The 2025 Magyar Kupa final decided the winners of the 2024–25 Magyar Kupa, the 85th season of Hungarian premier football cup, the Magyar Kupa. The match was played on 14 May 2025 at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest between Paks and Ferencváros.
The final score of the match remained 1–1 after extra time, and Paks won the penalty shootout 4–3, thus winning the cup for the second time in its history.
Teams TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)Ferencváros34 (1912, 1913, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1958, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024)Paks2 (2022, 2024)
Venue The final has been originally played at the rebuilt Puskás Aréna since it opened, in 2020. This final was the sixth Magyar Kupa final in this stadium.
Background Ferencváros and Paks met for the third time in four years in the final of the Hungarian Cup. The most common pairing so far has been the Ferencváros-Újpest match in the final, which has happened four times, in 1923, 1927, 1933 and 2016. Ferencváros is the most successful club, having won the Hungarian Cup 24 times and being a finalist 10 more times. It has won the Magyar Kupa four times in the previous ten years, in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2022. Paks is a finalist for the third time after 2022 and 2024. Last year, the Paks became the 20th winner in the history of the Hungarian Cup.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Ferencváros Round Paks Opponent Result Opponent Result Bye First round Bye Bye Second round Bye Budafok 3–0 (A) Round of 64 3–0 (A) Tiszafüred 2–1 (A) Round of 32 Honvéd 5–1 (A) Győr 4–3 (A) Round of 16 Mezőkövesd 3–0 (A) Újpest 3–1 (H) Quarter-finals Kisvárda 1–0 (A) MTK 3–1 (H) Semi-finals Zalaegerszeg 2–1 (H)
Match
Details
GK 90 Dénes Dibusz (c)RWB 3 Stefan Gartenmann CB 27 Ibrahim CisséLWB 22 Gábor Szalai RM 25 Cebrail MakreckisCM 80 Habib Maïga CM 64 Alex Tóth CM 15 RM 17 Eldar Ćivić LF 11 Matheus Saldanha RF 11 Barnabás Varga Substitutes:GK 89 Dávid GrófDF 5 Naby KeïtaDF 8 Aleksandar Pešić MF 16 Kristoffer Zachariassen FW 20 Adama Traoré FW 24 Tosin KehindeFW 32 Aleksandar Ćirković DF 34 Raul Gustavo MF 37 Guilherme HenriqueDF 54 Norbert KajánFW 75 Lenny Joseph DF 99 Cristian RamírezManager: Robbie Keane GK 1 Péter Szappanos RWB 23 Bence Ötvös CB 12 Gábor VasCB 30 János Szabó (c) LWB 28 Kristóf Hinora RM 11 Attila OsváthCM 22 József WindeckerCM 26 Szabolcs Mezei RM 21 Kristóf PappLF 29 Barna Tóth RF 10 Zsolt Haraszti Substitutes:GK 1 Ádám KovácsikDF 2 Ákos Kinyik MF 5 Bálint Vécsei DF 6 Milán GyőrfiFW 7 Martin Ádám MF 8 Balázs Balogh FW 13 Dániel Böde DF 14 Erik SilyeFW 15 Norbert KönyvesFW 17 Roland VargaMF 18 Gergő Gyurkits MF 19 Kevin HorváthManager: György Bognár
Man of the Match: Péter Szappanos (Paks)
Assistant referees: Péter Kóbor Balázs Szert Fourth official: Mihály Káprály Video assistant referee: József Erdős Assistant video assistant referee: Sándor Andó-SzabóMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
See also 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
References
References
External links Official site