| Federation
founded: 1900 |
| FIFA
member since: 1923 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Second
round exit |
| 1938 - Beaten
finalist |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - Beaten
finalist |
| 1958 - First
round exit |
| 1962 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1966 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - First
round exit |
| 1982 - First
round exit |
| 1986 - First
round exit |
| 1990 - Did not qualify |
| 1994 - Did not qualify |
| 1998 - Did not qualify |
| 2002 - Did not qualify |
| 2006 - Did not qualify |
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STATISTICS
|
| Played |
32
|
| Won |
15
|
| Drawn |
3
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| Lost |
14
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| Goals for |
87
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| Goals against |
57
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| Points |
48
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Hungary
are 14th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
10-1 vs El
Salvador in 1982.
|
Biggest
defeat:
0-6 vs Soviet
Union in 1986.
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Overall
topscorer:
Sandor Kocsis,
11 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Sandor Matrai
and Ferenc Sipos, 12 matches.
|
Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
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1930
No qualifying rounds held. Teams
were invited to take part, but HUNGARY
chose not to participate.
1934
(WCQ Group 4)
25.Mar 34 Bulgaria 1-4 HUNGARY
28.Apr 34 HUNGARY 4-1 Bulgaria
Bulgaria withdrew. Remaining matches not
played as they had no importance.
P W D L Gls Pts
1.HUNGARY 2 2 0 0 8- 2 4
2.Austria 1 1 0 0 6- 1 2
3.Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 3-14 0
HUNGARY qualified for Italy 1934.
1938
(WCQ Group 6)
25.Mar 38 HUNGARY 11-1 Greece
HUNGARY qualified for France 1938.
1950
HUNGARY did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1954
(WCQ Group 7)
Poland withdrew so HUNGARY had
walkover to the World Cup in Switzerland.
1958
(UEFA Group 3)
12.Jun 57 Norway 2-1 HUNGARY
23.Jun 57 HUNGARY 4-1 Bulgaria
15.Sep 57 Bulgaria 1-2 HUNGARY
10.Nov 57 HUNGARY 5-0 Norway
P W D L Gls Pts
1.HUNGARY 4 3 0 1 12- 4 6
2.Bulgaria 4 2 0 2 11- 7 4
3.Norway 4 1 0 3 3-15 2
HUNGARY qualified for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 4)
16.Apr 61 HUNGARY 2-0 East Germany
30.Apr 61 Netherlands 0-3 HUNGARY
10.Sep 61 East Germany 2-3 HUNGARY
22.Oct 61 HUNGARY 3-3 Netherlands
P W D L Gls Pts
1.HUNGARY 4 3 1 0 11- 5 7
2.Netherlands 3 0 2 1 4- 7 2
3.East Germany 3 0 1 2 3- 6 1
HUNGARY qualified for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 6)
23.May 65 East Germany 1-1 HUNGARY
13.Jun 65 Austria 0-1 HUNGARY
05.Sep 65 HUNGARY 3-0 Austria
09.Oct 65 HUNGARY 3-2 East Germany
P W D L Gls Pts
1.HUNGARY 4 3 1 0 8- 3 7
2.East Germany 4 1 2 1 5- 5 4
3.Austria 4 0 1 3 1- 6 1
HUNGARY qualified for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 2)
25.May 69 HUNGARY 2-0 Czechoslovakia
08.Jun 69 Rep. of Ireland 1-2 HUNGARY
15.Jun 69 Denmark 3-2 HUNGARY
14.Sep 69 Czechoslovakia 3-3 HUNGARY
22.Oct 69 HUNGARY 3-0 Denmark
05.Nov 69 HUNGARY 4-0 Rep. of Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.HUNGARY 6 4 1 1 16- 7 9
Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9
3.Denmark 6 2 1 3 6-10 5
4.Rep. of Ireland 6 0 1 5 3-14 1
Play-off [in Marseille (FRA)]
03.Dec 69 Czechoslovakia 4-1 HUNGARY
HUNGARY failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 1)
14.Nov 71 Malta 0-2 HUNGARY
06.May 72 HUNGARY 3-0 Malta
25.May 72 Sweden 0-0 HUNGARY
15.Oct 72 Austria 2-2 HUNGARY
29.Apr 73 HUNGARY 2-2 Austria
13.Jun 73 HUNGARY 3-3 Sweden
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 6 3 2 1 15- 8 8
Austria 6 3 2 1 14- 7 8
3.HUNGARY 6 2 4 0 12- 7 8
4.Malta 6 0 0 6 1-20 0
HUNGARY failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 9)
09.Oct 76 Greece 1-1 HUNGARY
30.Apr 77 HUNGARY 2-1 Soviet Union
18.May 77 Soviet Union 2-0 HUNGARY
25.May 77 HUNGARY 3-0 Greece
P W D L Gls Pts
1.HUNGARY 4 2 1 1 6- 4 5
2.Soviet Union 4 2 0 2 5- 3 4
3.Greece 4 1 1 2 2- 6 3
HUNGARY required to play off against the bottom
team of South America's final group for one spot
in the World Cup.
29.Oct 77 HUNGARY 6-0 Bolivia
30.Nov 77 Bolivia 2-3 HUNGARY
HUNGARY qualified for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 4)
28.Apr 81 Switzerland 2-2 HUNGARY
13.May 81 HUNGARY 1-0 Romania
20.May 81 Norway 1-2 HUNGARY
06.Jun 81 HUNGARY 1-3 England
23.Sep 81 Romania 0-0 HUNGARY
14.Oct 81 HUNGARY 3-0 Switzerland
31.Oct 81 HUNGARY 4-1 Norway
18.Nov 81 England 1-0 HUNGARY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.HUNGARY 8 4 2 2 13- 8 10
2.England 8 4 1 3 13- 8 9
3.Romania 8 2 4 2 5- 5 8
4.Switzerland 8 2 3 3 9-12 7
5.Norway 8 2 2 4 8-15 6
HUNGARY qualified for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 5)
26.Sep 84 HUNGARY 3-1 Austria
17.Oct 84 Netherlands 1-2 HUNGARY
17.Nov 84 Cyprus 1-2 HUNGARY
03.Apr 85 HUNGARY 2-0 Cyprus
17.Apr 85 Austria 0-3 HUNGARY
14.May 85 HUNGARY 0-1 Netherlands
P W D L Pts Pts
1.HUNGARY 6 5 0 1 12- 4 10
2.Netherlands 6 3 1 2 11- 5 7
3.Austria 6 3 1 2 9- 8 7
4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3-18 0
HUNGARY qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 6)
19.Oct 88 HUNGARY 1-0 Northern Ireland
11.Dec 88 Malta 2-2 HUNGARY
08.Mar 89 HUNGARY 0-0 Rep. of Ireland
12.Apr 89 HUNGARY 1-1 Malta
04.Jun 89 Rep. of Ireland 2-0 HUNGARY
06.Sep 89 Northern Ireland 1-2 HUNGARY
11.Oct 89 HUNGARY 2-2 Spain
15.Nov 89 Spain 4-0 HUNGARY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Spain 8 6 1 1 20- 3 13
2.Rep. of Ireland 8 5 2 1 10- 2 12
3.HUNGARY 8 2 4 2 8-12 8
4.Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 6-12 5
5.Malta 8 0 2 6 3-18 2
HUNGARY failed to qualify for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 5)
03.Jun 92 HUNGARY 1-2 Iceland
09.Sep 92 Luxembourg 0-3 HUNGARY
11.Nov 92 Greece 0-0 HUNGARY
31.Mar 93 HUNGARY 0-1 Greece
28.Apr 93 Russia 3-0 HUNGARY
16.Jun 93 Iceland 2-0 HUNGARY
08.Sep 93 HUNGARY 1-3 Russia
27.Oct 93 HUNGARY 1-0 Luxembourg
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Greece 8 6 2 0 10- 2 14
2.Russia 8 5 2 1 15- 4 12
3.Iceland 8 3 2 3 7- 6 8
4.HUNGARY 8 2 1 5 6-11 5
5.Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 2-17 1
HUNGARY failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 3)
01.Sep 96 HUNGARY 1-0 Finland
09.Oct 96 Norway 3-0 HUNGARY
10.Nov 96 Azerbaijan 0-3 HUNGARY
30.Apr 97 Switzerland 1-0 HUNGARY
08.Jun 97 HUNGARY 1-1 Norway
20.Aug 97 HUNGARY 1-1 Switzerland
10.Sep 97 HUNGARY 3-1 Azerbaijan
11.Oct 97 Finland 1-1 HUNGARY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Norway 8 6 2 0 21- 2 20
2.HUNGARY 8 3 3 2 10- 8 12
3.Finland 8 3 2 3 11-12 11
4.Switzerland 8 3 1 4 11-12 10
5.Azerbaijan 8 1 0 7 3-22 3
HUNGARY advanced to UEFA play-offs.
29.Oct 97 HUNGARY 1-7 Yugoslavia
15.Nov 97 Yugoslavia 5-0 HUNGARY
HUNGARY failed to qualify for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 8)
03.Sep 00 HUNGARY 2-2 Italy
11.Oct 00 Lithuania 1-6 HUNGARY
24.Mar 01 HUNGARY 1-1 Lithuania
02.Jun 01 Romania 2-0 HUNGARY
06.Jun 01 HUNGARY 4-1 Georgia
01.Sep 01 Georgia 3-1 HUNGARY
05.Sep 01 HUNGARY 0-2 Romania
06.Oct 01 Italy 1-0 HUNGARY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 8 6 2 0 16- 3 20
2.Romania 8 5 1 2 10- 7 16
3.Georgia 8 3 1 4 12-12 10
4.HUNGARY 8 2 2 4 14-13 8
5.Lithuania 8 0 2 6 3-20 2
HUNGARY failed to qualify for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 8)
04.Sep 04 Croatia 3-0 HUNGARY
08.Sep 04 HUNGARY 3-2 Iceland
09.Oct 04 Sweden 3-0 HUNGARY
17.Nov 04 Malta 0-2 HUNGARY
30.Mar 05 HUNGARY 1-1 Bulgaria
04.Jun 05 Iceland 2-3 HUNGARY
03.Sep 05 HUNGARY 4-0 Malta
07.Sep 05 HUNGARY 0-1 Sweden
08.Oct 05 Bulgaria 2-0 HUNGARY
12.Oct 05 HUNGARY 0-0 Croatia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Croatia 10 7 3 0 21- 5 24
2.Sweden 10 8 0 2 30- 4 24
3.Bulgaria 10 4 3 3 17-17 15
4.HUNGARY 10 4 2 4 13-14 14
5.Iceland 10 1 1 8 14-27 4
6.Malta 10 0 3 7 4-32 3
HUNGARY failed to qualify for Germany 2006.
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