|
| |
Hungary_FAgif
|
| |
The Magyars
|
| |
'' Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség ''
|
| |
Péter Bozsik ( 2006 -)
|
| |
József Bozsik (101)
|
| |
Ferenc Puskás (84)
|
| |
pattern_b1=pattern_ra1=
|
| |
FF0000body1=FF0000rightarm1=FF0000shorts1=FFFFFFsocks1=008000
|
| |
pattern_b2=pattern_ra2=
|
| |
FFFFFFbody2=FFFFFFrightarm2=FFFFFFshorts2=FFFFFFsocks2=FFFFFF
|
| |
Austria 5 - 0 Hungary<br/>( Vienna , Austria 12 October , 1902 )
|
| |
Russia 0 - 12 Hungary<br/>( Russia 14 July , 1912 )<br/>Hungary 13 - 1 France <br/>( Budapest , Hungary 12 June , 1926 )<!-- Hungary 12 - 0 Albania<br/>( Tirana , Albania September 24 ,-->
|
| |
Hungary 0 - 7 England <br/>( Budapest , Hungary 10 June , 1908 )<br/> Germany 7 - 0 Hungary <br/>( Cologne , Germany 6 April , 1941 )
|
| |
9
|
| |
1934
|
| |
Runners-up, 1938 and 1954
|
| |
European Championship
|
| |
2
|
| |
1964
|
The is the national
Football team of
Hungary and is controlled by the
Hungarian Football Federation .
With a rich and proud pedigree in the game, Hungary has 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 however, the team's strength has diminished greatly, failing to qualify for any major tournament since 1986.
Hungary is best known for offering the world one of the most formidable and influential sides in football history, the delivery of which revolutionized how the game would forever be played. Centered around the dynamic and potent quartet of strikers
Ferenc Puskás ,
Sándor Kocsis ,
József Bozsik and withdrawn striker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 4th of June 1950 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.
Hungary were twice finalists in the seminal game of 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 when apparently Puskas equalized the match in the 89th minute with a goal only to have it disallowed for offsides, the second being a blatant foul on Kocsis in the penalty area which would have given Hungary a free kick 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 .
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 outside the
British Isles 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 soccer in
1863 against all foreign sides outside the British Isles. They beat England 7-1, this time in
Budapest a year later, in
1954 . This is 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. This record still is unbroken as of this writing.
Argentina holds the second longest string when they put together a string of 31 unbeaten matches from
1991 to
1993 .
Today, Hungary are a lesser force and haven't qualified for a
World Cup since
1986 , or for the
European Championships since
1972 .
In the
Euro 88 Qualifiers , they finished third in their group, after the
Netherlands and
Greece . In the
World Cup 1990 Qualifiers , they were again third, following Spain and the Republic of Ireland.
In the
Euro 92 qualifiers, they were fourth in their group, after the
Soviet Union ,
Italy and
Norway . In the
World Cup 1994 Qualifiers they were again fourth, this time after Greece,
Russia and
Iceland . They were also fourth in their qualifying group for
Euro 96 , after
Switzerland ,
Turkey and
Sweden .
In the
World Cup 1998 Qualifiers , they were second in their group after Norway, and played off against
FR Yugoslavia , but lost both of those games (1-7, 5-0).
In their
Euro 2000 Qualifying group they finished fourth after
Romania ,
Portugal and
Slovakia . The same happened in the
World Cup 2002 Qualifiers , when they trailed after Italy, Romania and
Georgia , and in the
Euro 2004 Qualifiers , where they were surpassed by
Sweden ,
Latvia and
Poland . In the
World Cup 2006 Qualifiers they finished fourth after
Croatia , Sweden and
Bulgaria .
- 1960 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1964 - Third place
- 1968 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1972 - Fourth place
- 1976 to 2004 - ''Did not qualify''
