Home Stadium
The home stadium of the Hungarian national side is the Ferenc Puskás Stadium (also called Népstadion). The stadium was built between 1948 and 1953 using a large number of volunteers, including soldiers. The stadium was opened in 1953. On 23 May 1954 England lost to 7-1 against the Hungarian national team. The capacity of the stadium is 41,000 (approved by the UEFA) though its original capacity exceeded the 100,000. The stadium also hosted one of the Derbies of Budapest, including Ferencváros, Újpest, MTK, Honvéd or Vasas. The stadium is going to be demolished after the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Finland in order to replace the old Ferenc Puskás stadium with a new multi-purpose stadium. Ferenc Puskás Stadium is considered as the primary home of the national side since it does not belong to any clubs. However, the national side plays at different stadia all over Hungary. These stadia are the Sóstói Stadion (home of Videoton FC), ETO Park (home of Győr), Albert Stadion (home of Ferencváros), Szusza Ferenc Stadium (home of Újpest) and ZTE Arena (home of Zalaegerszeg).
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