Top 10 Stadiums in Hungary
Hungary has undertaken the most ambitious stadium construction programme in Europe since 2010. State investment, channelled through Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's football priorities, has rebuilt or replaced essentially every major top-flight venue. The result is a country with one of Europe's youngest stadium portfolios — and the level of investment has been politically contested. Every venue below is on the map.
1. Puskás Aréna, Budapest
Capacity: 67,215. Hungary's national stadium, opened in 2019 on the site of the demolished Puskás Ferenc Stadion (which had stood since 1953). Named after the legendary Hungarian striker Ferenc Puskás, the new ground has hosted UEFA Champions League matches during the pandemic restrictions, Euro 2020 group games, and Hungary's biggest national-team fixtures. The bowl is one of the most modern in central Europe, with cantilevered single-tier sections and a tight rectangular geometry.
2. Groupama Aréna, Budapest
Capacity: 22,000. Ferencváros's home in the Üllői út area of Budapest, opened in 2014 to replace the old Albert Flórián stadion on the same site. Ferencváros — Hungary's most popular and most decorated club — uses the ground for Hungarian league fixtures and Champions League / Europa League appearances.
3. MOL Aréna Sóstó, Székesfehérvár
Capacity: 14,201. Fehérvár FC (formerly Videoton)'s home in Székesfehérvár, opened in 2018 on the site of the older Sóstó stadium. The bowl has hosted European club competition fixtures.
4. ETO Park, Győr
Capacity: 16,000. Győri ETO's home, located within a multipurpose entertainment complex. The integrated stadium-and-shopping-and-restaurant complex was an unusual development model in 2008 that has since been imitated elsewhere in Hungary.
5. Bozsik Aréna, Budapest
Capacity: 8,200. Budapest Honvéd's home in the Kispest district, opened in 2021 on the site of the old Bozsik Stadion. The ground is named after József Bozsik, the legendary Honvéd player and member of Hungary's Golden Team.
6. Diósgyőri Stadion, Miskolc
Capacity: 14,720. Diósgyőri VTK's home in northeastern Hungary, opened in 2018. The modern ground replaces the older Diósgyőri Stadion that stood on the same site.
7. Új Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
Capacity: 5,322. MTK Budapest's home, opened in 2016 on the site of the older Hidegkuti Nándor stadium. Named after the legendary Hungarian forward Nándor Hidegkuti.
8. Pancho Aréna, Felcsút
Capacity: 3,816. The Puskás Akadémia FC home in the small village of Felcsút (population around 1,800). The stadium is one of the most architecturally distinctive in Hungary, designed by Imre Makovecz in his organic-architecture style with curved wooden roof beams. Its presence in such a small village — Prime Minister Orbán's home town — has been one of the most-discussed projects of the broader Hungarian football investment.
9. Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen
Capacity: 20,340. Debreceni VSC's home in Hungary's second-largest city, opened in 2014. The ground is integrated into the Nagyerdő park area of Debrecen and is one of the largest Hungarian stadiums outside Budapest.
10. Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest
Capacity: 18,100. Újpest FC's home in the Újpest district of Budapest, formerly known as Megyeri úti Stadion. The ground has been renovated but retains more of its historic character than the post-2010 generation of Hungarian builds.
NB I and the Hungarian football pyramid
The Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NB I) has 12 clubs and runs an autumn-spring calendar. Ferencváros has dominated the modern era with multiple consecutive titles; Fehérvár, Budapest Honvéd, Debreceni VSC, and Újpest are the most consistent challengers. The level of state investment in stadium infrastructure has not been matched by competitive results — Hungarian clubs continue to struggle in the European Champions League knockout rounds.
The Hungarian national team's revival
Hungary's football decline from the heights of the 1950s Golden Team has begun to reverse. The national team qualified for Euro 2016, Euro 2020 (held in part at the Puskás Aréna), and Euro 2024. Crowds at home internationals routinely exceed 60,000 at the Puskás Aréna, and the team's defensive organisation has produced credible results against most European opposition. The new Puskás Aréna's atmosphere on competitive nights has become one of Hungary's distinctive sporting experiences. All stadiums are marked on the map.