Ferencvárosi TC

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Ferencváros

Full name

Ferencvárosi Torna Club

Nickname(s)

Fradi, Zöld Sasok (Green Eagles)

Founded

May 3, 1899

Ground

Stadion Üllői Út, Budapest

Capacity

18,100

Chairman

Dámosy Zsolt

Manager

Imre Gellei

League

Magyar NB 2

2005-06

6th in Hungarian Borsodi Liga





Home colours





Away colours

Ferencvárosi Torna Club (FTC), also known as Ferencváros, nicknamed Fradi, is one of the most popular Hungarian sports clubs, founded in 1899. Their stadium is situated in Ferencváros, the ninth District of Budapest. Their colours are green and white, and their mascot is the eagle.

The biggest part of the club is the football team, the fans call them Zöld Sasok (Green Eagles).

The team is well-known by Hungarians. Their arch rival is Újpest. Other rival include Debrecen, MTK, Kispest Honvéd, and Vasas SC.

The Team has a magazine named 100% Fradi.

FTC also has a women's handball club, a men's ice hockey club, a men's water polo club, and a men's cycling club.

1 Football
- 1.1 Ferencváros Scandals
2 Current Squad
3 Honours
4 Notable former players
5 Coaches
6 Retired Numbers
7 External links

[edit] Football

FTC participated in all the first division championships since the start of Hungarian Football Championships in 1901 until the 2006/07 season in which they were relegated (demoted) to the NB2, (the second division) for not meeting financial criteria.

Ferencváros was the first - and as yet only - Hungarian team to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group phase in 1995 by beating Anderlecht in the qualifying matches. Fradi split against Grasshoppers but were eliminated by Ajax Amsterdam.

Since the 1990s, the club has had problems with its unruly fans expressing allegedly nationalistic, racist and anti-Semitic sentiments.

In July of 2006, the clubs was removed from the Borsodi Liga as punishment for continued financial troubles. [1] It marks the first time the club has ever been relegated from the top division.

Recently, Ferencváros youth teams have won the prestigious Foyle Cup Tournament.

[edit] Ferencváros Scandals

At present Ferencváros is experiencing a moral and financial crisis. The team has lost marketing appeal due to chronic scandals provoked mostly by some of its unruly fans.

On 25 July 2001, before the Ferencváros versus Hajduk Split Champions League qualifier, a group of Ferencváros fans attacked a group of Hajduk supporters in a pub. One Hajduk fan was stabbed.

On 30 May 2003 Ferencváros played its last match of the season against Debreceni VSC. The match ended in a 0-0 draw. When the match was over, some fans ran onto the pitch and beat up Debrecen players and coach.

On 30 September 2004 before the UEFA Cup match against Millwall, Ferencváros supporters attacked the Millwall fans. The two groups fought in Budapest city centre on the Vörösmarty tér. During the brutal fight, one Ferencváros fan stabbed two Millwall fans. Large hunting knives were on open sale outside of the ground, in full view of the police, who took no action to prevent their sale. The police afforded the Millwall fans no protection whatsoever. They were left to protect themselves, which they did, although heavily outnumbered.[2] Inside the ground, Millwall's black players were subjected to racist abuse and "monkey chanting" for the duration of the entire match. The then Millwall chairman, Theo Paphitis, attended the match and was himself spat on and threatened. A furious Paphitis flew the injured Millwall fans home to London at his own expense. UEFA threatened to ban Ferencváros from the UEFA Cup competition, but only imposed a fine. The Millwall fans were exonerated.[3][4] The English press described the Ferencáros fans as mindless, cowardly, racist scum.

On 11 May 2005 in the final of the Hungarian Cup against Sopron, three Ferencváros players received red cards. After losing the match the Ferencváros players and their coach showed their contempt by ignoring the medal ceremony.

On 25 July 2006, the 28-time Hungarian champion was relegated from the Hungarian National Premier League to the second division after a long debate at the Hungarian Football Federation's (MLSz) classification licensing committee. The club had failed to meet financial and other requirements. After the announcement, hundreds of furious Fradi fans and hooligans heeded the call of the FTC Supporters’ Association to gather in protest in front their stadium on Üllői út. Most demonstrators blamed the management for profiting whilst doing nothing for the club. Some fans invaded the clubhouse, as hooligans vandalised the nearby underground station. Legendary and current team members also blamed the irresponsible financial management for Hungary's most famous club's misfortune. Ferencváros captain Péter Lipcsei and Flórián Albert - Hungary’s only ‘FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe’ award (1962) and ‘European Footballer of the Year’ award (with Ferencváros in 1967) - blamed the last two presidents János Furulyás and Miklós Ináncsy for the catastrophe, adding that for the past five years neither had been capable of using their professional and political influence to find a suitable investor to keep the club in financial health. Much is uncertain about Ferencváros, except that for the first time in the club's 107-year existence it will start the next season in the Hungarian second division.

[edit] Current Squad

As of January 11, 2007 (Note: squad is according to the team's official website)

No.	Position	Player
59	GK	Szabolcs Kemenes
35	GK	Kálmán Szabó
70	GK	László Komora
5	DF	Krisztián Timár (on loan at Plymouth Argyle)
11	DF	József Medgyesi
13	DF	Zoltán Csurka
17	DF	Dániel Ferencz
28	DF	Zsolt Bognár
26	DF	Attila Dragóner
78	DF	Zoltán Balog
19	DF	Jeremias Buz
4	DF	József Nagy
9	DF	Sándor Nagy
20	DF	Gábor Kovács
6	MF	Péter Lipcsei
8	MF	Bojan Lazic
14	MF	Tamás Szalai

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Zsolt Laczkó
23	MF	Imre Deme
27	MF	Richárd Csepregi
87	MF	László Fitos
89	MF	László Brettschneider
??	MF	Gábor Gyömbér
7	FW	Dávid Horváth
15	FW	László Bartha
21	FW	Norbert Zsivóczky
42	FW	Zoltán Jovánczai
55	FW	Attila Tököli
??	FW	Viktor Bölcsföldi

[edit] Honours

Hungarian League
- Winners (28)¹: 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1981, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004

Hungarian Cup
- Winners (20)¹: 1913, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1958, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004.

Mitropa Cup
- 1928, 1937

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- 1965 1-0 vs. Juventus F.C.

¹ More than any other Hungarian club

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Coaches

Imre Gellei (2005-)	Csaba László (2004-05)	Attila Pintér (2004)	József Garami (2002-03)
János Csank (2000-01)	Stanko Poklepović (1999-2000)	József Mucha (1999)	Marijan Vlak (1999)
Tibor Nyilasi (1997-98)	Zoltán Varga (1996-97)	József Mucha (1996)	Dezső Novák (1994-96)
Tibor Nyilasi (1990-94)	Gyula Rákosi (1987-1990)	Jenő Dalnoki (1985-87)	Géza Vincze (1984-85)
Dezső Novák (1980-83)	Zoltán Friedmanszky (1978-80)	Jenő Dalnoki (1973-78)	Dezső Novák (1973)
Ferenc Csanádi (1970-73)	Jenő Dalnoki (1970)	Géza Kalocsay (1970)	Károly Lakat (1967-69)
Sándor Tátrai (1966)	Oszkár Vilezsál (1965)	József Mészáros (1961-65)	Sándor Tátrai (1958-61)
Árpád Csanádi (1957)	Károly Sós (1953-56)	Ferenc Deák (1952)	Gábor Urbancsik (1951)
Miklós Vadas (1950)	Antal Lyka (1948-50)	Zoltán Opata (1947)	Lajos Dimény (1946-47)
Gábor Urbancsik (1945-46)	Pál Szabó (1945)	Alfréd Schaffer (1943-44)	István Tóth Potya (1943)
Lajos Dimény (1939-42)	György Hlavay (1938-39)	Emil Rauchmaul (1937-38)	József Sándor (1937)
Sándor Bródy (1937)	Zoltán Blum (1930-37)	István Tóth Potya (1926-30)