927-28
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1932
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1931-32
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1934
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1933-34
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1938
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1937-38
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1940
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1939-40
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1941
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1940-41
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1949
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1948-49
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1963
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1962-63
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1964
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1964
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1967
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1967
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1968
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1968
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1976
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1975-76
      Statistics of Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 1975–76 season.-League standings:-References:*...

      , 1981
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1980-81
      Statistics of Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 1980–81 season.-League standings:-References:*...

      , 1992
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1991-92
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1995
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1994-95
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 1996
      Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1995-96
      -League standings:-References:*...

      , 2001
      Hungarian National Championship I 2000-01
      -Group A:-Group B:-Second stage:-References:*...

      , 2004
      Hungarian National Championship I 2003-04
      -First stage:-Championship playoff:-Relegation playoff:-References:*...


  • Hungarian Cup
    • Winners (20): 1913, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1958, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004

  • Hungarian Super Cup
    Hungarian Super Cup
    -By year:* 1992: Újpesti TE * 1993: Ferencvárosi TC * 1994: Ferencvárosi TC * 1995: Ferencvárosi TC – walkover* 2002: Újpest FC...

    • Winners (4): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004

  • Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
    Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
    The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...

    • Winners (1): 1965
    • Runners-up (1): 1968
      Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68
      The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967-68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous...


  • Mitropa Cup
    Mitropa Cup
    The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...

    • Winners (2): 1928
      Mitropa Cup 1928
      The 1928 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Ferencvárosi TC in a final against SK Rapid Wien. This was the second edition of the tournament.-Quarterfinals:...

      , 1937
    • Runners-up (4): 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940

  • European Cup Winners' Cup
    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
    The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

    • Runners-up (1): 1975
      UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75
      The 1974–75 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Dynamo Kyiv in a convincing final victory against Ferencváros...



* More than any other Hungarian club

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup


UEFA Intertoto Cup


Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/Europa League


UEFA Champions League


Record by country of opposition

  • Correct as of 14 June 2011
    P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

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    Lajos Détári
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    Attila Dragóner
    Attila Dragóner is a former Hungarian footballer.He was a defender for Ferencvárosi Torna Club in Budapest, Hungary. Dragóner was a key player in defence and counter attacking. He played for Ferencvárosi TC, in his native Hungary...

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    Gyula Grosics
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    Gábor Gyepes
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    Attila Hajdú
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    Szabolcs Huszti
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    Sándor Kocsis
    Sándor Kocsis Péter was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars...

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    Vilmos Kohut
    Vilmos "Willy" Kohut was a Hungarian footballer. He played as a Striker for the Ferencvárosi TC, French team Olympique Marseille and the Hungarian national team. Kohut got 25 caps and 14 goals for the Hungarian national team between 1925-1938...

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    Károly Lakat
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    Péter Lipcsei
    Péter Lipcsei is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Ferencvárosi Torna Club.He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1991, and gained 58 caps and 1 goal until 2005.-Ferencvárosi TC:...

     Krisztian Lisztes
    Krisztián Lisztes
    Krisztián Lisztes is a Hungarian professional footballer, who plays for Ferencvárosi TC.- Career :Lisztes began his professional career as a midfielder, playing for the Hungarian team Ferencvárosi TC, where he was brought up through the youth academy. He was considered by many as one of the...

    Balázs Megyeri
    Balázs Megyeri
    Balázs Megyeri is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Olympiacos F.C. as a goalkeeper.-Career:...

       Táncos Mihály
    Mihai Tänzer
    Mihai Tänzer was a Romanian footballer of German ethnicity, he also had Hungarian citizenship when he played in Hungary.-Club career:...

       Vasile Miriuţă
    Vasile Miriuta
    Vasile Miriuţă is a Romanian-born Hungarian retired football player who played in Romania for FC Baia Mare, Dinamo Bucureşti and Gloria Bistriţa, in Hungary for Győri Rába ETO, Videoton FC Fehérvár, Ferencváros Budapest, Újpest FC and Budapest Honvéd FC, in France forFC Bourges and in Germany for...

     Rudolph Nickolsburger
    Rudolph Nickolsburger
    Rudolph Nickolsburger , also referred to as Nikolsburger Rezső and Rudy Nichols, is a former Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencvárosi TC, SC Hakoah Wien and Hungary...

     Dezső Novák
    Dezso Novák
    Dezső Novák is a former Hungarian footballer.During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup...

     Tibor Nyilasi
    Tibor Nyilasi
    Tibor Nyilasi is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencvaros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Vienna in 1983. For the Hungarian National Football Team he made 70 appearances from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals...

     Gyula Rákosi
    Gyula Rákosi
    Gyula Rákosi is a former Hungarian footballer.During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. He earned 41 caps and scored 4 goals for the Hungary national football team from 1960 to 1968, and participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup...

     Ferenc Rudas György Sárosi Imre Schlosser
    Imre Schlosser
    Imre Schlosser-Lakatos was a Hungarian footballer. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian League....

     Tibor Simon
    Tibor Simon
    Tibor Simon was a Hungarian football player and manager.-Career:Simon, who played as a defender, spent his entire professional club career with Ferencváros, and also earned 16 caps at international level for Hungary, including three FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.He also managed FC Sopron...

     Imre Szabics
    Imre Szabics
    Imre Szabics is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a striker for Austrian club SK Sturm Graz.-Ferencváros:Imre Szabics was born in Szeged and started to play football at local club Szeged LC in 1990, spending five years with the club before leaving it for Ferencvárosi TC in 1995...

     Lajos Szűcs
    Lajos Szucs (footballer born 1973)
    Lajos Szűcs is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Lombard-Pápa TFC. In his career, he has played 307 matches in the Hungarian first division and has scored a total of 5 goals...

     Krisztian Timar
    Krisztián Timár
    Krisztián Tímár is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a centre back. He has represented Hungary at international level, gaining four caps.-Playing career:...

    Attila Tököli
    Attila Tököli
    Attila Tököli is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Kecskeméti TE in the Hungarian first division.-Club:*Dunaferr SE**Nemzeti Bajnokság I:***Winner: 1999–00***Runner-up: 1997-98, 2000-01...

     Géza Toldi
    Géza Toldi
    Géza Toldi was a Hungarian footballer. He played for Ferencvárosi TC, and from 1934 to 1938 for the Hungarian national team, serving as captain in 1936. He scored a goal in the 1938 FIFA World Cup....

     István Tóth-Potya
    István Tóth
    István Tóth-Potya was a Hungarian amateur football player.He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics...

     Dániel Tőzsér
    Daniel Tozser
    Dániel Tőzsér is a Hungarian footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Belgian side K.R.C. Genk. Tőzsér is left-footed and plays central, defensive or on the left side of midfield.-Debrecen:...

     Zoltán Varga
    Zoltán Varga (footballer)
    Zoltán Varga was a Hungarian football player who played in the 1960s and 1970s.He was an Olympic gold medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He played for Ferencváros when they won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965, beating Juventus 1-0 in the final...

     Ádám Vass
    Ádám Vass
    Ádám Vass is a Hungarian footballer who is currently playing for Brescia Calcio. He plays as a central midfielder.- Club Statistics :-International career:...

     Ottó Vincze
    Ottó Vincze
    Ottó Vincze is a Hungarian football midfielder.He played abroad in Spain, Switzerland and Germany.-External links:***...

     Gábor Zavadszky Gábor Zsiborás   Serhiy Vasylyovych Kuznetsov
    Serhiy Vasylyovych Kuznetsov
    Serhiy Vasylyovych Kuznetsov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1981 for FC Metalist Kharkiv...

       Ihor Nichenko
    Ihor Nichenko
    Ihor Hryhorovych Nichenko  , a Ukrainian footballer, coach.- Playing career :Nichenko was born on 18 April 1971. He studied at the Kherson Children-Youth Sport school #1 with an instructor Vasyl Kravchenko. Nichenko started his career in the early 1990s in Khmelnytsky that its team in the...

         László Rácz

    Managers

    István Tóth-Potya
    István Tóth
    István Tóth-Potya was a Hungarian amateur football player.He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics...

     (1926–30) Zoltán Blum
    Zoltán Blum
    Zoltán Blum, also known as Zoltán Virág was a Hungarian amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

     (1930–37) Sándor Bródy
    Sándor Bródy
    Bródy Sándor, or Sándor Bródy was a Hungarian author and journalist.After attending the schools of that city he devoted himself entirely to literature...

     (1937) József Sándor (1937) Emil Rauchmaul (1937–38) György Hlavay (1938–39) Lajos Dimény (1939–42) István Tóth-Potya
    István Tóth
    István Tóth-Potya was a Hungarian amateur football player.He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics...

     (1943) Alfréd Schaffer
    Alfréd Schaffer
    Alfréd Schaffer was a Hungarian footballer who has the distinction of playing for a record number of professional clubs; he played for a total of 21 clubs in a 15 year career which lasted from 1910–1925....

     (1943–44) Pál Szabó (1945) István Mike (1940s) Gábor Urbancsik (1945–46) Lajos Dimény (1946–47) Zoltán Opata
    Zoltán Opata
    Zoltán Opata was a Hungarian football player and manager. As a player he won six Hungarian league championships with Budapest-based powerhouse MTK in the 1920s and regularly appeared for Hungary national football team...

     (1947) Antal Lyka
    Antal Lyka
    Antal Lyka was a Hungarian football player and coach.Lyka played for Ferencvárosi TC and capped 12 times for Hungary.Lyka coached Ferencvárosi TC, Csepel SC, Debreceni VSC, FK Vojvodina and FK Vardar.-References:...

     (1948–50) Miklós Vadas (1950) Gábor Urbancsik (1951) Ferenc Deák
    Ferenc Deák (footballer)
    Ferenc Deák was a Hungarian football player for teams such as Szentlőrinc SE, Ferencváros and Bp. Dózsa...

     (1952)
    Károly Sós
    Károly Sós
    Károly Sós , was a Hungarian footballer and manager. After playing for various clubs he became a coach, most notably with Ferencvárosi TC, Bp. Honvéd SE, East Germany and Hungary....

     (1953–56) Árpád Csanádi (1957) Sándor Tátrai (1958–61) József Mészáros
    József Mészáros
    József Mészáros was a Hungarian footballer and football manager....

     (1961–65) Oszkár Vilezsál (1965) Sándor Tátrai (1966) Károly Lakat
    Károly Lakat
    Károly Lakat was a Hungarian footballer and coach.Lakat played for Győri AC, Szegedi AK and Ferencvárosi TC and capped 13 times for Hungary....

     (1967–69) Géza Kalocsay
    Géza Kalocsay
    Géza Kalocsay was a footballer and manager from Hungary, who played internationally for both Czechoslovakia and Hungary....

     (1970) Jenő Dalnoki
    Jeno Dalnoki
    Jenő Dalnoki was a Hungarian footballer. As a player Dalnoki played for both Ferencvárosi TC and Hungary. He had a the reputation of being a tough defender as well as a tough coach, having had some personal disputes with leading Ferencváros players while coaching them.-External links and references:*...

     (1970) Ferenc Csanádi (1970–73) Dezső Novák
    Dezso Novák
    Dezső Novák is a former Hungarian footballer.During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup...

     (1973) Jenő Dalnoki
    Jeno Dalnoki
    Jenő Dalnoki was a Hungarian footballer. As a player Dalnoki played for both Ferencvárosi TC and Hungary. He had a the reputation of being a tough defender as well as a tough coach, having had some personal disputes with leading Ferencváros players while coaching them.-External links and references:*...

     (1973–78) Zoltán Friedmanszky
    Zoltán Friedmanszky
    Zoltán Friedmanszky is a Hungarian football forward who played for Hungary in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Ferencvárosi TC.-External links:*...

     (1978–80) Dezső Novák
    Dezso Novák
    Dezső Novák is a former Hungarian footballer.During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup...

     (1980–83) Géza Vincze (1984–85) Jenő Dalnoki
    Jeno Dalnoki
    Jenő Dalnoki was a Hungarian footballer. As a player Dalnoki played for both Ferencvárosi TC and Hungary. He had a the reputation of being a tough defender as well as a tough coach, having had some personal disputes with leading Ferencváros players while coaching them.-External links and references:*...

     (1985–87) Gyula Rákosi
    Gyula Rákosi
    Gyula Rákosi is a former Hungarian footballer.During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. He earned 41 caps and scored 4 goals for the Hungary national football team from 1960 to 1968, and participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup...

     (1987–90) Tibor Nyilasi
    Tibor Nyilasi
    Tibor Nyilasi is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencvaros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Vienna in 1983. For the Hungarian National Football Team he made 70 appearances from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals...

     (1990–94)
    Dezső Novák
    Dezso Novák
    Dezső Novák is a former Hungarian footballer.During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup...

     (1994–96) József Mucha (1996) Zoltán Varga
    Zoltán Varga (footballer)
    Zoltán Varga was a Hungarian football player who played in the 1960s and 1970s.He was an Olympic gold medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He played for Ferencváros when they won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965, beating Juventus 1-0 in the final...

     (1996–97) Tibor Nyilasi
    Tibor Nyilasi
    Tibor Nyilasi is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencvaros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Vienna in 1983. For the Hungarian National Football Team he made 70 appearances from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals...

     (1997–98) Marijan Vlak
    Marijan Vlak
    Marijan Vlak is an Croatian former football goalkeeper and the manager of Budapesti Vasas SC.He spent his playing career as a goalkeeper for Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb and Segesta Sisak...

     (1999) József Mucha (1999) Stanko Poklepović
    Stanko Poklepovic
    Stanko "Špaco" Poklepović is a Croatian football coach.-References:...

     (1999-00) János Csank
    János Csank
    János Csank is a former goalkeeper, one of Hungary's most successful football coaches.-Club Coaching Career:...

     (2000–01) József Garami (2002–03) Attila Pintér
    Attila Pintér
    Attila Pintér is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Pécsi Mecsek FC.-References:**...

     (2004)   Csaba László
    Csaba László
    Csaba László is a Romanian born Hungarian football manager and former player. He is the manager of Belgian Pro League club Charleroi SC. He is former manager of Scottish Premier League club...

     (2004–05) Imre Gellei
    Imre Gellei
    Imre Gellei is a former Hungarian football player who is currently the coach of Paksi SE.- References :*Imre Gellei Retrieved from Magyar Version of Wikipedia 2010.07.15...

     (2005–07) Zoran Kuntic
    Zoran Kuntic
    Zoran Kuntić was a Serbian football player of Bunjevac origin.He started his playing career at the local team FK Spartak Subotica before moving to FK Vojvodina. Afterwords he signed with Posco Atoms in South Korea. In 1993 he moved to Hungary playing for Kecskeméti TE, FC Fehérvár and Ferencvárosi...

     (2007) János Csank
    János Csank
    János Csank is a former goalkeeper, one of Hungary's most successful football coaches.-Club Coaching Career:...

     (2007–08) Bobby Davison
    Bobby Davison
    Robert "Bobby" Davison is an English former professional footballer and current youth team coach at Leeds United and assistant manager to Noel Blake's England national under-19 football team.-Playing career:...

     (2008–09) Craig Short
    Craig Short
    Craig Jonathan Short is a former football player who played as a central-defender...

     (2009–10) László Prukner
    László Prukner
    László Prukner is a Hungarian football manager and former player, formerly managing Ferencvárosi TC, where he was in charge from 2010 to 2011. Prukner previously managed Kaposvári Rákóczi FC.- Playing career :...

     (2010–)

    See also

    • History of Ferencvárosi TC
      History of Ferencvárosi TC
      Ferencvárosi TC is considered to be the most successful Hungarian team either on home and international turf. They could win the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65 on international level, the Hungarian National Championship I 28 times, and the Hungarian Cup 20 times...

    • Ferencváros TC and Újpest FC rivalry
      Ferencváros TC and Újpest FC rivalry
      The fixture between Ferencvárosi TC and Újpest FC is a local derby in Budapest, Hungary and a fierce rivalry.. The two clubs are the most popular clubs in the country and two of the most successful ones.-History and rivalry culture:...

    • Derby of Budapest

    External links

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