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''The Magical Magyars'' (In the 1950's)
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Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség
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UEFA ( Europe )
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Péter Várhidi
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Zoltán Gera
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József Bozsik (101)
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Ferenc Puskás (84)
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Stadium Puskás Ferenc
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65 1st ranking date = August 1993
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42
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August 1993
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87
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July 1996
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63
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1
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1953-57, 1958, 1964, 1965
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80
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November 2003
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Austria 5 - 0 Hungary <br/>( Vienna , Austria 12 October , 1902 )
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Russia 0 - 12 Hungary <br/>( Moscow , Russia 14 July , 1912 )<br/> Hungary 13 - 1 France <br/>( Budapest , Hungary 12 June , 1927 )<br/> Hungary 12 - 0 Albania <br/>( Budapest , Hungary 24 September , 1950 )
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Hungary 0 - 7 England <br/> Budapest , Hungary 10 June , 1908 ) <br/> England Amateur 7 - 0 Hungary <br />( Solna , Sweden 30 June , 1912 )<br /> Germany 7 - 0 Hungary <br/>( Cologne , Germany 6 April , 1941 )
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9
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1934
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Runners-up, 1938 and 1954
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European Championship
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2
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1964
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The , controlled by the
Hungarian Football Federation , 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, although they are current
Unofficial Football World Champions .
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 .
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 football 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 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 is still unbroken as of
January 2007 .
Argentina and
Spain jointly hold the second longest string of 31 unbeaten matches (Argentina from
1991 to
1993 and Spain from
1994 to
1998 ).
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.
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)
- They finished 4th out of 5 positions.
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)
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)
- In the World Cup 1990 Qualifiers , they were again third, following Spain and the Republic of Ireland.
- They came 4th out of 5 positions, only being over 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)
- 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). Predrag Mijatović scored seven times in two games.
- They came in 4th out of 6, only getting over Azerbaijan & Liechtenstein.
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)
On August 22nd, 2007, they surprisingly upset world champions Italy in a friendly game, beating them 3-1 at Puskás Ferenc Stadium in Budapest .
- 1960 - ''Did not enter''
- 1964 - Third place
- 1968 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1972 - Fourth place
- 1976 to 2004 - ''Did not qualify''
Caps and goals as of 23 August 2007 , included against Italy .
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