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Újpest Football Club (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈuːjpɛʃt]) is a Hungarian professional football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Újpest

Full name	Újpest Football Club
Nickname(s)	Lilák (Purples) Dózsa
Short name	UTE
Founded	16 June 1885; 137 years ago (1885-06-16) as Újpesti Torna Egylet
Ground	Szusza Ferenc stadion, Budapest
Capacity	12,670
Owner	Roderick Duchâtelet
Manager	Miloš Kruščić
League	NB I
2021–22	NB I, 6th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Újpest FC B

Full name	Újpest Football Club "B"
Nickname(s)	Lilák ("Purples")
Founded	2007 as Újpest FC B
Ground	H-1044 Budapest, Megyeri út 13. Budapest
League	()

Active departments of UTE
Football Ice hockey Volleyball (Women's) Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastics Boxing Wrestling Judo Shooting Modern pentathlon Taekwondo Curling Water polo (defunct)

Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in 1905 and has been relegated only once since then. The club has been a member of the first division for 108 consecutive years. Újpest have been Hungarian champions twenty times, and have won the Magyar Kupa eleven times and the Szuperkupa three times. In international competitions Újpest are two-times winners of the Mitropa Cup and winners of the 1930 Coupe des Nations. They also reached the semi-finals of the European Cup 1973–74 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1961–62, and were runners-up in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69.

Since 1922 their home ground has been the Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Újpest. Their biggest rivalry is with fellow Budapest-based club Ferencvárosi TC, with whom they contest a local derby.

Újpest FC is part of the Újpesti TE family. The club includes other sports sections that represent the club at ice hockey and waterpolo.

History

Újpest FC was founded in 1885.[1] At that time Újpest did not belong to Budapest. Újpest played their first Nemzeti Bajnokság I match in the 1905 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. In the 1910–11 season they were relegated.[2] Újpest won their first Hungarian league title in the 1929–30 season.[3]

At international level Újpest's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup they were eliminated in the final by Newcastle United. In the 1973–74 European Cup they reached the semi-finals and were eliminated by Bayern München.[4]

Crest and colours

On 3 July 2017, Újpest FC announced that they changed their crest.[5]

Naming history

• 1885: Újpesti TE (Újpesti Torna Egylet)
• 1926: Újpest FC (Újpest Football Club) (due to the introduction of professional football)
• 1945: Újpesti TE
• 1950: Bp. Dózsa SE (Budapesti Dózsa Sport Egyesület)
• 1956: Újpesti TE (during the Hungarian revolution)
• 1957: Ú. Dózsa SC (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club)
• 1991: Újpesti TE
• 1998: Újpest FC

Manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
	adidas	–
		Budapest Bank
	Umbro	ConCorde telecom
		Havasi Kft.
2003–2006	Puma	Walton
2006–2007		–
2007–2009		DHL
2009–2010		Radisson Blu
2010–2011		Birdland Golf & SPA Resort
2011–2012		GDF Suez
2012–2016		–
2016–2017	Joma	–
2017–2018		Gallica

Current sponsorships: Joma, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Acquaworld Budapest, Ramada Resort Budapest, Puebla ticket, Karzol Trans, Szókép Nyomdaipari Kft., Lamborghini

Stadium

Újpest's home stadium is Szusza Ferenc Stadion, which has been their home since the opening on 17 September 1922. It was known as Megyeri úti stadium until it was named after the club's legendary player, Ferenc Szusza in October 2003. After the renovations which took place in 2000 and 2001 the ground can hold 13,501 spectators.

Ownership

On 3 December 2008, it was revealed by BBC Sport that the Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers were considering an alliance with Újpest. Jez Moxey, the Chief executive officer of the club said that "We have had some initial discussions in Budapest with the officials of Ujpest. We touched on the issues of loaning players, academies and sharing of best practice on and off the field."[6]

Újpest approached Roland Duchâtelet to become the owner of the club. Although Roland refused the club's offer, he suggested his son to be the proprietor of Újpest.[7] Roland Duchâtelet is the owner of the FC Carl Zeiss Jena and former owner of the Standard Liège,[8] AD Alcorcón[9] and Charlton Athletic F.C.[10]

On 19 October 2011, Roderick Duchâtelet, former director of Germinal Beerschot, bought 95% of the shares of the City Budapest Zrt.[11]

Roderick Duchâtelet said that he intends to bring back the glory of the 1970s.[12]

On 27 October 2011, Csaba Bartha, managing director of Újpest FC, confirmed that the club received 150 million Hungarian forint from Roderick Duchâtelet.[13]

In January 2022, Duchatelet was about to sell Újpest and found possible buyers. An agreement was also signed in January 2022 in which it was stated that the buyers should pay the remaining sum by the end of June. However, due the financial unpredictability caused by the Russo-Ukrainian War, the buyers could not transfer the remaining sum. Therefore, Újpest is still owned by the Belgian entrepreneur.[14]

Supporters

Supporters of Újpest are mainly from the fourth district of Budapest, the eponymous Újpest. Due to the success in the 1970s, the club gained supporters from all over Budapest and the country.

Famous supporters

Rivalries

Újpest are in rivalry with several teams from Budapest including Ferencváros, MTK Budapest, Budapest Honvéd and several provincial clubs such as Debrecen and Diósgyőr. Since Újpest have been the third most successful club of the Hungarian Football history by winning 20 Hungarian League titles and 9 Hungarian Cup titles and the most successful Hungarian club in the European football competitions in the 1970s every club in the Hungarian League wants to defeat them.

The rivalry with Ferencváros dates back to 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian League title. Since then the fixture between the two teams attracts the most spectators in the domestic league.[20] The matches between the two team often ends in violence which causes big trouble for the Hungarian football. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.

Honours

Domestic

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
  • Winners (20): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1945 Spring, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1959–60, 1969, 1970 Spring, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1989–90, 1997–98
• Nemzeti Bajnokság II:
  • Winners (2): 1904, 1911–12
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winners (11): 1969, 1970, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2020–21
• Szuperkupa:
  • Winners (3): 1992, 2002, 2014

International

• Mitropa Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1929, 1939
  • Runners-up (1): 1967
• Coupe des Nations 1930 (Predecessor of Champions League):
  • Winners (1): v Slavia Praha 3–0
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1968–69 v Newcastle United 0–3 and 2–3
• European Cup of Champions:
  • Semi-finalists (1): 1973–74 v FC Bayern München 1–1 and 0–3
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Semi-finalists (1): 1961–62 v AC Fiorentina 0–1 and 0–2

Friendly

• Joan Gamper Trophy:
  • Winners (1): 1970
• Trofeo Colombino:
  • Winners (1): 1971

Players

Current squad

As of 25 August 2022[21]

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  SRB Filip Pajović 2 DF  KOS Lirim Kastrati 3 DF  HUN Csanád Fehér 4 DF  MLI Abdoulaye Diaby 5 MF  CMR Petrus Boumal 6 MF  GER Luca Mack 7 MF  HUN Krisztián Simon 8 MF  SRB Matija Ljujić 10 FW  FRA Yohan Croizet 11 DF  SRB Nemanja Antonov 14 MF  HUN Áron Csongvai 15 MF  SRB Miroslav Bjeloš 17 FW  CIV Junior Tallo 18 MF  HUN Bálint Szabó

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  CIV Fernand Gouré (on loan from Westerlo) 20 DF  EST Märten Kuusk 23 GK  HUN Dávid Banai 26 FW  SWE Jack Lahne (on loan from Amiens) 27 MF  HUN Mátyás Katona 29 MF  NGA Vincent Onovo 34 GK  HUN Zoltán Tomori 45 MF  MKD Stefan Jevtoski 49 DF  SRB Branko Pauljević 68 DF  BIH Dženan Bureković 77 FW  HUN Kevin Csoboth 82 FW  ITA Giuseppe Borello — FW  HUN Márk Mucsányi

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 — DF  HUN Zsolt Máté (at Tiszakécske)

Non-playing staff

Board of directors

Position	Name
President	Roderick Duchâtelet
Managing director	Cees Goldwijk

[22]

Management

Position	Name
Manager	Miloš Kruščić
Assistant Manager	István Gál
Reserve Team Coach	Péter Víg
Goalkeeping Coach	András Babócsy
Fitness Coach	Dávid Hamál
Club Doctor	Iván Kollár

[23]

Notable foreign players

See also

• History of Újpest FC
• List of Újpest FC seasons
• Újpest FC in European football
• List of Újpest FC managers
• List of Újpest FC records and statistics

References

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian and English)
• Újpest FC at UEFA
• Újpest FC at MLSZ

На других языках

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[de] Újpest Budapest

Újpest Budapest (offiziell Újpest Football Club, meistens nur Újpest genannt), früher auch bekannt als Újpesti TE (UTE) und Újpesti Dózsa, ist ein ungarischer Fußballverein mit Sitz in Budapest. Die Vereinsfarben sind lila und weiß. Mit 20 nationalen Meistertiteln sowie 11 nationalen Pokalsiegen ist der Club einer der erfolgreichsten Vereine seines Landes. Der 1885 gegründete Sportverein Újpesti TE ist der älteste heute noch existierende Verein Ungarns. Újpest bestreitet seine Heimspiele im Szusza Ferenc Stadion, welches rund 13.500 Zuschauern Platz bietet.

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- [en] Újpest FC

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[es] Újpest Football Club

El Újpest Football Club, también conocido anteriormente como Újpest Dózsa, es un club de fútbol húngaro del distrito de Újpest, Budapest. Los colores del club son de color morado y blanco. El Újpest juega sus partidos como local en el estadio Szusza Ferenc de Budapest y juega en la NB1.

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[ru] Уйпешт (футбольный клуб)

«Уйпешт» — венгерский футбольный клуб из города Будапешта, выступающий в чемпионате Венгрии. Основан в 1885 году. Домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Суса Ференц», вмещающем 14 817 зрителей. «Уйпешт» является двадцатикратным чемпионом страны и девятикратным обладателем национального Кубка, что делает его одним из наиболее титулованных клубов Венгрии.

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