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 Henrik Havas, journalist and television personality) György Gyula Zagyva, politician András Stohl, actor and television personality Zsolt Wintermantel, politician and former mayor of Újpest) Attila Széki ("Curtis"), rapper and former footballer Péter Majoros ("Majka"), rapper and television personality
Rivalries
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.
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. 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)
Hungarian Championship 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)
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)
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 +seasonmen's footballmen's water polowomen's volleyballmen's volleyball1929 Mitropa Cup Winners1930 Coupe des Nations Winners1939 Mitropa Cup Winners1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals1966–67 Mitropa Cup Final1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final1973–74 European Cup Semi-finals1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup Fourth place1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup Third place1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup Third place1986–87 European Cup Semi-finals1992–93 LEN Cup Winners1993–94 European Cup Winners1994–95 European Cup Final1995–96 European Cup Final1996–97 LEN Cup Winners1998–99 LEN Cup Winners
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:
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
References
External links Official website