Kecskeméti TE's highest achievement to-date is winning the Magyar Kupa in the 2010–11 season, and gaining entry into the Europa League.

A local newspaper of Kecskemét wrote on 6 May 1871, "an elderly citizen wants to establish a company of men to play soccer in our city, doing exercises twice a week, practicing throws and running."

Kecskeméti TE was founded on 11 June 1911, and attracted primarily local workers as players in the early years.

In 1990, Antal Tóth coached the team to win their group in NB III, but the club was not able to stay in the Second Division.

In 1999, after the merger between KTE and KSC, the new club by the name of KFC was created, thanks to a known entrepreneur and main sponsor, János Jámbor.

Under head coach László Nagy, the team came close to getting promoted to NB I in the 2000–01 season, but the hopes were futile.

They started to build a strong and successful club, with great support from Dr. Gábor Zombor, then-mayor of Kecskemét.

The promotion to NB I was finally achieved in 2008, and KTE became the first football club from the city of Kecskemét to play in the Hungarian first league.

[2] On 10 November 2010, Kecskemét beat Debrecen 3-0 at the Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion in the first leg of the round of 16 of the 2010–11 Magyar Kupa season.

KTE reached new heights by winning the 2011 Magyar Kupa on 17 May 2011, beating Videoton 3–2 in the final held in the Puskás Ferenc Stadium in Budapest.

The first international match was played at home in front of 3,400 spectators at the Széktói Stadion in Kecskemét against the Kazakh Aktobe, resulting in 1–1.

After the 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season, the Hungarian Football Federation relegated Kecskemét to the Bács-Kiskun county first division due to financial reasons.

Surprisingly, Kecskemét finished in second place, earning another promotion right away, and reaching the top tier again after a seven-year hiatus.

Despite being the ultimate underdogs, with the smallest budget in the league,[12] KTE earned a podium finish in the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

In the more than 120-year long history of Hungarian football championships, this was only the fifth time that a club reached the podium in the first tier immediately after being promoted.

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