Puskás Akadémia FC

Puskás Akadémia Football Club is a professional football club based in Felcsút, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Puskás Akadémia have spent ten seasons in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of the Hungarian football league system, and reached the Final of the 2017–18 Magyar Kupa season and finished third three times.

Puskás Akadémia has been described as a political project directly tied to Viktor Orbán. Founded in 2007 in his home village of Felcsút, the club has received massive state support, with over €370 million channelled into its operations through subsidies, tax schemes, and public sponsorships. Despite low attendance and limited tradition, it boasts elite facilities like the Pancho Arena and a strong youth system, symbolising Orbán’s vision of using football as a tool for political messaging.