Kecskeméti TE
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| Full name | Kecskeméti TE | |||
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| Founded | 1911 | |||
| Ground | Széktói Stadion Kecskemét, Hungary | |||
| Capacity | 6.300 | |||
| Manager | Tomislav Sivić | |||
| League | NB I | |||
| 2007-08 | Second League East, 1st | |||
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Kecskeméti TE (officially Kecskeméti Testedző Egyesület (Kecskemét Gymnastics Club)) is a club, most famous for its football team. It hails from Kecskemét, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary and is currently competing in the NB I, the top league of Hungarian football.
History
The club was founded in 1911. From 1945 the team used to play its matches near the local railway station. In 1967 the team reached the semifinals in the Hungarian Cup. KSC was the other club in town, which was founded in 1972. The two teams became arch rivals in the second and third leauge until their merger in 1999. KTE was always supported by local workers during these years.
The first years of the third millennium brought confusion and many troubles to the football in Kecskemét. But this was over in 2006 when Pál Rózsa and János Versegi became the chairmen of KTE. They started to build a strong and successful club, with great support from Dr. Gábor Zombor, mayor of Kecskemét. The promotion to NB I was finally archieved in 2008, and KTE became the first football club from the city of Kecskemét to play in the hungarian first league.
Several thousands of citizens attend matches nowadays. The local enthusiasm is much greater than the Hungarian average.
Stadium
Kecskeméti TE plays its home games at Széktói Stadion. With 4,300 seats, and standing room for 2,000 in the standing-only sections it is also the largest football stadium in Kecskemét. It was built in 1962. In 2002 it was completely renovated. The lighting installation consists of 128 floodlights mounted on 4 masts of height 38m, the average vertical illuminance is 1200 lx.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Successes
Promotion to NB I 2008
External links
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