Ferencvárosi TC
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Ferencvárosi Torna Club (FTC), perhaps better known as Ferencváros, nicknamed as Fradi, is a popular (in the past was the most popular) Hungarian sports club, founded in 1899. Their stadium is situated in Ferencváros (hence the name), District IX of Budapest. Their colours green and white.
The biggest part of the club is the football team, the fans call them ZÖLD SASOK (GREEN EAGLES).
FTC also has a women's handball club, a men's ice hockey club, and a men's cycling club. In all, FTC football team is the top club.
Football
The FTC is the only Hungarian football team that has participated in all the first division championships since the start of Hungarian Football Championships in 1901.
In that time FTC has won 28 championships (a national 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, 2000-2001, 2003-2004
The most successful years were 1931 and 1932 because FTC won the 1931-1932 championships without losing a game.
FTC has won the Hungarian National Cup 20 times (which is a national record): 1913, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1958, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004.
In 1928 and 1937, FTC won the Central European Cup.
In the forerunner of the UEFA Cup, FTC won the cup in 1965, and in 1968 FTC lost in the finals against Leeds United.
In 1972, FTC reached the semi finals of the UEFA cup.
In 1975, the unbeaten FTC lost to Dinamo Kiev in the Cup Winners' Cup final.
Ferencváros was the first Hungarian team to qualify for the Champions' League's group phase in 1995 by beating Anderlecht in the qualifying matches.
Around the 1990s, the club had problems with its unruly fans expressing nationalistic and anti-Semitic sentiments.
According to Famousteams.com, FTC has been voted the 1st most popular football team ever, although the vote is not yet final.
Ferencváros in crisis
At present Ferencváros is going through a moral crisis, which has brought on a financial crisis as well. The team has lost its marketing value due to the continuous scandals surrounding it.
- On 25 July 2001, before the Ferencváros versus Hajduk Split Champions League qualifier, a group of Ferencváros fans attacked a group of Hajduk supporters drinking peacefully in a pub. One Hajduk fan was stabbed.
- On 30 May 2003 Ferencváros played its last match of the season. Their opponents were Debreceni VSC. The Ferencváros supporters took the champions title for granted, but after a very poor performance, their hopes were shattered. When the match was over, the fans ran onto the pitch and beat up the Debrecen players. One of the fans "jump-kicked" the coach of Debrecen in the kidneys. Some of the Ferencváros players were also injured in the incident.
- On 30 September 2004 before the Ferencváros versus Millwall F.C. UEFA cup match, the Ferencváros supporters attacked the Millwall fans. The two groups fought in downtown Budapest on the Vörösmarty tér. During the brutal fight, one Ferencváros fan used a knife to stab a Millwall fan. Large hunting knives were on open sale outside of the ground, in full view of the police, who took no action to prevent their sale to Ferencvaros fans. The police afforded the Millwall fans no protection whatsoever. They were left to protect themselves, which they did, although heavily outnumbered. The then, Millwall chairman, Theo Paphitis was at the match and was himself spat on and threatened. A furious Paphitis flew the injured Millwall fans home to London at his own expense. UEFA threatened to ban Ferencváros from ever playing in the competition again, but backed down and only imposed a fine. Millwall were completely exonerated.
- On 11 May 2005 in the final of the Hungarian Cup against Sopron,the Ferencváros players became so aggressive that three of the players received red cards. If a fourth red card had been issued the match would have been over. The Ferencváros captain Péter Lipcsei began to run amok with the consent of the coach Csaba László, who was shouting; "Break his leg!" from the bench. After losing the match the Ferencváros players and their coach showed their contempt by ignoring the medal ceremony.
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