Hungary national football team

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Hungary
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Magical Magyars (In the 1950's)
Association Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Flag of the Netherlands Erwin Koeman
Captain Zoltán Gera
Most caps József Bozsik (101)
Top scorer Ferenc Puskás (84)
Home stadium Stadium Puskás Ferenc
FIFA code HUN
FIFA ranking 52
Highest FIFA ranking 36 (December 1992)
Lowest FIFA ranking 87 (July 1996)
Elo ranking 70
Highest Elo ranking 1 (1953-57, 1958, 1964, 1965)
Lowest Elo ranking 80 (November 2003)
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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First kit
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Second kit
First international
Flag of Austria Austria 5 - 0 Hungary Flag of Hungary
(Vienna, Austria 12 October 1902)
Biggest win
Flag of Russia Russia 0 - 12 Hungary Flag of Hungary
(Moscow, Russia; 14 July 1912)
Flag of Hungary Hungary 13 - 1 France Flag of France
(Budapest, Hungary; 12 June 1927)
Flag of Hungary Hungary 12 - 0 Albania Flag of Albania
(Budapest, Hungary; 24 September 1950)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Hungary Hungary 0 - 7 England Flag of England
(Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1908)
Flag of England England Amateurs 7 - 0 Hungary Flag of Hungary
(Solna, Sweden; 30 June 1912)
Flag of Germany Germany 7 - 0 Hungary Flag of Hungary
(Cologne, Germany; 6 April 1941)
World Cup
Appearances 9 (First in 1934)
Best result Runners-up, 1938 and 1954
European Championship
Appearances 2 (First in 1964)
Best result Third place, 1964
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold 1952 Helsinki Team
Bronze 1960 Rome Team
Gold 1964 Tokyo Team
Gold 1968 Mexico City Team
Silver 1972 Munich Team

The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. It has a rich and proud pedigree in the game and a rightful place in football annals as one of the first original footballing nations in continental Europe and an innovator in the sport in the 1950s. In recent times the team's strength has diminished greatly, failing to qualify for any major tournament since 1986. They are current holders of the Unofficial Football World Championship.

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[edit] The Golden Team (aka The Magical Magyars)

Hungarian football is best known for one of the most formidable and influential sides in football history, which revolutionized the play of the game. Centered around the dynamic and potent quartet of strikers Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, attacking half-back József Bozsik and withdrawn striker Nándor Hidegkuti, the "Aranycsapat" (Hung. lit Golden Team) of the "Magnificent Magyars", captivated the football world with an exciting brand of play drawn from new tactical nuances and amassed, barring the 1954 World Cup Final, a remarkable record of 43 victories, 7 ties, and no defeats from the 15th of June 1952 to the end of its historic unbeaten run on February 18th 1956. Hungary has the unique distinction of posting the highest ever Elo football rating of 2173 points in June (1954) along with the second highest with 2153 (1956); surpassing that of Brazil, England, Argentina and Germany in all-time competition.

The Hungarians were runners-up twice in the World Cup, losing to Italy 4-2 in 1938 and 3-2 to West Germany in 1954, despite beating them 8-3 earlier in the competition. The team, built around the legendary Ferenc Puskás, led early 2-0 in that match, but ended up 3-2 losers in a game the Germans subsequently christened "The Miracle of Bern". Two highly controversial calls surround this final game: firstly when Puskas apparently equalized the match in the 89th minute only to have the goal disallowed for offside, the second being a blatant foul on Kocsis in the penalty area which would have given Hungary a penalty in the final minute.

Hungary has won gold at the Olympic three times, in 1952, 1964, and 1968. The under-23 team, which was the age limit for Olympic teams, won the UEFA U-23 Championship in 1974. Since the 1976 reshuffle by UEFA, the under-23s are now classified with the under-21s.

[edit] Records

The match between Austria and Hungary in Vienna in 1902 was the first international match played between two non-British European countries.

Hungary was the first team from outside the United Kingdom and Ireland to beat England at home, famously winning 6-3 at Wembley on November 25, 1953. This victory had worldwide significance as it effectively ended England's 90 year old mythical reign since the creation of association football in 1863 against all sides outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. They beat England 7-1, this time in Budapest a year later, in 1954. This still ranks as England's record defeat.

Hungary holds the longest consecutive run of matches unbeaten with 33 international games between 14 May 1950 and 4 July 1954, when they lost the World Cup final to Germany. Argentina and Spain jointly hold the second longest string of 31 unbeaten matches (Argentina from 1991 to 1993 and Spain from 1994 to 1998).

[edit] After the Golden Team

Hungary remained a force in European football for two to three decades after the era of the "Magnificent Magyars". Reaching the quarter-finals of both 1962 and 1966 World Cups, Hungary was blessed with a dazzling array of talent including Lajos Tichy, Ferenc Bene, Flórián Albert, János Farkas, Gyula Rákosi, Zoltán Varga, János Göröcs, Károly Sándor and Máté Fenyvesi. They also reached the semi-finals of the European Championship in 1964 and 1972.

Returning to the World Cup in 1978 and 1982, Hungary did not reach the same heights but nonetheless performed respectably - indeed, the talents of László Fazekas, Tibor Nyilasi and László Kiss inspired Hungary to a 10-1 win over El Salvador in 1982, which remains a World Cup record. The 1986 World Cup is seen by many fans as the final confirmation of Hungary's decline. Expectations were very high, but poor performances in defeats to the Soviet Union and France were a bitter blow, despite the presence of talent like Lajos Détári. Since then, Hungary has continued to produce fine individual talent- notably Béla Illés and Krisztián Lisztes - but further success as a team has eluded them.

Most recently, in Euro 2004 qualifiers, Hungary found themselves within sight of qualification with two games remaining, but was scuppered by defeats to Latvia and Poland.

[edit] Modern times

Today, Hungary are a lesser force and haven't qualified for a World Cup since 1986, or for the European Championship finals since 1972.

Euro Cup '80 Qualifying. They finished 2nd in their group behind Greece.

1 - 2 Finland (in Finland)
2 - 0 U.S.S.R. (in Hungary)
1 - 4 Greece (in Greece)
0 - 0 Greece (in Hungary)
2 - 2 U.S.S.R. (in U.S.S.R.)
3 - 1 Finland (in Hungary)

6 - 2 Luxembourg (in Luxembourg)
6 - 2 Luxembourg (in Hungary)
0 - 2 England (in Hungary)
2 - 3 Greece (in Hungary)
1 - 3 Denmark (in Denmark)
0 - 3 England (in England)
1 - 0 Denmark (in Hungary)
2 - 2 Greece (in Greece)

Euro Cup '88 Qualifying They came in 3rd out of 5 positions (behind Holland & Greece).

0-1 Holland (in Hungary)
1-2 Greece (in Greece)
1-0 Cyprus (in Hungary)
0-2 Holland (in Holland)
5-3 Poland (in Hungary)
2-3 Poland (in Poland)
3-0 Greece (in Hungary)
1-0 Cyprus (in Cyprus)

0-0 Norway (in Norway)
1-1 Italy (in Hungary)
4-2 Cyprus (in Hungary)
2-0 Cyprus (in Cyprus)
0-1 Russia (in Hungary)
1-3 Italy (in Italy)
2-2 Russia (in Russia)
0-0 Norway (in Hungary)

2-2 Turkey (in Hungary)
0-2 Sweden (in Sweden)
2-2 Switzerland (in Hungary)
1-0 Sweden (in Hungary)
1-2 Iceland (in Iceland)
0-2 Turkey (in Turkey)
0-3 Switzerland (in Switzerland)
1-0 Iceland (in Hungary)

1-3 Portugal (in Hungary)
4-0 Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijan)
1-1 Romania (in Hungary)
5-0 Liechtenstein (in Hungary)
0-0 Slovakia (in Slovakia)
0-2 Romania (in Romania)
0-1 Slovakia (in Hungary)
0-0 Liechtenstein (in Liechtenstein)
3-0 Azerbaijan (in Hungary)
0-3 Portugal (in Portugal)

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Flag of Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Flag of Italy 1934 Quarter-Finals 6 2 1 0 1 5 4
Flag of France 1938 Final 2 4 3 0 1 15 5
Flag of Brazil 1950 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Flag of Switzerland 1954 Final 2 5 4 0 1 27 10
Flag of Sweden 1958 Round 1 10 4 1 1 2 7 5
Flag of Chile 1962 Quarter-Finals 5 4 2 1 1 8 3
Flag of England 1966 Quarter-Finals 6 4 2 0 2 8 7
Flag of Mexico 1970 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Flag of Germany 1974 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Flag of Argentina 1978 Round 1 15 3 0 0 3 3 8
Flag of Spain 1982 Round 1 14 3 1 1 1 12 6
Flag of Mexico 1986 Round 1 18 3 1 0 2 2 9
Flag of Italy 1990 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Flag of the United States 1994 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Flag of France 1998 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
Flag of South KoreaFlag of Japan 2002 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Flag of Germany 2006 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Total 9/18 2 Finals 32 15 3 14 87 57

**Silver background color indicates second place finish in the tournament.

[edit] UEFA European Football Championship record

[edit] FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification

September 6, 2008 Hungary Flag of Hungary vs. Flag of Denmark Denmark ?

September 10, 2008 Sweden Flag of Sweden vs. Flag of Hungary Hungary Råsunda Stadium, Solna

October 11, 2008 Hungary Flag of Hungary vs. Flag of Albania Albania ?

October 15, 2008 Malta Flag of Malta vs. Flag of Hungary Hungary Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali

March 28, 2009 Albania Flag of Albania vs. Flag of Hungary Hungary Qemal Stafa, Tirana

April 1, 2009 Hungary Flag of Hungary vs. Flag of Malta Malta ?

September 5, 2009 Hungary Flag of Hungary vs. Flag of Sweden Sweden ?

September 9, 2009 Hungary Flag of Hungary vs. Flag of Portugal Portugal ?

October 10, 2009 Portugal Flag of Portugal vs. Flag of Hungary Hungary ?

October 14, 2009 Denmark Flag of Denmark vs. Flag of Hungary Hungary Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

[edit] Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Portugal Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Sweden Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Denmark Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Hungary Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Albania Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Malta Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


[edit] Last match

May 31, 2008
20:30 CET
Hungary Flag of Hungary 1–1 Flag of Croatia Croatia Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Damien Ledantu (France)
Niko Kovač Scored after 45 minutes 45' (og) Scored after 23 minutes 23' Niko Kovač

[edit] Next match

August 20, 2008
Hungary Flag of Hungary ?–? Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Puskás Ferenc Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: ?
Referee: ? (?)

[edit] Hungary squad

Current squad (for versus Croatia, 31 May 2008)

Caps and goals as of 31 May 2008, included against Croatia.

Goalkeepers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Márton Fülöp May 3, 1983 (age 25) Flag of England Sunderland 15 (0) v France, 31 May 2005
Péter Gulácsi May 6, 1990 (age 18) Flag of England Liverpool 0 v N/A
Defenders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Roland Juhász (vice-captain) July 1, 1983 (age 24) Flag of Belgium Anderlecht 36 (3) v Japan, 25 April 2004
László Bodnár February 25, 1979 (age 29) Flag of Austria Red Bull Salzburg 33 (0) v Lithuania, 11 October 2000
Vilmos Vanczák June 20, 1983 (age 24) Flag of Switzerland Sion 31 (0) v Slovakia, 30 November 2004
Zsolt Löw April 29, 1979 (age 29) Flag of Germany Hoffenheim 24 (1) v Croatia, 8 May 2002
Zoltán Szélesi November 22, 1981 (age 26) Flag of France Strasbourg 15 (0) v China, 1 June 2004
Csaba Csizmadia May 30, 1985 (age 23) Flag of Austria Mattersburg 12 (0) v Cyprus, 6 February 2007
Boldizsár Bodor April 27, 1982 (age 26) Flag of the Netherlands Roda 13 (0) v Estonia, 19 November 2003
Tamás Vaskó February 20, 1984 (age 24) Flag of Hungary Újpest 11 (0) v Latvia, 7 February 2007
Midfielders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Zoltán Gera Captain April 22, 1979 (age 29) Flag of England West Bromwich Albion 53 (16) v Switzerland, 13 February 2002
Pál Dárdai March 16, 1976 (age 32) Flag of Germany Hertha BSC 51 (5) v Slovenia, 19 August 1998
Szabolcs Huszti April 18, 1983 (age 25) Flag of Germany Hannover 32 (6) v Japan, 25 April 2004
Tamás Hajnal March 15, 1981 (age 27) Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund 23 (1) v Sweden, 9 October 2004
Krisztián Vadócz May 30, 1985 (age 23) Flag of the Netherlands NEC Nijmegen 12 (2) v Slovakia, 30 November 2004
Balázs Dzsudzsák December 23, 1986 (age 21) Flag of the Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 10 (1) v Greece, 2 June 2007
Attila Filkor July 12, 1988 (age 19) Flag of Italy Grosseto 6 (0) v Latvia, 7 February 2007
Strikers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Tamás Priskin September 17, 1986 (age 21) Flag of England Watford 17 (6) v Argentina, 17 August 2005
István Ferenczi September 14, 1977 (age 30) Flag of England Barnsley 9 (2) v Jordan, 7 March 2001
Péter Orosz August 19, 1981 (age 26) Flag of Austria Wacker Innsbruck 3 (0) v Slovenia, 26 March 2008
Krisztián Németh January 5, 1989 (age 19) Flag of England Liverpool 0 v N/A
Recent call-up

Caps and goals as of 26 March 2008, included against Slovenia.

Goalkeepers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
János Balogh November 29, 1982 (age 25) Flag of Hungary Debrecen 1 (0) v Turkey,
12 September 2007
v Turkey,
12 September 2007
László Köteles September 1, 1984 (age 23) Flag of Hungary Diósgyőr 0 v N/A v Croatia,
31 May 2008
Defenders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Béla Balogh December 30, 1984 (age 23) Flag of England Colchester United 9 (0) v Canada,
15 November 2006
v Moldova,
17 November 2007
Krisztián Timár October 4, 1979 (age 28) Flag of England Plymouth Argyle 1 (0) v Slovenia
26 March 2008
v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
Tamás Kádár March 14, 1990 (age 18) Flag of England Newcastle United 0 v N/A v Greece,
24 May 2008
Midfielders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Balázs Tóth September 24, 1981 (age 26) Flag of Belgium Genk 23 (0) v Latvia,
19 February 2004
v Greece,
24 May 2008
Péter Halmosi September 25, 1979 (age 28) Flag of England Plymouth Argyle 18 (0) v Czech Republic,
12 February 2002
v Slovakia,
6 February 2008
Dániel Tőzsér May 12, 1985 (age 23) Flag of Belgium Genk 15 (1) v Mexico,
14 December 2005
v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
Ákos Buzsáky May 7, 1982 (age 26) Flag of England Queens Park Rangers 11 (1) v Malta,
3 September 2005
v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
Ádám Vass September 9, 1988 (age 19) Flag of Italy Brescia 10 (0) v Canada,
15 November 2006
v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
Leandro de Almeida March 19, 1982 (age 26) Flag of Hungary Debrecen 10 (0) v China,
June 1, 2004
v Greece,
21 November 2007
Tibor Tisza November 10, 1984 (age 23) Flag of Hungary Újpest 5 (0) v Cyprus,
6 February 2007
v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
László Zsidai July 16, 1986 (age 21) Flag of Hungary MTK Budapest 2 (0) v Latvia,
7 February 2007
v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
Tamás Koltai April 30, 1987 (age 21) Flag of Hungary Győri ETO FC 1 (0) v Greece,
24 May 2008
v Greece,
24 May 2008
Strikers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Péter Rajczi April 3, 1981 (age 27) Flag of Italy Pisa 11 (3) v Slovakia,
30 November 2004
v Montenegro,
24 March 2007
Róbert Feczesin February 22, 1986 (age 22) Flag of Italy Brescia 8 (3) v Mexico,
14 December 2005
v Greece,
21 November 2008
Balázs Farkas April 24, 1988 (age 20) Flag of Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3 (0) v Canada,
15 November 2006
v Montenegro,
24 March 2007
Hungary current line-up for versus Greece May 24 2008

[edit] Coaching staff

Head Coach Flag of the Netherlands Erwin Koeman
Assistant Coaches Flag of Hungary Zoltán Aczél
Flag of Hungary Csaba Máté
Goalkeeping Coach Flag of Hungary Zsolt Petry
Technical Manager Flag of Hungary Tamas Szekeres
Team Doctors Flag of Hungary Dr. Miklós Kator
Flag of Hungary Dr. Gergeley Pánics
Scientific associate Flag of Hungary Dr. Máté Petrekanics
Psychologist Flag of Hungary Sándor Nagy
Masseurs Flag of Hungary László Eisemann
Kit Manager Flag of Hungary Imre Ambrus

[edit] Famous players

[edit] Notable past players

   

[edit] Top appearances

Pos Player Caps Goals Tenure
1 József Bozsik 101 11 1947-1962
2 László Fazekas 92 24 1968-1983
3 Gyula Grosics 86 0 1947-1962
4 Ferenc Puskás 85 84 1945-1956
5 Imre Garaba 82 3 1980-1991
6 Sándor Mátrai 81 0 1956-1967
7 Ferenc Sipos 77 1 1957-1966
8 László Bálint 76 3 1972-1982
Ferenc Bene 76 36 1962-1979
Máté Fenyvesi 76 8 1954-1966

[edit] Top goalscorers

Pos Player Goals(Caps) Tenure Avg/game
1 Ferenc Puskás 84(85) 1945-1956 0.99
2 Sándor Kocsis 75(68) 1948-1956 1.10
3 Imre Schlosser 59(68) 1906-1927 0.87
4 Lajos Tichy 51(72) 1955-1964 0.61
5 György Sárosi 42(62) 1931-1943 0.68
6 Nándor Hidegkuti 39(69) 1945-1958 0.56
7 Ferenc Bene 36(76) 1962-1979 0.47
8 Gyula Zsengellér 32(39) 1936-1947 0.82
Tibor Nyilasi 32(70) 1975-1985 0.46
Florián Albert 32(75) 1959-1974 0.41

[edit] Former head coaches

name date M W D L
Ferenc Gillemot 190204 5 3 0 2
Ferenc Stobbe 190406 3 0 2 1
Alfréd Hajós 1906 2 1 1 0
Ferenc Stobbe 190708 7 3 0 4
Frigyes Minder 190811 13 6 3 4
Ede Herczog 191114 22 14 5 3
Frigyes Minder 191417 14 8 2 4
Ákos Fehéry 191819 5 5 0 0
Frigyes Minder 1919 2 1 0 1
József Harsády 1920 1 0 1 0
Lajos Tibor 1920 2 0 0 2
Gyula Kiss 192124 23 11 7 5
Ödön Holits 1924 1 1 0 0
Lajos Máriássy 192426 14 6 2 6
Gyula Kiss 192628 17 9 1 7
János Földessy 192829 6 3 2 1
Mihály Pataki 1930 3 0 2 1
Frigyes Minder 1930 4 3 0 1
Lajos Máriássy 193032 17 6 6 5
Ödön Nádas 193234 16 7 3 6
Károly Dietz 193439 41 19 9 13
Dénes Ginzery 193941 13 5 7 1
József Fábián 1941 1 0 0 1
Dénes Ginzery 1941 1 1 0 0
József Fábián 1942 2 0 1 1
Kálmán Vághy 194243 6 5 0 1
Tibor Gallowich 194548 22 16 1 5
Gusztáv Sebes 194956 66 49 11 6
Márton Bukovi 195657 8 6 1 1
Lajos Baróti - Károly Lakat - Károly Sós 1957 4 3 0 1
Lajos Baróti 195766 80 43 18 19
Rudolf Illovszky 196667 10 8 1 1
Károly Sós 196869 10 5 4 1
József Hoffer 197071 10 4 3 3
Rudolf Illovszky 197174 29 12 9 8
József Bozsik 1974 1 0 0 1
Ede Moór 197475 6 2 2 2
János Szőcs 1975 1 0 0 1
Lajos Baróti 197578 57 19 9 9
Ferenc Kovács 197879 8 2 4 2
Károly Lakat 197980 6 3 0 3
Kálmán Mészöly 198083 31 13 6 12
György Mezey 198386 30 18 5 7
Imre Komora 1986 3 0 1 2
József Verebes 1987 4 2 1 1
József Garami 1987 5 2 1 2
László Bálint 1988 6 2 2 2
György Mezey 1988 5 2 2 1
Bertalan Bicskei 1989 9 2 4 3
Kálmán Mészöly 199091 18 8 3 7
Róbert Glázer 1991 4 0 2 2
Imre Jenei 199293 14 6 4 4
Ferenc Puskás 1993 4 1 0 3
József Verebes 199394 10 1 2 7
Kálmán Mészöly 199495 11 2 3 6
János Csank 199697 16 6 2 8
Bertalan Bicskei 199801 36 13 15 8
Imre Gellei 200103 23 8 3 12
Lothar Matthäus 200405 28 11 3 14
Péter Bozsik 2006 7 3 0 4
Péter Várhidi 200608 16 7 1 8
Erwin Koeman 2008 2 1 1 0

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