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National football teams

  • Finland's 12th consecutive match without victory
  • Hungary's 11th consecutive match without defeat
  • Ferenc Puskás set the European goal scoring record (73 goals)
  • Péter Palotás scored his 1st and Hungary's 57th international hat-trick
  • Juhani Peltonen is the latest born international footballer of Finland
  • Finland vs Hungary Head to Head: Finland national football team's 6th loss in 6 matches

Finland vs Hungary international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Thursday, 19 May 1955, 14:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Finland
1-9
Hungary
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
John Erik Andersson, Gothenburg /
Sweden
Attendance, venue:
28 624, Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Goals:
0-1 (7') Péter Palotás, 0-2 (12') Péter Palotás, 0-3 (39') Ferenc Puskás, 0-4 (43') Péter Palotás, 0-5 (49') József Tóth, 0-6 (51') Lajos Csordás, 1-6 (60') Matti Hiltunen, 1-7 (64') Lajos Tichy, 1-8 (67') Lajos Tichy, 1-9 (86') Lajos Csordás
Finland national football team line-up in match Nr.181
Managed by head coach Aatos Lehtonen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Pentti Tähtinen  
1
21
KTP, Kotka
Åke Lindman  
22
27
HIFK, Helsinki
Antti Nieminen   46' 
1
27
Haka, Valkeakoski
46' Pertti Koivisto  
2
30
KTP, Kotka
Pertti Vanhanen  
3
21
KTP, Kotka
Seppo Pelkonen  
14
25
KuPS, Kuopio
Pekka Kupiainen  Captain 
4
25
Kotkan Jäntevä, Kotka
Pentti Mustonen   46' 
1
28
KaPa, Kajaani
46' Juhani Peltonen  
1
18
Haka, Valkeakoski
Matti Hiltunen  
8
22
KPT, Kuopio
Martti Järvinen  
1
21
VPS, Vaasa
Kai Pahlman  
2
19
HPS, Helsinki
Olavi Lahtinen  
11
26
HJK, Helsinki
Hungary national football team line-up in match Nr.322
Managed by association captain Gusztáv Sebes
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Imre Danka  
3
24
Pécsi Dózsa SE, Pécs
Sándor Hegyi  
2
23
Pécsi Dózsa SE, Pécs
Pál Várhidi  
5
23
Bp Dózsa SE, Budapest
Mihály Lantos  
45
26
Bp Vörös Lobogó SE, Budapest
József Bozsik  
62
29
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Pál Csernai  
2
22
Csepeli Vasas, Budapest
József Tóth  
7
26
Csepeli Vasas, Budapest
Lajos Csordás  
11
22
Bp Vasas SK, Budapest
Péter Palotás   46' 
22
25
Bp Vörös Lobogó SE, Budapest
46' Sándor Kocsis  
52
25
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Ferenc Puskás  Captain  46' 
68
28
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
46' Lajos Tichy  
2
20
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
István Szimcsák  
2
21
Bp Vörös Lobogó SE, Budapest
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Finland
13
5.462
24.340
10
1
0
0
Hungary
13
21.769
24.613
6
9
0
0
Historical data sources
Esti Budapest (Budapest), №117, 20 May 1955; Arcanum Digitheca
Népsport (Budapest), №99, 20 May 1955; Arcanum Digitheca
Szabad Nép (Budapest), №138, 20 May 1955; Arcanum Digitheca
Comments

bandyall - posted on 17 October 2010 at 16:55:54

(67.) Lajos Tichy, (86.) Lajos Csordás
(...)

Zsorzsinju - posted on 1 May 2011 at 19:27:15

Captain
Puskás (Purczeld) Ferenc (Franz) "Öcsi"

Soproni Démon - posted on 20 March 2013 at 22:11:28 - 1

Captain Hungary
Puskás Ferenc
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Finland vs Hungary post-match head-to-head
WP
0.0
P
6
W
0
D
0
L
6
GF
4
GA
34
GF/P
0.667
GA/P
5.667
Av attendance
19 487
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Nordic Football Championship 1952-1955
Norway vs Finland 3-1
Oslo, Sunday 29 August 1954
Next match:
Nordic Football Championship 1952-1955
Denmark vs Finland 2-1
Copenhagen, Sunday 19 June 1955
Finland football results
Hungary national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Denmark vs Hungary 0-6
Copenhagen, Sunday 15 May 1955
Next match:
Friendly International
Hungary vs Scotland 3-1
Budapest, Sunday 29 May 1955
Hungary football results
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
2. Gunnar Åström (1927 - 1934) - 16 goals
3. Aulis Koponen (1924 - 1934) - 16 goals
4. William Kanerva (1924 - 1936) - 13 goals
5. Jorma Vaihela (1949 - 1953) - 13 goals
... Matti Hiltunen (1954 - 1955) - 3 goals
(correct as of May 19, 1955)
Finland scorers
Top Hungary goal scorers
1. Ferenc Puskás (1945 - 1955) - 73 goals
... Péter Palotás (1950 - 1955) - 18 goals
... Lajos Csordás (1953 - 1955) - 5 goals
... József Tóth (1954 - 1955) - 3 goals
... Lajos Tichy (1955) - 3 goals
(correct as of May 19, 1955)
Hungary scorers
Brief match report
Thu. 19 May 1955
Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Finland 1-9 Hungary
Goals: Palotás 7, Palotás 12, Puskás 39, Palotás 43, Tóth 49, Csordás 51, Hiltunen 60, Tichy 64, Tichy 67, Csordás 86

Finland: Tähtinen, Lindman, Nieminen (Koivisto 46), Vanhanen, Pelkonen, Kupiainen (c), Mustonen (Peltonen 46), Hiltunen, Järvinen, Pahlman, Lahtinen. Managed by Lehtonen.

Hungary: Danka, Hegyi, Várhidi, Lantos, Bozsik, Csernai, Tóth, Csordás, Palotás (Kocsis 46), Puskás (c) (Tichy 46), Szimcsák. Managed by Sebes.

Att: 28 624,
Ref: Andersson (Sweden)

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