Budapest Honvéd

Full name	Budapest Honvéd Football Club
Nickname(s)	Kispest Oroszlánok (Lions)
Founded	3 August 1909; 114 years ago (1909-08-03)
Ground	Bozsik Aréna, Budapest
Capacity	8,200
Chairman	Dániel Mendelényi
Manager	Aurél Csertői
League	NB II
2022–23	NB I, 11th of 12 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Budapest Honvéd Football Club (Hungarian pronunciation: [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.^[1]

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

Budapest Honvéd FC were founded in 1909 as Kispesti AC.^[2] 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 played in the first division since 1916, when the club got relegated to the second division in 2003. ^[3]

Stadium

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.^[4] The stadium was demolished in 2019.^{[citation needed]}

The new stadium of the club was opened in 2021.^[5] 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.^[6]

Crest and colours

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1990–1992	Adidas	Fiat
1992–1994	Matchwinner	Epson
1994–1996	Diadora	Gösser
1996–1997	Joma
1997–1998		Faragó és Fiai Mystery
1998–2000	Umbro	IBUSZ alapítása 1902
2000–2003	Jako	Wilkinson Sword
2003–2005	Gems	–
2005–2006	Macron
2006–2008	hummel
2008–2012	Nike
2012–2013	Givova
2014		Ideasport
2014–2015		–
2015–18	Macron
2018–		Tippmix

Honours

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  • Winners (14): 1949–50, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2016–17
• Nemzeti Bajnokság II
  • Winners (1): 2003-04
• Magyar Kupa
  • Winners (8): 1925–26, 1964, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2019–20
• UEFA Cup
  • Quarter final (1): 1979/79
• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (1): 1959

Friendly

• Tournoi de Pâques du Red Star
  • Winners (1): 1932^[7]
• Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo
  • Winners (1): 1974

Youth teams

• Puskás Cup:
  • Winners (5): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  HUN Gellért Dúzs 3 DF  HUN Dávid Kálnoki-Kis 4 DF  HUN Alex Szabó 6 MF  HUN István Átrok 7 MF  HUN Bertalan Bocskay 8 MF  HUN Krisztián Adorján 9 FW  HUN Gergely Bobál 11 MF  HUN Zalán Kerezsi 14 MF  HUN Nikolasz Kovács 15 DF  HUN Dominik Kaczvinszki 17 FW  HUN Ábel Krajcsovics 18 MF  HUN Attila Lőrinczy 20 MF  HUN Dávid Holman

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  HUN Viktor Haragos 22 MF  HUN Noel Keresztes 25 DF  CRO Ivan Lovrić 30 MF  HUN Bence Nyitrai 44 DF  HUN Barna Benczenleitner 55 MF  HUN Gergely Kocsis 65 FW  HUN Norbert Kundrák 66 MF  HUN András Eördögh 74 FW  HUN Benedek Simon 83 GK  SVK Tomáš Tujvel 90 GK  HUN Márk Gyetván 98 DF  HUN Tibor Szabó 99 DF  HUN István Pekár

Players with multiple nationalities

• Ivan Lovrić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  UKR Maksym Pukhtyeyev (at Mosonmagyaróvár until 30 June 2024)

Retired numbers

10 – 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.

Non-playing staff

Management

As of 6 July 2023^[9]

Position	Name
Proprietor	Zoltán Bozó & Dániel Mendelényi
Managing Director	Gergely Kun
Marketing Director	Martin Petrevics
Director of Facility	Dávid Szabó
Director of Finance	Mária Takács
Director of Communications	Benedek Rác

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