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Hungary men's national handball team

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NicknameMagyars
AssociationHungarian Handball Federation
CoachChema Rodríguez
Assistant coachMiguel Velasco
CaptainMáté Lékai
Most capsPéter Kovács (323)
Most goalsPéter Kovács (1797)
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Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances9 (First in 1936)
Best result4th (1936, 1980, 1988, 2004, 2012)
World Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1958)
Best resultSilver 2nd (1986)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1994)
Best result5th (2024)
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Hungary men's national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1986 Switzerland

The Hungary national handball team is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation.

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Competitive record at the Olympic Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Germany 1936 Berlin Final round 4th /6 5 1 0 4 25 64 −39
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Main round 8th /16 6 2 0 4 110 101 +9
Canada 1976 Montreal Group stage 6th /11 5 2 0 3 111 103 +8
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Bronze medal match 4th /12 6 3 2 1 114 108 +6
United States 1984 Los Angeles did not participate
South Korea 1988 Seoul Bronze medal match 4th /12 6 3 0 3 125 120 +5
Spain 1992 Barcelona Group stage 7th /12 6 3 0 3 125 127 −2
United States 1996 Atlanta did not qualify
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 Athens Bronze medal match 4th /12 8 5 0 3 219 210 +9
China 2008 Beijing did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 London Bronze medal match 4th /12 8 3 0 5 200 221 −21
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro did not qualify
Japan 2020 Tokyo
France 2024 Paris Preliminary round 10th /12 5 1 0 5 137 138 −1
United States 2028 Los Angeles Future event
Total Qualified: 9/15 55 23 2 30 1,166 1,192 −26

Competitive record in pre-Olympic qualifying rounds

Year Pld W D L GF GA GD Qual
Germany 1936 Qualified yes
West Germany 1972 8th at the 1970 World Champ yes
Canada 1976 4 4 0 0 82 57 +25 yes
Soviet Union 1980 9th at the 1978 World Champ yes
United States 1984 Winner of the 1983 B World Champ boycott
Korea 1988 2nd at the 1986 World Champ yes
Spain 1992 6th at the 1990 World Champ yes
United States 1996 17th at the 1995 World Champ no
Australia 2000 11th at the 1999 World Champ no
Greece 2004 6th at the 2003 World Champ yes
China 2008 Couldn't participate in qualification no
United Kingdom 2012 3 2 0 1 81 79 +2 yes
Brazil 2016 Couldn't participate in qualification no
Japan 2020 Couldn't participate in qualification no
France 2024 3 2 0 1 88 80 +8 yes
United States 2028
Total 10 8 0 2 251 216 +35 9/15

World Championship

Competitive record at the World Championship

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Germany 1938 did not enter
Sweden 1954
East Germany 1958 Main round 7th /16 6 2 1 3 106 109 −3
West Germany 1961 did not qualify
Czechoslovakia 1964 Main round 8th /16 6 3 0 3 93 90 +3
Sweden 1967 Quarter-finals 8th /16 6 2 0 4 126 130 −4
France 1970 Quarter-finals 8th /16 6 3 0 3 95 84 +9
East Germany 1974 Main round 7th /16 6 3 0 3 114 95 +19
Denmark 1978 Group stage 9th /16 6 4 1 1 137 117 +20
West Germany 1982 Main round 9th /16 7 2 4 1 152 141 +9
Switzerland 1986 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) /16 7 6 0 1 167 151 +16
Czechoslovakia 1990 Main round 6th /16 7 4 1 2 151 147 +4
Sweden 1993 Main round 11th /16 7 2 0 5 166 161 +5
Iceland 1995 Group stage 17th /24 5 1 0 4 119 121 −2
Japan 1997 Bronze medal match 4th /24 9 6 0 3 220 207 +17
Egypt 1999 Round of 16 11th /24 6 3 0 3 157 136 +21
France 2001 did not qualify
Portugal 2003 Main round 6th /24 9 4 0 5 273 259 +14
Tunisia 2005 did not qualify
Germany 2007 Main round 9th /24 8 5 0 3 225 224 +1
Croatia 2009 Main round 6th /24 9 5 1 3 254 227 +27
Sweden 2011 Main round 7th /24 9 6 0 3 254 243 +11
Spain 2013 Quarter-finals 8th /24 7 4 0 3 200 167 +33
Qatar 2015 did not qualify
France 2017 Quarter-finals 7th /24 7 3 0 4 202 194 +8
DenmarkGermany 2019 Main round 10th /24 8 3 2 3 225 219 +6
Egypt 2021 Quarter-finals 5th /32 7 5 0 2 226 193 +33
PolandSweden 2023 Quarter-finals 8th /32 9 4 0 5 266 283 -17
CroatiaDenmarkNorway 2025 qualified
Germany 2027 to be determined
FranceGermany 2029
DenmarkIcelandNorway 2031
Total 23/30 0 Titles 159 81 10 66 3,937 3,685 +252

Competitive record in pre-World Championship qualifying rounds

Year Pld W D L GF GA GD Qual
Germany 1938 did not enter N/A
Sweden 1954 1 0 0 1 8 13 −5 no
East Germany 1958 Qualified yes
West Germany 1961 2 1 0 1 29 31 −2 no
Czechoslovakia 1964 2 2 0 0 39 30 +9 yes
Sweden 1967 4 3 1 0 90 55 +35 yes
France 1970 2 2 0 0 52 26 +26 yes
East Germany 1974 6th at the 1972 Olympics yes
Denmark 1978 6th at the 1976 Olympics yes
West Germany 1982 4th at the 1980 Olympics yes
Switzerland 1986 5th at the 1985 World Champ B yes
Czechoslovakia 1990 4th at the 1988 Olympics yes
Sweden 1993 6th at the 1990 World Champ yes
Iceland 1995 7th at the 1994 Euro yes
Japan 1997 6 5 0 1 169 142 +17 yes
Egypt 1999 6 4 0 2 157 131 +26 yes
France 2001 8 5 0 3 199 160 +39 no
Portugal 2003 8 8 0 0 244 161 +83 yes
Tunisia 2005 2 1 0 1 54 56 −2 no
Germany 2007 2 2 0 0 65 52 +13 yes
Croatia 2009 2 2 0 0 54 49 +5 yes
Sweden 2011 2 1 0 1 53 52 +1 yes
Spain 2013 2 1 0 1 54 52 +2 yes
Qatar 2015 2 1 0 1 51 54 −3 no
France 2017 2 2 0 0 56 50 +6 yes
DenmarkGermany 2019 2 1 0 1 51 50 +1 yes
Egypt 2021 Qualified yes
PolandSweden 2023 2 2 0 0 64 54 +10 yes
CroatiaDenmarkNorway 2025 To be determined
Germany 2027
FranceGermany 2029
DenmarkIcelandNorway 2031

European Championship

Competitive record at the European Championship

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA GD
Portugal 1994 Group stage 7th /12 6 3 0 3 128 131 −3
Spain 1996 Group stage 10th /12 6 1 1 4 144 158 −14
Italy 1998 Group stage 6th /12 6 3 0 3 145 154 −9
Croatia 2000 did not qualify
Sweden 2002
Slovenia 2004 Main round 9th /16 6 2 2 2 164 169 −5
Switzerland 2006 Group stage 13th /16 3 1 0 2 84 89 −5
Norway 2008 Main round 8th /16 6 3 1 2 176 173 +3
Austria 2010 Group stage 14th /16 3 0 1 2 80 96 −16
Serbia 2012 Main round 8th /16 6 1 3 2 156 161 −5
Denmark 2014 Main round 8th /16 6 1 2 3 159 165 −6
Poland 2016 Main round 12th /16 6 1 0 5 142 166 −24
Croatia 2018 Group stage 14th /16 3 0 0 3 77 92 −15
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020 Main round 9th /24 7 3 1 3 176 189 −13
HungarySlovakia 2022 Group stage 15th /24 3 1 0 2 89 92 −3
Germany 2024 Fifth place game 5th /24 8 5 0 3 228 224 +4
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026 to be determined
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028
Total 14/18 0 Titles 75 25 11 39 1,948 2,059 −111

Competitive record in pre-European Championship qualifying rounds

Year Pld W D L GF GA GD Qual
Portugal 1994 8 6 0 2 182 142 +40 yes
Spain 1996 6 3 1 2 156 149 +7 yes
Italy 1998 6 4 1 1 147 138 +9 yes
Croatia 2000 2 0 0 2 52 59 −7 no
Sweden 2002 2 0 2 0 46 46 0 no
Slovenia 2004 2 1 0 1 64 62 +2 yes
Switzerland 2006 8 8 0 0 297 208 +89 yes
Norway 2008 2 2 0 0 59 53 +6 yes
Austria 2010 8 6 0 2 241 179 +62 yes
Serbia 2012 6 6 0 0 171 130 +41 yes
Denmark 2014 6 3 2 2 161 153 +8 yes
Poland 2016 6 6 0 0 178 151 +27 yes
Croatia 2018 6 4 1 1 174 156 +18 yes
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020 6 5 1 0 161 135 +26 yes
HungarySlovakia 2022 Qualified as host yes
Germany 2024 6 5 0 1 226 168 +58 yes
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026 To be determined
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalties.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. A 20-player roster was announced on 4 June 2024.[1] The final squad was announced on 5 July 2024.[2]

Head coach: Spain Chema Rodríguez[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 4 August 2024
No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 P Adrián Sipos (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 (aged 34) 1.98 m 87 37 Germany MT Melsungen
7 LW Bendegúz Bóka (1993-10-02)2 October 1993 (aged 30) 1.95 m 91 216 Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE
11 LB Patrik Ligetvári (1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 28) 2.03 m 106 89 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
16 GK Roland Mikler (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 39) 1.92 m 247 1 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
24 CB Gergő Fazekas (2003-10-31)31 October 2003 (aged 20) 1.90 m 32 53 Poland Wisła Płock
26 RW Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 33) 1.97 m 43 106 Hungary MOL-Tatabánya KC
27 P Bence Bánhidi (1995-02-09)9 February 1995 (aged 29) 2.06 m 118 364 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
30 LB Zoltán Szita (1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 26) 1.96 m 79 181 Poland Wisła Płock
32 GK Kristóf Palasics (2002-04-19)19 April 2002 (aged 22) 1.99 m 19 0 Spain BM Logroño La Rioja
33 RB Gábor Ancsin (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 33) 2.02 m 166 373 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
39 LB Richárd Bodó (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 31) 2.03 m 117 349 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
43 RB Zoran Ilić (2002-01-02)2 January 2002 (aged 22) 1.97 m 39 51 Germany HSV Hamburg
45 P Miklós Rosta (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 25) 2.03 m 68 186 Romania CS Dinamo București
61 GK László Bartucz (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 32) 1.94 m 33 0 Hungary MOL-Tatabánya KC
66 CB Máté Lékai (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 36) 1.90 m 187 561 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
77 CB Egon Hanusz (1997-09-25)25 September 1997 (aged 26) 1.77 m 53 78 Portugal Benfica
91 RW Bence Imre (2002-10-15)15 October 2002 (aged 21) 1.86 m 21 102 Germany THW Kiel

Extended squad / recent call-ups

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Arián Andó (1999-01-29) 29 January 1999 (age 25) 1.89 m 9 0 Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE
3 P Petar Topic (1991-12-30) 30 December 1991 (age 32) 2.01 m 15 41 Hungary MOL-Tatabánya KC
6 CB Ádám Juhász (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 28) 1.83 m 46 90 Hungary Budakalász FKC
8 LW Péter Kovacsics (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 30) 1.90 m 7 8 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
10 RW Zsolt Krakovszki (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 22) 1.88 m 11 19 Hungary NEKA
12 GK Márton Székely (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 34) 1.94 m 84 3 Hungary MOL-Tatabánya KC
15 CB Mátyás Győri (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27) 1.94 m 24 54 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
17 LB Bence Nagy (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 29) 1.90 m 19 26 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
18 LW Bence Krakovszki (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 22) 1.87 m 10 18 Hungary MOL-Tatabánya KC
23 RB Dominik Máthé (1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 25) 2.01 m 45 156 Poland Industria Kielce
28 P Szabolcs Szöllősi (1989-01-28) 28 January 1989 (age 35) 1.94 m 102 120 Hungary Dabas KK
29 RW Bendegúz Bujdosó (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29) 1.81 m 18 11 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
31 P Bence Szűcs (1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 (age 25) 2.06 m 5 5 France US Dunkerque HB
44 CB Péter Lukács (2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 (age 22) 1.80 m 0 0 Norway Elverum Håndball
47 RW Péter Hornyák (1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 29) 1.80 m 56 82 Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE
55 LW Robin Molnár (2004-02-01) 1 February 2004 (age 20) 1.94 m 2 2 Hungary NEKA
62 GK Martin Nagy (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 (age 25) 2.04 m 1 0 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
71 RB Máté Ónodi-Jánoskúti (2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 22) 1.93 m 3 4 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
Hungarian national team in 2009 World Men's Handball Championship
Hungarian national team in 2010
Hungarian national team in 2012 Summer Olympics against Spain
Hungarian national team in 2016 European Championship against Denmark

Past squads

1936 Olympic Games (4th place)

Antal Benda, Ferenc Cziráki, Sándor Cséfai, Miklós Fodor, Lőrinc Galgóczi, János Koppány, Lajos Kutasi, Tibor Máté, Imre Páli, Ferenc Rákosi, Endre Salgó, István Serényi, Sándor Szomori, Gyula Takács, Antal Újváry, Ferenc Velkey.

1958 World Championship (7th place)

Jenő Balázs, István Bányai, Ottó Bencsik, József Berendi, Rudolf Bolla, Mihály Faludi, Sándor Fekete, Ottó Hetényi, Jenő Horváth, Miklós Kele, Tibor Kőszegi, Gábor Lengyel, Béla Schvajda, Ferenc Som, Károly Töltő, István Vajna.

Coach: Sándor Cséfai

1964 World Championship (8th place)

János Adorján, Gyula Baranyai, Ferenc Berkesi, Vilmos Drobnits, Dénes Dubán, András Fenyő, András Kesjár, József Klein, János Kovács, László Kovács, István Marosi, Béla Rácz, László Stiller, Sándor Tamásdi, Béla Tímár, Ferenc Vígh.

Coach: Árpád Csicsmányi

1967 World Championship (8th place)

János Adorján, András Fenyő, Ferenc Gyűrű, Sándor Kaló, József Klein, Ádám Koch, János Kovács, László Kovács, István Marosi, Attila Nagy, Lajos Simó, Béla Tímár, János Tornóczky, István Varga.

Coach: Miklós Albrecht

1970 World Championship (8th place)

János Adorján, János Csík, András Fenyő, József Horváth, Sándor Kaló, László Kovács, István Marosi, Lajos Simó, János Stiller, István Szabó, László Szabó, Sándor Takács, István Varga, Sándor Vass.

Coach: Miklós Albrecht

1972 Olympic Games (8th place)[4]

János Adorján, Béla Bartalos, János Csík, László Harka, József Horváth, Sándor Kaló, István Marosi, Lajos Simó, János Stiller, István Szabó, László Szabó, Sándor Takács, István Varga, Károly Vass, Sándor Vass.

Coach: Miklós Albrecht

1974 World Championship (7th place)

Béla Bartalos, Ferenc Buday, Ferenc Demjén, Ernő Gubányi, József Horváth, János Hunyadkürti, Pál Kocsis, Péter Kovács, Lajos Simó, János Stiller, István Szilágyi, Károly Vass, Sándor Vass, Titusz Zuber.

Coach: Mihály Faludi

1976 Olympic Games (6th place)[5]

Béla Bartalos, Ferenc Buday, Ernő Gubányi, László Jánovszki, József Kenyeres, Zsolt Kontra, Péter Kovács, Mihály Süvöltős, István Szilágyi, István Varga, Károly Vass, Gábor Verőci.

Coach: Mihály Faludi

1978 World Championship (9th place)

Béla Bartalos, Ferenc Buday, Ernő Gubányi, László Jánovszki, József Kenyeres, Pál Kocsis, Zsolt Kontra, Péter Kovács, Gyula Molnár, Mihály Süvöltős, László Szabó, István Szilágyi, Zoltán Várkonyi, Gábor Verőci.

Coach: Mihály Faludi

1980 Olympic Games (4th place)[6]

Béla Bartalos, János Fodor, Ernő Gubányi, László Jánovszki, Alpár Jegenyés, József Kenyeres, Zsolt Kontra, Miklós Kovacsics, Péter Kovács, Ambrus Lele, Árpád Pál, László Szabó, István Szilágyi, Sándor Vass.

Coach: Mihály Faludi

1982 World Championship (9th place)

Béla Bartalos, János Gyurka, László Hoffmann, Gábor Horváth, Alpár Jegenyés, József Kenyeres, Pál Kocsis, Zsolt Kontra, Mihály Kovács, Péter Kovács, Ambrus Lele, László Szabó, István Szilágyi, Géza Tóth, Károly Vass.

Coach: Mihály Faludi

1986 World Championship (runners-up)

Imre Bíró, József Bordás, Viktor Debre, János Fodor, János Gyurka, László Hoffmann, Gábor Horváth, Mihály Iváncsik, József Kenyeres, Zsolt Kontra, Mihály Kovács, Péter Kovács, László Marosi, László Szabó, Tibor Oross.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

1988 Olympic Games (4th place)[7]

Imre Bíró, József Bordás, Ottó Csicsay, János Fodor, János Gyurka, László Hoffmann, Mihály Iváncsik, Mihály Kovács, Péter Kovács, László Marosi, Tibor Oross, Jakab Sibalin, László Szabó, Géza Tóth.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

1990 World Championship (6th place)

Imre Bíró, József Bordás, Attila Borsos, Ferenc Füzesi, Sándor Győrffy, János Gyurka, László Hoffmann, Mihály Iváncsik, Mihály Kovács, Géza Lehel, László Marosi, István Pribék, Jenő Putics, Jakab Sibalin.

Coach: János Csík

1992 Olympic Games (7th place)[8]

Imre Bíró, Attila Borsos, Ottó Csicsay, István Csoknyai, József Éles, Ferenc Füzesi, Sándor Győrffy, Attila Horváth, Mihály Iváncsik, László Marosi, Richárd Mezei, Jakab Sibalin, László Sótonyi, János Szathmári, Igor Zubjuk.

Coach: Attila Joósz

1993 World Championship (11th place)

Csaba Bartók, Imre Bíró, Attila Borsos, István Csoknyai, József Éles, Róbert Fekete, Kálmán Fenyő, Sándor Győrffy, János Gyurka, Attila Horváth, Balázs Kertész, Richárd Mezei, Árpád Mohácsi, István Pásztor, László Sótonyi, János Szathmári.

Coach: László Kovács

1994 European Championship (7th place)

Csaba Bartók, Attila Borsos, István Csoknyai, József Éles, Róbert Fekete, István Gulyás, Balázs Kertész, István Kiss, Richárd Mezei, Zoltán Németh, István Pásztor, Zsolt Perger, László Sótonyi, János Szathmári, György Zsigmond.

Coach: Sándor Kaló

1995 World Championship (17–20th place)

Attila Borsos, József Éles, Róbert Fekete, István Gulyás, István Kiss, Attila Kotormán, Péter Kovács, Árpád Mohácsi, Zsolt Perger, István Rosta, Miklós Rosta, László Sótonyi, János Szathmári, Lajos Török, Igor Zubjuk, György Zsigmond.

Coach: Sándor Kaló

1996 European Championship (10th place)

Csaba Bartók, Csaba Bendó, Péter Borsodi, István Csoknyai, Róbert Fekete, Ákos Kis, Attila Kotormán, Rudolf Kubasi, Richárd Mezei, Zoltán Nagy, András Oszlánczi, István Pásztor, László Sótonyi, János Szathmári, István Szotyori, György Zsigmond.

Coach: Árpád Kővári

1997 World Championship (4th place)

Csaba Bendó, Zoltán Bergendi, István Csoknyai, József Éles, István Gulyás, Balázs Kertész, Ákos Kis, Richárd Mezei, István Pásztor, Zsolt Perger, Miklós Rosta, László Sótonyi, János Szathmári, Tibor Tyetyák, Igor Zubjuk, György Zsigmond.

Coach: Sándor Vass

1998 European Championship (6th place)

Csaba Bartók, István Csoknyai, Róbert Fekete, István Gulyás, Balázs Kertész, Ákos Kis, Attila Kotormán, Richárd Mezei, István Pásztor, Miklós Rosta, László Sótonyi, János Szathmári, György Zsigmond.

Coach: Sándor Vass

1999 World Championship (11th place)

Csaba Bendó, Tamás Bene, István Csoknyai, Gábor Décsi, József Éles, Nándor Fazekas, István Gulyás, Balázs Kertész, Ákos Kis, Attila Kotormán, Richárd Mezei, László Nagy, Zsolt Perger, István Rosta, László Sótonyi, János Szathmári.

Coach: Sándor Vass

2003 World Championship (6th place)

Csaba Bendó, Dániel Buday, Ákos Doros, Nándor Fazekas, Gyula Gál, Gergő Iváncsik, Máté Józsa, Dávid Katzirz, Balázs Kertész, Balázs Laluska, Péter Lendvay, László Nagy, István Pásztor (captain), Carlos Pérez, Miklós Rosta, János Szathmári.

Coach: László Skaliczki

2004 European Championship (9th place)

Dániel Buday, Gábor Császár, Ivo Díaz, Nándor Fazekas, Gyula Gál, Ferenc Ilyés, Gergő Iváncsik, Balázs Kertész, Balázs Laluska, Richárd Mezei, Tamás Mocsai, Árpád Mohácsi, László Nagy, István Pásztor (captain), Miklós Rosta, János Szathmári.

Coach: László Skaliczki

2004 Olympic Games (4th place)[9]

Gábor Császár, Ivo Díaz, Nándor Fazekas, Gyula Gál, Gergely Harsányi, Ferenc Ilyés, Gergő Iváncsik, Balázs Laluska, Péter Lendvay, Richárd Mezei, Tamás Mocsai, László Nagy, István Pásztor (captain), Carlos Pérez, János Szathmári.

Coach: László Skaliczki

2006 European Championship (13th place)

Dániel Buday, Gábor Császár, Nándor Fazekas, Gyula Gál, Gergely Harsányi, Ferenc Ilyés, Gergő Iváncsik, Tamás Iváncsik, Máté Józsa, Balázs Laluska, Péter Lendvay, Roland Mikler, László Nagy (captain), Gábor Szente, Szabolcs Törő, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: László Skaliczki

2007 World Championship (9th place)

Gábor Császár, Ivo Díaz, Nándor Fazekas, Gyula Gál, Gábor Herbert, Ferenc Ilyés, Gergő Iváncsik, Tamás Iváncsik, Dávid Katzirz, Tamás Mocsai, László Nagy (captain), Kornél Nagy, Nenad Puljezevics, Péter Tatai, Csaba Tombor, Attila Vadkerti.

Coach: László Skaliczki

2008 European Championship (8th place)

Gábor Császár, Nikola Eklemovics, Nándor Fazekas, Gyula Gál, Gábor Grebenár, Péter Gulyás, Gábor Herbert, Ferenc Ilyés, Gergő Iváncsik, Tamás Iváncsik, Balázs Laluska, Tamás Mocsai, Kornél Nagy, László Nagy (captain), Nenad Puljezevics, Szabolcs Törő, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: László Skaliczki

2009 World Championship (6th place)

Gábor Császár, Nikola Eklemovics, Nándor Fazekas, Gyula Gál, Gergely Harsányi, Gábor Herbert, Ferenc Ilyés, Gergő Iváncsik, Tamás Iváncsik, Dávid Katzirz, Tamás Mocsai, László Nagy (captain), Nenad Puljezevics, Barna Putics, Szabolcs Törő, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: János Hajdu

2010 European Championship (14th place)

Gábor Császár, Nikola Eklemovics, Nándor Fazekas, Gyula Gál (captain), Péter Gulyás, Ferenc Ilyés, Gergő Iváncsik, Tamás Iváncsik, Dávid Katzirz, Milorad Krivokapić, Balázs Laluska, Kornél Nagy, Nenad Puljezevics, Timuzsin Schuch, Szabolcs Törő, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: István Csoknyai

2011 World Championship (7th place)[10]

Gábor Császár, Nándor Fazekas, Gyula Gál (captain), Péter Gulyás, Gergely Harsányi, Ferenc Ilyés, Gergő Iváncsik, Tamás Iváncsik, Dávid Katzirz, Máté Lékai, Roland Mikler, Tamás Mocsai, Kornél Nagy, Carlos Pérez, Timuzsin Schuch, Szabolcs Törő, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2012 European Championship (8th place)[11]

Gábor Ancsin, Gábor Császár, Nándor Fazekas, Gergely Harsányi, Ferenc Ilyés (captain), Gergő Iváncsik, Tamás Iváncsik, Milorad Krivokapić, Balázs Laluska, Roland Mikler, Tamás Mocsai, Kornél Nagy, Barna Putics, Timuzsin Schuch, Szabolcs Szöllősi, Attila Vadkerti, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2012 Olympic Games (4th place)

Gábor Császár, Nándor Fazekas, Péter Gulyás, Gergely Harsányi, Ferenc Ilyés (captain), Gergő Iváncsik, Balázs Laluska, Máté Lékai, Roland Mikler, Tamás Mocsai, László Nagy, Carlos Pérez, Barna Putics, Timuzsin Schuch, Attila Vadkerti, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2013 World Championship (8th place)

Gábor Ancsin, Gábor Császár, Gergely Harsányi (captain), Gergő Iváncsik, Milorad Krivokapić, Máté Lékai, Roland Mikler, Tamás Mocsai, Kornél Nagy, László Nagy, Barna Putics, Timuzsin Schuch, Szabolcs Szöllősi, Péter Tatai, Attila Vadkerti, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2014 European Championship (8th place)

Gábor Ancsin, Gábor Császár, Péter Gulyás, Ferenc Ilyés (captain), Gergő Iváncsik, Máté Lékai, Roland Mikler, Tamás Mocsai, Kornél Nagy, Barna Putics, Gábor Szalafai, Timuzsin Schuch, Szabolcs Szöllősi, Péter Tatai, Attila Vadkerti, Bence Zdolik, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2016 European Championship (12th place)

Gábor Ancsin, Bence Bánhidi, László Bartucz, Richárd Bodó, Tamás Borsos, Rudolf Faluvégi, Tibor Gazdag, Péter Hornyák, Gergő Iváncsik, Iman Jamali, Roland Mikler, Kornél Nagy, László Nagy (captain), Ákos Pásztor, Timuzsin Schuch, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: Talant Duyshebaev

2017 World Championship (7th place)

Gábor Ancsin, Zsolt Balogh, Bence Bánhidi, Richárd Bodó, Gábor Császár, Nándor Fazekas, Péter Gulyás, Gergely Harsányi, Iman Jamali, Ádám Juhász, Máté Lékai, Patrik Ligetvári, Roland Mikler, László Nagy (captain), Szabolcs Szöllősi, Timuzsin Schuch, Szabolcs Zubai.

Coach: Xavi Sabaté

2018 European Championship (14th place)

Gábor Ancsin, Zsolt Balogh, Donát Bartók, Bence Bánhidi, Richárd Bodó, Ádám Borbély, Gábor Császár, Dávid Fekete, Péter Hornyák, Iman Jamali, Ádám Juhász, Máté Lékai, Patrik Ligetvári, Roland Mikler, Ádám Országh, Szabolcs Szöllősi, Timuzsin Schuch (captain), Uroš Vilovski.

Coach: Ljubomir Vranjes

2019 World Championship (10th place)

Gábor Ancsin, Zsolt Balogh, Bence Bánhidi, Richárd Bodó, Bendegúz Bóka, Gábor Császár, Péter Hornyák, Ferenc Ilyés (captain), Iman Jamali, Ádám Juhász, Máté Lékai, Patrik Ligetvári, Dominik Máthé, Roland Mikler, László Nagy, Timuzsin Schuch, Adrián Sipos, Márton Székely, Zoltán Szita.

Coach: István Csoknyai, Vladan Matić

2020 European Championship (9th place)

Arián Andó, Zsolt Balogh, Donát Bartók, Bence Bánhidi, Bendegúz Bóka, Bálint Fekete, Mátyás Győri, Péter Hornyák, Patrik Ligetvári, Dominik Máthé, Roland Mikler (captain), Bence Nagy, Miklós Rosta, Adrián Sipos, Márton Székely, Zoltán Szita, Ádám Tóth, Dávid Ubornyák.

Coach: István Gulyás

2021 World Championship (5th place)

Gábor Ancsin, Zsolt Balogh, Bence Bánhidi, Richárd Bodó, Ádám Borbély, Bendegúz Bóka, Mátyás Győri, Egon Hanusz, Péter Hornyák, Máté Lékai, Dominik Máthé, Roland Mikler (captain), Bence Nagy, Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez, Miklós Rosta, Adrián Sipos, Stefan Sunajko, Márton Székely, Zoltán Szita, Petar Topic.

Coach: István Gulyás

2022 European Championship (15th place)

Gábor Ancsin, Bence Bánhidi, Richárd Bodó, Ádám Borbély, Bendegúz Bóka, Bendegúz Bujdosó, Mátyás Győri, Egon Hanusz, Máté Lékai, Patrik Ligetvári, Dominik Máthé, Roland Mikler (captain), Bence Nagy, Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez, Miklós Rosta, Adrián Sipos, Stefan Sunajko, Márton Székely, Zoltán Szita, Petar Topic.

Coach: István Gulyás

2023 World Championship (8th place)

Gábor Ancsin, Bence Bánhidi, Richárd Bodó, Bendegúz Bóka, Bendegúz Bujdosó, Egon Hanusz, Zoran Ilić, Péter Kovacsics, Csaba Leimeter, Máté Lékai, Patrik Ligetvári, Roland Mikler (captain), Kristóf Palasics, Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez, Miklós Rosta, Adrián Sipos, Márton Székely, Zoltán Szita, Szabolcs Szöllősi.

Coach: Chema Rodríguez

2024 European Championship (5th place)

Gábor Ancsin 8/24, Arián Andó 2/0, Bence Bánhidi 8/32, László Bartucz 7/0, Richárd Bodó 8/17, Bendegúz Bóka 8/15, Gergő Fazekas 8/18, Egon Hanusz 6/8, Zoran Ilić 8/7, Bence Imre 6/20, Bence Krakovszki 0/0, Zsolt Krakovszki 2/4, Máté Lékai (captain) 8/29, Patrik Ligetvári 8/2, Dominik Máthé 5/14, Kristóf Palasics 5/0, Miklós Rosta 7/23, Adrián Sipos 8/4, Zoltán Szita 7/11, Szabolcs Szöllősi 0/0.

Coach: Chema Rodríguez

2024 Olympic Games (10th place)

Gábor Ancsin 5/13, Bence Bánhidi 5/17, László Bartucz 4/0, Richárd Bodó 5/19, Bendegúz Bóka 5/9, Gergő Fazekas 5/10, Egon Hanusz 1/0, Zoran Ilić 5/9, Bence Imre 4/26, Máté Lékai (captain) 5/13, Patrik Ligetvári 5/1, Roland Mikler 2/0, Kristóf Palasics 4/0, Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez 3/2, Miklós Rosta 3/8, Adrián Sipos 5/0, Zoltán Szita 4/10.

Coach: Chema Rodríguez

Coaching history

Period Head Coach
1958 Hungary Sándor Cséfai
1959–1961 Hungary István Hetey
1962–1964 Hungary Árpád Csicsmányi
1964–1973 Hungary Miklós Albrecht
1973–1982 Hungary Mihály Faludi
1982–1985 Hungary László Kovács
1985–1989 Hungary Lajos Mocsai
1989–1990 Hungary János Csík
1991–1992 Hungary Attila Joósz
1992–1993 Hungary László Kovács
1993–1995 Hungary Sándor Kaló
1995–1996 Hungary Árpád Kővári
1997–1999 Hungary Sándor Vass
1999–2001 Hungary János Hajdu
2001–2008 Hungary László Skaliczki
2008–2009 Hungary János Hajdu
2009–2010 Hungary István Csoknyai
2010–2014 Hungary Lajos Mocsai
2014–2016 Spain Talant Duyshebaev
2016–2017 Spain Xavi Sabaté
2017–2018 Sweden Ljubomir Vranjes
2018–2019 Hungary István Csoknyai
2019–2022 Hungary István Gulyás
2022–present Spain Chema Rodríguez

Statistics

Records

  Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection..

Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

Most matches played[12]
Player Career Caps Pos Goals
Péter Kovács 1973–1995 323 LB 1,797
János Szathmári 1988–2010 302 GK 2
Béla Bartalos 1970–1984 288 GK 2
Gergő Iváncsik 2000–2017 270 LW 696
Gábor Császár 2004–2019 247 CB 845
Nándor Fazekas 1998–2017 238 GK 1
Ferenc Ilyés 2003–2019 229 LB 502
József Kenyeres 1974–1994 224 496
István Pásztor 1992–2004 215 LW 830
István Szilágyi 1972–1983 214 P 541
László Szabó 1976–1988 211 P 374
Szabolcs Zubai 2004–2017 211 P 308
László Nagy 1999–2019 209 RB 749
Roland Mikler 2004–present 208 GK 0
Zsolt Kontra 1975–1988 198 LW 523
János Gyurka 1981–1995 191 RB 662
László Sótonyi 1990–2001 190 CB, OB 518
Tamás Mocsai 1999–2014 190 RB 439
Richárd Mezei 1992–2004 184 P 280
Gyula Gál 1999–2011 180 P 442
József Éles 1989–2000 179 CB, LB 828
Gergely Harsányi 2002–2017 179 RB 399
László Marosi 1983–1992 171 LB, LW 710
Balázs Kertész 1989–2004 171 RW 361
István Csoknyai 1991–2004 170 RB 168
Timuzsin Schuch 2006–2019 170 P 80
Mihály Iváncsik 1984–1992 169 RW 623
Mihály Kovács 1976–1990 168 CB 244
Lajos Simó 1965–1977 162
Ernő Gubányi 1972–1980 159 D

Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

Most goals scored[12]
Player Goals Matches Average
Péter Kovács 1,797 323 5.56
Gábor Császár 845 247 3.42
István Pásztor 830 215 3.86
József Éles 828 179 4.58
László Nagy 749 209 3.58
László Marosi 710 171 4.15
Gergő Iváncsik 696 270 2.57
János Gyurka 662 191 3.47
Mihály Iváncsik 623 169 3.69
István Szilágyi 541 214 2.53

Record against other teams

As of 25 January 2021

Key
Positive total balance (more wins)
Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
Negative total balance (more losses)
National team Total Olympic Games World Championship European Championship Qualifications Other
Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L

Algeria Algeria 13 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 8 6 2 0
Angola Angola 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentina Argentina 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Australia Australia 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Austria Austria 47 34 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 44 32 2 10
Azerbaijan SSR 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Asian team 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Bahrain Bahrain 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
Belgium Belgium 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0
Belarus Belarus 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0
Byelorussian SSR 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Brazil 6 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Bulgaria Bulgaria 41 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 31 30 1 0
Canada canada 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Chile Chile 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
China China 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Commonwealth of Independent States CIS 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3
Cuba Cuba 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
Croatia Croatia 34 9 5 20 3 0 0 3 7 1 0 6 3 1 1 1 4 2 0 2 15 5 4 8
Cyprus Cyprus 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic Czech Republic 29 20 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 21 15 2 4
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 59 33 6 20 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 2 — — — — 0 0 0 1 50 29 4 16
Denmark Denmark 43 19 4 20 2 1 0 1 10 5 1 4 6 0 1 5 4 1 2 1 19 13 0 9
Egypt Egypt 17 15 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 13 12 1 0
Estonia Estonia 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 2 0 2
France France 39 19 3 17 1 0 0 1 9 3 0 6 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 23 13 1 9
Greece Greece 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
Georgia (country) Georgia 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian SSR 10 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 6
Iceland Iceland 42 24 3 15 2 1 0 1 9 6 0 3 6 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 23 13 2 8
Israel Israel 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1
Italy Italy 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 11 11 0
Japan Japan 9 7 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1
Kuwait Kuwait 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0
Latvia Latvia 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania Lithuania 11 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 2 3 3 0 0
Lithuanian SSR 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Netherlands Netherlands 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 17 17 0 0
Qatar Qatar 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Serbia Serbia* 9 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 4 0 2
South Korea South Korea 12 9 0 3 4 2 0 2 4 3 0 1 — — — — 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0
United Arab Republic United Arab Republic 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 70 17 9 44 3 0 0 3 7 1 1 5 — — — — 2 1 0 1 58 15 8 35
* includes games against Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro

Kit suppliers

Hungary's kits have been supplied by Adidas.

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