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Hungary National Football Team

Head coach: Péter Várhidi
Captain: Zoltán Gera
Top scorer: Ferenc Puskás
FIFA ranking: 66

The Hungary national football team is the national football team of Hungary and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.

With a rich and proud pedigree in the game, Hungary has 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 however, the team's strength has diminished greatly, failing to qualify for any major tournament since 1986.

The Golden Team (aka The Magical Magyars)

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around the dynamic and potent quartet of strikers Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, attacking half-back József Bozsik and withdrawn striker Nándor Hidegkuti, the "Aranycsapat" (Hung.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.

Hungary Team
No.	NAME	POS	Height	Weight	Age
-	Szabolcs Balajcza	G	6-2	179	27
1	Zoltan Vegh	G	6-1	190	36
12	Marton Fulop	G	6-6	203	24
2	Zoltan Szelesi	D	6-0	172	25
3	Vilmos Vanczak	D	6-2	172	24
4	Roland Juhasz	D	6-4	176	23
5	Bela Balogh	D	6-2	176	22
13	Sszabolcs Huszti	D	5-8	154	24
15	Csaba Csizmadia	D	5-10	152	22
15	Tamas Vasko	D	-	-	23
18	Boldiszar Bodor	D	5-11	168	25
6	Balazs Toth	M	5-9	150	25
7	Akos Buzsaky	M	5-11	163	25
8	Daniel Tozser	M	6-1	163	22
10	Tamas Hajnal	M	5-5	148	26
14	Balazs Dzsudzsak	M	-	-	-
16	Adam Vass	M	5-11	154	18
17	Krisztian Vadocz	M	6-0	157	22
-	Atilla Filkor	S	-	-	18
9	Tamas Priskin	S	6-1	161	20
11	Zoltan Gera	S	6-0	165	28
13	Tibor Tisza	S	6-0	176	22
14	Peter Rajczi	S	5-9	143	26
17	Balazs Farkas	S	5-7	148	19

Group C
	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P
Greece	7	6	0	1	12	5	7	18
Bosnia-Herzegovina	7	4	1	2	14	14	0	13
Turkey	6	4	1	1	16	6	10	13
Norway	7	4	1	2	17	6	11	13
Hungary	7	2	0	5	7	14	-7	6
Malta	7	1	1	5	5	15	-10	4
Moldova	7	0	2	5	4	15	-11	2