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Hungary World Cup Record: Results, Stats & History

Hungary football flag iconBack in their day, Hungary were one of the best footballing nations on the planet, finishing FIFA World Cup runners-up in 1938 and 1954. However, since their glory days, the Hungarian national team have featured in just three of the last 13 World Cups. They still hold the joint record for the biggest World Cup victories, beating El Salvador 10-1 in 1982 and South Korea 9-0 in 1954.

Hungary have had some world class players in their history, and none more so than the legend that was Ferenc Puskás. His strike rate was phenomenal, scoring 84 goals in 85 appearances for Hungary and 514 goals in 529 league matches (including 242 goal in 262 games for Real Madrid). But even his greatness wasn’t enough to lead his country to a World Cup.

World Cup Results

Hungary’s last appearance at a World Cup came at the 1986 competition in Mexico. After reaching the quarter-finals at the 1966 World Cup, the Hungarians failed to get past the group stage in the next three tournaments for which they qualified. Overall, they have participated in just nine of the 21 World Cups.

Year Host Stage of Elimination (Position) Manager Top Scorer
1986 Mexico Group Stage (18th) Gyorgy Mezey Lajos Detari (1) & Marton Esterhazy (1)
1982 Spain Group Stage (14th) Kalman Meszoly Laszlo Kiss (3)
1978 Argentina Group Stage (15th) Lajos Baroti Karoly Csapo (1), Andras Toth (1) & Sandor Zombori (1)
1966 England Quarter-final (6th) Lajos Baroti Ferenc Bene (4)
1962 Chile Quarter-final (5th) Lajos Baroti Florian Albert (4)
1958 Sweden Group Stage (10th) Lajos Baroti Lajos Tichy (4)
1954 Switzerland Final (2nd) Gusztav Sebes Sandor Kocsis (11)
1938 France Final (2nd) Alfred Schaffer Gyorgy Sarosi (5) & Gyula Zsengeller (5)
1934 Italy Quarter-final (6th) Odon Nadas Geza Toldi (2)

Have Hungary Ever Won the World Cup?

Hungary have been runners-up twice, in 1938 in France and in 1954 in Switzerland, but they have never won the World Cup.

Best Performances

Hungarian man in front of country flag

Hungary have reached the final on two occasions, losing both times. Their first final came at the 1938 World Cup in France, which was just their second appearance at the finals. The Hungarians beat Indonesia (then known as the Dutch East Indies), Switzerland and Sweden and then met Italy in the final. In what looked to have been a very exciting match, Hungary lost 4-2 to the Italians at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Paris.

They were also runners-up at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. Sandor Kocsis netted 11 times as Hungary, then known as the Golden Team, beat the likes of South Korea, West Germany, Brazil and Uruguay to reach their second final. Unfortunately for them, they were beaten 3-2 by West Germany in the final known as “The Miracle of Bern”. This was despite Hungary having walloped West Germany 8-3 in their group game. Hungary took a two-goal lead early in the final, but West Germany fought back to claim the World Cup and break Hungarian hearts.

Golden Boot / Top Goalscorer

Back in 1954, Sandor Kocsis scored a staggering 11 goals in Switzerland to finish as the top goalscorer. Kocsis scored three against South Korea and four against West Germany in the group stage. He then hit braces in the knockout stage wins over Brazil and Uruguay. At the 1962 World Cup in Chile, Florian Albert finished joint top scorer with Garrincha, Vava, Leonel Sanchez, Valentin Ivanov and Drazan Jerkovic, all of whom netted four times.

Year Host Player Number of Goals Runner(s) Up
1962 Chile Florian Albert 4 Joint Top Scorer – Garrincha (4), Vava (4), Leonel Sanchez (4), Valentin Ivanov (4), Drazan Jerkovic (4)
1954 Switzerland Sandor Kocsis 11 Erich Probst (6), Josef Hugi (6), Max Morlock (6)

Times Hungary Didn’t Qualify for the World Cup

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Hungary were serial qualifiers in the early years of the World Cup. They did not enter the 1930 and 1950 competitions, but the Hungarians featured in 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962 and 1966. However, since then, the nation has qualified for just three of the following 13 World Cups. Their last appearance at a World Cup tournament was in Mexico in 1986.

Year Host Manager Played Won Draw Loss
2018 Russia Bernd Storck 10 4 1 5
2014 Brazil Sandor Egervari / Jozsef Csabi 10 5 2 3
2010 South Africa Erwin Koeman 10 5 1 4
2006 Germany Peter Bozsik / Peter Varhidi 10 4 2 4
2002 South Korea & Japan Bertalan Bicskei 8 2 2 4
1998 France Janos Csank 10 3 3 4
1994 USA Emerich Jenei / Ferenc Puskas 8 2 1 5
1990 Italy Bertalan Bicskei 8 2 4 2
1974 West Germany Lajos Baroti 6 2 4 0
1970 Mexico Lajos Baroti 7 4 1 2

Worst Result

After failing to qualify for the previous two tournaments, Hungary had a forgettable 1978 World Cup in Argentina. The Hungarians went on to finish 15th out of 16 teams, losing to hosts Argentina (2-1), Italy (3-1) and France (3-1) in Group 1 to go out with zero points to show for their efforts. Mexico were the only side who performed worse at the tournament having also lost three but with a worse goal difference.

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