Újpest FC

Újpest Budapest ( officially Újpest Football Club, usually just called Újpest ), formerly known as Újpesti TE ( UTE ) and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Budapest. The club's colors are purple and white. With 20 national championships and eight national cup victories, the club is one of the most successful clubs in his country. The traditional club founded in 1885 is the oldest still existing club in Hungary. Újpest denies its home games in Szusza Ferenc Stadium, which has around 13,500 spectators.

History

The Early Years

The club was the teacher János Goll újpester on June 16, 1885 under the name Újpesti Torna Egylet ( Újpesti TE to German: Újpester Turnverein ) - founded. Újpest at the time was a separate town on the border of Budapest, capital of Hungary. The gymnastics club was ( in Hungarian: Épség, openin, Egyetértés ) originally with the departments gymnastics and fencing under the motto " health, strength and harmony " was founded. 1899 was a football club in the city Újpest called by the name Újpest FC launched its club colors, like the purple and white were the gymnastics club. 1901 merged the two teams under the name Újpesti TE and founded a football club within this department. The football department joined the second division of the newly founded Hungarian league. Since that time, the club plays continuously in the upper classes of the championship.

Újpest rose in 1904 to the 1st League and plays out with this. The only exception is the 1911/12 season, played in the Újpest in the second league. After the relegation but the team managed an immediate return to the top class.

The first golden era

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

After the Second World War

After the Second World War witnessed Újpest his second golden era. The team won three consecutive championships. During this time, even nine players from Újpest received their enlistment in the Hungarian national team.

In 1950, the Communist government of Hungary has determined the team Újpest to the team of the police and notified the association in Újpesti Dózsa order (after the peasant leader György Dózsa ). At the time it was a common practice in the Eastern Bloc ( with the exception that the police associations in other communist countries or Dinamo Dynamo were called ). It was followed by two decades of moderate success in league and cup. Mihály Tóth was the only player of Újpest in the national team from 1954, which reached the final of the World Cup. Újpest was 1959/60 despite this champion and reached the semi-finals in the 1962 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Magical Újpest

1969 began a successful period again. Újpest won the championship and reached the final of the Fairs Cup ( this was with 2:3 lost to Newcastle United). 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. 1974 reached the team even the semi-finals, where only the later winners Bayern Munich the triumph of the Violet commanded halt.

Hallmark of this team was the score. The famous attack 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 came Töröcsik and Fekete to the team and won two more championship titles in 1978 and 1979.

Ujpest in recent years

The great fall of the Hungarian football took the club into the early 1980s. The only notable success for the magic '70 - ren was reaching the quarter-finals in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and a further two national championship titles in 1989/90 and 1997 /98.

After the fall of the communist government and the end of government support also Újpest got financial problems, like all other Hungarian football clubs also. You can see the current financial situation of the club described as modest, but stable, which makes the club for serious collaborators in the national championship. The next step is the demonstration of international competitiveness.

Name Changes

The stadium

The stadium Újpest is the Szusza Ferenc Stadium, which gives the team since its opening on September 17, 1922 a home. Up to renaming the stadium Megyeri was úti Stadium. In October 2003, the stadium was renamed after the legendary player, Ferenc Szusza. In the years 2000 and 2001 extensive renovation measures were made. Since then, the stadium has a capacity of 13,501 seats.

The fans

Újpest has a large and loyal fan base. Due to the deficiencies in the Hungarian football of today the number of visitors is 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 that they accompany their team to every game in large numbers. The vocal support of the team is organized and promoted by the oldest organized group Ultra Ultra Viola Bulldogs.

Achievements

  • Hungarian Championship ( 20): 1930, 31, 33, 35, 39, 1945 Spring, 1946, 1947, 1960, 69, 1970 Spring, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1998
  • Hungarian League 2 ( 2): 1904, 1912
  • Hungarian Cup ( 8): 1969, 1970, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1992, 2002
  • Mitropa Cup ( 2): 1929, 1939
  • Coupe des Nations 1930
  • Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: Finalist 1969

Former notable players

  • Károly Fogl
  • József Fogl
  • Stefan Auer
  • Jenő Vincze
  • Gyula Zsengellér
  • Sándor Balogh
  • Ferenc Szusza
  • Gábor Dvorschák
  • László Fazekas
  • József Tóth
  • András Törőcsik
  • István Kozma
  • Tulio Costa
  • Zoltán Stieber

Coach

  • Ferenc Weisz 0.1920 to 22
  • Odon Holits, 1922-24, 1925-26
  • György Hlavay, 1924-25
  • Imre Pozsonyi, 1926-28
  • Lajos Bányai, 1928-32
  • István Tóth - Potya, 1932-34
  • Béla Jánossy, 1934-37
  • László Sternberg, 1937-38
  • Béla Guttmann, 1938-39, 1947
  • István Mészáros, 1939-40
  • Géza Takács, 1940-43, 1945
  • Lajos Lutz, 1943
  • Géza Kertész, 1943-44
  • Pál Jávor, 1945-47, 1951-54
  • Jenő Vincze, 1947-48
  • Károly Sós, 1948
  • István Balogh I, 1948-49, 1958-59
  • József Ember, 1949-50
  • Tibor Kemény, 1949-50
  • Zoltán Opata, 1950-51
  • Gyula Kolozsvári, 1954
  • Márton Bukovi, 1955-56
  • Sándor Balogh II, 1957-58, 1965-66
  • Gyula Szűcs, 1959-60, 1962-63, 1973
  • László Fenyvesi, 1960-61
  • Géza Kalocsay, 1961-62
  • Ferenc Szusza, 1963-65,1980-81
  • Lajos Baróti, 1967-71
  • Imre Kovács, 1971-73
  • Pál Várhidi, 1974-80
  • Miklós Temesvári, 1981-85
  • János Göröcs, 1985-88
  • István Varga, 1988-90
  • Ferenc Kovács, 1990-92
  • Ferenc Bene, 1992-93
  • József Garami, 1993-96
  • László Nagy, 1996-97
  • Péter Várhidi, 1997-99, 2000
  • Róbert Glazer, 1999, 2002
  • István Kisteleki, 2000-01
  • András Szabó, 2002-03
  • András Sarlós, 2003
  • György Mezey, 2003
  • Géza Mészöly, 2004-06
  • Bertalan Bicskei, 2006

Records

  • Highest Win 1 League: 16:0 against Nemzeti SC, May 22, 1945
  • Biggest win 2 League: 22:0 against Postatakarékpénztár, November 20, 1904
  • Biggest away win: 10-0 against Salgótarjáni BTC May 21, 1939 and against Budai Barátság April 1, 1946
  • Biggest defeat: 0:9 against Törekvés, May 17, 1914
  • Most League Games: 462 Ferenc Szusza ( 1941-60 )
  • Top goals: 392 Ferenc Szusza
  • Most goals in a season: 56 Gyula Zsengellér, 1938-39
  • Most goals in a game: 6 Gyula Zsengellér against Salgótarjáni BTC, November 1, 1938
  • Gyula Zsengellér against Salgótarjáni BTC, May 21, 1939
  • Gyula Zsengellér against Budafok, May 27, 1939
  • Lajos Várnai against Testvériség, June 22, 1947
  • Ferenc Bene against Haladás, October 21, 1962
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