Budapest Honved

Budapest Honved Football Club (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt ˈhonveːd ˈɛft͡seː]), commonly known as Budapest Honved or simply Honved, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its football team. Honved means the Homeland Defence. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944.

The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapesti Honved SE and became the Hungarian Army team. The club's top players from this era, Ferenc Puskas, Sandor Kocsis, Jozsef Bozsik, Zoltan Czibor, and Gyula Grosics helped the club win the Hungarian League four times during the 1950s and also formed the nucleus of the legendary Hungarian national team popularly known as the Mighty Magyars.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, the club enjoyed another successful period, winning a further eight Hungarian League titles. They also won league and cup doubles in 1985 and 1989. In 1991, the club was renamed Kispest Honved FC and adopted its current name in 2003.

When the club was originally formed in 1909, it also organised teams that competed in fencing, cycling, gymnastics, wrestling, athletics, boxing, and tennis. Later, the Honved family was extended to include a water polo team, now known as Groupama Honved, a 33-times basketball-champion team and a handball team that were European Champions in 1982.

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