Ferencvárosi Torna Club founded in 1899, is a major Hungarian multi-sport club based in Ferencváros district of Budapest, Hungary. The well-supported men's football team is the most popular team in the country. The parent multisport club Ferencvárosi TC divisions include women's football, women's handball, men's futsal, men's ice hockey, men's handball, men's water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, wrestling, curling and swimming teams, some of which are highly successful.
Departments
Team sports
Football: men's football (since 1899) women's football (since 2004) Handball: men's handball (since 1950) women's handball (since 1950) Water polo: men's water polo (since 1904) women's water polo Ice hockey: men's ice hockey (since 1928) women's ice hockey Nine-pin bowling (since 1948) Curling (since 2008) Synchronized swimming (since 2015)
Individual sports
Athletics (since 1903) Boxing (since 1910) Canoeing (since 1955) Cycling (since 1910) Gymnastics (since 1904) Fencing (1904–1915, 1922–1945, since 2017) Swimming (since 1904) Skating (since 2019) Triathlon (since 2015) Wrestling (since 1912)
Dissolved departments
Basketball
women's basketball (1993–2000, 2010–2012)
Sport facilities
The football team plays in Groupama Aréna in Ferencváros, Budapest. The handball teams play in the Elek Gyula Aréna. The boxing, cycling, fencing and wrestling departments play in the FTC-MVM Népligeti Sportközpont. The ice hockey team play in the Tüskecsarnok, the water polo team play at Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, the women's football team play at Kocsis Sándor Sportközpont, the short track speed skating department play at Gyakorló Jégcsarnok, the curling team play at Kamaraerdei Curling Club, the canoeing department using facilities at ELTE Vízisporttelep.
Supporters and rivalries
Supporters
Supporters of Ferencváros are mainly from the capital city of Hungary, Budapest. However, the club is popular all over Hungary.
Notable supporters
László Aradszky, singer
Fecó Balázs, singer and songwriter
Imre Bajor, actor
Zsolt Baumgartner, racing driver
Gyula Bodrogi, actor
István Bujtor, actor, director, producer and screenplay writer
Zsuzsa Csala, actress
Károly Eperjes, actor
Bertalan Farkas, cosmonaut
Tivadar Farkasházy, humorist, author, and journalist
Károly Frenreisz, singer and songwriter
Gyula Grosics, footballer
László Helyey, actor
Ferenc Karinthy, novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator
Zoltán Kocsis, pianist, conductor and composer
László Komár, singer
János Koós, singer
István Kovács, boxer
Kati Kovács, singer, performer, lyricist and actress
András Kozák, actor
Peter Leko, chess player
Péter Máté, singer, composer, and pianist
Erika Miklósa, coloratura soprano
Zoltán Mucsi, actor
Feró Nagy, singer and musician
Gyula Ortutay, ethnographer and politician
András Rédli, fencer
Imre Sinkovits, actor
Gyula Szabó, actor
István Tarlós, politician
Gábor Wéber, racing driver and commentator
Friendships
The fans have friendships with fans of Rapid Wien and Panathinaikos, and as all three play in Green the alliance is nicknamed the "Green Brothers". They also have friendly relations in Hungary with fans of Zalaegerszeg and in Poland with Śląsk Wrocław and Bałtyk Gdynia.
Rivalries
Ferencváros have rivalry with several teams from Budapest including MTK Budapest, Újpest, Honvéd, Vasas SC, and several provincial clubs such as Debrecen and Diósgyőr.
The biggest rivalry is with Újpest, which dates back to the 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian Football League title. Since then, the fixture between the two teams attracts the most spectators in the domestic league. The matches between the two teams often end in violence which causes big trouble for the Hungarian football. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.
The fixture between Ferencváros and MTK Budapest FC is called the Örökrangadó or Eternal derby. It is the oldest football rivalry in Hungary, which dates back as early as the 1903 football season when Ferencváros first won the Hungarian League. In the following three decades either Ferencváros or MTK Budapest won the domestic league.
Bp. Honvéd are also considered fierce rivals as the clubs are in very close proximity to each other and in the past frequently competed for honours.
Honours
Active departments
Football (men's)