51-410: Nemzeti Bajnokság III ( NBIII , National Championship III ) is the third tier of Hungarian football (from the autumn of 1997 till the spring of 2005, NB III was the fourth tier, the third was NB II ). The tier contains 4 groups (northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest) of 16 teams. From NB III, the champions of each group will battle promotion play-off, two teams winning play-off are promoted to
102-532: A 4–0 win over Andalusia . In 1967, at the age of 40, he appeared in a fundraising friendly game for South Liverpool , the English non-League side, in front of a 10,000-strong sell-out crowd at the club's Holly Park stadium. After retiring as a player, Puskás became a coach and managed teams in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. In 1971, he guided Panathinaikos of Greece to
153-511: A few unofficial games for Espanyol . At the same time, both AC Milan and Juventus attempted to sign him, but then he received a two-year ban from UEFA for refusing to return to Budapest, which prevented him from playing in Europe. He moved to Austria and then Italy. After his ban expired, Puskás tried to play in Italy but was not able to find a top-flight club willing to sign him, as Italian managers were concerned about his age and weight. He
204-712: A game against Honvéd in a memorable friendly match, which Puskás played in. Wolves won the 1954 match 3–2, with the 1993 match ending in a 1–1 draw. Puskás returned to Hungary for the first time in 1981 and in 1990, he made Budapest his home again. In 1993, he took charge of the Hungary national team for four games, including a 4–2 friendly victory against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin, where Hungary came from two goals down to eventually beat their opponents. Puskas had excellent ball control, mostly with his left foot, and had
255-531: A grand total of two gold/titles and two silver for the Mighty Magyars. The scores contain links to the article on football in the Helsinki Olympics and the round in question. The scores contain links to the article on 1954 FIFA World Cup and the round in question. When there is a special article on the match in question, the link is in the column for round . Budapest Honvéd entered
306-460: A great first touch of the ball giving very quick and precise passing and crossing. He also was able to maneuver and change positions quickly on the pitch by moving from inside left to centre forward. He was also able to dummy his opponents with fake dribbles and would confuse his markers by pretending to go one way before going another. He did this to Bill Eckersley and Harry Johnston when Hungary beat England 6–3 at Wembley. Puskas also used to move
357-924: A match that was resolved with a 5–0 win for the Austrians. Hungary has played in nine FIFA World Cups and two European Championships. The best result of Hungary national team was when they reached the FIFA World Cup final twice; they lost to Italy in 1938 , and lost again to West Germany in 1954 . Since then, Hungary's performance has diminished. Stadiums with a capacity of 15,000 or higher are included. Ferenc Pusk%C3%A1s Hungary professional footballer Eponyms and public art Related Ferenc Puskás ( Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈpuʃkaːʃ] , UK : / ˌ f ɛr ɛ n t s ˈ p ʊ ʃ k ə ʃ , ˈ p ʊ ʃ k æ ʃ / FERR -ents PUUSH -kəsh, PUUSH -kash ; né Purczeld ; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006)
408-774: Is soon followed by the founding of the football sections of other important sport clubs in the city: the Magyar Úszó Egylet (MUE), the Budai Football Csapat, the Müegyetemi FC (MFC, later MAFC), the Magyar Athletikai Club (MAC) and the Budapesti Budai Torna Egylet (BBTC). Most of the associations were already operational in other sports and set up their football divisions after the popularisation that came with
459-528: Is the highest body of professional football in Hungary and was founded in 1901. The Hungary national team has played in numerous international tournaments, including the inaugural football tournament in the Olympic Games (Stockholm 1912), nine World Cups , and four European Championships . Their greatest achievements are the three gold medals in the 1952, 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games, and the runner-up in
510-562: The 1938 and 1954 World Cups. The team known as the Mighty Magyars was also the first non-British team to defeat England , 6–3 at Wembley in 1953. Months later, they defeated the English by a convincing 7–1 in Budapest in 1954, the worst defeat in the history of the English team. The first-ever football club to be founded in Hungary was Budapesti Torna Club having founded its football section in February 1897, dissolved in 1945–46. BTC
561-529: The 1948-53 Central European International Cup . Hungary won the championship after finishing top of the table with 11 points. Puskás finished the tournament as top scorer with ten goals and scored twice as Hungary claimed the trophy with a 3–0 win over Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in 1953. Puskás scored three goals in the two first-round matches Hungary played at the 1954 FIFA World Cup . They defeated South Korea 9–0 and then West Germany 8–3. In
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#1732791733038612-864: The 1964–65 edition of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and was runner-up in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1974–75 season and the Cup of Fairs in 1968, while Újpest FC reached the final of the Fair Cup in 1969, Videoton FC the UEFA Cup in 1985, and MTK Budapest FC that of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1964. The table below lists all Budapest clubs in the top three tiers of the Hungarian football league system: from
663-627: The European Cup in 1956 and were drawn against Athletic Bilbao in the first round. Honvéd lost the away leg 2–3, but before the home leg could be played, the Hungarian Revolution erupted in Budapest and was subsequently brutally repressed by Soviet forces . The players decided against going back to communist Hungary and arranged for the return with Athletic to be played at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. Puskás scored in
714-507: The European Cup final , where they lost 2–0 to Ajax . He also led the club to the championship in 1972 , becoming an icon in the country. Afterward he'd have spells at various countries and clubs, including Spain, Paraguay and the Saudi Arabia national team, with varying success. He returned again to Greece to manage an exceptionally strong AEK team for the 1978–79 season. In 1993, he returned to Hungary and took temporary charge of
765-515: The European Cup final . This was the first time a Greek club has reached a European final, and this would remain the only time for more than half a century, until Olympiakos reached the final of the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2024. En route to the final, Panathinaikos beat Everton in the quarter-finals on away goals, then defeated Red Star Belgrade in the semis, to become the only amateur football team to reach
816-699: The FIFA Puskás Award , awarded to the player who has scored the "most beautiful goal" over the past year. He was also listed in Pelé 's FIFA 100 . Ferenc Purczeld was born on 1 April 1927 to a German ( Danube Swabian ) family in Budapest and brought up in Kispest , then a suburb, today part of the city. His mother, Margit Biró (1904–1976), was a seamstress. He began his career as a junior with Kispest Honvéd , where his father, who had previously played for
867-590: The Hungarian League on four occasions and in 1948 he was the top goal scorer in Europe. During the 1950s, he was both a prominent member and captain of the Hungary national team , known as the Mighty Magyars . After the Hungarian Revolution , Puskás served a two year ban from UEFA . Despite failing to sign for Ethnikos Piraeus in 1957 under pressure from rival clubs, in 1958, he emigrated to Spain where he successfully signed for Real Madrid at
918-523: The NB II . The three lowest teams of each group and two worst 13th place teams are relegated to the first tier of local divisions ( MB I ). From NB II, the four lowest teams are relegated to NB III from 2024–25 season. From 2023 onwards, the league divided into 4 groups of 16 teams: Football in Hungary Football is the most popular sport in Hungary. The Hungarian Football Federation
969-419: The final of the 1958–59 European Cup , scoring in the first leg and in the decisive replay of the semi-final against Atlético Madrid , but missed the final due to injury. In the following season he began Real's 1959–60 European Cup campaign with a hat-trick against Jeunesse Esch and in the semi-final against FC Barcelona, as Puskás once again guided Real into the final with three goals over two legs. In
1020-516: The "Galloping Major", in 1995, he was recognized as the greatest top division scorer of the 20th century by the IFFHS . Scoring 806 goals in 793 official games during his career, he is the seventh top goal scorer of all time by the RSSSF . He was the son of former footballer Ferenc Puskás Senior . Puskás started his career in Hungary playing for Kispest and Budapest Honvéd . He was the top scorer in
1071-493: The European Cup/Champions League final. In the final, Panathinaikos lost 2–0 to Johan Cruyff 's Ajax . During his four-year tenure at Panathinaikos, Puskás helped the team secure one Greek Championship in 1972. At Panathinaikos he retained the "Pancho" nickname from Spain and is considered Panathinaikos' greatest ever manager, in the same esteem with his predecessor Stjepan Bobek and has entered
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#17327917330381122-766: The Ferencváros T.C. Flórián Albert became the inaugural Hungarian to win the Golden Ball, surpassing the second place achieved by Puskás seven years before. Hungary 's capital Budapest has seven professional football teams, six of them have won the Hungarian 1st division . Until July 2012 teams based in Budapest have won the Hungarian Championship 96 times and teams from other cities have won it 14 times. The Hungarian football clubs have several international successes. Ferencvárosi TC won
1173-681: The Greek football pantheon after Panathinaikos' run to the Wembley Final. A few months after leaving Panathinaikos in 1974, he took over Real Murcia , placed last in La Liga when he was appointed in December, failing to save the club from relegation in his only season in charge, while the following year he coached Saudi Arabia and in the same year he also managed Colo-Colo , where he spent two years, without experiencing notable success. In
1224-738: The Hungary national team. In 1998, he became one of the first ever FIFA/SOS Charity ambassadors. In 2002, the Népstadion in Budapest was renamed the Puskás Ferenc Stadion in his honor. He was also declared the best Hungarian player of the last 50 years by the Hungarian Football Federation in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003. In October 2009, FIFA announced the introduction of
1275-642: The Spanish league, and won the Pichichi four times: in 1960, 1961, 1963, and 1964, scoring 25, 28, 26 and 21 goals, respectively. He helped Real win La Liga five times in a row between 1961 and 1965 and the Copa del Generalísimo in 1962 . He scored both goals in the 2–1 victory over Sevilla in the Copa final. Puskás also played a further 39 games for Real in the European Cup , scoring 35 goals. He helped Real reach
1326-450: The age of 31. While playing with the club, Puskás won four Pichichis and scored seven goals in two European Cup finals, winning the competition three times with the club and claiming five consecutive La Liga titles. He scored 619 goals in 618 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues and National Cups. After retiring as a player, he became a coach. The highlight of his coaching career came in 1971 when he guided Panathinaikos to
1377-543: The ball in different directions and sideways to go past his opponents with ease. Puskas was also excellent at the set pieces, often scoring powerful direct free-kicks. He also scored directly from a corner kick. Puskas had one of the most powerful left shots in history and often scored from 30 to 35 metres from goal. Puskás was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2000. He was admitted to a Budapest hospital in September 2006 and died on 17 November 2006 of pneumonia . He
1428-714: The club to its first ever league title in 1986 , and South Melbourne Hellas , with whom he won the National Soccer League title in 1991, as well as the NSL Cup in 1990 , the NSL League Cup in 1990 and two Dockerty Cup titles in 1989 and 1991, becoming the club's most successful manager. While managing the Australian club, one of his players was future South Melbourne, Australia and Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou , who has spoken of
1479-556: The club's management, fearing the eventual loss of the league, replaced him with his assistant, Andreas Stamatiadis , on an interim role for the final 11 games until the end of the season, due to the unstable performances of the team, which saw them drop to third place in the league table. The club of Athens eventually won the championship with Stamatiadis in charge in a play–off match that was never contested, as rivals Olympiacos refused to play. Despite his wide travels, his only other silverware came with Sol de América , where he led
1530-410: The club, was a coach. In 1937, his father changed the family name to Puskás. He initially used the pseudonym "Miklós Kovács" to help circumvent the minimum age rules before officially signing at the age of 12. Among his early teammates was his childhood friend and future international teammate József Bozsik . He made his first senior appearance for Kispest in November 1943 in a match against NAC . It
1581-618: The exception of Kubala, who only played 3 games with Hungary before playing for Spain) was known as the Golden Team and remained undefeated for 32 consecutive games, winning the gold medal in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki and reaching the final in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, always with Ferenc Puskás as a star (84 goals in 85 matches playing for the Hungary national football team). The twilight of this team that marveled
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1632-400: The final itself, Real beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 with Puskás scoring four goals and di Stéfano scoring three. In subsequent European campaigns, he would score a further three hat-tricks, including one in the 1962 final against Benfica , which Real lost 5–3. In 1965, he scored five goals over two games against Feyenoord as he helped Real Madrid to the 1966 European Cup final – Real won
1683-467: The first Olympic Football Tournament ( Stockholm 1912) and many FIFA World Cup . They were the first non- UK team to beat England at Wembley Stadium with their 6–3 victory in 1953. The golden age of Hungarian football took place in the 1950s, with the emergence of players of the caliber of Ferenc Puskás , László Kubala , Zoltán Czibor , Sándor Kocsis , Nándor Hidegkuti , Ferenc Szusza , József Bozsik & Gyula Grosics . This team (with
1734-548: The first championship in 2 tiers that same year. The philosoph Jász Géza of Magyar FC, was nominated the first president of the MLSZ. Vice-presidents were nominated Ferenc Gillemot (MAFC) and Árpád Füzeséry (MUE), secretary general Ferenc Horváth (FTC), treasurer Gabona Károly (Budapesti TC), inspector Ignác Boros (BSC), accountants Róbert Békés (Ganz), Andor Telkes and Ferenc Eisner, and honorary president Károly Iszer (BTC). Hungary were regular features at major tournaments, such as
1785-492: The first local an international games played by BTC and its followers. The first match between clubs to be played came on 6 February 1898 when BTC played against Müegyetemi FC, with the later winning 5–0 despite BTC having trained the MFC players previously. Nowadays the oldest still active football clubs in Hungary are Műegyetemi FC founded on 1 November of 1897 as a purely football club and III. Kerületi TVE , whose football section
1836-628: The game against Las Palmas on 4 January 1959, Puskás and Alfredo di Stéfano scored hat-tricks in a 10–1 win. During the 1960–61 season, Puskás scored four times in a game against Elche and the following season, he scored five goals against the same team. Puskás scored two hat-tricks against Barcelona in 1963, one at the Bernabéu and one at the Camp Nou . During eight seasons with Real, Puskás played 180 La Liga games and scored 156 goals. He scored 20 or more goals in each of his first six seasons in
1887-545: The game against Partizan Belgrade , but Puskás did not play. In 1962, Puskás became a naturalized Spanish citizen, and subsequently played four times for Spain . Three of these games were at the 1962 World Cup . In Spain, he was known as Cañoncito Pum (the booming cannon). On 28 October 1963, Puskás appeared in a game for the Madrid football team at the FFM Trofeo Bodas de Oro, and he scored two late goals in
1938-412: The influence Puskás' all out attacking approach and tactical acumen had on his coaching style. When Wolverhampton Wanderers opened their renovated stadium Molineux in 1993, Puskás visited the newly opened stadium as an honorary guest to watch the friendly match between Wolves and Budapest Honvéd, which was a match to christen the new opening of the stadium. This was because in the 1950s, Wolves played
1989-402: The latter game, he suffered a hairline fracture of the ankle after a tackle by Werner Liebrich , and did not return until the final. Puskás played the entire 1954 World Cup final against West Germany with a hairline fracture. Despite this, he scored his fourth goal of the tournament to put Hungary ahead after six minutes, and with Czibor adding another goal two minutes later, it seemed that
2040-427: The nickname "The Galloping Major". As the army club, Honvéd used conscription to acquire the best Hungarian players leading to the recruitment of Zoltán Czibor and Sándor Kocsis . During his career at Budapest Honvéd, Puskás helped the club win five Hungarian League titles. He also finished as top goal scorer in the league in 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950 and 1953, scoring 50, 31, 25 and 27 goals, respectively. In 1948, he
2091-589: The nucleus of the Golden Team that was to remain unbeaten for 32 consecutive games. During this run, they became Olympic Champions in 1952, beating Yugoslavia 2–0 in the final in Helsinki . Puskás scored four times at the Olympic tournament, including the opening goal in the final. They also defeated England twice, first with a 6–3 win at Wembley Stadium , and then 7–1 in Budapest. Puskás scored two goals in each game against England. In 1953, they also won
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2142-517: The pre-tournament favorites would take the title. However, the West Germans pulled back two goals before half time, with six minutes left the West Germans scored the winner. Two minutes from the end of the match Puskás scored a late equalizer but the goal was disallowed due to an offside call. Ending the Golden years with a silver medal at the 1955-60 Central European International Cup , making it
2193-698: The subsequent 3–3 draw, his first European Cup goal ever, but Honvéd were eliminated 6–5 on aggregate, and the Hungarian players were left in limbo. They summoned their families from Budapest, and despite opposition from FIFA and the Hungarian football authorities, they organised a fundraising tour of Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Brazil. After returning to Europe, the players parted ways. Some, including Bozsik, returned to Hungary while others, including Czibor, Kocsis and Puskás, found new clubs in Western Europe. Puskás did not return to Hungary until 1981. After refusing to return to Hungary, Puskás initially played
2244-595: The summer of 1978 he returned to Greece as coach of AEK Athens , where he was reunited with his former player at Panathinaikos, Mimis Domazos . Puskás led the club to its biggest ever victory in the European Cup, a 6–1 defeat of Portuguese champions Porto in Athens, before their continental run was cut short in the second round by eventual competition winners Nottingham Forest 7–2 on aggregate. However, in March 1979
2295-706: The top division (the Nemzeti Bajnokság I ), down to the Nemzeti Bajnokság III . League status is correct for the 2012–13 season. Budapest is the location of the headquarters of the Hungarian Football Federation . The Hungarian national team, in its different categories, is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The Hungarian team played their first official game on 12 October 1902 in Vienna against Austria,
2346-658: The world came with the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 , and after a match of the European Champion's Cup Budapest Honvéd in Bilbao, many of the stars like Czibor, Kocsis and Puskás decided not to return to their country and sign for teams from Western Europe, meaning his retirement from the national team. Puskás joined Real Madrid in 1958, winning three European Cups and debuting with the Spain national football team in 1961, while Czibor and Kocsis joined FC Barcelona. In 1967,
2397-587: Was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forward and an attacking midfielder, he scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary and later played four international matches for Spain as well. He became an Olympic champion in 1952 and led his nation to the final of the 1954 World Cup . He won three European Cups (1959, 1960, 1966), ten national championships (five Hungarian and five Spanish Primera División ) and eight top individual scoring honors. Known as
2448-613: Was considered by Manchester United to strengthen a squad ravaged by the Munich air disaster in 1958, but because of FA rules regarding foreigners and Puskás' not knowing the English language, stand-in manager Jimmy Murphy could not fulfill his wish of signing the Hungarian. However, a few months later, Puskás joined Real Madrid and at the age of 31 embarked on the second phase of his career. During his first La Liga season, Puskás scored four hat-tricks, including one in his second game, against Sporting de Gijón on 21 September 1958. In
2499-558: Was here where he received the nickname "Öcsi" or "Buddy". On 19 February 1949, Puskás scored seven goals for Kispest in a 11–3 win against Győr . Kispest was taken over by the Hungarian Ministry of Defence in 1949, becoming the Hungarian Army team and changing its name to Budapest Honvéd . As a result, football players were given military ranks. Puskás eventually became a major (Hungarian: Őrnagy ), which led to
2550-428: Was officially opened in 1899 but stemmed from the Budai Football Csapat founded on 31 October 1897. The Hungarian Football Federation ( Hungarian : Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség or MLSZ), the sport's national governing body, was founded on 19 January 1901 by 13 clubs: BAK, BEAC, BSC, Budapesti TC , Budai Ganzgyár, Ganz Vagongyár, "33" FC , MAC, Magyar FC, Magyar ÚE , Műegyetemi FC , Postás, FTC , who took part in
2601-439: Was the top goal scorer in Europe. Puskás made his debut for Hungary team on 20 August 1945 and scored in a 5–2 win over Austria . He went on to play 85 games and scored 84 times for Hungary. His international goal record included two hat tricks against Austria, one against Luxembourg and four goals in a 12–0 win over Albania . Together with Zoltán Czibor , Sándor Kocsis , József Bozsik , and Nándor Hidegkuti , he formed
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