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Hungary

Nickname(s)	The Magical Magyars (In the 1950's)
Association	Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Erwin Koeman
Captain	Roland Juhász
Most caps	József Bozsik (101)
Top scorer	Ferenc Puskás (84)
Home stadium	Stadium Puskás Ferenc
FIFA code	HUN
FIFA ranking	54
Highest FIFA ranking	36 (December 1992)
Lowest FIFA ranking	87 (July 1996)
Elo ranking	58
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1953–57, 1958, 1964, 1965)
Lowest Elo ranking	80 (November 2003)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Austria 5–0 Hungary (Vienna, Austria 12 October 1902)
Biggest win
Russia 0–12 Hungary (Moscow, Russia; 14 July 1912) Hungary 13–1 France (Budapest, Hungary; 12 June 1927) Hungary 12–0 Albania (Budapest, Hungary; 24 September 1950)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 0–7 England (Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1908) England Amateurs 7–0 Hungary (Solna, Sweden; 30 June 1912) Germany 7–0 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 annuals 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. Notable though, is that the country's team qualified for the 2009 Egypt U20 World Cup amd lost 2 games in the whole tournament: their first game against Honduras in the group stages and the semi-final of the tournament against Ghana, to which Hungary lost 2-3. However, they beat Costa Rica in the losing semi-finalists match, which earned them 3rd place in the tournament. Also notable is that the Hungarian team has one of the longest unbeaten runs in international football at 32.

Contents 1 The Golden Team (aka The Magical Magyars) 2 Records 2.1 Undefeated run 3 After the Golden Team 4 Modern times 4.1 Euro 80 Qualifying 4.2 Euro 84 Qualifying 4.3 Euro 88 Qualifying 4.4 Euro 92 Qualifying 4.5 Euro 96 Qualifying 4.6 Euro 2000 Qualifying 5 FIFA World Cup record 6 European Championship record 6.1 Honours 6.1.1 Friendly titles 7 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1) 8 Matches 2008 9 Matches 2009 10 Last match 11 Next match 12 Hungary squad 12.1 Current squad 12.2 Recent call-up 12.3 Coaching staff 13 Top appearances 14 Top goalscorers 15 Former head coaches 16 Fifa Ranking 17 See also 18 References 19 External links

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

Hungarian football is best known for being 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" (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 14th of May 1950 to the end of its historic unbeaten run on February 19th 1956. Hungary has the 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 defeating 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". Three highly controversial calls surround this final game: firstly when Grosics (the Hungarian goalkeeper) was interfered with in the goal area by Hans Schaefer on the second German goal, second when Puskas apparently equalized the match in the 89th minute only to have the goal disallowed for offside, the third 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 Olympics 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. Six months later they beat England 7–1 in 1954, this time in Budapest. This still ranks as England's record defeat.

The trainer responsible for gelling together the elements of the Hungarian side on the 1950s, Gusztáv Sebes holds the highest ratio of victories per game past 30 matches with 72.06% (49 wins, 12, draws, 7 defeats). Brazil great Vicente Feola (1955-1966) owns the second highest with 71.88% (46 wins, 12 draws, 6 defeats).

Hungary owns records for quality in offensive throughput in a single World Cup finals competition. Football historians often relate to the 27 goals (5.4 gls / game) and a goal differential of +17 as records likely never to be passed in the more preventive modern game. Sandor Kocsis, along with his record seven hat tricks in the international game, owns the single World Cup finals competition's record with 2.2 goals/match.

Hungary has a unique distinction for setting the strongest Elo football rating ever recorded with 2173 points (June 1954) to add to the second highest of 2156 in 1956. Brazil national football team owns the 2nd highest with 2153, and Argentina national football team with 2117 is third.

[edit] Undefeated run

Hungary, with its this master narrative of being undefeated in the 1950s also broke one of football's timeless benchmarks being first to eclipse an 1888 Scotland national football team record of being undefeated in 22 consecutive matches. They bettered the old mark by nine additional games to 31. Hungary holds the third longest consecutive run of matches unbeaten with 31 international games between 14 May 1950 and 4 July 1954, when they lost the World Cup final to Germany.

Spain holds the longest string of 35 unbeaten matches (from 2006 till 2009), which recently ended at the hands of the United States, whom defeated Spain 2–0 in the 2009 Confederations Cup semi-final of the in South Africa on June 24, 2009 - breaking Hungary's record after 55 years.^[1][2]

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Hungary scorers	Attendance
1950-06-04	Warsaw	Poland	5–2	Friendly	Puskás (2), Szilágyi (3)	60,000
1950-09-24	Budapest	Albania	12–0	Friendly	Puskás (4), Budai (3), Palotás (2), Kocsis (2)	38,000
1950-10-29	Budapest	Austria	4–3	Friendly	Puskás (2), Szilágyi	45,000
1950-11-12	Sofia	Bulgaria	1–1	Friendly	Szilágyi	35,000
1951-05-27	Budapest	Poland	6–0	Friendly	Kocsis (2), Sándor, Puskás (2), Czibor	42,000
1951-10-14	Ostrava	Czechoslovakia	2–1	Friendly	Kocsis (2)	45,000
1951-11-18	Budapest	Finland	8–0	Friendly	Hidegkuti (3), Kocsis (2), Czibor, Puskás (2)	40,000
1951-05-18	Budapest	East Germany	5–0	Friendly	Hidegkuti (2), Szusza, Kocsis, Sándor	38,000
1952-06-15	Warsaw	Poland	5–1	Friendly	Kocsis (2), Puskás (2), Hidegkuti	50,000
1952-06-22	Helsinki	Finland	6–1	Friendly	Puskás (2), Bozsik, Kocsis (3), Palotás	25,000
1952-07-15	Turku	Romania	2–1	1952 Olympics	Czibor, Kocsis	14,000
1952-07-21	Helsinki	Italy	3–0	1952 Olympics	Palotás (2), Kocsis	20,000
1952-07-24	Kotka	Turkey	7–1	1952 Olympics	Palotás, Kocsis (2), Lantos, Puskás (2), Bozsik	20,000
1952-07-28	Helsinki	Sweden	6–0	1952 Olympics	Puskás, Palotás, Lindh (o.g.), Kocsis (2), Hidegkuti	35,000
1952-08-02	Helsinki	Yugoslavia	2–0	1952 Olympics	Puskás, Czibor	60,000
1952-09-20	Berne	Switzerland	4–2	Central European Cup	Puskás (2), Kocsis, Hidegkuti	30,000
1952-10-19	Budapest	Czechoslovakia	5–0	Friendly	Hidegkuti, Egresi, Kocsis (3)	48,000
1953-04-26	Budapest	Austria	1–1	Friendly	Czibor	44,000
1952-05-17	Rome	Italy	3–0	Central European Cup	Hidegkuti, Puskás (2)	80,000
1953-07-05	Stockholm	Sweden	4–2	Friendly	Puskás, Budai, Kocsis, Hidegkuti	40,000
1953-10-04	Sofia	Bulgaria	1–1	Friendly	Szilágyi	45,000
1953-10-04	Prague	Czechoslovakia	5–1	Friendly	Csordás (2), Hidegkuti, M. Tóth, Puskás	47,000
1953-10-11	Vienna	Austria	3–2	Friendly	Csordás, Hidegkuti (2)	65,000
1953-11-15	Budapest	Sweden	2–2	Friendly	Palotás, Czibor	80,000
1953-11-25	London	England	6–3	Friendly (see England v Hungary (1953))	Hidegkuti (3), Puskás (2), Bozsik	100,000
1954-02-12	Cairo	Egypt	3–0	Friendly	Puskás (2), Hidegkuti	28,000
1954-04-11	Vienna	Austria	1–0	Friendly	Happel (o.g.)	65,000
1954-05-23	Budapest	England	7–1	Friendly	Lantos, Puskás (2), Kocsis (2), M. Tóth, Hidegkuti	92,000
1954-06-17	Zurich	South Korea	9–0	1954 World Cup	Puskás (2), Lantos, Kocsis (3), Czibor, Palotás (2)	18,000
1954-06-20	Basel	West Germany	8–3	1954 World Cup	Kocsis (4), Puskás, Hidegkuti (2), J. Tóth	65,000
1954-06-27	Berne	Brazil	4–2	1954 World Cup	Hidegkuti, Kocsis (2), Lantos	60,000
1954-06-30	Lausanne	Uruguay	4–2 (a.e.t.)	1954 World Cup	Czibor, Hidegkuti, Kocsis (2)	37,000

[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 Ferenc Sipos, 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.

With the appointment of Erwin Koeman the Hungarians had high hopes for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. However, a good start turned to a disappointing finish with Hungary ending up fourth in Group One after Denmark, Portugal and Sweden.

[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.

[edit] Euro 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)

[edit] Euro 84 Qualifying

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)

[edit] Euro 88 Qualifying

They came in 3rd out of 5 positions (behind Netherlands & Greece).

0–1 Netherlands (in Hungary)
1–2 Greece (in Greece)
1–0 Cyprus (in Hungary)
0–2 Netherlands (in the Netherlands)
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.

[edit] Euro 92 Qualifying

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)

• In the World Cup 1994 qualifiers they were again fourth, this time after Greece, Russia and Iceland.

[edit] Euro 96 Qualifying

They came in 4th out of 5, only getting over Iceland.

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.

[edit] Euro 2000 Qualifying

This campaign ended with Hungary in fourth place, the team finishing ahead of only minnows 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)

The same thing 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. The Euro 2008 qualifiers did not provide much cheer, as they ended sixth in their group, even dropping a match to unfancied Malta. On August 22, 2007, they surprisingly upset world champions Italy in a friendly game, beating them 3–1 at Puskás Ferenc Stadium in Budapest. This resulted in Hungary becoming the Unofficial Football World Champions.

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1934	Quarter-Finals	6	2	1	0	1	5	4
1938	Final	2	4	3	0	1	15	5
1950	Did Not Enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1954	Final	2	5	4	0	1	27	10
1958	Round 1	10	4	1	1	2	7	5
1962	Quarter-Finals	5	4	2	1	1	8	3
1966	Quarter-Finals	6	4	2	0	2	8	7
1970	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1974	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1978	Round 1	15	3	0	0	3	3	8
1982	Round 1	14	3	1	1	1	12	6
1986	Round 1	18	3	1	0	2	2	9
1990	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1994	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2002	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010	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] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Third place	2	1	0	1	4	3
1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Fourth place	2	0	0	2	1	3
1976	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/13	4	1	0	3	5	6

**Bronze background color indicates third place finish in the tournament.

[edit] Honours

This is a list of honours for the senior Hungary national team

• FIFA World Cup

• Runner-up (2): 1938, 1954

• UEFA European Championship

• Fourth Place(1): 1972
• Third place (1): 1964

• Olympic football tournament

• Gold Medal (3): 1952, 1964, 1968
• Silver Medal (1): 1972
• Bronze Medal (1): 1960

• Central European International Cup

• Winner (2): 1936-38, 1948-53

• Nasazzi's Baton:
  • Winners (5): 1941, 1943, 1983, 2007 and 2008

[edit] Friendly titles

• Copa Kirin:
  • Winners (1): 1993

• International Tournaments in Algeria :1967

• Nehru Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1983, 1989

• Triangular de Oro 1980:
  • Winners (1): 1980
• Balkan Cup:
  • Winners (1):' 1947

[edit] FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1)

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark 10 6 3 1 16 5 +11 21  Portugal 10 5 4 1 17 5 +12 19  Sweden 10 5 3 2 13 5 +8 18  Hungary 10 5 1 4 10 8 +2 16  Albania 10 1 4 5 6 13 −7 7  Malta 10 0 1 9 0 26 −26 1

Albania  – 1 – 1 0 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 2 0 – 0 Denmark  3 – 0 – 0 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 0 Hungary  2 – 0 0 – 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 1 1 – 2 Malta  0 – 0 0 – 3 0 – 1 – 0 – 4 0 – 1 Portugal  0 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 0 4 – 0 – 0 – 0 Sweden  4 – 1 0 – 1 2 – 1 4 – 0 0 – 0 –

[edit] Matches 2008

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Hungary scorers	Attendance
2008-02-06	Limasol	Slovakia	1–1	Friendly	Gera	100
2008-03-26	ZTE Arena	Slovenia	0–1	Friendly		6 000
2008-05-24	Stadium Puskás Ferenc	Greece	3–2	Friendly	Dzsudzsák, Juhász, Vadócz	7 000
2008-05-31	Ferenc Szusza Stadium	Croatia	1–1	Friendly	Niko Kovac(og)	10 000
2008-08-20	Stadium Puskás Ferenc	Montenegro	3–3	Friendly	Priskin, Hajnal(2)	4 913
2008-09-06	Stadium Puskás Ferenc	Denmark	0–0	FIFA World Cup qual.		19 000
2008-09-10	Råsunda	Sweden	1–2	FIFA World Cup qual.	Rudolf	28 000
2008-10-11	Stadium Puskás Ferenc	Albania	2–0	FIFA World Cup qual.	Torghelle, Juhász	25 000
2008-10-15	Ta' Qali Stadium	Malta	1–0	FIFA World Cup qual.	Torghelle	7 000
2008-11-19	Windsor Park	Northern Ireland	2–0	Friendly	Torghelle, Gera	18 000

[edit] Matches 2009

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Hungary scorers	Attendance
2009-02-11	Ramat Gan Stadium	Israel	0–1	Friendly		9,000
2009-03-28	Qemal Stafa (stadium)	Albania	1–0	FIFA World Cup qual.	Torghelle	19,000
2009-04-01	Stadium Puskás Ferenc	Malta	3–0	FIFA World Cup qual.	Hajnal, Gera, Juhász	35,800
2009-08-12	Stadium Puskás Ferenc	Romania	0-1	Friendly		14,000
2009-09-05	Stadium Puskás Ferenc	Sweden	1–2	FIFA World Cup qual.	Huszti	41,000
2009-10-10	Estádio da Luz	Portugal	0–3	FIFA World Cup qual.		50,115
2009-10-14	Parken Stadium	Denmark	1–0	FIFA World Cup qual.	Buzsáky	38,000
2009-11-14	Jules Ottenstadion	Belgium	0–3	Friendly		6,000

[edit] Last match

14 October 2009 20:45 UTC+2	Denmark	0 – 1	Hungary	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 36,966 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
		Report	Buzsáky  35'

[edit] Next match

14 November 2009 20:45 UTC+2	Belgium	3 – 0	Hungary	Jules Ottenstadion Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

[edit] Hungary squad

[edit] Current squad

The following players have been called up for the match against Belgium in 14 November 2009.

Caps and goals as of game against Denmark on 14 October 2009).

Goalkeepers

Name	DOB	Club	Caps	Goals	Debut
Gábor Király	April 1, 1976 (age 33)	1860 Munich	71	-92	v Austria, 25 March 1998
Márton Fülöp	May 3, 1983 (age 26)	Sunderland	20	-18	v France, 31 May 2005
Ádám Bogdán	September 27, 1987 (age 22)	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	v N/A

Defenders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps	Goals	Debut
Roland Juhász (captain)	July 1, 1983 (age 26)	Anderlecht	50	5	v Japan, 25 April 2004
Vilmos Vanczák	June 20, 1983 (age 26)	Sion	44	0	v Slovakia, 30 November 2004
László Bodnár	February 25, 1979 (age 30)	Debrecen	43	0	v Lithuania, October 2000
Boldizsár Bodor	April 27, 1982 (age 27)	Roda JC	21	0	v Estonia, 19 November 2003
Gábor Horváth	July 4, 1985 (age 24)	Videoton	1	0	v N/A

Midfielders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps	Goals	Debut
Balázs Tóth	September 24, 1981 (age 28)	Racing Genk	33	0	v Latvia, 19 February 2004
Péter Halmosi	September 25, 1979 (age 30)	Hull City	30	0	v Czech Republic, 12 February 2002
Krisztián Vadócz	May 30, 1985 (age 24)	Osasuna	26	2	v Slovakia, 30 November 2004
Balázs Dzsudzsák	December 23, 1986 (age 22)	PSV	24	1	v Greece, 2 June 2007
Ákos Buzsáky	May 7, 1982 (age 27)	Queens Park Rangers	18	2	v Malta, 3 September 2005
Dániel Tőzsér	May 12, 1985 (age 24)	Racing Genk	16	1	v Canada, 15 November 2006
György Sándor	March 20, 1984 (age 25)	Videoton	4	0	v Canada, 15 November 2006

Strikers

Name	DOB	Club	Caps	Goals	Debut
Sándor Torghelle	May 5, 1982 (age 27)	Augsburg	39	11	v Armenia, 18 February 2004
Tamás Priskin	September 27, 1986 (age 23)	Ipswich Town	24	7	v Argentina, 17 August 2005
Gergely Rudolf	March 9, 1985 (age 24)	Debrecen	10	1	v Montenegro, 20 August 2008

[edit] Recent call-up

Caps and goals as of 11 February 2009, included against Israel.

Goalkeepers

Name	DOB	Club	Caps	Goals	Debut	Most recent callup
László Köteles	September 1, 1984 (age 25)	Racing Genk	0	0	v N/A	v Portugal, 9 September 2009

Defenders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps	Goals	Debut	Most recent callup
Csaba Fehér	September 2, 1975 (age 34)	NAC Breda	41	0	v Austria, 26 March 1998	v Denmark, 14 October 2009
Gábor Gyepes	June 26, 1981 (age 28)	Cardiff City	26	1	v Czech Republic, 12 February 2002	v Denmark, 14 October 2009
Zsolt Löw	April 29, 1979 (age 30)	Mainz	25	1	v Croatia, 8 May 2002	v Sweden, 10 September 2008
Zoltán Szélesi	November 22, 1981 (age 27)	Debrecen	23	0	v China, 1 June 2004	v Portugal, 9 September 2009
Tamás Vaskó	February 20, 1984 (age 25)	Újpest	12	0	v Latvia, 7 February 2007	v Malta, 1 April 2009
Krisztián Timár	October 4, 1979 (age 29)	Plymouth Argyle	4	0	v Slovenia, 26 March 2008	v Denmark, 14 October 2009
Miklós Gaál	May 13, 1981 (age 28)	Amkar Perm	0	0	v N/A	v Denmark, 14 October 2009

Midfielders

Name	DOB	Club	Caps	Goals	Debut	Most recent callup
Zoltán Gera (captain)	April 22, 1979 (age 30)	Fulham	63	18	v Switzerland, 13 February 2002	v Portugal, 10 Ocotber 2009
Pál Dárdai	March 16, 1976 (age 33)	Hertha BSC	60	5	v Slovenia, 19 August 1998	v Portugal, 9 September 2009
Szabolcs Huszti	April 18, 1983 (age 26)	Zenit St. Petersburg	46	7	v Japan, 25 April 2004	v Denmark, 14 October 2009
Tamás Hajnal (vice-captain)	March 15, 1981 (age 28)	Borussia Dortmund	33	4	v Sweden, 9 October 2004	v Portugal, 9 September 2009
Ádám Vass	September 9, 1988 (age 21)	Brescia	11	0	v Canada, 15 November 2006	v Montenegro, 20 August 2008
Attila Filkor	July 12, 1988 (age 21)	Sassuolo	6	0	v Latvia, 7 February 2007	v Croatia, 31 May 2008
József Varga	June 6, 1988 (age 21)	Debrecen	2	0	v Portugal, 10 October 2009	v Denmark, 14 October 2009

Strikers

Name	DOB	Club	Caps	Goals	Debut	Most recent callup
Róbert Feczesin	February 22, 1986 (age 23)	Debrecen	9	3	v Mexico, 14 December 2005	v Northern Ireland, 19 November 2008
Ádám Szalai	December 9, 1987 (age 21)	Real Madrid Castilla	1	0	v Israel, 11 February 2009	Israel, 11 February 2009
Krisztián Németh	January 5, 1989 (age 20)	AEK Athens	0	0	v N/A	v Croatia, 31 May 2008
Péter Kabát	September 25, 1977 (age 32)	Újpest	16	0	v Macedonia, November 15 2000	Training Camp, 2009

[edit] Coaching staff

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

[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
9	Ferenc Bene	76	36	1962-1979
10	Máté Fenyvesi	76	8	1954-1966
11	Flórián Albert	75	31	1959-1974
12	Károly Sándor	75	27	1949-1964
13	Lajos Tichy	72	51	1955-1971
14	Gábor Király	71	0	1998-present
15	József Kiprich	70	28	1984-1995
16	Tibor Nyilasi	70	32	1975-1985
17	Nándor Hidegkuti	69	39	1945-1958
18	Imre Schlosser-Lakatos	68	59	1906-1927
19	Sándor Kocsis	68	75	1948-1956
20	Béla Illés	64	15	1991-2001

[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-Lakatos	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
10	Florián Albert	31(75)	1959-1974	0.41
11	Ferenc Deák	29(20)	1946-1949	1.45
12	József Kiprich	28(70)	1984-1995	0.4
13	Károly Sándor	27(75)	1949-1964	0.36
14	József Takács	26(32)	1923-1933	0.81
15	Géza Toldi	25(46)	1929-1940	0.54
16	István Avar	24(21)	1929-1935	1.14
	László Fazekas	24(92)	1968-1983	0.26
18	Mihály Pataki	21(39)	1912-1920	0.82
19	János Göröcs	19(62)	1958-1970	0.3
	János Farkas	19(33)	1964-1969	0.57
	Kálmán Kovács	19(56)	1982-1995	0.33

[edit] Former head coaches

name	date	M	W	D	L
Ferenc Gillemot	1902–04	5	3	0	2
Ferenc Stobbe	1904–06	3	0	2	1
Alfréd Hajós	1906	2	1	1	0
Ferenc Stobbe	1907–08	7	3	0	4
Frigyes Minder	1908–11	13	6	3	4
Ede Herczog	1911–14	22	14	5	3
Frigyes Minder	1914–17	14	8	2	4
Ákos Fehéry	1918–19	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	1921–24	23	11	7	5
Ödön Holits	1924	1	1	0	0
Lajos Máriássy	1924–26	14	6	2	6
Gyula Kiss	1926–28	17	9	1	7
János Földessy	1928–29	6	3	2	1
Mihály Pataki	1930	3	0	2	1
Frigyes Minder	1930	4	3	0	1
Lajos Máriássy	1930–32	17	6	6	5
Ödön Nádas	1932–34	16	7	3	6
Károly Dietz	1934–39	41	19	9	13
Dénes Ginzery	1939–41	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	1942–43	6	5	0	1
Tibor Gallowich	1945–48	22	16	1	5
Gusztáv Sebes	1949–56	66	49	11	6
Márton Bukovi	1956–57	8	6	1	1
Lajos Baróti - Károly Lakat - Károly Sós	1957	4	3	0	1
Lajos Baróti	1957–66	80	43	18	19
Rudolf Illovszky	1966–67	10	8	1	1
Károly Sós	1968–69	10	5	4	1
József Hoffer	1970–71	10	4	3	3
Rudolf Illovszky	1971–74	29	12	9	8
József Bozsik	1974	1	0	0	1
Ede Moór	1974–75	6	2	2	2
János Szőcs	1975	1	0	0	1
Lajos Baróti	1975–78	57	19	9	9
Ferenc Kovács	1978–79	8	2	4	2
Károly Lakat	1979–80	6	3	0	3
Kálmán Mészöly	1980–83	31	13	6	12
György Mezey	1983–86	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	1990–91	18	8	3	7
Róbert Glázer	1991	4	0	2	2
Imre Jenei	1992–93	14	6	4	4
Ferenc Puskás	1993	4	1	0	3
József Verebes	1993–94	10	1	2	7
Kálmán Mészöly	1994–95	11	2	3	6
János Csank	1996–97	16	6	2	8
Bertalan Bicskei	1998–01	36	13	15	8
Imre Gellei	2001–03	23	8	3	12
Lothar Matthäus	2004–05	28	11	3	14
Péter Bozsik	2006	7	3	0	4
Péter Várhidi	2006–08	16	7	1	8
Erwin Koeman	2008–	16	7	3	6

[edit] Fifa Ranking

	Rank	Date
Worst Ever Rank	87	July 1996
Best Ever Rank	42	August 1993
Current Rank	54	December 2009

[edit] See also

• Hungary national under-21 football team
• Hungary national under-19 football team
• Hungary women's national football team

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hungarian Football Federation
• Every match of the Hungarian National Team
• Tickets related to the Hungarian National Football Team
• Old crests of the Hungarian National Football Team
• Every Olympic match with theHungarian National Football Team
• www.nb1.hu/National team page/
• National Team (some statistics) (Hun)

• Hungarian Football Forum (In English)
• RSSSF archive of results 1902-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1902-
• IFFHS Archive: 1902-1910
• Hungary in World Cups/Planet World cup/
• Chronological listing of Hungary's coaches
• Aranycsapat - 'The Golden Team' (Hun)
• The best website about Hungary's football history (in Dutch)
• sportmuzeum
• Hungarian goals (Magyar Gólok)

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