Ferencvárosi TC (sports club) Sports club in Budapest, Hungary
Ferencvárosi TC 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; 125 years ago (1899-05-03 ) Colours Green and white Chairman Gábor Kubatov Website fradi.hu
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] 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.
Departments
As of 14 February 2023 [ 3]
Team sports
Football:
Handball:
Water polo:
Ice hockey:
Nine-pin bowling (since 1948)
Curling (since 2008)
Synchronized swimming (since 2015)
Individual sports
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
Sport facilities
Ferencváros Stadion (2014–present)The football team plays in Groupama Aréna [ 4] 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] 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
One of the supporter group of Ferencváros.
Supporters
Supporters of Ferencváros are mainly from the capital city of Hungary, Budapest. However, the club is popular all over Hungary.
Notable supporters
László Aradszky , singerFecó Balázs , singer and songwriterImre Bajor , actorZsolt Baumgartner , racing driverGyula Bodrogi , actorIstván Bujtor , actor, director, producer and screenplay writerZsuzsa Csala , actressKároly Eperjes , actorBertalan Farkas , cosmonautTivadar Farkasházy , humorist, author, and journalistKároly Frenreisz , singer and songwriterGyula Grosics , footballerLászló Helyey , actorFerenc Karinthy , novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translatorZoltán Kocsis , pianist, conductor and composerLászló Komár , singerJános Koós , singerIstván Kovács , boxerKati Kovács , singer, performer, lyricist and actressAndrás Kozák , actorPeter Leko , chess playerPéter Máté , singer, composer, and pianistErika Miklósa , coloratura sopranoZoltán Mucsi , actorFeró Nagy , singer and musicianGyula Ortutay , ethnographer and politicianAndrás Rédli , fencerImre Sinkovits , actorGyula Szabó , actorIstván Tarlós , politicianGábor Wéber , racing driver and commentator
Friendships
The fans have friendships with fans of Rapid Wien [ 7] 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
Ferencváros 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 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
Active departments
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 Hungarian Cup Winners (24) (record) : 1912–13 , 1921–22 , 1926–27 , 1927–28 , 1932–33 , 1934–35 , 1941–42 , 1942–43 , 1943–44 , 1955–58 , 1971–72 , 1973–74 , 1975–76 , 1977–78 , 1990–91 , 1992–93 , 1993–94 , 1994–95 , 2002–03 , 2003–04 , 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2021–22 Hungarian Super Cup (defunct)
Winners (6) (record): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2015, 2016Hungarian League Cup (defunct)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (defunct, predecessor of UEFA Cup)
Mitropa Cup (defunct)
Challenge Cup (defunct)
Hungarian Championship Winners (26) (share record) : 1910 , 1911 , 1912 , 1913 , 1918 , 1919 , 1920 , 1921 , 1922 , 1925 , 1926 , 1927 , 1944 , 1956 , 1962 , 1963 , 1965 , 1968 , 1987–88 , 1989–90 , 1999–00 , 2017–18 , 2018–19 , 2021–22 , 2022–23 , 2023–24Hungarian Cup Winners (23) (record) : 1923, 1924, 1926, 1949, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996, 2018 , 2019 , 2020, 2021 , 2022 , 2023 LEN Champions League LEN Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
Winners (4) (record): 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1997–98LEN Super Cup LEN Euro Cup
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, 2023–24Hungarian 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, 2019–20Hungarian Super Cup:
Winners (3) : 1993–94, 2020–21, 2022–23Panonian League :Erste Liga :Winners (2) : 2018–19, 2019–20
Hungarian Championship Winners (13) : 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2014–15 , 2020–21 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, 2023–24EHF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
EHF Cup
Inactive departments
International honours
Olympic champions
A Ferencvárosi Torna Club olimpiai bajnokainak listája
Antal Kocsis , boxingIstván Molnár , water poloJenő Dalnoki , footballDezső Fábián , water poloGyörgy Kárpáti , water poloÉva Novák , swimmingIlona Novák , swimmingMiklós Szilvási , wrestling (Greco-Roman)Károly Szittya , water poloKatalin Szőke , swimmingMiklós Ambrus , water poloLászló Felkai , water poloDezső Gyarmati , water poloDezső Novák , footballZoltán Varga , footballMihály Hesz , canoe sprintIstván Juhász , footballMiklós Páncsics , footballLajos Szűcs , footballZoltán Magyar , gymnasticsGyörgy Gerendás , water poloAndrás Sike , wrestling (Greco-Roman)Teslim Fatusi , footballZoltán Kósz , water poloBulcsú Székely , water poloDanuta Kozák , canoe sprintShaoang Liu , short track speed skating
Presidents
List 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
External links
Football Home facilities Training ground History / statistics Rivalries Other sports Related articles Seasons
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