MTK Budapest

MTK Budapest

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Full name	Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre
Founded	16 November 1888 (1888-11-16) Budapest
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Colours	Blue and White
President	Tamás Deutsch
Website	http://www.mtk.hu/

Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. 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

Sport	Teams
Football 1888 (Men), 2002 (Women)	MTK Budapest FC MTK Hungária FC (women)
Handball (1946–1975, 2013)	MTK Budapest (women's handball)
Basketball (1945–1997, 2011)	MTK Budapest (men's basketball) MTK Budapest (women's basketball)
Water Polo (1911–1973, 2011)	MTK Budapest (men's water polo)
Ice hockey (1946–1967, 2007)	MTK Budapest (ice hockey)
Volleyball (1947)	MTK Budapest (women's volleyball)
Futsal	MTK Budapest (futsal)
Button football (2007)	MTK Budapest (button football)
Chess (2014)	MTK Budapest (chess)
Athletics (1888)	MTK Budapest (athletics)
Swimming (1892–1958, 1962)	MTK Budapest (swimming)
Fencing (1908)	MTK Budapest (fencing)
Canoe and kayak (1951)	MTK Budapest (canoeing)
Boxing (1893–1914, 1922– , 1951)	MTK Budapest (boxing)
Wrestling (1888)	MTK Budapest (wrestling)
Tennis ( –1940, 1947)	MTK Budapest (tennis)
Gymnastics	MTK Budapest (gymnastics)
Rhythmic gymnastics (2011)	MTK Budapest (rhythmic gymnastics)
Table tennis ( –1940, 1947–1954, 2002)	MTK Budapest (table tennis)
Rowing (1895–1942, 1947)	MTK Budapest (rowing)
Sailing (1975)	MTK Budapest (sailing)
Taekwondo (1989)	MTK Budapest (taekwondo)
Karate (2010)	MTK Budapest (karate)
Alpine skiing (1951–1961, 2013)	MTK Budapest (skiing)
Ice skating (Speed skating, Short track speed skating)	MTK Budapest (skating)

Defunct departments

• Handball (Men: 1924–1958) and (Women: ?, 1993–2000, 2009–2012)
• Field hockey
• Bandy
• Auto-motor (1926–1953)
• Weightlifting (1934–?, 195?–?, 196?–1966)

Supporters

Rivalry

See also: Budapest derby and Örökrangadó

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

Football

Main articles: MTK Budapest FC and MTK Hungária FC (women)

Men's football:

• Hungarian League (NB I)

23x: 1904, 1907–08, 1913–14, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1950, 1953, 1957–58, 1986–87, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08

• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa)

12x: 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1951–52, 1968, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00

• Hungarian Super Cup (Szuperkupa)

2x: 2003, 2008

• Hungarian League Cup (Ligakupa)

2x: 2012–13, 2014–15

• European Cup Winners' Cup

Runner-up (1): 1963–64

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Semi-Finalist (1): 1961–62

• Mitropa Cup

2x: 1955, 1963

• Štefánik Tournament in Bratislava

1x: 1933

Women's football:

• Hungarian League (NB I)

7x: 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17

• Hungarian Women's Cup (Magyar Kupa)

4x: 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014

MTK Budapest Presidents

Years Name 1889-91 Lajos Vermes 1892-98 Gyula Porzsolt 1899-03 dr. Antal Heteés 1905-44 Alfréd Brüll 1945-49 Zoltán Vass 1951-53 János Somogyi

Years Name 1953-54 Lajos Kovács 1954-56 István Tóth 1959-63 István Dénes 1963-69 Ferenc Bánhalmi 1969-71 dr. György Krekács 1971-00 János Fekete

Years Name 2001-02 dr. István Harcsár 2002-03 Csaba Szecső 2004-10 György Hunwald 2010- dr. Tamás Deutsch

Notable athletes

• Athletics: Men: József Bese, István Grósz, Béla Helfer, László Jeszenszky, Péter Karádi, Lajos Korunczy, József Kovács , Dezső Lombos, Gyula Malcsiner, Péter Mohácsi, Ferenc Rajz, István Rózsa, Pál Szalay, Ottó Szebeni, Béla Vágó, Iván Wardener, Ármin Weisz Women: Márta Bácskai, Erzsébet Vígh

• Canoe/kayak: Men: Gábor Árva, Krisztián Bártfai , Zsolt Gyulay , Tibor Helyi, Imre Kemecsey , László Nagy, János Sarusi Kis, Botond Storcz , István Szabó , Tamás Wichmann Women: Klára Bánfalvi, Dalma Benedek, Krisztina Fazekas-Zur , Katalin Kovács , Tímea Paksy

• Football: Gyula Bíró, Sándor Bíró, János Börzsei (member of Golden Team), József Braun (also known as József Barna), László Cseh, Lajos Dunai, Gyula Feldmann, Sándor Gellér (member of GT), Béla Guttmann, Nándor Hidegkuti (member of GT), Béla Illés, Adolf Kertész, Vilmos Kertész, Ferenc Kovács, Imre Kovács, Ferenc Kropacsek, Mihály Lantos (member of GT), Emil Lőrincz, Gyula Mándi, György Molnár, János Molnár, Ferenc Nagy, József Nagy, Henrik Nádler, Vilmos Nyúl, Zoltán Opata, György Orth, Péter Palotás, Gyula Rakitivszky, Béla Rácz, Béla Révész, Ferenc Sas, Károly Sándor, István Sárközi, Alfréd Schaffer, Imre Schlosser, Gusztáv Sebes, Imre Senkey, Antal Szabó, Anrás Szucsányi, Imre Taussig, Pál Titkos, József Turay, Antal Vágó, József Zakariás (member of GT)

• Rowing: Men: Zsolt Dani, László Szögi, Béla Zsitnik Women: Mariann Ambrus, Ilona Bata, Teréz Bednarik, Gabriella Czakó, Ildikó Cserey, Ilona Frohner, Mariann Halász, Erzsébet Jungi, Judit Kéri, Kamilla Kosztolányi (Melisné), Klára Langhoffer, Krisztina Márkus, Márta Melega, Éva Molnár, Erzsébet Nagy, Anikó Pauli, Valéria Gyimesi (Ribáryné)

• Speed skating: Zsolt Baló

• Table tennis: Men: Viktor Barna, Zoltán Mechlovits, Miklós Szabados Women: Mária Mednyánszky

• Wrestling: József Előd, Tibor Fischer, Imre Hódos , József Markos, Hugó Payr, János Rovnyai, Richárd Weisz

External links

• Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (MTK) Official Website (in Hungarian)