Kecskemet

Kecskemeti TE (officially Kecskemeti Testedzo Egyesulet, Kecskemet Gymnastics Club) is a club that is most famous for its football team. It is located in the city of Kecskemet, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary and is currently competing in the NB III, the third tier of Hungarian football. Kecskemeti TE's highest achievement to-date is winning the Magyar Kupa in the 2010–11 season, and gaining entry into the Europa League.

History

Early years

Pages of Kecskemet wrote on 6 May 1871, "company wants to play soccer in our city into an older fellow-citizens, which the company exercised twice a week he throws up and running." This experiment, however, proved unsuccessful. In 1904, they played the first football match in Kecskemet, against Budapest III. District High School defeated the team of local Piarist High School. In May 1910, the first football game between the clubs was held in Kecskemet.

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

On 29 July 1913, Kecskemeti TE merged with the other team from Kecskemet, KSC. During World War I, the team was formed with mainly under 18 players. On 11 April 1926, the first stadium was inaugurated, and the first match was played against the local rival Cegledi RC. During this period, Hungarian national football team player Lajos Kovacs played here. From 1945 the team played its matches near the local railway station.

In the 1946–47 season the team was promoted to the Nemzeti Bajnoksag II (the second division) for the first time in the history of the club. On 28 June 1949, the two teams of Kecskemet merged. The new name of the team became KszTE. The colours of the team were blue and red. One of

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