Szusza Ferenc Stadium

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Szusza Ferenc Stadium
The Szusza Ferenc Stadium
The Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Data
place Megyeri út 13 1043 Budapest , Hungary
HungaryHungary
Coordinates 47 ° 34 '29.6 "  N , 19 ° 5' 4.7"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '29.6 "  N , 19 ° 5' 4.7"  E
owner Magyar Állam
opening September 17, 1922
Renovations 2000-2001
architect Alfréd Hajós
capacity 13,501 places
playing area 105 × 68 m
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The Szusza Ferenc Stadium (formerly known as Megyeri úti stadion or just Megyeri út ) is a football stadium in Budapest's IV Újpest district in the capital of Hungary . It is the home of the Újpest Budapest football club . The facility has a capacity of 13,501 spectators and was opened on September 17, 1922. The stadium was designed by the architect and former soccer player Alfréd Hajós and renovated between 2000 and 2001.

history

After only one year of construction, the stadium was opened on September 17, 1922 with the game Újpest against Ferencváros . The game ended 2-1. From June 1925 to June 1929, the field was surrounded by a cycling track, which turned the stadium into a velodrome . Since this track occupied several parts of the grandstand, the capacity of the stadium was reduced to 15,000.

When the grandstand was destroyed after a flood in 1945, the stadium on Megyeri út was renovated in 1946 and expanded to become the largest stadium in Hungary with a capacity of 45,117 seats. The stadium saw its first international match in 1948 when Hungary beat Romania 9-0. The main events of the 2nd World Festival of Youth and Students in 1949 were also held in this stadium. In the mid-1950s, the stadium's capacity was reduced to 32,000 due to the installation of a tartan track. The floodlight system was set up in April 1968, so the final against Newcastle United in the trade fair cup 1968/69 could also be held here. Up to the year 2000 nothing was changed except for the renovation of the floodlight system. Between 2000 and 2001 the stadium was completely renovated. It was completely covered and only equipped with seats. The capacity is now 13,501.

Since 2003, the stadium has borne the name of Ferenc Szusza , a 24-time Hungarian international who played exclusively for Újpest from 1941 until he retired in 1960. A grandstand was named after the international Sándor Szűcs , who was executed in 1951 for trying to leave Hungary.

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Szusza Ferenc Stadium in 2003

Visitor numbers

Records

Visitor records:

  • 50,000 Hungarians versus Austria , October 3, 1948, (friendly match)
  • 50,000 Hungarians versus Austria, May 8, 1949, (friendly match)
  • 50,000 Hungarians versus Sweden , November 20, 1949, (friendly match)

Record attendance championship:

Average record championship:

  • 1952: 20.571

Average audience (national championship)

  • 2000/01: 3,194
  • 2001/02: 3,437
  • 2002/03: 2,732
  • 2003/04: 3.508
  • 2004/05: 3,389
  • 2005/06: 4,635
  • 2006/07: 3,045
  • 2007/08: 4,053
  • 2008/09: 5,249
  • 2009/10: 3,848
  • 2010/11:?
  • 2011/12: 3,766
  • 2012/13: 3,247
  • 2013/14: 2,468
  • 2014/15: 2,454

International encounters

By 2006, 25 international matches were played in the Szusza Ferenc Stadium. Between 1948 and 1953 the field became the “home stadium” of the national team. After the renovation in 2001, several games of the Hungarian selection were also played here. Hungary was unbeaten at the Szusza Ferenc Stadium for 58 years from 1948 to 2006. This series ended on September 2, 2006 with a defeat (1: 4) in the European Championship qualifier against Norway.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Szűcs Sándort azért végezték ki, mert szerelmes volt. In: 24.hu. March 29, 2016, Retrieved November 24, 2018 (Hungarian).