Sportspeople of the Year Awards: Marco Rossi and men's national team in contention

It has been a decades-old tradition that Hungarian sports journalists vote for the best sportspeople, teams and coaches of the year in an MSÚSZ poll. This year's football successes have been recognised by the nation's sports journalists, with representatives of the sport in contention for awards in three categories.

In the sports moment of the year category, Kristoffer Zachariassen's goal in Ferencváros's Europa League match against Monaco, with which the club secured first place in their group, is one of three goals to be vying for top spot.

In traditional team sports, the Hungarian national team and Ferencváros are both nominated for team of the year after both were included in the top three along with Sopron's women's basketball team, while Marco Rossi is again among the best in the coach of the year category.

Among the presenters of the awards, there will also be a famous football face, Fabio Capello, formerly a winner of the UEFA Champions League with AC Milan, after he accepted the organisers' invitation to attend.

THE CANDIDATES:

E-sportsperson of the year:
Adrián 'Raisy' Birgány
Ádám 'Torzsi' Torzsás
Dávid Tóth

Leisure sports event of the year:
Lake Balaton Swimming
Ice Rink Night
Carpathian Basin Universities Cup

Sporting moment of the year:
Liu Shaoang's victory in the 500 metres in Beijing, which won Hungary's first individual Winter Olympic title gold medal
Kristóf Milák's world record at the FINA World Championships in Budapest
Kristoffer Zachariassen's goal in the Europa League match against Monaco, with which Ferencváros won its group

Disabled team of the year:
Wheelchair Curling Mixed Doubles
Women's Wheelchair Fencing Team
Organ Transplant Table Tennis Mixed Doubles

Disabled female athlete of the year:
Zsófia Konkoly (para-swim )
Bianka Papp (para swimmer)
Alexandra Szvitacs (para table tennis)

Disabled male athlete of the year:
Róbert Gelencsér (organ transplant athlete)
Pál Péter Kiss (para kayaker)
Richárd Osváth (wheelchair fencer)

Team of the year - traditional team sports:
Ferencvárosi Torna Club (football)
Hungarian national football team
Sopron Basket (women's basketball)

Team of the year - in individual sports:
Men's fencing team (Tamás Decsi, Csanád Gémesi, András Szatmári, Áron Szilágyi)
Kayak pair (Bence Nádas, Bálint Kopasz)
Women's fencing team (Katinka Batta Sugár, Renáta Katona, Liza Pusztai, Luca Szűcs)

Coach of the year:
Attila Bíró (head coach of the women's water polo team)
Lina Csang Csing and Ákos Bánhídi (joint-head coaches of the short track speed skating team)
Marco Rossi (head coach of the national football team)

Female sportsperson of the year:
Gulyás Michelle (pentathlete, silver in individual World Championship, bronze in World Cup, bronze in World Cup team event)
Zsófia Kovács (gymnast, European vault champion)
Luca Kozák (athlete, European champion silver medallist in 100m hurdles)

Male sportsperson of the year:
Liu Shaoang (short-track speed skater)
Kristóf Milák (swimmer)
Áron Szilágyi (fencer)