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Ferencváros
Full name	Ferencvárosi Torna Club
Nickname(s)	Fradi, Zöld Sasok (Green Eagles)
Founded	May 3, 1899
Ground	Stadion Albert Flórián, Budapest; (Capacity: 18,100)
Owner	Kevin McCabe
Chairman	Kevin McCabe
Manager	Craig Short
League	NB I
2008-09	NB II (Eastern Group) 1st

Ferencvárosi Torna Club (FTC), also known as Ferencváros, nicknamed Fradi, is a sport club in Hungary, founded in 1899 by Ferenc Springer and a group of local residents of Budapest's ninth district, Ferencváros. By far the best-known part of the club is the well-supported men's football team - the most popular team in the country^[1]. Other divisions include the women's football, women's handball, men's futsal, men's ice hockey, men's handball, men's water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling, curling and swimming teams, some of which are highly successful.

The club facilities are located in Ferencváros, the ninth District of Budapest. The club colours are green and white, and the club mascot is a green eagle; hence came another of the club's nicknames, 'The Green Eagles'.

Ferencváros, especially the football division, stirs strong emotions among many fans in Hungary, backed by strong support but meeting some opposition. Its arch-rival is Újpest; the Ferencváros-Újpest rivalry has in the past ignited some of the worst scenes of football-related violence in the country. Ferencvaros and Újpest ultras were infamous for their vandalism and many of them for their racist behaviour. Other rivals include Debrecen, MTK, Kispest Honvéd, and Vasas SC.

The club runs a magazine named 100% Fradi.

[edit] Football

Ferencváros participated in all the first division championships since the start of Hungarian Football Championships in 1901 until the 2006/07 season in which they were relegated (demoted) to the NB II for not meeting financial criteria.

They are the only football club in Hungary that hold a major European trophy, having won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965.

Ferencváros were the first Hungarian team to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group phase in 1995 by beating Anderlecht in the qualifying matches. Ferencváros beat Grasshoppers on away ground and held Grasshoppers and Real Madrid to a draw at home, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Ferencvárosi TC's stadium is named after Flórián Albert and has a spectator capacity of 18,100.

In July 2006, the club was removed from the national first division as punishment for continued financial troubles. The club has recently challenged the legality of this move in court. Ferencváros has won the case as the verdict declared that the FA's move was against the law. An out-of-court agreement between the club and the Hungarian Football Federation has been reached.

In the season 2006/07, Nyíregyháza beat Ferencváros to promotion in a tight contest, ensuring that Ferencváros stayed in the second division.

Despite investments in players, including former Ferencváros stars, the season 2007/08 brought further trouble. This time Kecskemét and Szolnok both outran Fradi in the NB II (Eastern Group) title race. In the 2008/09 season, however, FTC has finally secured its return to the NB I.

Recently, Ferencváros youth team has won the prestigious Foyle Cup.

In February 2008, Kevin McCabe, chairman of English football club Sheffield United, finalised an agreement with the club to buy its football team and with the Hungarian government to purchase and develop the ground around Stadion Albert Flórián. In April 2008, Ferencváros Torna Club officially agreed to sell the football club, Ferencváros Labdarúgó ZRt. to Esplanade Kft, McCabe's company in Hungary.

The development of a new all-seater football stadium with a capacity of 25,000 has been started. 'The Blades' already own a Chinese club - the Chengdu Blades and have an interest in clubs in Belgium, The Ivory Coast, and Australia, and an exchange of ideas relationship with São Paulo.^[2]

The club returned on 22 May 2009 to the Soproni Liga after a three year absence^[3].

[edit] Affiliated Clubs

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Carlos Alcantara
4	DF	Dániel Sváb
5	DF	Joaquín Pastor Martinez
6	MF	Péter Lipcsei (Captain)
7	MF	Adnan Ahmed
8	MF	James Ashmore
10	FW	Paul Shaw
11	FW	Bojan Mamić
13	FW	István Ferenczi (Vice-Captain)
14	DF	Matthew Lowton (on loan from Sheffield United)
15	DF	Cory Sinnott
16	GK	Ádám Holczer
17	MF	Sam Wedgbury (on loan from Sheffield United)
18	FW	Men Yang
19	MF	Liban Abdi (on loan from Sheffield United)
20	MF	Dénes Rósa
22	GK	Bence Hermány
23	GK	Justin Haber (on loan from Sheffield United)
24	MF	Bálint Nyilasi

No.	Position	Player
25	MF	Jason Morrison
26	DF	Attila Dragóner
28	FW	István Kovács
29	DF	Noel Fülöp
30	MF	Bence Tóth
33	DF	Balázs Vattai
36	FW	Igor Pisanjuk
39	DF	Rafe Wolfe
42	GK	Balázs Megyeri
51	MF	Máté Vass
60	FW	Péter Pölöskey
70	GK	László Komora
78	DF	Zoltán Balog
87	MF	László Fitos
88	MF	Dávid Kulcsár

[edit] Transfers 2009/2010

No.	Position	Player
60	FW	Péter Pölöskey (from Szombathelyi Haladás)
--	MF	Liban Abdi (from Sheffield United)
5	DF	Joaquín Pastor Martínez (from Villarreal CF B)
8	MF	James Ashmore (from Sheffield United)
3	DF	Carlos Alcantara (from Villarreal CF B)
20	MF	Dénes Rósa (from Hibernian)
7	MF	Adnan Ahmed (from Tranmere Rovers)
--	DF	Cory Sinnott (from Everton FC)
88	MF	Dávid Kulcsár (from Vecsés)
11	FW	Bojan Mamić (from Atletico Ciudad)

No.	Position	Player
5	MF	Igor Szkukalek (released)
23	MF	Imre Deme (released)
19	DF	Tibor Baranyai (released)
92	FW	Jordan Robertson (released)
38	MF	Bamba Moussa (released)
40	FW	Dramane Kamate (released)
79	MF	Kourouma Mohamed Lamine (released)
22	DF	Sékou Tidiane Souare (released)
18	GK	Jan-Michael Williams (released)
31	FW	Carlos Diaz (released)

[edit] Retired numbers

1 – Gyula Grosics, Goalkeeper

2 – Tibor Simon, Right Fullback, 1985-1999

[edit] Honours

Hungarian League: 28*

1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1981, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004

Hungarian Cup: 20*

1913, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1958, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004

Hungarian Super Cup: 4

1993, 1994, 1995, 2004

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1

1965

Runner-up: 1968: 1
Mitropa Cup: 2

1928, 1937

Runner-up: 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940: 4
European Cup Winners' Cup
- Runner-up: 1975: 1

* More than any other Hungarian club

[edit] Ferencvárosi TC in European competition

[edit] UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1960-61	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary Round	Rangers	2-1	2-4	4-5
1972-73	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Floriana	6-0	0-1	6-1
		2. Round	Sparta Prague	2-0	1-4	3-4
1974-75	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Cardiff City	2-0	4-1	6-1
		2. Round	Liverpool	0-0	1-1	1-1(a)
		Quarter-finals	Malmö FF	1-1	3-1	4-2
		Semi-finals	FK Red Star	2-1	2-2	4-3
		Final	FC Dynamo Kyiv		0-3
1978-79	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	Kalmar FF	2-0	2-2	4-2
		2. Round	1. FC Magdeburg	2-1	0-1	2-2(a)
1989-90	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	FC Haka	5-1	1-1	6-2
		2. Round	VfB Admira Wacker Mödling	0-1	0-1	0-2
1991-92	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	PFC Levski Sofia	4-1	3-2	7-3
		2. Round	SV Werder Bremen	0-1	2-3	2-4
1993-94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round	FC Wacker Innsbruck	1-2	0-3	1-5
1994-95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualyfing Round	F91 Dudelange	6-1	6-1	12-2
		1. Round	PFC CSKA Moscow	2-1	1-2	3-3(aet)
		2. Round	FC Porto	2-0	0-6	2-6

[edit] UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1984	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 9	FC Zürich	3-0	0-1
		Group 9	FC Spartak Trnava	3-1	1-1
		Group 9	Austria Klagenfurt	0-0	2-3
1986	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 11	Slavia Praha	0-1	0-2
		Group 11	SK Sturm Graz	0-1	5-1
		Group 11	FC Luzern	2-4	2-3

[edit] UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1962-63	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round	Viktoria Köln	4-1	3-4	7-5
		2. Round	UC Sampdoria	6-0	0-1	6-1
		Quarter-finals	Petrolul Ploiesti	2-0	0-1	2-1
		Semi-finals	NK Dinamo Zagreb	0-1	1-2	1-3
1964-65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round	Spartak Brno	2-0	0-1	2-1
		2. Round	Wiener Sportclub	2-1	0-1	2-2 (playoff 2-0)
		3. Round	AS Roma	1-0	2-1	3-1
		Quarter-finals	Athletic Bilbao	1-0	1-2	2-2 (playoff 3-0)
		Semi-finals	Manchester United	1-0	2-3	3-3 (playoff 2-1)
		Final	Juventus		1-0	Winner
1966-67	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round	NK Olimpija	3-0	3-3	6-3
		2. Round	Örgryte IS	7-1	0-0	7-1
		3. Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	2-1	1-4	3-5
1967-68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round	FC Arges Pitesti	4-0	1-3	5-3
		2. Round	Real Zaragoza	3-0	1-2	4-2
		3. Round	Liverpool	1-0	1-0	2-0
		Quarter-finals	Athletic Bilbao	2-1	2-1	4-2
		Semi-finals	Bologna FC	3-2	2-2	5-4
		Final	Leeds United	0-0	0-1	0-1
1970-71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1. Round	Liverpool	1-1	0-1	1-2
1971-72	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Fenerbahçe SK	3-1	1-1	4-2
		2. Round	Panionios NFC	x-x	x-x	w/o
		3. Round	Eintracht Braunschweig	5-2	1-1	6-3
		Quarter-finals	FK Zeljeznicar	1-2	2-1	3-3(p)
		Semi-finals	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	1-2	3-4
1973-74	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Gwardia Warszawa	0-1	1-2	1-3
1977-78	UEFA Cup	1. Round	PFC Marek Dupnitsa	2-0	0-3	2-3
1979-80	UEFA Cup	1. Round	PFC Lokomotiv Sofia	2-0	0-3	2-3
1982-83	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Athletic Bilbao	2-1	1-1	3-2
		2. Round	FC Zürich	1-1	0-1	1-2
1983-84	UEFA Cup	1. Round	PSV Eindhoven	0-2	2-4	2-6
1990-91	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Royal Antwerpen	3-1	0-0	3-1(aet)
		2. Round	Brøndby IF	0-1	0-3	0-4
1996-97	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Olympiacos Pireus	3-1	2-2	5-3
		2. Round	Newcastle United	3-2	0-4	3-6
1997-98	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	Bohemian	5-0	1-0	6-0
		2. Qualifying Round	Helsingborgs IF	0-1	1-0	1-1(aet)
		1. Round	OFI Crete	2-1	0-3	2-4
1998-99	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	CE Principat	6-0	8-1	14-1
		2. Qualifying Round	AEK Athens FC	4-2	0-4	4-6
1999-00	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round	Constructorul Chisinau	3-1	1-1	4-2
		1. Round	FK Teplice	1-1	1-3	2-4
2002-03	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round	AEL Limassol	4-0	1-2	5-2
		1. Round	Kocaelispor	4-0	1-0	5-0
		2. Round	VfB Stuttgart	0-0	0-2	0-2
2003-04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round	Birkirkara	1-0	5-0	6-0
		1. Round	FC København	1-1	1-1	2-2(p)
2004-05	UEFA Cup	1. Round	Millwall	3-1	1-1	4-2
		Group A, 1st game	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1-1
		Group A, 2nd game	FC Schalke 04		0-2
		Group A, 3rd game	FC Basel	1-2
		Group A, 4th game	Hearts of Midlothian		1-0
2005-06	UEFA Cup	1. Qualifying Round	FC MTZ-RIPO	0-2	2-1	2-3

[edit] UEFA Champions League

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1963-64	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Galatasaray	2-0	0-4	2-4
1965-66	European Cup	Preliminary Round	Keflavík Football Club	9-1	4-1	13-2
		1. Round	Panathinaikos FC	0-0	3-1	3-1
		Quarter-finals	Internazionale FC	1-1	0-4	1-5
1968-69	European Cup	1. Round	PFC Levski Sofia	x-x	x-x	w/d
1969-70	European Cup	1. Round	CSKA September Flag	4-1	1-2	5-3
		2. Round	Leeds United	0-3	0-3	0-6
1976-77	European Cup	1. Round	Jeunesse Esch	5-1	6-2	11-3
		2. Round	Dynamo Dresden	1-0	0-4	1-4
1981-82	European Cup	1. Round	FC Baník Ostrava	3-2	0-3	3-5
1992-93	UEFA Champions League	1. Round	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	0-0	1-4	1-4
1995-96	UEFA Champions League	Qualifying Round	RSC Anderlecht	1-1	1-0	2-1
		Group D	Grasshoppers FC	3-3	3-0
		Group D	Ajax Amsterdam	1-5	0-4
		Group D	Real Madrid CF	1-1	1-6
1996-97	UEFA Champions League	Qualifying Round	IFK Göteborg	1-1	0-3	1-4
2001-02	UEFA Champions League	2. Qualifying Round	HNK Hajduk Split	0-0	0-0	0-0(p)
2004-05	UEFA Champions League	2. Qualifying Round	KF Tirana	0-1	3-2	3-3(a)
		3. Qualifying Round	Sparta Prague	1-0	0-2	1-2(aet)

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Managers

Craig Short (2009-)
Bobby Davison (2008-2009)
János Csank (2007-2008)
Zoran Kuntic (2007)
Imre Gellei (2005-2007)
Csaba László (2004-05)
Attila Pintér (2004)
József Garami (2002-03)
János Csank (2000-01)
Stanko Poklepović (1999-2000)
József Mucha (1999)
Marijan Vlak (1999)
Tibor Nyilasi (1997-98)
Zoltán Varga (1996-97)
József Mucha (1996)
Dezső Novák (1994-96)
Tibor Nyilasi (1990-94)
Gyula Rákosi (1987-1990)
Jenő Dalnoki (1985-87)

Géza Vincze (1984-85)
Dezső Novák (1980-83)
Zoltán Friedmanszky (1978-80)
Jenő Dalnoki (1973-78)
Dezső Novák (1973)
Ferenc Csanádi (1970-73)
Jenő Dalnoki (1970)
Géza Kalocsay (1970)
Károly Lakat (1967-69)
Sándor Tátrai (1966)
Oszkár Vilezsál (1965)
József Mészáros (1961-65)
Sándor Tátrai (1958-61)
Árpád Csanádi (1957)
Károly Sós (1953-56)
Ferenc Deák (1952)

Gábor Urbancsik (1951)
Miklós Vadas (1950)
Antal Lyka (1948-50)
Zoltán Opata (1947)
Lajos Dimény (1946-47)
Gábor Urbancsik (1945-46)
István Mike (1940's)
Pál Szabó (1945)
Alfréd Schaffer (1943-44)
István Tóth-Potya (1943)
Lajos Dimény (1939-42)
György Hlavay (1938-39)
Emil Rauchmaul (1937-38)
József Sándor (1937)
Sándor Bródy (1937)
Zoltán Blum (1930-37)
István Tóth-Potya (1926-30)

[edit] Retired Numbers

1 Gyula Grosics, goalkeeper, symbolic, retired in 2008
2 Tibor Simon, defender. Played for the club between 1985 and 1999. He was murdered in 2002.
12 - the supporters. Retired in 2007.

[edit] References

^ Median's survey, 2006|url=http://median.hu/object.6e93b549-282b-4c37-8a94-f1250cc999a5.ivy
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/7243262.stm BBC News - Blades chief wins Ferencvaros bid
^ Ferencváros: Titel, Chaos und ein Zwangsabstieg

[0] Median's survey, 2006|url=http://median.hu/object.6e93b549-282b-4c37-8a94-f1250cc999a5.ivy

[1] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/7243262.stm BBC News - Blades chief wins Ferencvaros bid

[2] Ferencváros: Titel, Chaos und ein Zwangsabstieg

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