Kecskeméti TE

Kecskeméti Testedző Egyesület, commonly known as Kecskeméti TE or simply Kecskemét, is a sports club based in Kecskemét, Hungary. It is most famous for its football team which competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hungarian football. Kecskeméti TE's highest achievement to-date is winning the Magyar Kupa in the 2010–11 season, and gaining entry into the Europa League. The team won a silver medal right after its promotion back to the first league in 2022-23, earning the right to compete in the Europa Conference League qualification matches.

Kecskemét
Full nameKecskeméti Testedző Egyesület
Short nameKTE
Founded11 June 1911 (1911-06-11)
GroundSzéktói Stadion
Capacity6,300
OwnerHorváth Építőmester private limited company
ManagerIstván Szabó
LeagueNB I
2022–23NB I, 2nd of 12
WebsiteClub website

History

Early years

A local newspaper of Kecskemét wrote on 6 May 1871, "an elderly citizen wants to establish a company of men to play soccer in our city, doing exercises twice a week, practicing throws and running." In 1904, the first football match was played in Kecskemét, when the Budapest III. District High School defeated the team of local Piarist High School. In May 1910, the first football game between proper clubs was held in the town.

Kecskeméti TE was founded on 11 June 1911, and attracted primarily local workers as players in the early years. The first managing director was Ferenc Kéry. The first colours of the club were red and green. The current purple and white colours have been in use since 1913. The first match was played on 15 August 1911, in which Kecskeméti TE lost to KSC by 1–0. The second match was won 5–1 against Szolnoki MÁV.

On 29 July 1913, Kecskeméti TE merged with the other team from Kecskemét, KSC. On 11 April 1926, the team's stadium was inaugurated, and the first match was played against the rival Ceglédi RC. During World War I, the mainly consisted of under-18 players. From 1945 the team played its matches near the local railway station.

Under Socialism

In the 1946–47 season the team was promoted to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II (the second division) for the first time in the history of the club. On 28 June 1949, the two teams of Kecskemét, KTE and KAC were merged. The new name of the team became KszTE, playing in red and blue. Máté Fenyvesi, later a key player of Ferencváros, started his career in KTE. On 11 January 1954, the team changed its name to Kecskeméti Kinizsi, and got its original colours back on 2 December 1956.

In 1961, a torchlight parade was presented to celebrate that the club's 50-year anniversary. In 1964, the team fell back to the county-level championship, but in 1966, it was back in the third tier. KSC, the other club in town, was founded in 1972. The two teams became archrivals in the second and third league, , their "derby" was always a big event for the town.

After the regime change

In 1990, Antal Tóth coached the team to win their group in NB III, but the club was not able to stay in the Second Division.

In 1995, for the third time KTE got promoted to the second league, once again winning the NB III. This was trainer József Linka's era, the newly promoted team even reached first-place in the autumn. The club moved its home grounds to Széktói Stadion.

In 1999, after the merger between KTE and KSC, the new club by the name of KFC was created, thanks to a known entrepreneur and main sponsor, János Jámbor. Under head coach László Nagy, the team came close to getting promoted to NB I in the 2000–01 season, but the hopes were futile. Jámbor lest Kecskemét football, and transferred the right to play to a revived Vasas.

In 1998, under the club president, István Pinczés, the KTE name was given back to the team, starting in the third tier again.

Recent years

The first years of the third millennium brought confusion and many troubles to the football team in Kecskemét. However, this ended in 2006 when Pál Rózsa and János Versegi became the chairmen of KTE. They started to build a strong and successful club, with great support from Dr. Gábor Zombor, then-mayor of Kecskemét. The promotion to NB I was finally achieved in 2008, and KTE became the first football club from the city of Kecskemét to play in the Hungarian first league.

The first season in the top Hungarian league was considered successful for the team, finishing fifth in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2008–09.

The centenary year of 2011 saw an unprecedented success in the 100-year history of the club. KTE reached new heights by winning the Magyar Kupa (Hungarian Cup) on 17 May 2011, beating Videoton 3–2 in the final held in the Puskás Ferenc Stadium in Budapest.[1] The victory meant that the club was able to play their first international matches, namely qualification games of the Europa League. The first international match was played at home in front of 3,400 spectators at the Széktói Stadion in Kecskemét against the Kazakh Aktobe, resulting in 1-1. The second game ended as a 0-0 draw, meaning that KTE fell out of the competition due to the away goals rule.

After the 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season, the Hungarian Football Federation relegated Kecskemét to the Bács-Kiskun county first division due to financial reasons. In the 2017–18 season, Kecskemét got promoted to the third division, NB III. KTE spent four seasons in the third tier, and was promoted to Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second-level championship in 2021.

Surprisingly, Kecskemét finished in second place, earning another promotion right away, and reaching the top tier again after a seven-year hiatus. Despite being the ultimate underdogs, with the smallest budget in the league,[2] KTE earned a podium finish in the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I. In the more than 120-year long history of Hungarian football championships, this was only the fifth time that a club reached the podium in the first tier immediately after being promoted[3].[4]

Current squad

As of 6 September 2023.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Hungary HUN Tamás Fadgyas
6 DF Hungary HUN Levente Katona
7 FW Hungary HUN Gergő Pálinkás
8 MF Hungary HUN Bence Banó-Szabó
9 FW Hungary HUN Milán Májer
10 MF Hungary HUN Krisztián Nagy
11 MF Hungary HUN Krisztofer Horváth (on loan from Torino)
12 DF Hungary HUN Gábor Szalai
14 MF Hungary HUN Kolos Kovács
15 DF Hungary HUN Alex Szabó
16 MF Hungary HUN Levente Vágó
18 DF Hungary HUN Csaba Belényesi
20 GK Hungary HUN Bence Varga
21 DF Brazil BRA Matheus Leoni
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Hungary HUN Barna Tóth
23 MF Ukraine UKR Mykhaylo Meskhi
25 DF Hungary HUN Olivér Nagy (on loan from Ferencváros)
26 DF Hungary HUN Kornél Szűcs
27 MF Hungary HUN Donát Zsótér
29 MF Hungary HUN Soma Szuhodovszki
31 MF Hungary HUN Bence Kiss
44 MF Hungary HUN Tamás Nikitscher
46 GK Hungary HUN Roland Kersák
57 DF Hungary HUN Patrick Iyinbor (on loan from Ferencváros)
70 MF Hungary HUN Dávid Artner
74 DF Hungary HUN Imre Polyák
77 DF Hungary HUN Márió Zeke
99 FW Hungary HUN Ákos Szendrei (on loan from Dunajská Streda)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Hungary HUN Attila Grünvald (at Tiszakécske until 31 December 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Hungary HUN Zoltán Bodor (at Cegléd until 30 June 2024)

Stadium

Kecskemét-Budapest Honvéd Hungarian League match

Kecskeméti TE plays its home games at Széktói Stadion, built in 1962. With 4,300 seats, and standing room for 2,000 in the standing-only sections, it is the largest football stadium in Kecskemét. In 2002, it was completely renovated. The lighting installation consists of 128 floodlights mounted on four masts 38m in height, and the average vertical illuminance is 1200 lx.

Honours

Season results

Domestic International Manager
League Magyar
Kupa
Div No. Season Pld W D L GF–GA Dif. Pts. Pos. Competition Result
NBII3.2007–08[6]30243374–23+51751stR32Serbia Sivić
NBI1.2008–09[7]301461055–44+11485thQFSerbia Sivić
NBI2.2009–11[8]301071350–56-63710thR16Serbia Sivić, Hungary Csertői, Hungary Urbányi
NBI3.2010–11[9]301131651–56-53612thWHungary Urbányi, Serbia Sivić
NBI4.2011–12[10]301361147–39+8455thR16Europa League2QRSerbia Sivić, Hungary Török
NBI5.2012–13301281042–420447thR16Hungary Török Hungary Horváth
NBI6.2013–1430991236–51−153610thR16Hungary Horváth, Hungary Bekő
NBI7.2014–15[11]301081230–39-9389thR32Hungary Bekő
NBIII?.2018–1930912936-35+1399thR128Hungary Szabó
NBIII ?.2019-20201955924-26-22011thR128Serbia Kuntić, Hungary Gombos
NBIII?.2020–21[12]38248690–32+58802ndR64Hungary Gombos
NBII?.2021–22[13]38238775–36+39772ndR16Hungary Szabó
NBI8.2022–23331512648–32+16572ndR32Hungary Szabó
NBI9.2023–2400000–0+00TBDTBDEuropa Conference LeagueTBDHungary Szabó
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Notes

In European Competition

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 2Q Kazakhstan Aktobe 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Latvia Riga 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.) 3–4

Managers

  • Hungary János Magó (1937)
  • Hungary Ernő Singer (1938)
  • Hungary János Steiner (1947)
  • Hungary József Fehérvári (1948)
  • Hungary Ferenc Horváth (1949)
  • Hungary János Nagy (1951)
  • Hungary Imre Serényi (1952)
  • Hungary János Horváth (1952)
  • Hungary Gyula Dragollovich (1952)
  • Hungary Károly Kósa (1953)
  • Hungary Gyula Dragollovich (1953)
  • Hungary Béla Jánosi (1953)
  • Hungary Jenő Weisz (1957)
  • Hungary József Garamszegi (1958)
  • Hungary Jenő Hauser (1961)
  • Hungary Károly Kósa (1961)
  • Hungary Ferenc Molnár (1963)
  • Hungary József Fejes (1965)
  • Hungary András Dombóvári (1965–66)
  • Hungary Jozsef Nemeth (1966)
  • Hungary Antal Lyka (1967)
  • Hungary Béla Varga (1971–73)
  • Hungary Ferenc Máté (1975)
  • Hungary Rezső Bánáti (1976)
  • Hungary József Bánhidi (1976)
  • Hungary István Vereb (1978)
  • Hungary Gyula Czimmmermann (1983)
  • Hungary Antal Tóth (1984–91)
  • Hungary József Linka (1994–97)
  • Hungary Tibor Gracza (1999)
  • Hungary László Nagy (1999 – Nov 01)
  • Hungary Ferenc Gabala (Nov 2001 – May 2)
  • Hungary József Kiprich (May 2002 – July 3)
  • Romania Ioan Patrascu (July 1, 2003 – Oct 1, 2003)
  • Hungary Tibor Gracza (Oct 2003 – April 4)
  • Hungary Robert Glázer (April 13, 2004 – Sept 18, 2004)
  • Hungary György Gálhidi (Sept 8, 2004 – Sept 28, 2004)
  • Hungary Zoltán Leskó (Sept 2004 – March 5)
  • Hungary Tibor Gracza (March 2005–05)
  • Romania Ioan Patrascu (2005 – Nov 05)
  • Hungary László Török (Jan 2006 – Sept 06)
  • Hungary István Varga (Sept 2006 – Jan 07)
  • Hungary Tamás Nagy (19.01.2007 – 12,.04.2007)
  • Serbia Tomislav Sivić (p1.08.2007 –21.10.2009)
  • Hungary Aurél Csertői (28.10.2009 –08.04.2010)
  • Hungary István Urbányi (08.04.2010 –27.09.2010)
  • Hungary István Szabó (interim) (Sept 27, 2010 – Oct 13, 2010)
  • Serbia Tomislav Sivić (Oct 13, 2010 – Nov 23, 2011)
  • Hungary István Szabó (Dec 13, 2011 – June 30, 2012)
  • Hungary László Török (July 1, 2012 – Sept 17, 2012)
  • Hungary István Szabó (interim) (Sept 17, 2012 – Sept 28, 2012)
  • Hungary Ferenc Horváth (28.09.2012 –24.06.2013)
  • Hungary Balázs Bekő (24,.06.2013 –30.06.2015)
  • Hungary István Szabó (01.06.2021 –)

References

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  2. "Csoda Kecskeméten: az elmúlt évtizedek egyik legnagyobb szenzációja". Origo.hu. 12 October 2022.
  3. "Kecskeméti TE: már biztos a klubrekord". Hiros.hu. 15 May 2015.
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  5. "Csapat" [Team]. kecskemetite.hu. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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  7. "2008–09 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2009.
  8. "2009–10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2010.
  9. "2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2011.
  10. "2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2012.
  11. "2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". Soccerway.com. 31 May 2015.
  12. "2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság III". Soccerway.com. 28 June 2021.
  13. "2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság II". Soccerway.com. 29 May 2022.
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