European Football Championship 1972 / Hungary

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This article covers the Hungarian national team at the 1972 European Football Championship in Belgium .

qualification

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary  6th  4th  1  1 012: 500  +7 09: 30
 2. Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Bulgaria  6th  3  1  2 011: 700  +4 07: 50
 3. FranceFrance France  6th  3  1  2 010: 800  +2 07: 50
 4th NorwayNorway Norway  6th  0  1  5 005:180 −13 01:11

Game results

07.10.1970 Norway - Hungary 1: 3 (0: 2)
04/24/1971 Hungary - France 1: 1 (0: 0)
05/19/1971 Bulgaria - Hungary 3: 0 (1: 0)
09/25/1971 Hungary - Bulgaria 2: 0 (0: 0)
10/09/1971 France - Hungary 0: 2 (0: 2)
October 27, 1971 Hungary - Norway 4: 0 (3: 0)

Quarter finals

date total First leg Second leg! Style = "width: 5em" | 3. game
April 29th / April 14th / 17th May 1972 Hungary  Hungary 1957Hungary 5: 4 Romania 1965Romania Romania 1: 1 (1: 0) 2: 2 (2: 1) 2: 1 (1: 1) 1
1 Playoff

Hungarian contingent

player position society Date of birth
István Géczi goalkeeper Ferencváros Budapest 06/13/1944
Ádám Rothermel goalkeeper Tatabánya Bányász SC 06/14/1948
Peter Scherer goalkeeper 1. FSV Mainz 05 02/29/1948
László Bálint Defense Ferencváros Budapest 02/01/1948
Tibor Fábián Defense Vasas Budapest 07/26/1946
Péter Juhász Defense Újpesti Dózsa SC 08/03/1948
Miklós Páncsics Defense Ferencváros Budapest 02/04/1944
Flórián Albert midfield Ferencváros Budapest 09/15/1941
István Juhász midfield Ferencváros Budapest 07/17/1945
Lajos Kocsis midfield Budapest Honved SE 06/18/1946
Mihály Kozma midfield Budapest Honved SE 11/01/1949
Lajos Kű midfield Ferencváros Budapest 07/05/1948
István Szőke midfield Ferencváros Budapest 02/13/1947
Ferenc Bene attack Újpesti Dózsa SC December 17, 1944
László Branikovits attack Ferencváros Budapest December 18, 1949
Antal Dunai attack Újpesti Dózsa SC March 21, 1943
László Fazekas attack Újpesti Dózsa SC October 15, 1947
Lajos Szűcs attack Budapest Honved SE December 10, 1943
Sándor Zámbó attack Újpesti Dózsa SC 10/10/1944
Rudolf Illovszky Trainer

Games of Hungary

Semifinals

June 14, 1972 in Anderlecht ( Stade Émile Versé )
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union - Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 1: 0 (0: 0)

3rd place match

June 17, 1972 in Liège ( Stade de Sclessin )
Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary - BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1: 2 (0: 2)