Újpest FC

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	()

Újpest
Full name	Újpest Football Club
Nickname(s)	Lilák (Purples); Dózsa
Short name	UTE
Founded	16 June 1885; as Újpesti Torna Egylet
Ground	Szusza Ferenc stadion,; Budapest
Capacity	14,817
Owner	Roderick Duchâtelet
Manager	Michael Oenning
League	NB I
2019–20	NB I, 6th of 12
Website	Club website

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

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 ten 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. 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. Újpest won their first Hungarian league title in the 1929–30 season.

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.

Crest and colours

On 3 July 2017, Újpest FC announced that they changed their crest.[1]

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	–
	adidas	Budapest Bank
	Umbro	ConCorde telecom
	Umbro	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	Joma	Gallica

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

Stadium

Szusza Ferenc Stadion panorama

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 are considering an alliance with Újpest. Jez Moxey, the Chief executive officer of Wolves 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."[2]

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. Roland Duchâtelet is the owner of the FC Carl Zeiss Jena and former owner of the Standard Liège, AD Alcorcón and Charlton Athletic F.C.

On 19 October 2011, Roderick Duchâtelet, former director of Germinal Beerschot, bought 95% of the shares of the City Budapest Zrt.[3]

Roderick Duchâtelet said that he indtends to bring back the glory of the 1970s.[4]

On 27 October 2011, Csaba Bartha, managing director of Újpest FC, confirmed that the club received 150 million Hungarian forint from Roderick Duchâtelet.[5]

Supporters

Újpest supporters in the Ferenc Puskás Stadium on 25 May 2014

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

Zoltán Zana, Szerencsi Gábor (musician) (A.k.a. Ganxta Zolee)[6]
Henrik Havas (journalist)[7]
György Gyula Zagyva (politician)[8]

András Stohl (actor)[9]
Zsolt Wintermantel (politician & mayor of Újpest)[10]
Attila Széki (footballer, musician) (A.k.a. Curtis)

Gábor Szerencsi (student at NKE)

Rivalries

Ferencváros-Újpest derby at the Albert Stadion on 1 April 2011

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 dometistic league.[11] 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 (10): 1969, 1970, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2017–18
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 22 July 2020[12]

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
3	DF	MNE	Jovan Baošić
4	DF	MKD	Kire Ristevski
5	DF	HUN	Zsolt Máté
7	MF	HUN	Krisztián Simon (captain)
8	MF	HUN	András Stieber
9	FW	HUN	Patrik Bacsa
10	FW	HUN	Zoltán Stieber
11	FW	CIV	Junior Tallo
13	DF	GRE	Giorgos Koutroubis
14	MF	HUN	Áron Csongvai
15	MF	SRB	Miroslav Bjeloš
17	FW	GEO	Giorgi Beridze


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	POR	Mauro Cerqueira
20	DF	NGA	Simeon Ajanah-Chinedu
21	DF	SRB	Nemanja Antonov
22	MF	SRB	Nikola Mitrović
23	GK	HUN	Dávid Banai
27	MF	HUN	Mátyás Katona
30	MF	NGA	Vincent Onovo
34	GK	HUN	Zoltán Tomori
45	FW	SRB	Petar Gigić (on loan from Partizan)
49	DF	SRB	Branko Pauljević
55	MF	HUN	Péter Szakály
62	DF	KVX	Lirim Kastrati
77	FW	CRO	Antonio Perošević

Out on loan