Budapest Honvéd FC

Honvéd

Full name	Budapest Honvéd Futball Club
Founded	3 August 1909 (1909-08-03)
Ground	Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest
Ground Capacity	10,000
Chairman	George Hemingway
Manager	Erik van der Meer
League	NB I
2016–17	NB I, 1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Budapest Honvéd FC (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt ˈhonveːd ˈɛft͡seː] is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest. The club is 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

1900s

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.

1920s

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.

On 8 December 1926 the first match of the 1925–26 Magyar Kupa final was played between Kispeti AC and Budapesti EAC. The match ended with a 1–1 draw at the Hungária körúti Stadion.^[1] On 19 December 1926 Kispesti AC beat Budapesti EAC 3–2 in the third repeated final of the 1925–26 Magyar Kupa final at the Postás pálya. The third Kispest goal came in the 157th minute by Győző Gregor.^[2]

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.

1940s

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

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 1956–57 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^[3] 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

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

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 József Stadion^[4] 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.^[5]

In the UEFA Cup 2007-08 season Honvéd faced with the Moldovan Nistru Otaci in the first round of the qualifiers.^[6] 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.^[7] In the second round Honvéd played with the German Hamburger SV.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] 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,^[11] while at home the result was 1–1.^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14] Honved won the second leg as well by beating the Albanian club by 2–0 at home.^[15] In the second round, they faced Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala, featuring star players Roberto Carlos and 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 UEFA did not allow the match to be played in Dagestan. Anzhi won the match by 1–0.^[16]

Although Honvéd were not the highest-spending club in the Hungarian Championship 2016-17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, they won their 14th title, mostly on the backs of an exceptional youth program and stable management, ending a 24-year dearth.^[17] Honvéd also qualified for the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League season.

Crest and colours

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2000–2003	Jako	Wilkinson Sword
2003–2005	Gems	–
2005–2006	Macron
2006–2008	hummel
2008–2012	Nike
2012–2013	Givova
2014		ideasport
2014–2015		–
2015–	Macron

Honours

• Hungarian League: 14
  • 1949–50, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992-93, 2016–17
• Hungarian Cup: 7
  • 1925–26, 1964, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2008–09
• Mitropa Cup: 1
  • 1959

Friendly

• Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo: 1
  • 1974

Youth teams

• Puskás Cup:
  • Winners (5): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016

Players

Current squad

As of June 2017

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Dávid Bobál 3 DF Bence Gergényi 5 FW Gergely Bobál 6 MF Dániel Gazdag 7 FW Davide Lanzafame 8 DF George Ikenne 9 FW Márton Eppel 11 FW Kadima Kabangu 15 DF István Deák 16 MF Zsolt Pölöskei 17 FW Danilo 18 GK András Horváth 20 MF Mihály Csábi 21 MF Ákos Bíró

No. Position Player 22 DF Akeem Latifu 23 MF Bence Bánó-Szabó 24 MF Đorđe Kamber (Captain) 25 DF Ivan Lovrić 36 DF Botond Baráth 57 MF Filip Holender 66 GK Attila Berla 77 MF Gergő Nagy 86 DF Zsolt Laczkó (on loan from Paks) 89 DF Balázs Villám 92 FW Kristóf Herjeczki 98 FW Bálint Tömösvári 99 GK Dávid Gróf

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 GK Dániel Vajda (at Dorog)

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

^[18]

First team staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Erik van der Meer
Assistant coach	TBA
Assistant coach	TBA
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

^[19]

Managerial history

^[20]

Season results

Domestic												International		Manager
Nemzeti Bajnokság											Magyar Kupa
Div.	No.	Season	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.	Pts.	Pos.		Competition	Result
NBI	1.	1916–17	22	5	4	13	22-57	-35	14	11th
NBI	2.	1917–18	22	2	8	12	26-48	-22	12	11th
NBI	3.	1918–19	22	8	1	13	27-52	-25	17	8th
NBI	4.	1919–20	28	19	5	4	52-21	+31	43	2nd
NBI	5.	1920–21	24	5	11	8	24-28	-4	21	7th
NBI	6.	1921–22	22	2	10	10	15-36	-21	14	10th
NBI	7.	1922–23	22	3	9	10	15-28	-13	15	10th
NBI	8.	1923–24	22	5	8	9	18-33	-15	18	10th
NBI	9.	1924–25	22	6	7	9	20-28	-8	19	8th
NBI	10.	1925–26	22	8	5	9	47-51	-4	21	6th	W
NBI	11.	1926–27	18	3	7	8	24-37	-11	13	9th
NBI	12.	1927–28	22	6	3	13	39-61	-22	15	9th
NBI	13.	1928–29	22	5	6	11	27-48	-21	16	9th
NBI	14.	1929–30	22	6	7	9	21-39	-18	19	6th
NBI	15.	1930–31	22	6	4	12	40-55	-15	16	10th
NBI	16.	1931–32	22	4	6	12	29-54	-25	14	9th
NBI	17.	1932–33	22	6	7	9	40-55	-15	19	7th
NBI	18.	1933–34	22	7	5	10	43-50	-7	19	6th
NBI	19.	1934–35	22	8	7	7	41-50	-9	23	5th				Stalmach
NBI	20.	1935–36	26	12	5	6	60-56	+4	29	5th				Stalmach
NBI	21.	1936–37	26	8	5	13	62-78	-16	21	10th				Stalmach
NBI	22.	1937–38	26	15	1	10	72-59	+13	31	4th				Puskás
NBI	23.	1938–39	26	15	4	7	62-42	+20	34	4th				Puskás
NBI	24.	1939–40	26	14	5	7	70-41	+29	33	5th				Puskás
NBI	25.	1940–41	26	9	4	13	56-68	-12	22	10th				Puskás
NBI	26.	1941–42	30	12	3	15	67-89	-22	27	11th				Puskás
NBI	27.	1942–43	30	10	6	14	55-63	-8	26	9th				Titkos
NBI	28.	1943–44	30	11	6	13	66-64	+2	28	10th				Szokodi
NBI	29.	1945	22	14	2	6	74-55	+19	30	4th				Puskás
NBI	30.	1945-46	22	12	5	9	66-44	+22	29	4th				Puskás
NBI	31.	1946-47	30	17	7	6	77-37	+40	41	2nd				Puskás
NBI	32.	1947-48	32	21	6	5	82-42	+40	48	4th				Guttmann
NBI	33.	1948-49	30	19	3	8	94-46	+48	41	3rd				Guttmann, Puskás
NBI	34.	1949-50	30	23	4	3	84-29	+55	50	1st				Puskás
NBI	35.	1950	15	13	1	1	67-16	+51	27	1st				Puskás
NBI	36.	1951	26	18	6	2	83-26	+57	42	2nd				Puskás
NBI	37.	1952	26	21	5	0	88-21	+67	47	1st				Kalmár
NBI	38.	1953	26	19	5	2	86-27	+59	43	2nd				Kalmár
NBI	39.	1954	26	19	2	5	100-43	+57	40	1st				Kalmár
NBI	40.	1955	26	20	5	1	99-47	+52	45	1st	R			Kalmár
NBI	41.	1956	21	13	3	5	52-29	+13	29	1				Kalmár
NBI	42.	1957	11	1	3	7	19-27	-8	5	11th				Kiss
NBI	43.	1957-58	26	14	6	6	53-30	+23	34	2nd				Sós
NBI	44.	1958-59	26	13	7	6	46-25	+21	33	3rd				Sós
NBI	45.	1959-60	26	9	7	10	48-44	+4	25	7th				Sós
NBI	46.	1960-61	26	7	10	9	41-43	-2	24	9th				Babolcsay
NBI	47.	1961-62	26	10	6	10	43-39	+4	26	7th				Babolcsay
NBI	48.	1962-63	26	11	7	8	53-38	+15	29	5th				Lóránt
NBI	49.	1963	13	7	3	3	30-12	+18	17	2nd				Bányai
NBI	50.	1964	26	17	4	5	62-31	+31	38	2nd	W			Kispéter
NBI	51.	1965	26	12	6	7	47-30	+17	31	4th				Kispéter
NBI	52.	1966	26	14	3	9	46-43	+3	31	6th				Bozsik
NBI	53.	1967	30	9	10	11	46-49	-3	28	6th				Babolcsay
NBI	54.	1968	30	13	12	5	50-30	+20	38	4th	R			Preiner
NBI	55.	1969	30	18	8	4	66-28	+38	44	2nd	R			Preiner
NBI	56.	1970	14	8	2	4	26-9	+17	18	3rd2				Preiner
NBI	57.	1970-71	30	14	8	8	54-37	+17	43	4th				Preiner
NBI	58.	1971-72	30	16	7	7	51-26	+25	39	2nd
NBI	59.	1972-73	30	12	11	7	60-37	+23	35	4th	R
NBI	60.	1973-74	30	14	6	10	54-36	+18	34	6th
NBI	61.	1974-75	28	16	10	2	53-21	+32	42	2nd
NBI	62.	1975-76	30	14	8	8	47-32	+15	36	4th
NBI	63.	1976-77	34	19	8	7	62-43	+19	46	4th
NBI	64.	1977-78	34	22	6	6	67-22	+45	50	2nd
NBI	65.	1978-79	34	16	9	9	57-39	+18	41	5th
NBI	66.	1979-80	34	19	10	5	67-38	+29	48	1st				Tichy
NBI	67.	1980-81	34	15	12	7	56-36	+20	42	5th
NBI	68.	1981-82	34	15	9	10	54-40	+14	39	6th
NBI	69.	1982-83	30	17	8	5	57-33	+24	42	3rd	R
NBI	70.	1983-84	30	19	6	5	63-24	+39	42	1st				Komora
NBI	71.	1984-85	30	20	6	4	63-25	+38	46	1st	W			Komora
NBI	72.	1985-86	30	17	11	2	63-29	+34	45	1st				Komora
NBI	73.	1986-87	30	15	5	10	47-39	+8	35	4th
NBI	74.	1987-88	30	15	7	6	48-23	+25	41	1st	R			Bicskei
NBI	75.	1988-89	30	16	6	1	44-28	+16	61	1st	W			Bicskei, Both
NBI	76.	1989-90	30	9	8	13	31-39	-8	35	13th3	R
NBI	77.	1990-91	30	19	7	4	50-20	+30	45	1st				Mezey
NBI	78.	1991-92	30	19	4	7	61-27	+34	42	3rd
NBI	79.	1992-93	30	19	5	6	59-28	+31	43	1st				Kuusela
NBI	81.	1993-94	30	18	7	5	66-33	+33	43	2nd	R			Kuusela
NBI	82.	1994-95	30	14	6	10	60-42	+18	48	4th
NBI	83.	1995-96	30	12	10	8	49-35	+14	46	6th	W
NBI	84.	1996-97	34	12	9	13	43-36	+7	49	6th				Bicskei, Varga
NBI	85.	1997-98	34	10	6	18	41-57	-16	36	14th				Komora
NBI	86.	1998-99	34	11	9	14	38-50	-12	42	12th				Gálhidi, Komora
NBI	87.	1999-00	34	10	9	13	27-39	-12	39	12th				Soós-Reszeli
NBI	88.	2000-01	22	9	6	7	33-31	+2	34	7th				Tornyi
NBI	89.	2001-02	38	12	11	15	51-70	-19	47	7th				Glázer, Détári
NBI	90.	2002-03	32	8	5	19	43-66	-23	29	11th				Szurgent
NBII	?.	2003-04	34	23	6	5	75-24	+51	75	1st				Szurgent
NBI	91.	2004-05	30	10	5	15	37-58	-21	35	11th				Szurgent, Gergely
NBI	92.	2005-06	30	8	9	13	33-52	-19	33	13th				Dolcetti
NBI	93.	2006-07	30	11	8	11	48-43	+5	41	8th	W			Supka
NBI	94.	2007-08	30	12	7	11	45-36	+11	43	8th	R			Supka
NBI	95.	2008-09	30	8	8	14	45-36	+11	43	8th	W			Pölöskei
NBI	96.	2009-10	30	9	11	10	38-35	+3	38	9th				Morales
NBI	97.	2010-11	30	11	7	12	36-39	-3	40	10th				Morales, Supka
NBI	98.	2011-12	30	13	7	10	48-40	+8	46	4th				Supka
NBI	99.	2012–13	30	15	7	8	50-36	+14	52	3rd				Rossi
NBI	100.	2013-14	30	10	6	14	37-39	-2	36	9th				Rossi
NBI	101.	2014–15	30	6	10	14	26-36	-10	28	13th				Vierchowod, Csábi, Rossi
NBI	102.	2015–16	33	12	7	14	40–39	+1	43	8th	L16			Rossi
NBI	103.	2016–17	33	20	5	8	55–30	+25	65	1st	8th F			Rossi
NBI	104.	2017–18	0	0	0	0	0–0	+0	0	TBD	TBD	Champions League	2R	van der Meer[21]
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	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	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	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	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	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
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	2. Qualifying Round	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–3	1–2	3–5

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)^[22]
• 50 Years of the European Cup and Champions League: Keir Radnedge (2005)^[23]

See also

• Budapest derby
• Ferenc Puskás
• Puskás Cup

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