MTK Hungária FC 3205346 226066011 2008-07-16T17:57:10Z LatitudeBot 6771835 robot Adding: [[ru:МТК (футбольный клуб, Будапешт)]] {{Football club infobox | clubname = MTK | image = [[Image:MTK logo.gif|88px|MTK logo]] | fullname = Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre <br /> Hungária FC | nickname = | founded = 1888 | ground = [[Stadion Hidegkuti Nándor]],<br />[[Budapest]] | capacity = 12,700 | chairman = {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[László Domonyai]] | manager = {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[József Garami]] | league = [[Hungarian League]] | season = [[Hungarian National Championship I 2007-08|2007-08]] | position = 1st | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_sashonwhite|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=094B9B|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_whiterightsash|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=094B9B|body2=094B9B|rightarm2=094B9B|shorts2=094B9B|socks2=094B9B| }} '''MTK Hungária FC''' or just MTK is a [[football club]] from [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]. The team plays in the top 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]] 22 times and the [[Hungarian Cup]] 12 times. The club has also won the [[Hungarian Supercup]] once. In 1955, as ''Vörös Lobogó SE'', they became the first Hungarian team to play in the [[European Cup 1955-56|European Cup]] and in 1964 they finished as runners-up in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1963-64|European Cup Winners' Cup]] after losing to [[Sporting Clube de Portugal]] in the final. ==History== ===Foundation=== About a dozen sport loving citizens decided on 16 November 1888 in a cafe in Budapest to form the Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Circle of Hungarian Physical Activists). Many founding fathers were members of the Hungarian aristocracy and the rich Jewish community of the capital. The colours of the club became blue and white, and it had 31 members by the end of the same year. The club's first divisions offered sporting possibilities only for fencing and gymnastics. As football was spreading far and wide in Hungary also the club established its football division on 12 March 1901. The first public football match of the Blues was a 0-0 draw against BTC, which later became Hungarian champions in 1901 and 1902. MTK started to play football in the 2nd league in 1902, but a year later the club got the chance to play in the first league. The first year brought the club a 3rd place and it did not take long for the Blues to win the first championship, which happened a year later in 1904. ===Amateur Era=== The first president of the club became a well-to-do entrepreneur, his vice a close friend of him who turned out to be an excellent sport oriented organiser. His name was Alfréd Brüll who became the club's legendary and respected president from 1905 until the 1940s. Before the introduction of professional football MTK was the most successful Hungarian team. Prior to the [[Second World War]] the team managed to win 15 [[Hungarian League]] titles and gained 7 [[Hungarian Cup]] victories. During the professional era the team could not repeat the same performance but still won 2 championships. Due to the participation of many [[Jewish]] figures in the club, it had the reputation of being a "Jewish" team and suffered from [[anti-semitism]] in the 1930s and 1940s <ref>[http://www.mtkhungaria.hu/index.php?action=history MTK Hungária FC<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ===Professional Era=== ===The Mighty Magyar Era=== In 1949 when Hungary became a [[People's Republic of Hungary|communist state]], MTK were taken over by the secret police, the [[State Protection Authority|ÁVH]], and subsequently the club became known as ''Textiles SE''. They then became ''Bástya SE'', then ''Vörös Lobogó SE'', which means ''Red Banner'' or ''Red Flag'', and then finally back to MTK. Despite this turmoil, the 1950s proved a successful era for the club and with a team coached by [[Márton Bukovi]] and including [[Péter Palotás]], [[Nándor Hidegkuti]], [[Mihály Lantos]] and [[József Zakariás]], they won three [[Hungarian League]] titles, a [[Hungarian Cup]] and a [[Mitropa Cup]]. In 1955, as ''Vörös Lobogó SE'', they also became the first ever Hungarian team to play in a [[European Cup 1955-56|European Cup]]. On September 7 1955 at the [[Stadion Puskás Ferenc|''Népstadion'']], Palotás scored a [[hat-trick]] as they beat [[RSC Anderlecht]] 6-3 in the first leg of the first round and thus became the first player to score a hat-trick in a European Cup game. MTK also played a major role in the success of the legendary [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] team known as the [[Golden Team|''Mighty Magyars'']]. While [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Honvéd]] provided the team with a nucleus of players, it was [[Márton Bukovi]] at MTK who developed the vital 4-2-4 formation, later adopted by national coach [[Gusztáv Sebes]], himself a former MTK player. It was also at MTK that Bukovi together with, [[Péter Palotás]] and [[Nándor Hidegkuti]], also pioneered the crucial ''deep lying centre-forward'' position. In 1953 Hidegkuti would exploit this position to great effect as he scored a hat-trick for Hungary when they beat [[England national football team|England]] [[England v Hungary (1953)|6-3]] at [[Wembley Stadium]]. In addition [[Mihály Lantos]] and [[József Zakariás]] provided the ''Mighty Magyars'' with a solid defence. During the early 1950s these MTK players helped Hungary become [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Olympic Champions]] in 1952, [[Central European International Cup|Central European Champions]] in 1953, defeat [[England national football team|England]] twice and reach the [[1954 FIFA World Cup Final|1954 World Cup final]]. ==Honours== *'''[[Hungarian League]]''' **''Winner'' : 1904, 1908, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1987, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2008: '''23''' **''Runner-up'' : 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1933, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1990, 2000, 2007: '''20''' **''Third'': 1903, 1905, 1907, 1927, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1950, 1956, 1961, 1978, 1989, 2005: '''16''' *'''[[Hungarian Cup]]''' **''Winner'' : 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1952, 1968, 1997, 1998, 2000: '''12''' **''Runner-up'' : 1935, 1976: '''2''' *'''[[Mitropa Cup]]''' **''Winner'': 1955, 1963: '''2''' **''Runner-up'' : 1959: '''1''' *'''[[Hungarian Super Cup]]''' **2003: '''1''' *'''[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1963-64|European Cup Winners' Cup]]''' **''Runner-up'': 1964: '''1''' *'''[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1961-62|Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]''' **''Semi-Finalist'': 1962: '''1''' == Current squad 2007/08 == {{Football squad start}} {{Football squad player|no=1|nat=Hungary|name=[[Zoltán Végh]]|pos=GK||other=[[Captain (football)|captain]]}} {{Football squad player|no=2|nat=Hungary|name=[[Máté Pátkai]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=3|nat=Hungary|name=[[Adrián Szekeres]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=4|nat=Hungary|name=[[Dániel Vadnai]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=5|nat=Hungary|name=[[Béla Balogh]]|pos=DF|other=on loan to [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester]]}} {{Football squad player|no=6|nat=Hungary|name=[[Ádám Szabó]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=7|nat=Hungary|name=[[Tamás Kulcsár]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=8|nat=Hungary|name=[[Tamás Kecskés]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=9|nat=Hungary|name=[[András Pál]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Hungary|name=[[László Lencse]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Hungary|name=[[István Ladóczki]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=13|nat=Hungary|name=[[Ádám Hrepka]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=15|nat=Hungary|name=[[Levente Horváth]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad mid}} {{Football squad player|no=16|nat=Hungary|name=[[Ádám Pintér]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=17|nat=Hungary|name=[[László Zsidai]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=18|nat=Hungary|name=[[Endre Bajúsz]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=19|nat=Hungary|name=[[József Kanta]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=20|nat=Serbia|name=[[Mladen Lambulics]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=21|nat=Hungary|name=[[Bori Gábor|Gábor Bori]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=22|nat=Hungary|name=[[István Rodenbücher]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=24|nat=Hungary|name=[[Zoltán Pollák]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=25|nat=Hungary|name=[[Attila Simon]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=27|nat=Hungary|name=[[Péter Bonifert]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=28|nat=Hungary|name=[[Gábor Urbán]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=29|nat=Hungary|name=[[Zoltán Szatmári]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=30|nat=Hungary|name=[[Attila Busai]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad end}} ==Famous Players== {| |valign="top"| * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ákos Buzsáky]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Márton Fülöp]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Béla Guttmann]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Attila Hajdú]] * {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Glenn Helder]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Nándor Hidegkuti]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ferenc Hirzer]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ádám Hrepka]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Béla Illés]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Jenő Kálmár]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Károly Sándor]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Jenő Károly]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Izidor Kürschner]] | * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Mihály Lantos]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Gyula Mándi]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[János Molnár]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Krisztián Németh]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Péter Palotás]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Franz Platko]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ferenc Sas]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Alfréd Schaffer]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Imre Schlosser]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Gusztáv Sebes]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Pál Titkos]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Roland Varga]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[József Zakariás]] |} ''see also {{cl|MTK Hungária FC footballers}}'' ==Selected Former Managers== * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Pál Titkos]]:1946-47 * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Márton Bukovi]]:1947-54, 1957-59 * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Nándor Hidegkuti]]:1959-60, 1967-68 * {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Henk ten Cate]]: 1999-2000 ''see also {{cl|MTK Hungária FC football managers}}'' Кrǐşžţǐáň Ńéméţħ ==Sources== *''Behind The Curtain - Travels in Eastern European Football'': Jonathan Wilson (2006) [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0752869078] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.mtkhungaria.hu Official Website] *[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=336519.html Article on MTK at www.uefa.com] *[http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec195556det.html European Cup 1955-56] {{fb start}} {{Borsodi Liga}} {{UEFA Cup 2007-08}} {{fb end}} [[Category:MTK Hungária FC| ]] [[Category:Hungarian football clubs|MTK]] [[Category:Sport in Budapest]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1901|MTK]] [[bg:МТК (Будапеща)]] [[ca:MTK Hungária FC]] [[de:MTK Hungária Budapest]] [[es:MTK Hungária FC]] [[fr:MTK Hungária FC]] [[it:MTK Hungária FC]] [[he:מ.ט.ק. הונגריה]] [[lt:MTK Hungária FC]] [[hu:MTK Budapest FC]] [[nl:MTK Hungária FC]] [[ja:MTKハンガリアFC]] [[pl:MTK Hungária Budapeszt]] [[pt:MTK FC]] [[ru:МТК (футбольный клуб, Будапешт)]] [[sr:МТК]] [[fi:MTK Hungária FC]] [[sv:MTK Hungária FC]] [[tr:MTK Budapeşte]]