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Click the link on the name and it will take you to the club page on the English speaking Hungarian football website for a more indepth look at each club, including their full honours.

Budapest clubs for derby matches: Ferencváros, MTK Budapest (v Ferencváros is Hungary’s oldest football rivalry – since 1903), Budapest Honvéd & Újpest (Hungary's biggest rivalry v Ferencváros - since 1930)


Ferencvárosi TC

Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros were founded in 1899 by Ferenc Springer and a group of local residents of Budapest’s ninth district, Ferencváros. Ferencváros have played in the NBI since its inception in 1901, except for three seasons between 2006 and 2009. Ferencváros is the most successful Hungarian team both domestically and internationally.

Manager: Peter Stöger
Last season: Champions
Leading scorer: Myrto Uzuni – 12 goals
Stadium: Groupama Aréna, Budapest
Capacity: 22,000
Located: Budapest, District IX
Nickname: Fradi

Puskás Akadémia FC

Puskás Ferenc Labdarugó Akadémia, commonly known as Puskás Akadémia FC or simply Puskás Akadémia, were founded in 2005 in Felcsút, Hungary. The aim of the founders was to establish an academy for Videoton (Now MOL Fehérvár) and to establish a fitting memorial to former Hungarian national footballer Ferenc Puskás, despite the team not actually having any academy players or Ferenc Puskás having any links to either Videoton or Felcsút! For this reason alone they are hated and mocked in Hungary with the vast majority of fans refusing to use the made up name and simply referring to them instead as Felcsút.

Manager: Zsolt Hornyak
Last season: 2nd
Leading scorer: Josip Knezevic – 9 goals
Stadium: Pancho Aréna, Felcsút
Capacity: 3,816
Location: Felcsút, Fejér County (about 45km W and slightly south of Budapest)
Nickname: Felcsút

MOL Fehérvár

Fehérvár was founded in 1941 as Székesfehérvári Vadásztölténygyár SK. After several name changes, adopting the term Videoton, the team played in the 1968 season but were immediately relegated. Their first domestic success occurred in the 1975–76 season when they finished 2nd. Fehérvár’s biggest domestic success happened in the 2010–11 season when they finished first. The club are based in Székesfehérvár, in Fejér County, Hungary.

Manager: Zoltán Kovács István Sallói
Last season: 3rd
Leading scorer: Nemanja Nikolic 15 goals
Stadium: MOL Aréna Sósto
Capacity: 14,201
Located: Székesfehérvár, Fejér County (About 65 km SE of Budapest)
Nickname: Vidi/Videoton

Paksi FC

In 1952 the Paksi Sportegyesület was formed and began competing at a county level in Tolna county. They played at either a county or lower national level until 2006 when they won promotion to the Borsodi Liga, or NB I, for the first time.

The nickname of the club is Atomcsapat (in English “Nuclear Team”) which stems from the fact that the only nuclear power in Hungary is based in Paks.

Manager: György Bognár
Last season: 4th
Leading scorer: Janos Hahn – 22 goals
Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion, Paks
Capacity: 6,150
Location: Paks, Tolna county, 100 km south of Budapest
Nickname: Atomcsapat. Normally referred to as just Paks.

Kisvárda Master Good

Kisvárda FC, later known as Várda SE, were founded in 1911 as Kisvárdai Sport Egyesület (KSE). On 1 April 1970 the football team was merged with other local sports clubs forming the Kisvárda Sports Association. Despite this KSE were closed in 2001 due to financial problems. A new football club was formed in 2003 called Várda SE was formed in 2003 only in Kisvárda.

In 2013, when the team won promotion to the NB II, the club decided to re-name Kisvárda on the basis of historical traditions and replace the former Várda SE coat of arms. Since the 2013–14 season, the official name of the club is Kisvárda Master Good FC.

Manager: Joao Janeiro
Last season: 5th
Leading scorer: Claudiu-Vasile Bumba; Jaroslav Navrátil; Fernando Viana – 4 goals
Stadium: Várkert Sportpálya, Kisvárda
Capacity: 2,750
Location: Kisvárda, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. NE Hungary near the border of Slovakia and Ukraine, around 280km from Budapest.
Nickname: Kisvárda

Újpest

Formed in 1885, Újpest, are the longest running football club in Hungary. They reached the first division of the Hungarian League in 1905 and have only been relegated once since then (1910/11). The club has been a member of the first division for 110 consecutive years. Újpest have been Hungarian champions twenty times, 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 17 September 1922 their home ground has been the Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Újpest, previously known as Megyeri úti stadium, it was named after the club’s legendary player, Ferenc Szusza in October 2003.

Manager: Michael Oenning
Last season: 6th
Leading scorer: Giorgi Beridze – 10 goals
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Capacity: 14,817
Location: Budapest, District IV.
Nickname: Lilák

MTK Budapest

Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club (Hungarian Practitioners Circle Budapest Football Club) based in Józsefváros.

They are one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12 times. The club has also won the Hungarian Super Cup 2 times. In 1955, as Vörös Lobogó SE, they became the first Hungarian team to play in the European Cup and in 1964 they finished as runners-up in the European Cup Winners’ Cup after losing to Sporting Clube de Portugal in the final.

The club founded the Sándor Károly Football Academy in 2001. The Academy also has a partnership agreement with English club Liverpool F.C.

Manager: Giovanni Costantino
Last season: 7th
Top Scorer: Szabolcs Gergő Schön; Roland Varga – 9 goals
Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Capacity: 5,322
Location: Budapest, District VIII

Mezőkövesd Zsóry

Mezőkövesdi Sport Egyesület were founded on 31 January 1975.The team name comes from the Zsóry family who founded the thermal baths that brought wealth to the town of Mezőkövesd.

On 5 June 2016 Mezőkövesdi SE hosted Dunaújváros PASE on the 30th match day in the 2015–16 NBII season at the newly built Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion. The match was won by the home team which also resulted the club’s promotion to the 2016–17 NBI.

Manager: Attila Pintér
Last season: 8th
Leading scorer: Dino Beširović, Tamás Cseri, Marin Jurina – 6 goals
Stadium: Mezőkövesd Városi Stadion, Mezőkövesd
Capacity: 5,000
Located: Mezőkövesd, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County around 130km NE Budapest (more East than North!)
Nickname: Mezo for short

Zalaegerszegi TE (ZTE)

Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet (ZTE) were formed in 1920 although can trace their roots back to 1912, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Their progress was halted by the outbreak of World War I. ZTE’s league history began in 1924, when they joined the Hungarian second division. The club won the title a decade later and entered the top flight in 1934. However, the start of World War II under the regime of Admiral Miklós Horthy saw ZTE’s field and equipment confiscated. After the war, in 1957, ZTE merged with two other local teams, signalling the rebirth of the club.

Manager: Róbert Waltner
Last season: 9th
Leading scorer: Regő Szánthó – 10 goals
Stadium: ZTE Aréna, Zalaegerszeg
Capacity: 11,200
Location: Zalaegerszeg, Zala county, West Hungary. About 230km South West of Budapest

Budapest Honvéd

Originally formed in 1909 as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapesti Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian Army team.

The club’s top players from this era, Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, Zoltán Czibor, and Gyula Grosics formed the nucleus of the legendary Hungarian team known as the Mighty Magyars and helped the club win the Hungarian League four times during the 1950s.

Manager: Ferenc Horváth
Last season: 10th
Leading scorer: Dániel Gazdag – 13 goals
Stadium: Bozsik Aréna
Capacity: 8,200
Location: Budapest, District XIX
Nickname: Kispest

Debreceni VSC

Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club were formed on 12 March 1902. The club first reached the NBI in the 1943–44 season. Debrecen rose to domestic prominence in the early 2000s when they won their first Hungarian league title in 2004–05 season. Since then the club managed to win seven titles in the 2010s total, making them the most successful club in Hungary since 2000.

At international level, Debrecen reached their biggest success when they managed to reach the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage. The following year the reached the group stages of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Manager: Szabolcs Huszti
Last season: NBII champions – promoted
Leading scorer: Donát Bárány – 15 goals
Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen
Capacity: 20,340
Location: Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar County. East Hungary near the border with Romania. Approx 230km east of Budapest.
Nickname: DVSC

Gyirmót FC Győr

Gyirmót FC Győr are based in Gyirmót, a suburb of Győr. The club was founded in 1993 and its colors are yellow and blue.

In the 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season Gyirmót could not get promoted to the first division since they collected only two points in their last three matches. On the 28th day they lost at home to Sopron (0–1), drew with Mezőkövesd (2–2), and drew with Siófok (2–2). They finished third in the 2014–15 season.

Manager: Aurél Csertői
Last season: NBII – runners up – promoted
Top Scorer: Barnabás Varga – 12 goals
Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion ( Alcufer Stadion )
Capacity: 4,500
Location: Gyirmót, Győr.  Győr-Moson-Sopron County. 150km North West of Budapest.
Nickname: Gyirmót