MTK Budapest

MTK Budapest
Full nameMagyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest
Short nameMTK
Founded16 November 1888; 135 years ago (1888-11-16)
Colours    Blue and white
ChairmanTamás Deutsch
Websitewww.mtk.hu

Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888.[1] It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrestling, swimming, rowing, karate, taekwondo, sailing, speed skating, skiing, table tennis, tennis and chess.

Departments

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Team sports

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Individual sports

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  • Athletics (since 1888)
  • Boxing (1893–1914, 1922– , since 1951)
  • Bridge (since 1933)
  • Canoeing (since 1951)
  • Chess
  • Gymnastics
  • Fencing (since 1908)
  • Judo (since 2019)
  • Karate (since 2010)
  • Rowing (1895–1942, since 1947)
  • Rhythmic gymnastics (since 2011)
  • Swimming (1892–1958, since 1962)
  • Skating
  • Taekwondo (since 1989)
  • Tennis (1930–, 1947–, since 1991)
  • E-sports

Dissolved departments

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  • Auto-motor (1926–1953)
  • Bandy
  • Basketball
    • men's basketball
  • Button football
  • Cycling
  • Field hockey
  • Futsal
  • Handball
    • men's handball (1924–1958)
  • Ice hockey
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Water polo
  • Weightlifting (1934–?, 195?–?, 196?–1966)
  • Wrestling

Supporters and rivalries

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Supporters

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Notable supporters

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Rivalry

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The fixture between MTK Budapest FC and Ferencvárosi TC is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. The first fixture was played in the 1903 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary.

Honours

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Active departments

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Football (men's)

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Basketball (women's)

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  • Hungarian Championship
    • Winners (10): 1953, 1956, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1988–89, 1990–91
  • Hungarian Cup
    • Winners (8): 1955, 1961–62, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972

Football (women's)

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International honours

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season men's football women's basketball
1955 Mitropa Cup

Winners

1959 Mitropa Cup

Final

1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Semi-finals

1962–63 Mitropa Cup

Winners

European Cup

Semi-finals

1963–64 Cup Winners' Cup

Final

Notable former players

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Olympic champions

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Az MTK olimpiai bajnokainak listája

Presidents

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List of the presidents of the MTK Budapest:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "MTK Budapest". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  2. ^ "Híres MTK-sok". mtkcsalad.hu. 5 February 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ "List of champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  4. ^ mtk.hu. "Az MTK elnökei". www.mtk.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-01.


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  • Official website