Ferencvárosi TC
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| Full name | Ferencváros Torna Club Labdarúgó ZRt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Fradi, Zöld Sasok (Green Eagles) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | May 3, 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadion Albert Flórián, Budapest (Capacity 18,100) |
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| Chairman | György Rieb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Bobby Davison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | NB II (Eastern Group) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. Other divisions include the women's football, women's handball, men's ice hockey, men's water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling 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.
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[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 NB2 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 - and as yet only - 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.
Since the 1990s, the club has had problems with some of its unruly fans expressing xenophobic, racist and anti-Semitic sentiments.
Ferencvárosi TC's stadium is named after Florián Albert and has a spectator capacity of 18,100.
In July of 2006, the club was removed from the Borsodi Liga as punishment for continued financial troubles. [1] The club has recently challenged the legality of this move in court. Ferencvaros 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 Association has been reached
In the season 2006/07, Nyíregyháza FC beat Ferencváros to promotion in a tight contest, ensuring that Ferencváros stays in the second league for a further season.
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 Kft 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. [1]
[edit] Current squad 2007/08
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As of June 01, 2008 (Note: squad is according to the team's official website)
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[edit] Currently on loan
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DF | Tibor Baranyai (from FC Fehervar) |
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[edit] 2008-09 Transfers
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[edit] Honours
- Hungarian League: 28*
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- 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*
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- 1913, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1958, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004
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- 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004
- Mitropa Cup: 2
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- 1928, 1937
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- 1965
- European Cup Winners' Cup
- Runner-up: 1975: 1
* More than any other Hungarian club
[edit] Notable former players
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[edit] Retired Numbers
- 2 Tibor Simon, defender, active 1985-1999, murdered in 2002
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/7243262.stm BBC News - Blades chief wins Ferencvaros bid
[edit] External links
- (Hungarian) Official website
- (English) Fans of Ferencváros - Videoblog
- (Hungarian) Ultra Group Site
- (Hungarian) Ferencváros Statistics Site
- (Hungarian) [2]-Tovább:A magyar labdarúgas történetehez.
- (Hungarian) FTC Support Group Association
