10 things you probably did not know about:

HUNGARY!

1. It was in 1901 that the Hungarian Football Federation was founded. The current league champions are Ujpest, but their best known domestic side are Ferencvaros.


2. England first met Hungary in 1908. England won the game 7-0!!!


3. The teams have met 19 times. England have won 12, Hungary six with 1 draw. The last Hungarian victory was in the 1962 World Cup Finals.


4. Hungarian football's glory years were the 1950's. On a visit to Wembley in 1953, Puskas and Co won 6-3. To add insult to injury, they won 7-1 a year later in Budapest!!!


5. The Hungarians were no mugs back then, finishing second in the World Cup twice. They lost 4-2 against Italy in 1938 and went down 3-2 to West Germany in 1954.


6. Hungary have won Olympic Gold three times (1952, 64, 68) meaning their team has squeezed the top platform more times than any other nation.


7. However there has been no success in European Championship. They failed to make Euro 96 coming a miserable fourth in Group 3 behind Switzerland, Turkey and Sweeden.


8. England last met Hungary as preparation for Euro 96 under Terry Venables. A 3-0 Wembley win was secured with 2 goals from Anderton and one from Platt.


9. Times have been hard of late. After coming second to Norway in the qualifiers for France 98, they suffered the embarassment of losing 12-1 on aggregate against Yugoslavia in the play-offs!!!!


10. In Euro 2000 Qualifying, Hungary are currently third behind Portugal and Romania.
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