Hungary are jointly bidding with Croatia to host Euro 2012 and the protest, drawing about 300 fans from various clubs, took place in front of a building hosting a meeting with officials from European soccer's governing body UEFA.

The fans, drawn from hard-core 'ultra' groups, chanted "We don't need Euro 2012" and shouted insults at football federation officials.

The organisers handed over a statement to UEFA and local officials criticising the management of the Hungarian Football Federation and the treatment of fans. "The moral level of Hungarian football is unacceptable. The Hungarian stadiums, as well as everything else connected with the game, are rotten," said the statement read out to the demonstrators.

"At the current stage, we, the active fans of the major Hungarian clubs, cannot support the Hungarian bid for Euro 2012," the statement added promising further protests.

The fans' protests come at the end of two weeks of political demonstrations in the capital in which football hooligans were accused of playing a role in violence.

The Hungarian national team, once among the greats of the game in the 1950s, have not qualified for a major international tournament since 1986.

Ukraine and Poland are also jointly bidding for Euro 2012 and face competition from Italy.