Ferencvárosi TC (sports club)

For other uses, see Ferencvárosi TC.

Ferencvárosi TC

Full name	Ferencvárosi Torna Club
Nickname	Ferencváros, FTC and Fradi, Zöld Sasok (Green Eagles) zöld-fehérek (The green and whites)
Short name	FTC
Founded	3 May 1899 (1899-05-03)
Colours	Green and white
Chairman	Gábor Kubatov
Website	fradi.hu

Ferencvárosi Torna Club founded in 1899, is a major Hungarian multi-sport club based in Ferencváros district of Budapest, Hungary. The well-supported men's football team is the most popular team in the country. The parent multisport club Ferencvárosi TC divisions include a women's football club, a women's handball club, a men's futsal club, a men's ice hockey club, a men's handball club, a men's water polo club, and clubs for cycling, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling, curling and swimming, some of which are highly successful.

Departments

As of 14 February 2023

Team sports

• Football:
  • Ferencvárosi TC men's football (since 1899)
  • Ferencvárosi TC (women's football) (since 2004)
• Handball:
  • Ferencvárosi TC (men's handball) (since 1950)
  • Ferencvárosi TC (women's handball) (since 1950)
• Water polo:
  • Ferencvárosi TC (men's water polo) (since 1904)
  • women's water polo
• Ice hockey:
  • Ferencvárosi TC (ice hockey) (since 1928)
  • women's ice hockey
• Nine-pin bowling (since 1948)
• Curling (since 2008)
• Synchronized swimming (since 2015)

Individual sports

• Ferencvárosi TC (athletics) (since 1903)
• Boxing (since 1910)
• Canoeing (since 1955)
• Cycling (since 1910)
• Gymnastics (since 1904)
• Fencing (1904–1915, 1922–1945, since 2017)
• Swimming (since 1904)
• Skating (since 2019)
• Triathlon (since 2015)
• Wrestling (since 1912)

Dissolved departments

• Basketball
  • Ferencvárosi TC (women's basketball) (1993–2000, 2010–2012)

Sport facilities

Ferencváros Stadion (2014–present)

The football team plays in Groupama Aréna in Ferencváros, Budapest. The handball teams play in the Elek Gyula Aréna. The boxing, cycling, fencing and wrestling departments play in the FTC-MVM Népligeti Sportközpont. The ice hockey team play in the Tüskecsarnok, the water polo team play at Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, the women's football team play at Kocsis Sándor Sportközpont, the short track speed skating department play at Gyakorló Jégcsarnok, the curling team play at Kamaraerdei Curling Club, the canoeing department using facilities at ELTE Vízisporttelep.

Supporters and rivalries

One of the supporter group of Ferencváros.

Supporters

Supporters of Ferencváros are mainly from the capital city of Hungary, Budapest. However, the club is popular all over Hungary.

Notable supporters

• László Aradszky, singer
• Fecó Balázs, singer and songwriter
• Imre Bajor, actor
• Zsolt Baumgartner, racing driver
• Gyula Bodrogi, actor
• István Bujtor, actor, director, producer and screenplay writer
• Zsuzsa Csala, actress
• Károly Eperjes, actor
• Bertalan Farkas, cosmonaut
• Tivadar Farkasházy, humorist, author, and journalist
• Károly Frenreisz, singer and songwriter
• Gyula Grosics, footballer
• László Helyey, actor
• Ferenc Karinthy, novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator
• Zoltán Kocsis, pianist, conductor and composer
• László Komár, singer
• János Koós, singer
• István Kovács, boxer
• Kati Kovács, singer, performer, lyricist and actress
• András Kozák, actor
• Peter Leko, chess player
• Péter Máté, singer, composer, and pianist
• Erika Miklósa, coloratura soprano
• Zoltán Mucsi, actor
• Feró Nagy, singer and musician
• Gyula Ortutay, ethnographer and politician
• András Rédli, fencer
• Imre Sinkovits, actor
• Gyula Szabó, actor
• István Tarlós, politician
• Gábor Wéber, racing driver and commentator

Friendships

The fans have friendships with fans of Rapid Wien and Panathinaikos, and as all three play in Green the alliance is nicknamed the "Green Brothers". They also have friendly relations in Hungary with fans of Zalaegerszeg and in Poland with Śląsk Wrocław and Bałtyk Gdynia.

Rivalries

See also: Budapest derby, Ferencvárosi TC–Újpest FC rivalry, and Örökrangadó

Ferencváros have rivalry with several teams from Budapest including MTK Budapest, Újpest, Honvéd, Vasas SC, and several provincial clubs such as Debrecen and Diósgyőr.

The biggest rivalry is with Újpest, which dates back to the 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian Football League title. Since then, the fixture between the two teams attracts the most spectators in the domestic league. The matches between the two teams often end in violence which causes big trouble for the Hungarian football. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.

The fixture between Ferencváros and MTK Budapest FC is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary, which dates back as early as the 1903 football season when Ferencváros first won the Hungarian League. In the following three decades either Ferencváros or MTK Budapest won the domestic league.

Bp. Honvéd are also considered fierce rivals as the clubs are in very close proximity to each other and in the past frequently competed for honours.

Honours

Active departments

Football (men's)

Main article: Ferencvárosi TC

• Hungarian Championship
  • Winners (35) (record): 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, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Hungarian Second League
  • Winners (1): 2008–09
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winners (24) (record): 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
• Hungarian Super Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (6) (record): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2015, 2016
• Hungarian League Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (2): 2012–13, 2014–15
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (defunct, predecessor of UEFA Cup)
  • Winners (1): 1964–65
• Mitropa Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (2): 1928, 1937
• Challenge Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (1): 1908–09

Water polo (men's)

Main article: Ferencvárosi TC (men's water polo)

• Hungarian Championship
  • Winners (26) (share record): 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1944, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winners (23) (record): 1923, 1924, 1926, 1949, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• LEN Champions League
  • Winners (1): 2018–19
• LEN Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (4) (record): 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1997–98
• LEN Super Cup
  • Winners (4): 1978, 1980, 2018, 2019
• LEN Euro Cup
  • Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18

Ice hockey (men's)

Main article: Ferencvárosi TC (ice hockey)

• Hungarian Championship:
  • Winners (31) (record): 1950–51, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Hungarian Cup:
  • Winners (15) (record): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 2019–20
• Hungarian Super Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1993–94, 2020–21, 2022–23
• Panonian League:
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
• Erste Liga:
  • Winners (2): 2018–19, 2019–20

Handball (women's)

Main article: Ferencvárosi TC (women's handball)

• Hungarian Championship
  • Winners (13): 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2014–15, 2020–21
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winners (15): 1967, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (3) (record): 1977–78, 2010–11, 2011–12
• EHF Cup
  • Winner (1): 2005–06

Football (women's)

Main article: Ferencvárosi TC (women's football)

• Hungarian Championship
  • Winners (5): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winners (6) (record): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021

Handball (men's)

Main article: Ferencvárosi TC (men's handball)

• Hungarian Second League
  • Winners (3): 1970, 2008–09, 2016–17
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winner (1): 1963

Inactive departments

Basketball (women's)

Main article: Ferencvárosi TC (women's basketball)

• Hungarian Championship
  • Winner (1): 1996–97
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winner (1): 1995–96

International honours

season	men's football	women's handball	men's water polo	men's handball
1928	Mitropa Cup Winners
1930	Mitropa Cup Semi-finals
1934	Mitropa Cup Semi-finals
1935	Mitropa Cup Final
1937	Mitropa Cup Winners
1938	Mitropa Cup Final
1939	Mitropa Cup Final
1940	Mitropa Cup Final
1962–63	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-finals
1964–65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Winners
1967–68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
1970–71		European Cup Final
1971–72	UEFA Cup Semi-finals
1974–75	Cup Winners' Cup Final		Cup Winners' Cup Winners
1977–78		Cup Winners' Cup Winners	Cup Winners' Cup Winners
1978–79		Cup Winners' Cup Final	Cup Winners' Cup Final
1979–80			Cup Winners' Cup Winners
1988–89	Mitropa Cup Semi-finals		European Cup Semi-finals
1993–94		Cup Winners' Cup Final
1994–95			LEN Cup Final
1995–96		Champions League Group stage (4th)
1996–97		Champions League Semi-finals	LEN Cup Final
1997–98			Cup Winners' Cup Winners
2000–01		Champions League Semi-finals
2001–02		Champions League Final
2004–05		EHF Cup Semi-finals
2005–06		EHF Cup Winners	LEN Cup Semi-finals
2006–07		Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals
2010–11		Cup Winners' Cup Winners
2011–12		Cup Winners' Cup Winners
2014–15		Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals
2016–17			Euro Cup Winners
2017–18			Euro Cup Winners
2018–19			Champions League Winners
2020–21			Champions League Final
2021–22			Champions League Third place
2022–23		Champions League Final
2023–24				European Cup Semi-finals

Notable former players

Olympic champions

A Ferencvárosi Torna Club olimpiai bajnokainak listája

• Antal Kocsis, boxing
• István Molnár, water polo
• Jenő Dalnoki, football
• Dezső Fábián, water polo
• György Kárpáti, water polo
• Éva Novák, swimming
• Ilona Novák, swimming
• Miklós Szilvási, wrestling (Greco-Roman)
• Károly Szittya, water polo
• Katalin Szőke, swimming
• Miklós Ambrus, water polo
• László Felkai, water polo
• Dezső Gyarmati, water polo
• Dezső Novák, football
• Zoltán Varga, football
• Mihály Hesz, canoe sprint
• István Juhász, football
• Miklós Páncsics, football
• Lajos Szűcs, football
• Zoltán Magyar, gymnastics
• György Gerendás, water polo
• András Sike, wrestling (Greco-Roman)
• Teslim Fatusi, football
• Zoltán Kósz, water polo
• Bulcsú Székely, water polo
• Danuta Kozák, canoe sprint
• Shaoang Liu, short track speed skating

Presidents

List of the presidents of the Ferencvárosi TC:

• 1899–1920: Ferenc Springer
• 1920–1923: Aladár Mattyók
• 1923–1931: Ernő Gschwindt
• 1931–1944: Béla Mailinger (executive president)
• 1937–1944: Béla Usetty
• 1944: Andor Jaross
• 1945–1950: Adolf Nádas (executive president)
• 1948–1950: Ferenc Münnich
• 1950–1951: Árpád Nöhrer
• 1951–1952: István Száraz
• 1953–1955: Béla Komoretto
• 1956–1958: Károly Weidemann
• 1958–1962: János Bédi
• 1962–1965: Aladár Végh
• 1966–1971: István Kalmár
• 1971–1981: János Harót (executive president)
• 1971–1980: Lajos Lénárt
• 1980–1985: Tibor Losonci (executive president)
• 1981–1988: Imre Kovács
• 1985–1990: Károly Hargitai (executive president)
• 1988–1989: Ferenc Szabó
• 1989–1990: István Debreczeny
• 1990–1994: Lajos Harza
• 1991–1998: István Szívós (executive president)
• 1994–1997: Péter Szerdahelyi
• 1997–1998: Benedek Fülöp
• 1998–2001: József Torgyán
• 1999: Máté Fenyvesi (executive president)
• 2001–2006: János Furulyás
• 2006: Miklós Inácsy
• 2006–2007: Zsolt Dámosy
• 2007–2010: György Rieb
• 2010–2011: Miklós Kovács
• since 2011: Gábor Kubatov

External links

• Official website