Ferencvárosi Torna Club founded in 1899, is a major Hungarian multi-sport club based in Ferencváros district of Budapest, Hungary. The well-supported men's football team is the most popular team in the country.[1] The parent multisport club Ferencvárosi TC divisions include a women's football club, a women's handball club, a men's futsal club,[2] a men's ice hockey club, a men's handball club, a men's water polo club, and clubs for cycling, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling, curling and swimming, some of which are highly successful.
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| Full name | Ferencvárosi Torna Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Ferencváros, FTC and Fradi, Zöld Sasok (Green Eagles) zöld-fehérek (The green and whites) |
| Short name | FTC |
| Founded | 3 May 1899 |
| Colours | Green and white |
| Chairman | Gábor Kubatov |
| Website | fradi.hu |
Departments
edit- As of 14 February 2023[3]
Team sports
edit- Football:
- Ferencvárosi TC men's football (since 1899)
- Ferencvárosi TC (women's football) (since 2004)
- Handball:
- Ferencvárosi TC (men's handball) (since 1950)
- Ferencvárosi TC (women's handball) (since 1950)
- Water polo:
- Ferencvárosi TC (men's water polo) (since 1904)
- women's water polo
- Ice hockey:
- Ferencvárosi TC (ice hockey) (since 1928)
- women's ice hockey
- Nine-pin bowling (since 1948)
- Curling (since 2008)
- Synchronized swimming (since 2015)
Individual sports
edit- Ferencvárosi TC (athletics) (since 1903)
- Boxing (since 1910)
- Canoeing (since 1955)
- Cycling (since 1910)
- Gymnastics (since 1904)
- Fencing (1904–1915, 1922–1945, since 2017)
- Swimming (since 1904)
- Skating (since 2019)
- Triathlon (since 2015)
- Wrestling (since 1912)
Dissolved departments
edit- Basketball
- Ferencvárosi TC (women's basketball) (1993–2000, 2010–2012)
Sport facilities
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The football team plays in Groupama Aréna[4] in Ferencváros, Budapest. The handball teams play in the Elek Gyula Aréna. The boxing, cycling, fencing and wrestling departments play in the FTC-MVM Népligeti Sportközpont.[5] The ice hockey team play in the Tüskecsarnok, the water polo team play at Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, the women's football team play at Kocsis Sándor Sportközpont, the short track speed skating department play at Gyakorló Jégcsarnok, the curling team play at Kamaraerdei Curling Club, the canoeing department using facilities at ELTE Vízisporttelep.[6]
Supporters and rivalries
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Supporters
editSupporters of Ferencváros are mainly from the capital city of Hungary, Budapest. However, the club is popular all over Hungary.
Notable supporters
edit- László Aradszky, singer
- Fecó Balázs, singer and songwriter
- Imre Bajor, actor
- Zsolt Baumgartner, racing driver
- Gyula Bodrogi, actor
- István Bujtor, actor, director, producer and screenplay writer
- Zsuzsa Csala, actress
- Károly Eperjes, actor
- Bertalan Farkas, cosmonaut
- Tivadar Farkasházy, humorist, author, and journalist
- Károly Frenreisz, singer and songwriter
- Gyula Grosics, footballer
- László Helyey, actor
- Ferenc Karinthy, novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator
- Zoltán Kocsis, pianist, conductor and composer
- László Komár, singer
- János Koós, singer
- István Kovács, boxer
- Kati Kovács, singer, performer, lyricist and actress
- András Kozák, actor
- Peter Leko, chess player
- Péter Máté, singer, composer, and pianist
- Erika Miklósa, coloratura soprano
- Zoltán Mucsi, actor
- Feró Nagy, singer and musician
- Gyula Ortutay, ethnographer and politician
- András Rédli, fencer
- Imre Sinkovits, actor
- Gyula Szabó, actor
- István Tarlós, politician
- Gábor Wéber, racing driver and commentator
Friendships
editThe fans have friendships with fans of Rapid Wien[7] and Panathinaikos, and as all three play in Green the alliance is nicknamed the "Green Brothers". They also have friendly relations in Hungary with fans of Zalaegerszeg and in Poland with Śląsk Wrocław and Bałtyk Gdynia.
Rivalries
editFerencváros have rivalry with several teams from Budapest including MTK Budapest, Újpest, Honvéd, Vasas SC, and several provincial clubs such as Debrecen and Diósgyőr.
The biggest rivalry is with Újpest, which dates back to the 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian Football League title. Since then, the fixture between the two teams attracts the most spectators in the domestic league.[8] The matches between the two teams often end in violence which causes big trouble for the Hungarian football. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.
The fixture between Ferencváros and MTK Budapest FC is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary, which dates back as early as the 1903 football season when Ferencváros first won the Hungarian League. In the following three decades either Ferencváros or MTK Budapest won the domestic league.
Bp. Honvéd are also considered fierce rivals as the clubs are in very close proximity to each other and in the past frequently competed for honours.
Honours
editActive departments
editFootball (men's)
edit- Hungarian Championship[9]
- Winners (35) (record): 1903, 1905, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1962–63, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Hungarian Second League
- Winners (1): 2008–09
- Hungarian Cup
- Hungarian Super Cup (defunct)
- Winners (6) (record): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2015, 2016
- Hungarian League Cup (defunct)
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (defunct, predecessor of UEFA Cup)
- Winners (1): 1964–65
- Mitropa Cup (defunct)
- Challenge Cup (defunct)
- Winners (1): 1908–09
Water polo (men's)
edit- Hungarian Championship
- Hungarian Cup
- LEN Champions League
- Winners (1): 2018–19
- LEN Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
- Winners (4) (record): 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1997–98
- LEN Super Cup
- LEN Euro Cup
Ice hockey (men's)
edit- Hungarian Championship:
- Winners (31) (record): 1950–51, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Hungarian Cup:
- Winners (15) (record): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 2019–20
- Hungarian Super Cup:
- Winners (3): 1993–94, 2020–21, 2022–23
- Panonian League:
- Winners (1): 2002–03
- Erste Liga:
- Winners (2): 2018–19, 2019–20
Handball (women's)
edit- Hungarian Championship
- Hungarian Cup
- Winners (15): 1967, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
- EHF Cup
- Winner (1): 2005–06
Football (women's)
edit- Hungarian Championship
- Winners (5): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Hungarian Cup
- Winners (6) (record): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Handball (men's)
edit- Hungarian Second League
- Winners (3): 1970, 2008–09, 2016–17
- Hungarian Cup
- Winner (1): 1963
Inactive departments
editBasketball (women's)
edit- Hungarian Championship
- Winner (1): 1996–97
- Hungarian Cup
- Winner (1): 1995–96
International honours
edit| season | men's football | women's handball | men's water polo | men's handball |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Mitropa Cup | |||
| 1930 | Mitropa Cup | |||
| 1934 | Mitropa Cup | |||
| 1935 | Mitropa Cup | |||
| 1937 | Mitropa Cup | |||
| 1938 | Mitropa Cup | |||
| 1939 | Mitropa Cup | |||
| 1940 | Mitropa Cup | |||
| 1962–63 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | |||
| 1964–65 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | |||
| 1967–68 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | |||
| 1970–71 | European Cup | |||
| 1971–72 | UEFA Cup | |||
| 1974–75 | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | ||
| 1977–78 | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | ||
| 1978–79 | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | ||
| 1979–80 | Cup Winners' Cup | |||
| 1988–89 | Mitropa Cup | European Cup | ||
| 1993–94 | Cup Winners' Cup | |||
| 1994–95 | LEN Cup | |||
| 1995–96 | Champions League | |||
| 1996–97 | Champions League | LEN Cup | ||
| 1997–98 | Cup Winners' Cup | |||
| 2000–01 | Champions League | |||
| 2001–02 | Champions League | |||
| 2004–05 | EHF Cup | |||
| 2005–06 | EHF Cup | LEN Cup | ||
| 2006–07 | Cup Winners' Cup | |||
| 2010–11 | Cup Winners' Cup | |||
| 2011–12 | Cup Winners' Cup | |||
| 2014–15 | Cup Winners' Cup | |||
| 2016–17 | Euro Cup | |||
| 2017–18 | Euro Cup | |||
| 2018–19 | Champions League | |||
| 2020–21 | Champions League | |||
| 2021–22 | Champions League | |||
| 2022–23 | Champions League | |||
| 2023–24 | European Cup |
Notable former players
editOlympic champions
editA Ferencvárosi Torna Club olimpiai bajnokainak listája
- Antal Kocsis, boxing
- István Molnár, water polo
- Jenő Dalnoki, football
- Dezső Fábián, water polo
- György Kárpáti, water polo
- Éva Novák, swimming
- Ilona Novák, swimming
- Miklós Szilvási, wrestling (Greco-Roman)
- Károly Szittya, water polo
- Katalin Szőke, swimming
- Miklós Ambrus, water polo
- László Felkai, water polo
- Dezső Gyarmati, water polo
- Dezső Novák, football
- Zoltán Varga, football
- Mihály Hesz, canoe sprint
- István Juhász, football
- Miklós Páncsics, football
- Lajos Szűcs, football
- Zoltán Magyar, gymnastics
- György Gerendás, water polo
- András Sike, wrestling (Greco-Roman)
Teslim Fatusi, football- Zoltán Kósz, water polo
- Bulcsú Székely, water polo
- Danuta Kozák, canoe sprint
- Shaoang Liu, short track speed skating
Presidents
editList of the presidents of the Ferencvárosi TC:[10]
- 1899–1920: Ferenc Springer
- 1920–1923: Aladár Mattyók
- 1923–1931: Ernő Gschwindt
- 1931–1944: Béla Mailinger (executive president)
- 1937–1944: Béla Usetty
- 1944: Andor Jaross
- 1945–1950: Adolf Nádas (executive president)
- 1948–1950: Ferenc Münnich
- 1950–1951: Árpád Nöhrer
- 1951–1952: István Száraz
- 1953–1955: Béla Komoretto
- 1956–1958: Károly Weidemann
- 1958–1962: János Bédi
- 1962–1965: Aladár Végh
- 1966–1971: István Kalmár
- 1971–1981: János Harót (executive president)
- 1971–1980: Lajos Lénárt
- 1980–1985: Tibor Losonci (executive president)
- 1981–1988: Imre Kovács
- 1985–1990: Károly Hargitai (executive president)
- 1988–1989: Ferenc Szabó
- 1989–1990: István Debreczeny
- 1990–1994: Lajos Harza
- 1991–1998: István Szívós (executive president)
- 1994–1997: Péter Szerdahelyi
- 1997–1998: Benedek Fülöp
- 1998–2001: József Torgyán
- 1999: Máté Fenyvesi (executive president)
- 2001–2006: János Furulyás
- 2006: Miklós Inácsy
- 2006–2007: Zsolt Dámosy
- 2007–2010: György Rieb
- 2010–2011: Miklós Kovács
- since 2011: Gábor Kubatov
References
edit- ^ "Median's survey". Median. 2006. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- ^ "Top 11 football clubs with futsal sections". futsallfeed.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "Ferencvárosi TC - Szakosztályok". www.fradi.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ "Groupama Aréna". fradi.hu. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "FTC-MVM Népligeti Sportközpont". fradi.hu. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "További létesítmények". fradi.hu. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Rettet Ferencváros! Mentsük meg a Fradit!". nso.hu. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "The Budapest Derby". Football Derbies. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "List of champions". RSSSF.
- ^ tempofradi.hu. "A Ferencvárosi Torna Club elnökei". www.tempofradi.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-02-01.
External links
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