2025 Magyar Kupa final

2025 Magyar Kupa final
The Puskás Aréna prior to the final.
Event2024–25 Magyar Kupa
After extra time
Paks won 3–4 on penalties
Date14 May 2025 (2025-05-14)
VenuePuskás Aréna, Budapest
RefereeCsaba Pintér
Attendance54,762[1]
Weather16°C, clear

The 2025 Magyar Kupa final decided the winners of the 2024–25 Magyar Kupa, the 85th season of Hungarian premier football cup, the Magyar Kupa. The match was played on 14 May 2025 at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest between Paks[2] and Ferencváros.[3]

The final score of the match remained 1–1 after extra time, and Paks won the penalty shootout 4–3, thus winning the cup for the second time in its history.

Teams

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Ferencváros 34 (1912, 1913, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1958, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024)
Paks 2 (2022, 2024)

Venue

The final has been originally played at the rebuilt Puskás Aréna since it opened, in 2020. This final was the sixth Magyar Kupa final in this stadium.[4]

Background

Ferencváros and Paks met for the third time in four years in the final of the Hungarian Cup. The most common pairing so far has been the Ferencváros-Újpest match in the final, which has happened four times, in 1923, 1927, 1933 and 2016. Ferencváros is the most successful club, having won the Hungarian Cup 24 times and being a finalist 10 more times. It has won the Magyar Kupa four times in the previous ten years, in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2022. Paks is a finalist for the third time after 2022 and 2024. Last year, the Paks became the 20th winner in the history of the Hungarian Cup.[4]

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Ferencváros Round Paks
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Bye First round Bye
Bye Second round Bye
Budafok (NB II) 3–0 (A) Round of 64 Mezőörs (MB I (Tier 4)) 3–0 (A)
Tiszafüred (NB III) 2–1 (A) Round of 32 Honvéd (NB II) 5–1 (A)
Győr (NB I) 4–3 (a.e.t.) (A) Round of 16 Mezőkövesd (NB II) 3–0 (A)
Újpest (NB I) 3–1 (H) Quarter-finals Kisvárda (NB II) 1–0 (A)
MTK (NB I) 3–1 (H) Semi-finals Zalaegerszeg (NB I) 2–1 (H)

Match

Details

Ferencváros1–1 (a.e.t.)Paks
  • Joseph 90+4'
  • Abu Fani  90+5' (On the bench)
  • A. Tóth  107'
  • Szalai  118'
Report
Penalties
3–4
Attendance: 54,762[1]
Referee: Csaba Pintér
Ferencváros
Paks
GK 90 Dénes Dibusz (c)
RWB 3 Stefan Gartenmann  83'
CB 27 Ibrahim Cissé
LWB 22 Gábor Szalai  118'
RM 25 Cebrail Makreckis
CM 80 Habib Maïga  99'
CM 64 Alex Tóth  107'
CM 15 Mohammad Abu Fani  64'  90+5'
RM 17 Eldar Ćivić  64'
LF 11 Matheus Saldanha  77'
RF 11 Barnabás Varga  64'
Substitutes:
GK 89 Dávid Gróf
DF 5 Naby Keïta
DF 8 Aleksandar Pešić  64'
MF 16 Kristoffer Zachariassen  77'
FW 20 Adama Traoré  64'
FW 24 Tosin Kehinde
FW 32 Aleksandar Ćirković  83'
DF 34 Raul Gustavo  99'
MF 37 Guilherme Henrique
DF 54 Norbert Kaján
FW 75 Lenny Joseph  64'
DF 99 Cristian Ramírez
Manager:
Robbie Keane
GK 1 Péter Szappanos  94'
RWB 23 Bence Ötvös  55'  79'
CB 12 Gábor Vas
CB 30 János Szabó (c)  34'  106'
LWB 28 Kristóf Hinora  91'
RM 11 Attila Osváth
CM 22 József Windecker
CM 26 Szabolcs Mezei  90'
RM 21 Kristóf Papp
LF 29 Barna Tóth  75'
RF 10 Zsolt Haraszti  75'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Ádám Kovácsik
DF 2 Ákos Kinyik  79'  105+1'
MF 5 Bálint Vécsei  75'
DF 6 Milán Győrfi
FW 7 Martin Ádám  91'  97'
MF 8 Balázs Balogh  90'
FW 13 Dániel Böde  75'  88'
DF 14 Erik Silye
FW 15 Norbert Könyves
FW 17 Roland Varga
MF 18 Gergő Gyurkits  106'
MF 19 Kevin Horváth
Manager:
György Bognár

Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:
Péter Kóbor
Balázs Szert
Fourth official:
Mihály Káprály
Video assistant referee:
József Erdős
Assistant video assistant referee:
Sándor Andó-Szabó

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mol Magyar Kupa-döntő: Ferencváros–Paks". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). 14 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Visszatért a fináléba a címvédő Paks" [Defending champion Paks returned to the final]. molkupa.hu (in Hungarian). 22 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Fordított és bejutott a döntőbe a Ferencváros" [Ferencváros turned things around and reached the final]. molkupa.hu (in Hungarian). 23 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Keane lehet a 10. külföldi edző, aki MK-döntőt nyer; Öt ferencvárosi kupagyőztessel készül a Paks" [Keane could be the 10th foreign coach to win a Hungarian Cup final; Paks prepares with five Ferencváros Cup winners]. nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 14 May 2025.

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