Márton Bukovi

Bukovi began his coaching career with Građanski Zagreb in 1935, and subsequently guided the club to two Yugoslav and two Croatian league titles. After the Second World War, Građanski was banned and replaced with Dinamo Zagreb and Bukovi remained on as manager of the new club. In 1947 Bukovi was appointed manager of MTK Hungária FC. In 1949 when Hungary became a communist state, MTK were taken over by the secret police, the ÁVH, and subsequently the club became known as Textiles SE. They then became Bástya SE, then Vörös Lobogó SE and then finally back to MTK. Despite this turmoil, the 1950s proved a successful era for the club and with a team that included Péter Palotás, Nándor Hidegkuti, Mihály Lantos and József Zakariás, Bukovi guided them to three Hungarian League titles and a Hungarian Cup. In Olympiacos Bukovi became a legend for the fans, and wrote history in Greek football by gaining 12 consecutive victories. He transformed Olympiacos and produced many young Greek players. Eventually he was forced to leave the club after a string of poor results in the 1967–68 season but mainly because of the military regime, labeled as a communist. He was forced to resign on 12 December 1967 and left Greece along with his assistant coach Mihály Lantos on 21 December 1967. Bukovi also played a major role in the success of the legendary Hungary team known as the Mighty Magyars. It was Bukovi, working at MTK with Péter Palotás and Nándor Hidegkuti, who developed the vital 4-2-4…

Player

FC Sète 34

Ligue 1: 1 1933–34 French Cup: 1 1934 Ferencvárosi TC

Hungarian League: 4 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1931–32 Hungarian Cup: 3 1926–27, 1927–28, 1932–33 Mitropa Cup: 1 1928

Manager

Građanski Zagreb

Yugoslav First League: 2 1936–37, 1939–40 Croatian First League: 1 1943 MTK/Textiles/Bástya/Vörös Lobogó

Hungarian League: 3 1951, 1953, 1957–58 Hungarian Cup: 1 1951–52 Olympiacos F.C.

Greek National League: 2 1965–66, 1966–67