Football World Cup 1962 / Hungary

This article covers the Hungarian national football team at the 1962 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	8: 1	7th
2	Netherlands	4: 7	2
3	GDR	3: 6	1

Hungary	-	GDR	2-0
Netherlands	-	Hungary	0: 3
GDR	-	Hungary	2: 3
Hungary	-	Netherlands	3: 3

Hungarian contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Gyula Grosics	Tatabányai Bányász	02/04/1926
21st	Antal Szentmihályi	Vasas SC	06/13/1939
22nd	István Ilku	Dorogi Bányász	03/06/1933
Defense
2	Sándor Mátrai	Ferencvárosi Torna Club	11/20/1932
3	Kálmán Mészöly	Vasas SC	07/16/1941
4th	László Sárosi	Vasas SC	02/27/1932
5	Ernő Solymosi	Újpesti Dózsa	09/21/1940
12	Kálmán Sóvári	Újpesti Dózsa	December 21, 1940
13	Kálmán Ihász	Vasas SC	December 06, 1941
midfield
6th	Ferenc Sipos	MTK Hungária FC	12/13/1932
10	Lajos Tichy	Budapest Honvéd FC	03/21/1935
14th	Istvan Nagy	MTK Hungária FC	04/14/1939
15th	Iván Menczel	Salgótarjáni BTC	December 14, 1941
attack
7th	Károly Sándor	MTK Hungária FC	11/26/1928
8th	János Göröcs	Újpesti Dózsa	05/08/1939
9	Flórián Albert	Ferencvárosi Torna Club	09/15/1941
11	Máté Fenyvesi	Ferencvárosi Torna Club	09/20/1933
16	János Farkas	Vasas SC	03/27/1942
17th	Gyula Rákosi	Ferencvárosi Torna Club	10/09/1938
18th	Tivadar Monostori	Dorogi Bányász	March 24, 1936
19th	Béla Kuhárszki	Újpesti Dózsa	04/20/1940
20th	László Bodor	MTK Hungária FC	08/17/1933
Trainer
	Lajos Baroti		08/19/1914

Hungarian team games

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	8: 2	5
2	England	4: 3	3
3	Argentina	2: 3	3
4th	Bulgaria	1: 7	1

• Hungary - England 2: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estadio El Teniente ( Rancagua )

Spectators: 7,938

Referee: Horn ( Netherlands )

Goals: 1-0 Tichy (17th), 1: 1 Flowers (60th) 11m , 2: 1 Albert (61st)

• Hungary - Bulgaria 6: 1 (4: 0)

Stadium: Estadio El Teniente ( Rancagua )

Spectators: 7,442

Referee: Gardeazabal ( Spain )

Goals: 1: 0 Albert (1st), 2: 0 Albert (6th), 3: 0 Tichy (8th), 4: 0 Solymosi (12th), 5: 0 Albert (53rd), 5: 1 Sokolov (64th), 6: 1 Tichy (70th)

• Hungary - Argentina 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio El Teniente ( Rancagua )

Spectators: 7,945

Referee: Yamasaki ( Peru )

Goals: none

In Group 4, the young Hungarian team was particularly convincing, shining above all against England (2: 1) and Bulgaria (6: 1). The stars of the technically convincing Magyars were goalkeeper Grosics (last player from the 54 team) and the great young center forward Florian Albert. When Albert was missing against Argentina, it was only enough to make it 0-0. Meanwhile, England secured second place with a bang, with the goal difference against Argentina being decisive. In the 3-1 win against the Gauchos, the English, dominated by Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Charlton, showed their best performance.

Quarter finals

11,690

Estadio El Teniente ( Rancagua )

Czechoslovakia

Hungary

Buergo Elcuaz ( Mexico )

1: 0 (1: 0)

1: 0 Scherer (13.)

Actually, the Hungarians against Czechoslovakia were rated higher than the Eastern Bloc partners because of their performance in the preliminary round. But things turned out differently. A counter goal by Scherer, scored during an urgent phase of the Hungarians, decided the match. The Czechoslovaks had success with their concrete defense, because the Hungarians could not get through. A poor referee performance and the outstanding goalkeeper Schroif were further reasons for the departure of the Magyars