Ferencvárosi Torna Club
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| Full name | Ferencvárosi Torna Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
Zöld Sasok (The Green Eagles) Fradi |
| Founded | 3 May 1899 |
| Ground | Groupama Aréna, Budapest |
| Capacity | 22,000 / 23,700 |
| Chairman | Gábor Kubatov |
| Manager | Thomas Doll |
| League | OTP Bank Liga |
| 2015–16 | OTP Bank Liga, 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛntsvaːroʃ]), is a Hungarian professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that plays in the Hungarian League. Ferencváros was founded in 1899 by Ferenc Springer and a group of local residents of Budapest's ninth district, Ferencváros. Ferencváros is best known internationally for winning the 1964–65 season of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (after defeating Juventus FC in Turin 1–0) and for reaching the final of the 1974–75 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
The best-known part of the club is the well-supported men's football team – the most popular team in the country. The parent multisport club Ferencvárosi TC divisions include the women's football, women's handball, men's futsal, men's ice hockey, men's handball, men's water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling, curling and swimming teams, some of which are highly successful.
The club colours are green and white, and the club mascot is a green eagle; hence another of the club's nicknames, "The Green Eagles".
Ferencváros is the most successful Hungarian team on both home and international turf. They won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65, and have won the Hungarian National Championship I 29 times and the Hungarian Cup 21 times. Ferencváros participated in all the first division championships since the start of Hungarian Football Championships in 1901 until the 2006–07 season in which they were relegated to the NB II for not meeting financial criteria. The team returned to the first Hungarian League after three years in the second division. Since 2011 the club operates under the directions of Gábor Kubatov and Pál Orosz Jr. who brought financial and operational stability to the club again. Now, in 2014 the club is seeking to get back to the European football elite, first by qualifying into one of the European Cup series. According to the plans, the first qualifiers will be held in the club's freshly finished ultra-modern stadium.
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