Footy 9s is an exciting new sport that is coming to Europe!
Footy 9s is played on rectangular fields, allowing the sport to be played on any soccer or rugby field.
There are 3 great formats to choose from – Men’s Footy, Women’s Footy and Touch Footy.
Get Involved
If you are keen to be involved with the development of the sport in Hungary, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us via info@aflinternational.com.
AUSTRALIA & HUNGARY
According to records, the very first Hungarian to arrive in Australia was the merchant Isaac Friedman in 1833. He left London on his way to Sydney with his wife and son, passengers on the ship Enchanteress.
Hungary and Australia enjoy strong people-to-people links as a result of the large numbers of Hungarians who migrated to Australia, especially following the 1956 Uprising against the Soviet occupation of Hungary. In the 2016 Census, 73,613 people in Australia declared that they were of Hungarian ancestry.
AFL PLAYERS
Patrick Veszpremi
Botond Limbacher
Team Hungary
When I moved to Melbourne the footy culture instantly sucked me in. 90,000 people roaring, shouting and yelling at the MCG – what an atmosphere! I knew I wanted to have a crack at it. I was very happy when I found out about Footy 9s. It’s a great community where you can develop yourself both physically and mentally. A very welcoming bunch of people with great coaches who constantly encourage you to perform at your best level.
Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. It measures about 250 km from north to south and 524 km from east to west. The capital and largest city is Budapest.
Hungary is divided in two by its main waterway, the Danube (Duna). Other large rivers include the Tisza and Dráva, while Transdanubia contains Lake Balaton, a major body of water. The largest thermal lake in the world, Lake Hévíz (Hévíz Spa), is located in Hungary.
Hungary traces its history back to the Magyars, an alliance of semi-nomadic tribes from southern Russia and the Black Sea coast that arrived in the region in the 9th century. After centuries as a powerful medieval kingdom, Hungary was part of the Ottoman and then Habsburg empires from the 16th century onwards, emerging as an independent country again after World War I.
The Hungarian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family and is one of the handful of languages spoken within the European Union that are not of Indo-European origin.
