Budapesti Torna Club was a Hungarian
sports club
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Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
in
Budapest
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and the first football club in the country. Its
football
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team were the winners of the first two seasons of
Nemzeti Bajnokság I, in 1901 and 1902.
History
The club was founded on January 21, 1897. It was the first official football club to be founded in Hungary, and it will soon be followed by many others. On September 18 of the same year, it played the first official match in Hungarian history, between two internal teams, the blue-white one and the red-white one, with the former winning 5-0.
On October 31 it played the first international match of a Hungarian club, when it played against Austria's
Vienna Cricket and Football Club in
Vienna
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, losing 2-0.
It was one of the founders of the Hungarian football leagues, the Nemzeti Najnokság, and the winner of its first two editions.
After 1925 the club played only in the amateur leagues and it was dissolved during season 1945-46.
Honours
*
Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minist ...
,
1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world' ...
*
Hungarian Cup
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 ...
Runner-up:
1909–10
Name changes
*1885–1945: Budapesti Torna Club
*1935: merger with Budapest SE
*?: exit from Budapest SE
References
External links
Profile
Football clubs in Budapest
Defunct football clubs in Hungary
1885 establishments in Hungary
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