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Hungary vs Soviet Union Euro 1980 qualifying match report

Date, kick-off time:	Wednesday, 11 October 1978, 18:00 (UTC+01:00)
National teams, score:	Hungary - Soviet Union 2:0
Competition:	UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 6
Referee:	Walter Eschweiler, Euskirchen / West Germany
Attendance, venue:	35 000, Népstadion, Budapest
Goals:	1:0 (26') Váradi Béla, 2:0 (60') Szokolai László

Hungary national football team line-up in match Nr.533

Managed by association captain Kovács Ferenc
Player	Caps	Club
Katzirz Béla	1	Pécsi Munkás SC, Pécs
Martos Győző	15	Ferencvárosi TC, Budapest
Kocsis István	9	Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Kereki Zoltán	29	Szombathelyi Haladás VSE, Szombathely
Lukács Sándor	9	Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Pál József	2	Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Tatár György 87'	2	Diósgyőri VTK, Miskolc
Pintér Sándor 80'	37	Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Szokolai László 86'	2	Ferencvárosi TC, Budapest
86' Gyimesi László	2	Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Kovács István 69'	8	Vasas SC, Budapest
69' Fekete László 75'	14	Újpesti Dózsa SC, Budapest
Váradi Béla	29	Vasas SC, Budapest

Soviet Union national team line-up in match Nr.249

Managed by head coach Nikita Simonyan
Player	Caps	Club
Yuriy Degteryov 42'	14	Shakhtyor, Donetsk
42' Nikolay Gontar	5	Dinamo, Moscow
Anatoliy Konkov	47	Dinamo, Kiev
Vasiliy Zhupikov	9	Torpedo, Moscow
Aleksandr Makhovikov	11	Dinamo, Moscow
Aleksandr Bubnov	10	Dinamo, Moscow
Aleksandr Berezhnoy	7	Dinamo, Kiev
Leonid Buryak 65'	30	Dinamo, Kiev
65' Georgiy Yartsev	3	Spartak, Moscow
Vladimir Bessonov 20'	11	Dinamo, Kiev
Vladimir Gutsaev	6	Dinamo, Tbilisi
Vagiz Khidiyatullin 13'	4	Spartak, Moscow
Oleg Blokhin	59	Dinamo, Kiev

Match stats

National team	Players	Average caps	Average age	Clubs	Goals	Cautions	Expulsions
Hungary	13	12.231	26.221	7	2	3	0
Soviet Union	13	16.615	25.549	6	0	2	0

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 6 post-match standings

Pos.	National team	1	2	3	4	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points
1	Finland		2:1 -:-	-:- -:-	3:0 -:-	2	2	0	0	5-1	4
2	Hungary	1:2 -:-		2:0 -:-	-:- -:-	2	1	0	1	3-2	2
3	Soviet Union	-:- -:-	0:2 -:-		2:0 -:-	2	1	0	1	2-2	2
4	Greece	0:3 -:-	-:- -:-	0:2 -:-		2	0	0	2	0-5	0

Comments

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Other notes posted 09.08.2011 02:32:51

Hungary: Pintér Sándor (link:

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Zsorzsinju Hungary - posted 23.11.2014 18:11:04

Hungary team (link:

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Hungary vs Soviet Union post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
16	5	4	7	26 - 19	0.875
Hungary v Soviet Union match-by-match record

Hungary matches

Previous match:

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying

Finland vs Hungary 2-1

Helsinki, Wednesday 20 September 1978

Next match:

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying

Greece vs Hungary 4-1

Thessaloniki, Saturday 28 October 1978

Hungarian national team matches

Soviet Union matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Turkey vs Soviet Union 0-2

Ankara, Thursday 5 October 1978

Next match:

Friendly International

Japan vs Soviet Union 1-4

Tokyo, Sunday 19 November 1978

Soviet football team international record

Hungary top scorers

1. Puskás Ferenc (1945 - 1956) - 84 goals
2. Kocsis Sándor (1948 - 1956) - 75 goals
3. Schlosser-Lakatos Imre (1906 - 1921) - 58 goals
... Váradi Béla (1972 - 1978) - 11 goals
... Szokolai László (1978) - 1 goal

(correct as of October 11, 1978)

all-time Hungary top goalscorers

Brief match report

Wed. 11 Oct 1978
Népstadion, Budapest
Hungary 2-0 Soviet Union
Goals: Váradi 26, Szokolai 60

Hungary: Katzirz, Martos, Kocsis, Kereki, Lukács, Pál, Tatár, Pintér (c), Szokolai (Gyimesi 86), Kovács (Fekete 69), Váradi. Managed by Kovács.
Booked: Fekete 75, Pintér 80, Tatár 87.

Soviet Union: Degteryov (Gontar 42), Konkov (c), Zhupikov, Makhovikov, Bubnov, Berezhnoy, Buryak (Yartsev 65), Bessonov, Gutsaev, Khidiyatullin, Blokhin. Managed by Simonyan.
Booked: Khidiyatullin 13, Bessonov 20.

Att: 35 000
Ref: Eschweiler (West Germany)