Antal Lyka (29 May 1908 – 1976) was a Hungarian
football
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player and coach.
Career
A
midfielder
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, Lyka played for
Ferencváros
Ferencváros (, ) is the 9th district of Budapest (), Hungary.
Name
The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.
History
The developmen ...
in the Hungarian championshiio for over a decade, and capped 12 times for
Hungary
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.
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Lyka coached
FK 14. Oktobar Niš, Ferencváros,
Csepel SC
Csepel SC () is a Hungary, Hungarian sports club based in Csepel, the XXI district of Budapest, which is on an island in the Danube in the south of the city. The club was formed in 1912 as ''Csepeli Torna Klub'' ("gymnastics club").
The Csepel ...
,
Debreceni VSC
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,
FK Vojvodina
Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, the second large ...
and
FK Vardar
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.
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Honours
Ferencváros
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system.
Twelve ...
:
1926–27,
1931–32,
1933–34
*
Magyar Kupa
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:
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
,
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...
,
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
References
1908 births
1976 deaths
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Hungary men's international footballers
Ferencvárosi TC footballers
Hungarian football managers
Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers
Ferencvárosi TC managers
Debreceni VSC managers
FK Vojvodina managers
FK Vardar managers
Hungarian expatriate football managers
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia
Expatriate football managers in Yugoslavia
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
Kecskeméti TE managers
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