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The Hungarian national football team competed in their first-ever international match in 1902 when they were summarily thumped 5-0 by Austria.

The Hungary national football team have experienced highs and lows, and for one brief period, they were arguably the best side on the planet.

The 1930s were a productive period for the Hungary football team, with the side reaching the quarter-finals at the 1934 FIFA World Cup and finishing runners-up in 1938, where they lost to Italy.

The Magnificent Magyars

It was, however, the 1950s that really stood out as the most prestigious period for the national team. With the likes of Ferenc Puskas, Sandor Koscis, and Nandor Hidegkuti in their set-up, Hungary were the envy of the world with their creative attacking style, striking fear into the opposition.

They went into the famous 1954 World Cup tournament, hosted in Switzerland, as the favourites but lost out to West Germany 3-2 in the final. They had already thumped the Germans 8-3 in the group stage of the competition, and the team were unfortunate to miss out on the ultimate crown.

Match of the Century

Overall this era saw Hungary go 49 games unbeaten, if you take the final defeat out of the equation, with their most famous victory being their astounding 6-3 win at Wembley Stadium over an England team who had been unbeaten at home for 90 years.

Hungary reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in both 1962 and 1966 before failing to qualify in 1970 and 1974.

Their win appearances in the finals in 1978, 1982, and 1986 were all disappointing, and they have failed to qualify for any World Cup finals since.

European Championship Failures

Hungary fared relatively well in the early editions of the UEFA European Championship tournaments, finishing in third place in 1964 and fourth in 1972.

However, they then failed to qualify for the finals of any Euro competition until 2016, when they made it to the Round of 16.

As a sign of growing consistency within the camp, the Hungary national football team then qualified for the following tournament in 2020, where they limped out after drawing two of their three group-stage games.

Hungary will feature at a third consecutive Euro finals tournament after the Magyarok topped their qualifying group without tasting defeat in their eight matches.

They won five and drew three against Bulgaria, Lithuania, Montenegro and Serbia with talisman Dominik Szoboszlai at the forefront for Hungary.

Hungary National Football Team - Home Stadium

Hungary's home international matches take place at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, a stadium that hosts every major cup final in Hungary, and the modern stadium, which was completed in 2019, has a capacity of 67,215.