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: