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If Austria had cause to regret missed opportunities, Hungary are cursed with the tag of the best team not to have won the World Cup.
Even more than Brazil in ’82, the Hungarian side of the 1950s deserved to have been acknowledged as the world’s finest. From June 1952 to February 1956 they produced a remarkable run of 43 victories, 7 draws and just one defeat. Sadly that defeat happened to be the 1954 World Cup final against West Germany.
That 1950s team included the revolutionary tactic of pulling striker Hidegkuti back into a deep-lying role, while seemingly everyone else attacked. The team’s focal point was the “Galloping Major”, Ferenc Puskas. The Real Madrid legend’s 83 goals in 84 internationals only began to speak of his threat, and he here would be assisted not only by his 1950s team-mates, but the 1938 runners-up and the 1966 quarter finalists.
| Number | Position | Player | Era |
| 1 | GK | Grosisc | 1940's-60's |
| 2 | RB | Busanszky | 1950's |
| 3 | CB | Matrai | 1960's |
| 4 | CB | Meszoly | 1960's |
| 5 | LB/CB | Biro | 1930's |
| 6 | DM | Bozsic | 1950's |
| 7 | LW/CF | Puskas | 1950's-60's |
| 8 | AM/FW | Albert | 1960's |
| 9 | CF/AM | Hidegkuti | 1950's |
| 10 | FW | Kocsis | 1950's |
| 11 | AM/LW | Czibor | 1950's |
| 12 | RB | Koranyi | 1930's |
| 13 | CB | Balint | 1950's |
| 14 | CB | Lorant | 1950's |
| 15 | DM | Zakarias | 1950's |
| 16 | CF | Tichy | 1960's |
| 17 | CF/CM | Sarosi | 1930's |
| 18 | RW | Bene | 1960's |
| 19 | CM | Solymosi | 1960's |
| 20 | AM | Detari | 1980's |
| 21 | RM/RW | Nyalasi | 1970's |
| 22 | GK | A.Szabo | 1930's |
| Coach | Sebes |
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