Újpest FC
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Újpest Football Club (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈuːjpɛʃt]) is a Hungarian professional football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I.
Full name | Újpest Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Újpest, Lilák | |||
Short name | UTE | |||
Founded | 16 June 1885; 138 years ago (1885-06-16) as Újpesti Torna Egylet | |||
Ground | Szusza Ferenc stadion, Budapest | |||
Capacity | 12,670 | |||
Owner | Mol Vagyonkezelő Zrt. | |||
Manager | Géza Mészöly | |||
League | NB I | |||
2022–23 | NB I, 8th of 12 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Current season |
Full name | Újpest Football Club "B" |
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Nickname(s) | Lilák ("Purples") |
Founded | 2007 as Újpest FC B |
Ground | H-1044 Budapest, Megyeri út 13. Budapest |
League | () |
Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in 1905 and has been relegated only once since then. The club has been a member of the first division for 108 consecutive years. Újpest have been Hungarian champions twenty times, in addition to winning the Magyar Kupa eleven 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 1922, their home ground has been the Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Újpest. Their biggest rivalry is with fellow Budapest-based club Ferencváros, with whom they contest a local derby.
Újpest is part of the Újpesti TE family. The club includes other sports sections that represent the club at ice hockey and waterpolo.