Hungarian football's 2019 diary
With the Hungarian men's league championship back underway this weekend, we take a quick look at what's in the diary for Hungarian football in the year of 2019, with UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers, youth-level elite rounds and the Women's Champions League final in Budapest featuring prominently.
February:
– 2nd: OTP Bank league restart.
– 3rd: Merkantil Bank league restart.
– 21st: Women's European Championship qualifying draw in Nyon. The matches will take place between 26th August 1019 and 22nd September 2020.
– 20th and 27th: Hungarian Cup 9th round
– 23rd: FÖRCH Women's Hungarian Cup semi-finals.
– 23rd-24th: Men's and Women's Futsal Hungarian Cup Final Four.
The Hungarian league, the OTP Bank Liga, will restart with the
Ferencváros–Honvéd match.
March:
– 8th: Tickets on sale for the Women's Champions League final.
– 10th: Women's Jet-Sol Liga restart.
– 21st: Slovakia-Hungary, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.
– 20th-26th.: Men's U19 Elite round, Croatia.
– 21st-27th: Women's U17 Elite round, Hungary.
– 24th: Hungary-Croatia, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.
– 26th March-1st April: Men's U17 Elite round, Hungary.
– 26th-31st March: U19 futsal UEFA Euro qualifiers, Tbilisi.
April:
– 2nd-8th: Women's U19 Elite round, Spain.
May:
– 16th: FÖRCH Women's Hungarian Cup final.
– 18th: Women's Champions League final, Budapest, Groupama Aréna.
– 18th/19th: Women's futsal championship final, 1st match.
– 18th/19th: Women's futsal championship final, 2nd match.
– 25th: Hungarian Cup final.
– 25th/26th: Expected dates for the 1st matches of the Jet-Sol Liga championship final and bronze-medal match series.
– 30th/31st: Futsal men's championship final, 1st match.
The Jet-Sol Liga champions will be crowned at the end of spring. Currently, Ferencváros lead the table with MTK in second spot.
June:
– 1st/2nd: Expected dates for the 2nd matches of the Jet-Sol Liga championship final and bronze-medal match series.
– 1st/2nd: Women's futsal championship final, 3rd match
– 3rd: Futsal men's championship final, 2nd match.
– 6th: Expected dates for the 3rd matches (if needed) of the Jet-Sol Liga championship final and bronze-medal match series.
– 6th/7th: Futsal men's championship final, 3rd match.
– 8th/9th: Women's futsal championship final, 4th match if needed
– 8th: Azerbaijan-Hungary, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.
– 10th: Men's futsal championship final, 4th match if needed
– 11th: Hungary-Wales, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.
– 13th/14th: Men's futsal championship final, 5th match if needed.
– 15th/16th: Women's futsal championship final, 5th match if needed
Hungary's national teams are also counting on their fans' support in their autumn European Championship qualifiers.
September:
– 9th: Hungary-Slovakia, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.
October:
– 2nd-8th: Women's U17 (in Hungary) and U19 (in Turkey) Euro qualifying mini-tournaments for progress to the Elite round.
– 9th-15th: Men's U19 (in Hungary) Euro qualifying
mini-tournament for progress to the Elite round.
– 10th: Croatia-Hungary, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.
– 13th: Hungary-Azerbaijan, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.
– 22nd-27th: Futsal World Cup-qualifying tournament, Italy.
– 25th-30th: Men's U17 (in Belarus) Euro qualifying mini-tournament for progress to the Elite round.
November:
– 19th: Wales-Hungary, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.