Hungarian Football Federation

The Hungarian Football Federation (HFF) (Hungarian: Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség; MLSZ, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈlɒbdɒruːɡoː ˈsøvɛt͡ʃːeːɡ]) is the governing body of football and futsal in Hungary. It organizes the Hungarian league and the Hungary national team. The MLSZ is responsible for the Hungarian football league system, the men's and women's national teams. The headquarters are in Budapest. The MLSZ is a member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee.

Hungarian Football Federation

UEFA
Short name	MLSZ
Founded	19 January 1901; 124 years ago (1901-01-19)
Headquarters	Budapest
FIFA affiliation	1907
UEFA affiliation	1954
President	Sándor Csányi
Website	mlsz.hu

Honours

National Team

• World Cup: Runner-up (2 times - 1938, 1954)
• Olympic Games: Winner (3 times - 1952, 1964, 1968); Runner-up (1 times - 1972); Third place (1 time - 1960)
• European Championship: Third place (1): 1964

National Youth Teams

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Third place (1): 2009

Divisions

Men's Hungary national football team Hungary national under-21 football team Hungary national under-19 football team Hungary national under-17 football team Hungary national under-16 football team Hungary national futsal team Hungary national beach soccer team

Women's Hungary women's national football team Hungary women's national under-19 football team Hungary women's national under-17 football team

Current head coaches

As of 9 June 2025

Men's Team Name National team Marco Rossi Under-21 team Zoltán Szélesi Under-19 team Gergő Jeremiás Under-18 team Szabolcs Kemenes Under-17 team Antal Németh Under-16 team Gergő Jeremiás Under-15 team László Szalai Futsal team Sergio Mullor

Women's Team Name National team Alexandra Szarvas Under-19 team László Makrai Under-17 team Tibor Gajdóczi

Competitions

Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség is responsible for organising the following competitions:

Men's football Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Tier 2) Nemzeti Bajnokság III (Tier 3) – three sections (East, Central, West) Megyei Bajnokság I (Tier 4) - nineteen sections (counties) Women's football Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women) (Tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság II (women) (Tier 2) – two sections (East, West) Cups Magyar Kupa – Men Magyar Kupa (women) – Women

Futsal Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Tier 1) Magyar Kupa – Men Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women) (Tier 1) Magyar Kupa (women) – Women Beach soccer Nemzeti Strandlabdarúgó Liga (Tier 1)

Hungarian Football Federation Player of the Year

As awarded by the HFF. In 1980 the title was not awarded. *In 1949, 1950 and 1963 the title was awarded to two players.

	Indicates multiple time winner
Bold	Indicates players still playing professional football

Year	Player	Club	Also won	Notes
1945	Sándor Balogh	Újpest
1946	Ferenc Deák	Szentlőrinci AC
1947	Ferenc Szusza	Újpest
1948	Adalbert Marksteiner	Csepel SC
1949	Mihály Kispéter	Ferencvárosi
1949	Gyula Grosics	Teherfuvar
1950	Ferenc Puskás	Budapest Honvéd
1950	Gyula Grosics	Budapest Honvéd
1951	Péter Palotás	MTK Budapest
1952	József Bozsik	Budapest Honvéd
1953	Nándor Hidegkuti	MTK Budapest
1954	Sándor Kocsis	Budapest Honvéd

Hungarian Footballer of the Year (Golden Ball)

As awarded by journalists^{[citation needed]}

• 2012: Ádám Szalai
• 2013: Szabolcs Huszti
• 2018: Nemanja Nikolić

• 2019: Péter Gulácsi

Presidents

• Géza Jász (1901–1902)
• Viktor Rákosi (1902)
• Kajetán Banovits (1903–1906)
• Béla Kárpáti (1907–1909)
• György Szacelláry (1909–1916)
• Marquis György Pallavicini (1916)
• Zoltán Füzesséry dr. (1917–1919)
• Rezső Oprée (1919–1922)
• István Friedrich (1922–1923)
• Kálmán Shvoy dr. (1924)
• József Csányi dr., Lajos Tibor (1925)
• Dréhr Imre (1925–1930)
• István Kray baron (1930–1932)
• Béla Usetty dr. (1932–1939)
• Pál Gidófalvy dr. (1939–1944)
• József Becskó (1945–1947)
• István Ries dr. (1947–1950)
• Sándor Barcs (1950–1963)
• Gyula Hegyi (1964–1970)
• András Terpitkó dr. (1970–1973)
• István Kutas (1974–1978)
• György Szepesi (1979–1986)
• Jenő Somogyi (1986–1988)
• László Tisza dr., Tibor Vadászi, Miklós Varga dr. (1988–1989)
• Mihály Laczkó (1989–1994)
• László Benkő (1994–1996)
• Mihály Laczkó (2x) (1996–1998)
• Attila Kovács (1998–1999)
• Imre Bozsóki dr. (1999–2006)
• István Kisteleki (hu) (2006–2010)
• Sándor Csányi (2010– )

Current sponsorships

• Adidas - Official main sponsor
• OTP Bank - Official main sponsor
• MOL - Official main sponsor
• TippMix - Official main sponsor
• WizzAir - Official main sponsor
• McDonald's - Official sponsor
• Telekom - Official sponsor
• Borsodi - Official sponsor

See also

• Hungarian football league system
• List of football clubs in Hungary