European Football Championship 2016 / Hungary

This article covers the Hungarian national team at the 2016 European Football Championship in France . For Hungary it was the third participation in the European Championship and the first since 1972.

qualification

Hungary completed the qualification for the European Championship in Group F . The Hungarians, who were only drawn from the second best pot in the group draw, began qualifying under Attila Pintér . After the first game, a 1: 2 home defeat against Northern Ireland, his tenure ended and Pál Dárdai , youth coach at Hertha BSC, took over the post on an interim basis. For the first game he brought Gábor Király back into goal, who had not played for a year and with whom he played at Hertha BSC until 2011. He got off to a good start with a 1-1 draw in Romania. After there was no defeat in the following games, he was to remain head coach until the end of qualification. In February 2015, Dárdai took over the 17th place in the table from Hertha BSC and resigned as national coach on July 20, 2015. His successor was Bernd Storck , who had been sports director at the Hungarian Football Association since the beginning of March 2015. Under him, the Hungarians secured third place in the table and only lost the last game against the Greeks, who had not yet been won. When they were third in the group, they were qualified for the play-offs of the third group and met Norway. With two wins, the Hungarians qualified for the first time for a European Championship finals with a group phase and thus for the first time after 1986 for a major tournament. With a goal difference of +2 in the group matches, the Hungarians had the worst goal difference of all qualified teams and only Albania, which played two fewer group matches, scored fewer goals from the qualified teams.

Overall, the three coaches used 37 players, only Balázs Dzsudzsák in all twelve games. Tamás Kádár had one less bet . Dániel Böde , Krisztián Németh and Tamás Priskin scored the most qualifying goals from ten goalscorers for the Hungarians , who each scored two goals. Balázs Balogh made his first international appearance in the first qualifying match. Other newcomers came Dénes Dibusz and Attila Fiola in the game on the Faroe Islands, Gyula Forró in the first game against Finland, Ádám Nagy in the second game against Northern Ireland, Ádám Bódi in the second game against the Faroe Islands and László Kleinheisler in the first game. off game against Norway for their first full international match. In this, Kleinheisler scored the winning goal with his first international goal and the 40-year-old Gábor Király was the first Hungarian to make his 100th international match recognized by FIFA . In the last playoff game, he set József Bozsik's 53-year-old record , for which FIFA only rated 96 international matches.

In the course of qualification, Hungary improved from 38th to 20th in the FIFA world rankings , achieving its best-ever ranking.

Games

All results from a Hungarian point of view.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
07.09.2014	Groupama Aréna , Budapest	Northern Ireland	1: 2 (0: 0)	1-0 Tamás Priskin (75th), 1: 1 Niall McGinn (81st), 1: 2 Kyle Lafferty (88th)
10/11/2014	Arena Națională , Bucharest ( ROU )	Romania	1: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Raul Rusescu (45th), 1: 1 Balázs Dzsudzsák (82nd)
14/10/2014	Tórsvøllur , Tórshavn ( FRO )	Faroe Islands	1: 0 (1: 0)	1-0 Ádám Szalai (21st)
11/14/2014	Groupama Aréna , Budapest	Finland	1: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Zoltán Gera (84th)
03/29/2015	Groupama Aréna , Budapest	Greece	0-0
06/13/2015	Olympic Stadium , Helsinki ( FIN )	Finland	1: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Zoltán Stieber (82nd)
04.09.2015	Groupama Aréna , Budapest	Romania	0-0
07.09.2015	Windsor Park , Belfast ( NIR )	Northern Ireland	1: 1 (0: 0)	1: 0 Richárd Guzmics (74.), 1: 1 Kyle Lafferty (90. + 3 ′)
08/10/2015	Groupama Aréna , Budapest	Faroe Islands	2: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Róaldur Jakobsen (11th), 1: 1, 2: 1 Dániel Böde (63rd, 71st)
10/11/2015	Karaiskakis Stadium , Piraeus ( GRC )	Greece	3: 4 (1: 1)	0: 1 Konstantinos Stafylidis (5th), 1: 1 Gergő Lovrencsics (26th), 2: 1 Krisztián Németh (55th), 2: 2 Panagiotis Tachtsidis (57th), 3: 2 Krisztián Németh (75th), 3: 3 Kostas Mitroglou (79.), 3: 4 Panagiotis Kone (86.)

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Northern Ireland	10	6th	3	1	016: 800	+8	21st
2.	Romania	10	5	5	0	011: 200	+9	20th
3.	Hungary	10	4th	4th	2	011: 900	+2	16
4th	Finland	10	3	3	4th	009:100	−1	12
5.	Faroe Islands	10	2	0	8th	006:170	−11	06th
6th	Greece	10	1	3	6th	007:140	−7	06th
As of October 11, 2015

As one of the group thirds, the Hungarians then had to compete in the play-offs and met Norway.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
11/12/2015	Ullevaal Stadion , Oslo ( NOR )	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)	1: 0 László Kleinheisler (26.)
11/15/2015	Groupama Aréna , Budapest	Norway	2: 1 (0: 0)	1-0 Tamás Priskin (14th), 2-0, 2-1 Markus Henriksen (83rd / own goal, 87th)

preparation

On March 24, 2016, the Hungarians met European Championship participants Croatia in Budapest and achieved a 1-1 draw. In the direct EM preparation they won on May 15 against the Hungarian U-21 team 4-0. On May 20, they reached a goalless draw in Budapest against African champions Ivory Coast , who had come without Yaya Touré ( Manchester City ) and Gervinho ( AS Roma ). With Máté Vida and Roland Sallai, two newcomers came to their first job. On June 4, they met in Gelsenkirchen on world champions Germany and lost with 0: 2, with Bese Barnabás came another newcomer used.

Squad

The preliminary roster was announced on May 9th. The final composition was announced on May 31st. The players are under contract with 17 clubs in six countries (7 leagues), most of them (5) with champions and cup winners Ferencváros Budapest . When the Hungarians took part in the last European Championship in 1972, none of the players now taking part was born. Goalkeeper Gábor Király , born April 1, 1976, is the oldest nominated participant. By playing in the round of 16 against Belgium on June 26, 2016, he was able to set a new age record at 40 years, 2 months and 25 days. He succeeded in replacing his former coach Lothar Matthäus , who was 39 years and 91 days old at his last European Championship match on June 20, 2000 against Portugal , as the oldest European Championship player.

Jersey no.	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	Last use
goalkeeper
12	Dénes Dibusz	Ferencváros Budapest (I (M, P))	Nov 16, 1990	4th	0	2014	26th Mar 2016
22nd	Péter Gulácsi	RB Leipzig (II ▲ )	0May 6, 1990	3	0	2014	May 20, 2016
01	Gábor Király	Haladás Szombathely (I)	0Apr 1, 1976	103	0	1998	04th June 2016	4th
Defense
21st	Barnabás Bese	MTK Budapest (I)	0May 6, 1994	1	0	2016	04th June 2016	1
05	Attila Fiola	Puskás Akadémia FC (I ▼ )	Feb. 17, 1990	15th	0	2014	04th June 2016	1
20th	Richárd Guzmics	Wisła Krakow (I)	Apr 16, 1987	14th	1	2012	04th June 2016	4th		1
23	Roland Juhász	Videoton FC (I)	0July 1, 1983	91	6th	2004	May 20, 2016	3		1
04th	Tamás Kádár	Lech Poznan (I)	14 Mar 1990	30th	0	2010	04th June 2016	3		2
03	Mihály Korhut	Debreceni Vasutas SC (I)	0Dec. 1, 1988	5	0	2014	26th Mar 2016	1
02	Ádám Lang	Videoton FC (I)	Jan. 17, 1993	11	0	2014	04th June 2016	4th		1
midfield
06th	Ákos Elek	Diósgyőri VTK (I)	July 21, 1988	38	1	2010	26th Mar 2016	2		1
10	Zoltán Gera	Ferencváros Budapest (I (M, P))	Apr 22, 1979	89	24	2002	04th June 2016	4th	1	1
15th	László Kleinheisler	Werder Bremen (I)	0Apr 8, 1994	5	1	2015	04th June 2016	2		1
14th	Gergő Lovrencsics	Lech Poznan (I)	0Sep 1 1988	12	1	2013	04th June 2016	2
08th	Ádám Nagy	Ferencváros Budapest (I (M, P))	June 17, 1995	8th	0	2015	04th June 2016	3		1
16	Ádám Pintér	Ferencváros Budapest (I (M, P))	June 12, 1988	21st	0	2010	04th June 2016	3
18th	Zoltán Stieber	1. FC Nuremberg (II)	Oct 16, 1988	12	2	2011	04th June 2016	3	1
attack
13	Dániel Böde (LT)	Ferencváros Budapest (I (M, P))	Oct. 24, 1986	12	4th	2013	May 20, 2016	2
07th	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Bursaspor (I)	Dec 23, 1986	78	18th	2007	04th June 2016	4th	2	1
11	Krisztián Németh	al-Gharafa Sports Club (I)	0Jan. 5, 1989	24	3	2010	26th Mar 2016	2		1
17th	Nemanja Nikolics	Legia Warsaw (I (M, P))	Dec. 31, 1987	18th	3	2013	May 20, 2016	2
19th	Tamás Priskin	ŠK Slovan Bratislava (I)	27 Sep 1986	56	17th	2005	04th June 2016	2
09	Ádám Szalai	Hanover 96 (I ▼ )	0Dec 9, 1987	32	8th	2009	04th June 2016	4th	1	1
Trainer
	Bernd Storck		Jan 25, 1963

Assistant coach: Andreas Möller , Zoltán Szélesi  

Players who were only in the preliminary roster

position	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	Last use
goal	Balázs Megyeri	Getafe CF (I ▼ )	31 Mar 1990	0	0
Defense	Gergő Kocsis	Puskás Akadémia FC (I ▼ )	07th Mar 1994	0	0
Defense	Zsolt Korcsmár	Vasas Budapest (I)	0Jan. 9, 1989	24	0	2011	Oct 11, 2014
midfield	Roland Sallai	Puskás Akadémia FC (I ▼ )	May 22, 1997	1	0	2016	May 20, 2016
midfield	Máté Vida	Vasas Budapest (I)	0March 8 1996	1	0	2016	May 20, 2016
attack	Ádám Gyurcsó	Pogoń Szczecin (I)	06th Mar 1991	13	1	2012	May 20, 2016
attack	László Lencse	Újpest Budapest (I)	0July 2nd, 1988	0	0

1. ↑ ^{a b} Personal successes in the 2015/16 season in brackets, LT = top scorer in the league
2. ↑ ^{a b} League status 2015/16 in brackets, M = champions, P = cup winners
3. ↑ ^{a b} as of June 4, 2016 ( source )
4. ↑ ^{a b} Status: May 20, 2016 ( source )

Group draw

Bordeaux Lyon Marseille Tourrettes Toulouse

Venues (green = won, yellow = draw, black = not yet played), quarters (blue)

In the draw for the six final groups on December 12, 2015, Hungary was placed in Pot 3. Hungary was drawn into group F with Portugal, Austria and Euro newcomer Iceland. Of all European teams, Austria and Hungary played against each other the most: 136 times before the European Championship - only Argentina and Uruguay played against each other more often. The Hungarians won 65 games, there was no winner in 31 games and the Austrians won 40 games. The last time they met each other was on August 16, 2006 in Graz and Hungary won 2-1. The Hungarians could never win against Portugal in ten games. So far, there have only been three draws in seven defeats, most recently in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. Both will meet again in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup . Against Iceland, seven out of ten games were won, three - in three consecutive games between 1992 and 1995 of the qualifications for the 1994 World Cup and the 1996 European Championship - were lost.

The Hungarians started with a 2-0 win against the favored Austrians and drew against Iceland with a late own goal . Based on the results of the other groups, it was already clear before the last game that the Hungarians had reached the round of 16. Coach Bernd Storck therefore did without players in the last game who had already received a yellow card . In an open exchange of blows, the Hungarians took the lead after 19 minutes with a long-range shot by their oldest field player Zoltán Gera , but had to accept the equalizer a few minutes before the half-time break. Shortly after the break they brought captain Balázs Dzsudzsák back into the lead with a directly converted, but for the goalkeeper unsustainable free kick, which Cristiano Ronaldo equalized three minutes later with his first goal at this European Championship. Dzsudzsák was able to give the Hungarians the lead again five minutes later with a deflected shot, which Ronaldo equalized again seven minutes later. In the end, both were satisfied with the 3: 3, as the Portuguese made it to the round of 16 and the Hungarians became group winners.

In the round of 16 they met Belgium, which finished second in Group E. Belgium won clearly 4-0.

The European Championship games helped Hungary gain 29 points in the FIFA world rankings and move up one place.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hungary	3	1	2	0	006: 400	+2	05
2.	Iceland	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
3.	Portugal	3	0	3	0	004: 400	± 0	03
4th	Austria	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01

Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Bordeaux
Austria	-	Hungary	0: 2 (0: 0)
Sat., June 18, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Marseille
Iceland	-	Hungary	1: 1 (1: 0)
Wed., June 22, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Décines-Charpieu ( Lyon )
Hungary	-	Portugal	3: 3 (1: 1)

Knockout phase

Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Toulouse
Hungary	-	Belgium	0: 4 (0: 1)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hungary - North. Ireland 1-2
2. ↑ Faroe Islands - Hungary 0: 1
3. ↑ Hungary - Finland 1-0
4. ^ North. Ireland 1-1 Hungary
5. ↑ Hungary - Faroe Islands 2: 1
6. ↑ Norway - Hungary 0: 1
7. ↑ fifa.com: "Kiraly: The qualification was worth the long wait"
8. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (July 17, 2014)
9. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (December 3, 2015)
10. ↑ mlsz.hu: "Bernd Storck happy with team's performance"
11. ↑ Hungary - Côte d`Ivoire 0-0
12. ↑ mlsz.hu: "Provisional EURO 2016 squad named as preparations begin in earnest"
13. ↑ uefa.com: "Hungary with a concentrated offensive for the EURO"
14. ^ ^{A b} Westfälische Nachrichten : Newcomers and long-running hits: Numbers - Numbers - Numbers: Albania is the biggest outsider among bookmakers , European Football Championship 2016, Paris, sid, June 10, 2016
15. ↑ uefa.com: "UEFA EURO 2016 final draw"