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Budapest Honvéd FC

{{Short description|Sports club in Hungary}}

{{About|the football team||Honvéd (disambiguation){{!}}Honvéd}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox football club

|clubname = Budapest Honvéd

|fullname = {{nowrap|Budapest Honvéd Football Club}}

|nickname = Kispest
Oroszlánok (Lions)

|image = Kispest honved fc logo.png

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|founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1909|8|3}}

|ground = Bozsik Aréna, Budapest

|capacity = 8,200

|chairman = Tamás Leisztinger

|manager = Zsolt Laczkó

|league = NB II

|season = 2023–24

|position = NB II, 9th of 18

|website = {{URL|http://www.honvedfc.hu/}}

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Budapest Honvéd Football Club ({{IPA|hu|ˈbudɒpɛʃt ˈhonveːd ˈɛft͡seː}}), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its football 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 team. The club's top players from this era, Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, Zoltán Czibor, and Gyula Grosics helped the club win the Hungarian League four times during the 1950s and also formed the nucleus of the legendary Hungary national team popularly known as the Mighty Magyars.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, the club enjoyed another successful period, winning a further eight Hungarian League 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.{{Cite web|title=Budapest Honvéd {{!}} Hungarian Football|url=https://www.hungarianfootball.com/budapest-honved/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=HungarianFootball.com|language=en-GB|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007142334/https://www.hungarianfootball.com/budapest-honved/|url-status=live}}

When the club was originally formed in 1909, it also organised teams that competed in fencing, cycling, gymnastics, wrestling, athletics, boxing, and tennis. Later, the Honvéd family was extended to include a water polo team, now known as Groupama Honvéd, a 33-times basketball-champion team and a handball team that were European Champions in 1982.

History

{{Main|History of Budapest Honvéd FC}}

Budapest Honvéd FC were founded in 1909 as Kispesti AC.{{Cite web|last=Magyar|first=PUSKAS COM :: The official website of the Magical|title=110 YEARS OF KISPEST AC :: Topical|url=http://www.puskas.com/en/topical/382--110-years-of-kispest-ac.html|access-date=2021-10-07|website=PUSKAS.COM|language=en|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007141010/http://www.puskas.com/en/topical/382--110-years-of-kispest-ac.html|url-status=live}} 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. The club had played in the first division since 1916, until the club got relegated to the second division in 2003. {{Cite web|title=Budapest Honvéd {{!}} Hungarian Football|url=https://www.hungarianfootball.com/budapest-honved/|access-date=2021-10-07|website=HungarianFootball.com|language=en-GB|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007142334/https://www.hungarianfootball.com/budapest-honved/|url-status=live}}

Stadium

{{Main|Bozsik József Stadion}}

File:Honvedstadion.JPG

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 on the 3rd match day of the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The only goal was scored by Danilo in the 48th minute. The referee was Viktor Kassai.{{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/nb-i-bp-honved-paksi-fc-2651367|title=Győzelemmel búcsúzott a régi Bozsik-stadiontól a Honvéd|date=5 August 2018|publisher=Nemzeti Sport|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603101839/http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/nb-i-bp-honved-paksi-fc-2651367|url-status=live}} The stadium was demolished in 2019.{{cn|date=November 2021}}

{{Main|Bozsik Aréna}}

The new stadium of the club was opened in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Minden (is), amit a stadionavatóról tudni kell|url=https://honvedfc.hu/hirek/minden-is-amit-a-stadionavatorol-tudni-kell/2021-07-20|access-date=2021-10-07|website=honvedfc.hu|language=hu|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007145159/https://honvedfc.hu/hirek/minden-is-amit-a-stadionavatorol-tudni-kell/2021-07-20|url-status=live}} The first match was played between Budapest Honvéd FC II and Szekszárdi UFC in the 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season. The stadium was selected to host the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0263-10d5d6438321-4750de232089-1000--u21-euro-all-you-need-to-know/|title=2021 Under-21 EURO|date=16 March 2021|publisher=UEFA|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429101825/https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0263-10d5d6438321-4750de232089-1000--u21-euro-all-you-need-to-know/|url-status=live}}

Crest and colours

File:Budapest Honved FC logo.svg

=Manufacturers and shirt sponsors=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
style="color:#fff; background:#ff0800; border:1px solid black;"|Period

! style="color:#fff; background:#ff0800; border:1px solid black;"|Kit manufacturer

! style="color:#fff; background:#ff0800; border:1px solid black;"|Shirt sponsor

1990–1992

| Adidas

| Fiat

1992–1994

| Matchwinner

| Epson

1994–1996

| Diadora

| rowspan=2 | Gösser

1996–1997

| rowspan=2 | Joma

1997–1998

| Faragó és Fiai Mystery

1998–2000

| Umbro

| IBUSZ alapítása 1902

2000–2003

| Jako

| Wilkinson Sword

2003–2005

| Gems

| rowspan=5 | –

2005–2006

| Macron

2006–2008

| hummel

2008–2012

| Nike

2012–2013

| rowspan=3 | Givova

2014

| Ideasport

2014–2015

| rowspan=2 | –

2015–18

| rowspan=3 | Macron

2018–

| Tippmix

Honours

=Friendly=

  • Tournoi de Pâques du Red Star
  • Winners (1): 1932{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paris-tourn.html|title=International Tournaments (Paris) 1904–1935: Tournoi de Pâques du Red Star|website=RSSSF|first=Javier|last=García|date=2009|access-date=1 July 2022|archive-date=20 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220162555/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/paris-tourn.html|url-status=live}}
  • Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo
  • Winners (1): 1974

=Youth teams=

Players

= Current squad =

{{updated|25 January, 2025}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=HUN|name=Alex Szabó|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=HUN|name=Dominik Csontos|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=HUN|name=Dávid Holman|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=HUN|name=Ákos Sigér|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=HUN|name=Sebestyén Ihrig-Farkas|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=HUN|name=Tamás Csilus|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ROM|name=Cornel Ene|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=HUN|name=Bonifác Csonka|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=SVK|name=Patrik Pinte|pos=FW|other= on loan from Nyíregyháza}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=UKR|name=Vyacheslav Kulbachuk|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=HUN|name=Noel Keresztes|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=HUN|name=Zoltán Medgyes|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=HUN|name=Zsombor Bévárdi|pos=DF|other= on loan from Puskás Akadémia}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=HUN|name=Balázs Rácz|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=HUN|name=Kevin Polák|pos=MF}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=HUN|name=Bence Nyitrai|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=HUN|name=Szilveszter Hangya|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=40|nat=HUN|name=Ádám Szamosi|pos=MF|other= on loan from Diósgyőri}}

{{Fs player|no=44|nat=HUN|name=Ákos Baki|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=47|nat=HUN|name=Tibor Szabó|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=49|nat=SRB|name=Branko Pauljević|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=55|nat=HUN|name=Gergely Kocsis|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=72|nat=HUN|name=László Benkő|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=74|nat=HUN|name=Benedek Simon|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=83|nat=SVK|name=Tomáš Tujvel|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=90|nat=HUN|name=Márk Gyetván|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=93|nat=HUN|name=Barna Kesztyűs|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=95|nat=HUN|name=Gergő Rácz|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=97|nat=HUN|name=Balázs Farkas|pos=FW|other= on loan from Győri ETO}}

{{Fs player|no=99|nat=HUN|name=István Pekár|pos=DF}}

{{Fs end}}

=Out on loan=

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs end}}

=Retired numbers=

{{See also|List of retired numbers in association football}}

10 – {{flagicon|HUN}} Ferenc Puskás, 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.

{{For|a list of all former and current Budapest Honvéd FC players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Budapest Honvéd FC footballers }}

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Non-playing staff

=Management=

As of 15 September 2024{{cite web |url=http://www.honvedfc.hu/stab/2 |title=Budapest Honvéd Online |access-date=5 August 2015 |archive-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706004126/http://www.honvedfc.hu/stab/2 |url-status=live }}

class="wikitable"
Position

! Name

Proprietor{{flagicon|HUN}} Tamás Leisztinger
Managing Director

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Árpád Séllei

Marketing Director{{flagicon|HUN}} Martin Petrevics
Director of Facility{{flagicon|HUN}} Dávid Szabó
Director of Finance{{flagicon|HUN}} Mária Takács
Director of Communications{{flagicon|HUN}} Benedek Rác

=First team staff=

As of 15 September 2024

class="wikitable"
PositionName
Head coach{{flagicon|HUN}} Zsolt Laczkó
Assistant coach{{flagicon|HUN}} István Paulik
Assistant coach{{flagicon|HUN}} {{flagicon|BIH}} Djordje Kamber
Goalkeeping coach{{flagicon|HUN}} István Brockhauser
Assistant goalkeeping coach{{flagicon|HUN}} Viktor Szentpéteri
Fitness coach{{flagicon|HUN}} Zsolt Lázár
Physiotherapist{{flagicon|HUN}} Attila Hajdu
Video analyst{{flagicon|HUN}} Balázs Sinkó

Ownership

In 2022, Chris Docherty was appointed as the new sport director of the club.{{Cite web |last=SZ |first=I. |title=Honvéd: skót sportigazgató irányítja a szakmai munkát - NSO |url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/honved-skot-sportigazgato-iranyitja-a-szakmai-munkat-2895027 |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=www.nemzetisport.hu |language=hu |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126103239/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/honved-skot-sportigazgato-iranyitja-a-szakmai-munkat-2895027 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=A |first=CS |title=Honvéd: nemcsak új játékosok, hanem sportigazgató is jöhet - NSO |url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/honved-nemcsak-uj-jatekosok-hanem-sportigazgato-is-johet-2890679 |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=www.nemzetisport.hu |language=hu |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126103450/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/honved-nemcsak-uj-jatekosok-hanem-sportigazgato-is-johet-2890679 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Palmer |first=Ben |date=2023-05-28 |title=‘It was surreal. Our Ukrainian players were worried but I had to stay calm’ |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/it-was-surreal-our-ukrainian-players-were-worried-but-i-had-to-stay-calm-cqpjhg09r |access-date=2023-05-28 |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite web |last=Temple |first=Alan |date=2022-07-05 |title='It was his destiny': Meet the former Dundee United tactical chief who tempted Tam Courts to Hungary |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-united/3461953/chris-docherty-former-dundee-united-tam-courts-hungary-budapest-honved/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=The Courier |language=en-GB}}

Chris Docherty said in an interview that the club cannot sign any new players for financial problems in the middle of the 2022-23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.{{Cite web |last=nemzetisport.hu |title=Honvéd: Sajnos nincs lehetőségünk igazolni… – Chris Docherty - NSO |url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/honved-sajnos-nincs-lehetosegunk-igazolni-chris-docherty-2936501 |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=www.nemzetisport.hu |language=hu |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126103026/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/honved-sajnos-nincs-lehetosegunk-igazolni-chris-docherty-2936501 |url-status=live }}

On 22 May 2023, Chris Docherty resigned as sports director.{{Cite web |last=nemzetisport.hu |date=2023 |title=Honvéd: változások a vezetőségben – távozik a sportigazgató - NSO |url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/honved-valtozasok-a-vezetosegben-tavozik-a-sportigazgato-2958287 |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.nemzetisport.hu |language=hu}}{{Cite web |title=Chris Docherty távozik |url=https://honvedfc.hu/hirek/chris-docherty-tavozik/2023-05-22 |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=honvedfc.hu |language=hu}} In an article published by Nemzeti Sport, George F. Hemingway, former owner of the club, heavily criticized the management of the club for their relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II after finishing 11th in the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.{{Cite web |last=nemzetisport.hu |date=2023 |title=Gondatlanságból kiesés – Thury Gábor jegyzete - NSO |url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/gondatlansagbol-kieses-thury-gabor-jegyzete-2959135 |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.nemzetisport.hu |language=hu}} Hemingway said that the solid financial background is not enough if there is no expertise.

On 27 April 2024, it was revealed that a Tamás Lisztinger-led business showed interest in purchasing the club.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-27 |title=Bp. Honvéd: megszületett az elvi megállapodás a klub eladásáról – Bozó Zoltán az NS-nek |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2024/04/bp-honved-megszuletett-az-elvi-megallapodas-a-klub-eladasarol-bozo-zoltan-az-ns-nek |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Nemzeti Sport |language=hu}}

=Owners=

  • 2006–2019: {{flagicon|USA}} Quinex America LLC (George F. Hemingway)
  • 2019–2024: {{flagicon|HUN}} Reditus Equity (Zoltán Bozó)
  • 2024-present: {{flagicon|HUN}} ARAGO-SPORT Kft. (Tamás Leisztinger)

{{Cite web|url=https://honvedfc.hu/hirek/uj-tulajdonos-a-budapest-honvednal/2019-04-08|title=Új tulajdonos a Budapest Honvédnál|access-date=11 May 2020|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610195954/https://honvedfc.hu/hirek/uj-tulajdonos-a-budapest-honvednal/2019-04-08|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.portfolio.hu/gazdasag/20190408/uj-tulajdonosa-van-a-budapest-honved-labdarugoklubnak-320145|title=Új tulajdonosa van a Budapest Honvéd labdarúgóklubnak|access-date=11 May 2020|archive-date=9 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209170305/https://www.portfolio.hu/gazdasag/20190408/uj-tulajdonosa-van-a-budapest-honved-labdarugoklubnak-320145|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.csakfoci.hu/magyar-foci/nb-i/honved/megszolalt-az-uj-honved-tulajdonos-a-fradival-es-a-vidivel-versenyzo-csapatot-akar-epiteni|title = Megszólalt az egyik új Honvéd-tulajdonos: A Fradival és a Vidivel versenyző csapatot akarnak építeni|date = 9 April 2019|access-date = 11 May 2020|archive-date = 22 February 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200222015612/http://www.csakfoci.hu/magyar-foci/nb-i/honved/megszolalt-az-uj-honved-tulajdonos-a-fradival-es-a-vidivel-versenyzo-csapatot-akar-epiteni|url-status = live}}

See also

Sources

  • Behind The Curtain – Travels in Eastern European Football: Jonathan Wilson (2006){{cite book|title=Behind the Curtain: Travels in Football in Eastern Europe: Amazon.co.uk: Jonathan Wilson: Books |id={{ASIN|0752869078|country=uk}} }}
  • 50 Years of the European Cup and Champions League: Keir Radnedge (2005){{cite book|title=50 Years of the European Cup and Champions League: Amazon.co.uk: Keir Radnedge: Books |id={{ASIN|1844425290|country=uk}} }}

References

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External links

{{Commons category}}

  • {{official website|https://www.honvedfc.hu/}} {{in lang|hu}}
  • {{facebook|id= honvedfc}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110224143456/http://honvedfc.hu/ Official website] (archived)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070628024014/http://voiceoftheturtle.org/show_article.php?aid=150 Puskás on Puskás Rogan Taylor and Klara Jamrich (1998)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224142546/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mit59.html Mitropa Cup 1959]

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