The Hungarian national team, which is facing the European Championship qualifier, has been undefeated against Bulgaria for 45 years. The opponent of Marco Rossi's team on Thursday has not been out of the Hungarians since 1975.
For 45 years, the Hungarian national football team has not beaten its European Championship substitute opponent, the Bulgarian team, which he will meet on Thursday from 20.45.
The Bulgarian and Hungarian national teams meet for the 23rd time in the Sofia match: out of the previous 22 meetings, the Hungarians won 12, the Bulgarians won five, a tie was made five times, and the goal difference was 52-22 in favor of the Hungarians.
Despite the favorable overall balance, the clashes of recent years show the superiority of the Bulgarians, as the last time the Hungarian team surpassed its current opponent in May 1975, 45 years ago, was defeated three times and reached two draws in the five meetings played since then.
As a guest, winning goes even further: the Hungarian national team last won in Bulgaria in 1957. In the four away matches he has played since then, there are three defeats and one draw, and no goal has been scored in any of the matches, but the national team has received nine.
The last friendly match in Győr in 2012 ended in a 1-1 draw, and the Hungarian goal scorer was the current team captain, Ádám Szalai.
The clashes so far:
March 25, 1934, Sofia: Bulgaria-Hungary 1-4 (1-1) - World Cup Qualifiers
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the Hungarian goal scorers: Sárosi, P. Szabó, Toldi, Markos
April 29, 1934, Budapest: Hungary-Bulgaria 4-1 (1-0) - World Cup Qualifiers
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the Hungarian scorers: P. Szabó (2), Solti (2)
June 6, 1943, Sofia: Bulgaria-Hungary 2-4 (0-3) - friendly
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the Hungarian scorer: Zsengellér (4)
August 17, 1947, Budapest: Hungary-Bulgaria 9-0 (3-0) - Balkan Cup
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Hungarian goal scorers: Deák (4), Hidegkuti (3), Zsolnai, Nagymarosi
November 7, 1948, Sofia: Bulgaria-Hungary 1-0 (1-0) - Balkan Cup
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10/30/1949, Budapest: Hungary-Bulgaria 5-0 (1-0) - friendly
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the Hungarian scorers: Puskás (2), Deák, Budai II, Rudas
November 12, 1950, Sofia: Bulgaria-Hungary 1-1 (1-1) - friendly
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the Hungarian scorer: Szilágyi
October 11, 1953, Sofia: Bulgaria-Hungary 1-1 (0-1) - friendly
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the Hungarian scorer: Szilágyi
June 23, 1957, Budapest: Hungary-Bulgaria 4-1 (3-0) - World Cup Qualifiers
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the Hungarian scorers: Machos (3), Bozsik
9/15/1957, Sofia: Bulgaria-Hungary 1-2 (1-2) - World Cup Qualifiers
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Hungarian goal scorers: Hidegkuti (2)
June 3, 1962, Rancagua: Hungary-Bulgaria 6-1 (4-0) - World Cup match
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the Hungarian scorers: Albert (3), Tichy (2), Solymosi
July 20, 1966, Manchester: Hungary-Bulgaria 3-1 (2-1) - World Cup match
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the Hungarian scorers: Davidov (own goal), Mészöly, Bene
May 19, 1971, Sofia: Bulgaria-Hungary 3-0 (1-0) - European Qualifiers
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September 25, 1971, Budapest: Hungary-Bulgaria 2-0 (0-0) - European Championship qualifier
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the Hungarian goal scorers: Juhász, Vidáts
March 31, 1974, Zalaegerszeg: Hungary-Bulgaria 3-1 (2-0) - friendly
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the Hungarian scorers: Fazekas (2), Bene
November 10, 1974, Varna: Bulgaria-Hungary 0-0 - friendly
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May 7, 1975, Budapest: Hungary-Bulgaria 2-0 (1-0) - Olympic qualifier
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the Hungarian scorers: Fazekas, Kozma
June 7, 1975, Sofia: Bulgaria-Hungary 4-0 (1-0) - Olympic Qualifiers
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February 12, 2003, Larnaca: Bulgaria-Hungary 1-0 (interrupted) - friendly
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March 30, 2005, Budapest: Hungary-Bulgaria 1-1 (0-0) - World Cup qualifiers
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the Hungarian scorer: Rajczi
10/08/2005, Sofia: Bulgaria-Hungary 2-0 (1-0) - World Cup Qualifiers
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02/29/2012, Győr: Hungary-Bulgaria 1-1 (1-0) - friendly
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the Hungarian scorer: Szalai
(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay)