Hungarian Football Federation

Hungarian Football Federation
UEFA
Founded	19 January 1901; 123 years ago
Headquarters	Budapest
FIFA affiliation	1907
UEFA affiliation	1954
President	Sándor Csányi
Website	mlsz.hu

The Hungarian Football Federation (HFF) (Hungarian: Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség; MLSZ) is the governing body of football in Hungary. It organizes the Hungarian league and the Hungary national team. It is based in Budapest.^[1]^[2]

Honours

National Team

World Cup: Runner-up (2 times - 1938, 1954)
Olympic Games: Winner (3 times - 1952, 1964, 1968); Runner-up (2 times - 1972); Third place (1 time - 1960)

National Youth Teams

FIFA U-20 World Cup: Third place (1): 2009

Divisions

Men's

Women's

Current head coaches

As of 31 May 2021

Men's Team	Name
National team	Marco Rossi
Under-21 team	Zoltán Gera
Under-19 team	Ferenc Bene
Under-18 team	Sándor Preisinger
Under-17 team	Antal Németh
Under-16 team	Attila Belvon
Futsal team	Sito Rivera
Beach soccer team	Tamás Weisz

Women's Team	Name
National team	Margret Kratz
Under-19 team	Sándor Turtóczki
Under-17 team	Dorottya Schumi

Competitions

Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség is responsible for organising the following competitions:

Men's football

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Tier 1)
Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Tier 2)
Nemzeti Bajnokság III (Tier 3) – three sections (East, Central, West)
Megyei Bajnokság I (Tier 4) - nineteen sections (counties)

Women's football

Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women) (Tier 1)
Nemzeti Bajnokság II (women) (Tier 2) – two sections (East, West)

Cups

Magyar Kupa – Men
Magyar Kupa (women) – Women

Futsal

Beach soccer

Nemzeti Strandlabdarúgó Liga (Tier 1)

Hungarian Football Federation Player of the Year

As awarded by the HFF.^[3] In 1980 the title was not awarded. *In 1949, 1950 and 1963 the title was awarded to two players.

	Indicates multiple time winner
Bold	Indicates players still playing professional football

Year	Player	Club
1945	Sándor Balogh	Újpest
1946	Ferenc Deák	Szentlőrinci AC
1947	Ferenc Szusza	Újpest
1948	Adalbert Marksteiner	Csepel SC
1949	Mihály Kispéter	Ferencvárosi
1949	Gyula Grosics	Teherfuvar
1950	Ferenc Puskás	Budapest Honvéd
1950	Gyula Grosics	Budapest Honvéd
1951	Péter Palotás	MTK Budapest
1952	József Bozsik	Budapest Honvéd
1953	Nándor Hidegkuti	MTK Budapest
1954	Sándor Kocsis	Budapest Honvéd

Hungarian Footballer of the Year (Golden Ball)

As awarded by journalists^{[citation needed]}

2019: Péter Gulácsi^[7]

Presidents

Géza Jász (1901–1902)
Viktor Rákosi (1902)
Kajetán Banovits (1903–1906)
Béla Kárpáti (1907–1909)
György Szacelláry (1909–1916)
Marquis György Pallavicini (1916)
Zoltán Füzesséry dr. (1917–1919)
Rezső Oprée (1919–1922)
István Friedrich (1922–1923)
Kálmán Shvoy dr. (1924)
József Csányi dr., Lajos Tibor (1925)
Dréhr Imre (1925–1930)
István Kray baron (1930–1932)
Béla Usetty dr. (1932–1939)
Pál Gidófalvy dr. (1939–1944)
József Becskó (1945–1947)
István Ries dr. (1947–1950)
Sándor Barcs (1950–1963)
Gyula Hegyi (1964–1970)
András Terpitkó dr. (1970–1973)
István Kutas (1974–1978)
György Szepesi (1979–1986)
Jenő Somogyi (1986–1988)
László Tisza dr., Tibor Vadászi, Miklós Varga dr. (1988–1989)
Mihály Laczkó (1989–1994)
László Benkő (1994–1996)
Mihály Laczkó (2x) (1996–1998)
Attila Kovács (1998–1999)
Imre Bozsóki dr. (1999–2006)
István Kisteleki [hu] (2006–2010)
Sándor Csányi (2010– )

Current sponsorships

Adidas - Official main sponsor
OTP Bank - Official main sponsor
MOL - Official main sponsor
Merkantil Bank - Official sponsor
Groupama - Official sponsor
Huawei - Official sponsor
Jet-Sol - Official sponsor
Förch - Official sponsor

References

^ Veronika Gulyas. "Hungary's Soccer Tsar to Strike Current System". WSJ.
^ "A kick at regaining Hungary's football glory". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
^ "Hungarian football players of the Year". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
^ "Szalai named 'Hungarian Footballer of the Year' | FSV Mainz 05". Bundesliga. 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Huszti voted Hungary's Best". Bundesliga. 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Nikolic named best Hungarian footballer at 2018 M4 Sport Gala | Chicago Fire FC". Chicago Fire FC. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
^ "Gulácsinak szavazták meg a Magyar Aranylabdát" [Gulácsi was voted the Hungarian Golden Ball]. hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

External links

Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség (official website)
Hungary at FIFA site

[1] Veronika Gulyas. "Hungary's Soccer Tsar to Strike Current System". WSJ.

[2] "A kick at regaining Hungary's football glory". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-06-30.

[Hung_FOTY-3] "Hungarian football players of the Year". Retrieved 24 September 2015.

[4] "Szalai named 'Hungarian Footballer of the Year' | FSV Mainz 05". Bundesliga. 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[5] "Huszti voted Hungary's Best". Bundesliga. 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[6] "Nikolic named best Hungarian footballer at 2018 M4 Sport Gala | Chicago Fire FC". Chicago Fire FC. Retrieved 2022-11-15.

[7] "Gulácsinak szavazták meg a Magyar Aranylabdát" [Gulácsi was voted the Hungarian Golden Ball]. hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

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