III. Kerületi TUE
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III. Kerületi TUE - formerly also known as III. Kerületi TVE - is a Hungarian
football (soccer)
club based in Óbuda
in the III district (kerületi) of Budapest
. It was founded 24 January, 1887. The club colors are blue and white. The home stadium of the club is the Hévízi út. The club currently plays in the third division (NBIII).
In the final of the Hungarian Cup of the season 1930/31 the club, then playing as III. Kerületi TVE, defeated Ferencvárosi TC 4-1.
. In the next year the team from Óbuda was relegated but managed an immediate comeback which also lasted solely one year.
In 2000 III. Kerületi merged with Csepel SC
and moved the first team to Csepel Island
. For the next two years the club played under the Csepel SC name. The youth teams stayed at Óbuda.
The football section of Csepel was dissolved after the season 2001/02 and in 2003 the senior football re-formed at the club now called III. Kerületi TUE, back in the III district. The team started in the fourth division which the club won undefeated. Since then the team has been playing in the third Hungarian division (2007).
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based in Óbuda
Óbuda
Óbuda was a historical city in Hungary. United with Buda and Pest in 1873 it now forms part of District III-Óbuda-Békásmegyer of Budapest. The name means Old Buda in Hungarian...
in the III district (kerületi) of Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. It was founded 24 January, 1887. The club colors are blue and white. The home stadium of the club is the Hévízi út. The club currently plays in the third division (NBIII).
In the final of the Hungarian Cup of the season 1930/31 the club, then playing as III. Kerületi TVE, defeated Ferencvárosi TC 4-1.
History
The greatest success of the modern era was in 1996, when the team won the second division and thus was promoted top the top flight, the NBIHungarian League
The Nemzeti Bajnokság is a Hungarian professional league for association football clubs. The league is currently known as the OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, and it is the highest level of professional league since its inception in 1901. UEFA currently ranks the league 35th in Europe.Sixteen...
. In the next year the team from Óbuda was relegated but managed an immediate comeback which also lasted solely one year.
In 2000 III. Kerületi merged with Csepel SC
Csepel SC
Csepel SC is a Hungarian sports club based in the XXI district of Budapest, Csepel, which is on an island in the Danube in the south of the city...
and moved the first team to Csepel Island
Csepel Island
Csepel Island is the largest island of the River Danube in Hungary. It is 48 km long; its width is 6–8 km. Its area comprises 257 km². The word Csepel is pronounced CHE-pel....
. For the next two years the club played under the Csepel SC name. The youth teams stayed at Óbuda.
The football section of Csepel was dissolved after the season 2001/02 and in 2003 the senior football re-formed at the club now called III. Kerületi TUE, back in the III district. The team started in the fourth division which the club won undefeated. Since then the team has been playing in the third Hungarian division (2007).