Sandor Matrai – International Appearances


The outstanding Hungarian player obtained 81 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 20-11-1932
Died: 30- 5-2002
Country: Hungary 
Caps:	81	(W47-D16-L18 – GF180-GA98 – %67.90)
Age First Cap:	 23 yr 101 d  29- 2-1956 vs. Lebanon 4-1
Age Last Cap:	 34 yr 311 d  27- 9-1967 vs. East Germany  3-1
National Team Career: 11 yr 211 d

Caps   Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	 Competition

  1  29- 2-56	Beirut		Lebanon		4-1
  2  29- 4-56	Budapest	Yugoslavia	2-2	International Cup
  3  15- 7-56	Budapest	Poland  	4-1
  4  12- 6-57	Oslo		Norway  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
  5  22- 9-57	Budapest	Soviet Union	1-2
  6   6-10-57	Budapest	France  	2-0
  7  10-11-57	Budapest	Norway  	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
  8  22-12-57	Hannover	West Germany 	0-1
  9  20- 4-58	Budapest	Yugoslavia	2-0
 10   7- 5-58	Glasgow		Scotland	1-1
 11   8- 6-58	Sandviken	Wales   	1-1	World Cup
 12  12- 6-58	Stockholm	Sweden  	1-2	World Cup
 13  15- 6-58	Sandviken	Mexico  	4-0	World Cup
 14  17- 6-58	Stockholm	Wales   	1-2	World Cup
 15   5-10-58	Zagreb		Yugoslavia	4-4
 16  26-10-58	Bucuresti	Romania 	2-1
 17  23-11-58	Budapest	Belgium 	3-1
 18  19- 4-59	Budapest	Yugoslavia	4-0
 19   1- 5-59	Dresden		East Germany 	1-0
 20  28- 6-59	Budapest	Sweden  	3-2
 21  27- 9-59	Budapest	Soviet Union	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 22  11-10-59	Beograd		Yugoslavia	4-2
 23  25-10-59	Budapest	Switzerland	8-0
 24   8-11-59	Budapest	West Germany 	4-3
 25  29-11-59	Firenze		Italy   	1-1	International Cup
 26  22- 5-60	Budapest	England 	2-0
 27   5- 6-60	Budapest	Scotland	3-3
 28  17- 2-61	Cairo		Egypt   	2-0
 29  16- 4-61	Budapest	East Germany 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 30  30- 4-61	Rotterdam	Netherlands	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 31   7- 5-61	Beograd		Yugoslavia	4-2
 32  28- 5-61	Budapest	Wales   	3-2
 33  11- 6-61	Budapest	Austria 	1-2
 34  10- 9-61	Ost-Berlin	East Germany 	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 35   8-10-61	Wien		Austria 	1-2
 36  22-10-61	Budapest	Netherlands	3-3	World Cup Qualifier
 37   9-12-61	Santiago	Chile   	1-5
 38  13-12-61	Santiago	Chile   	0-0
 39  23-12-61	Montevideo	Uruguay 	1-1
 40  18- 4-62	Budapest	Uruguay 	1-1
 41  29- 4-62	Budapest	Turkey  	2-1
 42  31- 5-62	Rancagua	England 	2-1	World Cup
 43   3- 6-62	Rancagua	Bulgaria	6-1	World Cup
 44   6- 6-62	Rancagua	Argentina	0-0	World Cup
 45  10- 6-62	Rancagua	Czechoslovakia	0-1	World Cup
 46  24- 6-62	Wien		Austria 	2-1
 47   2- 9-62	Poznan		Poland  	2-0
 48  14-10-62	Budapest	Yugoslavia	0-1
 49  28-10-62	Budapest	Austria 	2-0
 50   7-11-62	Budapest	Wales   	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 51  11-11-62	Paris		France  	3-2
 52  20- 3-63	Cardiff		Wales   	1-1 	European Ch. Qual.
 53   5- 5-63	Stockholm	Sweden  	1-2
 54  19- 5-63	Budapest	Denmark 	6-0
 55   2- 6-63	Praha		Czechoslovakia	2-2
 56  27-10-63	Budapest	Austria 	2-1
 57   3-11-63	Budapest	East Germany 	3-3
 58  25- 4-63	Paris		France  	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 59   3- 5-64	Wien		Austria 	0-1
 60  23- 5-64	Budapest	France  	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 61  17- 6-64	Madrid		Spain   	1-2	European Champ.
 62   4-10-64	Bern		Switzerland	2-0
 63  11-10-64	Budapest	Czechoslovakia	2-2
 64  25-10-64	Budapest	Yugoslavia	2-1
 65   5- 5-65	London		England 	0-1
 66  23- 5-65	Leipzig		East Germany 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 67  13- 6-65	Wien		Austria 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 68  27- 6-65	Budapest	Italy   	2-1
 69   5- 9-65	Budapest	Austria 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 70   9-10-65	Budapest	East Germany 	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 71   8- 5-66	Zagreb		Yugoslavia	0-2
 72  13- 7-66	Manchester	Portugal	1-3	World Cup
 73  15- 7-66	Liverpool	Brazil  	3-1	World Cup
 74  20- 7-66	Manchester	Bulgaria	3-1	World Cup
 75  23- 7-66	Sunderland	Soviet Union	1-2	World Cup
 76  21- 9-66	Budapest	Denmark 	6-0	European Ch. Qual.
 77  28- 9-66	Budapest	France  	4-2
 78  10- 5-67	Budapest	Netherlands	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 79  24- 5-67	København	Denmark 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 80   6- 9-67	Wien		Austria 	3-1
 81  27- 9-67	Budapest	East Germany 	3-1	European Ch. Qual.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    81    47   16   18  180-  98     110       67.90


Types of Matches

Friendlies		47
World Cup		12
World Cup Qualifier	10
European Championship	 1
European Ch. Qual.	 9
International Cup	 2

Total			81



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