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unusual facts about Hungary national football team


Kimberley de Mar del Plata

The French national football team wore Kimberley's shirts for their match against Hungary at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, after both teams arrived with only their white change strips.


Ádám Hrepka

Ádám Hrepka (born 15 April 1987 in Szeged) is an Hungarian football player who plays for Bnei Yehuda F.C. He is a striker and has also played for the Hungary national team.

Alexandre Rey

He made his international debut as a substitute against Hungary at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest on 18 November 1998.

Erich Obermayer

He made his debut for Austria in an April 1975 European Championship qualification match against Hungary and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal in a match against the Netherlands, and 1982 FIFA World Cup where he skippered the team.

Ferenc Weisz

Weisz, who was Jewish, played club football as a striker for Ferencváros and MTK, and also represented his country at international level, earning 17 caps between 1903 and 1917.

Football in Montenegro

The Montenegro national team played its first match in Podgorica on March 24, 2007, when they beat Hungary 2-1.

The new national team was organised and its first fixture was against Hungary in Podgorica on March 24, 2007.

Gusztáv Sebes

Among those who witnessed Hungary's Olympics victory was Stanley Rous, secretary-general of the English FA and future FIFA president; he subsequently approached Sebes and invited Hungary to play England at Wembley.

Joe Worrall

Worrall was the referee for the 1992 European Championships qualifier between Italy and Hungary at the Stadio Arechi, Salerno, on 1 May 1991.

Oszkár Szendrő

Szendrő, who was Jewish, played club football for Budapesti TC, also represented Hungarian national team at international level, earning 13 caps between 1908 and 1913, and appearing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Sándor Gujdár

He played for Szegedi EOL, Honvéd, Aris Saloniki, and the Hungary national football team - where he earned 25 caps - including two appearances at the 1978 FIFA World Cup Finals in Argentina.

Vilmos Vanczák

After his debut in the national team of Hungary, he joined Belgian team Sint-Truiden.


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