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116-610: Played as a league on a home and away basis, it was contested six times and each single tournament usually took more than two years to complete. The last two tournaments lasted five years. It was discontinued in 1960, when the European Football Championship started. Winners of the competition included the Austrian Wunderteam of the early 1930s, the Italy team that also won two World Cups in

232-481: A 1–1 draw against Germany, placing the team second in the group behind Italy. On 14 June, Hungary visited England in Wolverhampton , achieving a stunning 0–4 victory against Gareth Southgate 's squad, taking the group's lead after Italy's defeat to Germany. For the last two matchdays, Hungary's only chance for relegation were defeats against Germany and Italy, with England winning both of their games. The team

348-413: A 3–1 win to reach the final of the play-off to face Iceland a month later, behind closed doors. The team qualified for the tournament winning 2–1, with last-minute strikes from Loïc Nego and Dominik Szoboszlai to take Hungary into the competition despite an earlier mistake by Péter Gulácsi . With Euro 2020 being postponed to 2021 because of COVID-19 , Hungary was drawn in the " group of death " of

464-429: A European Championship title, as well as the first European team to win three consecutive major tournaments. In scoring the third goal of the final, Torres became the first player to score in two European Championship finals. He was equal top scorer for the tournament with three goals in total, along with Mario Balotelli , Alan Dzagoev , Mario Gómez , Mario Mandžukić , and Cristiano Ronaldo , despite only being used as

580-503: A goal each from Czibor and Kocsis in the preliminary round. In the first round Hungary beat Italy 3–0; in the quarter-finals Hungary beat Turkey 7–1; and in the semi-finals Hungary faced Sweden, the 1948 Olympic champions and won 6–0. In the final, Hungary beat Yugoslavia 2–0 with a goal each from Puskás and Czibor and thus won the Olympic title for the first time. On 25 November 1953, England played Hungary at Wembley Stadium , London in

696-503: A goal from Eder in the 109th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal's world-renowned striker, came out of the game due to injury in the 25th minute. This was the first time Portugal won a major tournament. For the 2020 tournament , three bids were proposed, including a bid from Turkey, a joint bid from the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and a joint bid from Georgia and Azerbaijan. In December 2012, however, UEFA announced that

812-414: A group with Russia , Turkey and Serbia . Hungary impressed in their 1–0 victory against host Turkey, Dominik Szoboszlai scoring the game's only goal with a 30-meter free kick. However, Hungary faced a setback when Russia, who Hungary had failed to win against since 1978, beat them at home 3–2. A series of good results followed later, with two draws against Russia and Serbia, an important away win over

928-411: A knockout competition. The groups are again played in a league format, where a team plays its opponents once each. The same points system is used (three points for a win, one point for a draw, no points for a defeat). A schedule for the group matches will be drawn up, but the last two matches in a group must kick off simultaneously. The winner and runner-up of each group progress to the next round, where

1044-403: A knockout system is used (the two teams play each other once, the winner progresses), this is used in all subsequent rounds as well. The winners of the quarter-finals matches progress to the semi-finals, where the winners play in the final. If in any of the knockout rounds, the scores are still equal after normal playing time, extra time and penalties are employed to separate the two teams. Unlike

1160-461: A major tournament for thirty years and reaching their lowest FIFA ranking (87) in 1996, as well as finishing sixth in their group of the Euro 2008 qualifiers . They then began a turnaround, qualifying for three consecutive European Championships in 2016 , 2020 and 2024 , as well as achieving promotion to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A . Although Austria and Hungary were constituent countries of

1276-560: A match later dubbed as the " match of the century ". The English team were unbeaten for 90 years at home. In front of 105,000 spectators Nándor Hidegkuti scored in the first minute. At half-time the score was 4–2 to Hungary. In the second half the Hungarians scored twice more (Hidegkúti and József Bozsik ). The final score was 6–3. On 23 May 1954, the Hungary national team beat England 7–1 (which remains their worst defeat to date) at

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1392-560: A profound effect on the Hungary national team as well, as earlier, the biggest clubs from Budapest (Ferencváros, Újpest, Honvéd and MTK ) produced players for the national side. Another important reason for the decline can be attributed to the Bosman ruling ; since the Hungarian clubs lost the financial aid from the state in the early 1990s, they were not able to compete with richer Western European clubs. Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskás

1508-465: A single World Cup tournament is five, during the 1931–32 . The only player to have scored two hat-tricks is István Avar , both in 1931 . György Sárosi holds the record for most goals scored in a single Central European Cup match when he scored 7 for Hungary in an 8–3 win over Austria (6 of which came in the second-half). Hungary holds the record for most hat-tricks scored with 7 (the next closest are Czechoslovakia and Italy with 3). Switzerland holds

1624-567: A substitute player. The tournament was otherwise notable for having the most headed goals in a Euro tournament (26 out of 76 goals in total); a disallowed goal in the England versus Ukraine group game which replays showed had crossed the goal line, and which prompted President of FIFA Sepp Blatter to tweet , "GLT ( Goal-line technology ) is no longer an alternative but a necessity", thus reversing his long-held reluctance to embrace such technology; and some crowd violence in group games. In 2007,

1740-409: A team must finish in one of the direct qualifying spots or win a play-off. After this, a team proceeds to the finals round in the host country, although hosts qualify for the tournament automatically. The groups for qualification are drawn by a UEFA committee using seeding . Seeded teams include reigning champions and other teams based on their performance in the preceding FIFA World Cup qualifying and

1856-419: A win , one for a draw, and none for a loss. In the eventuality of one or more teams having equal points after all matches have been played, the following criteria are used to distinguish the sides: Sixteen teams progressed to the final tournament for the 2012 tournament . They were joint hosts Poland and Ukraine , the winners and the highest ranked second-placed team from the nine qualifying groups as well as

1972-591: A year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe , and proposed it take place from 11 June to 11 July 2021. The competition was postponed in order to reduce pressure on the public services in affected countries and to provide space in the calendar for the completion of domestic leagues that had been suspended. Before the Euro 2020, Dublin was also removed as one of the host cities due to its inability to guarantee spectators to

2088-809: Is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation . The team has made nine appearances in the FIFA World Cup , and five in the UEFA European Championship . Hungary plays their home matches at the Puskás Aréna , in Budapest , which opened in November 2019. Hungary has a respectable football history, having won three Olympic titles, finishing runners-up in the 1938 and 1954 World Cups , and third in

2204-532: The Aranycsapat ("Golden Team") of the " Magnificent Magyars " captivated the football world with an exciting brand of play with innovative tactical nuances. Excluding the 1954 World Cup Final , they achieved a remarkable record of 43 victories, 6 draws, and 0 defeats from 14 May 1950 until they lost 3–1 to Turkey on 19 February 1956. In the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , Hungary beat Romania 2–1 with

2320-632: The 1956 revolution break out just weeks before the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne , which was also the scene of the Blood in the Water Match . The football team also qualified as the defending champions, but they were withdrawn from the tournament. The political situation in Hungary caused several athletes to defect during the Olympics, including key players in the team. This marked the effective end of

2436-467: The 1964 European Championship . Hungary revolutionized 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 , one of the top goalscorers of the 20th century, to whom FIFA dedicated the Puskás Award , given annually to the player who scored the "most beautiful" goal of

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2552-504: The 1970 FIFA World Cup , following a heavy 4–1 defeat to Czechoslovakia during a qualification play-off , which many see as the beginning of a period of long-standing decline. Flórián Albert was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. He scored 255 goals in 351 matches from 1958 to 1974. Hungary came back again as long-time defending champions in the 1972 Olympics in Munich and

2668-524: The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after finishing outside of the qualification places. Along the way, they drew against the Faroe Islands and were humiliated after being defeated by Andorra 1–0. After failing to qualify, manager Bernd Storck resigned. On 10 November 2017, Hungary was embarrassed again when they were defeated by Luxembourg 2–1 in a friendly. On 30 October 2017, Georges Leekens

2784-625: The Azzurri emerged victorious, 3–1. Hungary's third match was played against Michel Platini 's France losing 3–1. During the 1980s, Hungary qualified for the World Cup twice. The first group match of the 1982 tournament in Spain was played against El Salvador , where Hungary won 10–1 at Estadio Nuevo , Elche . After the massive win, the Magyars lost to 4–1 to Diego Maradona 's Argentina in

2900-621: The Central European International Cup was held six times. It brought together the national teams of Austria , Hungary , Italy , Czechoslovakia , Switzerland , and Yugoslavia . The idea for a pan-European football tournament was first proposed by the French Football Federation 's secretary-general Henri Delaunay in 1927, but it was not until 1958 that the tournament was started, three years after Delaunay's death. In honour of Delaunay,

3016-426: The FIFA World Cup , this tournament no longer has a third place playoff . Notes There are currently five post-tournament awards, and one given during the tournament: Hungary national football team The Hungary national football team ( Hungarian : magyar labdarúgó-válogatott , pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈlɒbdɒruːɡoː ˈvaːloɡɒtotː] ) represents Hungary in men's international football , and

3132-638: The Football Association of Ireland and Scottish Football Association proposed the expansion of the tournament, which was later confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee in September 2008. Out of the 54 member associations of UEFA, only three, including England and Germany , opposed the expansion. On 28 May 2010, UEFA announced that UEFA Euro 2016 would be hosted by France. France beat bids of Turkey (7–6 in voting in

3248-588: The Hardturm , Zürich . In the second group match, Hungary played against West Germany and won 8–3 at St. Jakob Stadium , Basel . In the quarter-finals, Hungary beat Brazil 4–2 at the Wankdorf Stadium , Bern . In the semi-finals, Hungary faced two-time World Cup winner Uruguay in Lausanne ; Hungary won 4–2 after extra time. In the final, Hungary played West Germany again. Although Hungary won

3364-657: The Netherlands , Denmark , Greece and Portugal have won one title each. To date, Spain is the only team to have won consecutive titles, doing so in 2008 and 2012. The most recent championship , held in Germany in 2024, was won by Spain, who lifted a record fourth European title after beating England 2–1 in the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin . Regional tournaments for national teams existed before

3480-642: The Netherlands , West Germany and Italy. Spain held the next tournament in 1964 , which saw an increase in entries to the qualification tournament, with 29 entering; West Germany was a notable absentee once again and Greece withdrew after being drawn against Albania , with whom they were still at war. The hosts beat the title holders, the Soviet Union, 2–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid . The tournament format stayed

3596-588: The Råsunda Stadium , Solna . Although Hungary won their last group match against Mexico at the Jarnvallen stadium in Sandvinken , they were eliminated from the World Cup after losing a play-off to Wales, who they had drawn level with on points. The Welsh had drawn all their group matches and then beat the once-mighty Hungarians in a play-off match to decide which nation should follow Sweden into

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3712-559: The Treaty of Trianon , where Hungary lost Transylvania to Romania, after World War I . They throw flares and matches between the two sides usually end in a fight between Hungarian and Romanian supporters; however, recently also before the matches conflicts have emerged outside the stadium. This was seen as they shared the same group in qualification for the 1982 FIFA World Cup , UEFA Euro 2000 , 2002 World Cup , 2014 World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016 . The match-up between Austria and Hungary

3828-415: The continental champion of Europe. It is the second-most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup ; the Euro 2016 final was watched by a global audience of around 600 million. The competition has been held every four years since 1960 , except for 2020 , when it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe , but kept the name Euro 2020. Scheduled to be in

3944-538: The final , Hungary faced Italy at the Stade Olympique de Colombes , Paris and fell 4–2. The Hungarian goals were scored by Pál Titkos and Sárosi. This Hungarian team was best known as one of the most formidable and influential sides in football history, which revolutionised the play of the game. Centred around the dynamic and potent quartet of strikers Ferenc Puskás , Sándor Kocsis , attacking half-back József Bozsik and second striker Nándor Hidegkuti ,

4060-411: The 1924 Summer Olympics, in the first match Hungary beat Poland . They then lost to Egypt . As a consequence, both the head coach and the head of the Hungarian Football Federation resigned. Between 1927 and 1930, Hungary participated in the Central European International Cup which is considered to be the first international tournament, with Austria , Czechoslovakia , Italy and Switzerland . In

4176-783: The 1930s, the Golden Team of Hungary and the Czechoslovakia team that later finished as World Cup runners up in 1962. The trophy of the early competitions was named Švehla Cup after Antonín Švehla , the prime minister of Czechoslovakia , who donated it. After the Second World War the new trophy was known as the Dr. Gerö Cup in honour of Josef Gerö , a director of the Austrian Football Association and former match referee. The competition

4292-719: The 1933-35 competition. This time the team was coached by Vittorio Pozzo and either side of winning this competition they also won two World Cups in 1934 and 1938 . The fourth tournament which began in 1936 was eventually abandoned due to the Anschluss Crisis and because of the Second World War , while a fifth tournament was not held until 1948. This tournament marked the advent of the Golden Team of Hungary , coached by Gusztáv Sebes and featuring Ferenc Puskás , Zoltán Czibor , Sándor Kocsis , Nándor Hidegkuti , József Bozsik and Gyula Grosics . They claimed

4408-464: The 1964 tournament. Spain were the highest scoring team with 12 goals scored and David Villa finished as the top scorer with four goals. Xavi was awarded the player of the tournament, and nine Spanish players were picked for the team of the tournament . The UEFA Euro 2012 tournament was co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine. Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in the Final , thus becoming the first nation to defend

4524-399: The 2008 edition to award the semi-final losers (Turkey and Russia) bronze medals for the first time, and did the same in the 2012 edition when Germany and Portugal received bronze medals. However, UEFA decided that losing semi-finalists would no longer receive medals from the 2016 edition onwards. Bronze medals were previously awarded for winners of the third place play-off, the last of which

4640-519: The 2020 tournament would be hosted in several cities in various countries across Europe, with the semi-finals and final being played in London. The venues were selected and announced by UEFA on 19 September 2014. However, Brussels was removed as a host city on 7 December 2017 due to delays with the building of the Eurostadium . On 17 March 2020, UEFA announced that Euro 2020 would be delayed by

4756-675: The British ( English , Scottish , Welsh , and Irish ) associations decided to resign from FIFA. Budapest was denied the opportunity to host the 1920 Summer Olympics , which were held in Belgium. The countries of the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary , Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria ) were excluded from the Olympics. Hungary used a unique 2–3–5 formation. During this period the Fogl brothers ( József and Károly Fogl ) played in

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4872-604: The Golden Team, as they would never play for the national team again. Among others, Puskás moved to Real Madrid and later played for Spain, whereas Kocsis and Czibor left for Barcelona . Hungary qualified for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. They played their first match against Wales at the Jarnvallen stadium in Sandviken and drew 1–1. The second group match was played against hosts Sweden, where Hungary lost 2–1 at

4988-640: The Netherlands and Belgium. France, the reigning World Cup champions , were favoured to win, and they lived up to expectations when they beat Italy 2–1 after extra time , having come from being 1–0 down: Sylvain Wiltord equalised in the last minute of regular time and David Trezeguet scored the winning golden goal in extra time. UEFA Euro 2004 , like 1992, produced an upset: Greece , who had only qualified for one World Cup ( 1994 ) and one European Championship ( 1980 ) before, beat hosts Portugal 1–0 in

5104-403: The Netherlands, Turkey , Romania , Estonia and Andorra . They amassed 14 points entering the penultimate round of games, but suffered a joint national record defeat 8–1 to the Netherlands, which resulted in the resignation of head coach Sándor Egervári. For their final group game, a 2–0 win against Andorra, Hungary were led by caretaker manager József Csábi. They finished in third place in

5220-475: The Netherlands. The Netherlands went on to win the tournament in a rematch of their first game of the group stage, beating the Soviet Union 2–0 at the Olympiastadion in Munich . Marco van Basten scored the second goal, a volley over the keeper from the right wing which is often considered one of the best goals ever scored. UEFA Euro 1992 was held in Sweden, and was won by Denmark , who had been invited to

5336-604: The Puskás Ferenc Stadium. At that time in Hungary there was a saying about the match: Az angolok egy hétre jöttek és hét-egyre mentek , which is a double play on words. The word "week" in Hungarian is called "hét", meaning the number seven: "the English came for one week and left with 7:1." The 1954 World Cup was held in Switzerland . The first match was played against South Korea and Hungary won 9–0 at

5452-531: The Serbs in Belgrade , and more importantly, a much needed 2–0 win over Turkey at home. This meant that Hungary was able to gain promotion at the expense of Russia to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A . In October 2020, Hungary participated in the play-offs to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020, where they faced Bulgaria in their first game of the play-off series. After making an away trip to Sofia , Hungary shone with

5568-642: The Soviet Union 3–0 in the final , with goals coming from Gerd Müller (twice) and Herbert Wimmer at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels . This tournament would provide a taste of things to come, as the German side contained many of the key members of the 1974 FIFA World Cup -winning team. The 1976 tournament in Yugoslavia was the last in which only four teams took part in the final tournament, and

5684-551: The advent of a truly pan-European competition. Starting in 1883, the British Home Championship was an annual competition contested between the United Kingdom 's four national teams, England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland . Until these national teams entered the FIFA World Cup in 1950 , it was the most important international tournament these nations competed in. Similarly, from 1927 until 1960,

5800-469: The calendar year. The side of that era has the all-time highest Football Elo Ranking in the world , with 2230 in 1954, and one of the longest undefeated runs in football history, remaining unbeaten in 31 games, spanning over four years including the much heralded Match of the Century . The Hungarian team faced a severe drought starting from their elimination at the 1986 World Cup , failing to qualify for

5916-408: The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which reached the final after beating Portugal and France in the knockout stage. Germany would go on to win the final 2–1 thanks to the first golden goal ever in a major tournament, scored by Oliver Bierhoff five minutes into extra time. This was Germany's first title as a unified nation. UEFA Euro 2000 was the first tournament to be held by two countries, in

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6032-857: The dual monarchy known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire , they formed separate football associations and teams around the start of the 20th century. The national side first appeared at the Summer Olympic Games in 1912 in Stockholm , Sweden . The team had to ask for donations in order to be able to go to the Games. Hungary lost 7–0 to England and thus were eliminated. After the Olympic Games Hungary played two matches against Russia in Moscow . The first match

6148-492: The even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations' Cup before changing to its current name in 1968 . Since 1996, the individual events have been branded as " UEFA Euro [year] ". Before entering the tournament, all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process . Until 2016, the championship winners could compete in

6264-473: The expansion of the final tournament starting from 1980 , the host country, or countries, have been chosen beforehand and qualify automatically. In most tournaments, the tournament consists of a round-robin group stage followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. Up to 1968 draws were to be broken via a coin toss in all matches but the final, draw in final match was resolved via a replay. No third place play-off has been played since 1980. To qualify,

6380-634: The expense of the Welsh who qualified directly instead. However, Hungary was able to obtain a play-off spot, thanked for finishing second in their group at the Nations League, behind Finland, and was scheduled against Bulgaria . While Hungary could only gain a play-off spot in hope to reach the UEFA Euro 2020 , Hungary's strong result in previous Nations League gathered more optimism. Hungary began their quest in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B sharing

6496-567: The final (after having also beaten them in the opening game) with a goal scored by Angelos Charisteas in the 57th minute to win a tournament for which they were considered among the biggest underdogs. On their way to the Final , they also beat holders France as well as the Czech Republic with a silver goal , a rule which replaced the previous golden goal in 2003, before being abolished itself shortly after this tournament. The 2008 tournament , hosted by Austria and Switzerland, marked

6612-457: The final, Hungary lost to Italy 5–0. On 12 June 1927, Hungary beat France 13–1, which is still a record. József Takács scored six goals. The first FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930 , but Hungary were not invited and did not take part in the tournament; there were no qualification matches. Hungary first appeared in the 1934 World Cup in Italy . Hungary's first World Cup match

6728-415: The finals after UN sanctions prevented Yugoslavia's participation as some of the states constituting the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were at war with each other . The Danes beat holders the Netherlands on penalties in the semi-finals, then defeated world champions Germany 2–0. This was the first tournament in which a unified Germany took part and also the first major tournament to have

6844-457: The first half before René Vandereycken equalised for Belgium with a penalty in the second half. With two minutes remaining, Hrubesch headed the winner for West Germany from a Karl-Heinz Rummenigge corner . France won their first major title at home in the 1984 tournament , with their captain Michel Platini scoring 9 goals in just 5 games, including the opening goal in the final, in which they beat Spain 2–0. The format also changed, with

6960-406: The following year's FIFA Confederations Cup , but were not obliged to do so. From the 2020 edition onwards, the winner competes in the CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions . The seventeen European Championship tournaments have been won by ten national teams: Spain have won four titles, Germany have won three titles, Italy and France have won two titles, and the Soviet Union , Czechoslovakia ,

7076-450: The front and a juggling boy on the back. For the 2008 tournament , the Henri Delaunay Trophy was remodelled to make it larger, as the old trophy was overshadowed by UEFA's other trophies such as the new European Champion Clubs' Cup . The new trophy, which is made of sterling silver, now weighs 8 kilograms (18 lb) and is 60 centimetres (24 in) tall, being 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) heavier and 18 centimetres (7.1 in) longer than

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7192-464: The group after winning all matches by a combined goal difference of +12. In the semi-finals, they lost to Denmark 0–2, but beat Italy in the bronze medal match 2–1 thanks to a goals from Orosz and Dunai. Hungary qualified for the 1962 World Cup , held in Chile . On 31 May 1962, in the first group match, Hungary beat England 2–1 thanks to goals scored by Lajos Tichy and Flórián Albert at El Teniente stadium in Rancagua . The second match on 3 June

7308-452: The group match against the Germans, they lost 3–2 in the final in Bern at the Wankdorf Stadium. The Golden Team, built around the legendary Ferenc Puskás, led 2–0, but ended up losing 2–3 in a game the West Germans subsequently christened " The Miracle of Bern ". In 2010, journalist Erik Eggers speculates in a study that the German team may have used drugs to beat the Hungarian team, who were considered "invincible" at that time. Hungary saw

7424-411: The group qualifying phase consisted of ten groups; five of six teams and the remainder of five teams each. Each group is played in a league format with teams playing each other home and away. The top two teams then qualified for the final tournament, with remaining places decided by playoffs depending on their ranking in the UEFA Nations League . As with most leagues, the points are awarded as three for

7540-433: The group stages of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The Hungary national under-20 team head coach Sándor Egervári was appointed as head coach for the senior side ahead of Euro 2012 qualifying in which Hungary were drawn against Finland , Moldova , the Netherlands , San Marino and Sweden. Hungary won six, drew one and lost three games as they finished the group in third place with 19 points. During

7656-413: The group, on 17 points, missing out on qualification. Attila Pintér was appointed as head coach of the national team in December 2013. Some had seen this decision as controversial, given Pintér's low popularity with fans and players alike. The team played their first game at the newly constructed Groupama Arena on 7 September 2014, a 2–1 defeat to Northern Ireland in Euro 2016 qualifying . Pintér

7772-440: The idea of a European championship but died five years before the first tournament in 1960. His son Pierre was in charge of creating the trophy. Since the first tournament it has been awarded to the winning team for them to keep for four years, until the next tournament. This trophy bore the words Coupe d'Europe ("European Cup"), Coupe Henri Delaunay ("Henri Delaunay Cup"), and Championnat d'Europe ("European Championship") on

7888-418: The knock-out stage. Had goal difference been the decider, Hungary would have gone through, as the Hungarians had a goal tally of 6–3 compared to 2–2 for Wales. As it was, Wales instead met Brazil in the quarter-finals and were the recipient of young Pelé 's first World Cup goal. In 1960, Hungary entered the Olympics held in Rome and was drawn into Group D with France, Peru and India. Hungary finished top of

8004-408: The last European Championship qualifying. To obtain an accurate view of the teams' abilities, a ranking is produced. This is calculated by taking the total number of points won by a particular team and dividing it by the number of games played, i.e. points per game. In the case of a team having hosted one of the two previous competitions and therefore having qualified automatically, only the results from

8120-410: The last group match, on 20 July, Hungary beat Bulgaria 3–1. Hungary finished second in the group and qualified for the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by the Soviet Union 2–1 at Roker Park in Sunderland . In 1968 Olympics , Hungary qualified as defending champions to defend their title and was drawn into Group C with Israel, Ghana and El Salvador. Hungary finished top and advanced into

8236-435: The last group match. During the 1990s, Hungary were not able to qualify for any international tournaments except for the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta . In 1996, the team reached its lowest FIFA World Ranking at 87th. The fall of the Hungarian communist regime caused financial problems to many Hungarian clubs. Formerly successful clubs like Ferencváros and Újpest faced financial crisis and bankruptcy. This had

8352-453: The last in which the hosts had to qualify. Czechoslovakia beat West Germany in the newly introduced penalty shootout . After seven successful conversions, Uli Hoeneß missed, leaving Czechoslovakian Antonín Panenka with the opportunity to score and win the tournament. An "audacious" chipped shot , described by UEFA as "perhaps the most famous spot kick of all time" secured the victory as Czechoslovakia won 5–3 on penalties. The competition

8468-409: The latter was one of 12 host countries in the tournament. Hungary performed successfully against Croatia and Wales at home, obtaining needed victories, as well as successive wins over Azerbaijan. However, two straight defeats to Slovakia and away losses to Croatia and Wales, with the final loss happened when Hungary had a chance to qualify directly, sent Hungary into a disappointing fourth-place finish at

8584-548: The matches the team was widely considered to be a key contestant for relegation, the Red-White-Greens quickly proved their worth when they beat Euro 2020 runner-up England 1–0 with a Dominik Szoboszlai penalty an hour into the match. After the victory, expectations were cooled with a 2–1 defeat against Italy in Cesena , nevertheless, an early Zsolt Nagy goal that could only be equalized by Jonas Hofmann resulted in

8700-456: The national team. Between 1921 and 1924, Béla Guttmann also played six times for the team. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Guttmann objected to the fact that there were more officials than players in the Hungary squad and that the hotel was more suitable for socialising than match preparation, and to demonstrate his disapproval he hung dead rats on the doors of the travelling officials. At

8816-415: The next round with Israel. In the quarter-finals, Hungary beat Guatemala narrowly, 1–0. In the semi-finals, they beat Japan 5–0. In the final, they beat Bulgaria 4–1 and won their third title, being the most successful team at the Olympics in football (Great Britain also won three titles but their first title is in 1904, and football only became an official event in 1908). However, Hungary failed to qualify for

8932-407: The old one. The marble plinth that was serving as base was removed. The new silver base of the trophy had to be enlarged to make it stable. The names of the winning countries that had appeared on the plaques glued to the plinth are now engraved on the back of the trophy, under the word Coupe Henri Delaunay and are written in English rather than French its predecessor had. Since 2016, the juggling boy

9048-447: The only goal was scored by László Kleinheisler . On the return match, Hungary beat Norway 2–1 and qualified for the Euro 2016 finals. After beating Austria 2–0 and drawing with Iceland , Hungary played an exciting 3–3 draw against eventual Euro winners Portugal . Hereupon, Hungary managed to qualify for the round of 16 with a game to spare, marking their best Euro or World Cup performance in over 40 years. Hungary failed to qualify for

9164-444: The players' names printed on their backs. England hosted UEFA Euro 1996 , the first tournament to use the nomenclature "Euro [year]" and would see the number of teams taking part double to 16. The hosts, in a replay of the 1990 FIFA World Cup semi-final, were knocked out on penalties by Germany. The surprise team of the tournament was the newly formed Czech Republic , participating on its first international competition following

9280-577: The qualification process, in September 2011, Hungary reached the 27th place in the FIFA World Ranking, their highest position to date. At the end of the year, the national team played Liechtenstein as a commemoration of the recently deceased Flórián Albert, the only Hungarian football player to win the Ballon d'Or . Hungary were drawn in Group D in their 2014 World Cup qualifying , along with

9396-409: The qualifying phase of the tournament and the previous World Cup qualifying . Other finalists were assigned to by means of a draw, using coefficients as a basis. For the 2016 tournament, the expansion to 24 teams means that the teams will be drawn into six groups of four, with the six group winners, six group runners-up and the four best third-placed teams advancing to the round of 16 when it becomes

9512-590: The record for most hat-tricks conceded with 7 (the next closest is Austria with 4). UEFA European Football Championship The UEFA European Football Championship , less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros , is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). The competition is contested by UEFA members' senior men's national teams , determining

9628-509: The same for the 1968 tournament , hosted and won by Italy. For the first and only time, a match was decided on a coin toss (the semi-final between Italy and the Soviet Union) and the final went to a replay , after the match against Yugoslavia finished 1–1. Italy won the replay 2–0. More teams entered this tournament (31), a testament to its burgeoning popularity. Belgium hosted the 1972 tournament , which West Germany won, beating

9744-765: The second match of the group stages. Maradona scored twice, while the only Hungarian goal was scored by Pölöskei at the Estadio José Rico Pérez in Alicante . After Hungary drew in the last match against Belgium, they were eliminated from the World Cup. Hungary's last World Cup appearance to date was the 1986 World Cup in Mexico . In the first match of the group Hungary lost 6–0 to the Soviet Union . Although Hungary won their second match against Canada 2–0, they lost to Michel Platini's France 3–0 in

9860-530: The second time that two nations co-hosted and the first edition where the new trophy was awarded. It commenced on 7 June and finished on 29 June. The final between Germany and Spain was held at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna . Spain defeated Germany 1–0, with a goal scored by Fernando Torres in the 33rd minute, sparking much celebration across the country. This was their first title since

9976-404: The second voting round) and Italy, which had the fewest votes in the first voting round. Euro 2016 was the first to have 24 teams in the finals. This was the third time France have hosted the competition. Portugal, which qualified for the knock-out phase despite finishing third in its group, went on to win the championship by defeating heavily favoured host team France 1–0 in the Final , thanks to

10092-421: The semi-finals, they beat United Arab Republic (Egypt) 6–0 with four goals from Bene and two from Komora. In the final, Hungary beat Czechoslovakia 2–1 thanks from an own goal by Weiss and a goal by Bene, winning their second gold medal. Hungary qualified for the 1964 European Nations' Cup which was held in Spain. They played against Spain in the semi-finals, losing 2–1 after extra time. The only Hungarian goal

10208-416: The single most recent qualifying competition are used. If two teams have equal points per game, the committee then bases their positions in the rankings on: The qualifying phase is played in a group format, the composition of the groups is determined through means of a draw of teams from pre-defined seeded bowls. The draw takes place after the preceding World Cup's qualifying competition. For UEFA Euro 2020 ,

10324-498: The stadium, while Bilbao was replaced by Seville for the same reason. In the Final , Italy defeated maiden finalists England 3–2 on penalties, after the game was tied 1–1 after extra time, to win their second European Championship. The Henri Delaunay Trophy, which is awarded to the winner of the European Championship, is named in honour of Henri Delaunay , the first General Secretary of UEFA, who came up with

10440-621: The team often fell short in the qualification stages, which was a source of disappointment for fans and players alike. The lack of consistent performance and the inability to compete at the highest levels led to a period of stagnation for Hungarian soccer on the international stage. However, there was a bright spot in 2009 when the Hungary U-20 team won a bronze medal at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt . The U-20 team’s success

10556-401: The top of the group. However, UEFA revised the formula aftermath, meaning Hungary was officially promoted to 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B , having finished second before. The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying drew a mixed result for the Hungarians. Grouped in group E , they faced Croatia , Wales , Slovakia and Azerbaijan ; the former occupied the silver medal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup while

10672-407: The top two teams in each group going through to a semi-final stage, instead of the winners of each group going straight into the final. The third place play-off was also abolished. The losing teams from the semi-finals win the bronze medal. West Germany hosted UEFA Euro 1988 , but lost 2–1 to the Netherlands , their traditional rivals , in the semi-finals, which sparked vigorous celebrations in

10788-489: The tournament. Group F featured Portugal, the defending European champions, France, and Germany. The Hungarians fought against the odds and put on a heroic performance; despite losing 3–0 to Portugal, the Hungarians recorded two points against France and Germany. 2022 again brought the "group of death" for Hungary, as during the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League the team had to face off three former world champions in group A3, Italy, Germany, and England respectively. While prior

10904-564: The trophy after a 3–0 win over Italy in Rome in 1953. Winners in 1927–30 , 1933–35 and runners-up in 1931–32 . Since the first official tournament in 1927–30 , 17 hat-tricks have been scored in over 100 matches of the 6 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by Gino Rossetti of the Italy , playing against Czechoslovakia on 3 March 1929 ; and the last was by Lajos Tichy of Hungary , playing against Switzerland on 25 October 1959 . The record number of hat-tricks in

11020-561: The trophy awarded to the champions is named after him. The 1960 tournament , held in France, had four teams competing in the finals out of 17 that entered the competition. It was won by the Soviet Union , beating Yugoslavia 2–1 in a tense final in Paris . Spain withdrew from its quarter-final match against the Soviet Union because of two political protests. Of the 17 teams that entered the qualifying tournament, notable absentees were England,

11136-454: The winners of four play-off matches between the runners-up of the other groups. These sixteen teams were divided equally into four groups, A, B, C and D, each consisting of four teams. The groups were drawn up by the UEFA administration, again using seeding. The seeded teams being the host nations, the reigning champions, should they qualify, and those with the best points per game coefficients over

11252-486: Was a 9–0 win and the second 12–0, which is still a record for the national side. The top scorer of the two matches was Imre Schlosser who scored seven goals. The beginning of World War I had a deep impact on the thriving Hungarian football. Both the country and the clubs were suffering financial problems. During WWI Hungary played Austria 16 times. In 1919 England claimed the exclusion of the Central Powers (including Hungary) from FIFA . When FIFA refused England's plea,

11368-421: Was against Egypt on 27 May 1934, a 4–2 win. The goals were scored by Pál Teleki , Géza Toldi (2) and Jenő Vincze . In the quarter-finals, Hungary faced neighbouring arch-rivals Austria and lost 2–1, the only Hungarian goal coming from György Sárosi . Hungary entered the 1936 Olympics , where in the first round they were eliminated by Poland, 0–3. The 1938 World Cup was held in France. The first match

11484-460: Was announced by Franz Beckenbauer that an agreement had been reached, and the expansion to 24 teams would be officially announced the next day. The competing teams are chosen by a series of qualifying games: in 1960 and 1964 through home and away play-offs ; from 1968 through a combination of both qualifying groups and play-off games. The host country was selected from the four finalists after they were determined through qualifying. Since

11600-545: Was appointed as a new head coach. Hungary lost both matches in March 2018, the first defeat was another embarrassing one against minnows Kazakhstan (2–3). On 19 June 2018, after three losses and one draw under his reign, Leekens was let go and Marco Rossi was appointed in his place. 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C saw Hungary drawn with Finland, Greece and Estonia . Hungary had a nearly successful performance, but losses to Finland and Greece shattered their hope to finish in

11716-511: Was appointed as the head coach of the national side in 1993. He led the team for only four matches, however, as the former Honvéd and Real Madrid star failed to make an impact. The only success in the 1990s was the qualification of Hungary to the 1996 Summer Olympics . Antal Dunai 's team played its first group match against Nigeria and lost to 1–0 in Orlando . In the second group match, Hungary played Brazil and lost 3–1. The last group match

11832-699: Was conceived by the Austrian football pioneer Hugo Meisl , regarded by some as one of the fathers of European football. Meisl was also behind the launch of the Mitropa Cup , a knockout competition for club teams from the same countries which also began in 1927. He also managed Austria during the Wunderteam era of the 1930s and led them to victory in the 1931-32 competition. The first tournament played between 1927 and 1930 had been won by an Italy team inspired by Giuseppe Meazza . Meazza and Italy also won

11948-418: Was drawn into Group B with defending champions Yugoslavia, Morocco and North Korea, the latter withdrawing. In their first match against Morocco, Hungary won 6–0 with all six goals scored by Ferenc Bene . In their second match, Hungary won narrowly (6–5) against Yugoslavia and advanced into the next round along with runners-up Yugoslavia. In the quarter-finals, Hungary beat Romania 2–0 with goals from Csernai. In

12064-419: Was drawn into Group C with Denmark, Iran and Brazil. They finished top and advanced into the next round with Denmark. In their second group round, they were drawn into Group 1 with East Germany , West Germany and Mexico. They again finished top undefeated and advanced into the finals with East Germany. In the finals, they faced Poland and lost 1–2. Hungary qualified for the finals of the UEFA Euro 1972 which

12180-526: Was even more convincing against Bulgaria ; the match was won 6–1 in Rancagua. The last group match was against Argentina and it was a goalless draw. Hungary qualified for the quarter-finals by gaining five points and winning the group. In the quarter-finals, however, Hungary was eliminated by Czechoslovakia by 1–0 at El Teniente. In 1964, Hungary again qualified for the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo and

12296-467: Was expanded to eight teams in the 1980 tournament , again hosted by Italy. It involved a group stage, with the winners of the groups going on to contest the final, and the runners-up playing in the third place play-off. West Germany won their second European title by beating Belgium 2–1, with two goals scored by Horst Hrubesch at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome . Horst Hrubesch scored early in

12412-528: Was held in Belgium . In the semi-finals, Hungary faced the Soviet Union and lost 1–0. In the third place play-off, Hungary lost to Belgium 2–1. The Hungarians would not appear at the European Championship again until Euro 2016 . Hungary participated in the 1978 World Cup which was held in Argentina . Facing the hosts, Argentina won the match 2–1. Hungary played their second group match against Italy and

12528-505: Was held in 1980. Before 1980, only four teams qualified for the final tournament. From 1980, eight teams competed. In 1996 the tournament expanded to 16 teams, since it was easier for European nations to qualify for the World Cup than their own continental championship; 14 of the 24 teams at the 1982 , 1986 and 1990 World Cups had been European, whereas the European Championship finals still involved only eight teams. In 2007, there

12644-792: Was much discussion about an expansion of the tournament to 24 teams, started by Scotland and the Republic of Ireland , due to the increased number of football associations in Europe after the break-ups of Czechoslovakia , Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union , and the inclusion of Israel and Kazakhstan . The new president of UEFA , Michel Platini , was reported to be in favour of expansion which proved an accurate assumption. Whilst on 17 April 2007, UEFA's executive committee formally decided against expansion in 2012, Platini indicated in June 2008 that UEFA will increase participation from 16 to 24 teams in future tournaments, starting from 2016. On 25 September, it

12760-458: Was played against Dutch East Indies and Hungary won 6–0. Sárosi and Gyula Zsengellér each scored twice while Vilmos Kohut and Toldi scored one goal each. In the quarter-finals, Hungary beat Switzerland 2–0 with goals by Sárosi and Zsengellér. In the semi-final at the Parc des Princes , Paris , Hungary beat Sweden 5–1 with goals by Ferenc Sas and Sárosi and a hat-trick by Zsengellér. In

12876-511: Was played against Japan , a 3–2 loss. Hungary were eliminated in the 1998 World Cup qualifying play-offs by Yugoslavia with a 12–1 aggregate score. During the 2000s, the Hungarian national soccer team faced several challenges and did not achieve significant success in major international tournaments. They struggled to qualify for major competitions like the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship . Despite their efforts,

12992-404: Was returned on the trophy's back. The players and coaches of the winning team and the runner-up team are awarded gold and silver medals, respectively. Each association that competes in the final tournament receives a commemorative plaque. Each time the team losing semi-finalist, as well as each finalist, receive a dedicated plaque. Though there is no longer a third place play-off , UEFA decided in

13108-523: Was scored by Ferenc Bene . In the third place play-off Hungary beat Denmark 3–1 after extra time. Hungary also managed to qualify for the 1966 World Cup which was held in England. On 13 July, Hungary lost their first group match against Eusébio 's Portugal (3–1) at Old Trafford in Manchester . Two days later, in the second group match Hungary beat Brazil at Goodison Park , Liverpool . In

13224-478: Was seen as a potential turning point for Hungarian soccer, highlighting the country’s ability to develop young talent, including Vladimir Koman and Ádám Szalai . Throughout the decade, Hungarian clubs also made some progress in European competitions, though they did not reach the later stages. The domestic league saw fluctuating performances, with clubs like Ferencváros and Debrecen occasionally making it to

13340-422: Was subsequently dismissed, with Pál Dárdai appointed as a temporary replacement for three matches. He turned down an offer to manage the team on a permanent basis, but was kept on. On 15 November 2015, a Storck-led Hungary qualified for its first European Championship ( UEFA Euro 2016 ) in 44 years and its major tournament in 30 years. Hungary beat Norway in the first leg of the qualifying playoffs 1–0;

13456-622: Was taking no chances though, as Ádám Szalai , the long-time forward who announced his retirement a day before the match, scored a heeler to win the game against Germany 1–0 in Leipzig . On 26 September, Hungary only needed a draw to qualify for the UEFA Nations League Finals, however they lost to Italy 2–0 in the Puskás Aréna. Hungary has a long-standing rivalry with its neighbour Romania . The rivalry dates back to

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