Football World Cup 1982 / Hungary

This article covers the Hungarian national football team at the 1982 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	13: 8	10
2	England	13: 8	9
3	Romania	5: 5	8th
4th	Switzerland	9:12	7th
5	Norway	8:15	6th

Switzerland	-	Hungary	2: 2
Hungary	-	Romania	1-0
Norway	-	Hungary	1: 2
Hungary	-	England	1: 3
Romania	-	Hungary	0-0
Hungary	-	Switzerland	3-0
Hungary	-	Norway	4: 1
England	-	Hungary	1-0

Hungarian contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Ferenc Mészáros	Sporting Lisbon	04/11/1950
21st	Béla Katzirz	Pécsi Munkas SC	07/27/1953
22nd	Imre Kiss	Tatabányai Bányász	08/10/1957
Defense
2	Győző Martos	Thor Waterschei	December 15, 1949
3	László Bálint	Toulouse FC	02/01/1948
4th	József Tóth	Újpesti Dózsa	12/02/1951
6th	Imre Garaba	Honvéd Budapest	07/29/1958
13	Tibor Rab	Ferencváros Budapest	10/02/1955
14th	Sándor Sallai	Debreceni VSC	03/26/1960
18th	Attila Kerekes	Békéscsabai Előre SSC	04/04/1954
19th	József Varga	Honvéd Budapest	10/09/1954
20th	József Csuhay	Video sound Székesfehérvár	07/12/1957
midfield
5	Sándor Müller	Hércules Alicante	09/21/1948
8th	Tibor Nyilasi	Ferencváros Budapest	January 18, 1955
12	Lázár Szentes	Rába ETO Győr	12/12/1955
16	Ferenc Csongrádi	Video sound Székesfehérvár	03/29/1956
17th	Károly Csapó	Tatabányai Bányász	02/23/1952
attack
7th	László Fazekas	Royal Antwerp	October 15, 1947
9	András Törőcsik	Újpesti Dózsa	05/01/1955
10	László Kiss	Vasas Budapest	03/12/1956
11	Gábor Pölöskei	Ferencváros Budapest	10/11/1961
15th	Béla Bödönyi	Honvéd Budapest	09/14/1956
Trainer
	Kálmán Mészöly		07/16/1941

Hungarian team games

First round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Belgium	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	05: 10
2.	Argentina	3	2	0	1	006: 200	+4	04: 20
3.	Hungary	3	1	1	1	012: 600	+6	03: 30
4th	El Salvador	3	0	0	3	001:130	−12	00: 60

• Hungary - El Salvador 10: 1 (3: 0)

Stadium: Nuevo Estadio ( Elche )

Spectators: 23,000

Referee: Ibrahim Al-Doy ( Bahrain )

Goals: 1: 0 Nyilasi (4th), 2: 0 Pölöskei (11th), 3: 0 Fazekas (23rd), 4: 0 Toth (50th), 5: 0 Fazekas (54th), 5: 1 Ramírez (64th), 6: 1 Kiss (69th), 7: 1 Kiss (72nd), 8: 1 Szentes (72nd), 9: 1 Kiss (76th), 10: 1 Nyilasi (83th)

• Argentina - Hungary 4: 1 (2: 0)

Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez ( Alicante )

Spectators: 32,093

Referee: Belaid Alcarne ( Algeria )

Goals: 1-0 Bertoni (26th), 2-0 Maradona (28th), 3-0 Maradona (57th), 4-0 Ardiles (60th), 4: 1 Pölöskei (76th)

• Belgium - Hungary 1: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Nuevo Estadio ( Elche )

Spectators: 37,000

Referee: Clive White ( England )

Goals: 0: 1 Varga (27th), 1: 1 Czerniatynski (76th)

Hungary started with a 10: 1 against El Salvador and thus achieved the highest World Cup victory of all time (Yugoslavia defeated Zaire on June 18, 1974 in Gelsenkirchen 9: 0 and Hungary and South Korea on June 17, 1954 in Zurich also 9: 0 so that both had the same goal difference). Nevertheless, the defeats against world champions Argentina and the draw against vice European champions Belgium led to the elimination. Hungary was in second place in the group table until the 76th minute. In the history of the World Championships, no team with a better goal difference has been eliminated in the preliminary round than Hungary in 1982.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article in RP-Online