162 result(s) for football championship
Up To 20,000 Hungarian Fans Expected To Support National Eleven In France
- 23 Nov 2015 1:00 AM
- sport
Between 15,000 and 20,000 Hungarian football fans could travel to France next year to support the national team in the European Championship, daily Magyar Nemzet said. Gábor Szabados, a sports economist, told the paper that 60-70% of the fans would travel to France by car or bus.
Hungarian Footballers Advance To Euro 2016
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s national football team has qualified for the European Football Championships for the first time in 44 years after defeating Norway 2-1 in the return leg of their play-off at the Groupama Stadium in Budapest Sunday evening. Hungary won by a 3-1 aggregate score, having defeated Norway 1-0 in Oslo on Thursday night.
Farewell To Puskás Stadium In Budapest
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Former football players, athletes, actors and journalists bade farewell to the Puskás Ferenc Stadium, known for decades as the Népstadion (“People’s Stadium”) Monday evening. Most of the structure will be demolished as a new arena is expected to be completed on the site by 2019. A total of 78,000 spectators saw the opening football match at the stadium as the Honvéd team took on Spartak Moscow on ...
Újpest Hosts Ferencváros In Budapest Derby
- 14 Sep 2015 1:00 AM
- sport
Saturday will be a special day for Hungarian football fans as Újpest host league-leader Ferencváros at the Ferenc Szusza Stadium in the 8th round of the Hungarian championship. The two arch-rivals clash is always about much more than three points, the players know that as much as the enthusiastic fans and of course, the Hungarian Police. Last September Újpest won over Ferencváros 2-1, but in ...
Video: Football Thugs Clash With Police In Budapest
- 4 Sep 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Seeking a chance to fight with visiting Romania fans, a violent group of hard-core Hungarian football hooligans gathered and clashed with the police in Budapest’s city center last night. The police said on Friday morning that sixteen have been detained for truculence and vandalism and one additional fan was arrested for pushing over a police officer. The rambunctious hooligans threw petards, ...
Football: Only 12 Premier League Teams To Compete In 2015/16 Season
- 28 May 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
The number of Hungarian Premier League football teams in the 2015/16 OTP Bank League will decrease from the present number of sixteen to twelve after five clubs – Győri ETO FC of Győr, Nyíregyháza Spartacus of Nyíregyháza, PMFC-Matias of Pécs and the Pápa team Lombard Pápa Termál FC, which failed to qualify anyway – were not granted the licence necessary to run in the country’s top championship, ...
Video: Football Promotion Hopefuls Vác Beat Bölcskei
- 20 May 2015 9:13 AM
- sport
Hungarian football team Vác FC recently won 3-2, against Bölcskei SE, to the delight of expat owner and chairman Mr. John P. Marshall (pictured on left, with previous British Ambassador to Hungary Mr Jonathon Knott). This game was packed with goals as the video below shows, for the record the match scorers were Gulyás (2'), Kószás (22'), Pölöskei (35') and Miskovicz (9'), Tóth (19').
Hungarian Football Coach Set To Earn Six-Figure Salary In Germany
- 8 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Berlin-based football club Hertha BSC could offer Pál Dárdai, lead coach of the Hungarian national football team, a two-year contract and six-figure salary as head trainer if he succeeds in keeping the team in the Bundesliga as temporary coach, the German tabloid Bild reported.
FIFA World Rankings: Hungary In 46th Place In March
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian national football team has improved two places to 46th position on FIFA’s latest world rankings, published on Thursday. The list continues to be lead by World Champions Germany, followed by Argentina and Colombia.
Up To 20,000 Hungarian Fans Expected To Support National Eleven In France
- 23 Nov 2015 1:00 AM
- sport
Between 15,000 and 20,000 Hungarian football fans could travel to France next year to support the national team in the European Championship, daily Magyar Nemzet said. Gábor Szabados, a sports economist, told the paper that 60-70% of the fans would travel to France by car or bus.
Hungarian Footballers Advance To Euro 2016
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s national football team has qualified for the European Football Championships for the first time in 44 years after defeating Norway 2-1 in the return leg of their play-off at the Groupama Stadium in Budapest Sunday evening. Hungary won by a 3-1 aggregate score, having defeated Norway 1-0 in Oslo on Thursday night.
Farewell To Puskás Stadium In Budapest
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Former football players, athletes, actors and journalists bade farewell to the Puskás Ferenc Stadium, known for decades as the Népstadion (“People’s Stadium”) Monday evening. Most of the structure will be demolished as a new arena is expected to be completed on the site by 2019. A total of 78,000 spectators saw the opening football match at the stadium as the Honvéd team took on Spartak Moscow on ...
Újpest Hosts Ferencváros In Budapest Derby
- 14 Sep 2015 1:00 AM
- sport
Saturday will be a special day for Hungarian football fans as Újpest host league-leader Ferencváros at the Ferenc Szusza Stadium in the 8th round of the Hungarian championship. The two arch-rivals clash is always about much more than three points, the players know that as much as the enthusiastic fans and of course, the Hungarian Police. Last September Újpest won over Ferencváros 2-1, but in ...
Video: Football Thugs Clash With Police In Budapest
- 4 Sep 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Seeking a chance to fight with visiting Romania fans, a violent group of hard-core Hungarian football hooligans gathered and clashed with the police in Budapest’s city center last night. The police said on Friday morning that sixteen have been detained for truculence and vandalism and one additional fan was arrested for pushing over a police officer. The rambunctious hooligans threw petards, ...
Football: Only 12 Premier League Teams To Compete In 2015/16 Season
- 28 May 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
The number of Hungarian Premier League football teams in the 2015/16 OTP Bank League will decrease from the present number of sixteen to twelve after five clubs – Győri ETO FC of Győr, Nyíregyháza Spartacus of Nyíregyháza, PMFC-Matias of Pécs and the Pápa team Lombard Pápa Termál FC, which failed to qualify anyway – were not granted the licence necessary to run in the country’s top championship, ...
Video: Football Promotion Hopefuls Vác Beat Bölcskei
- 20 May 2015 9:13 AM
- sport
Hungarian football team Vác FC recently won 3-2, against Bölcskei SE, to the delight of expat owner and chairman Mr. John P. Marshall (pictured on left, with previous British Ambassador to Hungary Mr Jonathon Knott). This game was packed with goals as the video below shows, for the record the match scorers were Gulyás (2'), Kószás (22'), Pölöskei (35') and Miskovicz (9'), Tóth (19').
Hungarian Football Coach Set To Earn Six-Figure Salary In Germany
- 8 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Berlin-based football club Hertha BSC could offer Pál Dárdai, lead coach of the Hungarian national football team, a two-year contract and six-figure salary as head trainer if he succeeds in keeping the team in the Bundesliga as temporary coach, the German tabloid Bild reported.
FIFA World Rankings: Hungary In 46th Place In March
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian national football team has improved two places to 46th position on FIFA’s latest world rankings, published on Thursday. The list continues to be lead by World Champions Germany, followed by Argentina and Colombia.