Budapesti TC explained

Clubname:Budapesti TC
Fullname:Budapesti Torna Club
Short Name:BTC
Founded:1885 (Gymnastics)
1897 (Football section)
Dissolved:1946
Ground:Millenáris Sporttelep
Capacity:8,130
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Budapesti Torna Club was a Hungarian sports club in Budapest and the first football club in the country.[1] Its football team were the winners of the first two seasons of Nemzeti Bajnokság I, in 1901 and 1902.[2] [3]

History

The club was founded on January 21, 1897. It was the first official football club to be founded in Hungary, and would soon be followed by many others. On September 18 of the same year, it played the first official match in Hungarian history, between two internal teams, the blue-white one and the red-white one, with the former winning 5–0.[4]

On October 31 it played the first international match of a Hungarian club, when it played against Austria's Vienna Cricket and Football Club in Vienna, losing 2–0.

It was one of the founders of the Hungarian football leagues, the Nemzeti Najnokság, and the winner of its first two editions.

After 1925 the club played only in the amateur leagues and it was dissolved during season 1945–46.

Honours

1901, 1902

Name changes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Budapesti TC. May 2, 2015. Magyarfutball.hu.
  2. Web site: Hungary – List of Final Tables 1901–1910 . November 9, 2011 . live. . https://web.archive.org/web/20111107092301/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesh/honghist1900.html#02 . November 7, 2011 .
  3. Web site: Hungarian League 1901 . May 2, 2015. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.com . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20080315052737/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesh/honghist1900.html#01 . March 15, 2008 .
  4. Web site: Kronológia - Magyar Labdarúgó Archívum. November 21, 2021. www.mla.hu.