Puskás Akadémia FC

Puskás Akadémia

Full name	Puskás Ferenc Labdarugó Akadémia
Founded	2005 (2005)
Ground	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút
Capacity	3,816 all seated
Owner	Felcsúti Utánpótlás Neveléséért Alapítvány
Coach	Miklós Benczés
League	NB I
2017–18	NB I, 6th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Puskás Ferenc Labdarugó Akadémia, commonly known as Puskás Akadémia FC or simply Puskás Akadémia, are the youth team of Videoton, in Felcsút, Hungary.^[1] Some of the senior members of the U18 team also play for Videoton FC reserves.^[2]

History

The aim of the founders is to establish an academy for Videoton and to establish a fitting memorial to former Hungarian national footballer Ferenc Puskás.

On the 30th matchday of the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season Robert Jarni was dismissed due to the defeat against Békéscsaba 1912 Előre at the Pancho Aréna on 16 April 2016 resulting Puskás Akadémia's last position and relegation for the first time in the season.^[3]

On 22 December 2016, Attila Pintér was appointed as the head coach of the club. Pintér left Mezőkövesdi SE, playing in the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season, for Puskás Akadémia.^[4]

On 21 May 2017, Puskás Akadémia won the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season after a goalless draw against Ceglédi VSE in Albertirsa. As a consequence, Puskás Akadémia got promoted to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. They could return to the first division after spending only one year in the second division.^[5][6]

On 12 June 2017, András Komjáti, previously manager of Vasas SC, was appointed as the club director.^[7]

Before the start of the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Puskás Akadémia signed Molnár from Mezőkövesd^[8], Radó from Ferencváros^[9], thus becoming the third most valuable team in the 2017–18 season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.^[10]

On 4 June 2018, Pintér was sacked after finishing 6th in the 2017-18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.^[11]

Puskás-Suzuki Cup

Puskás Cup or Puskás Suzuki Kupa is an international football tournament founded by the Ferenc Puskás Academy in Felcsút, Hungary and the Magyar Suzuki Corporation in 2008. The aim of the founders is to establish a club tournament which offers the opportunity for talented young footballers to measure themselves against international opponents at the U-17 age level and to establish a fitting memorial to Ferenc Puskás.^[12]

Successes

On 1 June 2012, former academist Ádám Gyurcsó made his international debut for national team of Hungary as he came on as a substitute against the Czech Republic in the 65th minute, where he scored the winning goal.^[13][14]

Honours

• Nemzeti Bajnokság II:
  • Winners (1): 2012–13, 2016–17
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Runners-up (1): 2017–18

Players

Current squad

As of 24 August 2018

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

No. Position Player 4 MF Szilárd Bokros 5 MF Benedik Mioc 6 DF Dejan Trajkovski 7 FW Bachana Arabuli 9 FW Bryan de Jesús 10 FW András Radó 11 MF Jan Vlasko 12 MF Balázs Balogh 14 DF Jonathan Heris 16 MF Gonzalo Vega 17 MF László Zsidai 19 GK Lajos Hegedűs (captain) 21 FW Tamás Kiss

No. Position Player 23 DF Csaba Spandler 24 DF Patrik Poór 25 DF Zsolt Nagy 27 MF Liridon Latifi 30 MF Josip Knežević 33 MF József Varga 44 GK Branislav Danilović 55 MF Péter Szakály 68 DF János Hegedűs 71 DF Attila Osváth — DF Roland Szolnoki — MF Jozef Urblik

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Balázs Tóth (at Csákvári TK) 7 FW Márk Szécsi (at Debreceni VSC) 11 FW Dániel Prosser (at Sepsi OSK) 13 DF Ádám Csilus (at Csákvári TK)

No. Position Player 33 MF Gábor Molnár (at Mezőkövesdi SE) 45 FW Ezekiel Henty (at NK Osijek) 77 FW Antonio Perosevic (at Al-Ittihad Kalba SC) MF Márk Madarász (at Zalaegerszegi TE)

Season results

As of 6 August 2017

Domestic												International		Manager	Ref.
Nemzeti Bajnokság											Magyar Kupa
Div.	No.	Season	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	Dif.	Pts.	Pos.		Competition	Result
NBII	?.	2012–13	30	21	7	2	57-18	+39	70	1st	?	Did not qualify			[15]
NBI	1.	2013–14	30	8	7	15	36-51	–15	31	14th	L32			Benczés
NBI	2.	2014–15	30	10	5	15	35-40	-5	35	10th	L32
NBI	3.	2015–16	33	7	10	16	35–51	-16	31	11th	L64			Jarni, Szijjártó
NBII	?.	2016–17	38	22	11	5	67–39	+28	77	1st	L32			Szijjártó, Pintér	[16]
NBI	4.	2017–18	0	0	0	0	0–0	+0	0	TBD	R			Pintér	[17]

• Italics indicate that the season is still in progress.

Managers

• Miklós Bencés (2012-2015)
• Robert Jarni (2015-2016)
• István Szíjjártó (2016)
• István Vincze (2016)
• Attila Pintér (2016-2018)
• Miklós Bencés (2018-present)^[18]

Notable former academists

The following player attended the Puskás Football Academy and made appearances in the Hungary national football team.

• Ádám Gyurcsó
• Roland Szolnoki
• László Kleinheisler
• Roland Sallai^[19]

Trivia

The team is infamous in Hungary for its contradictious name choice. They have nothing to do with Ferenc Puskás who only played for Budapest Honvéd in his home country and has never been in Felcsút. In spite of the name Akadémia (Hungarian for Academy) they have only a few homegrown players and their squad mainly consists of older Hungarian players and foreigners.

References

External links

• Ferenc Puskás Football Academy official site