Budapest Honvéd FC

Honvéd

Full name	Budapest Honvéd Futball Club
Founded	3 August 1909 (1909-08-03)
Ground	Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
Ground Capacity	10,000
Chairman	George Hemingway
Manager	Marco Rossi
League	NB I
2014–15	13th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Budapest Honvéd FC (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt ˈhonveːd ˈɛft͡seː] is a Hungarian sports club from Budapest best known for its football team. Honved means the Homeland Defence. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian Army team. The club's top players from this era, Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, Zoltán Czibor, and Gyula Grosics formed the nucleus of the legendary Hungarian team known as the Mighty Magyars and helped the club win the Hungarian League four times during the 1950s. During the 1980s and early 1990s the club enjoyed another successful period, winning a further eight Hungarian League titles. They also won league and cup doubles in 1985 and 1989. In 1991 the club was renamed Kispest Honvéd FC and adopted its current name in 2003.

When the club was originally formed in 1909 it also organised teams that competed in fencing, cycling, gymnastics, wrestling, athletics, boxing and tennis. Later the Honvéd family was extended to include a water polo team, now known as Groupama Honvéd, a 33-times basketball-champion team and a handball team that were European Champions in 1982.

History

Kispesti AC

The club was founded on 10 August 1908 as Kispesti Atlétikai Club – Athletic Club of Kispest by Dr. Bálint Varga, a teacher. However the club's earliest members could not agree on a club constitution until 3 August 1909 and this is generally recognised as the club's foundation date. When the club was originally formed, Kispest was still a village, distinct from the city of Budapest. During the first three decades of its existence, the club was little more than a village team and enjoyed only moderate success, winning a single Hungarian Cup in 1926. During the 1930s the team included Rezső Rozgonyi and Rezső Somlai who both represented Hungary at the 1934 World Cup and Ferenc Puskás I, the father of Ferenc Puskás, and later a coach at the club during the 1940s.

Budapesti Honvéd SE

In 1943 both Ferenc Puskás and József Bozsik made their debut for Kispest FC and between 1947 and 1948 the club was coached by the legendary Hungarian coach Béla Guttman. However the club's golden age really began in 1949 when it was taken over by the Hungarian Ministry of Defence and it became the Hungarian Army team. The man behind the take-over was Gusztáv Sebes, the coach of the national team. Sebes was inspired by the Austrian Wunderteam and the Italy team that won two World Cups in the 1930s. Both teams were predominantly drawn from one or at most two clubs and Sebes wanted a similar system in Hungary.

In January 1949 when Hungary became a communist state, the resulting nationalisation of football clubs gave Sebes the opportunity. The two biggest Hungarian clubs at the time were Ferencvárosi TC and MTK Hungária FC. However while the secret police, the ÁVH took over MTK, Ferencváros was considered unsuitable because of its right-wing and nationalist traditions. Sebes turned instead to Kispesti AC. The Kispest name was dropped as the village was absorbed into District XIX of Budapest and the club was renamed Budapesti Honvéd SE. The name derives from Honvédség, the name of the Hungarian Army, and the word honvéd, which literally means defender of the homeland is also used to refer to an army private.

The Mighty Magyars

Statue of Ferenc Puskás in Budapest inspired by a photograph taken in Madrid in which the legendary player was teaching an ad hoc course in keepie uppie to street children.

Ferenc Puskás scored 352 goals in 341 matches for Budapest Honvéd

Sándor Kocsis played for the club between 1950-57

The Kispest AC team already included Ferenc Puskás and József Bozsik but army conscription now enabled Honvéd to recruit Sándor Kocsis, Zoltán Czibor and László Budai from Ferencváros, Gyula Lóránt from Vasas SC and the goalkeeper Gyula Grosics. Sebes was effectively able to use Honvéd as a training camp for the national team. During the early 1950s these Honvéd players formed the backbone of the legendary Mighty Magyars, helping Hungary become Olympic Champions in 1952, Central European Champions in 1953, defeat England twice and reach the 1954 World Cup final.

European Cup

Honvéd itself also benefited, winning the Hungarian League in 1949–50, 1950, 1952, 1954, and 1955. The club's reputation spread beyond Hungary and on 13 December 1954 they played Wolverhampton Wanderers, the reigning English League champions, in a prestige friendly. Honvéd were leading 2–0 at half-time, but eventually lost 3–2. They also played, and lost to, Red Star Belgrade (then 7th in the Yugoslav league). It was games like this that led to establishment of the European Cup in 1955.

In 1956 Honvéd qualified for the second European Cup competition and in the first round they were drawn against Athletic Bilbao. Honvéd lost the away leg 2–3, but before the home leg could be played, the Hungarian Revolution had collapsed back in Budapest and the Soviet Union had invaded. The players decided against going back to Hungary and arranged for the return game with Athletic to be played at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. However, early in the game the Honvéd goalkeeper was injured and, with no substitutes permitted, Zoltán Czibor had to go into goal. Despite drawing 3–3 they went out 6–5 on aggregate.

Honvéd World Tour

Elimination from the European Cup left Honvéd in limbo. The players, declining to return to Hungary, summoned their families from Budapest and, despite opposition from FIFA and the then Soviet-controlled Hungarian Football Federation, Béla Guttmann organised a fundraising tour of Italy, Portugal, and Spain. Among the most notable matches were a 5–5 draw with a Madrid XI and a 4–3 win over CF Barcelona. Honvéd declined a Mexican offer of political asylum and an invitation to join their national league^[1] and instead accepted an offer to play in a tournament in Brazil with CR Flamengo and Botafogo. By now FIFA had declared the team illegal and banned them from using the Honvéd name. After returning to Europe, the players parted ways. Some, including József Bozsik, László Budai, Gyula Lóránt and Gyula Grosics, returned to Hungary while others, including Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis and Ferenc Puskás, found new clubs in Western Europe. Czibor and Kocsis eventually signed for FC Barcelona while Puskás joined Real Madrid.

The Post-Revolution era

The defection of Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis and Ferenc Puskás severely weakened Honvéd and in 1957 they only avoided relegation after the Hungarian Football Federation decide to expand the first division. Despite the emergence of Lajos Tichy and Lajos Kocsis, the post-Revolution era was not kind to Honvéd. There only successes came in the Mitropa Cup in 1959, when they beat MTK Hungária FC in the final 6–5 on aggregate, and in 1964 when they won the Hungarian Cup.

The Second Golden Age

Lajos Détári became top-scorer three times

In 1980 with Lajos Tichy as coach and a squad that included Imre Garaba, Honvéd won their first Hungarian League title in twenty five years. During the 1980s and early 1990s players such as Kálmán Kovács, Lajos Détári, Béla Illés, Gábor Halmai and István Vincze helped Honvéd win another seven titles. They also won league and cup doubles in 1985 and 1989 and won the Hungarian Cup and in 1996.

Kispest Honvéd FC

Ferencváros legend Zoltán Varga managed Budapest Honvéd in 1997

In 1991 the club revived the Kispest name and became Kispest Honvéd FC. However the name change marked the beginning of a decline in the club's fortunes. In 2003 they were relegated, but they returned to the first division the following season. However, Kispest Honvéd Sports Circle Ltd, the company that owned the club, owed millions of Hungarian forints in taxes and in October 2004 went into liquidation. The company practised a policy that treated its players as self-employed contractors rather than employees and as result, significantly reduced the club's tax burden. However, the tax authorities objected and were supported by the courts, leaving the club in arrears with no means of paying them. Rival directors argued over who owed how much tax and eventually the Hungarian League intervened. As a result, a new club, Budapest Honvéd FC, was formed and allowed to take the place of Kispest Honvéd FC in the first division on the condition that the tax debt was paid off.

In August 2007 the fences in front of the stands were removed at the Bozsik Stadion^[2] signalling a new dawn for Hungarian football. Also in 2007, Mihály Tóth returned from Fredrikstad FK and signed a three-year contract with the club.^[3]

In the UEFA Cup 2007-08 season Honvéd faced with the Moldovan Nistru Otaci in the first round of the qualifiers.^[4] In the first leg Honvéd drew 1–1 away, and at home the result was the same. In the penalty-shootout Honvéd won 5–4.^[5] In the second round Honvéd played with the German Hamburger SV.^[6] In the first leg Honvéd drew 0–0, while away in the Imtech Arena, in Hamburg they were beaten by 4–0.

In the Intertoto Cup 2008 Honvéd played with the Kazakh Zhetysu and won both legs. The final result was 2–1 away, while at home Honvéd won 4–2. In the second round Honvéd played with the Czech Teplice and won 3–1 away, while lost 2–0 at home. As a consequence, Honvéd won on away goals. In the third round the team played with the Austrian Sturm Graz. The first leg finished goalless in Graz, Austria. Both teams made a stand against racism and discrimination.^[7] The second match was won by Sturm, therefore Honvéd was eliminated from the Intertoto Cup.

In the 2008-09 Magyar Kupa season Honvéd played in the final against Győri ETO FC. In the first leg Honvéd won 1–0 in Győr, while the second leg finished goalless which resulted the triumph of the team on 1–0 aggregate.^[8] As a consequence the team could play in the Europa League.

In the 2009-10 Europa League season Honvéd entered the third round. Honvéd played with the Turkish Fenerbahce. The first match was won by Fenerbahce by 5–1,^[9] while at home the result was 1–1.^[10] The team was eliminated on 6–2 aggregate.

2010s

Although Honved finished fourth in the 2011–12 season of the Hungarian League, they could participate in the UEFA Europa League 2012–13 season because Győr were banned from any European competitions.^[11] Honved faced with bronze medal winner of the Albanian First Division Flamurtari Vlorë in the first round of the Europa League. The first leg was won by Honved 1–0 away.^[12] Honved won the second leg as well by beating the Albanian club by 2–0 at home.^[13] In the second round they will face Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala which is full of star players such as Roberto Carlos or Samuel Eto'o. The first leg of the match was played near the Russian capital, Moscow in Ramenskoye in the stadium of FC Saturn Moscow since the UEFA did not approve to play the match in Dagestan. Anzhi won the match by 1–0.^[14]

Crest and colours

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The following table shows in detail Budapest Honvéd FC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Honours

• Hungarian League: 13
  • 1949–50, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992-93
• Hungarian Cup: 7
  • 1925-26, 1964, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2008–09
• Mitropa Cup: 1
  • 1959
• Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo: 1
  • 1974

Youth teams

• Puskás Cup:
  • Winners (4): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015

Players

Current squad

As of 21 January 2016.

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Oleksandr Nad 2 DF Dávid Bobál 5 DF Aleksandar Ignjatović 6 MF Dániel Gazdag 7 FW Richárd Vernes 8 MF George Ikenne 9 FW Márton Eppel 11 FW Kadima Kabangu 14 DF Loránd Szilágyi 16 MF Mihály Csábi 17 FW Dániel Prosser 18 GK András Horváth 21 DF Endre Botka

No. Position Player 22 MF Dániel Göblyös 23 DF Gábor Erdős 24 MF Đorđe Kamber 25 DF Ivan Lovric 26 MF Patrik Hidi 36 DF Botond Baráth 57 FW Filip Holender 63 FW László Erdélyi 66 MF Dušan Vasiljević 71 GK Szabolcs Kemenes (Captain) 77 MF Gergő Nagy 99 FW Souleymane Youla

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 44 GK Dániel Vajda (at Szigetszentmiklósi TK)

Retired numbers

10 – Ferenc Puskás, Forward (1939–56). Number retired in July 2000.

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 Budapest Honvéd FC.

Non-playing staff

Management

Position	Name
Proprietor	George F. Hemingway
Managing director	Pál Gács
Marketing Director	Tamás Dudás
Chief editor	Dénes Éless
Facility manager	Judit Kuskó
Chief of security	Csaba Tóth
Director of hospitality	Sándor Hólé
Press officer	Zoltán Simon

^[15]

First team staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Marco Rossi
Assistant coach	Cosimo Inguscio
Assistant coach	István Nagy
Goalkeeping Coach	Iván Tóth
Club Doctor	József Toman
Club Doctor	Ádám Szilas
Physio	Buda Lajtaváry
Physio	Norbert Hollósi
Physiotherapeut	Ágnes Szilágyi
Kit manager	Róbert Pandur

^[16]

Managerial history

^[17]

Season results

Domestic													International		Manager
League										Cup	League Cup	Super Cup
No.	Season	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.	Pts.	Pos.				Competition	Result
1.	1916–17	22	5	4	13	22-57	-35	14	11th
2.	1917–18	22	2	8	12	26-48	-22	12	11th
3.	1918–19	22	8	1	13	27-52	-25	17	8th
4.	1919–20	28	19	5	4	52-21	+31	43	2nd
5.	1920–21	24	5	11	8	24-28	-4	21	7th
6.	1921–22	22	2	10	10	15-36	-21	14	10th
7.	1922–23	22	3	9	10	15-28	-13	15	10th
8.	1923–24	22	5	8	9	18-33	-15	18	10th
9.	1924–25	22	6	7	9	20-28	-8	19	8th
10.	1925–26	22	8	5	9	47-51	-4	21	6th
11.	1926–27	18	3	7	8	24-37	-11	13	9th
12.	1927–28	22	6	3	13	39-61	-22	15	9th
13.	1928–29	22	5	6	11	27-48	-21	16	9th
14.	1929–30	22	6	7	9	21-39	-18	19	6th
15.	1930–31	22	6	4	12	40-55	-15	16	10th
16.	1931–32	22	4	6	12	29-54	-25	14	9th
17.	1932–33	22	6	7	9	40-55	-15	19	7th
18.	1933–34	22	7	5	10	43-50	-7	19	6th
19.	1934–35	22	8	7	7	41-50	-9	23	5th
20.	1935–36	26	12	5	6	60-56	+4	29	5th
21.	1936–37	26	8	5	13	62-78	-16	21	10th
22.	1937–38	26	15	1	10	72-59	+13	31	4th
23.	1938–39	26	15	4	7	62-42	+20	34	4th
24.	1939–40	26	14	5	7	70-41	+29	33	5th
25.	1940–41	26	9	4	13	56-68	-12	22	10th
26.	1941–42	30	12	3	15	67-89	-22	27	11th
27.	1942–43	30	10	6	14	55-63	-8	26	9th
28.	1943–44	30	11	6	13	66-64	+2	28	10th
29.	1945	22	14	2	6	74-55	+19	30	4th
30.	1945-46	22	12	5	9	66-44	+22	29	4th
31.	1946-47	30	17	7	6	77-37	+40	41	2nd
32.	1947-48	32	21	6	5	82-42	+40	48	4th
33.	1948-49	30	19	3	8	94-46	+48	41	3rd						Guttmann, Puskás
34.	1949-50	30	23	4	3	84-29	+55	50	1st						Puskás
35.	1950	15	13	1	1	67-16	+51	27	1st						Puskás
36.	1951	26	18	6	2	83-26	+57	42	2nd						Puskás
37.	1952	26	21	5	0	88-21	+67	47	1st						Kalmár
38.	1953	26	19	5	2	86-27	+59	43	2nd						Kalmár
39.	1954	26	19	2	5	100-43	+57	40	1st						Kalmár
40.	1955	26	20	5	1	99-47	+52	45	1st						Kalmár
41.	1956	21	13	3	5	52-29	+13	29	1						Kalmár
42.	1957	11	1	3	7	19-27	-8	5	11th
43.	1957-58	26	14	6	6	53-30	+23	34	2nd
44.	1958-59	26	13	7	6	46-25	+21	33	3rd
45.	1959-60	26	9	7	10	48-44	+4	25	7th
46.	1960-61	26	7	10	9	41-43	-2	24	9th
47.	1961-62	26	10	6	10	43-39	+4	26	7th
48.	1962-63	26	11	7	8	53-38	+15	29	5th
49.	1963	13	7	3	3	30-12	+18	17	2nd
50.	1964	26	17	4	5	62-31	+31	38	2nd
51.	1965	26	12	6	7	47-30	+17	31	4th
52.	1966	26	14	3	9	46-43	+3	31	6th
53.	1967	30	9	10	11	46-49	-3	28	6th
54.	1968	30	13	12	5	50-30	+20	38	4th
55.	1969	30	18	8	4	66-28	+38	44	2nd
56.	1970	14	8	2	4	26-9	+17	18	3rd2
57.	1970-71	30	14	8	8	54-37	+17	43	4th
58.	1971-72	30	16	7	7	51-26	+25	39	2nd
59.	1972-73	30	12	11	7	60-37	+23	35	4th
60.	1973-74	30	14	6	10	54-36	+18	34	6th
61.	1974-75	28	16	10	2	53-21	+32	42	2nd
62.	1975-76	30	14	8	8	47-32	+15	36	4th
63.	1976-77	34	19	8	7	62-43	+19	46	4th
64.	1977-78	34	22	6	6	67-22	+45	50	2nd
65.	1978-79	34	16	9	9	57-39	+18	41	5th
66.	1979-80	34	19	10	5	67-38	+29	48	1st						Tichy
67.	1980-81	34	15	12	7	56-36	+20	42	5th
68.	1981-82	34	15	9	10	54-40	+14	39	6th
69.	1982-83	30	17	8	5	57-33	+24	42	3rd
70.	1983-84	30	19	6	5	63-24	+39	42	1st						Komora
71.	1984-85	30	20	6	4	63-25	+38	46	1st						Komora
72.	1985-86	30	17	11	2	63-29	+34	45	1st						Komora
73.	1986-87	30	15	5	10	47-39	+8	35	4th
74.	1987-88	30	15	7	6	48-23	+25	41	1st						Bicskei
75.	1988-89	30	16	6	1	44-28	+16	61	1st						Bicskei, Both
76.	1989-90	30	9	8	13	31-39	-8	35	13th3
77.	1990-91	30	19	7	4	50-20	+30	45	1st						Mezey
78.	1991-92	30	19	4	7	61-27	+34	42	3rd
79.	1992-93	30	19	5	6	59-28	+31	43	1st						Kuusela
81.	1993-94	30	18	7	5	66-33	+33	43	2nd						Kuusela
82.	1994-95	30	14	6	10	60-42	+18	48	4th
83.	1995-96	30	12	10	8	49-35	+14	46	6th
84.	1996-97	34	12	9	13	43-36	+7	49	6th
85.	1997-98	34	10	6	18	41-57	-16	36	14th
86.	1998-99	34	11	9	14	38-50	-12	42	12th
87.	1999-00	34	10	9	13	27-39	-12	39	12th
88.	2000-01	22	9	6	7	33-31	+2	34	7th
89.	2001-02	38	12	11	15	51-70	-19	47	7th
90.	2002-03	32	8	5	19	43-66	-23	29	11th
91.	2004-05	30	10	5	15	37-58	-21	35	11th
92.	2005-06	30	8	9	13	33-52	-19	33	13th
93.	2006-07	30	11	8	11	48-43	+5	41	8th
94.	2007-08	30	12	7	11	45-36	+11	43	8th
95.	2008-09	30	8	8	14	45-36	+11	43	8th
96.	2009-10	30	9	11	10	38-35	+3	38	9th						Morales
97.	2010-11	30	11	7	12	36-39	-3	40	10th						Morales, Supka
98.	2011-12	30	13	7	10	48-40	+8	46	4th						Supka
99.	2012-13	30	15	7	8	50-36	+14	52	3rd						Rossi
100.	2013-14	30	10	6	14	37-39	-2	36	9th						Rossi
101.	2014-15	30	6	10	14	26-36	-10	28	13th						Vierchowod, Csábi, Rossi
85.	2015–16	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	TBD	TBD					Rossi
Σ		60	18	12	30	71–91	–20	66

: defunct Italics indicate that the season is still in progress.

Notes

• Note 1: the 1956 Nemzeti Bajnokság I was abandoned due to the 1956 Hungarian uprising
• Note 2: in 1970 Honvéd won the third place play-off against MTK Budapest on 6-2 aggregate
• Note 3: in 1989-90 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Honvéd finished 13th and won the play-offs on 3-2 aggregate against Kazincbarcikai Vegyész

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1956–57	European Cup	1. Round		Athletic Bilbao	3–3	2–3	5–6
1964–65	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Lausanne Sports	1–0	0–2	1–2
1965–66	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Reipas Lahti	6–0	10–2	16–2
		2. Round	Template:Country data CZEoslovakia	Dukla Prague	1–2	3–2	4–4(a)
		Quarter-finals		Liverpool FC	0–0	0–2	0–2
1970–71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Aberdeen FC	1–3	3–1	4–4(aet)
		2. Round		Manchester City	0–1	0–2	0–3
1972–73	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Partick Thistle FC	1–0	3–0	4–0
		2. Round		PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	0–3	1–3
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Template:Country data CZEoslovakia	FC Košice	5–2	0–1	5–3
		2. Round		PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–2	4–3	7–5
		3. Round		Ruch Chorzów	2–0	0–5	2–5
1975–76	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Template:Country data CZEoslovakia	FC Bohemians Praha	1–1	2–1	3–2
		2. Round		Dynamo Dresden	2–2	0–1	2–3
1976–77	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Internazionale FC	1–1	1–0	2–1
		2. Round		FC Shakhtar Donetsk	2–3	0–3	2–6
1978–79	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Adanaspor	6–0	2–2	8–2
		2. Round		FC Politehnica Timișoara	4–0	0–2	4–2
		3. Round		Ajax Amsterdam	4–1	0–2	4–3
		Quarter-finals		MSV Duisburg	2–3	2–1	4–4(a)
1980–81	European Cup	Preliminary Round		Valletta FC	8–0	3–0	11–0
		1. Round		Sporting CP	1–0	2–0	3–0
		2. Round		Real Madrid CF	0–2	0–1	0–3
1983	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 5		FK Sloboda Tuzla	2–2	0–1
		Group 5	Template:Country data CZEoslovakia	FK Inter Bratislava	3–1	1–1
		Group 5		FC Tirol Innsbruck	3–1	1–2
1983–84	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Larisa FC	3–0	0–2	3–2(aet)
		2. Round		Hajduk Split	3–2	0–3	3–5
1984–85	European Cup	1. Round		Grasshopper FC	2–1	1–3	3–4
1985–86	European Cup	1. Round		Shamrock Rovers	2–0	3–1	5–1
		2. Round		FC Steaua Bucureşti	1–0	1–4	2–4
1986–87	European Cup	1. Round		Brøndby IF	2–2	1–4	3–6
1987–88	UEFA Cup	1. Round		KSC Lokeren	1–0	0–0	1–0
		2. Round		Desportivo de Chaves	3–1	2–1	5–2
		3. Round		Panathinaikos	5–2	1–5	6–7
1988–89	European Cup	1. Round		Celtic	1–0	0–4	1–4
1989–90	European Cup	1. Round		FK Vojvodina	1–0	1–2	2–2(a)
		2. Round		S.L. Benfica	0–2	0–7	0–9
1991–92	European Cup	1. Round		Dundalk FC	1–1	2–0	3–1
		2. Round		UC Sampdoria	2–1	1–3	3–4
1993–94	UEFA Champions League	1. Round		Manchester United	2–3	1–2	3–5
1994–95	UEFA Cup	Preliminary Round		Zimbru Chişinău	4–1	1–0	5–1
		1. Round		FC Twente	1–3	4–1	5–4
		2. Round		Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	0–5	0–7
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualyfing Round		FK Sloga Jugomagnat	1–0	1–0	2–0
		1. Round		Nimes Olympique	1–2	1–3	2–5
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round		FK Žalgiris Vilnius	0–1	0–0	0–1
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		FC MIKA	1–1	1–0	2–1
		2. Qualifying Round		Amica Wronki	1–0	0–1	1–1(p)
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round		FC Nistru Otaci	1–1	1–1	2–2(p5–4)
		2. Qualifying Round		Hamburger SV	0–0	0–4	0–4
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1. Round		FC Zhetysu	4–2	2–1	6–3
		2. Round		FK Teplice	0–2	3–1	3–3(a)
		3. Round		SK Sturm Graz	1–2	0–0	1–2
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	3. Qualifying Round		Fenerbahçe SK	1–1	1–5	2–6
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round		Flamurtari Vlorë	2–0	1–0	3–0
		2. Qualifying Round		Anzhi Makhachkala	0–4	0–1	0–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1. Qualifying Round		FK Čelik Nikšić	9–0	4–1	13–1
		2. Qualifying Round		Vojvodina	1–3	0–2	1–5

Trivia

• The British pop group Half Man Half Biscuit have a song entitled 'I Was A Teenage Armchair Honved Fan'.
• Although Ferenc Puskás was a player of Budapest Honvéd, the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy was founded in Felcsút by Videoton FC.
• The youth football competition Puskás Cup was named after Ferenc Puskás, however, the cup is organised by the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy.

Sources

• Behind The Curtain – Travels in Eastern European Football: Jonathan Wilson (2006)^[18]
• 50 Years of the European Cup and Champions League: Keir Radnedge (2005)^[19]

See also

• Budapest derby

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Budapest Honvéd FC.

• Official website
• Puskás on Puskás Rogan Taylor and Klara Jamrich (1998)
• Mitropa Cup 1959