About Budapesti AK

Budapesti AK (Budapesti Atlétikai Klub, often shortened to BAK) is a Hungarian football club based in Budapest, founded in 1900. It was created by former members of MTK who established their own sports association at the beginning of the 20th century. The club became one of the early participants in organized Hungarian football and was part of the first generations of teams competing in the national league system.

During its early decades, BAK played in Hungary’s top division and spent a significant period among the strongest teams in the country. Its best achievement came in the early 1910s when it finished third in the national championship, and it also reached the Hungarian Cup final during the pre-war era. The club remained a regular first-division participant until the early 1920s, after which its performance declined and it was unable to re-establish itself among the top clubs.

Following the introduction of professional football and later reorganisations of the Hungarian league system, Budapesti AK gradually fell into lower divisions and eventually disappeared from top-level competition. The original club was dissolved in 1947 after several structural changes and a long period of decline. In 2018, the name was revived by a modern amateur club, continuing the historical identity in lower-tier Budapest football.