2026–27 Magyar Kupa

The 2026–27 Magyar Kupa () was the 87th 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 2027–28 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

The competition will started on 1 August 2026 and the final will be held on 8 May 2027.

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 1–2 August 2026 72 143 → 72 143 Nemzeti Bajnokság III andLocal teams (MB I, MB II, MB III, MB IV) Second round 21–23 August 2026 36 72 → 36 none none Round of 64 (Third round) 11–13 September 2026 32 64 → 32 28 Nemzeti Bajnokság I andNemzeti Bajnokság II Round of 32 (Fourth round) 27–29 October 2026 16 32 → 16 none none Round of 16 (Fifth round) 10 February 2027 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals (Sixth round) 2 March 2027 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals (Seventh round) 20 April 2027 2 4 → 2 Final (Eighth round) 8 May 2027 1 2 → 1 Source:

Matches Times up to 24 October 2026 and from 29 March 2026 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027 are CET (UTC+1).

First round Participating teams: Teams in Tier 3 and below entered the first round: 2 teams from 2025–26 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 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság III, 45 teams: 2nd–16th placed teams of the 4 groups of the 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság III (excluding the second teams of the clubs participating in the 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság II), 94 teams: 2025–26 Megyei Bajnokság I teams that have qualified from the County Cup. Total: 143 teams.

The draw for the First round was held on 9 July 2026. 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-Eastern, South-Eastern, North-Western, South-Western) 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). According to the competition announcement, 144 teams could start, but withdrew, became the lucky winner in the South-Eastern group, so only 143 teams will be interested in the first round. The duels are decided in one match.

Even before the first round draw, it was revealed that although Martfű had entered the MOL Hungarian Cup, they ultimately withdrew. After the draw, Tiszaföldvár (tier 4) also withdrew and Dunaújváros (tier 3) made the same decision.

Photo Gallery source: MLSZ

+ 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) Megyei Bajnokság III(tier 6) Total

North-Eastern Group

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|1 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|2 August 2026

South-Eastern Group

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|1 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|2 August 2026

North-Western Group

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|1 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|2 August 2026

South-Western Group

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|1 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|2 August 2026

Second round Participating teams: the 72 First round winners entered the Second round. Total: 72 teams.

North-Eastern Group

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|21 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|22 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|23 August 2026

South-Eastern Group

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|21 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|22 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|23 August 2026

North-Western Group

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|22 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|23 August 2026

South-Western Group

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|21 August 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|22 August 2026

Round of 64 Participating teams: 36 winners of second round, 12 teams in Nemzeti Bajnokság I (tier 1), and 16 teams in Nemzeti Bajnokság II (tier 2) entered the Round of 64. The draw for the Round of 64 was held on 24 August 2026. The draw was conducted by 37-time Hungarian national team player Krisztián Németh in the studio of M4 Sport Channel.

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|11 September 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|12 September 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|13 September 2026

Matches

Round of 32 Participating teams: 32 winners of Round of 64. The draw for the Round of 32 was held on 14 September 2026. The draw was conducted by former national team head coach Imre Gellei in the studio of M4 Sport Channel.

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|27 October 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|28 October 2026

!colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#fcc;"|29 October 2026

Matches

Statistics

Top goalscorers Source: MLSZ Adatbank RankPlayerClubGoals1 Bence Ferenc BogdánCsepel62 Gyula Zoltán Farkas5 Ábel Mertse4 Roland Baracskai4 Marcell BontóHévíz Gergő FöldiDabas György HursánGyula Dávid Illés Levente JuhászHaladás (Szombathely) Kristóf Korbély Róbert Marosi Levente Norbert SzűcsCsepel Erik Tóth Haladás (Szombathely)1434 players3

See also 2026–27 in Hungarian football

2026–27 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Notes

References

External links Official site Magyar Kupa news on MLSZ

2026–27 Magyar Kupa

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