Budafoki MTE

Budafoki Munkás Testedző Egyesület is a Hungarian football club from the town of Budafok, Budapest, Hungary.[1] The club currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Budafoki MTE
Full nameBudafoki Munkás Testedző Egyesület
Short nameBMTE
Founded1912 (1912)
GroundPromontor utcai Stadion
Capacity4,000
Coordinates47°25′18.3″N 19°1′41.2″E
ChairmanVízi Sándor
ManagerCsaba Csizmadia
LeagueNB I
2019–20NB II, 2nd of 20 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

The cub was founded in 1912 as Világosság Football Club. At that time Budafok was not part of Budapest. Only in 1950 Budafok joined Budapest along with other towns such as Újpest and Kispest.

Budafok played mainly in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II between the World War I and World War II. However, they debuted in the 1945–46 season of the Hungarian League and finished ninth.[2] The manager of the club was Gusztáv Sebes in the first league.

After the fall of Communism, there was a high chance that the club was dissolved as many other clubs in Hungary. At that time the wine producing company, Hungarovin, financed the club. However, the company was sold to Henkell during the privatisation in Hungary. Henkell wanted to purchase the football stadium too in order to expand the factory. However, Sándor Vízi and Rezső Gallow saved the football in Budafok because they managed to take out the football match from the privatisation. Therefore, the football stadium was not included in the privatisation of the Állami Vagyonügynökség.

In 2015 János Jakab became the president of the club. Jakab, former player of the club, also managed MEDOSZ Erdért (former club of Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán) and he was also president of the Puskás Akadémia FC. Jakab managed to convince Róbert Bélteky, Hungarian-Australian entrepreneur, to invest in the club. Bélteky was also the owner of the most popular Australian association football club, Melbourne Victory FC.[3]Bélteky said in an interview with Nemzeti Sport: "I wanted to purchase a club and then see it prospering", "I did not want to buy a club from the first league and my friend Jakab suggested Budafok".

Bélteky became interested in the club and he purchased the 95% of the shares. The remaining shares of the club belongs to the Foundation for Budafoki Football. Budafok merged with Újbuda FC, therefore, they could advance from the Budapest league to the Nemzeti Bajnokság III. The cub started the competitions in the 2015-16 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season. The club finished fourth in that season. Budafok won the 2016-17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season with manager László Prukner, while the club managed to reach the semi-finals of the 2016-17 Magyar Kupa. They were beaten by Ferencvárosi TC.[4][5]

In 2017 the club signed former Inter Milan and A.C. Milan striker Attila Filkor.

On 13 May 2017, Budafok won the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season thereby gaining promotion to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season.[6]

On 29 June 2017 it was announced by the club that their former player, Lóránt Oláh, became the sport director.[7]

In the 8th round of the 2018–19 Magyar Kupa season Budafok were eliminated by MOL Vidi FC.[8]

In 2020 the club was promoted to the Nemzeti Bajnokság. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2019-20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II was interrupted and finally terminated in May. The club was the second at that time, therefore they were promoted to the 2020-21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Bélteky, the owner of the club and resident of Australia, might miss the first match of the 2020-21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Current squad
As of 8 August, 2020[10]

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 Dániel Póser
3 DF  HUN Andor Margitics
5 DF  HUN Bálint Oláh
7 FW  HUN Bence Mervó
8 MF  HUN Máté Fekete
9 MF  HUN Sebestyén Ihrig-Farkas
10 FW  HUN Dávid Kovács
11 MF  HUN Miklós Micsinai
16 MF  HUN Attila Filkor
17 MF  HUN Ronald Takács
19 DF  CRO Danijel Romic
20 MF  HUN Kornél Kulcsár
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  HUN Henrik Kirják
23 DF  SVK Sinan Medgyes
24 MF  HUN István Soltész
27 FW  HUN Dániel Harsányi
29 GK  HUN Zoltán Kovács
33 DF  CRO Marko Iharos
42 GK  HUN Balázs Bese
72 FW  HUN Dániel Zsóri (on loan from Fehérvár)
77 FW  HUN Alen Skribek (on loan from Puskás Akadémia)
88 FW  HUN Attila Lőrinczy
91 DF  HUN Gergő Vaszicsku
99 FW  HUN Máté Szabó

Name Changes
  • 1912–1913: Világosság Football Csapat
  • 1913–1919: Budafoki Atlétikai és Football Club
  • 1919–1922: Budafoki Munkás Testedző Egyesület
  • 1922–1950: Budafoki Műkedvelő Testedző Egyesület
  • 1950: merger with Budapesti Gyárépítők
  • 1950–1951: Budapesti Gyárépítők MTE
  • 1951–1956: Budapesti Gyárépítők SK
  • 1956–1957: Budafoki Építők Munkás Testedző Egyesüle
  • 1957–?: Budafoki MTE Kinizsi Sportegyesület
  • 1988–1992: Budafoki MTE-Törley
  • 1993–2006: Budafoki LC
  • 2006–2007: Budafoki Lombard Labdarúgó "Club"
  • 2007–2015: Budafoki Labdarúgó Club
  • 2015– : Budafoki MTE

Seasons

As of 28 June 2020

Domestic International Manager
League Cup
Div. No. Season MP W D L GF–GA Dif. Pts. Pos. Competition Result
NBI1.1945–4600000-0+00TBDTBDDid not qualify
NBIII?.2016–17[11]34283375-24+51871stL16Did not qualify Prukner
NBII?.2017–18[12]381291742-56-144514thL32Did not qualify Tóth, Gálhidi
NBII?.2018–19[13]381252146-66-204116thL32Did not qualify Vitelki, Csizmadia
NBII?.2019–20[14]27166542-23+19542ndL32Did not qualify Csizmadia
NBI2.2020–2100000-0+00TBDTBDDid not qualify Csizmadia
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Notes
  • Note 1:
  • R64: Round of 64
Other Notes
  • Italics: in progress
  • R: Runners-up
  • SF: Semi-finals
  • QF: Quarter-finals
  • GS: Group stage
  • PO: Play-offs

Managers

References
  1. "Budafoki Labdarúgó Club". Magyarfutball.hu. 2015-05-29.
  2. "Hungarian League 1945–46". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.com. 2015-05-29.
  3. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/minority-shareholders-sell-stakes-in-melbourne-victory-20141112-11l8zm.html
  4. "Budafok: és lőn Világosság! – nagy célokat tűztek ki" [Budafok: Let there be light!] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. "A budafoki helyzet fokozódik: az NB I. felé tart a kertvárosi csapat" [Budafok is heading towards the Nemzeti Bajnokság I] (in Hungarian). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. "NB III: bajnok lett Prukner László alakulata!" [NB III: Prukner László's team became champions] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. "NB II: Budafokon sportigazgató is lesz a volt Fradi-csatár" [NB II: The former Fradi forward became sports director] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. "MK: NB III-as ejtette ki az MTK-t, a Vidi továbbküzdötte magát". Nemzeti Sport. 5 December 2018.
  9. http://m.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/budafok-hianyozhat-a-fonok-az-ausztraliai-jarvanyhelyzet-miatt-2776233
  10. "Budafok". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  11. "2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2017.
  12. "2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2018.
  13. "2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság II". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2019.
  14. "2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2020.
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