Budapest Honvéd Football Club (), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in

Kispest Kispest (lit. ''Little Pest'') is the 19th (XIX) district of Budapest, Hungary. It lies south-southeast of the historical Pest city. It was founded in 1871 on rural land as a village at the borderline of Pest, so it was named Kispest. Histo ...

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...

, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

team. ''Honvéd'' 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 ''Budapesti Honvéd SE'' and became the

Hungarian Army The Hungarian Ground Forces ( hu, Magyar Szárazföldi Haderő) is the land branch of the Hungarian Defence Forces, and is responsible for ground activities and troops including artillery, tanks, APCs, IFVs and ground support. Hungary's ground ...

team. The club's top players from this era,

Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás (, ; born Ferenc Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian football player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forwar ...

Sándor Kocsis Sándor Péter Kocsis (; ; 21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary as a striker. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Pu ...

József Bozsik József Bozsik (; 28 November 1925 – 31 May 1978) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a central midfielder. He spent his entire club career at his hometown club, Budapest Honvéd. Bozsik was a key member of the legendary Golden Team as ...

Zoltán Czibor Zoltán Czibor (23 August 1929 – 1 September 1997) was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd, and the Hungary national team before joining CF Barcelona. Czibor played as ...

, and Gyula Grosics helped the club win the

Hungarian League Hungarian may refer to: * Hungary, a country in Central Europe * Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946 * Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary * Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignm ...

four times during the 1950s and also formed the nucleus of the legendary Hungarian national team popularly known as the '' Mighty Magyars.'' During the 1980s and early 1990s, the club enjoyed another successful period, winning a further eight

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 Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat s ...

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

, and tennis. Later, the Honvéd family was extended to include a

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...

team, now known as '' Groupama Honvéd'', a 33-times basketball-champion

team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to inf ...

and a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

team that were European Champions in 1982.

History

Budapest Honvéd FC were founded in 1909 as Kispesti AC. At domestic level they first entered the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 1916–17 season. Their first success came in the 1926 Magyar Kupa season when they beat Budapesti EAC in the final.

Stadium

Budapest Honvéd's first stadium was opened in 1913. On 5 August 2018, the last match was played at the stadium. The match was won by Honvéd against

Paksi FC Paksi FC (''Paks'') () is a Hungarian football club based in Paks. Since its founding in 1952, it has played at either a county or national level. In 2006, it ascended to '' Borsodi Liga'', or NB I, the top division in Hungarian football, for th ...

on the 3rd match day of the

2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2018–19 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 120th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named ''OTP Bank Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. Videoton were the def ...

. The only goal was scored by Danilo in the 48th minute. The referee was Viktor Kassai. The stadium was demolished in 2019. The new stadium of the club was opened in 2021. The first match was played between Budapest Honvéd FC II and

Szekszárdi UFC Szekszárdi Utánpótlásnevelő Football Club is a professional football club based in Szekszárd, Tolna county, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III Nemzeti Bajnokság III (''NBIII'', ''National Championship III'') is the thi ...

in the

2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság III The 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság III is Hungary's third-level football competition. Teams The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season. Stadium and locations Following is the list of clubs competing in the league this sea ...

season. The stadium was selected to host the

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021) was the 23rd edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (26th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football c ...

Crest and colours

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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

Honours

* Nemzeti Bajnokság I ** Winners (14): 1949–50,

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...

, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89,

1990–91 Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since t ...

1992–93 Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since t ...

, 2016–17 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

** Winners (8): 1925–26,

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2019–20 *

UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay ...

** Quarter final (1): 1979/79 *

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hunga ...

** Winners (1):

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

Friendly

*Tournoi de Pâques du Red Star ** Winners (1): 1932 *

Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo The Trofeo Cidade de Vigo ( en, The City of Vigo Trophy) was an annual pre-season Association football, football tournament, established in 1971 and hosted by the Vigo City Council. Celta Vigo is the most successful team with 21 titles. Tournamen ...

** Winners (1): 1974

Youth teams

* Puskás Cup: ** Winners (5):

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

Players

Current squad

Players with multiple nationalities

Ivan Lovrić Ivan Lovrić (also ''Giovanni Lovrich''; c. 1756 in Sinj – 1777 in Sinj) was a Croatian writer, ethnographer, and medical student from the Republic of Venice, best known for his work ''Observations on 'Travels in Dalmatia' of Abbot Alberto ...

Out on loan

Retired numbers

10 –

, Forward (1949–56). 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. *

Abraham Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Je ...

* József Andrusch *

Benjamin Angoua Brou Benjamin Angoua (born 28 November 1986) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for French Championnat National club Stade Briochin. He is equally adept at playing as either a defensive midfielder or a central defen ...

* Zsolt Bárányos * Balázs Bérczy *

Bertalan Bicskei Bertalan Bicskei (17 September 1944 – 16 July 2011) was a Hungarian football goalkeeper and manager. Playing career As a youth player, he played for the most famous Hungarian club side, Ferencváros, and he also honed his skills in Honved ...

János Biri János Biri (21 July 1901 – 29 March 1983) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. Biri played as a goalkeeper for a number of clubs, most notably Padova and MTK Budapest FC, also representing Hungary in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He is best kn ...

* Igor Bogdanović *

Kris Bright Kris Bright (born 5 September 1986) is a retired New Zealand footballer who is the current Sporting Director of New Zealand club Auckland City. Career Born in South Auckland, New Zealand, the son of New Zealand 1982 World Cup representative D ...

* István Brockhauser * László Budai * Gábor Bukrán * Alfi Conteh-Lacalle * Aurél Csertői *

* László Dajka *

András Debreceni András Debreceni (born 21 April 1989) is a Hungarian footballer defender. He currently plays for Mosonmagyaróvári TE . Debreceni made his debut for the senior side of his country on 1 June 2012 in the 2–1 win over the Czech Republic in ...

Lajos Détári Lajos László Détári (born 24 April 1963) is a Hungarian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. At the height of his career (1984–1994), he was a well-respected player throughout Europe, winning "Player of the Year" ...

* Mamadou Diakité * László Disztl * Péter Disztl * Cristian Dulca * József Duró *

József Eisenhoffer József Eisenhoffer (8 November 1900 – 13 February 1945), also known as József Aczél, was a Hungarian footballer. He could play equally well as an inside or outside left as well as left half. Eisenhoffer played professionally in Hungary, A ...

* Gábor Egressy *

Márton Esterházy Márton Esterházy (born 9 April 1956 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired football player. He is a descendant of the Esterházy aristocratic family. After retiring, like his famous writer brother Péter Esterházy, he became a published author h ...

Emeka Ezeugo Emeka Ezeugo (born 16 December 1965) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He debuted as a professional footballer for Indian club East Bengal FC, has also represented the Nigeria national team in the FIFA ...

* László Farkasházy * Pál Fischer *

Imre Garaba Imre Garaba (born 29 July 1958) is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1980, and got 82 caps and 3 goals until 1991. He was a participant at the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, ...

* Genito *

Ivo Georgiev Ivo Georgiev ( bg, Иво Георгиев; 12 May 1972 – 13 November 2021) was a Bulgarian professional footballer who played as a forward. Career In his career Georgiev played for Volov Shumen, Debreceni VSC, Korabostroitel, Spartak Var ...

* Gyula Grosics * Sándor Gujdár * Emir Hadžić * Gábor Halmai * István Hamar * Zoltán Hercegfalvi * Ádám Hrepka * János Hrutka * Harmony Ikande * Béla Illés * Péter Kabát * Mihály Kincses * István Kocsis *

Lajos Kocsis Lajos Kocsis (18 June 1947 in Szeged – 9 October 2000 in Budapest) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Bp. Honvéd SE. He was an Olympic champion in 1968. Club career Kocsis started his career in his native town of Szeged, ...

Imre Komora Imre Komora (born 5 June 1940) is a former Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Budapest Honvéd FC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup. He also won a gold medal in f ...

* Antal Kotász * Béla Kovács * Ervin Kovács * Kálmán Kovács *

Mihály Kozma Mihály Kozma (born 1 November 1949) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Budapest Honvéd FC and Belgium's Thor Waterschei He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in UEFA Eur ...

* László Kuti * Davide Lanzafame *

Almiro Lobo Almiro Edson Daniel Lobo, better known as Miró (born 30 April 1982 in Quelimane) is a Mozambican football defender who currently plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Platinum Stars and Mozambique Mozambique (), officia ...

* Gyula Lóránt * Misheck Lungu *

Ferenc Machos Ferenc Machos (30 June 1932 - 3 December 2006) was a Hungary, Hungarian association football, football Forward (association football), forward who played for Hungary national football team, Hungary in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.János Marozsán * Gábor Márton * János Mátyus *

József Mészáros József Mészáros (16 January 1923 – 21 April 1997) was a Hungarian footballer and football manager. External links * 1923 births 1997 deaths Hungarian footballers Hungary international footballers Hungarian football manager ...

Vasile Miriuță Vasile Laszlo Miriuță (born 19 September 1968) is a football manager and former player. From December 2020, he was the head coach of Liga III side Minaur Baia Mare, until July 2021. From July 2021 he was enrolled as the technical director of ...

* Hélder Muianga * Antal Nagy (1944) * Antal Nagy (1956) *

Norbert Németh Norbert Németh (born 5 May 1981) is a Hungarian former football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of footb ...

István Nyers István Nyers (; 25 May 1924 – 9 March 2005), also known as Stefano Nyers, was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. Although he played in only two international matches for Hungary, he is considered one of the grea ...

Sándor Pintér Sándor Pintér (born 3 July 1948) is a Hungarian politician and former top police officer. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1998 to 2002 and since 2010, in Viktor Orbán's cabinets. Biography Pintér was born and raised in Budapest. ...

* István Pisont * Attila Plókai *

László Pusztai László Pusztai (1 March 1946 – 6 July 1987) was a Hungarian football player who participated in the 1978 World Cup where Hungary was eliminated in the first round. After having spent numerous years in the Budapest clubs of Budapest Honvéd ...

István Sallói István Sallói (born 26 September 1966 in Oroszlány) is a former Hungarian football player. Sallói came from a footballing family with his grandfather playing in lower divisions before later becoming a referee. His father played in the Hung ...

* Ferenc Sipos * Lajos Szűcs *

Ákos Takács Ákos Takács (born 14 February 1982) is a Hungarian former professional football player, who last played for Győri ETO FC. He has played four times for the Hungarian national team and scored one goal. Playing career Takács started his caree ...

* Zoltán Takács *

Lajos Tichy Lajos Tichy (21 March 1935 – 6 January 1999), nicknamed "The Nation's Bomber", was a Hungarian footballer. He is the most prolific goalscorer in total matches in recorded history according to RSSSF with over 1912 goals scored in over 1301 m ...

* Sándor Torghelle * Mihály Tóth * József Varga * Gábor Vincze * István Vincze * Paulo Albarracín * Bruno Enríquez * César Mayuri *

Dragan Vukmir Dragan Vukmir (; born 2 August 1978) is a Serbian professional football manager and a former defender. He is the manager of Hungarian club Diósgyőr. He was capped once for Serbia and Montenegro. Vukmir spent the majority of his career in Hun ...

* Lukáš Zelenka * Zalán Zombori

Non-playing staff

Management

''As of 14 December 2022''

First team staff

''As of 5 December 2022''

Ownership

* 2006–2019: Quinex America LLC (George F. Hemingway) * 2019–present: Reditus Equity (Zoltán Bozó)

Sources

* ''Behind The Curtain – Travels in Eastern European Football'': Jonathan Wilson (2006) * ''50 Years of the European Cup and Champions League'': Keir Radnedge (2005)

References

External links

*
Official website
(archived)
''Puskás on Puskás'' Rogan Taylor and Klara Jamrich (1998)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Honved Budapest Association football clubs established in 1909 Military association football clubs in Hungary Football clubs in Budapest Football clubs in Hungary 1909 establishments in Hungary