The 2025–26 Magyar Kupa () was the 86th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition. MOL will be the sponsor of the tournament, thus the sponsored name is MOL Magyar Kupa. The winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.
Competition format The Magyar Kupa is played as a knockout tournament. All rounds are played as one-off matches. The final is traditionally held in the Puskás Aréna, Budapest. A significant change to this year's competition by the Hungarian Football Federation is that the final will take place on a weekend.
The competition consists of eighth proper rounds. All rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes will be played, then penalties are to be taken if still necessary. All rounds will be drawn randomly, usually either at the completion of the previous round discounting any replays or on the evening of the last televised game of a round being played, depending on television broadcasting rights. Another change is to this year's competition, that the automatic right of lower-class teams to choose their home team among the Round of 32 will be abolished, so in the new competition, a draw will decide the identity of the home team at this stage. The Round of 64 will continue to take place in accordance with the spirit of the cup, with the lower-class teams choosing their home team.
Calendar Round Main date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries Leagues entering First round 2–3 August 2025 72 144 → 72 144 Nemzeti Bajnokság III andLocal teams (MB I, MB II, MB III, MB IV) Second round 23–24 August 2025 36 72 → 36 none none Round of 64 (Third round) 13–14 September 2025 32 64 → 32 28 Nemzeti Bajnokság I andNemzeti Bajnokság II Round of 32 (Fourth round) 28–30 October 2025 16 32 → 16 none none Round of 16 (Fifth round) 11–12 February 2026 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals (Sixth round) 3–5 March 2026 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals (Seventh round) 21–22 April 2026 2 4 → 2 Final (Eighth round) 9 May 2026 1 2 → 1 Source:
Matches Times up to 25 October 2025 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 26 October 2025 to 28 March 2026 are CET (UTC+1).
First round Participating teams: Teams in Tier 3 and below entered the first round: 2 teams from 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (place 15th and 16th), 2 teams: losing teams of the Promotion play-offs matches held between the 1st placed teams of the 4 groups of the 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság III, 46 teams: 2nd–16th placed teams of the 4 groups of the 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság III (excluding the second teams of the clubs participating in the 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II), 94 teams: 2024–25 Megyei Bajnokság I teams that have qualified from the County Cup. Total: 144 teams.
The draw for the First round was held on 11 July 2025. Competition Committee of MLSZ (Hungarian Football Federation) divided the teams that reached the first round of the Hungarian Cup into four regional pots based on their geographical location (North-East, South-East, North-West, South-West) so that amateur teams would not have to travel across the country for cup matches. A blind draw was used to decide between the four groups, as progression is still decided in one match, and the identity of the field selector was determined either by the draw or by the class difference (the one from the lower tier is the field selector). The duels are decided in one match.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Nemzeti Bajnokság I(tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság II(tier 2) Nemzeti Bajnokság III(tier 3) Megyei Bajnokság I(tier 4) Megyei Bajnokság II(tier 5) Total
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|2 August 2025
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|3 August 2025
Second round Participating teams: The 72 First round winners entered the Second round.
The draw for the Second round was held on 7 August 2025. Competition Committee of MLSZ (Hungarian Football Federation) divided the teams that reached the second round of the Hungarian Cup into four regional pots based on their geographical location (North-East, South-East, North-West, South-West) so that amateur teams would not have to travel across the country for cup matches. A blind draw was used to decide between the four groups, as progression is still decided in one match, and the identity of the field selector was determined either by the draw or by the class difference (the one from the lower tier is the field selector). The duels are decided in one match.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Nemzeti Bajnokság I(tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság II(tier 2) Nemzeti Bajnokság III(tier 3) Megyei Bajnokság I(tier 4) Megyei Bajnokság II(tier 5) Total
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|23 August 2025
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|24 August 2025
Round of 64 The 36 second round winners, the 12 teams in Tier 1, and the 16 teams in Tier 2 entered the Round of 64.
The draw for the Round of 64 was held on 25 August 2025.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Nemzeti Bajnokság I(tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság II(tier 2) Nemzeti Bajnokság III(tier 3) Megyei Bajnokság I(tier 4) Total
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|12 September 2025
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|13 September 2025
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|14 September 2025
Matches
Round of 32 The 32 Round of 64 winners entered the Round of 32.
The draw for the Round of 32 was held on 14 September 2025.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Nemzeti Bajnokság I(tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság II(tier 2) Nemzeti Bajnokság III(tier 3) Megyei Bajnokság I(tier 4) Total
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|28 October 2025
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|29 October 2025
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|30 October 2025
Matches
Round of 16 The 16 Round of 32 winners entered the Round of 16.
On 12 January 2026 Competition Committee of MLSZ (Hungarian Football Federation) set the starting date for the round of 16 of the MOL Hungarian Cup. Seven matches will be held on 11 February, while the Győri ETO FC-Videoton FC match remains for 12 February.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Nemzeti Bajnokság I(tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság II(tier 2) Nemzeti Bajnokság III(tier 3) Total
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|11 February 2026
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|12 February 2026
Matches
Quarter-finals The eight Round of 16 winners entered the quarter-finals.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Nemzeti Bajnokság I(tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság II(tier 2) Total
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|3 March 2026
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|4 March 2026
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|5 March 2026
Matches
Semi-finals The four quarter-final winners entered the semi-finals. The draw for the Semi-finals was held on 20 March 2026. + Number of teams per tier entering this round Nemzeti Bajnokság I(tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság II(tier 2) Total
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|21–22 April 2026
Matches
Final The final will be held between the two semi-final winners. The winner will qualify for the first qualifying round of 2026–27 Europa League.
!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"| 9 May 2026
Bracket
Statistics Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Ádám Gruber Siófok 6 Gergő Lénárt DEAC Bamidele Yusuf Ferencváros 4 Raul Csörgő PMFC 5 Bence Szenczi Siófok Lenny Joseph Ferencváros 7 Gergő Ács 4 Nándor Benedek Dániel Böde Paks Bence Bunevácz Yaroslav Helesh PMFC Gergő Ladányi ESMTK Budapest Bence Lőrinczi Nagykanizsa Krisztián Németh MTK Dániel Pruska Szombathelyi Haladás Miklós Szerencsi Tiszafüred Krisztián Zádori Gyula
See also 2025–26 in Hungarian football 2026 Magyar Kupa final 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 2025–26 Megyei Bajnokság I
Notes
References
External links Official site Magyar Kupa news on MLSZ Official calendar at Hungarian Football Federation Magyar Kupa 2025–26 at Soccerway Season summary