page_title: Ferenc Puskás Stadium
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ferenc Puskás Stadium / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Puskás Ferenc Stadium, entrance to the office block.Magyar: Puskás Ferenc Stadion (Népstadion), bejárati épület.
context_page_description: The Ferenc Puskás Stadium, or formerly People's Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in the 14th district of Budapest, Hungary. It was situated between the Puskás Ferenc Stadion and the Keleti pályaudvar metro stations. It was used mainly for football matches. The stadium, which was an all-seater, had a capacity of 38,652, though its original capacity exceeded 100,000. The stadium was closed in 2016 and demolished in 2017 to give place to the Puskás Aréna.
context_section_description: The first plan of a national stadium were drafted as early as 1896 when there were chances that Budapest would host the first modern Olympic Games.
  In 1911 Budapest was one of the frontrunners to host the 1920 Olympics.  However, after Austria-Hungary's defeat in World War I, the Games were awarded to Antwerp instead.
  The location of the first plan included Budapest XI. district and Budapest X. district.
  In 1924 the government imposed a sport tax which was supposed to be use for the construction of a new national stadium, but finally this money was not used for the construction.
  The stadium was built between 1948 and 1953 using a large number of volunteers, including soldiers. It opened in 1953 as Népstadion' ("People's Stadium").  Less than one year later, on 23 May 1954, the English football team suffered its worst ever defeat here (7–1).
  On 14 August 2002 Zalaegerszegi TE moved their UEFA Champions League qualifying match first leg from their home ground to this stadium in order to host Manchester United in order to accommodate a 40,000 crowd. They were rewarded with Zalaegerszeg scoring their most famous European victory, winning 1–0 with Béla Koplárovics becoming the hero with a 92nd-minute winner. Zalaegerszegi lost the return leg at Old Trafford 0–5 and went out of the competition 1–5 on aggregate.
  In 2002, the stadium was renamed in honour of Ferenc Puskás, widely regarded as the best striker in the world in his time and Hungary's greatest footballer ever, who was the star of the national team during its glory years of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
caption: The entrance of the stadium
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