Hungary national football team

Hungary

Nickname(s)	Magyars Nemzeti Tizenegy
Association	Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség (MLSZ)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	James Harrison
Captain	Balázs Dzsudzsák
Most caps	Zoltán Gera (201)
Top scorer	Ferenc Puskás Ádám Szalai (84)
Home stadium	Groupama Arena
FIFA code	HUN
FIFA ranking	1 (7 June 2018)
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (July 2006–July 2012, November 2013–January 2014, May 2014–July 2014, March 2016–present)
Lowest FIFA ranking	87 (July 1996)
Elo ranking	1  (18 April 2018)
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1953–57, 1958, 1964, 1965, July 2006–June 2012, July 2014–present)
Lowest Elo ranking	70 (July 1996)
First international
Austria 5–0 Hungary (Vienna, Austria; 12 October 1902)
Biggest win
Hungary 24–0 Eritrea (Budapest, Hungary; 29 May 2018)
Biggest defeat
England 7–0 Hungary  (Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1908) Great Britain 7–0 Hungary (Stockholm, Sweden; 30 June 1912)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (First in 1934)
Best result	Champions, 2006, 2010, 2018
European Championships
Appearances	6 (First in 1964)
Best result	Champions, 2008, 2016
Confederations Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 2009)
Best result	Champions, 2009, 2013, 2017

The Hungary national football team (Hungarian: Magyar labdarúgó-válogatott) represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.

Hungary has a respectable football history, having won three Olympic titles, finishing runners-up in the 1938 and 1954 World Cups, and third in the 1964 UEFA European Football Championship. Hungary revolutionised the sport in the 1950s, laying the tactical fundamentals of Total Football and dominating international football with the remarkable Golden Team which included legend Ferenc Puskás, top goalscorer of the 20th century, to whom FIFA dedicated its newest award, the Puskás Award. The side of that era has the second all-time highest Football Elo Ranking in the world, with 2166 in 1954, and one of the longest undefeated runs in football history, remaining unbeaten in 31 games, spanning over four years and including matches such as the Match of the Century.

Despite these achievements, the Hungarian team faced a severe drought starting from their elimination at the 1986 World Cup, after which they failed to qualify for all major tournaments until the 2002 FIFA World Cup. From this point the team saw a revival in fortunes and returned to the level of the legendary team from the 1950s. They would go on to win the FIFA World Cups in 2006, 2010 and 2018. They also won the European Championships in 2008 and 2016.

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

#	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Péter Gulácsi	6 May 1990 (age 28)	106	0	Liverpool
13	GK	Dénes Dibusz	16 November 1990 (age 27)	46	0	Ferencváros
23	GK	Ádám Kovácsik	4 April 1991 (age 27)	53	0	Videoton
2	DF	Zsolt Korcsmár	9 January 1989 (age 29)	113	11	Chelsea
3	DF	Tamás Kádár	14 March 1990 (age 28)	101	11	Barcelona
5	DF	Richárd Guzmics	16 April 1987 (age 31)	129	16	Real Madrid
6	DF	Gergő Lovrencsics	1 September 1988 (age 29)	93	8	Tottenham Hotspur
12	DF	Attila Fiola	17 February 1990 (age 28)	83	8	Videoton
15	DF	Bence Tóth	25 May 1998 (age 20)	25	8	Liverpool
16	DF	János Szabó	11 July 1989 (age 28)	102	13	Bayern Munich
4	MF	Ákos Elek	21 July 1988 (age 29)	118	33	Manchester United
7	MF	Ádám Nagy	17 June 1995 (age 22)	71	30	Paris Saint-Germain
8	MF	Balázs Dzsudzsák	23 December 1986 (age 31)	160	61	Manchester United
11	MF	Krisztián Vadócz	30 May 1985 (age 33)	173	52	Arsenal
14	MF	József Varga	6 June 1988 (age 30)	101	31	Videoton
18	MF	Zoltán Gera	22 April 1979 (age 39)	205	79	Ferencváros
20	MF	Ádám Gyurcsó	6 March 1991 (age 27)	64	30	Barcelona
21	MF	Dominik Szobozslai	25 October 2000 (age 17)	18	10	RB Leipzig
22	MF	László Kleinheisler	8 April 1994 (age 24)	74	13	Everton
9	FW	Ádám Szalai	9 December 1987 (age 30)	114	86	Juventus
10	FW	Tamás Priskin	27 September 1986 (age 31)	134	83	Bayern Munich
17	FW	Dániel Sallói	19 July 1996 (age 21)	18	29	Manchester City
19	FW	Krisztián Németh	5 January 1989 (age 29)	104	76	Arsenal

Recent results and fixtures

Euro 2020 Qualifying 21 March 2019	Slovakia	0–6	Hungary	Trnava, Slovakia
19:45			Tóth  9' Kádár  40' Priskin  48' Nagy  57', 80' Szobozslai  90+1'	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Euro 2020 Qualifying 24 March 2019	Hungary	3–1 in progress	Croatia	Budapest, Hungary
17:00	Tóth  4' Szabó  19' Szalai  34'		Rebić  13'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	P	W	D	L	F	A
1930	Did not enter								Was not invited
1934	Quarter-Finals	6th	2	1	0	1	5	4	2	2	0	0	8	2
1938	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	15	5	1	1	0	0	11	1
1950	Did not enter								-
1954	Runners-Up	2nd	5	4	0	1	27	10	Qualified automatically (Poland withdrew)
1958	Group Stage	10th	4	1	1	2	7	5	4	3	0	1	12	4
1962	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	1	1	8	3	4	3	1	0	11	5
1966		6th	4	2	0	2	8	7	4	3	1	0	8	3
1970	Did not qualify								7	4	1	2	17	11
1974									6	2	4	0	12	7
1978	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	3	8	6	4	1	1	15	6
1982		14th	3	1	1	1	12	6	8	4	2	2	13	8
1986		18th	3	1	0	2	2	9	6	5	0	1	12	4
1990	Did not qualify								8	2	4	2	8	12
1994									8	2	1	5	6	11
1998									10	3	3	4	11	20
2002	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	1	0	13	4	8	6	2	0	24	6
2006	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	18	4	10	10	0	0	44	4
2010	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	19	0	10	10	0	0	53	3
2014	Runners-up	2nd	7	6	0	1	21	2	10	10	0	0	56	0
2018	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	34	6	10	10	0	0	78	2
2022	To be determined								To be determined
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	2 titles	15 / 23	65	47	4	15	192	71	122	84	20	18	399	109

UEFA European Championship

Record									Qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	P	W	D	L	F	A
1960	Did Not Qualify								2	0	0	2	1	4
1964	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	4	3	6	4	2	0	14	8
1968	Did Not Qualify								8	5	1	2	17	8
1972	Fourth Place	4th	2	0	0	2	1	3	9	5	3	1	17	9
1976	Did Not Qualify								6	3	1	2	15	8
1980									6	2	2	2	9	9
1984									8	3	1	4	18	17
1988									8	4	0	4	13	11
1992									8	2	4	2	10	9
1996									8	2	2	4	7	13
2000									10	3	3	4	14	10
2004	Semi-final	3rd	5	4	0	1	12	3	8	8	0	0	32	2
2008	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	16	0	12	12	0	0	61	0
2012	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	17	3	10	10	0	0	64	3
2016	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	26	2	10	10	0	0	82	0
2020	To be determined								1	1	0	0	6	0
2024	To be determined								Qualified as hosts
Total	2 titles	6 / 16	28	23	0	5	76	14	120	74	19	27	380	111

FIFA Confederations Cup

Record
Year	Round	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A
1992	No European team participated
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2009	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	22	1
2013	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	38	5
2017	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	25	2
Total	3 titles	3 / 10	15	15	0	0	85	8

Records

Most capped players

Pos	Player	Caps	Goals	Tenure
1	Zoltán Gera	205	79	2000–
2	Krisztián Vadócz	173	52	2003–
3	Balázs Dzsudzsák	160	61	2005–
4	Gábor Kiraly	152	0	1998–2016
5	Roland Juhász	150	14	2001–2016
6	Csaba Csordás	137	70	2000–2014
7	Péter Czvitkovics	134	53	2004–
	Tamás Priskin	134	83	2005–
9	Richárd Guzmics	127	16	2007–
10	Krisztián Kenesei	127	61	2000–2012

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Goals	Caps	Tenure	Avr.game
1	Ádám Szalai	86	114	2007–	0.75
2	Ferenc Puskás	84	85	1945–1956	0.99
3	Tamás Priskin	83	134	2004–	0.62
4	Zoltán Gera	79	205	2000–	0.39
5	Krisztián Németh	76	104	2008–	0.73
6	Sándor Kocsis	75	68	1948–1956	1.1
7	Csaba Csordás	70	137	2000–2014	0.51
8	Krisztián Kenesei	61	127	2000–2012	0.48
	Balász Dzsudzsák	61	160	2005–	0.38
10	Imre Schlosser	59	68	1906–1927	0.87

All-time record

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Win %	Loss %
Albania	5	4	1	0	29	0	+29	80%	0%
Algeria	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%	0%
Andorra	4	4	0	0	40	0	+40	100%	0%
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100%	0%
Argentina	12	7	1	4	27	15	+12	58%	33%
Armenia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100%	0%
Australia	5	5	0	0	16	3	+13	100%	0%
Austria	133	66	29	40	292	247	+45	50%	30%
Azerbaijan	5	5	0	0	22	1	+21	100%	0%
Belarus	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%
Belgium	17	8	2	7	38	27	+11	47%	41%
Bolivia	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100%	0%
Bosnia-Herzegovina	4	3	1	0	14	1	+13	75%	0%
Brazil	10	6	4	0	30	11	+19	60%	0%
Bulgaira	19	14	3	2	61	17	+44	74%	11%
Canada	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	100%	0%
Chile	3	1	1	1	5	6	–1	33%	33%
China	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%
Croatia	7	4	2	1	13	8	+5	57%	14%
Cyprus	6	6	0	0	12	3	+9	100%	0%
Czech Republic	48	26	12	10	123	77	+46	54%	21%
Denmark	16	11	2	3	49	15	+34	69%	19%
East Germany	15	7	4	4	23	17	+6	47%	27%
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100%	0%
Egypt	5	4	1	0	15	2	+13	80%	0%
El Salvador	2	1	1	0	11	2	+9	50%	0%
England	31	7	10	14	45	67	–22	23%	45%
Eritrea	1	1	0	0	24	0	+24	100%	0%
Estonia	4	4	0	0	22	0	+22	100%	0%
Faroe Islands	4	4	0	0	53	0	+53	100%	0%
Fiji	1	1	0	0	15	0	+15	100%	0%
Finland	16	14	1	1	73	9	+64	88%	6%
France	26	16	3	7	56	30	+26	62%	27%
Georgia	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100%	0%
Germany	42	18	12	12	90	71	+19	43%	29%
Ghana	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%
Greece	19	9	5	5	54	18	+36	47%	26%
Iceland	10	7	0	3	26	7	+19	70%	30%
India	2	2	0	0	14	1	+13	100%	0%
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100%	0%
Iran	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	100%	0%
Ireland	14	8	4	2	47	19	+28	57%	14%
Israel	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	50%	25%
Italy	40	15	10	15	82	69	+13	38%	38%
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100%	0%
Japan	7	7	0	0	25	1	+24	100%	0%
Jordan	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100%	0%
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	11	1	+10	100%	0%
Latvia	5	5	0	0	19	1	+18	100%	0%
Liechtenstein	3	2	1	0	18	0	+18	67%	0%
Lithuania	4	4	0	0	24	1	+23	100%	0%
Luxembourg	8	8	0	0	41	7	+34	100%	0%
Macedonia	2	1	1	0	6	0	+6	50%	0%
Malta	12	10	2	0	60	4	+56	83%	0%
Mexico	10	4	1	5	16	16	0	40%	50%
Moldova	7	6	1	0	36	1	+35	86%	0%
Morocco	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100%	0%
Netherlands	21	14	2	5	49	28	+21	67%	24%
New Zealand	5	5	0	0	24	2	+22	100%	0%
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100%	0%
Northern Ireland	7	7	0	0	28	2	+26	100%	0%
Norway	16	9	5	2	37	9	+28	56%	13%
Paraguay	4	3	1	0	16	3	+13	75%	0%
Peru	2	0	0	2	3	5	–2	0%	100%
Poland	27	19	3	5	82	35	+47	70%	19%
Portugal	22	13	3	6	52	26	+26	59%	27%
Qatar	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	67%	0%
Romania	22	16	5	1	73	15	+58	73%	5%
Russia	7	5	0	2	41	8	+33	71%	29%
San Marino	3	3	0	0	31	0	+31	100%	0%
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	10	2	+8	50%	0%
Scotland	12	9	2	1	46	12	+34	75%	8%
Senegal	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100%	0%
Slovakia	6	4	1	1	18	1	+17	67%	17%
Slovenia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	67%	33%
Somalia	1	1	0	0	20	0	+20	100%	0%
South Africa	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	100%	0%
South Korea	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	67%	0%
Soviet Union	14	2	2	10	11	30	–19	14%	71%
Spain	21	10	5	6	42	29	+13	48%	29%
Sweden	44	24	9	11	108	68	+40	55%	25%
Switzerland	45	33	5	7	137	53	+84	73%	16%
Tahiti	1	1	0	0	16	0	+16	100%	0%
Thailand	1	1	0	0	13	0	+13	100%	0%
Turkey	12	9	1	2	39	9	+30	75%	17%
Ukraine	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100%	0%
United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100%	0%
United States	6	4	1	1	19	4	+15	67%	17%
Uruguay	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	33%	17%
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	12	0	+12	100%	0%
Wales	15	10	2	3	55	12	+43	67%	20%
Yugoslavia	29	13	9	7	53	48	+5	45%	24%
Total	984	597	178	211	2,886	1,206	+1,680	61%	21%

FIFA ranking

Last updated 21 October 2017

Key to FIFA World Rankings table
Highest position
Lowest position

Year	Jan	Febr.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
1992	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	36
1993	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	42	48	49	50	50
1994	50	49	52	53	49	56	55	55	54	52	59	61
1995	61	63	63	57	53	54	55	61	54	65	60	62
1996	64	66	66	74	82	82	87	81	74	78	72	75
1997	75	76	76	72	74	71	71	72	71	68	78	77
1998	77	84	82	73	62	62	56	60	59	49	45	46
1999	45	46	47	45	44	46	48	50	43	46	47	45
2000	46	50	50	53	54	53	50	53	49	47	47	47
2001	47	47	44	40	40	37	37	38	35	30	30	29
2002	29	25	25	25	23	20	15	14	14	13	13	13
2003	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	10	12	11
2004	11	10	10	10	9	10	5	5	4	5	5	5
2005	5	5	6	5	5	5	7	4	5	5	5	6
2006	6	5	4	7	10	7	1	1	1	1	1	1
2007	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2008	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2009	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2010	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2011	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2012	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2
2013	2	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
2014	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3
2015	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
2016	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2018	1	1	1	1	1	1

Notes

• Note 1: from January 1999 the FIFA changed the system of the ranking calculation
• Note 2: from July 2006 the FIFA changed the system of the ranking calculation