Ferenc Bene

Ferenc Bene [ fɛrɛnts bɛnɛ ] ( born December 17, 1944 in Balatonújlak; † 27 February 2006 in Budapest) was a Hungarian national football team.

Success with Újpesti Dózsa

He began his career with 17 years at the club Újpesti Dózsa, for whom he played for 17 years. Between 1961 and 1978 he scored 417 league games for the club 303 hits. During this time he won with the club eight times the Hungarian Cup - There from 1969 bis 1974/75 seven titles in a row - and three times - 1969, 1970, 1974/75 - the Hungarian Cup.

In the series in 1968/69 he stood with Újpest after wins against Aris Salonika, Legia Warsaw, Leeds United and in the semifinal against Göztepe Izmir also in the final of the Fairs Cup, which was but lost 2:3 against Newcastle United. The teammates Antal Dunai (10 goals) and level with nine goals led the scoring charts in the Fairs Cup. The team launched an impressive series of seven victories in the top class. Újpest won all the championships from 1969 to 1975, scored in the seven championships exactly 500 goals, reaching almost every year the quarter-finals in the European Champions Cup. In the 1973/74 season the team even reached the semi-finals, where only the later winners Bayern Munich the triumph of the Violet commanded halt. National scorer was the stocky, powerful and dynamic scorers in the years 1962/63 (23 ), 1971 /72 ( 29 ), 1972 /73 ( 23) and 1974/75 with 20 goals.

Hallmark of this team was the score. The famous attack formation Fazekas - Göröcs - Bene - Dunai II - Zámbó, under coach Lajos Baróti fascinated thousands of football fans both in Hungary and in other countries.

Olympic gold medal with the national team

On October 14, 1962, the 17 -year-old attacking talent of Ujpesti Dozsa debuted at the international match in Budapest against Yugoslavia (0-1) in the national team. In 1964, he was with the national team third at the European Football Championship in Spain. He scored in the final round in the semi-final match on June 17 in Madrid against Spain the gateway to the interim compensation and brought Hungary 1:1 in the match for 3rd place on June 20 in Barcelona in the 10th minute with a 1-0 win over Denmark in the lead. In the European Championship qualifiers he scored in the quarter-finals on May 23, 1964 in Budapest in the return match against France 's winning goal to make it 2-1. In the same year he was top scorer at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Bene scored twelve goals - including all the goals in a 6-0 victory in the group match against Morocco and one in the 2-1 in the final against Czechoslovakia - and thus contributed significantly to the gold medal at the Hungary.

Spectacular was his appearance at the 1966 World Cup in England, where already in the third minute he scored a goal against Brazil and made ​​it 3-1, perfect for Hungary a penalty. For the Brazilians was the first World Cup defeat since 1954, when they also lost to Hungary.

The striker played from 1962 to 1979 - he was so 17 years in the national team active - a total of 76 international matches for Hungary, scoring 36 goals. In 1969 he was elected Hungarian Footballer of the Year.

After the end of his playing career, he worked as a trainer, including in Norway. In Újpest he was primarily active in the youth field, but trained in 1992-93 and the first team. Bene fugal as assistant coach of his former team-mates Antal Dunai as this led as head coach of the Hungarian U21 to the Olympic play in Atlanta in 1996. There, however, the Magyars eliminated after the first round of no points.

In later times Ference Bene also coached a women's soccer team and the Hungarian beach soccer team.

Ference Bene died in 2006 after lengthy treatment of the consequences of a fall.

Clubs as a player

  • Újpesti Dózsa (1961-1978)
  • Volánbusz FC ( 1978-79, 1983-84 )
  • Sepsi -78 Seinäjoki ( Finland / 1981-82 )
  • Soroksári VOSE (1984 )
  • Kecskeméti SC (1985 )

Achievements

Team

  • Olympic Gold Medal: 1964
  • Hungarian Championship: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978 ( 8 items)
  • Hungarian Cup: 1969, 1970, 1975
  • Fairs Cup: Finalist 1969

Personally

  • European Championship top scorer: 1964 ( 2 goals)
  • Scorer in Olympic Games: 1964 (12 goals)
  • Scorer of the Fairs Cup: 1969 (9 goals )
  • Scorer in the Hungarian League: 1963 ( 23 goals ), 1969 (27) 1972 ( 29) 1973 ( 23) 1975 ( 20)
  • Footballer of the Year (Hungary ): 1969
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