Újpesti Torna Egylet (Újpesti TE or UTE) is a Hungarian sports society, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club, which was founded in 1885, includes sports sections that represent the club at ice hockey, men's water polo, women's volleyball, athletics, wrestling, judo, mud wrestling, flatwater canoeing/kayaking, karate, youth football, boxing, modern pentathlon, shooting, gymnastics, triathlon, swimming, and fencing. There is a leisure section and a section for the club's fans called 'circle of friends' (baráti kör).

Újpesti TE
Full nameÚjpesti Torna Egylet
NicknameLilák (Purples)
Dózsa
Short nameUTE
Founded16 June 1885; 139 years ago (1885-06-16)
Colours    Purple and white
ChairmanIstván Őze
WebsiteÚjpesti TE

The football team Újpest FC is also a part of the Újpesti TE family.

Departments

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Team sports

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Individual sports

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  • Athletics (since 1903)
  • Boxing (since 1926)
  • Canoeing (since 1951)
  • Gymnastics
  • Fencing (since 1922)
  • Footgolf
  • Judo
  • Karate
  • Modern pentathlon (since 1962)
  • Shooting
  • Swimming (since 1910)
  • Skating
  • Taekwondo (since 2005)
  • Triathlon (since 1991)
  • Wrestling
  • E-sports

Dissolved departments

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  • Water polo:
  • Volleyball:
    • men's volleyball
  • Handball:
    • men's handball
    • women's handball

Supporters and rivalries

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Újpest supporters in the Ferenc Puskás Stadium on 25 May 2014

Supporters

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Supporters of Újpest are mainly from the fourth district of Budapest, the eponymous Újpest. Due to the success in the 1970s, the club gained supporters from all over Budapest and the country.

Notable supporters

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Rivalries

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Ferencváros-Újpest derby at the Albert Stadion on 1 April 2011

Újpest are in rivalry with several teams from Budapest including Ferencváros, MTK Budapest, Budapest Honvéd and several provincial clubs such as Debrecen and Diósgyőr. Since Újpest have been the third most successful club of the Hungarian Football history by winning 20 Hungarian League titles and 9 Hungarian Cup titles and the most successful Hungarian club in the European football competitions in the 1970s every club in the Hungarian League wants to defeat them.

The rivalry with Ferencváros dates back to 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian League title. Since then the fixture between the two teams attracts the most spectators in the domestic league.[6] The matches between the two team often ends in violence which causes big trouble for the Hungarian football. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.

Honours

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Active departments

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Football (men's)

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Ice hockey (men's)

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  • Hungarian Championship:
    • Winners (13): 1957–58, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
  • Hungarian Cup:
    • Winners (9): 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90
  • Peace Cup:
    • Winners (5): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962

Volleyball (women's)

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  • Hungarian Championship
    • Winners (10): 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90
  • Hungarian Cup
    • Winners (12): 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87

Inactive departments

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Water polo (men's)

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Volleyball (men's)

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  • Hungarian Championship
    • Winners (13): 1955, 1957, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1989–90, 1990–91
  • Hungarian Cup
    • Winners (8): 1952, 1955, 1957, 1961–62, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1988–89

Handball (men's)

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International honours

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season men's football men's water polo women's volleyball men's volleyball
1929 Mitropa Cup

Winners

1930 Coupe des Nations

Winners

1939 Mitropa Cup

Winners

1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup

Semi-finals

1966–67 Mitropa Cup

Final

1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Final

1973–74 European Cup

Semi-finals

1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup

Fourth place

1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup

Third place

1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup

Third place

1986–87 European Cup

Semi-finals

1992–93 LEN Cup

Winners

1993–94 European Cup

Winners

1994–95 European Cup

Final

1995–96 European Cup

Final

1996–97 LEN Cup

Winners

1998–99 LEN Cup

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Notable former players

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Olympic champions

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Presidents

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List of the presidents of the Újpesti TE:[8]

  • 1885–1887: János Goll
  • 1887–1892: Lajos Mády
  • 1892–1897: Béla Csepcsányi
  • 1897–:
  • –1903:
  • 1903–1905: Arnold Kada
  • 1905–: Mór Oszmann
  • 1909–: Samu Blum
  • 1910–: Lehel Héderváry
  • 1914–: Ödön Kálmán
  • 1919–1925: János Szücs
  • 1925–1942: Lipót Aschner

References

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  1. ^ "Szurkolók és híresek". Magic Magyars. 30 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Havas Henrik az Újpestről: Lila mezbe öltözött senkiháziak – tapló fradisták". pepsifoci.hu. 10 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Zagyva vs. Lenhardt – avagy UTE és FTC szurkolók Parlamentben". szentkoronaradio.com. 10 September 2010.
  4. ^ ""Tűzpárbaj" és könnygáz Újpesten".
  5. ^ "Az UTE önkormányzati segítséget kap". 24 February 2011.
  6. ^ "The Budapest Derby". Football Derbies. 20 July 2011.
  7. ^ "List of champions". RSSSF.
  8. ^ ujpest.hu. "Az Újpesti Torna Egylet krónikája (1885-1925) - Újpesti Helytörténeti Értesítő" (PDF). www.ujpest.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-02-01.
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