The miraculous fall team was already furious in the spring.

The view in front of the Csepel stadium was a great surprise for journalists: There were long serpentine queues at the counters of the Peace Square stadium. In the first round of the 1982-83 soccer championship, Csepel bet on MTK and won 3-0. The confident victory did not bring Csepel’s team to the top of the table just because Ferencváros won 4-0 against Progress at People’s Stadium in the same round. MTK was still in NB II the previous season and reached the peak of the 82-83 season by winning it. The MLSZ then reduced the number of personnel in the highest division from 18 to 16, so there was only one promoter for NB II, the blue and white team. In the 81-82 season, Rába ETO was the champion, the band led by József Verebes won the gold medal with overwhelming football. That Győr team scored 102 goals in the 34 rounds played.

As for Csepel, the factory team finished in seventh place, which means it was a massive average team. Previously, this club won the Hungarian soccer championship four times. Although everyone was very optimistic about the 1982/83 season, no one expected this band to have an outstanding result. In the second round, Mihály Tulipán 2-2 brought a great game against Progreso. The young Csepel player, who died young, scored two goals at the Progreso Stadium.

Tulips were considered one of the greatest promises in Hungarian football. For a player who may even be a Hungarian national team after the 1982 World Cup in Spain. (Tulip once played for the national team in a 5-0 Hungarian victory against Hungary on September 22, 1982. He never became a legionary in the last third of his career, Turkish Bursaspor confirmed. On June 9, 1986, a cruise ship crashed into a lake near the city of Bursa. The ship capsized and eleven of the passengers died. Among the fatalities was Mihály Tulipán, the footballer’s wife and one of his children. The player’s other son was rescued. The soccer player was unable to swim, which could also have caused his tragedy.

After two rounds, Csepel was in second place. And after the third, the first. This was already a cover story in the Népsport issue of September 12, 1982. On the home field, Csepel beat Tatabánya 2-1, who defeated champion Gy unar one lap 2-1 once before.

The mining team led by Jenő Dalnoki was prepared for the international cup match against St. Etienne in France, the master almost withdrew from the match at Csepel because he went to France to see the opponent. Robert Herbin, head coach of St. Etienne and federal captain Kálmán Mészöly also sat in the stands of the Csepe stadium. However, the audience applauded another Mészöly, Pál Mészöly, who scored two goals and received a rating of 8 from the magazine. With this victory, Csepel took first place on the table.

Okay, it could even have been a coincidence, a lot of people could have said it.

In the fourth round came the first real “cheerleader” for Csepel, when they had to act against Dozsa Újpest away. József Szendrei, András Törőcsik, József Kardos scored Újpest three days earlier and played a 1-1 draw in the first round of the European Winners’ Cup in Gothenburg at IFK’s home. The valuable tie could have boosted the self-confidence of the purple whites, so they were waiting for Csepel, the leader of the list. Then, a large bomb exploded on Megyeri Road.

Round 4:
Újpest Dozsa – Csepel 1-2 (1-2)
Megyeri út, 8000 visits. Led by Urban
objective: Kardos (from 11, 45), Dékány (20), Budavár (22)

It was a great game, and in the 60th minute the police had to fix the stands. So the judges mistakenly stopped one of Dozsa’s attacks and hell broke loose. Csepel defended himself in the second half, but he did excellently. The Dozsa players had a tough time enduring this defeat, and viewers didn’t want to believe what they were seeing. The leader Csepel in Megyeri út won. It was then that the specialized press began to write about the “Csepel phenomenon”. The journalists explained that the Csepel players seemed to have snatched the game from the best teams in the World Cup in Spain and are now copying it on NB I.

The next three rounds also promised to be quite shaky for Csepel. In round 5, they received Videoton, followed by two away games. First they traveled to Vasas, then to the champion team, Győr.

Round 5: Csepel-Videoton 2-1 – Friday night game, 8,000 spectators at Csepel, four stars at Folk Sports. With Májer’s goal, the guests led, but Csepel won from a lost position.

Round 6: Vasas-Csepel 1-1 – On Fáy street, 10,000 spectators saw Béla Várady matching the main goal of Mihály Tulipán.

Next up was the super fan of the championship. The list’s leading champion, Rába ETO, and 23,000 spectators were waiting for Csepel at Győr.

Round 7:
Rába ETO – Csepel 4-0 (1-0)
Győr, 23,000 spectators. Directed by: Nagy B.
objective: Póczik (38.), Milla (53.), Póczik (58.), Milla (62.)

This is where the miracle of Csepel came to an end: there was great rejoicing in many people that the champion team restored Mihály Keszthelyi’s outfit very well. József Verebes’ slightly grandiose statement also suggested this:

This party was a good illustration of the current balance of power. ” That is all and nothing else. However, Csepel had nothing to be ashamed of because it was his first loss in the league. No one could travel to Győr as an opportunity.

Csepel did not hesitate for the big slap. In the eighth round, Nyíregyháza was defeated 3-1 at home. Then, on lap 9, something unexpected happened. The leader of the ETO list lost 3-2 at Békéscsaba (this was a great match for József Pásztor), while Csepel beat ZTE 2-0 at home.

Ironworks scored ETO, the Verebes team could only take first place in the league thanks to their best goal difference. At the same time, the spectacle of Csepel’s matches disappeared and the spectators also disappeared. The victory against Zalaegerszeg was seen by just 2,000 fans at Béke Square. At the start of the tournament, there was no trace of such an attractive game at Csepel, coach Mihály Keszthelyi was also unable to explain. However, if they had known what would happen in Round 10. One of the great resurrections of the season.

Budapest Honvéd – Csepel 3-3 (3-0)
Kispest, 7,000 spectators. Directed by Győr.
objective: Varga (16 of 11), Varga (33 of 11), Gere (41) and Krisztin (49), Kincses (58), Krisztin (85)

defending: Andrusch – Paróczai, Varga, Garaba, Grósz – Gere, A. Nagy, Détári – Bodonyi, Dajka (Gyimesi), Esterházy (Kozma)
csepel: Kovács A. – Kincses, Kőhalmi, Wéber, Gálhidi – Fischli, Kelemen, Budavári – Tulipán, Dékány, Krisztin

After scoring, the Csepel players fell onto the grass and cried, then hugged each other and marched to the locker room. Looking at the composition of the Honvéd, this team was already an omen of the later great Honvéd, since Andrusch, Varga, Garaba, Antal Nagy, Détári, Dajka and Esterházy became the founders of the national team led by György Mezey, and they were all there at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. They could enjoy more of Csepel’s loss of points in Győr. By then, there were only 5 rounds left of the fall season.

In the eleventh round, Csepel achieved his sixth success at home because he defeated Pécs 1-0 in a poor quality match. Then came a 0-0 Békéscsaba (where ETO was eliminated) while DMVSC beat Győr 3-0, causing perhaps the biggest surprise of the season. With ETO’s defeat, Csepel again scored the top Győr.

In the 13th round, Csepel knocked down a 0-0 away game against DVTK again, and then the following week he only ran for a 1-1 draw against DMVSC at home. This interrupted Csepel’s great series of domestic victory. Mihály Keszthelyi’s team has been producing almost invisible games against Honvéd since 3-3, but did not come out. With 7 wins, they played a draw six times and were eliminated only once, while Rába ETO already had three losses. In the last fall round, on lap 15, something unexpected happened:

• Újpest Dózsa – Rába ETO 1-0
• Ferencváros-Csepel 1-3

Csepel’s people won against Fradi, who beat Békéscsaba 8-3 two laps earlier. When Győr was defeated in Újpest, Csepel became the champion of autumn, because they led by 22 points against Győr of 21 points.

Everyone was calm because after 15 rounds, NB I led NB I, which no one, but no one really believed they could do.

Also, miracles are not around here. But they escalated. On February 26, 1983, in round 16, Csepel won 3-1 on Hungária Boulevard against MTK, while Győr beat DVTK 7-3 at Miskolc. In round 17, the great race continued. At that time, Csepel won 4-1 against Haladás, and Győr beat Tatabánya 3-2. Csepel was still leading the table. A week later, however, the change of location took place. At that time, Csepel could no longer bear the enormous pressure exerted by the press and the public, finishing 0-0 at Tatabánya, which did not count as a bad result, he just had to hand over first place to Győr. However, Weimpert of Tatabánya was already exhibited by referee Lajos Németh in the 12th minute. Csepel was unable to take advantage of the 78th minute.

Something tore in Tatabánya. Thereafter, Csepel was unable to regain first place. And on March 19, 1983, their undefeated domestic situation was over. The Dozsa de Újpest, as the first team in this league season, was able to win at the Csepel stadium. Two weeks after the 2-1 Dozsa victory, Vasas also took the Plaza de la Paz, and Vasas’ 5-2 win was also one of the surprising results.

The Csepel that It came out once in 17 rounds, now he has left his own stadium twice in two laps. Then came another home game against champion Győr, and after the 2-2, which was a really brilliant result anyway, Csepel’s players also got off the podium.

And maybe it’s better not to talk about your last game. Ferencváros came to Csepel in round 30 knowing that he could only win a championship if Győr were eliminated from Újpest in Győr. In the Csepel clash, in front of 16,000 spectators, Fradi led 1-0 during the break. The break was very long in the Plaza de la Paz. The green and white players in the locker room were waiting for the circuit change to begin on Petőfi radio. When István Zassán Vass de Győr reported that II. At the beginning of the half, ETO leads 2-0, Fradi already knew that everything was lost. They didn’t even feel like playing in the second half, they let Csepel equalize, of course they took care not to go out. This match was rated 1 star by Népsport. At the time, the one-star games were what journalists saw as fur games. In the final round of the 82-83 tournament, four of the eight meetings received a star.

With this fourth place, the legend of Csepel coach Mihály Keszthelyi retired from the bench, which sat on the small bench of the factory team for a total of 16 years. However, there was one player from this Csepel team who soon, at the peak of his career, became involved in a fur scandal.

Attila Kovács

When György Mezey took over the national team from Kálmán Mészöly in 1983, Attila Kovács became the goalkeeper of the national team. Born in Pécs, Kovács appeared in the national team qualifier against England (0-3) on October 12, 1983, and since then has had the first national team jersey in 6 more games. But the fur scandal that characterized the Hungarian championship at that time also devastated Kovács. Many said that Kovács took the bad week instead of the big names. The accusation concerned three parties. The Csepel-Volán clash, which was played on March 3, 1984. The Csepel-Nyíregyháza match on May 5, 1984, in which the NYVSSC fleeing the relegation won smoothly at Csepel. In the same year, the Csepel-Honvéd match was also a fur coat, because the people of Kispest wanted to secure their leadership in the league here. In the case of all three matches, Gábor Kőhalmi was one of the main organizers, who also involved Attila Kovács in the case. The goalkeeper’s career was cut in half, he could never be a member of the national team again.

Csepel has never been able to repeat the 1982-83 appearance, fourth in NB I. His last NB I season ended in the spring of 1997.

The article was written using the Arcanum Digital Library.