Újpesti TE explained

Újpesti TE
Full Name:	Újpesti Torna Egylet
Nickname:	Lilák (Purples) Dózsa
Short Name:	UTE
Colours:	Purple and white
Chairman:	István Őze
Website:	Újpesti TE

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).

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

Departments

Team sports

• Football:
  • men's football (since 1885)
  • women's football
• Ice hockey:
  • men's ice hockey (since 1930)
  • women's ice hockey
• Volleyball:
  • women's volleyball (1948–1990, since 1950)
• Curling

Individual sports

• 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

• Water polo:
  • men's water polo (1891–2011)
• Volleyball:
  • men's volleyball
• Handball:
  • men's handball
  • women's handball

Supporters and rivalries

Supporters

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

• Zoltán Zana ("Ganxta Zolee"), rapper and actor^[1]
• Henrik Havas, journalist and television personality)^[2]
• György Gyula Zagyva, politician^[3]
• András Stohl, actor and television personality^[4]
• Zsolt Wintermantel, politician and former mayor of Újpest)^[5]
• Attila Széki ("Curtis"), rapper and former footballer
• Péter Majoros ("Majka"), rapper and television personality

Rivalries

See main article: Budapest derby.

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.

See main article: Ferencvárosi TC–Újpest FC rivalry. 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

Active departments

Football (men's)

See main article: Újpest FC.

• Hungarian Championship^[7]
  • Winners (20): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1945, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1959–60, 1969, 1970, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1989–90, 1997–98
• Hungarian Second League:
  • Winners (2): 1904, 1911–12
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winners (11): 1969, 1970, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2020–21
• Hungarian Super Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (3): 1992, 2002, 2014
• Mitropa Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (2): 1929, 1939
• Coupe des Nations (defunct, predecessor of Champions League)
  • Winner (1): 1930
• Joan Gamper Trophy

• • Winner (1): 1970
• Trofeo Colombino

(defunct)

• • Winner (1): 1971

Ice hockey (men's)

See main article: Újpesti TE (ice hockey).

• 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)

• 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

Water polo (men's)

See main article: Újpesti TE (men's water polo).

• Hungarian Championship
  • Winners (26) (record): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1967, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winners (19): 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1975, 1990–91, 1992–93
• LEN Champions League (as European Cup)
  • Winner (1): 1993–94
• LEN Euro Cup (as LEN Trophy)
  • Winners (3): 1992–93, 1996–97, 1998–99
• LEN Super Cup
  • Winner (1): 1994

Volleyball (men's)

• 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)

• Hungarian Championship
  • Winners (2): 1953, 1958
• Hungarian Cup
  • Winners (2): 1951, 1956

International honours

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1929	Mitropa CupWinners
1930	Coupe des NationsWinners
1939	Mitropa CupWinners
1961–62	Cup Winners' CupSemi-finals
1966–67	Mitropa CupFinal
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs CupFinal
1973–74	European CupSemi-finals
1974–75				Cup Winners' CupFourth place
1976–77			Cup Winners' CupThird place
1985–86			Cup Winners' CupThird place
1986–87		European CupSemi-finals
1992–93		LEN CupWinners
1993–94		European CupWinners
1994–95		European CupFinal
1995–96		European CupFinal
1996–97		LEN CupWinners
1998–99		LEN CupWinners

Notable former players

Olympic champions

• István Barta, water polo
• Olivér Halassy water polo
• Endre Kabos fencing (sabre)
• János Németh water polo
• Mihály Bozsi, water polo
• Károly Kárpáti, wrestling
• György Kutasi water polo
• Miklós Szilvásy, wrestling
• Dezső Gyarmati, water polo
• Dezső Lemhényi water polo
• Miklós Martin water polo
• György Vízvári water polo
• János Urányi, canoe sprint
• László Fábián, canoe sprint
• Ágnes Keleti, gymnastics
• Mihály Mayer, water polo
• Imre Polyák, wrestling (Greco-Roman)
• Paula Marosi, fencing (foil)
• Ildikó Rejtő, fencing (foil)
• Ferenc Bene, football
• Zoltán Dömötör, water polo
• Gyula Zsivótzky, athletics (hammer throw)
• Antal Dunai, football
• László Fazekas, football
• László Nagy, football
• Ernő Noskó, football
• Tibor Cservenyák, water polo
• László Sárosi, water polo
• Norbert Növényi, wrestling (Greco-Roman)
• Tamás Darnyi, swimming
• Attila Mizsér, pentathlon
• Bence Szabó, fencing (sabre)
• László Csongrádi, fencing (sabre)
• Péter Farkas, wrestling (Greco-Roman)
• Kinga Czigány, canoe sprint
• Éva Dónusz, canoe sprint
• Erika Mészáros, canoe sprint
• Krisztián Berki, gymnastics (pommel horse)
• Danuta Kozák, canoe sprint
• Sándor Tótka, canoe sprint

Presidents

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

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

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