"Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a football from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the first division of the Hungarian League. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12 times. The club has also won the Hungarian Super Cup 2 times. In 1955, as Vörös Lobogó SE, they became the first Hungarian team to play in the European Cup and in 1964 they finished as runners-up in the European Cup Winners' Cup after losing to Sporting Clube de Portugal in the final.
The club founded the Sándor Károly Football Academy in 2001. The Academy also has a partnership agreement with Liverpool."
"MTK also played a major role in the success of the legendary Hungary team known as the Mighty Magyars. While Budapest Honvéd provided the team with a nucleus of players, it was Márton Bukovi at MTK who developed the vital 4–2–4 formation, later adopted by national coach Gusztáv Sebes, himself a former MTK player. It was also at MTK that Bukovi together with, Péter Palotás and Nándor Hidegkuti, also pioneered the crucial deep lying centre-forward position".( Wikipedia )
"The teams plays at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium in Budapest, Hungary. The stadium currently is under reconsctruction. The former Hidegkuti stadium could hold 12,700 people.
The stadium was used in the film Escape to Victory or known simply as Victory in North America. "
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Club's official website: http://mtkhungaria.hu/
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