The Magyar Kupa (), also known as the Hungarian Cup in English, officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is a Hungarian knockout football cup competition held annually by the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ). It was started in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian League.
Besides all of the professional clubs of Hungary numerous amateur sides take part every year. These have to qualify through local cup competitions.
The most successful participant and current titleholder in the Magyar Kupa has been Ferencváros with 25 wins, followed by local rivals MTK with 12 cups.
History Although the first Hungarian League match was played in 1901, the first Hungarian Cup match was played eight years later in 1910 between MTK Budapest FC and Budapesti TC. The first era of the Magyar Kupa was dominated by the same clubs as in the Hungarian League: MTK Budapest FC and Ferencvárosi TC. In the 1910s MTK won four trophies, while Ferencváros only one. However, in the 1920s Ferencváros won three other titles, whereas MTK two cups. The only club able to interrupt the Ferencvárosi TC–MTK Budapest FC rivalry was Kispesti AC in 1926.
In the 1930s, new clubs finally broke through to win the Hungarian Cup, and two of them were from outside Budapest. In 1930 Bocskai FC and in 1934 Soroksár FC. The traditional clubs (MTK and Ferencváros) won three trophies: Ferencváros in 1933 and 1935, and MTK in 1932.
The 1940s were dominated by Ferencváros by winning the cup in a three consecutive seasons: 1941–42, 1942–43, and 1943–44. Ferencváros's dominance was interrupted by Szolnoki MÁV FC by winning the 1940–41 season.
Due to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the Magyar Kupa was held only three times in the 1950s. Three Budapest clubs could win in the 1950s: Budapesti Bástya, Budapesti Vasas SC, and Ferencvárosi TC. The 1960s were dominated by Rába ETO Győr by winning the cup in three consecutive seasons: 1965, 1966, and 1967. In 1969 Újpesti Dózsa SC became cup winners for the first time after losing five finals.
The 1970s were dominated by Budapest clubs. Ferencváros won four times, Újpest won twice, and Vasas SC won once. However, the 1976–77 season was won by Diósgyőri VTK. This was the first time when the cup finals was in a round-robin tournament.
In the 1980s, Újpesti Dózsa SC won three trophies, while Budapest Honvéd SE could lift the cup twice. In the 1990s Ferencvárosi TC won the cup four times. In 1999 Debreceni VSC won their first cup trophy.
In the early 2000s, the Magyar Kupa was dominated by Debrecen by winning three trophies in 2001, 2008, 2010. Debrecen's dominance was interrupted by Újpest in 2002, and Ferencváros in 2003, and 2004 while Honvéd could win the cup in 2007 and in 2009 Other non-Budapest cup winners were Videoton in 2006 and Sopron in 2005.
In the 2010s, the dominance of the non-Budapest clubs continued. Debrecen managed to clinch the cup twice in the 2011–12 and in the 2012–13 seasons while Kecskemét could lift the trophy in the 2010–11 season. However, Újpest surprisingly won the 2013–14 season while the rebuilt Ferencváros in 2014–15 season.
Format The Magyar Kupa is contested as a traditional single-elimination knockout tournament.
Early Rounds: Lower-league teams enter the competition first, playing through regional and national qualifying stages. Later Rounds: Top-flight clubs from the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NB I) enter in the later stages. The Final: Historically played at various venues in Budapest, the final is traditionally hosted at the Puskás Aréna, the country's national stadium.
Significance The winner of the Magyar Kupa earns a prestigious piece of domestic silverware and secures a qualification spot in the preliminary rounds of the UEFA Europa League for the following season.
Austro-Hungarian Challenge Cup Finals
Magyar Kupa Finals +Key(R)Replay*Match went to extra timeMatch decided by a penalty shootout after extra timeWinning team won the DoubleItalicsTeam from outside the Nemzeti Bajnokság I
#SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueAttendanceNotes1.1909–10MTK Budapest †1–1 *BTC Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest 3,000 4,000 2. 1910–11 MTK Budapest MAC Üllői út, Budapest 15,000 3. 1911–12 MTK Budapest Ferencváros None 0 4. 1912–13 Ferencváros BAK Üllői út, Budapest 6,000 5. 1913–14MTK Budapest MAC 8,0006.1921–22Ferencváros †2–2 *Újpest Hungária körút, Budapest 8,000 8,000 7. 1922–23MTK Budapest Újpest Üllői út, Budapest 5,000 8. 1924–25MTK Budapest Újpest Hungária körút, Budapest 12,0009.1925–26Kispest †1–1 *BEAC Hungária körút, Budapest 300 Postás Sport Egyesület, Budapest 150 10. 1926–27Ferencváros Újpest Hungária körút, Budapest 9,000 11. 1927–28Ferencváros Attila FC Üllői út, Budapest 8,000 12. 1929–30 Bocskai Szegedi Bástya Hungária körút, Budapest 1,200 13. 1930–31 III. Kerület Ferencváros Üllői út, Budapest 3,00014.1931–32Hungária †1–1 *Ferencváros Üllői út, Budapest 9,000 Hungária körút, Budapest 8,000 15. 1932–33 Ferencváros Újpest Hungária körút, Budapest 10,00016.1933–34Soroksár †2–2 *BSZKRT Üllői út, Budapest 1,000 †1–1 * (R) 15,000 Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest 1,600 17. 1934–35 Ferencváros MTK Budapest Hungária körút, Budapest 8,000 18. 1940–41 Szolnok Salgótarján Üllői út, Budapest 7,000 19. 1941–42 Ferencváros Diósgyőr Hungária körút, Budapest 18,000 20. 1942–43 Ferencváros Salgótarján 20,00021.1943–44Ferencváros †2–2 *Kolozsvár 28,000 10,000 22. 1951–52 Budapesti Bástya Dorog Építők stadion, Budapest 14,000 23. 1954–55 Vasas Budapest Budapest Honvéd Népstadion, Budapest 40,000 24. 1955–58 Ferencváros Salgótarján 10,000 25. 1964 Budapest Honvéd Győr Népstadion, Budapest 8,000 26. 1965 Győr Diósgyőr 3,00027.1966Győr †1–1 *Ferencváros 10,000 17,000 28. 1967 Győr Salgótarján 3,000 29. 1968 MTK Budapest Budapest Honvéd 8,000 30. 1969Újpest Budapest Honvéd 15,000 31. 1970Újpest Komló 5,000 32. 1971–72 Ferencváros Tatabánya Megyeri út, Budapest 4,000 33. 1972–73 Vasas Budapest †4–3 * Budapest Honvéd Népstadion, Budapest 10,000 34. 1973–74 Ferencváros Komló Népstadion, Budapest 10,000 35. 1974–75Újpest Szombathely 3,000 36. 1975–76Ferencváros MTK Budapest 15,000 37. 1976–77 Diósgyőr Ferencváros Home and Away matches — 38. 1977–78 Ferencváros †4–2 * Pécs Népstadion, Budapest 20,000 39. 1978–79 Győr Ferencváros Népstadion, Budapest 10,000 40. 1979–80 Diósgyőr Vasas Budapest Veszprémi stadion, Veszprém 15,000 41. 1980–81 Vasas Budapest Diósgyőr Szegedi stadion, Szeged 10,000 42. 1981–82 Újpest Videoton Szekszárdi stadion, Szekszárd 18,000 43. 1982–83 Újpest Budapest Honvéd Népstadion, Budapest 5,000 44. 1983–84 Siófok Győr Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár 17,000 45. 1984–85Budapest Honvéd Tatabánya Népstadion, Budapest 3,000 46. 1985–86 Vasas Budapest †0–0 Ferencváros 20,000 47. 1986–87 Újpest Pécs 3,000 48. 1987–88 Békéscsaba Budapest Honvéd Tiszaligeti Stadion, Szolnok 7,000 49. 1988–89Budapest Honvéd Ferencváros Népstadion, Budapest 20,000 50. 1989–90 Pécs Budapest Honvéd Bányász Stadion, Tatabánya 3,000 51. 1990–91 Ferencváros Vác Diósgyőri Stadion, Miskolc 8,000 52. 1991–92 Újpest †1–0 * Vác Kórház utca, Békéscsaba 10,00053.1992–93Ferencváros Szombathely Rohonci úti Stadion, Szombathely 18,000 †1–1 Üllői út, Budapest 18,00054.1993–94Ferencváros Budapest Honvéd Üllői út, Budapest 15,000 Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest 12,00055.1994–95Ferencváros Vác Üllői út, Budapest 8,000 Stadion Városi, Vác 10,00056.1995–96Budapest Honvéd BVSC Szőnyi út, Budapest 3,000 Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest 6,00057.1996–97MTK Budapest BVSC Hungária körút, Budapest 2,000 Szőnyi út, Budapest 1,000 58. 1997–98 MTK Budapest Újpest Fáy utca, Budapest 13,000 59. 1998–99 Debrecen Tatabánya Stadion Városi, Vác 12,000 60. 1999–2000 MTK Budapest Vasas Budapest Népstadion, Budapest 4,000 61. 2000–01 Debrecen Videoton Üllői út, Budapest 11,000 62. 2001–02 Újpest †2–1 * Szombathely Stadion ETO, Győr 8,000 63. 2002–03 Ferencváros Debrecen Puskás Ferenc Stadion, Budapest 10,000 64. 2003–04 Ferencváros Budapest Honvéd 4,000 65. 2004–05 Sopron Ferencváros Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár 4,000 66. 2005–06 Videoton †2–2 Vasas Budapest Üllői út, Budapest 5,000 67. 2006–07 Budapest Honvéd †2–2 Debrecen Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest 6,88068.2007–08Debrecen Budapest Honvéd Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest 2,000 Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion, Debrecen 7,50069.2008–09Budapest Honvéd Győr ETO Park, Győr 14,000 Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest 8,000 70. 2009–10Debrecen Zalaegerszeg Puskás Ferenc Stadion, Budapest 5,000 71. 2010–11 Kecskemét Videoton 5,000 72. 2011–12Debrecen †3–3 MTK Budapest 4,000 73. 2012–13 Debrecen Győr Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest 5,000 74. 2013–14 Újpest †1–1 Diósgyőr Puskás Ferenc Stadion, Budapest 22,000 75. 2014–15 Ferencváros VideotonGroupama Arena, Budapest 15,000 76. 2015–16 Ferencváros Újpest 19,000 77. 2016–17 Ferencváros †1–1 Vasas Budapest 14,970 78. 2017–18 Újpest †2–2 Puskás Akadémia 11,27079.2018–19VidiBudapest Honvéd12,77780.2019–20Budapest HonvédMezőkövesdPuskás Aréna, Budapest10,00081.2020–21Újpest †1–0 *Fehérvár4,50082.2021–22 FerencvárosPaks38,97983.2022–23Zalaegerszeg †2–0 *Budafok24,15284.2023–24Paks †2–0 *Ferencváros51,90085.2024–25Paks †1–1 (4–3 p)Ferencváros54,762 86.2025–26Ferencváros †1–0 *Zalaegerszeg49,858 Notes: Note 1: In 1912, Ferencvárosi TC did not play and lost by Walkover. Note 2: Final from 1956 held in 1958. Note 3: Final from 1977 played in Group-Format.
Statistics
Performances by club ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning Years Ferencváros 4 1912–13, 1921–22, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1955–58, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2025–26 MTK Budapest 5 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1951–52, 1968, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00 Újpest 6 1969, 1970, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2020–21 Kispest-Honvéd 7 1925–26, 1964, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2019–20 Debrecen 1998–99, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13 Győr 8 1965, 1966, 1967, 1978–79 Vasas 9 1954–55, 1972–73, 1980–81, 1985–86 Fehérvár 11 2005–06, 2018–19 Diósgyőr 10 1976–77, 1979–80 Paks 2023–24, 2024–25 Pécs 12 1989–90 Zalaegerszeg 2022–23 Kecskemét 2010–11 Sopron 2004–05 Békéscsaba 1987–88 Siófok 1983–84 Szolnok 13 1940–41 Soroksár 1933–34 III. Kerület 1930–31 Bocskai 1929–30 Salgótarján – Szombathely – Tatabánya – Vác – BVSC – Komló – MAC – Miskolc – BAK – Szeged – BEAC – BSZKRT – BTC – Dorog – Mezőkövesd – Puskás Akadémia – Kolozsvár 14 – Budafok – Notes: Note 4: Includes Ferencváros FC Note 5: Includes MTK, MTK-VM, Hungária and Bástya. Note 6: Includes Újpesti Dózsa and Újpesti TE. Note 7: Includes Kispesti AC and Kispest-Honvéd. Note 8: Includes Vasas ETO Gyõr and Rába Vasas ETO Gyõr. Note 9: Includes Vasas SC, Budapesti Vasas SC Note 10: Includes Diósgyőri MÁVAG SC Note 11: Includes FC Fehérvár and Videoton FC. Note 12: Includes Pécsi MFC. Note 13: Includes Szolnoki MÁV SE Note 14: A team from Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Performances by county As of 9 May 2026 County Titles Winning clubs Budapest Ferencváros (25) MTK (12) Újpest (11) Honvéd (8) Vasas (4) Soroksár (1) III. Kerület (1) Hajdú-Bihar Debrecen (6) Bocskai (1) Győr-Moson-Sopron Győr (4) Sopron (1) Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Diósgyőr (2) Fejér Fehérvár (2) Tolna Paks (2) Bács-Kiskun Kecskemét (1) Baranya Pécs (1) Békés Békéscsaba (1) Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Szolnok (1) Somogy Siófok (1) Zala Zalaegerszeg (1)
Top scorers in the Final
The following football players scored at least three goals in the Magyar Kupa final. There have been only one player who scored four goals in one single match in the final of 1932–33, József Takács.
Four goals József Takács (Ferencváros FC) (1932–33)
Hat-trick Vilmos Kohut (Ferencváros FC) (1927–28) Pál Teleki (Bocskai FC) (1929–30) Pál Zilahi (III. Kerületi TVE) (1930–31) György Sárosi (Ferencvárosi TC) (1932–33)