Hungary national football team

The Hungary national football team is the team that represents the country of Hungary in international competition and is controlled by Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség.

Hungary has qualified for six FIFA World Cups with the best result being champions in the 1954 FIFA World Cup where they became the eighth team to take out the title after they defeated Romania in the final.

1910s
The Hungarian first appearance in international football was in 1902 when they took on an Austrian team which was dominated by fellow Austrian-Hungarians who wanted to play for that country. The first match would see them get destroyed 5-0 at Vienna in 1902 and for the first couple of years, they struggled in the early days of football. This was followed by the first FIFA World Cup where they would finish bottom of the group which had and the.

After another first-round to England at the 1910 FIFA World Cup, they were hoping to get a win at the Summer Olympics tournament in Stockholm. Before competing at the tournament, they competed in games against where they were defeated 8-0. Those funds would help Hungary get to Sweden where they lose to the in the quarter-finals by a score of 3-0.

The following tournament for Hungary would be the 1914 FIFA World Cup which was held in England. For the Hungarians, they were drawn in Group C with, and. Despite their attempts, they wouldn't make it out of the group stage as they would finish bottom of the group with only one point next to their nation after a draw against the Scots. Soon, the first World War would affect the world which meant that football would grind to a stop.

1920s
Following the first World War, Hungary, as well as some of the other Central Powers, was banned from FIFA on the plea of the English and after also missing the 1920 Summer Olympics because of that same reason. The team with a unique 2-3-5 formation would appear at the 1924 Summer Olympics and after smashing 7-0 in the opening round. In the second round, they would fall against because of an own goal from  which knocked them out.

With the World Cup creating their first official qualifying round, Hungary was put into Group 3 with, and. With the top two teams qualifying through to the World Cup they got off to a good start with scoring the only goal in the opening match. After knocking over Germany at home, they would lose to the Austrians by a score of 3-0 which would drop them to second place but still enough to qualify through.

Hungary was drawn in Group D with the, and the  (who was debuting) at the tournament. After losing their opening game 2-0, they knocked over Yugoslavia 2-1 to set up a must-win match against the United States who had got smashed 7-0 in the previous match and wasn't the favourite to win. But a sudden shock was in order with the Hungarian team failing to seal it as and  both scored to give America the win. The Hungarians would be eliminated in the group stage once again as the team wouldn't compete in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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