Wednesday evening will be the 90th league game against Ferencvaros

We look at the stats and memorable moments between the two great rivals.

Videoton and FTC have met 89 times in the first division. The Budapest side have won 42 of those, with 24 ending in a draw and the remaining 23 being wins for the red and blues. Ferencvaros enjoy a better overall goal record of 142:95.

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There have been 44 matches in Szekesfehervar over the years. FTC again have the better record with 17 seeing them pick up maximum points. There have been 17 games drawn and 11 wins for Videoton. Wednesday's opponents have the better record in goals, which reads 60-50. Laszlo Tiber and Jozsef Szabo have found the back of the FTC net the most times in games between the two. They have notched 9 each over the years. Current Vidi manager Ferenc Horvath has scored 7 times against the green and whites. He also has the best individual record against them, which we will cover later in this article.

First league match:
That came in the first season in the top division for Videoton in 1968. It was the 8th match of that season in Budapest, which Ferencvaros won 1-0.

First Vidi win:
The first success against FTC arrived after 6 matches in season 1971/72. The 28th game of that season was played at the Sostoi stadium, in a match that had plenty of twists and turns. It was Vidi who eventually secured a 4-3 win with goals coming from Tamas Szalmasy (2), Laszlo Karsai and Imre Burka.

Longest unbeaten record:
That saw a run of 9 matches from the 21st August 2004 until the 7th October 2012. Those 8 years saw Vidi enjoy their best series of results against the Budapest side.

Longest run without a win:
19 years! That is the amount of years that Vidi could not beat FTC. A hatrick from Ferenc Horvath on the 27th November 1993, produced a 3-1 home win for Videoton. The next game that Vidi picked up all the points came on the 29th April 2012, when FTC were beaten in Szekesfehervar.

Biggest ever win:
That still remains the first title winning season. Vidi beat FTC away from home by a 5-0 scoreline. The win was followed by the supporters celebrating in party mood in Budapest.

Best individual performance:
Ferenc Horvath hit three goals past Ferencvaros 22 years ago! The game was played on the 27th November 1993. A Wukovics goal gave the visitors the lead after 13 minutes. However, the Ferenc Horvath show then began with three goals being scored in the 15th, 47th and 73rd minutes to give Videoton a 3-1 home win.

Goalscorers against FTC:

9 goals: Tiber László, Szabó József
7 goals: Horváth Ferenc
5 goals: Nikolics Nemanja
4 goals: Karsai László, Nagy II János, Májer Lajos
3 goals: Szalmásy Tamás, Wollek Tibor, Burcsa Győző
2 goals: Baranyi Sándor, Zoran Kuntics, Dvéri Zsolt, André Alves, Polonkai Attila
1 goal: Burka Imre, Nyitrai, Czeczeli Károly, Novath György, Gömöri Ottó, Kerekes György, Emmer László, Gyenti László, Sallói István, Németh Zoltán, Vasile Miriuta, Korsós Attila, Takács Lajos, Róh Ferenc, Vladas Urbonas, Djurisics, Terjék Lajos, Komódi László, Szalai Tamás, Tímár Krisztián, Hercegfalvi Zoltán, Kuttor Attila, Györök Tamás, Lattenstein Norbert, Sitku Illés, Dusan Vasziljevics, Lencse László, Marko Andics, Nikola Mitrovics, Torghelle Sándor, Stopira, Vítor Gomes, Vinícius, Ivanovszki

Author: David Rechnitzer

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