Újpesti TE

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Sports club in Budapest, Hungary

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::summary Sports club in Budapest, Hungary ::

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nameÚjpesti TE
logo_size175px
full_nameÚjpesti Torna Egylet
nicknameLilák (Purples)
Dózsa
short_nameUTE
founded
coloursPurple and white
chairmanIstván Őze
websiteÚjpesti TE
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| name = Újpesti TE | logo = | logo_size = 175px | caption = | full_name = Újpesti Torna Egylet | nickname = Lilák (Purples) Dózsa | short_name = UTE | founded = | colours = Purple and white | chairman = István Őze | club_titles = | anthem = | website = Újpesti TE Újpesti Torna Egylet (Újpesti TE or UTE) is a Hungarian sports society, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club, which was founded in 1885, includes sports sections that represent the club at ice hockey, men's water polo, women's volleyball, athletics, wrestling, judo, mud wrestling, flatwater canoeing/kayaking, karate, youth football, boxing, modern pentathlon, shooting, gymnastics, triathlon, swimming, and fencing. There is a leisure section and a section for the club's fans called 'circle of friends' (baráti kör).

The football team Újpest FC is also a part of the Újpesti TE family.

Departments

Team sports

Individual sports

  • Athletics (since 1903)
  • Boxing (since 1926)
  • Canoeing (since 1951)
  • Gymnastics
  • Fencing (since 1922)
  • Footgolf
  • Judo
  • Karate
  • Modern pentathlon (since 1962)
  • Shooting
  • Swimming (since 1910)
  • Skating
  • Taekwondo (since 2005)
  • Triathlon (since 1991)
  • Wrestling
  • E-sports

Dissolved departments

  • Water polo:
  • Volleyball:
    • men's volleyball
  • Handball:
    • men's handball
    • women's handball

Supporters and rivalries

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Supporters

Supporters of Újpest are mainly from the fourth district of Budapest, the eponymous Újpest. Due to the success in the 1970s, the club gained supporters from all over Budapest and the country.

Notable supporters

Rivalries

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Main article: Budapest derby

Újpest are in rivalry with several teams from Budapest including Ferencváros, MTK Budapest, Budapest Honvéd and several provincial clubs such as Debrecen and Diósgyőr. Since Újpest have been the third most successful club of the Hungarian Football history by winning 20 Hungarian League titles and 9 Hungarian Cup titles and the most successful Hungarian club in the European football competitions in the 1970s every club in the Hungarian League wants to defeat them.

Main article: Ferencvárosi TC–Újpest FC rivalry

The rivalry with Ferencváros dates back to 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian League title. Since then the fixture between the two teams attracts the most spectators in the domestic league. The matches between the two team often ends in violence which causes big trouble for the Hungarian football. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.

Honours

Active departments

Football (men's)

Main article: Újpest FC

Ice hockey (men's)

Main article: Újpesti TE (ice hockey)

  • Hungarian Championship:
    • Winners (13): 1957–58, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
  • Hungarian Cup:
    • Winners (9): 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90
  • Peace Cup:
    • Winners (5): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962

Volleyball (women's)

  • Hungarian Championship
    • Winners (10): 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90
  • Hungarian Cup
    • Winners (12): 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87

Inactive departments

Water polo (men's)

Main article: Újpesti TE (men's water polo)

Volleyball (men's)

  • Hungarian Championship
    • Winners (13): 1955, 1957, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1989–90, 1990–91
  • Hungarian Cup
    • Winners (8): 1952, 1955, 1957, 1961–62, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1988–89

Handball (men's)

International honours

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seasonmen's footballmen's water polowomen's volleyballmen's volleyball
1929Mitropa Cup
1930Coupe des Nations
1939Mitropa Cup
1961–62Cup Winners' Cup
1966–67Mitropa Cup
1968–69Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1973–74European Cup
1974–75Cup Winners' Cup
1976–77Cup Winners' Cup
1985–86Cup Winners' Cup
1986–87European Cup
1992–93LEN Cup
1993–94European Cup
1994–95European Cup
1995–96European Cup
1996–97LEN Cup
1998–99LEN Cup
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Notable former players

Olympic champions

Presidents

List of the presidents of the Újpesti TE:

  • 1885–1887: János Goll
  • 1887–1892: Lajos Mády
  • 1892–1897: Béla Csepcsányi
  • 1897–:
  • –1903:
  • 1903–1905: Arnold Kada
  • 1905–: Mór Oszmann
  • 1909–: Samu Blum
  • 1910–: Lehel Héderváry
  • 1914–: Ödön Kálmán
  • 1919–1925: János Szücs
  • 1925–1942: Lipót Aschner

References

References

  1. (30 April 2013). "Szurkolók és híresek". Magic Magyars.
  2. (10 October 2010). "Havas Henrik az Újpestről: Lila mezbe öltözött senkiháziak – tapló fradisták". pepsifoci.hu.
  3. (10 September 2010). "Zagyva vs. Lenhardt – avagy UTE és FTC szurkolók Parlamentben". szentkoronaradio.com.
  4. ""Tűzpárbaj" és könnygáz Újpesten".
  5. (24 February 2011). "Az UTE önkormányzati segítséget kap".
  6. (20 July 2011). "The Budapest Derby". Football Derbies.
  7. "List of champions".
  8. ujpest.hu. "Az Újpesti Torna Egylet krónikája (1885-1925) - Újpesti Helytörténeti Értesítő".

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