Full name Újpest Football Club
Nickname(s) Lilák (Purples)
Founded 1885 as Újpesti Torna Egylet
Ground Szusza Ferenc Stadium,
Budapest
Capacity 13,501
Chairman Dr. Péter Kovács
Manager Valére Billen
League Borsodi Liga (NB1)
2005-06 2nd
Újpest FC (usually known simply as Újpest), earlier known as Újpesti TE (UTE) and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white. Their 20 league titles and 8 cup titles make them one of the most successful clubs in the country while their long history makes them the oldest still existing one. There is a number of outstanding players which played for the team in the history. Újpest plays at Budapest's Szusza Ferenc Stadium.
Újpest FC is part of the Újpesti TE family. The club includes other sports sections that represent the club at ice hockey, waterpolo, athletics, wrestling, judo, flatwater canoeing/kayaking, karate, youth football, boxing, modern pentathlon, shooting, gymnastics, triathlon, swimming, fencing and there is even a leisure section and also a section for the club's fans called 'circle of friends' (baráti kör).