Hungary national football team

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Hungary

Nickname

Association

Hungarian Football Federation
(Magyar Labdar�g� Sz�vets�g)

Coach

Lothar Matth�us (2004-)

Most caps

J�zsef Bozsik (101)

Top scorer

Ferenc Pusk�s (84)





Home colours





Away colours

First International
Austria 5 - 0 Hungary
(Vienna, Austria 12 October, 1902)

Largest win
Russia 0 - 12 Hungary
(Russia; 14 July, 1912)
Hungary 13 - 1 France
(Budapest, Hungary; 12 June, 1926)

Worst defeat
Hungary 0 - 7 England
(Budapest, Hungary; 10 June, 1908)
Germany 7 - 0 Hungary
(K�ln, 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

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The Hungary national football team is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. Hungary have reached the World Cup final twice, 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 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 to beat England at home, famously winning 6-3 at Wembley on November 25, 1953. They beat England 7-1, this time in Budapest a year later, in 1954. This is still England's record defeat.

Hungary had a run of 29 matches unbeaten between 14 May 1950 and 4 July 1954, when they lost the World Cup final to Germany. This was a record for nearly 40 years, until Argentina put together a string of 31 unbeaten matches from 1991 to 1993.

Hungary won the Olympic gold medal three times, in 1952, 1964, and 1968. Today, Hungary are a lesser force and haven't qualified for a World Cup since 1986, or for the European Championships since 1972.

Contents

1 World Cup record

2 European Championship record

3 Famous players

4 External links

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