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Mezőkövesdi SE

association football club in Hungary

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ1176524 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mezőkövesdi Sport Egyesület (Hungarian: [ˈmɛzøːkøvɛʒd]) is a professional football club located in Mezőkövesd, Hungary. The team's colors are yellow and blue. The team name comes from the Zsóry family who founded the thermal baths that brought wealth to the town.

History

The club was founded in 1975.

On 5 June 2016, Mezőkövesdi SE hosted Dunaújváros PASE on the 30th match day in the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season at the newly built Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion. The match was won by the home team which also resulted the club's promotion to the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

On 16 July 2016, Mezőkövesd played their first match in the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season at the Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion against Gyirmót FC Győr. The match ended with a 2–2 draw.

In the 2016–17 Magyar Kupa season, Mezőkövesd were eliminated in the semi-finals by Vasas SC on 7–0 aggregate. By reaching the semi-finals Mezőkövesd set a record in the Magyar Kupa. In the first leg, Mezőkövesd lost 2–0 at the Szusza Ferenc Stadion, while in the second leg, Mezőkövesd lost 5–0 at the Városi Stadion on 17 May 2017.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Mezőkövesdi SE” is association football club in Hungary. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Mezőkövesdi, association and football, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975, 2016, 2015, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1975. For this dossier, Mezőkövesdi, association and football is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mezőkövesdi SE” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.