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«Golden Team»

73 Matches
33 wins
20 draws
20 losses
98–84 Goals
+14 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Form D 31 Mar · Home Greece · 0:0 W 5 Jun · Home Finland · 2:1 L 9 Jun · Away Kazakhstan · 1:3 L 25 Sep · Home Ukraine · 0:1 D 28 Sep · Away Northern Ireland · 0:0 W 2 Oct · Home Georgia · 1:0

That match, a 6–3 win in 1953 known since as the Match of the Century, and the 7–1 return the following year in Budapest, marked the peak of the side built around him, Ferenc Puskás and Sándor Kocsis — the Aranycsapat, still referred to simply as the Golden Team. Between May 1950 and July 1954 that team went 31 matches unbeaten, a run ended only in the World Cup final itself, a 3–2 defeat to West Germany that stung all the more for Hungary having beaten the same opponents 8–3 in the group stage. No Hungarian side has reached one since.

The team traces back to 1902, when it lost its first official match 5–0 to Austria in Vienna — a fixture the two countries have now played more often than any other pair of nations in the sport. Olympic football brought better returns: gold in 1952, 1964 and 1968. The 1956 uprising broke up the Golden Team for good. Puskás did not return to Hungary; the federation withdrew from World Cup qualifying, and the side that had terrified Europe for half a decade never reassembled.

Goalkeeper Gyula Grosics played behind that defence through all of it, from the Olympic final in Helsinki to the World Cup final in Bern, the man who was there for the winning and the losing both.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
5 Oct UEFA Nations League Ukraine A
2 Oct UEFA Nations League Georgia H 1:0 W
28 Sep UEFA Nations League Northern Ireland A 0:0 D
25 Sep UEFA Nations League Ukraine H 0:1 L
9 Jun Friendlies Kazakhstan A 1:3 L
5 Jun Friendlies Finland H 2:1 W

Standing

UEFA Nations League

Group stage · League B - Group B

# Team M W D L Goals Pts
1 Northern Ireland 4 2 2 0 4:0 8
2 Hungary 4 2 1 1 3:2 7
3 Ukraine 4 1 1 2 2:5 4
4 Georgia 4 0 2 2 0:2 2
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 73
73 Matches
33 wins
20 draws
20 losses
98–84 Goals
+14 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 73
33wins: 33 · 45% 20draws: 20 · 27% 20losses: 20 · 27%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
31 Mar · Home Greece · 0:0
5 Jun · Home Finland · 2:1
9 Jun · Away Kazakhstan · 1:3
25 Sep · Home Ukraine · 0:1
28 Sep · Away Northern Ireland · 0:0
2 Oct · Home Georgia · 1:0
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 73 41 32
Scored 98 53 45
Conceded 84 44 40
Scored per game 1.3 1.3 1.4
Conceded per game 1.2 1.1 1.2
Difference +14 +9 +5

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Alex Tóth Midfielder 6 Matches András Schäfer Midfielder 6 Matches Dominik Szoboszlai Midfielder 6 Matches Zsolt Nagy Midfielder 6 Matches Milán Vitális Midfielder 6 Matches Attila Osváth Defender 6 Matches Márk Csinger Defender 6 Matches Balázs Tóth Goalkeeper 6 Matches

Squad of Hungary

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
21 Alex Tóth Midfielder 6
13 András Schäfer Midfielder 6
10 HU Dominik Szoboszlai Midfielder 25 6
18 Zsolt Nagy Midfielder 6
8 HU Milán Vitális Midfielder 24 6
2 HU Attila Osváth Defender 30 6
3 Márk Csinger Defender 6
1 HU Balázs Tóth Goalkeeper 29 6
7 Tamás Szücs Midfielder 6
6 Vilmos Tamás Orbán Defender 6
11 Miloš Kerkez Defender 5
9 Donát Bárány Forward 5
22 HU Ármin Pécsi Goalkeeper 21 4
5 Akos Markgraf Defender 4
14 HU Bendegúz Bence Bolla Defender 26 4
23 HU Damir Redzic Forward 23 4
20 HU M. Tót Midfielder 24 3
15 HU Áron Csongvai Midfielder 25 3
14 R. Toth Midfielder 3
17 Gábor Jurek Forward 3
12 Bence Gundel-Takács Goalkeeper 3
16 HU D. Lukach Forward 30 3
4 HU Kornél Szűcs Defender 25 3
16 Dániel Lukács Forward 3
15 HU Péter Baráth Midfielder 24 3
1 HU Péter Szappanos Goalkeeper 35 3
12 Aron Yaakobishvili Goalkeeper 3
23 Á. Doktorics Midfielder 2
4 Bence Várkonyi Defender 2
9 Szabolcs Gergő Schön Midfielder 2
20 HU Roland Sallai Defender 29 2
15 Márton Dárdai Defender 2
19 HU József Szalai Forward 23 1
25 Norbert Szendrei Midfielder 1
9 HU B. Kovac Forward 19 1
19 Barnabás Varga Forward 1
7 Zsombor Gruber Forward 1
17 HU Callum John Styles Defender 26 1

Fixtures of Hungary

Honours of Hungary

  • Olympic Games 1952, 1964, 1968 3
  • Balkan Cup 1947 1
  • Central European International Cup 1953 1
  • FIFA World Cup 1938, 1954 2
  • Olympic Games 1972 1
  • Olympic Games 1960 1
  • UEFA European Championship 1964 1

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