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5
The Magyar Futball Akadémia has so far produced five Kispest-trained players for the national team (Bálint Vécsei, Endre Botka, Botond Baráth, Filip Holender, Dániel Gazdag).
101
Among Kispest players, József Bozsik wore the national-team shirt the most times, on 101 occasions. He first played in the national colours in 1947 against Bulgaria (9–0), and for the final time in 1962 against Uruguay (1–1). He scored Hungary’s goal in the latter match.
103
Bp. Honvéd (KAC, KFC, KHFC) has so far supplied 103 players to the Hungarian national team. Interestingly, both the first (Péter Varga) and the most recent to date (Péter Szappanos) were goalkeepers. In total we have provided the national eleven with 14 goalkeepers, 33 defenders, 23 midfielders (half-backs) and 33 forwards.
This week in history (June 16 — 22 June):
100 years ago:
The ILSZ championship final was played on 21 June 1925. The Kispesti AC – Nemzeti SC match at the Millenáris ended in a goalless draw. KAC were on top for most of the match, but their forwards were unable to convert their chances. KAC lined up as follows: Bordás — Seszták, Grolmusz — Schmiedt, Petrovits, Marton — Kárpáti, Balog, Juhász, Menczer, Novák. One year later Grolmusz, Marton, Balogh and Juhász were also members of the Kispest team that won the Hungarian Cup).
50 years ago:
The national youth football championship came to an end. Bp. Honvéd finished first in Budapest Group 8. The Kispest side finished seven points ahead of Ferencváros, 15 ahead of MTK and 21 ahead of Vasas.
25 years ago:
Kálmán Kovács, who had previously coached the juniors, took charge of the youth “A” team. Attila Plókai, József Tóth, Krisztián Gabala and Róbert Lóczi agreed with Imre Komora that they would continue their careers at Kispest-HFC.
