MTK Budapest

MTK Budapest
Full name	Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest
Short name	MTK
Founded	16 November 1888; 135 years ago
Colours	Blue and white
Chairman	Tamás Deutsch
Website	www.mtk.hu

Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888.^[1] It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrestling, swimming, rowing, karate, taekwondo, sailing, speed skating, skiing, table tennis, tennis and chess.

Departments

Team sports

Football:
- men's football (since 1888)
- women's football (since 2004)
Handball:
- women's handball (1946–1975, 1993–2000, since 2013)
Basketball:
- women's handball (1945–1997, since 2011)
Volleyball:
- women's volleyball (since 1947)

Individual sports

Athletics (since 1888)
Boxing (1893–1914, 1922– , since 1951)
Bridge (since 1933)
Canoeing (since 1951)
Chess
Gymnastics
Fencing (since 1908)
Judo (since 2019)
Karate (since 2010)
Rowing (1895–1942, since 1947)
Rhythmic gymnastics (since 2011)
Swimming (1892–1958, since 1962)
Skating
Taekwondo (since 1989)
Tennis (1930–, 1947–, since 1991)
E-sports

Dissolved departments

Auto-motor (1926–1953)
Bandy
Basketball
- men's basketball
Button football
Cycling
Field hockey
Futsal
Handball
- men's handball (1924–1958)
Ice hockey
Sailing
Skiing
Water polo
Weightlifting (1934–?, 195?–?, 196?–1966)
Wrestling

Supporters and rivalries

Supporters

Notable supporters

Sándor Demján,^[2] businessman and entrepreneur
Károly Gesztesi, actor
Zoltán Zelk, poet
Gábor Várszegi, musician and businessman

Rivalry

The fixture between MTK Budapest FC and Ferencvárosi TC is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. The first fixture was played in the 1903 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary.

Honours

Active departments

Football (men's)

Hungarian Championship^[3]
- Winners (23): 1904, 1907–08, 1913–14, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1950, 1953, 1957–58, 1986–87, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08
Hungarian Second League
- Winners (4): 1994–95, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2019–20
Hungarian Cup
- Winners (12): 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1951–52, 1968, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00
Hungarian Super Cup (defunct)
- Winners (2): 2003, 2008
Hungarian League Cup (defunct)
- Winners (2): 2012–13, 2014–15

Mitropa Cup (defunct)
- Winners (2): 1955, 1963
Štefánik Tournament (defunct)
- Winner (1): 1933

Basketball (women's)

Hungarian Championship
- Winners (10): 1953, 1956, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1988–89, 1990–91
Hungarian Cup
- Winners (8): 1955, 1961–62, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972

Football (women's)

Hungarian Championship
- Winners (8): 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18
Hungarian Cup
- Winners (4): 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014

International honours


season	men's football	women's basketball
1955	Mitropa Cup Winners
1959	Mitropa Cup Final
1961–62	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-finals
1962–63	Mitropa Cup Winners	European Cup Semi-finals
1963–64	Cup Winners' Cup Final

Notable former players

Olympic champions

Az MTK olimpiai bajnokainak listája

Zoltán Halmay, swimming
Richárd Weisz, wrestling (Greco-Roman)
Márton Homonnai, water polo
Ferenc Keserű, water polo
Jenő Brandi, water polo
Kálmán Hazai, water polo
László Papp, boxing
Imre Hódos, wrestling (Greco-Roman)
Róbert Antal, water polo
Nándor Hidegkuti, football
Imre Kovács, football
Mihály Lantos, football
Péter Palotás, football
József Zakariás, football
Gyula Török, boxing
Lajos Dunai, football
István Sárközi, football
Ildikó Tordasi, fencing (foil)
Botond Storcz, canoe sprint
Katalin Kovács, canoe sprint

Presidents

List of the presidents of the MTK Budapest:^[4]

1889–1891: Lajos Vermes
1892–1898: Gyula Porzsolt
1899–1903: Antal Heteés
1905–1944: Alfréd Brüll
1945–1949: Zoltán Vass
1951–1953: János Somogyi
1953–1954: Lajos Kovács
1954–1956: István Tóth
1959–1963: István Dénes
1963–1969: Ferenc Bánhalmi
1969–1971: György Krekács
1971–2000: János Fekete
2001–2002: István Harcsár
2002–2003: Csaba Szecső
2004–2010: György Hunvald
since 2010: Tamás Deutsch

References

^ "MTK Budapest". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
^ "Híres MTK-sok". mtkcsalad.hu. 5 February 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ "List of champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
^ mtk.hu. "Az MTK elnökei". www.mtk.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-01.

External links

Official website

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[1] "MTK Budapest". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

[2] "Híres MTK-sok". mtkcsalad.hu. 5 February 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

[3] "List of champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2024-03-14.

[4] tk.hu. "Az MTK elnökei". www.mtk.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-01.

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