**** Golden Team ****

Curriculum Vitae, Records & Statistics
 

Ranking Statistics: World Football Elo Ratings & Unbeaten (rsssf.com)

*The games against the 'Soviet Union' on May 24th and 27th 1952 was played against a ' Moscow Select XI ' (Moscow city teams' selection and not the 'national Soviet Union team') therefore it is not an official "international" match between national teams and will not be included in the statistics.  Moreover, the referee in the match was from the Soviet Union.

Precedents:
 


World Records:
 

20th Century Record:


20th Century European Record:


World Cup Records:
 


World Cup Streaks:
 

Jeno Buzánszky and Ms. Katalin Makrai, the ex-First Lady of Hungary at the Silver Rose Ball, March 1, 2014.



 

World Top No. 1-7 Ranked Teams are highlighted in purple

World Top No. 8-12 Ranked Teams are highlighted in orange.

World Top No. 13-17 Ranked teams are highlighted in blue.

No. Date Venue Nation Type of Match Goals For Goals Against Pre-Game Opp. Rank Match Commentary
1. 5.8.1949 Home Austria Gero Intl Cup 6 1 No. 12
2. 6.12.1949 Home Italy Gero Intl Cup 1 1 No. 4
3. 6.19.1949 Away Sweden friendly 2 2 No. 3
4. 7.10.1949 Home Poland friendly 8 2 No. 45
5. 10.16.1949 Away Austria friendly 4 3 No. 12
6. 10.30.1949 Home Bulgaria friendly 5 0 No. 50
7. 11.20.1949 Home Sweden friendly 5 0 No. 4 Ferenc Deák's last international national match.
8. 4.30.1950 Home Czechoslovakia friendly 5 0 No. 20
9. 5.14.1950 Away Austria friendly 3 5 No. 11 Keeper Gyula Grosics did not start in game.
10. 6.04.1950 Away Poland friendly 5 2 No. 45
11. 9.24.1950 Home Albania friendly 12 0 No. 52 Largest margin of win for Hungarian national team in its history.
12. 10.29.1950 Home Austria friendly 4 3 No. 11
13. 11.12.1950 Away Bulgaria friendly 1 1 No. 56
14. 5.27.1951 Home Poland friendly 6 0 No. 40 Beginning of 13 game winning streak (May 27, 1954 - October 19, 1952)
15. 10.14.1951 Away Czechoslovakia friendly 2 1 No. 15
16. 11.18.1951 Home Finland friendly 8 0 No. 78
17. 5.18.1952 Home East Germany friendly 5 0 No. 61 Not a FIFA-official match, but a full international, E. Germany joined FIFA on July 24, 1952
18. 6.15.1952 Away Poland friendly 5 1 No. 44
19. 6.22.1952 Away Finland friendly 6 1 No. 66
20. 7.15.1952 Neutral Romania 1952 Olympics prelim. 2 1 No. 29
21. 7.21.1952 Neutral Italy 1952 Olympics prelim. 3 0 No. 5
22. 7.24.1952 Neutral Turkey 1952 Olympics QF 7 1 n/a
23. 7.28.1952 Neutral Sweden 1952 Olympics SF 6 0 No. 11 National team becomes widely recognized in European football circles for innovative tactics, Wembley game first proposed
24. 8.02.1952 Neutral Yugoslavia 1952 Olympics F 2 0 No. 5 Hungary becomes Olympics champion for 1st time; nickname of 'Golden Team' first became popular to national side.
25. 9.20.1952 Away Switzerland Gero Intl. Cup 4 2 No. 20 Hidegkuti becomes regular starter after keying 0-2 comeback
26. 10.19.1952 Home Czechoslovakia friendly 5 0 No. 24
27. 4.26.1953 Home Austria friendly 1 1 No. 12
28. 5.17.1953 Away Italy Gero Intl. Cup 3 0 No. 11 Hungary wins Gero Intl. Cup (1948-1953 edition) | Puskás top scorer in tournament with 10 goals
29. 7.05.1953 Away Sweden friendly 4 2 No. 12
30. 10.04.1953 Away Bulgaria friendly 1 1 No. 59
31. 10.04.1953 Away Czechoslovakia friendly 5 1 No. 14
32. 10.11.1953 Away Austria friendly 3 2 No. 11
33. 11.15.1953 Home Sweden friendly 2 2 No. 13
34. 11.25.1953 Away England friendly 6 3 No. 3 "Match of the Century", most influential friendly in football history |
Puskás becomes top international scorer (60 goals) |
Hidegkuti scores famous hat-trick
35. 2.12.1954 Away Egypt friendly 3 0 No. 49
36. 4.11.1954 Away Austria friendly 1 0 No. 11
37. 5.23.1954 Home England friendly 7 1 No. 4 Hungary's most famous home win, England's largest defeat by score margin | Hungary becomes all-consensus favorite for 1954 World Cup.
38. 6.17.1954 Neutral South Korea 1954 World Cup Group 9 0 No. 25 Largest margin of victory all-time in World Cup history
39. 6.20.1954 Neutral West Germany 1954 World Cup Group 8 3 No. 7 Most-watched game at 1954 World Cup | Puskás injured | Kocsis scores 4 goals
40. 6.27.1954 Neutral Brazil 1954 World Cup QF 4 2 No. 3 "Battle of Berne", Winger Jozsef Toth injured for remainder of tournament
41. 6.30.1954 Neutral Uruguay 1954 World Cup SF 4 2 No. 3 "Greatest Game Ever Played", Kocsis has 11 goals in 4 games in tournament | Hungary attains highest-ever Elo rating
42. 7.4.1954 Neutral West Germany 1954 World Cup Final 2

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No. 3 "Miracle of Berne", Keeper Grosics obstructed by Schäfer,
Puskás 87'-minute good equalizer ruled offside (2 goals go in favor of West Germany) who win their first world title.
43. 09.19.1954 Home Romania friendly 5 1 No. 33 Post 1954 World Cup era begins, 18 game unbeaten streak begins
44. 09.26.1954 Away Soviet Union friendly 1 1 No. 35
45. 10.10.1954 Home Switzerland friendly 3 0 No. 19
46. 10.24.1954 Home Czechoslovakia friendly 4 1 No. 24
47. 11.14.1954 Home Austria friendly 4 1 No. 6
48. 12.08.1954 Away Scotland friendly 4 2 No. 13 134,000 fan attendance at Hamden Park, Scotland one of the largest in European football history
49. 4.24.1955 Away Austria Gero Intl. Cup 2 2 No. 7
50. 5.08.1955 Away Norway friendly 5 0 No. 35
51. 5.11.1955 Away Sweden friendly 7 3 No. 12 Kocsis scores then world record 7th hat-trick and becomes 2nd leading goalscorer in international game behind
Puskás; first and only occasion in world football history to field No. 1 and No. 2 record holders simultaneously
52. 5.15.1955 Away Denmark friendly 6 0 No. 32
53. 5.19.1955 Away Finland friendly 9 1 No. 83
54. 5.29.1955 Home Scotland friendly 3 1 No. 11
55. 09.17.1955 Away Switzerland Gero Intl Cup 5 4 No. 26
56. 09.25.1955 Home Soviet Union friendly 1 1 No. 19
57. 10.02.1955 Away Czechoslovakia friendly 3 1 No. 20
58. 10.16.1955 Home Austria Gero Intl. Cup 6 1 No. 7
59. 11.13.1955 Home Sweden friendly 4 2 No. 16
60. 11.27.1955 Home Italy Gero Intl. Cup 2 0 No. 11
* 60 matches: (49 wins, 9 draws, 2 defeats)

In equiv. top-tier pro elite American football: 49 wins, 2 losses
(43.2 points/game)

+4.32 gls/gm

- 1.20 gls/gm