Újpest Budapest

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Újpest Budapest
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Basic data
Surname Újpest Football Club
Seat Budapest
founding 1885 as Újpesti TE
Colours purple-white
president Roland Duchâtelet
Website ujpestfc.hu
First soccer team
Head coach Predrag Rogan
Venue Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Places 13,501
league Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2019/20 6th place
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Újpest Budapest (officially Újpest Football Club, mostly just Újpest ) , formerly known as Újpesti TE (UTE) and Újpesti Dózsa , is a Hungarian football club based in Budapest . The club colors are purple and white . With 20 national championship titles and 9 national cup wins, the club is one of the most successful clubs in its country. The sports club Újpesti TE , founded in 1885, is the oldest club in Hungary that still exists today. Újpest plays its home games in the Szusza Ferenc Stadium , which has around 13,500 spectators.

history

The early years

The club was founded by the Újpesti teacher János Goll on June 16, 1885 under the name Újpesti Torna Egylet (Újpesti TE, in German : Újpest gymnastics club). At that time Újpest was an independent city on the border with Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The gymnastics club was originally founded with the gymnastics and fencing departments under the motto "Health, Strength and Harmony" (in Hungarian : Épség, Erö, Egyetértés). In 1899 a football club called Újpest FC was launched in the city of Újpest. Its club colors were purple and white, similar to those of the gymnastics club. In 1901, the two clubs merged under the name Újpesti TE and founded a football department within this club. The football department joined the second division of the then newly founded Hungarian league . Since then, the club has played in the upper classes of the championship without interruption.

Újpest rose to the 1st league in 1904 and has played in this since then. The only exception is the 1911/12 season, when Újpest played in the 2nd division. After relegation, however, the team managed to return to the top class immediately.

The first golden era

From 1926, after the introduction of professional football in Hungary, the team played under the name Újpest FC. The late 1920s and 1930s mark the club's first golden era. During this time the team won 5 championship titles in the top division, as well as three international triumphs, consisting of the championship titles in the Mitropa Cup in 1929 and 1939, as well as the title in the Cup of Nations in 1930. When Hungary won the silver medal at the World Championships in 1938 , There were five players from Újpest in the silver team: György Szűcs , Antal Szalay , István Balogh I , Jenő Vincze and Gyula Zsengellér .

After the Second World War

After the Second World War , Újpest experienced its second golden era. The team won the championship three times in a row. During this time even nine players from Újpest received their call-up for the Hungarian national team .

In 1950 the communist government of Hungary appointed the team from Újpest to the police team and renamed the club Újpesti Dózsa (after the peasant leader György Dózsa ). At the time, this was a common practice in the Eastern Bloc (with the exception that the police clubs in other communist countries were called Dinamo and Dynamo). Two decades of moderate success in championship and cup followed. Mihály Tóth was the only player from Újpest in the 1954 national team that made it to the final of the World Cup. Újpest was still champion in 1959/60 and reached the semi-finals in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962 .

Magical Újpest

1969 began another successful period. Újpest won the championship and was in the final of the trade fair cup (which was lost 3-2 to Newcastle United ). The team started an impressive series of seven top-class wins. Újpest won all championships from 1969 to 1975, scored exactly 500 goals in the seven championships and reached the quarter-finals in the European Cup almost every year . In 1974 the team even reached the semi-finals, where only the later winner FC Bayern Munich put a stop to the triumphant advance of the Violets.

The trademark of this team was the goal success. The famous attacking formation Fazekas - Göröcs - Bene - Dunai II - Zámbó , under coach Lajos Baróti , scored dozens of goals and fascinated thousands of football fans both in Hungary and in other countries. After Göröcs, Bene and Dunai left the team, Töröcsik and Fekete joined the team and won two more championship titles in 1978 and 1979.

Ujpest in the past few years

The great fall of Hungarian football caught up with the club in the early 1980s. The only notable success after the successful 1970s was reaching the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and another two national championship titles in 1989/90 and 1997/98.

After the fall of the communist government and the end of state support, Újpest ran into financial problems, like all other Hungarian football clubs. The current financial situation of the club can be described as modest but stable, which makes the club a serious competitor in the national championship. The next step is to demonstrate international competitiveness.

Name changes

  • 1885: Újpest Újpesti Torna Egylet
  • 1926: Újpest Újpest Football Club (with the introduction of professional football)
  • 1945: Újpest Újpesti Torna Egylet
  • 1950: Bp.Dózsa Budapesti Dózsa Sport Egyesület
  • 1956: Újpest Újpesti Torna Egylet
  • 1957: Ú. Dózsa Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club
  • 1991: Újpest Újpesti Torna Egylet
  • 1994: Újpest Újpesti Torna Egylet - Novabau
  • 1995: Újpest Újpesti Torna Egylet
  • 1998: Újpest Újpest Football Club

Stadion

The stadium in Újpest is the Szusza Ferenc Stadium , which has been home to the team since it opened on September 17, 1922. Until it was renamed, the stadium was called Megyeri úti Stadion. In October 2003 the stadium was renamed after the legendary player Ferenc Szusza . Extensive renovation measures were carried out in 2000 and 2001. Since then, the stadium has had a capacity of 13,501 seats.

Fans

Újpest has a large and loyal fan base. Due to the shortcomings in Hungarian football today, attendance has generally decreased. Not so in Újpest, where it is above the Hungarian average. According to some statistics, Újpest is one of the most popular clubs in the country. The fans of Újpest are famous for accompanying their team in large numbers to every game. The loud support of the team is organized and promoted by the oldest organized ultra group, the Ultra Viola Bulldogs . There is a lot of rivalry with Ferencváros Budapest and the derby is considered the biggest in the country.

successes

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Records

  • Biggest win in 1st division: 16-0 against Nemzeti SC , May 22, 1945
  • Biggest win the second league: 22: 0 against Postatakarékpénztár, November 20, 1904
  • Biggest away win: 10-0 against Salgótarjáni BTC May 21, 1939 and against Budai Barátság April 1st, 1946
  • Biggest defeat: 0: 9 against Törekvés , May 17, 1914
  • Most league games: 462 Ferenc Szusza (1941-60)
  • Most goals: 392 Ferenc Szusza
  • Most goals in one season: 56 Gyula Zsengellér , 1938–39
  • Most goals in one game: 6
    • Gyula Zsengellér versus Salgótarjáni BTC , November 1, 1938
    • Gyula Zsengellér versus Salgótarjáni BTC , May 21, 1939
    • Gyula Zsengellér versus Budafok, May 27, 1939
    • Lajos Várnai versus Testvériség, June 22, 1947
    • Ferenc Bene versus Haladás, October 21, 1962
  • Most games in the national jersey : 92 László Fazekas (1968–83)
  • Most spectators: 40,000 against Ferencvárosi TC , Megyeri úti stadium September 18, 1949
  • Most spectators in a neutral seat: 90,000 against Bp.Honvéd , Népstadion , September 10, 1956
  • Most cut viewers: 27,923 (1964)
  • Longest unbeaten run: 31 (league games), from July 30, 1945 to June 17, 1946
  • Most goals in one season: 184 1945/46
  • Most points in one season: 76 out of 34 games in 1996/97

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