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{{Short description|Hungarian football club}}
{{about|the men's football club|the sports club|Újpesti TE|other uses|Újpesti TE (disambiguation)}}
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| image = Újpest FC logo.svg
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| fullname = Újpest Football Club
| short name = UTE
| nickname = ''Újpest'', ''Lilák'' 
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1885|6|16}}<br />as ''Újpesti Torna Egylet''
| ground = [[Szusza Ferenc stadion]], <br />[[Budapest]]
| capacity = 12,670
| owner = [[MOL (company)|MOL]]
| chairman = Balázs Benczédi
| mgrtitle = Manager
| manager = [[Zoltán Szélesi]]
| league = [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I|NB I]]
| season = [[2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|2024–25]]
| position = NB I, 7th of 12
| website = {{official URL}}
| current = 2025–26 Újpest FC season
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[[File:Újpest FC league performance.svg|thumb|upright=1.44|Chart showing Újpest's finishing positions since the first ever Hungarian league season of 1901]]

'''Újpest Football Club''' ({{IPA|hu|ˈuːjpɛʃt}}) is a Hungarian professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Újpest]], [[Budapest]], that competes in [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]].

Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the [[Hungarian League]] in [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1905|1905]] and has been relegated only once since then. The club has been a member of the first division for 108 consecutive years. Újpest have been Hungarian champions twenty times, in addition to winning the [[Magyar Kupa]] eleven times and the [[Szuperkupa]] three times. In international competitions, Újpest are two-times winners of the [[Mitropa Cup]] and winners of the 1930 [[Coupe des Nations]]. They also reached the semi-finals of the [[European Cup 1973–74]] and the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1961–62]], and were runners-up in the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69]].

Since 1922, their home ground has been the [[Szusza Ferenc Stadion]] in [[Újpest]]. Their biggest rivalry is with fellow Budapest-based club [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]], with whom they contest a [[Ferencvárosi TC–Újpest FC rivalry|local derby]].

Újpest is part of the [[Újpesti TE]] family. The club includes other sports sections that represent the club at [[Újpesti TE (ice hockey)|ice hockey]] and [[Újpesti TE (waterpolo)|waterpolo]].

==History==
{{Main article|History of Újpest FC}}

Újpest was founded in 1885.<ref>{{Cite web|work=Magyarfutball|title=Budapest, Újpest FC II. (history, data) • clubs|url=https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/csapat/1197|access-date=2021-10-14|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020061854/https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/csapat/1197|url-status=live}}</ref> At that time, [[Újpest]] did not belong to [[Budapest]]. Újpest played their first [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]] match in the [[1905 Nemzeti Bajnokság I]] season. In the [[1910–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1910–11]] season, they were relegated.<ref>{{Cite web|work=Magyarfutball|title=League table: I. osztály 1910/1911|url=https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/bajnoki-vegeredmeny/190|access-date=2021-10-14|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029171616/https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/bajnoki-vegeredmeny/190|url-status=live}}</ref> Újpest won their first Hungarian league title in the [[1929–30 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1929–30]] season.<ref>{{Cite web|work=Magyarfutball|title=League table: I. osztályú professzionista ligabajnokság 1929/1930 |url=https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/bajnoki-vegeredmeny/91|access-date=2021-10-14|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029171616/https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/bajnoki-vegeredmeny/91|url-status=live}}</ref>

At international level, Újpest's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the [[1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]], they were beaten in the final by [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]. In the [[1973–74 European Cup]], they reached the semi-finals and were eliminated by [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Újpest FC |url=https://www.hungarianfootball.com/ujpest-fc/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Hungarian Football|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008074519/https://www.hungarianfootball.com/ujpest-fc/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Crest and colours==
On 3 July 2017, Újpest announced that they changed their crest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/ujpest-eldolt-mostantol-ez-a-klub-uj-cimere-foto-2578513|title=Újpest FC: eldőlt, mostantól ez a klub új címere – fotó|trans-title=Újpest FC: It is decided, from now this is the new crest of the club|publisher=[[Nemzeti Sport]]|language=Hungarian|date=3 July 2017|access-date=9 July 2017|archive-date=5 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705202037/http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/ujpest-eldolt-mostantol-ez-a-klub-uj-cimere-foto-2578513|url-status=live}}</ref> After a years of protests by supporters, and legal actions by [[Újpesti TE|UTE]], the parent club, the management has decided to restore the traditional crest on 4 July, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2022/07/ujpest-visszakerul-a-tradicionalis-cimer|title=Újpest: a klub újra a tradicionális címert használja|trans-title=Újpest: The club uses the traditional crest again|publisher=[[Nemzeti Sport]]|language=Hungarian|date=4 July 2022|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>

===Naming history===
* 1885: '''Újpesti TE (Újpesti Torna Egylet)'''
* 1926: '''Újpest FC (Újpest Football Club)''' ''(due to the introduction of professional football)''
* 1945: '''Újpesti TE'''
* 1950: '''Bp. Dózsa SE (Budapesti Dózsa Sport Egyesület)'''
* [[1956 Hungarian Revolution|1956]]: '''Újpesti TE''' ''(during the Hungarian revolution)''
* 1957: '''Ú. Dózsa SC (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club)'''
* 1991: '''Újpesti TE'''
* 1998: '''Újpest FC'''

===Manufacturers and shirt sponsors===
The following table shows in detail Újpest FC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#9600C8"|Period
! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#9600C8"|Kit manufacturer
! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#9600C8"|Shirt sponsor
|-
| 
| rowspan=2 | [[adidas]]
|&nbsp;–
|-
| 
| Budapest Bank
|-
| 
| rowspan=2 | [[Umbro]]
| ConCorde telecom
|-
| 
| Havasi Kft.
|-
| 2003–2006
| rowspan=7 | [[Puma SE|Puma]]
| Walton
|-
| 2006–2007
|&nbsp;–
|-
| 2007–2009
| [[DHL Express|DHL]]
|-
| 2009–2010
| [[Radisson Blu]]
|-
| 2010–2011
| Birdland Golf & SPA Resort
|-
| 2011–2012
| [[GDF Suez]]
|-
| 2012–2016
|&nbsp;–
|-
| 2016–2017
| rowspan=2 | [[Joma]]
|&nbsp;–
|-
| 2017–2018
| Gallica
|}

Current sponsorships: [[Joma]], [[Coca-Cola]], [[Microsoft]], Acquaworld Budapest, Ramada Resort Budapest, Puebla ticket, Karzol Trans, Szókép Nyomdaipari Kft., [[Lamborghini]]

==Stadium==
{{Main|Szusza Ferenc Stadion}}
{{wide image|Szusza Ferenc Stadion, panoráma.jpg|800px|align-cap=center|3=[[Szusza Ferenc Stadion]] panorama }}
Újpest's home stadium is [[Szusza Ferenc Stadion]], which has been their home since the opening on 17 September 1922. It was known as Megyeri úti stadium until it was named after the club's legendary player, [[Ferenc Szusza]] in October 2003. After the renovations, which took place in 2000 and 2001, the ground can hold 13,501 spectators.<ref>{{Cite web |work=Magyarfutball|title=Budapest, IV. ker., Szusza Ferenc Stadion: photos, data • grounds|url=https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/stadionok/adatlap/3/szusza_ferenc_stadion |access-date=2022-12-21 |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221110409/https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/stadionok/adatlap/3/szusza_ferenc_stadion |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Ownership==
On 3 December 2008, it was revealed by [[BBC Sport]] that the [[Premier League]] club [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] were considering an alliance with Újpest. [[Jez Moxey]], the Chief executive officer of the club said: "We have had some initial discussions in Budapest with the officials of Ujpest. We touched on the issues of loaning players, academies and sharing of best practice on and off the field."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/7762593.stm|title=Wolves consider Hungarian link-up|date=3 December 2008|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=9 December 2014|archive-date=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213101259/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/7762593.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Újpest approached [[Roland Duchâtelet]] to become the owner of the club. Although Duchâtelet refused the club's offer, he suggested his son to be the proprietor of Újpest.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-24|title=The Duchatelet family's international football empire|url=https://www.hungarianfootball.com/2018/07/24/the-duchatelet-familys-international-football-empire/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Hungarian Football|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018141945/https://www.hungarianfootball.com/2018/07/24/the-duchatelet-familys-international-football-empire/|url-status=live}}</ref> Roland Duchâtelet is the owner of the [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Carl Zeiss Jena]] and former owner of the [[Standard Liège]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-29|title=Charlton owner Roland Duchatelet sells Standard Liege|url=https://www.cityam.com/charlton-owner-roland-duchatelet-sells-standard-liege/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=CityAM|language=en-GB|archive-date=2019-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607172959/https://www.cityam.com/charlton-owner-roland-duchatelet-sells-standard-liege/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[AD Alcorcón]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charlton Athletic: Owner Roland Duchatelet sells club to Abu Dhabi-based consortium|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11684/11873187/charlton-athletic-owner-roland-duchatelet-sells-club-to-abu-dhabi-based-consortium|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Sky Sports|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018143556/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11684/11873187/charlton-athletic-owner-roland-duchatelet-sells-club-to-abu-dhabi-based-consortium|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Being an Environmentalist: Decisive Uncertainty and the Future of American Environmentalism|date=2010|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/8454.003.0010|work=Living Through the End of Nature|publisher=The MIT Press|doi=10.7551/mitpress/8454.003.0010|isbn=9780262266000|access-date=2021-10-18|archive-date=2024-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218081527/https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/2361/chapter-abstract/62092/Being-an-Environmentalist-Decisive-Uncertainty-and?redirectedFrom=fulltext|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

On 19 October 2011, [[Roderick Duchâtelet]], former director of [[Germinal Beerschot]], bought 95% of the shares of the City Budapest Zrt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/a-70-es-evek-sikereit-igerte-az-ujpest-uj-belga-tulajdonosa-2099584|title=A '70-es évek sikereit ígérte az Újpest új belga tulajdonosa|date=19 October 2011|publisher=[[Nemzeti Sport]]|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014355/http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/a-70-es-evek-sikereit-igerte-az-ujpest-uj-belga-tulajdonosa-2099584|url-status=live}}</ref>

Roderick Duchâtelet said that he intends to bring back the glory of the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.origo.hu/sport/magyarfoci/20111019-a-belga-roderick-duchatelet-lett-az-ujpest-fc-tobbsegi-tulajdonosa.html|title="Vissza akarjuk hozni a hetvenes évek sikerkorszakát"&nbsp;– belga kézbe került az Újpest FC|date=19 October 2011|publisher=Origo.hu|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144708/http://www.origo.hu/sport/magyarfoci/20111019-a-belga-roderick-duchatelet-lett-az-ujpest-fc-tobbsegi-tulajdonosa.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 27 October 2011, Csaba Bartha, managing director of Újpest, confirmed that the club received 150 million [[Hungarian forint]] from Roderick Duchâtelet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hvg.hu/sport/20111027_ujpest_foci_penz|title=Megkönnyebbülhet az Újpest: pénzhez jutott a klub|date=27 October 2011|publisher=[[Heti Világgazdaság]]|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-date=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213012611/http://hvg.hu/sport/20111027_ujpest_foci_penz|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2022, Duchatelet was about to sell Újpest and found possible buyers. An agreement was also signed in January 2022 in which it was stated that the buyers should pay the remaining sum by the end of June. However, due the financial unpredictability caused by the Russo-Ukrainian War, the buyers could not transfer the remaining sum. Therefore, Újpest is still owned by the Belgian entrepreneur.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TIBOR |first=PIETSCH |date=2022-07-01 |title=Kovács Zoltán: Nem jött össze. Most még nem… |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/kovacs-zoltan-nem-jott-ossze-most-meg-nem-2900655 |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=NSO |language=hu |archive-date=2022-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701101911/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/kovacs-zoltan-nem-jott-ossze-most-meg-nem-2900655 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 27 April 2023, it was announced on Nemzeti Sport that Interactive Brokers Group, owned by [[Thomas Peterffy]], is interested in purchasing the club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NB I: milliárdos érdeklődők az Újpest iránt – sajtóhír |url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/nb-i-milliardos-erdeklodok-az-ujpest-irant-sajtohir-2953713 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Nemzeti Sport|language=hu |archive-date=2023-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503231433/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/nb-i-milliardos-erdeklodok-az-ujpest-irant-sajtohir-2953713 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 3 February 2024, it was revealed that Duchatelet would like to sell the club to Hungarian investors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-03 |title=Itt a vége, Duchatelet eladja az Újpestet, jövő héten jöhet az aláírás – NS-infó |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2024/02/itt-a-vege-duchatelet-eladja-az-ujpestet-jovo-heten-johet-az-alairas-ns-info |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Nemzeti Sport |language=hu |archive-date=2024-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203104049/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2024/02/itt-a-vege-duchatelet-eladja-az-ujpestet-jovo-heten-johet-az-alairas-ns-info |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=István |first=Kocsmár-Tóth |date=2024-02-03 |title=Igazi korszakhatár lesz a Hungária körúti zakó, az újpestiek régi vágya válik valóra |url=https://index.hu/sport/futball/2024/02/03/ujpest-tulajdonosvaltas-roderick-duchatelet-mol-csoport-labdarugo-nb-i/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=index.hu |language=hu |archive-date=2024-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218081527/https://index.hu/sport/futball/2024/02/03/ujpest-tulajdonosvaltas-roderick-duchatelet-mol-csoport-labdarugo-nb-i/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |work=Origo |title=Bombahír: Roderick Duchatelet 13 év után eladja az Újpest FC-t |url=https://www.origo.hu/sport/futball/20240203-labdarugas-ujpest-roderick-duchatelet-eladja-a-klubot-alairas.html |access-date=2024-02-03 |language=hu |archive-date=2024-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203154158/https://www.origo.hu/sport/futball/20240203-labdarugas-ujpest-roderick-duchatelet-eladja-a-klubot-alairas.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-05 |title=Újpest: Duchatelet érkezik, eligazítást tart – NS-infó |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2024/02/ujpest-duchatelet-erkezik-eligazitast-tart-ns-info |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Nemzeti Sport |language=hu |archive-date=2024-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205090838/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2024/02/ujpest-duchatelet-erkezik-eligazitast-tart-ns-info |url-status=live }}</ref> On 6 February 2024, Duchâtelet sold the club to [[MOL (company)|MOL]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=Tulajdonosváltás! Duchatelet eladta az Újpestet a Molnak – hivatalos |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2024/02/tulajdonosvaltas-duchatelet-eladta-az-ujpestet-a-molnak-hivatalos |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Nemzeti Sport |language=hu |archive-date=2024-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206153147/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2024/02/tulajdonosvaltas-duchatelet-eladta-az-ujpestet-a-molnak-hivatalos |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Új fejezet a magyar labdarúgásban: nyáron érkezik a MOL Újpestre |url=https://ujpestfc.hu/component/content/article/uj-fejezet-a-magyar-labdarugasban-nyaron-erkezik-a-mol-ujpestre?catid=21&Itemid=288 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=ujpestfc.hu |archive-date=2024-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206164616/https://ujpestfc.hu/component/content/article/uj-fejezet-a-magyar-labdarugasban-nyaron-erkezik-a-mol-ujpestre?catid=21&Itemid=288 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=A Mol vásárolja meg az Újpest FC-t, itt van minden, amit eddig tudni lehet |url=https://telex.hu/gazdasag/2024/02/06/ujpest-fc-mol-eladas-vasarlas-futball-nb-i |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=telex |language=hu |archive-date=2024-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206152705/https://telex.hu/gazdasag/2024/02/06/ujpest-fc-mol-eladas-vasarlas-futball-nb-i |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 21 March 2024, the club was officially purchased by the MOL Group.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=Lezárult az adásvétel, a MOL-csoport lett az Újpest FC új tulajdonosa |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2024/03/lezarult-az-adasvetel-a-mol-csoport-lett-az-ujpest-fc-uj-tulajdonosa |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Nemzeti Sport |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=László |first=Borbély |date=2024-03-21 |title=Lezárult az adásvétel, az Újpest hivatalosan is a Mol-csoporté lett |url=https://index.hu/sport/futball/2024/03/21/nb-i-ujpest-mol-csoport-tulajdonosvaltas-ratatics-peter/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=index.hu |language=hu}}</ref> Balázs Benczédi was elected as the managing director of the club. The price of the acquisition was around 15 million euros.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Újpest: Duchatelet tényleg engedett – ennyit fizethet a Mol |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2024/3/ujpest-duchatelet-tenyleg-engedett-ennyit-fizethet-a-mol |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Nemzeti Sport |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mol: 6,2 milliárd az Újpest FC-ért |url=https://nepszava.hu/3229156_mol-6-2-milliard-az-ujpest-fc-ert |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Népszava |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Népszava: A Mol 6,2 milliárd forintért veszi meg az Újpest FC-t |url=https://m.hvg.hu/sport/20240320_mol-ujpest-fc-megvasarlas-62-milliard |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=HVG |language=hu}}</ref>

==Supporters==
[[File:Magyar Kupa döntő4 2014.05.25 Újpest - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Újpest supporters in the [[Ferenc Puskás Stadium (1953)|Ferenc Puskás Stadium]] on 25 May 2014]]
Supporters of Újpest are mainly from the fourth district of [[Budapest]], the eponymous [[Újpest]]. Due to their success in the 1970s, the club gained supporters from all over Budapest and the country.
;Famous supporters
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* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ganxsta Zolee|Zoltán Zana]] (Ganxta Zolee) (rapper, actor) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://magicmagyars.blog.hu/2013/04/30/szurkolok_es_hiresek|title=Szurkolók és híresek|date=30 April 2013|publisher=Magic Magyars|access-date=8 December 2014|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923055957/http://magicmagyars.blog.hu/2013/04/30/szurkolok_es_hiresek|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Henrik Havas]] (journalist, television personality)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pepsifoci.hu/node/34978|title=Havas Henrik az Újpestről: Lila mezbe öltözött senkiháziak&nbsp;– tapló fradisták|date=10 October 2010|publisher=pepsifoci.hu|access-date=23 July 2015|archive-date=28 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528220632/http://www.pepsifoci.hu/node/34978|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[György Gyula Zagyva]] (politician)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://szentkoronaradio.com/sport/2010_09_10_zagyva-vs-lenhardt-avagy-ute-es-ftc-szurkolok-parlamentben|title=Zagyva vs. Lenhardt&nbsp;– avagy UTE és FTC szurkolók Parlamentben|date=10 September 2010|publisher=szentkoronaradio.com|access-date=23 July 2015|archive-date=21 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921213458/http://szentkoronaradio.com/sport/2010_09_10_zagyva-vs-lenhardt-avagy-ute-es-ftc-szurkolok-parlamentben|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[András Stohl]] (actor, television personality)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inforadio.hu/hir/sport/hir-293370|title="Tűzpárbaj" és könnygáz Újpesten|access-date=2015-07-23|archive-date=2009-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827044907/http://inforadio.hu/hir/sport/hir-293370|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Zsolt Wintermantel]] (politician & former mayor of [[Újpest]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hvg.hu/sport/20110224_uta|title=Az UTE önkormányzati segítséget kap|date=24 February 2011|access-date=23 July 2015|archive-date=24 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724031058/http://hvg.hu/sport/20110224_uta|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Attila Széki]] (Curtis) (rapper, former footballer)
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Majka (rapper)|Péter Majoros]] (Majka) (rapper, television personality)
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==Rivalries==
{{Main|Budapest derby}}

[[File:Albert Flórián stadion-2011.04.01-FTC-Újpest.jpg|right|thumb|400px|[[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]-Újpest derby at the [[Albert Stadion]] on 1 April 2011]]

Újpest are in rivalry with several teams from Budapest including [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]], [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]], [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]] and several provincial clubs such as [[Debreceni VSC|Debrecen]] and [[Diósgyőri VTK|Diósgyőr]]. Since Újpest have been the third most successful club of the [[Hungarian Football]] history by winning 20 Hungarian League titles and nine [[Hungarian Cup]] titles, and the most successful Hungarian club in the [[UEFA club competition records and statistics|European football]] competitions in the 1970s, every club in the Hungarian League wants to defeat them.

{{Main|Ferencvárosi TC–Újpest FC rivalry}}

The rivalry with [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] dates back to the 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=136|title=The Budapest Derby|date=20 July 2011|publisher=Football Derbies|access-date=8 December 2014|archive-date=29 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929085935/http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=136|url-status=live}}</ref> The matches between the two teams often ends in violence which can cause big trouble for the [[Hungarian Football Federation|HFF]] and [[Football in Hungary|Hungarian football]] in general. The proposal of personal registration was refused by both clubs.

==Honours==

===Domestic===
* '''[[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]]:'''
** '''Winners (20)''': [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1929-30|1929–30]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1930-31|1930–31]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1932-33|1932–33]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1934-35|1934–35]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1938-39|1938–39]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1945 Spring|1945 Spring]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1945-46|1945–46]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1946-47|1946–47]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1959-60|1959–60]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1969|1969]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1970 Spring|1970 Spring]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1970-71|1970–71]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1971-72|1971–72]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1972-73|1972–73]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1973-74|1973–74]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1974-75|1974–75]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1977-78|1977–78]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1978-79|1978–79]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1989-90|1989–90]], [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1997-98|1997–98]]
* '''[[Nemzeti Bajnokság II]]:'''
** '''Winners (2)''': [[1904 Nemzeti Bajnokság II|1904]], [[1911–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság II|1911–12]]
* '''[[Magyar Kupa]]:'''
** '''Winners (11)''': [[1969 Magyar Kupa|1969]], [[1970 Magyar Kupa|1970]], [[1974–75 Magyar Kupa|1974–75]], [[1981–82 Magyar Kupa|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Magyar Kupa|1982–83]], [[1986–87 Magyar Kupa|1986–87]], [[1991–92 Magyar Kupa|1991–92]], [[2001–02 Magyar Kupa|2001–02]], [[2013–14 Magyar Kupa|2013–14]], [[2017–18 Magyar Kupa|2017–18]], [[2020–21 Magyar Kupa|2020–21]]
* '''[[Szuperkupa]]:'''
** '''Winners (3)''': 1992, 2002, 2014

===International===

* '''[[Mitropa Cup]]:'''
** '''Winners (2)''': [[1929 Mitropa Cup|1929]], [[1939 Mitropa Cup|1939]]
** ''Runners-up (1)'': [[1966–67 Mitropa Cup|1966–67]]
* '''[[Coupe des Nations 1930]]''' (Predecessor of Champions League):
** '''Winners (1)''': v [[SK Slavia Praha|Slavia Praha]] 3–0
* '''[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]:'''
** Runners-up (1): [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69|1968–69]] v [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] 0–3 and 2–3
* '''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]''' (Champions League):
** Semi-finalists (1): [[European Cup 1973–74|1973–74]] v [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] 1–1 and 0–3
* '''[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]:'''
** Semi-finalists (1): [[1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup|1961–62]] v [[ACF Fiorentina|AC Fiorentina]] 0–1 and 0–2

===Friendly===

* '''[[Joan Gamper Trophy]]:'''
** '''Winners (1)''': 1970
* '''[[Trofeo Colombino]]:'''
** '''Winners (1)''': 1971

==Players==

===Current squad===
== First team squad ==
{{updated|24 December 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ujpestfc.hu/csapatok/csapat |title=Újpest squad |access-date=24 December 2025 |publisher=Újpest FC Official Website |website=ujpestfc.hu |language=hu}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|pos=GK|no= 1|nat=ITA|name=[[Riccardo Piscitelli]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no= 5|nat=GEO|name=Davit Kobouri}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 6|nat=POL|name=[[Damian Rasak]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no= 7|nat=GEO|name=[[Giorgi Beridze]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 8|nat=MKD|name=[[Arijan Ademi]]}}
<!--{{Fs player|pos=DF|no= 8|nat=HUN|name=Márk Dékei}} DO NOT DELETE! (on loan to Videoton FC)-->
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no= 9|nat=CRO|name=[[Fran Brodić]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=10|nat=HUN|name=[[Mátyás Tajti]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=11|nat=HUN|name=[[Krisztofer Horváth]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=15|nat=POR|name=[[Tiago Gonçalves (footballer, born 2000)|Tiago Gonçalves]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=17|nat=SVN|name=[[Aljoša Matko]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=18|nat=FRA|name=[[Tom Lacoux]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=22|nat=HUN|name=[[Krisztián Tamás]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|pos=GK|no=23|nat=HUN|name=[[Dávid Banai]]|other=[[Captain (association football)#captain|captain]]}}
<!--{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=25|nat=HUN|name=[[Nimród Baranyai]]}} DO NOT DELETE! (on loan to Kazincbarcika)-->
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=26|nat=HUN|name=Bálint Geiger}}
<!--{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=28|nat=SRB|name=Ognjen Radošević}} DO NOT DELETE! (on loan to Újpest B squad)-->
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=30|nat=POR|name=[[João Nunes (footballer, born 1995)|João Nunes]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=GK|no=31|nat=HUN|name=[[Dávid Dombó]]|other={{small|on loan from [[Kazincbarcikai SC|Kazincbarcika]]}}}}
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=33|nat=HUN|name=[[Barnabás Bese]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=34|nat=SVN|name=[[Milan Tučić]]}}
<!--{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=37|nat=HUN|name=Dezső Mező}} DO NOT DELETE! (on loan to Újpest B squad)-->
<!--{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=38|nat=HUN|name=Kristóf Sarkadi}} DO NOT DELETE! (on loan to Újpest B squad)-->
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=39|nat=SUR|name=[[Gleofilo Vlijter]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=44|nat=HUN|name=[[Bence Gergényi]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=45|nat=POR|name=[[Iuri Medeiros]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=55|nat=HUN|name=[[Attila Fiola]]|other=[[Vice-captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
<!--{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=57|nat=HUN|name=Ákos Tóth}} DO NOT DELETE! (on loan to Újpest B squad)-->
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=74|nat=HUN|name=Dominik Kaczvinszki}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=88|nat=SRB|name=[[Matija Ljujić]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|pos=GK|no=99|nat=HUN|name=Bence Juhász|other={{small|at [[Kazincbarcikai SC|Kazincbarcika]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=77|nat=HUN|name=Adrián Dénes|other={{small|at [[Budapesti VSC]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=25|nat=HUN|name=[[Nimród Baranyai]]|other={{small|at [[Kazincbarcikai SC|Kazincbarcika]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=|nat=HUN|name=Dominik Kovács|other={{small|at [[Budapesti VSC]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs end}}

==Club officials==

===Board of directors===
''As of 5 May 2025''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ujpestfc.hu/csapatok/csapat|title=Újpest Football Club|access-date=2025-05-05|language=hu}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|President || {{flagicon|HUN}} Péter Ratatics 
|-
|Sports director
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Pál Dárdai]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-17 |title=Dárdai Pál lesz az Újpest sportigazgatója – sajtóhír |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo-nb-i/2025/12/dardai-pal-lesz-az-ujpest-sportigazgatoja-sajtohir |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Nemzeti Sport |language=hu}}</ref>
|-
|Managing director || {{flagicon|HUN}} Áron Páll
|}

===Management===
''As of 8 May 2025''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ujpestfc.hu/csapatok/csapat|title=Újpest Football Club|access-date=2025-05-08|language=hu}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|Manager || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Damir Krznar]]
|-
|Assistant manager<br />Video analyst || {{flagicon|CRO}} Vedran Attias
|-
|Assistant manager || {{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Mitrović
|-
|Assistant manager || {{flagicon|SVN}} Ales Mertelj
|-
|Assistant manager || {{flagicon|HUN}} Boldizsár Bodor
|-
|Goalkeeping coach || {{flagicon|HUN}} András Elbert
|-
|Body performance coach || {{flagicon|CRO}} Luka Krklješ
|-
|Fitness coach || {{flagicon|HUN}} Ádám Száraz
|-
|Video analyst || {{flagicon|HUN}} Samu Varga
|-
|Video analyst || {{flagicon|HUN}} Balázs Benczés
|-
|Club doctor || {{flagicon|HUN}} Iván Kollár Dr.
|-
|Club doctor || {{flagicon|HUN}} Péter Lestár Dr.
|-
|Physiotherapist || {{flagicon|SRB}} Žarko Milovanović
|-
|Physiotherapist || {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Jovetić
|-
|Physiotherapist || {{flagicon|HUN}} Dorottya Varga
|-
|Technical manager || {{flagicon|HUN}} Babett Zsitva
|-
|Data analyst || {{flagicon|HUN}} Kornélia Tuza
|-
|Kit manager || {{flagicon|HUN}} Tamás Nagy
|-
|Masseur || {{flagicon|HUN}} József Kádár
|-
|Masseur || {{flagicon|HUN}} Kálmán Hénap
|-
|}

== Notable former players ==
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* {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Jonathan Heris]]
* {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Kylian Hazard]]
* {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Pierre-Yves Ngawa]]
* {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Túlio Maravilha]]
* {{Flagicon|CIV}} [[Lacina Traoré]]
* {{Flagicon|COL}} [[Darwin Andrade]]
* {{Flagicon|CTA}} [[Foxi Kéthévoama]]
* {{Flagicon|CZE}} [[Lubos Kozel]]
* {{Flagicon|CZE}} [[Radek Slončík]]
* {{Flagicon|CZE}} [[Robert Vágner]]
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Scott Malone]]
* {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Paulus Roiha]]
* {{Flagicon|GEO}} [[Budu Zivzivadze]]
* {{Flagicon|MLI}} [[Falaye Sacko]]
* {{Flagicon|MLI}} [[Souleymane Diarra]]
* {{Flagicon|MNE}} [[Nebojsa Kosovic]]
* {{Flagicon|NGR}} [[Kim Ojo]]
* {{Flagicon|NGR}} [[Obinna Nwobodo]]
* {{Flagicon|MKD}} [[Enis Bardhi]]
* {{Flagicon|SEN}} [[Mbaye Diagne (footballer)|Mbaye Diagne]]
* {{Flagicon|SRB}} [[Marko Dmitrovic]]
* {{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Juanan]]
* {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Anton Salétros]]
* {{Flagicon|TRI}} [[Densill Theobald]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/7982/Densill_Theobald.html|title=NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Theobald, Densill|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=6 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206032814/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/7982/Densill_Theobald.html|website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
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==See also==
*[[History of Újpest FC]]
*[[List of Újpest FC seasons]]
*[[Újpest FC in European football]]
*[[List of Újpest FC managers]]
*[[List of Újpest FC records and statistics]]

==References==
{{Reflist|20em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Újpest FC}}
* {{Official website|http://www.ujpestfc.hu/}} {{in lang|hu|en}}
* [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50132--ujpest/ Újpest FC] at [[UEFA]]
* [http://adatbank.mlsz.hu/club/15/0/14966/21/138846.html Újpest FC] at [[Hungarian Football Federation|MLSZ]]

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