Ferencvárosi TC
Ferencvárosi TC
Official Website: www.fradi.hu
Stadium: Groupama Aréna, Budapest
Capacity: 22,000
Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros were founded in 1899 by Ferenc Springer and a group of local residents of Budapest’s ninth district, Ferencváros.
Ferencváros have played in the NBI since its inception in 1901, except for three seasons between 2006 and 2009.
Ferencváros is the most successful Hungarian team both domestically and internationally. They won the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, after defeating Juventus 1–0 in Turin, and have won the NBI 30 times and the Magyar Kupa 23 times. They lost to Leeds United in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final in 1968 and to to Dynamo Kiev in the final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup in the 1974–75 season.
Their current stadium is the Groupama Arena, which has a capacity of 20,000 spectators in UEFA matches and 23,700 in Hungarian League matches. The stadium opening match was played against Chelsea on 10th August, 2014. Since the demolition of the Puskás Ferenc Stadion, the Hungarian National Team play their home matches at the Groupama, however, the new Puskás Ferenc Stadion is due to open in November 2019.
Rivalries: MTK Budapest (Hungary’s oldest football rivalry – since 1903), Újpest (biggest rivalry – since 1930), Budapest Honvéd, Debrecen VSC and Diósgyőr VTK.
Friendships: Rapid Wien, Panathinaikos, Zalaegerszeg TE, Śląsk Wrocław and Bałtyk Gdynia.
Manager: Peter Stöger
Last season: Champions
Leading scorer: Myrto Uzuni – 12 goals
Honours:
Domestic
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
* Winners (32): 12: 1903, 1905, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1962–63, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021-22
* Runners-up (36): 1902, 1904, 1907–08, 1913–14, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1943–44, 1945, 1949-50, 1959–60, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2014–15, 2017–18
Nemzeti Bajnokság II
* Winners (1): 2008–09
* Runners-up (1): 2006–07
Magyar Kupa
* Winners (23): 13: 1912–13, 1921–22, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1955–58, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021-22
Szuperkupa
* Winners (6): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2015, 2016
Ligakupa
* Winners (2): 2012–13, 2014–15
European
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
* Winners (1): 1964–65
* Runners-up (1): 1967–68
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
* Runners-up (1): 1974–75
Mitropa Cup
* Winners (2): 1928, 1937
* Runners-up (4): 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940
Challenge Cup
* Winners (1): 1909
* Runners-up (1): 1911
Tournoi de Nöel de Paris
* Winners (1): 1935