Hungary Under-21

Nickname(s)	The Magyars
Association	Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség
Head coach	Sándor Egervári
Home colours Away colours
First international
U23: Norway 1-0 Hungary Fredrikstad, October 6, 1970 U21: Hungary 7-0 Greece Kecskemét, October 9, 1976
Biggest win
Hungary 7-0 Greece Kecskemét, October 9, 1976
Biggest defeat
Hungary 0-8 Serbia , September 7, 2008
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 1978)
Best result	Semi-final in 1986

The Hungary national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team for Hungary and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Hungarian Under-21 team was formed. The team has a modest record, reaching the last eight of three tournaments, and the semi-finals of one, but failing to qualify for eleven, including the forthcoming 2006 tournament.

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Hungary's excellent record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown.

[edit] UEFA U-23 Championship Record

• 1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1974: Winners.
• 1976: Runners-up.

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

• 1978: Losing quarter-finalists.
• 1980: Losing quarter-finalists.
• 1982: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1984: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1986: Losing semi-finalists.
• 1988: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1990: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1992: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1994: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 1996: Losing quarter-finalists.
• 1998: Did not qualify. Finished 5th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2000: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2002: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2006: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off.

[edit] Squad

(for UEFA EURO Qual. 2011 Italy on 13 November 2009)

[edit] Goalkeepers

• Péter Gulácsi (Liverpool F.C. )
• Balázs Megyeri (Ferencvárosi TC )
• Ádám Kovácsik (Reggina Calcio )

[edit] Defenders

• Zsolt Korcsmár (Újpest FC )
• Pál Lázár (Videoton FC )
• Ádám Pintér (MTK Hungária FC )
• Dániel Vadnai (MTK Hungária FC )
• János Szabó (Paksi SE )
• Tamás Kádár (Newcastle United F.C. )

[edit] Midfielders

• Vladimir Koman (A.S. Bari )
• Andor Margitics (Újbuda FC )
• Roland Varga (Brescia Calcio )
• Ákos Elek (Videoton FC )
• András Gosztonyi (MTK Hungária )
• Gábor Gyömbér (Lombard-Pápa TFC )
• József Varga (Debreceni VSC )
• Dénes Szakály (Videoton FC )

[edit] Forwards

• Krisztián Németh (AEK Athens F.C. )
• András Simon (Córdoba CF )
• László Lencse (MTK Budapest FC )

[edit] See also

[edit] See also

• Hungary national football team
• Hungary national under-17 football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

[edit] External links

• UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• Hungarian Football Forum (In English)
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.