Ferencvárosi TC

Ferencváros

Full name	Ferencvárosi Torna Club
Nickname(s)	Zöld Sasok (The Green Eagles) "Fradi"
Founded	3 May 1899 (1899-05-03)
Ground	Groupama Arena, Budapest
Ground Capacity	22,000 / 23,700
Chairman	Gábor Kubatov
Manager	Thomas Doll
League	OTP Bank Liga
2014–15	2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Active departments of FTC
Football	Basketball	Water polo
Handball (Men's)	Handball (Women's)	Ice hockey
Athletics	Gymnastics	Swimming
Canoeing and kayaking	Cycling	Bowling
Wrestling	Boxing	Curling

Ferencvárosi Torna Club is a Hungarian professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that plays in the Hungarian League. Ferencváros was founded in 1899 by Ferenc Springer and a group of local residents of Budapest's ninth district, Ferencváros.^[1] Ferencváros is best known internationally for winning the 1964–65 season of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup^[2] (after defeating Juventus FC in Turin 1–0) and for reaching the final of the 1974–75 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.^[3]

The best-known part of the club is the well-supported men's football team – the most popular team in the country.^[4] The parent multisport club Ferencvárosi TC divisions include the women's football, women's handball, men's futsal, men's ice hockey, men's handball, men's water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling, curling and swimming teams, some of which are highly successful.

The club colours are green and white, and the club mascot is a green eagle; hence another of the club's nicknames, "The Green Eagles".

History

Ferencváros is the most successful Hungarian team on both home and international turf. They won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65, and have won the Hungarian National Championship I 28 times and the Hungarian Cup 21 times. Ferencváros 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 to the NB II for not meeting financial criteria. The team returned to the first Hungarian League after three years in the second division. Since 2011 the club operates under the directions of Gábor Kubatov and Pál Orosz Jr. who brought financial and operational stability to the club again. Now, in 2014 the club is seeking to get back to the European football elite, first by qualifying into one of the European Cup series. According to the plans, the first qualifiers will be held in the club's freshly finished ultra-modern stadium.

1900s

On 3 May 1899, Ferencvárosi TC was founded by citizens of the ninth district of Budapest.^[5] Ferenc Springer, a lawyer from the same district, was nominated as the first chairman of the club. The club's budget was raised by a ball held in order to celebrate the establishment of the club. The club's first pitch was built on Soroksári avenue in the ninth district.

On 3 December 1900, the football department of Ferencváros was officially founded.^[6] Two months later, in February, the first match of the Hungarian League was played between Ferencváros and Budapesti TC. Since the match was not announced to the Hungarian Football Federation, it is not considered as the club's first official match.

On 21 April 1900, the team played their first official match against Műegyetemi AFC and Ferencváros lost their first match 5–3. The first goal for the club was scored by Gáspár Borbás.^[7] The first point in the championship was gained against Műegyetemi AFC with a draw. The first victory came on 16 June 1901, when Ferencváros beat Budapesti SC 5–1.^[8]

In 1902 Ferencváros suffered the heaviest defeat in their history when they were beaten by 16–0 by Oxford United.^[9]

Ferencváros played their first match in an international competition against Budapesti Torna Club in the 1901–02 Challenge Cup on 27 April 1902. Ferencváros lost to 5–1 against their home rival in the Hungarian Final of the Challenge Cup.^[10]

Ferencváros entered the 1902–03 Challenge Cup and won the Hungarian Final against 33 FC by 1–0. In the semi-finals Ferencváros played their first official international match against Wiener Athletiksport Club and lost to 5–1 on 3 May 1903.^[11]

The 1903 season of the Hungarian League was won by Ferencváros.^[12] Two years later in 1905, Ferencváros became Hungarian champions for the second time.^[13]

The 1906–07 season was won by Ferencváros.^[14]

Ferencváros participated in the 1908–09 Challenge Cup. On 10 April 1909, Ferencváros beat VfB Leipzig 4–1. On 11 April 1909, Ferencváros drew with Budapesti TC and on 12 April 1909 Ferencváros beat MTK Budapest 2–1. As a consequence, Ferencváros finished first in the main tournament and qualified for the final of the 1908–09 Challenge Cup. On 13 June 1909, Ferencváros beat Wiener Sport-Club 2–1 at the Hohe Warte Stadium.^[15]

Ferencváros won the 1908–09^[16] and 1909–10 seasons of the Hungarian League.^[17]

1910s

The 1910–11,^[18] 1911–12,^[19] and 1912–13 seasons of the Hungarian League were won by Ferencváros.^[20] In the 1911–12 season Ferencváros beat III. Kerületi TUE 11–3. Imre Schlosser scored 8 goals which is still a club record for a single match.^[21]

On 12 February 1911, the club's current stadium was inaugurated. The first goal in the new stadium was scored by Imre Schlosser.

In 1911 December Ferencváros went on a European tour. On 24 December 1911, the first match was won by Ferencváros 5–3 against Viktoria Hamburg in Hamburg, Kingdom of Prussia. On 25 December 1911, Ferencváros beat Bremen SC 5–0 and on 30 December 1911 Ferencváros beat Hertha BSC 4–2 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. On 1 January 1912, Ferencváros beat BFC Preussen 7–2 in Berlin. On 8 January 1912, won for the first time in England by beating Woking 3–2 in London, The United Kingdom. On 10 January 1929, Ferencváros lost their last match 4–1 against English Wanderers in London, The United Kingdom.^[22]

In 1914 the First World War broke out which affected Ferencváros since many of the club's players were enlisted and many of them have never returned. The Hungarian Football Federation did not organise any competitions between the 1913–14^[23] and the 1916–17 seasons.^[24]

1920s

The 1920s did not start good for Ferencváros since their rivals MTK Budapest won five consecutive Hungarian League titles. Furthermore, in the 1924–25 season Ferencváros lost 14–2 to MTK Hungária FC which has been the biggest defeat in the Hungarian League.^[25] However, in 1926 Ferencváros became Hungarian champion again after 13 years.^[26] Ferencváros won the 1926–27^[27] and the 1927–28^[28] seasons of the Hungarian League.

Ferencváros entered the Mitropa Cup 1928 and won the first tie against BSK Beograd 7–0 in Beograd, Yugoslavia on 19 August. The return match was won by Ferencváros 6–1 on 26 August. In the semi-finals Ferencváros beat SK Admira Wien 2-1at the Hohe Warte Stadium on 9 September 1928. The second tie was also won by Ferencváros 1–0 at the Üllői úti Stadion. In the final Ferencváros beat Rapid Wien 7–1 at the Üllői úti Stadion on 28 October 1928. The return match was won by SK Rapid Wien by 5–3 on 11 November 1928.^[29][30]

Ferencváros participated in a South American tour in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina playing in four different cities: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. On 30 June 1929, Ferencváros beat São Paulo 2–1 in São Paulo, Brazil. On 4 July 1929, Ferencváros drew with Fluminense (1–1) and the Rio de Janeiro 3–3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On 11 July 1929, Ferencváros lost to Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On 14 July 1929, Ferencváros lost to Palestra Itália 5–2 and on 21 July 1929 Ferencváros beat Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[31] On 25 July 1929, Ferencváros beat 4–1 Montevideo in Montevideo, and lost to Uruguay 3–0. The next series of matches were played in Argentina, where Ferencváros beat River Plate 4–3 in Buenos Aires on 1 August 1929. On 3 August 1929, Ferencváros flew back to Montevideo where they lost to Penarol Atlético Clube 2–0. On 5 August 1929, Ferencváros played in Buenos Aires against Racing and won 2–1. On 10 August 1929, Ferencváros lost 2–0 to Argentina in Buenos Aires. On 13 August 1929, Ferencváros repeatedly beat Racing 2–1 in Buenos Aires. The last match was played on 17 August 1929 against São Paulo. Ferencváros lost to 2–1 in São Paulo, Brazil.^[32]

Ferencváros entered the Mitropa Cup 1930 and drew (2–2) with Slavia Prague in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The home match was won by Ferencváros by 1–0 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals Ferencváros lost the away match 5–0 against Rapid Wien. The home match was won by 1–0 by Ferencváros but Rapid Wien qualified for the finals on 5–1 aggregate.^[33]

1930s

In the 1930s Ferencváros won the Hungarian League four times in 1932,^[34] 1934,^[35] 1938,^[36] and 1940.^[37]

In the 1931–32 season of the Hungarian League, Ferencváros won all 22 matches, which is still a record in the Hungarian League and during this season the team scored their 400th goal in the championship.^[38][39]

Ferencváros entered the Mitropa Cup 1932 season and lost 4–0 to Juventus in Turin, Italy. The home match was a 3–3 draw which resulted the elimination of the club from the Mitropa Cup 1932.^[40]

According to the French magazine, L'Auto, Ferencváros was the seventh best team in Europe in 1933.

Ferencváros played in the Mitropa Cup 1934 season. In the first round Ferencváros beat Floridsdorfer AC 8–0 at home and 2–1 away. In the quarter-finals Ferencváros beat SK Kladno 6–0 at home and lost to 4–1 away. In the semi-finals Ferencváros drew (1–1) with AC Bologna and lost the away match 5–1 which resulted the farewell for the club from the Mitropa Cup 1934.^[41]

Ferencváros participated in the Mitropa Cup 1935 season. Ferencváros played their first match of the season against Roma in Rome, Italy in the first round. The first leg of the tie was won by Roma by 3–1, but the second leg was won by Ferencváros 8–0. In the quarter-finals Ferencváros lost 4–2 to SK Židenice in Brno, Czechoslovakia, but the second leg was won by Ferencváros 6–1. In the semi-finals Ferencváros beat Austria Wien 4–2 and lost the away match 3–2. In the final Ferencváros beat Sparta Prague 2–1 at home on 8 September, but lost to 3–0 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.^[42]

Ferencváros participated in the Mitropa Cup 1936 season. Ferencváros entered the first round and won the first tie 5–2 against Slavia Prague, but the away match was lost to 4–0. Therefore, Ferencváros was eliminated from the Mitropa Cup 1936.^[43]

In 1937 Ferencváros participated in the Mitropa Cup. In the first round Ferencváros played in Prague, Czechoslovakia and drew (2–2) with Slavia Prague. At home Ferencváros beat Slavia Prague 3–1 and qualified for the next round. In the quarter-finals Ferencváros hosted First Vienna FC and beat them 2–1, while the away match was lost to 1–0. The tie was decided on a play-off which was won by Ferencváros 2–1. In the semi-finals Ferencváros lost to Austria Wien 4–1 in Wien, Austria while won the home match was won by Ferencváros 6–1 and qualified for the finals. In the final of the Mitrop Cup 1937, Ferencváros beat Lazio 4–2 at home on 12 September and 5–4 in Rome, Italy on 24 October.^[44]

1940s

In the 1940s, Ferencváros celebrated two Hungarian League titles in 1941^[45] and in 1949.^[46] In the 1940–41 season the team scored more than one hundred goals. In the 1940s, Ferencváros were the first team to fly to the United States. On 31 October 1948, Ferencváros played their 1000th match in the Hungarian National Championship I. In the 1948–49 season, the team celebrated their 50th anniversary with a gold medal. During this season the team scored 140 goals in 30 matches (Ferenc Deák scored 59 goals). The team won the Hungarian Cup three times in 1942, 1943, and 1944.

1950s

The 1950s was dominated by Budapest Honvéd and Ferencváros failed to win any Hungarian League titles. However, Ferencváros won the Hungarian Cup title in 1958.^[47] In 1951, the team changed their name to Kinizsi.

1960s

In the 1960s Ferencváros won the Hungarian League four times (1963, 1964, 1967, and 1968). Ferencváros played in three European finals, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65 against Juventus, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68 against Leeds United and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75 against Dynamo Kyiv. Although Ferencváros only won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65, they are the only Hungarian team to win a European trophy.

Ferencváros entered the first season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup,^[48] the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1960-61. In the first round Ferencváros lost 4–2 to Rangers in Glasgow, Scotland on 1 August 1960. The second round was won by Ferencváros 2–1 at home on 11 August 1960.^[49]

Ferencváros entered the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1962–63 season. In the first round Ferencváros lost 4–3 the first leg to Viktoria Köln, in Köln, Germany, while the second leg was won by Ferencváros 4–1. In the second round, on 1 December 1962 Ferencváros lost 1–0 to Sampdoria in Genoa, Italy. On 12 December 1962 Ferencváros beat Sampdoria 6–0 at home. In the quarter-finals Ferencváros beat Petrolul Ploiești 2–0 at home, while lost the away match 1–0 in Ploiești, Romania. In the semi-finals, Ferencváros lost to NK Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 at home and Ferencváros lost the away match 2–1 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.^[50]

Ferencváros won the 1962–63 season of the Hungarian League.^[51] Therefore, Ferencváros entered the European Cup 1963-64 season. On 11 September 1963, Ferencváros lost to Galatasaray 4–0 at the BJK İnönü Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. On 12 October 1963, the second leg was won by Ferencváros 2–0 but the Turkish club qualified for the next round on 4–2 aggregate.^[52]

Ferencváros won the 1964 season of the Hungarian League.^[53]

Ferencváros entered the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65. Ferencváros beat Spartak Brno 2–0 at home and lost to 1–0 away. In the second round Ferencváros lost 1–0 to Wiener Sport-Club in Wien, Austria, but won their home match 2–1. In the play-off match Ferencváros won 2–0 in Budapest and qualified for the next round. In the third round Ferencváros beat Roma 2–1 at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy. The home match was also won by Ferencváros by beating AS Roma 1–0. In the quarter-finals Ferencváros beat Athletic Bilbao 1–0 at home. However, Ferencváros lost 2–1 to Athletic Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain. The play-off match was won by Ferencváros 3–0 in Budapest. In the semi-finals Ferencváros lost 3–2 to Manchester United at the Old Trafford, Manchester, England. The home match was won by Ferencváros 1–0. The play-off match was also won by Ferencváros by 2–1 in Budapest. The 1965 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was played on 23 June 1965 in Turin at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in front of the home crowd of Juventus, 40,000 spectators. The only goal of the match was scored in the 74th minute by Máté Fenyvesi and Ferencváros won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.^[54][55]

Ferencváros entered 1965–66 European Cup. In the preliminary round, Ferencváros beat Keflavík 4–1 in Reykjavík, Iceland on 29 August 1965.^[56] The second leg was won by Ferencváros 9–1 at the Népstadion on 8 September 1965.^[57] In the first round, Ferencváros drew (0–0) with Panathinaikos at the Népstadion on 10 November 1965.^[58] The second leg was won by Ferencváros 3–1 at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece on 17 November 1965.^[59] In the quarter-finals, on 13 February 1966 Ferencváros lost 4–0 to FC Internazionale at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, in Milan, Italy.^[60] The second leg was a 1–1 draw at the Népstadion on 2 March 1966.^[61]

Ferencváros participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966-67 season. Ferencváros drew (3–3) with NK Olimpija Ljubljana in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, while Ferencváros won their home match 3–0 in Budapest. In the second round Ferencváros drew with Örgryte IS (0–0) in Örgryte, Sweden, but Ferencváros could win their home match 7–1. In the third round Ferencváros lost 4–1 to Eintracht Frankfurt in Frankfurt, West Germany, but Ferencváros could win their home match 2–1 in Budapest. However, Ferencváros were eiliminated from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.^[62]

Ferencváros won the 1967 season of the Hungarian League.^[63]

Flórián Albert was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. He is the most successful Ferencváros since the formation of the club, scoring 255 goals in 351 matches from 1958–74.

In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68, Ferencváros lost 3–1 to FC Argeș in Pitești, Romania. However, Ferencváros won their home match by 4–0 and advanced to the next round. In the second round Ferencváros lost 2–1 to Real Zaragoza in Zaragoza, Spain. At home Ferencváros won the tie 3–0. In the third round Ferencváros beat Liverpool 1–0 at home. At Anfield, Liverpool, England, Ferencváros also beat Liverpool 1–0. In the quarter-finals Ferencváros beat Athletic Bilbao 2–1 at home, and Ferencváros also could win 2–1 away and qualified for the next round on 4–2 aggregate. In the semi-finals Ferencváros beat Bologna 3–2 at home and drew (2–2) in Bologna, Italy. In the first leg of the final, Ferencváros lost 1–0 to Leeds United at Elland Road, and drew 0–0 in the second match at the Népstadion in front of 76,000 spectators, which meant that Ferencváros failed to claim their second Inter-Cities Fairs Cup title.^[64]

Ferencváros won the 1968 season of the Hungarian League.^[65] Therefore, Ferencváros could have entered the European Cup 1968-69 season, but the club withdrew in protest to a redraw by UEFA of the first round keeping clubs from Eastern Europe and Western Europe separate, after western countries had threatened a boycott due to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.^[66][67]

Ferencváros entered the European Cup 1969-70 season. In the first round Ferencváros lost 2–1 to CSKA Sofia in Sofia, Bulgaria on 17 September 1969.^[68] The home match was won by Ferencváros 4–1 on 1 October 1969.^[69] In the second round Ferencváros lost 3–0 to Leeds United at Elland Road in Leeds, England on 12 November 1969.^[70] At home Ferencváros were also beaten 3–0 on 26 November 1969 which resulted the farewell of the club from the European Cup.^[71]

1970s

In the 1970s, Ferencváros won the Hungarian League only once, in 1976, but were more successful in the Hungarian Cup, which they won four times (1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978).

Ferencváros entered the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970-71. In the first round, Ferencváros lost 1–0 to Liverpool in Liverpool, England. At home Ferencváros drew (1–1) with Liverpool which resulted their farewell from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.^[72]

Ferencváros participated in the first edition of the UEFA Cup, the 1971–72 UEFA Cup. In the first round, Ferencváros drew (1–1) with Fenerbahçe at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, in Istanbul, Turkey on 14 September 1971.^[73] At home Ferencváros beat Fenerbahçe 3–1 on 29 September 1971.^[74] In the second round, on 20 October 1971 Ferencváros beat Panionios NFC 6–0 at home.^[75] The return match was cancelled, scheduled 4 November 1971.^[76] In the third round, Ferencváros drew with Eintracht Braunschweig in Braunschweig, West Germany on 24 November 1971.^[77] At home Ferencváros won the return match by 5–2 on 8 December 1971.^[78] On 9 March 1972, Ferencváros lost 2–1 to Željezničar at home. 3–3^[79] On 22 March 1972, Ferencváros won 2–1 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. On penalty shoot-out Ferencváros won 5–4.^[80] In the semi-finals Ferencváros drew (2–2) with Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. at home,^[81] and lost 2–1 in Wolverhampton, England.^[82]

Ferencváros entered the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1972-73 season. In the first round, Ferencváros lost Floriana 0–1,^[83] in Malta. On the return match Ferencváros won 6–0 and qualified for the next round.^[84] In the second round Ferencváros beat Sparta Prague 2–0 at home,^[85] but Ferencváros lost 4–1 on the return match and were eliminated from the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.^[86]

Ferencváros entered the 1973-74 UEFA Cup. On 19 September 1973, Ferencváros lost 1–0 to Gwardia Warszawa at home.^[87] On 3 October 1973, Ferencváros were beaten 2–1 in Warsaw, Poland.^[88]

Ferencváros participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75 season. In the first round, Ferencváros beat Cardiff City 2–0 at home.^[89] The return match was won by Ferencváros 4–1 in Cardiff, Wales.^[90] In the second round, Ferencváros drew (1–1) with Liverpool at Anfield, in Liverpool, England.^[91] On the return match, the result was a goaless draw which resulted the qualification of Ferencváros for the next round.^[92] In the quarter-finals, Ferencváros beat Malmö FF 3–1 in Malmö, Sweden.^[93] On the return match, Ferencváros drew with Malmö (1–1).^[94] In the semi-finals, Ferencváros beat Red Star Belgrade 2–1 at home.^[95] On the return match Ferencváros drew with Red Star Belgrade (2–2) in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.^[96] In the final Ferencváros lost 3–0 to Dynamo Kyiv.^[97]

Ferencváros won the 1975–76 season of the Hungarian League.^[98] Therefore, Ferencváros could enter the European Cup 1976-77. Ferencváros beat Jeunesse Esch 5–1 at home on 15 September 1976.^[99] On 29 September 1976, Ferencváros also won the return match by 6–2.^[100] In the second round, Ferencváros beat Dynamo Dresden 1–0 at home on 20 October 1976.^[101] However, on 3 November 1976, Ferencváros were beaten by Dresden 4–0 in Dresden, East Germany which resulted the farewell for the club.^[102]

Ferencváros entered the 1977-78 UEFA Cup. On 17 September 1977, Ferencváros were beaten 3–0 by Marek Dupnitsa at the Bonchuk Stadium in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria.^[103] On the return match, on 28 September 1977, Ferencváros won 2–0 but failed to qualify for the next round.^[104]

Ferencváros entered the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1978-79 season. In the first round Ferencváros beat Kalmar FF 2–0 at home.^[105] On the return match, Ferencváros drew with Kalmar (2–2) and qualified for the next round.^[106] In the second round, Ferencváros lost the first leg of the tie against 1. FC Magdeburg by 1–0 in Magdeburg, East Germany.^[107] At home, Ferencváros won 2–1 but the East German team won on away goals.^[108]

Ferencváros participated in the 1979-80 UEFA Cup. On 18 September 1979, Ferencváros were beaten 3–0 by Lokomotiv Sofia at the Lokomotiv Stadium, in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[109] On 3 October 1979, Ferencváros won 2–0 but they were unable to qualify for the next round.^[110]

On 17 March 1974, the legendary and iconic Flórián Albert played his last match and said adieu with a goal.

1980s

Ferencváros won the 1980–81 season of the Hungarian League.^[111] As a consequence, Ferencváros entered the European Cup 1981-82 season. In the first round Ferencváros beat Baník Ostrava 3–2 at home on 16 September 1981.^[112] However, Frencváros lost 3–0 in Bazaly Stadium in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia on 30 September 1981.^[113]

Ferencváros entered the 1982-83 UEFA Cup. In the first round, Ferencváros beat Athletic Bilbao 2–1 at home.^[114] On the return match Ferencváros drew (1–1) with Athletic Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain.^[115] In the second round, Ferencváros drew with FC Zürich (1–1) at home.^[116] On the return match, Ferencváros lost to 1–0 in Zürich, Switzerland and they were eliminated from the UEFA Cup.^[117]

Ferencváros participated in the 1983-84 UEFA Cup. On 14 September, Ferencváros lost 4–2 to PSV Eindhoven in Eindhoven, Netherlands.^[118] On 28 September 1983, Ferencváros were beaten 2–0 at home by PSV Eindhoven and were eliminated from the UEFA Cup.^[119]

Ferencváros entered the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1989-90 season. In the first round, Ferencváros beat Haka 5–1 at home.^[120] On the return match, the final result was a 1–1 draw.^[121] In the second round, Ferencváros lost 1–0 to VfB Admira Wacker Mödling in Mödling, Austria.^[122] At home Ferencváros were also beaten by Admira Wacker 1–0.^[123]

Tibor Nyilasi was awarded the Silver Shoes by scoring 30 goals in one season.

1990s

In the 1990s Ferencváros won the Hungarian League three times, in 1992, 1995, and 1996. As far as the Hungarian Cup is concerned, Ferencváros won four titles in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995.

Ferencváros entered the 1990-91 UEFA Cup season.^[124]

Ferencváros won the 1990–91 season of the Hungarian Cup. Therefore, Ferencváros entered the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1991-92 season. In the first round, Ferencváros beat Levski Sofia 3–2 in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[125] At home Ferencváros beat 4–1 Levski Sofia abnd qualified for the next round.^[126] In the second round, Ferencváros lost 3–2 to Werder Bremen, in Bremen, Germany.^[127] At home, Ferencváros lost 1–0 and they were eliminated from the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.^[128]

Ferencváros won the 1992–93 season of the Hungarian Cup. Consequently, Ferencváros were eligible for entering the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1993-94. In the first round, Ferencváros were beaten 3–0 by FC Wacker Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria.^[129] On the return match wacker Innsbruck beat Ferencváros 2–1 in Budapest.^[130]

Ferencváros won the 1993–94 season of the Hungarian Cup. Therefore, Ferencváros could enter the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994-95 season. In the preliminary round, Ferencváros beat F91 Dudelange 6–1 at home.^[131] On the return match, Ferencváros could also score 6 goals and won the match by 6–1 in Dudelange, Luxembourg.^[132] In the first round, Ferencváros lost 2–1 to CSKA Moscow in Moscow, Russia.^[133] At home, Ferencváros beat CSKA Moscow 2–1 and won the penalty shoot-out by 7–6.^[134] In the second round, Ferencváros lost 6–0 to FC Porto in Porto, Portugal.^[135] However, the return match was won by Ferencváros 2–0 at home.^[136]

Ferencváros won the 1994–95 season of the Hungarian League. Therefore, Ferencváros were eligible for entering the UEFA Champions League 1995-96 season. On 9 August 1995, Ferencváros beat RSC Anderlecht 1–0 in Brussels, Belgium in the qualifying round on 9 August 1995.^[137] On the return match, Ferencváros drew with Anderlecht (1–1) on 23 August 1995 which resulted the qualification for the group stage of the 1995.^[138] On 13 September 1995, Ferencváros beat Grasshoppers 3–0 in Stadion Hardturm, in Zürich, Switzerland. On the second matchday, Ferencváros were beaten by Ajax Amsterdam 5–1 at home. On 18 October 1995, Ferencváros were beaten 6–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium by Real Madrid. On 1 November 1995, Ferencváros drew with Real Madrid at home. On the fifth matchday, Ferencváros drew with Grasshoppers (3–3) at home. On the last matchday, Ferencváros were beaten 4–0 at the Olympisch Stadion by Ajax Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[139]

Ferencváros won the 1995–96 season of the Hungarian League. As a consequence, Ferencváros entered the UEFA Champions League 1996-97 season. On 7 August 1996, Ferencváros lost 3–0 to IFK Göteborg in Göteborg, Sweden.^[140] On 21 August 1996, Ferencváros drew with Göteborg and they were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League.^[141]

Ferencváros entered the 1996-97 UEFA Cup. Ferencváros beat Olympiacos 3–1 at home in the first round on 10 September 1996^[142] Ferencváros beat Olympiacos 3–0 in Pireus, Greece on 24 September 1996.^[143] On 15 October 1996, Ferencváros beat Newcastle United 3–2 at home,^[144] but on the return match Newcastle beat Ferencváros 4–0 at the St James' Park on 29 October 1996.^[145]

Ferencváros entered the 1997-98 UEFA Cup. In the first qualifying round, Ferencváros beat Bohemian 1–0 in Dublin, Ireland.^[146] On the return match, Ferencváros won 5–0 on 29 July 1997.^[147] In the second qualifying round, Ferencváros beat Helsingborgs IF 1–0 in Helsingborg, Sweden on 12 August 1997.^[148] On the return match Ferencváros lost 1–0 to Helsingborg, but won on penalty shoot-out 4–3.^[149] In the first round, Ferencváros lost 3–0 to OFI Crete in Iraklion, Greece.^[150] On the return match, Ferencváros won 2–1 but they were unable to qualify for the next round.^[151]

Ferencváros participated in the 1998-99 UEFA Cup. Ferencváros beat CE Principat 6–0 at home on 22 July 1998.^[152] On the return match, Ferencváros won 8–1 at the DEVK-Arena in Andorra la Vella, Andorra.^[153] In the second qualifying round, Ferencváros beat AEK Athens 4–2 at home.^[154] However, on 25 August 1998 Ferencváros were beaten 4–0 in Athens, Greece.^[155]

Ferencváros entered the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup. In the qualifying round, Ferencváros beat FC Tiraspol 3–1 at home.^[156] On 26 August 1999, Ferencváros drew with Tiraspol (1–1) in Chișinău, Moldavia.^[157] In the first round, Ferencváros lost 3–1 to FK Teplice in Teplice, Czech Republic.^[158] On the return match, Ferencváros drew (1–1) with Teplice at home on 30 September 1999.^[159]

2000s

Csank-led Ferencváros won the 2000–01 season of the Hungarian League. As a consequence, Ferencváros were eligible for entering the 2001-02 UEFA Champions League. On 25 July 2001, Ferencváros drew (0–0) with Hajduk Split at home.^[160] On 1 August 2001, Ferencváros drew (0–0) with Hajduk Split at the Stadion Poljud in Split, Croatia. Ferencváros lost on penalty shoot-out (5–4) and they were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League.^[161]

In 2003, Ferencváros were listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange, the first Hungarian club to become a public limited company.^[162]

Pintér-lead Ferencváros to win the 2002–03 season. Therefore, Ferencváros could enter the 2004-05 UEFA Champions League season. On 27 July 2004, Ferencváros beat KF Tirana 3–2 in Tirana, Albania.^[163] On the return match, on 4 August 2004, Ferencváros lost 1–0 to Tirana, but qualified for the next round on away goals rule.^[164] In the third-qualifying round Ferencváros beat Sparta Prague 1–0 at home on 11 August 2004.^[165] On 25 August 2004, Ferencváros lost 1–0 at the Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic. After extra time Sparta Prague scored one goal and eliminated Ferencváros from the UEFA Champions League.^[166][167] However, Ferencváros were eligible for entering the first round of the 2004-05 UEFA Cup. On 16 September 2004, Ferencváros drew with Millwall (1–1) at The Den, South Bermondsey, London.^[168] On 30 September 2004, Ferencváros beat Millwall 3–1 at home and qualified for the 2004-05 UEFA Cup group stage.^[169][170] On 4 November 2004, Ferencváros drew with Feyenoord (1–1) at home.^[171][172] On 25 November 2004, Ferencváros lost 2–0 to Schalke 04 at the Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.^[173] On 1 December 2004, Ferencváros lost 2–1 to FC Basel at home.^[174] On 15 December 2004, Ferencváros defeated Hearts 1–0 at the Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland.^{[175][176][177][178]}

On 16 November 2004, Ferencváros launched a wide-ranging anti-racism campaign in order to eliminate intolerance and discrimination in football. Four club players, including half Nigerian/half Hungarian Sowunmi and half Brazilian/half-Hungarian Leandro, Lipcsei, Rósa and head coach, Csaba László, featured on a campaign poster carrying the slogan Silence Racism. The club asked their supporters to show the poster in the second minute of the 2004-05 UEFA Cup group stage match against Feyenoord on 4 November 2004. After the match, Feyenoord coach Gullit said: "it was a great idea by Ferencváros".^[179]

In the 2004–05 season of the Hungarian League, Ferencváros finished second and therefore qualified for the 2005-06 UEFA Cup.^[180] On 14 July 2005, Ferencváros lost 0–2 to Partizan Minsk at home.^{[181][182][183]} On 28 July 2005, Ferencváros beat Partizan Minsk 2–1 in Minsk, Belarus, but Ferencváros were eliminated from the UEFA Cup.^[184]

In the 2005–06 season Ferencváros finished 6th in the Hungarian League. However, in July 2006, the club was relegated from the Hungarian League to the Hungarian League 2 as a punishment for continued financial difficulties. The club challenged the legality of this move in court. Ferencváros won the case as the verdict declared that the move of the Hungarian Football Federation was against the law. An out-of-court agreement between the club and the Hungarian Football Federation was reached.

In the season 2006–07 of the Hungarian League 2, Nyiregyhaza Spartacus beat Ferencváros to promotion in a tight contest, ensuring that Ferencváros stayed in the second division. Despite investments in players, including former Ferencváros stars, the season 2007–08 brought further trouble. This time Kecskemét and Szolnok both outran Ferencváros in the Eastern Group of the Hungarian League 2 title race. In 2009 Craig Short was nominated as the new manager of the club.^[185][186] In the 2008–09 season, however, Ferencváros finally secured its return to the Hungarian League on 22 May 2009 .

2010s

In the 2010–11 season of the Hungarian League Ferencváros finished third. As a consequence, Ferencváros entered the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League season. On 30 June 2011, Ferencváros beat Ulisses 3–0 at home in the first qualifying round.^[187] On 7 July 2011, Ferencváros beat Ulisses 2–0 at the Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia.^[188] On 14 July, Ferencváros beat Aalesunds FK 2–1 at home.^[189] On 21 July 2011, Ferencváros lost 2–1 to Aalesunds in Ålesund, Norway. Alesunds won 3–1 after extra time and eliminated Ferencváros from the UEFA Europa League.^[190]

On 31 October 2011, club legend Flórián Albert died at the age of 70 after complications following heart surgery.^[191][192]

Ferencváros finished third in the 2013–14 season. Therefore, Ferencváros entered the 2014-15 UEFA Europa League season. In the first leg of the first qualifying round, the Maltese Sliema Wanderers F.C. drew with Ferencváros (1–1) at the Ta Quali Stadium in Ta'Qali on Malta on 1 July 2014.^[193] In the second leg, Ferencváros beat Sliema Wanderers F.C. 2–1 at the Puskas Ferenc Stadium on 10 July 2014.^[194] On 17 July 2014, the Croatian HNK Rijeka beat Ferencváros 1–0 at the Stadion Kantrida in Rijeka, Croatia in the first leg of the second qualifying round.^[195] On the return match, Ferencváros were also beaten by HNK Rijeka (2–1) at the Puskás Ferenc Stadium on 24 July 2014. The Croatian club eliminated Ferencváros from the 2014-15 UEFA Europa League on 3–1 aggregate.^[196]

On 20 May 2015, Ferencváros beat Videoton 4–0 at the Groupama Arena in the 2014–15 Magyar Kupa Final.^[197]

In the 2014–15 season of the Hungarian League Ferencváros finished second and qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League season.

Crest and colours

On 3 May 1899, Ferencvárosi TC was founded by citizens of the 9th district of Budapest.

The colurs of the club are      green and      white.

• 

  1995 - 2008

• 

  2008 - current

Naming history

• 1899–1951: Ferencvárosi Torna Club
• 1951–1956: Kinizsi
• 1956–present: Ferencvárosi Torna Club

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The following table shows in detail Ferencvárosi TC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
−1987	adidas	Márka
1987–1990		Pepsi
1990–1991		Hargita Kft.
1991–1992		–
1992–1993	Umbro
1993–1995		West
1995–1996	adidas
1996–1999		symphonia
1999–2000		–
2000–2001		Dunapack
2002		Arany Ászok
2002–2003		Westel
2003–2004	Nike
2004–2007		T-Mobile
2007–2008		Orangeways / Interwetten
2008–2009		Orangeways
2009–2010		Unibet
2010–2011		FantasticLeague.com
2011–2014		Groupama Garancia
2015		Fő Taxi
2015–		T-Mobile

Current sponsorships:

• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Nike
• Main Diamond Sponsor: Groupama Garancia Insurance
• Diamond ranked sponsors: Fővárosi Csatornázási Művek, Szerencsejáték Zrt.
• Exclusive Partners: Provident, Budapest Gas Works Co., SEAT, Market Építőipari Zrt.
• Fradi Business Club members: Dover, BTel, Auguszt Confectionery, Endo Service, Raditech, HungestHotel, San Benedetto, GDF Suez, 'Nem adom fel' Foundation

Stadiums and Facilities

The first stadium of the club was started to be built in the autumn of 1910. On 12 February 1911, Ferencváros played their first match against Budapest rival MTK Budapest which was won by the club. The starting line-up consisted of Fritz, Rumbold, Magnlitz, Weinber, Bródy, Payer, Szeitler, Weisz, Koródy, Schlosser, Borbás. The first stadium could host 40,000 spectators.

In 1971 the stands were demolished and a new stadium was started to be built. The new stadium was inaugurated on the 75th anniversary of the club. On 19 May 1974, the first match was played against the Vasas old boys. The new stadium could host 29,505 spectators (including 10 771 seats and 18 734 standing). In the 1990s the stadium was redesigned to meet the UEFA requirements therefore its capacity was reduced to 18 100. On 21 December 2007, the stadium was changed from Üllői úti Stadion to Stadion Albert Flórián. Flórián Albert, the former Ferencváros icon, was present at the inauguration ceremony.

Groupama Arena, multi-purpose stadium, is the third home of the club. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators in UEFA matches and 23,700 in Hungarian League matches. The stadium was designed by Ágnes Streit and Szabolcs Kormos and was built by Market Építő Zrt. from 2013 to 2014. In the arena there can be found the Ferencváros Museum and a fan shop too. The stadium is cutting edge in its vein matching entrance system. On 10 August 2014, Ferencváros played the opening match against Chelsea F.C..^{[198][199][200]}

Ownership

On 14 February 2008, Sheffield United Public limited company chairman, Kevin McCabe, successfully acquired a tender to purchase Ferencváros. McCabe's Hungarian company, Esplanade Limited liability company bought Ferencváros' real estate for £8.45 million with a view to start paying off the ₤ 5 million debts.^[201][202] In April 2008, Ferencváros Torna Club officially agreed to sell the football club, Ferencváros Labdarúgó ZRt. to Esplanade Kft., McCabe's company in Hungary.^[203]

In 2011, McCabe relinquished his ownership of the club after describing a "strained relationship" with some minority shareholders.^[204]

On 25 February 2011, Gábor Kubatov, Hungarian MP, was appointed as the president of Ferencváros.^[205]

On 28 October 2014, Gábor Kubatov was re-elected to serve another four-year term as the president of the club.^[206]

Supporters

Supporters of Ferencváros are mainly from the capital city of Hungary, Budapest. However, the club is popular all over Hungary. The supporters of Ferencváros are considered as the most violent in Hungary.^[207]

Friendships

The fans have friendships with fans of Rapid Wien^[208] and Panathinaikos, and as all three play in Green the alliance is nicknamed the "Green Brothers". They also have friendly relations with fans of Śląsk Wrocław, who also play in green. In past they had friendly relations with fans of Bałtyk Gdynia.

Rivalries

Ferencváros are in rivalry with several teams from Budapest including MTK Budapest, Újpest, Budapest Honvéd and several provincial clubs such as Debrecen^[209] and Diósgyőr. Since Ferencváros have been the most successful club of the Hungarian Football history by winning 28 Hungarian League titles, 21 Hungarian Cup titles and 2 Hungarian League Cup titles and the most successful Hungarian club in the European football competitions by winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65 season every club in the Hungarian League wants to defeat them.

The biggest rivalry is with Újpest, which dates back to the 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian League title. Since then the fixture between the two teams attracts the most spectators in the dometistic league.^[210] The matches between the two team often ends in violence which causes big trouble for the Hungarian football. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.

The fixture between Ferencváros and MTK Budapest FC is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary, which dates back to as early as the 1903 season when Ferencváros first won the Hungarian League. In the following three decades either Ferencváros or MTK Budapest won the domestic league.

Honvéd are also considered fierce rivals as the clubs are in very close proximity to each other and in the past frequently competed for honours.

Hooliganism

On 26 November 2002, the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Committee fined Ferencváros €18,300 for fireworks and hooliganism-related offences committed by the fans of Ferencváros before and after the 2002-03 UEFA Cup second tie against VfB Stuttgart on 12 November 2002.^[211]

In 2004, Ferencváros were charged by UEFA with crowd trouble and racist abuse after playing Millwall in the 2004-05 UEFA Cup tie in Budapest, Hungary.^[212] Four fans of Millwall suffered stab wounds. The racist abuse was directed at Millwall's players of African origin, Ifill.^[213][214]

On 17 July 2013, Ferencváros fans fought with police after a friendly match against Leeds United, which ended with a 1–0 victory over the Championship club, in Murska Sobota, Slovenia.^[215]

On 27 January 2015, Gábor Kubatov, president of the club, said that he would have the fines paid by the supporters. Kubatov aims to cease the racism and violence at the stadium.^[216]

On 19 July 2014, UEFA issued sanctions against Ferencvaros and Diósgyőr and Slovakia’s Spartak Trnava, following racist behaviour by their fans during 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying matches against Maltese sides Sliema Wanderers, Birkirkara and Hibernians respectively. Ferencvaros were the hardest hit by the UEFA measures as club were fined by €20,000 and the partial closure of their stadium following monkey chants and racist banners displayed in both legs in Malta and Hungary.^[217]

On 9 February 2015, the UEFA refused the appeal of Ferencváros in connection with the incident before and after the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying match between NK Rijeka and Ferencváros. According to the verdict, Ferencváros supporters are not allowed to attend the following UEFA match at home.^[218]

Famous Supporters

Károly Eperjes Péter Lékó László Aradszky (musician) Fecó Balázs (musician)[219] Zsolt Baumgartner (Formula One pilot) Zsuzsa Csala (actress)[220] Jenő Csiszár (journalist)[221] Imre Bajor (actor) Gyula Deák Bill (musician)[222] István Bujtor (actor)[223] György Dörner (musician)[224] Károly Eperjes (actor)[225] Eleonore Günther (acrobat)[226] Tivadar Farkasházy (humorist, Journalist, author) Bertalan Farkas (cosmonaut)[227] László Földes (musician) Attila Gidófalvy (musician) Gyula Grosics (footballer) György Györffy (actor)[228] László Helyey (actor)[229] Tamás Hevesi (musician and manager)[230] László Kazal (actor)[231] Ervin Kibédi (actor)[232] István Klinghammer (typographist)[233] Zoltán Kocsis (pianist, conductor, Composer)[234] János Kóbor (musician)[235] László Komár (singer)[236] István Kovács (boxer) János Koós (musician)

Feró Nagy Barbara Palvin István Tarlós Zsolt Kövy (pastor)[237] Gábor Kucsera (Kayaker) Péter Lékó (chessmaster) Péter Máté (musician)[238] László Mensáros (actor)[239] Feró Nagy (musician)[240] Zoltán Novotny (journalist)[241] Gyula Ortutay (politician) Pali Balázs (musician) Barbara Palvin (model)[242] Attila Pataky (musician)[243] András Payer (actor)[244] László Palócz (opera singer)[245] Imre Rakonczai (musician) Sándor Sasvári (singer) Imre Sinkovits (actor) Miklós Springer (lawyer, the grandson of Springer)[246] Szendrey Zsolt (musician) Balázs Sziva (musician) István Sztankay (actor)[247] Zoltán Takács (musician) István Tarlós (politician & mayor of Budapest)[248] Ferenc Trethon (politician)[249] László Vitéz (film director)[250] István Vörös (musician)[251]

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 7 DF Bence Batik 10 FW András Radó 11 FW Stanislav Šesták 13 FW Dániel Böde (2nd Captain) 14 MF Dominik Nagy 15 MF Tamás Hajnal 16 DF Leandro 17 DF Ádám Pintér 19 MF Gábor Gyömbér (Captain) 20 MF Zoltán Gera (3rd Captain) 22 MF Attila Busai 24 MF Roland Lamah

No. Position Player 27 DF Michał Nalepa 30 MF Vladan Čukić 34 MF Ádám Csilus 55 GK Levente Jova 66 DF Emir Dilaver 67 MF István Lakatos 77 DF Cristian Ramírez 90 GK Dénes Dibusz 94 FW Patrik Popov 95 MF Attila Haris 97 FW Roland Varga 99 MF Ádám Nagy MF Florian Trinks

Retired numbers

• 2 – Tibor Simon, Defender (1985–99) – posthumous honour.^[252]
• 12 – "The 12th man", reserved for club supporters. Number retired in 2007.

Notable former players

Had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Ferencváros.

Akeem Adams 11 Flórián Albert 4 5 Flórián Albert, Jr. Aleksandar Bajevski László Bálint 6 Zoltán Balogh Zsolt Bárányos Matthew Bartholomew Muhamed Bešić 10 Mihály Bíró 2 Dániel Böde Elemér Berkessy Zoltán Blum Gáspár Borbás Predrag Bošnjak Sándor Bródy László Budai Márton Bukovi Ákos Buzsáky Zoltán Bükszegi Csaba Csizmadia László Czéh Zoltán Czibor Jenő Dalnoki Ferenc Deák Lajos Détári Tommy Doherty Attila Dragóner József Eisenhoffer Márton Esterházy Tibor Fábián Teslim Fatusi Gyula Feldmann Máté Fenyvesi 3 4 5 István Ferenczi Pál Fischer Zoltán Friedmanszky 3 Ákos Füzi Emil Gabrovitz

Zoltán Gera István Géczi 5 József Gregor Gyula Grosics Gábor Gyepes László Gyetvai Gábor Gyömbér Justin Haber József Háda 1 2 Attila Hajdu Tamás Hajnal Juha Hakola Ferenc Hámori Marek Heinz Ferenc Horváth György Horváth János Hrutka Szabolcs Huszti Aleksandar Jović István Juhász Geza Kalocsai Adem Kapič Tibor Kemény 1 András Keresztúri Géza Kertész Béla Kiss Martin Klein Sándor Kocsis Lajos Korányi 2 Béla Kovács János Kovács Attila Kriston László Kubala Lajos Kű Zsolt Laczkó Károly Lakat Benjamin Lauth Gyula Lázár 1 2

Leandro Miklós Lendvai Zsolt Limperger Péter Lipcsei Krisztián Lisztes Antal Lyka István Magyar Gyula Mándl Sándor Mátrai 3 4 5 Győző Martos 6 János Máté János Mátyus József Mészáros Vasile Miriuță Jason Morrison Sándor Nemes Dezső Novák Elek Nyilas Tibor Nyilasi 6 7 Gábor Obitz József Pálinkás Miklós Páncsics Mihály Pataki Attila Pinte Attila Pintér Gyula Polgár 1 2 Gábor Pölöskei 7 László Pusztai 6 László Rácz 8 9 Tibor Rab 6 7 Gyula Rákosi 4 5 László Répási István Rodenbücher Dénes Rósa Gyula Rumbold József Sándor Béla Sárosi 2 György Sárosi 1 2 André Schembri

Imre Schlosser Ernő Schwarz Geza Šifliš Tibor Simon Vilmos Sipos Illés Sitku Thomas Sowunmi Imre Szabics Ferenc Szabó József Szabó László Szabó Ferenc Szedlacsek Tamás Szekeres István Szőke Lajos Szűcs Lajos Szűcs Ákos Takács József Takács Krisztián Timár Mihály Tóth István Tóth Potya Attila Tököli Géza Toldi 1 2 Dániel Tőzsér József Turay Djordje Tutoric Robert Vágner Zoltán Varga 5 Zoltán Végh Gábor Vincze Ottó Vincze Dragan Vukmir Ferenc Weisz Jan-Michael Williams Rafe Wolfe Wolry Wolfe László Wukovics Gábor Zavadszky Zalán Zombori

Notes

Note 1: played at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. Note 2: played at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Note 3: played at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Note 4: played at the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Note 5: played at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Note 6: played at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Note 7: played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Note 8: played at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Note 9: played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Note 10: played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Note 11: suffered heart attack after Ferencvárosi TC–Újpest FC derby on 27 September 2013 and died 30 December 2013.[253][254][255]

Non-playing staff

Board of directors Position Name President Gábor Kubatov Vice-president Máté Kocsis Member of the Presidium András Sike Member of the Presidium József Farkas Member of the Presidium Miklós Kovács Member of the Presidium Beatrix Kökény Member of the Presidium György Rieb Member of the Presidium Miklós Dr. Springer Member of the Presidium Financial Manager Miklós Szalai

Board of Supervision Position Name President György Kassai Member of the Board of Supervision Péter Császár Member of the Board of Supervision Péter Burg Member of the Board of Supervision Gábor Dr. Balczó Member of the Board of Supervision Botond Kerényi

Coaches

First team

Position Name Manager Thomas Doll Assistant Coach Csaba Máté Assistant Coach Ralf Zumdick Goalkeeper Coach Tamás Balogh Fitness Coach Péter Bali Masseur 1 László Eisenmann Masseur 2 Gábor Lipcsei Technical director Ferenc Haáz Club doctor 1 Gergely Pánics Club doctor 2 Gábor Reha Physiotherapist Timo Sijbertsma Sport psychologist Sándor Nagy Video analyst Ákos Balogh Kit manager Péter Czakó Second team Position Name Manager Péter Lipcsei Advisor Theo Schneider [256]

Thomas Doll became the coach of the club on 18 December 2013 Former Ferencváros legend, Péter Lipcsei is the manager of the second team

Former presidents

Year Ferenc Springer 1899–20 Aladár Mattyók 1920–23 Ernő Gschwindt 1923–31 Béla Mailinger 1931–44 Béla Usetty 1937–44 Andor Jaross 1944 Adolf Nádas 1944–50 Ferenc Münnich 1948–50 Árpád Nöhrer 1950–51 István Száraz 1951–52 Béla Komoretto 1953–55 Károly Weidemann 1956–58 János Bédi 1958–62 Aladár Végh 1962–65 István Kalmár 1966–70 János Harót 1970–71 Lajos Lénárt 1971–81

Year Tibor Losonci 1980–85 Imre Kovács 1981–88 Károly Hargitai 1985–90 Ferenc Szabó 1988–89 István Debreczeny 1989–90 Lajos Harza 1990–94 István Szívós 1991–98 Péter Szerdahelyi 1994–96 Benedek Fülöp 1996-98 József Torgyán 1999–01 János Furulyás 2001–06 Miklós Inácsy 2006 Zsolt Dámosy 2006–07 György Reib 2007–10 Miklós Kovács 2010–11 Gábor Kubatov 2011–

Andor Jaross became president of the club in 1944 Ferenc Münnich was president of the club between 1948–1950

Former coaches

István Tóth-Potya (1926–30) Zoltán Blum (1930–37) Sándor Bródy (1937) József Sándor (1937) Emil Rauchmaul (1937–38) György Hlavay (1938–39) Lajos Dimény (1939–42) István Tóth-Potya (1943) Alfréd Schaffer (01/07/1943–30/06/1944) Pál Szabó (1945) István Mike (1940s) Gábor Urbancsik (1945–46) Lajos Dimény (1946–47) Zoltán Opata (1947) Antal Lyka (1948–50) Miklós Vadas (1950) Gábor Urbancsik (1951) Ferenc Deák (1952) Károly Sós (1953–56)

Árpád Csanádi (1957) Sándor Tátrai (1958–61) József Mészáros (01/07/1961–31/12/1965) Oszkár Vilezsál (1965) Sándor Tátrai (1966) Károly Lakat (01/01/1967–31/12/1969) Géza Kalocsay (01/01/1970–31/12/1970) Jenő Dalnoki (1970) Ferenc Csanádi (1970–73) Dezső Novák (01/01/1973–30/06/1973) Jenő Dalnoki (1973–78) Zoltán Friedmanszky (1978–80) Dezső Novák (01/07/1980–31/12/1983) Géza Vincze (1984–85) Jenő Dalnoki (1985–87) Gyula Rákosi (1987–90) Tibor Nyilasi (1990–94) Dezső Novák (01/07/1994–30/06/1996) József Mucha (interim) (1996)

Zoltán Varga (1996–97) Tibor Nyilasi (1997–98) Marijan Vlak (1999) József Mucha (interim) (1999) Stanko Poklepović (1999-00) János Csank (01/07/2000–30/06/2002) József Garami (01/07/2002–30/06/2003) Attila Pintér (23/12/2003–02/07/2004) Csaba László (01/07/2004–10/11/2005) Imre Gellei (10/11/2005–15/04/2007) Zoran Kuntić (16/04/2007–04/07/2007) János Csank (04/07/2007–17/04/2008) Bobby Davison (17/04/2008–30/10/2009) Craig Short (29/10/2009–25/05/2010) László Prukner (01/07/2010–16/08/2011) Tamás Nagy (interim) (16/08/2011–30/08/2011) Lajos Détári (30/08/2011–20/08/2012) Ricardo Moniz (21/08/2012–01/12/2013) Thomas Doll (18/12/2013–)

Honours

• Hungarian League
  • Winners (28) ¹²: 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 (21) ¹³: 1913, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1958, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2015
• Hungarian League Cup
  • Winners (2): 2013, 2015
• Hungarian Super Cup
  • Winners (5): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2015
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  • Winners (1): 1965
  • Runners-up (1): 1968
• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (2): 1928, 1937
  • Runners-up (4): 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940
• European Cup Winners' Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1975
• Football Impact Cup
  • Winner (1): 2013
• Challenge Cup
  • Winner (1): 1909
  • Runners-up (1): 1911

Notes

• Note 12: more than any other Hungarian football club.
• Note 13: more than any other Hungarian football club.

Season results

Domestic													International		Manager
League										C	LC	SC
#	Season	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.	Pts.	Pos.				Competition	Result
1.	1901	8	3	1	4	20–28	−8	7	3rd				Did not enter
2.	1902	8	4	1	3	14–13	+1	9	2nd				CC	R
3.	1903	14	10	1	3	51–11	+40	21	1st				CC	SF
4.	1904	16	11	2	3	48–16	+32	24	2nd				HTW
5.	1905	16	11	4	1	54–12	+42	26	1st				Did not enter		Kertész
6.	1906–07	14	11	2	1	70–20	+50	24	1st				No competitions held
7.	1907–08	16	11	3	2	62–27	+35	25	2nd
8.	1908–09	16	14	0	2	69–21	+48	28	1st				CC	W
9.	1909–10	16	13	1	2	57–17	+35	27	1st				No competitions held
10.	1910–11	18	16	0	2	77–19	+58	32	1st				CC	R
11.	1911–12	18	14	2	2	74–17	+57	30	1st				No competitions held
12.	1912–13	18	16	1	1	77–13	+64	33	1st
13.	1913–14	18	13	1	4	61–28	+33	27	2nd	W
14.	1916–17	22	11	4	7	29–23	+6	26	4th
15.	1917–18	22	14	3	5	42–22	+20	31	2nd
16.	1918–19	21	15	5	1	43–8	+35	35	2nd
17.	1919–20	28	15	10	3	37–15	+22	40	3rd
18.	1920–21	24	14	2	8	48–23	+25	30	3rd
19.	1921–22	22	16	4	2	41–13	+28	36	2nd	W
20.	1922–23	22	12	8	2	34–17	+17	32	3rd
21.	1923–24	22	11	8	3	36–15	+21	30	2nd
22.	1924–25	22	14	5	3	58–24	+34	33	2nd
23.	1925–26	22	14	5	3	58–24	+34	33	1st
24.	1926–27	18	13	4	1	51–18	+33	30	1st	W					Tóth Potya
25.	1927–28	22	19	1	2	77–23	+54	39	1st				Did not qualify
26.	1928–29	22	16	4	2	79–20	+59	36	2nd	W			MC	W
27.	1929–30	22	15	6	1	80–27	+53	36	2nd				Did not qualify
28.	1930–31	22	12	5	5	60–28	+32	29	3rd				MC	SF	Blum
29.	1931–32	22	22	0	0	105–18	+87	44	1st
30.	1932–33	22	16	3	3	80–22	+58	35	3rd	W			MC	QF
31.	1933–34	22	19	1	2	89–31	+58	39	1st				Did not qualify
32.	1934–35	22	14	5	3	72–32	+40	33	2nd				MC	SF
33.	1935–36	26	19	1	6	103–46	+57	39	3rd	W
34.	1936–37	26	20	2	4	102–32	+70	42	2nd				MC	W	Blum, Bródy
35.	1937–38	26	23	1	2	95–38	+57	47	1st						Sándor, Rauchmaul
36.	1938–39	26	19	5	2	121–44	+77	43	2nd						Dimény
37.	1939–40	26	19	1	6	77–31	+46	39	1st				No competitions held
38.	1940–41	26	21	3	2	113–47	+66	45	1st
39.	1941–42	30	15	5	10	124–69	+55	35	6th	W
40.	1942–43	30	15	6	9	84–51	+33	36	3rd	W					Dimény, Tóth Potya
41.	1943–44	30	16	4	10	71–46	+25	36	2nd	W					Schaffer
42.	1945	22	16	2	4	87–18	+79	34	2nd						Szabó, Urbancsik
43.	1945–46	18	6	4	8	39–41	−2	16	5th14						Urbancsik
44.	1946–47	30	16	6	8	70–39	+31	38	4th						Dimény, Opata
45.	1947–48	32	23	4	5	77–39	+38	50	3rd						Lyka
46.	1948–49	30	26	1	3	140–36	+104	53	1st
47.	1949–50	30	21	4	5	86–38	+48	46	2nd
48.	1950	15	5	2	8	25–30	−5	12	10th						Vadas
49.	1951	26	13	3	10	43–42	+1	29	6th						Urbancsik
50.	1952	26	8	5	13	27–54	−27	21	9th						Deák
51.	1953	26	11	8	7	37–32	+5	30	5th						Sós
52.	1954	26	16	1	9	54–31	+23	33	3rd
53.	1955	26	15	7	4	64–27	+37	37	3rd
54.	1956	22	8	8	6	38–29	+9	24	4th
55.	1957	11	5	3	3	16–11	+5	13	4th						Csanádi
56.	1957–58	26	14	5	7	53–37	+16	33	3rd	W					Tátrai
57.	1958–59	26	10	8	8	37–37	0	28	7th
58.	1959–60	26	14	4	5	56–31	+25	35	2nd
59.	1960–61	26	13	5	8	56–34	+22	31	4th				CWC	PR
60.	1961–62	26	13	7	6	45–26	+19	33	3rd						Mészáros
61.	1962–63	26	15	7	4	49–28	+21	37	1st				ICFC	SF
62.	1963	13	7	3	3	15–9	+36	17	3rd				EC	PR
63.	1964	26	19	3	4	58–27	+31	41	1st				ICFC	W
64.	1965	26	14	8	4	66–31	+32	36	2nd				EC	QF	Vilezsál
65.	1966	26	16	5	5	71–33	+38	37	2nd		ICFC	3R	Tátrai
66.	1967	30	24	4	2	85–24	+61	52	1st		ICFC	R	Lakat
67.	1968	30	21	7	2	65–26	+39	49	1st		EC	1R
68.	1969	30	15	9	6	56–33	+23	39	3rd		EC	2R
69.	1970	14	8	4	2	17–8	+9	20	2nd15		ICFC	1R	Kalocsay, Dalnoki
70.	1970–71	30	16	9	5	52–26	+26	49	2nd				Csanádi
71.	1971–72	30	14	8	8	59–36	+23	36	5th16	W	UC	SF
72.	1972–73	30	17	7	6	60–31	+29	41	2nd		CWC	2R
73.	1973–74	30	15	9	6	54–29	+25	39	2nd	W	UC	1R	Novák, Dalnoki
74.	1974–75	28	10	13	5	45–29	+16	33	3rd		CWC	R	Dalnoki
75.	1975–76	30	20	6	4	65–38	+27	46	1st	W	Did not qualify
76.	1976–77	34	18	11	5	78–42	+36	47	3rd		EC	2R
77.	1977–78	34	11	12	11	54–51	+3	34	9th	W	UC	2R
78.	1978–79	34	18	11	5	75–44	+31	47	2nd		CWC	2R	Friedmanszky
79.	1979–80	34	14	11	9	70–51	+19	39	6th		UC	1R
80.	1980–81	34	21	9	4	75–33	+42	51	1st		Did not qualify		Novák
81.	1981–82	34	20	4	10	76–46	+30	49	2nd		EC	1R
82.	1982–83	30	19	5	6	73–46	+27	43	2nd		UC	2R
83.	1983–84	30	9	9	12	43–44	−1	27	12th		UC	1R
84.	1984–85	30	11	6	13	34–38	−4	28	13th		IC	G9	Vincze
85.	1985–86	30	12	10	8	35–29	+6	34	5th		Did not qualify		Dalnoki
86.	1986–87	30	10	13	7	33–27	+6	35	5th		IC	G11
87.	1987–88	30	12	9	9	47–32	+15	33	5th		Did not qualify		Rákosi
88.	1988–89	30	16	7	7	49–29	+20	59	2nd
89.	1989–90	30	13	9	8	48–34	+14	48	3rd		CWC	2R
90.	1990–91	30	15	10	5	47–22	+25	40	2nd	W	UC	2R	Nyilasi
91.	1991–92	30	18	10	2	61–19	+42	46	1st		R	CWC		2R
92.	1992–93	30	19	3	8	49–28	+21	41	3rd	W	W	CL		1R
93.	1993–94	30	16	5	9	50–32	+18	37	4th	W	W	CWC		1R
94.	1994–95	30	17	8	5	62–41	+21	59	1st	W	W	CWC	2R	Novák
95.	1995–96	30	21	3	6	56–25	+31	66	1st			CL	GS
96.	1996–97	34	22	8	4	69–37	+32	74	3rd			CL	QR	Varga
97.	1997–98	34	20	7	7	63–43	+20	67	2nd			UC	1R	Nyilasi
98.	1998–99	34	19	7	8	61–40	+21	64	2nd			UC	2R
99.	1999–00	32	14	8	10	61–39	+22	50	5th			UC	1R	Vlak, Poklepovic
100.	2000–01	36	18	11	7	59–35	+24	69	1st			Did not qualify		Csank
101.	2001–02	38	21	6	11	66–39	+27	69	2nd			CL	2R	Garami
102.	2002–03	32	19	7	6	50–24	+26	64	2nd	W	R	UEFA Cup	2R
103.	2003–04	32	16	9	7	44–30	+14	57	1st	W	W	UEFA Cup	1R	Pintér
104.	2004–05	30	17	5	8	56–31	+25	56	2nd			CL, UC	3R, GS	László
105.	2005–06	30	10	11	9	48–38	+5	41	6th 17			UEFA Cup		Gellei
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
106.	2009–10	30	10	11	9	34–35	−1	41	7th	R16	GS		Did not qualify		Davison, Short
107.	2010–11	30	15	5	10	50–43	+7	50	3rd	R16	GS				Prukner[257]
108.	2011–12	30	9	7	14	31–36	−5	34	11th	R16	GS		Europa League	2QR	Prukner, Détári
109.	2012–13	30	13	10	7	51–36	+15	49	5th	2R	W		Did not qualify		Détári, Moniz[258]
110.	2013–14	30	17	6	7	47–33	+14	57	3rd	R16	GS				Moniz, 18 Doll[259][260]
111.	2014–15	30	19	7	4	49–19	+30	64	2nd	W	W		Europa League	2QR	Doll
112.	2015–16	8	8	0	0	19–3	+16	24	1st	TBD		W	Europa League	2QR
Σ	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Notes

• Note 14: Ferencváros won the Western group of the 1945–46 season by having played 26 matches (22 won, 1 draw, 3 lost) gaining 45 points and was promoted to the best 10 teams where it finished 5th.
• Note 15: Ferencváros won the Group B of the 1970 spring season and lost to 4–3 on aggregate against Újpest
• Note 16: 2 points deducted
• Note 17: Ferencváros did not receive license from the Hungarian Football Federation governed by István Kisteleki, therefore the club was relegated to the Hungarian League 2.
• Note 18: Csaba Máté as interim coach for two Hungarian League matches (Ferencváros 1–2 Pécs & Videoton 2–3 Ferencváros) and one Hungarian Cup match (Újpest 1–0 Ferencváros)

Other Notes

• Italics = competition in progress
• HTW = Hungarian teams withdrawn
• GS = group stage
• R16 = Round of 16 (Eighth-finals)
• R32 = Round of 32 (16th-finals)

In European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1960–61	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary Round		Rangers	2–1	2–4	4–5
1962–63	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round		Viktoria Köln	4–1	3–4	7–5
		2. Round		Sampdoria	6–0	0–1	6–1
		Quarter-finals		Petrolul Ploiesti	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Semi-finals		Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	1–2	1–3
1963–64	European Cup	Preliminary Round		Galatasaray	2–0	0–4	2–4
1964–65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round		Spartak Brno	2–0	0–1	2–1
		2. Round		Wiener Sport-Club	2–1	0–1	2–2 19
		3. Round		Roma	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Quarter-finals		Athletic Bilbao	1–0	1–2	2–2 20
		Semi-finals		Manchester United	1–0	2–3	3–3 21
		Final		Juventus	––	1–0	Winner
1965–66	European Cup	Preliminary Round		Keflavík	9–1	4–1	13–2
		1. Round		Panathinaikos	0–0	3–1	3–1
		Quarter-finals		Internazionale	1–1	0–4	1–5
1966–67	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round		Olimpija Ljubljana	3–0	3–3	6–3
		2. Round		Örgryte IS	7–1	0–0	7–1
		3. Round		Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1–4	3–5
1967–68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round		Argeş Piteşti	4–0	1–3	5–3
		2. Round		Real Zaragoza	3–0	1–2	4–2
		3. Round		Liverpool	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Quarter-finals		Athletic Bilbao	2–1	2–1	4–2
		Semi-finals		Bologna	3–2	2–2	5–4
		Final		Leeds United	0–0	0–1	0–1
1968–69	European Cup	1. Round		Levski Sofia	x–x	x–x	w/d
1969–70	European Cup	1. Round		CSKA Septemvriysko Zname	4–1	1–2	5–3
		2. Round		Leeds United	0–3	0–3	0–6
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round		Liverpool	1–1	0–1	1–2
1971–72	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Fenerbahçe	3–1	1–1	4–2
		2. Round		Panionios	x–x	x–x	w/o
		3. Round		Eintracht Braunschweig	5–2	1–1	6–3
		Quarter-finals		Željezničar	1–2	2–1	3–3(p)
		Semi-finals		Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	1–2	3–4
1972–73	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Floriana	6–0	0–1	6–1
		2. Round		Sparta Prague	2–0	1–4	3–4
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Gwardia Warszawa	0–1	1–2	1–3
1974–75	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Cardiff City	2–0	4–1	6–1
		2. Round		Liverpool	0–0	1–1	1–1(a)
		Quarter-finals		Malmö FF	1–1	3–1	4–2
		Semi-finals		Red Star Belgrade	2–1	2–2	4–3
		Final		Dynamo Kyiv	––	0–3	Loss
1976–77	European Cup	1. Round		Jeunesse Esch	5–1	6–2	11–3
		2. Round		Dynamo Dresden	1–0	0–4	1–4
1977–78	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Marek Dupnitsa	2–0	0–3	2–3
1978–79	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Kalmar FF	2–0	2–2	4–2
		2. Round		1. FC Magdeburg	2–1	0–1	2–2(a)
1979–80	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	0–3	2–3
1981–82	European Cup	1. Round		Baník Ostrava	3–2	0–3	3–5
1982–83	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Athletic Bilbao	2–1	1–1	3–2
		2. Round		FC Zürich	1–1	0–1	1–2
1983–84	UEFA Cup	1. Round		PSV Eindhoven	0–2	2–4	2–6
1984	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 9		FC Zürich	3–0	0–1
		Group 9		Spartak Trnava	3–1	1–1
		Group 9		Austria Klagenfurt	0–0	2–3
1986	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 11		Slavia Praha	0–1	0–2
		Group 11		Sturm Graz	0–1	5–1
		Group 11		FC Luzern	2–4	2–3
1989–90	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Haka	5–1	1–1	6–2
		2. Round		Admira Wacker	0–1	0–1	0–2
1990–91	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Royal Antwerpen	3–1	0–0	3–1(aet)
		2. Round		Brøndby	0–1	0–3	0–4
1991–92	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Levski Sofia	4–1	3–2	7–3
		2. Round		Werder Bremen	0–1	2–3	2–4
1992–93	UEFA Champions League	1. Round		Slovan Bratislava	0–0	1–4	1–4
1993–94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Wacker Innsbruck	1–2	0–3	1–5
1994–95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualyfing Round		F91 Dudelange	6–1	6–1	12–2
		1. Round		CSKA Moscow	2–1	1–2	3–3(aet)
		2. Round		FC Porto	2–0	0–6	2–6
1995–96	UEFA Champions League	Qualifying Round		RSC Anderlecht	1–1	1–0	2–1
		Group D		Grasshoppers	3–3	3–0	––
		Group D		Ajax Amsterdam	1–5	0–4	––
		Group D		Real Madrid	1–1	1–6	––
1996–97	UEFA Champions League	Qualifying Round		IFK Göteborg	1–1	0–3	1–4
1996–97	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Olympiacos	3–1	2–2	5–3
		2. Round		Newcastle United	3–2	0–4	3–6
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		Bohemian	5–0	1–0	6–0
		2. Qualifying Round		Helsingborgs IF	0–1	1–0	1–1(aet)
		1. Round		OFI Crete	2–1	0–3	2–4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		CE Principat	6–0	8–1	14–1
		2. Qualifying Round		AEK Athens	4–2	0–4	4–6
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		Constructorul Chisinau	3–1	1–1	4–2
		1. Round		FK Teplice	1–1	1–3	2–4
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	2. Qualifying Round		Hajduk Split	0–0	0–0	0–0(p)
2002–03	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		AEL Limassol	4–0	1–2	5–2
		1. Round		Kocaelispor	4–0	1–0	5–0
		2. Round		VfB Stuttgart	0–0	0–2	0–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		Birkirkara	1–0	5–0	6–0
		1. Round		Copenhagen	1–1	1–1	2–2(p)
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	2. Qualifying Round		KF Tirana	0–1	3–2	3–3(a)
		3. Qualifying Round		Sparta Prague	1–0	0–2	1–2(aet)
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Millwall	3–1	1–1	4–2
		Group A, 1st game		Feyenoord	1–1	––
		Group A, 2nd game		Schalke 04	––	0–2
		Group A, 3rd game		FC Basel	1–2	––
		Group A, 4th game		Hearts	––	1–0
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		MTZ-RIPO Minsk	0–2	2–1	2–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round		Ulisses	3–0	2–0	5–0
		2. Qualifying Round		Aalesunds FK	2–1	1–3(aet)	3–4
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round		Sliema Wanderers	2–1	1–1	3–2
		2. Qualifying Round		HNK Rijeka	1–2	0–1	1–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round		Go Ahead Eagles	4–1	1–1	5–2
		2. Qualifying Round		Željezničar	0–1	0–2	0–3

Notes

• Note 19:(playoff 2–0)
• Note 20:(playoff 3–0)
• Note 21:(playoff 2–1)

Club record in UEFA competitions

As correct of 22 June 2015. ^[261]

• Biggest win: 08/09/1965, Ferencváros 9–1 Keflavík Football Club, Budapest
• Biggest defeat: 20/10/1994, F.C. Porto 6–0 Ferencváros, Porto
• Appearances in UEFA Champions League: 11
• Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 8
• Appearances in UEFA Europa League: 17
• Player with most UEFA appearances: 43 Lipcsei
• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 17 Lipcsei

Record by country of opposition

• Correct as of 22 August 2015

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Andorra	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7001140000000000000♠14	7000100000000000000♠1	+13	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Albania	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	+0	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Armenia	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000500000000000000♠5	5000000000000000000♠0	+5	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Austria	7001100000000000000♠10	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000700000000000000♠7	7001100000000000000♠10	7001140000000000000♠14	−4	7001200000000000000♠20.00
Belarus	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	−1	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Belgium	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	+2	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	−3	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Bulgaria	7000800000000000000♠8	7000500000000000000♠5	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7001160000000000000♠16	7001120000000000000♠12	+4	7001625000000000000♠62.50
Croatia	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	−2	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Czechoslovakia	7001100000000000000♠10	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000600000000000000♠6	7000900000000000000♠9	7001170000000000000♠17	−8	7001300000000000000♠30.00
Czeh Republic	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7000600000000000000♠6	−3	7001250000000000000♠25.00
Cyprus	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	+3	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Denmark	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000600000000000000♠6	−4	05000000000000000000♠0.00
East Germany	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7000600000000000000♠6	−3	7001500000000000000♠50.00
England	7001160000000000000♠16	7000400000000000000♠4	7000600000000000000♠6	7000600000000000000♠6	7001140000000000000♠14	7001220000000000000♠22	−8	7001250000000000000♠25.00
Finland	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000600000000000000♠6	7000200000000000000♠2	+4	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Germany	7000500000000000000♠5	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000800000000000000♠8	−6	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Greece	7000800000000000000♠8	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7001140000000000000♠14	7001140000000000000♠14	+0	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Iceland	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7001130000000000000♠13	7000200000000000000♠2	+11	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Ireland	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000600000000000000♠6	5000000000000000000♠0	+6	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Italy	7000900000000000000♠9	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7001160000000000000♠16	7001110000000000000♠11	+5	7001555600000000000♠55.56
Luxemburg	7000400000000000000♠4	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7001230000000000000♠23	7000500000000000000♠5	+18	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Malta	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7001150000000000000♠15	7000300000000000000♠3	+12	7001666700000000000♠66.67
Moldova	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	+2	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Netherlands	7000700000000000000♠7	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	7001210000000000000♠21	7001260000000000000♠26	−5	7001142900000000000♠14.29
Norway	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Portugal	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000600000000000000♠6	−4	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Romania	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000700000000000000♠7	7000400000000000000♠4	+3	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Scotland	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7000500000000000000♠5	−1	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Soviet Union	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	−3	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Poland	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	−2	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Spain	7001100000000000000♠10	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7001140000000000000♠14	7001140000000000000♠14	+0	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Sweden	7000600000000000000♠6	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7001120000000000000♠12	7000700000000000000♠7	+5	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Switzerland	7000900000000000000♠9	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000500000000000000♠5	7001150000000000000♠15	7001150000000000000♠15	+0	7001222200000000000♠22.22
Turkey	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7001110000000000000♠11	7000600000000000000♠6	+5	7001666700000000000♠66.67
Wales	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000600000000000000♠6	7000100000000000000♠1	+5	7002100000000000000♠100.000
West Germany	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7001160000000000000♠16	7001130000000000000♠13	+3	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Yugoslavia	7000800000000000000♠8	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7001140000000000000♠14	7001120000000000000♠12	+2	7001375000000000000♠37.50
Totals	171	70	32	89	286	252	+34	36.84

P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Twin teams

On 25 February 2014, Ferencváros chief executive officer Pál Orosz signed an agreement with Chief Executive David McNally of the Premier League club, Norwich City. The link-up is expected to start immediately and will provide footballing and commercial opportunities for both Ferencváros and Norwich in the near future.^[262]

• Norwich City F.C.
• White Star Bruxelles
• Rapid Wien
• São Paulo
• Chengdu Tiancheng
• Central Coast Mariners

Statistics

Most appearances

No.	Name	Years	Total
1.	Péter Lipcsei	1990–13	555
2.	György Sárosi	1931–48	450
3.	Flórián Albert	1958–75	433

Top scorers

Season	Player	Goals
1904	József Pokornyi	16
1907–08	Imre Schlosser	21
1908–09	Imre Schlosser	30
1909–10	Imre Schlosser	18
1910–11	Imre Schlosser	38
1911–12	Imre Schlosser	34
1912–13	Imre Schlosser	33
1913–14	Imre Schlosser	21
1927–28	József Takács	31
1928–29	József Takács	41
1929–30	József Takács	40
1931–32	József Takács	42
1933–34	Géza Toldi	27
1935–36	György Sárosi	37
1939–40	György Sárosi	23
1940–41	György Sárosi	29
1944	György Sárosi	13
1948–49	Ferenc Deák	59
1957–58	Zoltán Friedmanszky 22	16
1959–60	Flórián Albert	27
1960–61	Flórián Albert 22	21
1965	Flórián Albert	27
1980–81	Tibor Nyilasi	30
1989–90	József Dzurják	18
1995–96	Ihor Nichenko 23	18
2008–09	István Ferenczi 24	39

Notes

• Note 22: co-top scorer of the Hungarian League.
• Note 23: also played for Stadler FC.
• Note 24: in the Hungarian League 2.

Record departures

	Player	To	Fee	Year
1.	Muhamed Bešić	Everton F.C.	€5.05 million	2014[263][264][265]
2.	Somalia	Toulouse FC	€2.4 million	2015
3.	Zoltán Gera	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	€2.25 million	2004[266]

Record arrivals

	Player	From	Fee	Year
1.	András Radó	Szombathelyi Haladás	€400,000	2015
2.	Cristian Ramírez	Fortuna Düsseldorf	€360,000	2015
3.	Predrag Bošnjak	Szombathelyi Haladás	€300,000	2014

References

External links

• Official website (Hungarian)
• Ferencváros Ultras: photos and videos (Hungarian)
• Fans of Ferencváros – Videoblog
• Ultra Group Site (Hungarian)
• Ferencváros Statistics Site (Hungarian)
• ex-FTC Support Group Association (Hungarian)
• Soccerway profile

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