Hungary have a good record against Germany and have won two of their last three games in Germany before the last matchday in Group F in Munich.
• After three games without a defeat in Germany, the Hungarians had to accept another bankruptcy in the last duel five years ago, but in terms of EURO performance, the differences could hardly be greater. While Germany reached the knockout stage in nine of its twelve previous appearances, Hungary’s entry into the round of 16 of the UEFA EURO 2016 was the country’s most successful performance in 44 years.
Previous encounters
• The last duel took place in June 2016: Ádám Lang with an own goal and Thomas Müller scored in the German 2-0 win in Gelsenkirchen.
• For the DFB-Elf this was the third win in their last four games against Hungary. In June 2004 the DFB-Elf lost 2-0 to Hungary in a friendly in Kaiserslautern.
• Before a 5-2 friendly win in Budapest in August 2001, Germany / Germany had five games without a win against Hungary (4U 1N).
• This will be the two teams’ first competitive match since the 1954 FIFA World Cup final in Bern, when West Germany won 3-2 after falling 2-0 down. Helmut Rahn scored two goals, including the winning goal in the 84th minute.
• In the only other competitive match at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, Hungary beat Germany 8-3 in the preliminary round. Sándor Kocsis was successful four times.
• Germany won 13 of the 34 games against Hungary, seven of the ten bankruptcies were conceded in the first 14 duels between the two nations.
• This will only be the second duel between the two nations in Munich; the first, a test match in December 1911, ended in a 4-1 victory for the Hungarians.
EURO facts: Germany
• The DFB team is at a EURO for the 13th time in a row. Only in 1968 did the FRG miss the finals; it was the first attempt.
• Germany became European champions in 1972, 1980 and 1996 – and reached the final three more times – and have not missed a semi-final since 2004. At that time you didn’t make it out of the group stage. As a three-time European champion you are a record holder together with Spain.
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• The 2-0 defeat against hosts France in 2016 was Germany’s eighth EURO semi-final and the third defeat. The reigning world champion was group winner and had prevailed in the knockout phase against Slovakia (3: 0) and Italy (1: 1, 6: 5 iE).
• Joachim Löw’s team won seven of the eight qualifying matches (1 loss) to qualify for UEFA EURO 2020. The only loss was a 2-4 loss to the Netherlands on 6 September 2019; Germany scored 15 goals in the following four games.
• Germany has qualified for the final round of a World or European Championship for the 26th time in a row.
• The first matchday was the first game of the DFB-Elf in Munich since a goalless draw in the friendly against France in September 2018. This means that Munich has 13 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. Four of the seven games in the Fußball Arena München were won (1 draw, 2 defeats), but this stadium also suffered the biggest defeat in a European Championship: the 3-0 defeat against the Czech Republic in qualifying for UEFA EURO 2008 .
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• At the 2006 World Cup, Germany won both games at the Fußball Arena München: In the group stage they beat Costa Rica 4-2 and Sweden 2-0 in the round of 16. 1974 they became world champions in Munich with a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands; it was the only game for the hosts in Munich during this tournament.
EURO facts: Hungary
• Hungarians have qualified for the EURO finals for the second year in a row. Participation in 2016 was the first since 1972 and the first major tournament since the 1986 World Cup. In 1964 and 1972, only four teams were involved in the first two EURO finals in which the Hungarians took part.
• In 2016, the team trained by Bernd Storck secured victory in Group F with five points, tied with Iceland and two points ahead of eventual champion Portugal. The eliminated table bottom Austria came on one counter. Hungary beat Austria 2-0 at the start in Bordeaux, with Ádám Szalai scoring the opening goal, and drew against Iceland (1-1) and Portugal (3-3).
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• Belgium proved too strong in the round of 16, beating Toulouse 4-0 – three of the four goals came in the last 12 minutes.
• Before Matchday 1, Hungary had won two of their eight EURO finals (2U 4N).
• Hungary finished fourth in their UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying group behind Croatia, Wales and Slovakia, all of whom have qualified for the finals, taking twelve points from eight games.
• Marco Rossi’s side qualified for the play-offs after finishing second in their group in the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League. The Hungarians got ten points, two less than Finland, but one more than Greece.
• The Hungarians then won 3-1 in Bulgaria in the play-off semi-finals before trailing behind them in Budapest in the final against Iceland. But in a dramatic final phase, the home side turned the game in their favor thanks to goals from Loïc Négo (88th) and Dominik Szoboszlai (90th + 2) and thus qualified for the finals.
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• Hungary ended 2020 with six unbeaten games in a row (4S 2U), since they lost 3-2 at home to Russia in the UEFA Nations League on 6 September 2020.
• Hungary reached the World Cup finals in 1938 and 1954, but lost to Italy (in France) and West Germany (in Switzerland).
• Hungary have played four games in Munich so far. In addition to the 1911 victory against Germany, they met Brazil (2: 2), hosts West Germany (4: 1) and in the final against Poland (1: 2) at the Olympic Games in the Olympic Stadium.
• Hungary’s overall record in Germany stands at 10 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses. At the 1972 Olympics, in addition to the three games in Munich, they defeated Iran 5-0 in Nuremberg, Denmark in Augsburg, the GDR in Passau and Mexico in Regensburg (all 2-0).
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• Hungary’s defense attorney Willi Orban, who was born in Kaiserslautern, has German and Hungarian citizenship. Orban, once a U21 international for Germany, made his debut for Hungary in 2018.
• Niklas Süle was born in Frankfurt and has Hungarian grandparents who emigrated from Budapest to Germany; he could have played for Hungary too.
• Have played in Germany:
Péter Gulácsi (Leipzig 2015-)
Willi Orban (Kaiserslautern 1997-2015, Leipzig 2015-)
Dominik Szoboszlai (Leipzig 2021-)
Ádám Szalai (Stuttgart 2004-07, Mainz 2010-13, Schalke 2013/14, Hoffenheim 2014-19, Hanover 2016, on loan, Mainz 2019-)
Roland Sallai (Freiburg 2018-)
Zsolt Kalmár (Leipzig 2014-18, FSV Frankfurt 2016, on loan)
• Have played together:
Lukas Klostermann, Marcel Halstenberg & Péter Gulácsi, Willi Orbán (Leipzig 2015-)
Benjamin Henrichs & Péter Gulácsi, Willi Orban (Leipzig 2020-)
Lukas Klostermann, Marcel Halstenberg, Benjamin Henrichs & Dominik Szoboszlai (Leipzig 2021-)
Timo Werner & Péter Gulácsi, Willi Orban (Leipzig 2016-20)
Luca Waldschmidt, Robin Koch & Roland Sallai (Freiburg 2018-20)
Joshua Kimmich & Zsolt Kalmár (Leipzig 2014/15)
• Ádám Szalai’s teammates at Hoffenheim were Süle (2014-17), Serge Gnabry (2017/18), Nadiem Amiri (2015-19), Nico Schulz (2017-19) and Oliver Baumann (2014-19).
• Leroy Sané scored in Bayern’s two wins against Salzburg in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League group stage (6-2 away, 3-1 at home), while Szoboszlai played for the Austrians.
• Emre Can (Dortmund), Kimmich (Bavaria), Kai Havertz, Amiri and Jonathan Tah (Leverkusen) all scored Bundesliga goals against Sallais Freiburg in 2020.
• Also thanks to a three-pack from Werner, Leipzig celebrated the highest Bundesliga victory of all time in an 8-0 win against Szalais Mainzer on November 2, 2019. Werner also provided three assists, Halstenberg was also one of the goalscorers.
• Hungarian coach Rossi made 15 appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt in 1996/97.
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