Hungary and the Netherlands have one particular trauma
in common: losing a World Cup final to West Germany in spite
of being almost universally considered to have been the best
team of the relevant tournament.
The Netherlands did not play
Hungary very often during the heyday of Magyar football – no
matches at all against the Aranycsapat of the fifties
and only four competitive matches in the sixties, in which the
Hungarians easily dominated the Dutch in 1962 World Cup and
1968 European Nations Cup qualifying, in groups also including
East Germany.
Then there was a sudden flurry of matches in the mid-eighties, in qualifying campaigns for the 1986 World Cup and 1988 European Championship. Hungarian football had by then declined considerably but the national side still managed to secure a surprise 2-1 away win in Rotterdam which paved the way for Hungary's last qualification for an international tournament for thirty years (until the 2016 European Championship). Since that win, the two countries have met on nine occasions, with the Netherlands winning each and every encounter. Only against Cyprus, Luxembourg and Wales Oranje managed similar series of successive wins (9, 10 and 10 respectively, all three series running). In the last six meetings alone, the Dutch ran up a 34-7 goal record against the none too mighty Magyars.
All matches listed are friendlies unless otherwise stated.
Game Date Venue Result Remark -. 19-10-1908 London Netherlands w/o Hungary [Olympic Games] 1. 8- 6-1930 Budapest Hungary 6-2 Netherlands 2. 5- 3-1933 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-2 Hungary 3. 26- 2-1939 Rotterdam Netherlands 3-2 Hungary 4. 30- 4-1961 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-3 Hungary [World Cup Qualifier] 5. 22-10-1961 Budapest Hungary 3-3 Netherlands [World Cup Qualifier] 6. 7- 9-1966 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-2 Hungary [European Champ. Qual.] 7. 10- 5-1967 Budapest Hungary 2-1 Netherlands [European Champ. Qual.] 8. 17-10-1984 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-2 Hungary [World Cup Qualifier] 9. 14- 5-1985 Budapest Hungary 0-1 Netherlands [World Cup Qualifier] 10. 15-10-1986 Budapest Hungary 0-1 Netherlands [European Champ. Qual.] 11. 29- 4-1987 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-0 Hungary [European Champ. Qual.] 12. 1- 6-1994 Eindhoven Netherlands 7-1 Hungary 13. 5- 6-2010 Amsterdam Netherlands 6-1 Hungary 14. 25- 3-2011 Budapest Hungary 0-4 Netherlands [European Champ. Qual.] 15. 29- 3-2011 Amsterdam Netherlands 5-3 Hungary [European Champ. Qual.] 16. 11- 9-2012 Budapest Hungary 1-4 Netherlands [World Cup Qualifier] 17. 11-10-2013 Amsterdam Netherlands 8-1 Hungary [World Cup Qualifier]
NB: do not include Dutch walkover win at the 1908 Olympic Games. Total record: Hungary 17 5 2 10 29- 51 15 Netherlands 17 10 2 5 51- 29 25 Some more stats: Pd H D N HG- NG In Hungary: 7 2 1 4 12- 16 In the Netherlands: 10 3 1 6 17- 35
Hungary - List of International Matches
Netherlands - List of International Matches
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