Ferenc Sipos

Ferenc Sipos, also Ferenc Sibszky ( born December 13, 1932 in Budapest, Hungary, † March 17, 1997 ) was a Hungarian football player and football coach. With MTK Budapest, he won a league title and with the national team, he participated in three World Cups.

Club career

Sipos began his football career at the small club of Budapest Goldberger SE, where he debuted in the first team in 1950. Two years later, changed the usable both as a defender and as a midfielder Sipos to the Air Force Association Szolnoki Légierő SE. 1954 reached the summit in the top flight, but where after just one season back was a return to the second division.

In the following year Sipos joined the MTK, where he played in a team with Mihály Lantos, Nándor Hidegkuti and Péter Palotás. After a runner-up title in 1957 succeeded the next year under coach Márton Bukovi winning the championship and Sipos was elected Hungarian player of the year. In the following years, the Blue White each played with in the upper regions of the table, however, a further title was no longer possible. In the 1961/62 season the team reached the semi-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where they lost to the eventual winners FC Valencia.

Through the mediation of Lajos Tichy moved Sipos 1964 Honvéd Budapest, where he reached the Cup victory in his first season and remained active until 1968.

National

In September 1957 he made ​​his debut as a defender in the Hungarian national team in a 2-1 win against Bulgaria. Sipos was able to secure a regular place to felling and ran from his debut game until May 1963 in 57 consecutive internationals on what one existing today Hungarian record means. He was until 1961 the most mobilized in defense alongside Sándor Mátrai, then he found primarily in the midfield use.

His first major international event was the 1958 World Cup where Hungary in the group stage in the decision-making failed to Wales and Sipos was excluded in this game.

Four years later, he reached the World Cup 1962 with the Hungarians the quarter-finals, where they lost to eventual finalists Czechoslovakia 0-1. 1964 Sipos reached with the national team to the final round of the European Championship in 1964, where they lost in the semifinals Spain and eventually finished third. Sipos ' last international tournament was the 1966 World Cup, where the Hungarians again reached the quarterfinals.

His 77th and final international game he completed in October 1966, in a 3-1 victory against Austria.

Coaching career

After his retirement Sipos moved immediately into coaching specialist and supervised in the next few years with Sátoraljaújhelyi Spartacus, ÉGSZÖV MEDOSZ, Csepel Autó and Szigeszentmiklós several unterklassige clubs. From 1982 to 1983 he was in Egypt coach of Tersana SC. In the 1990s he returned to Honvéd, where he was active in youth work.

Achievements

  • EM- third in 1964
  • 2x World Cup quarter- finals: 1962, 1966
  • 1x Hungarian Champion: 1958
  • 1x Hungarian Cup Winner: 1964
  • 77 games and a goal for the Hungarian national football team
  • National football team (Hungary )
  • Football coach (Hungary )
  • Hungarian
  • Born in 1932
  • Died in 1997
  • Man
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