football

30/01/2017

30,000 children play football in Hungarian Football Federation programme

The OTP Bank Bozsik programme has set a record for participation levels in the kindergarten age group during the 2016/17 season. 30,574 children from around 1,500 […]
19/01/2017

Weekly government press briefing about Putin’s visit, new wave of migration and other interesting topics

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit Budapest on Feb. 2, János Lázár, the government office chief, announced on Thursday. Preparations […]
15/01/2017

Funny videos of Hungarian athletes abroad

Several Hungarian athletes choose to practice their sports abroad, which is totally fine. However, sometimes they do and say quite interesting things. There have been two […]
13/01/2017

Hungary’s “Athletes of the Year” elected

Budapest, January 12 (MTI) – Rio Olympics champion sabre fencer Áron Szilágyi and three-time Rio Olympics champion swimmer Katinka Hosszú have been elected Hungary’s Athletes of […]
05/01/2017

2016 a great year for the Hungarian national team

2016 saw Hungary appear at a European Championship for the first time in 44 years and make it through the group stage at a major tournament […]
02/01/2017

Six players from U21s make full international team breakthrough in 2016

The primary task of the U21 team is to nurture players for the national team, and from this perspective 2016 was a highly successful year as […]
02/01/2017

Hungary’s women take great strides in 2016

The Hungarian women’s national team played fourteen matches in 2016 and despite failing to secure second place in their European Championship group, the team nevertheless made […]
31/12/2016

Hungarian football referee chosen as the world’s best

The Hungarian Katalin Kulcsár has been chosen as the World’s Best Woman Referee by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), 24.hu reports. According […]
26/12/2016

Hungary stay in 26th place in latest FIFA rankings

  Hungary have maintained their ranking of 26 in the latest year-ending FIFA list. December’s list is largely the same as the previous month’s with no […]
24/12/2016

Chicago Fire head coach: Hungarian player brings class and “highest expectations” to Chicago Fire

According to Chicago Fire’s Offical page, With the signing of Hungarian international forward and Designated Player Nemanja Nikolic now official, Chicago Fire head coach Veljko Paunovic […]
23/12/2016

Viktor Kassai recounts his recent experience of video refereeing

Three of Hungary’s elite referees have returned home from the FIFA Club World Championship in Japan which was eventually won by Real Madrid CF. Viktor Kassai […]
22/12/2016

Hungarian fans trolling on Chicago Fire’s Facebook page

We have recently reported that the player of the Hungarian national football team, Nikolic Nemanja has been signed by Chicago Fire as a designated player. The […]
22/12/2016

New Head of Coaching Education to arrive from German Football Association

The vastly experienced Daniel Jörg, who has spent 17 years working for the German Football Association, has taken over the leadership of Hungarian coach education at […]
22/12/2016

Bernd Storck’s squad look to retain ‘Sports Team of the Year’ title in Hungary

After scooping the award for Hungarian Team of the Year in 2015, the men’s national football team are again in the running for the same accolade […]
21/12/2016

Chicago Fire Sign Nemanja Nikolic as Designated Player

The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Tuesday that the club has acquired Hungarian striker Nemanja Nikolic via transfer from Legia Warsaw of Poland’s top division, and […]
16/12/2016

Hungarian referee giving the first penalty based on VAR – VIDEO

Index.hu writes that Viktor Kassai, Hungarian football referee participated in a historic event, as he gave the very first penalty after using video assistant referee (VAR) during the […]
06/12/2016

Hungarian League, Round 18: Mezőkövesd hurt Ferencváros hopes

OTP Bank Liga, week 18 round-up: Leaders Vasas comfortable victors over Diósgyőr, Mezőkövesd’s run of form continues, Újpest and MTK share the points whilst Honvéd and […]
03/12/2016

Here is the draw for the round of 16 of this season’s Hungarian Cup

Friday saw the draw for the round of 16 of this season’s Hungarian Cup, a competition which now only features seven top-flight clubs after MTK, Videoton […]
02/12/2016

Hungarian Cup: Fradi and Újpest avoid further upsets

Wednesday evening saw the culmination of the latest stage of the Hungarian Cup, Gyirmót, Újpest FC and Ferencváros emerging victorious to take their places amongst the […]
29/11/2016

Hungarian league, 17th round: Videton home in on Vasas at the top of NB I

  League leaders Vasas FC lost a tight game 2-1 away at Budapest Honvéd in the 17th round of Hungary’s OTP Bank League to suffer their […]