Hungarian football’s 2019 diary

With the Hungarian men’s league championship back underway this weekend, we take a quick look at what’s in the diary for Hungarian football in the year of 2019, with UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers, youth-level elite rounds and the Women’s Champions League final in Budapest featuring prominently.

February:

• 21st: Women’s European Championship qualifying draw in Nyon. The matches will take place between 26th August 1019 and 22nd September 2020
• 20th and 27th: Hungarian Cup 9th round
• 23rd: FÖRCH Women’s Hungarian Cup semi-finals
• 23rd-24th: Men’s and Women’s Futsal Hungarian Cup Final Four

March:

• 8th: Tickets on sale for the Women’s Champions League final
• 10th: Women’s Jet-Sol Liga restart
• 21st: Slovakia-Hungary, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier
• 20th-26th.: Men’s U19 Elite round, Croatia
• 21st-27th: Women’s U17 Elite round, Hungary
• 24th: Hungary-Croatia, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier
• 26th March-1st April: Men’s U17 Elite round, Hungary
• 26th-31st March: U19 futsal UEFA Euro qualifiers, Tbilisi

April:

• 2nd-8th: Women’s U19 Elite round, Spain

May:

• 16th: FÖRCH Women’s Hungarian Cup final
• 18th: Women’s Champions League final, Budapest, Groupama Aréna
• 18th/19th: Women’s futsal championship final, 1st match
• 18th/19th: Women’s futsal championship final, 2nd match
• 25th: Hungarian Cup final
• 25th/26th: Expected dates for the 1st matches of the Jet-Sol Liga championship final and bronze-medal match series
• 30th/31st: Futsal men’s championship final, 1st match

The Jet-Sol Liga champions will be crowned at the end of spring. Currently, Ferencváros lead the table with MTK in the second spot.

June:

• 1st/2nd: Expected dates for the 2nd matches of the Jet-Sol Liga championship final and bronze-medal match series
• 1st/2nd: Women’s futsal championship final, 3rd match
• 3rd: Futsal men’s championship final, 2nd match
• 6th: Expected dates for the 3rd matches (if needed) of the Jet-Sol Liga championship final and bronze-medal match series
• 6th/7th: Futsal men’s championship final, 3rd match
• 8th/9th: Women’s futsal championship final, 4th match if needed
• 8th: Azerbaijan–Hungary, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier
• 10th: Men’s futsal championship final, 4th match if needed
• 11th: Hungary-Wales, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier
• 13th/14th: Men’s futsal championship final, 5th match if needed
• 15th/16th: Women’s futsal championship final, 5th match if needed

Hungary’s national teams are also counting on their fans’ support in their autumn European Championship qualifiers.

September:

• 9th: Hungary-Slovakia, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier

October:

• 2nd-8th: Women’s U17 (in Hungary) and U19 (in Turkey) Euro qualifying mini-tournaments for progress to the Elite round
• 9th-15th: Men’s U19 (in Hungary) Euro qualifying mini-tournament for progress to the Elite round
• 10th: Croatia-Hungary, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier
• 13th: Hungary-Azerbaijan, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier
• 22nd-27th: Futsal World Cup-qualifying tournament, Italy
• 25th-30th: Men’s U17 (in Belarus) Euro qualifying mini-tournament for progress to the Elite round

November:

• 19th: Wales-Hungary, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier

Photo: MLSZ

Source: MLSZ