Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrestling, swimming, rowing, karate, taekwondo, sailing, speed skating, skiing, table tennis, tennis and chess.
Departments
Team sports Football: men's football (since 1888) women's football (since 2004) Handball: women's handball (1946–1975, 1993–2000, since 2013) Basketball: women's handball (1945–1997, since 2011) Volleyball: women's volleyball (since 1947)
Individual sports Athletics (since 1888) Boxing (1893–1914, 1922– , since 1951) Bridge (since 1933) Canoeing (since 1951) Chess Gymnastics Fencing (since 1908) Judo (since 2019) Karate (since 2010) Rowing (1895–1942, since 1947) Rhythmic gymnastics (since 2011) Swimming (1892–1958, since 1962) Skating Taekwondo (since 1989) Tennis (1930–, 1947–, since 1991) E-sports
Dissolved departments Auto-motor (1926–1953) Bandy Basketball men's basketball Button football Cycling Field hockey Futsal Handball men's handball (1924–1958) Ice hockey Sailing Skiing Water polo Weightlifting (1934–?, 195?–?, 196?–1966) Wrestling
Supporters and rivalries
Supporters
Notable supporters Sándor Demján, businessman and entrepreneur Károly Gesztesi, actor Zoltán Zelk, poet Gábor Várszegi, musician and businessman
Rivalry
The fixture between MTK Budapest FC and Ferencvárosi TC is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. The first fixture was played in the 1903 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary.
Honours
Active departments
Football (men's)
Hungarian Championship Winners (23): 1904, 1907–08, 1913–14, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1950, 1953, 1957–58, 1986–87, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08 Hungarian Second League Winners (4): 1994–95, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2019–20 Hungarian Cup Winners (12): 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1951–52, 1968, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00 Hungarian Super Cup (defunct) Winners (2): 2003, 2008 Hungarian League Cup (defunct) Winners (2): 2012–13, 2014–15 Mitropa Cup (defunct) Winners (2): 1955, 1963 Štefánik Tournament (defunct) Winner (1): 1933
Basketball (women's)
Hungarian Championship Winners (10): 1953, 1956, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1988–89, 1990–91 Hungarian Cup Winners (8): 1955, 1961–62, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972
Football (women's)
Hungarian Championship Winners (8): 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 Hungarian Cup Winners (4): 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014
International honours +seasonmen's footballwomen's basketball1955 Mitropa Cup Winners1959 Mitropa Cup Final1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-finals1962–63 Mitropa Cup Winners European Cup Semi-finals1963–64 Cup Winners' Cup Final
Notable former players
Olympic champions Az MTK olimpiai bajnokainak listája
Zoltán Halmay, swimming Richárd Weisz, wrestling (Greco-Roman) Márton Homonnai, water polo Ferenc Keserű, water polo Jenő Brandi, water polo Kálmán Hazai, water polo László Papp, boxing Imre Hódos, wrestling (Greco-Roman) Róbert Antal, water polo Nándor Hidegkuti, football Imre Kovács, football Mihály Lantos, football Péter Palotás, football József Zakariás, football Gyula Török, boxing Lajos Dunai, football István Sárközi, football Ildikó Tordasi, fencing (foil) Botond Storcz, canoe sprint Katalin Kovács, canoe sprint
Presidents List of the presidents of the MTK Budapest:
1889–1891: Lajos Vermes 1892–1898: Gyula Porzsolt 1899–1903: Antal Heteés 1905–1944: Alfréd Brüll 1945–1949: Zoltán Vass 1951–1953: János Somogyi 1953–1954: Lajos Kovács 1954–1956: István Tóth 1959–1963: István Dénes 1963–1969: Ferenc Bánhalmi 1969–1971: György Krekács 1971–2000: János Fekete 2001–2002: István Harcsár 2002–2003: Csaba Szecső 2004–2010: György Hunvald since 2010: Tamás Deutsch
References
External links
Official website