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Switzerland vs Hungary international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 20 September 1952, 17:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Switzerland
2-4
Hungary
Competition:
Central European International Cup 1948-1953
Referee:
Arthur Ellis, Halifax /
England
Attendance, venue:
30 000, Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Goals:
1-0 (5') Seppe Hügi, 2-0 (11') Jacques Fatton, 2-1 (36') Ferenc Puskás, 2-2 (45') Ferenc Puskás, 2-3 (56') Sándor Kocsis, 2-4 (74') Nándor Hidegkuti
Switzerland national team line-up in match Nr.234
Managed by technical commission: Gaston Tschirren, Leopold Kielholz, Willy Baumgartner
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Fritz Jucker  
5
28
FC Biel-Bienne, Biel/Bienne
Willi Neukom  Captain 
6
32
Grasshopper Club, Zürich
Willy Kernen  
8
23
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Louis Casali   69' 
3
24
BSC Young Boys, Bern
69' Ivo Frosio  
1
22
Grasshopper Club, Zürich
Hans Hügi  
1
25
FC Basel, Basel
Harry Koch  
1
22
FC Zürich, Zürich
Robert Ballaman  
12
26
Grasshopper Club, Zürich
René Bader  
19
30
FC Basel, Basel
Seppe Hügi  
5
22
FC Basel, Basel
Lucien Pasteur  
8
30
Servette FC, Genève
Jacques Fatton  
39
26
Servette FC, Genève
Hungary national team line-up in match Nr.294
Managed by association captain Gusztáv Sebes
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Gyula Grosics  
21
26
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Jenő Buzánszky  
12
27
Dorogi Bányász SK, Dorog
Mihály Lantos  
19
23
Bp Bástya SE, Budapest
József Bozsik  
37
26
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Gyula Lóránt  
15
29
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
József Zakariás  
20
28
Bp Bástya SE, Budapest
László Budai  
13
24
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Sándor Kocsis  
27
22
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Péter Palotás   31' 
11
23
Bp Bástya SE, Budapest
31' Nándor Hidegkuti  
25
30
Bp Bástya SE, Budapest
Ferenc Puskás  Captain 
44
25
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Zoltán Czibor  
17
23
Csepeli Vasas, Budapest
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Switzerland
12
9.000
26.384
7
2
0
0
Hungary
12
21.750
26.039
4
4
0
0
Historical data sources
Népsport (Budapest), №193, 21 Sep 1952; Arcanum Digitheca
Tribune de Lausanne (Lausanne), №264, 21 Sep 1952; Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne
Der Bund (Bern), №443, 22 Sep 1952; E-newspaperarchives.ch
Freiburger Nachrichten (Fribourg), №220, 22 Sep 1952; E-newspaperarchives.ch
Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (Zürich), №221, 22 Sep 1952; E-newspaperarchives.ch
Comments

db - posted on 8 August 2009 at 19:23:45

Hungary (link: )

Zsorzsinju - posted on 1 May 2011 at 19:32:59

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

Zsorzsinju - posted on 4 August 2011 at 15:42:29

Switzerland - Hungary (link: )

Makar - posted on 8 September 2012 at 14:55:30

Switzerland captain Willhelm Neukom (photo post Zsorzsinju).

Soproni Démon - posted on 21 March 2013 at 15:16:27 - 1

Captain Hungary
Puskás Ferenc
(link: )

db - posted on 17 March 2015 at 10:37:30

Photo of captains and referee (link: )

Makar - posted on 26 September 2015 at 09:39:27

Captains W.Neukom and F.Puskás lead their teams to the field.

Makar - posted on 26 September 2015 at 09:49:22

Hungary national team (left to right):
S.Kocsis, L.Budai, Z.Czibor, J.Zakariás, J.Bozsik, J.Buzánszky, M.Lantos, P.Palotás, G.Lóránt, G.Grosics, F.Puskás (c).
Switzerland vs Hungary post-match head-to-head
WP
24.0
P
25
W
5
D
2
L
18
GF
40
GA
85
GF/P
1.600
GA/P
3.400
Av attendance
20 832
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Switzerland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Switzerland vs Austria 1-1
Geneva, Sunday 22 June 1952
Next match:
Friendly International
West Germany vs Switzerland 5-1
Augsburg, Sunday 9 November 1952
Switzerland results
Hungary national team matches
Previous match:
XV. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1952
Hungary vs Yugoslavia 2-0
Helsinki, Saturday 2 August 1952
Next match:
Friendly International
Hungary vs Czechoslovakia 5-0
Budapest, Sunday 19 October 1952
Hungary results
Top Switzerland goal scorers
1. Max Abegglen (1922 - 1937) - 35 goals
2. André Abegglen (1929 - 1939) - 29 goals
3. Jacques Fatton (1947 - 1952) - 25 goals
... Seppe Hügi (1952) - 3 goals
(correct as of September 20, 1952)
Switzerland goal scorers
Top Hungary goal scorers
1. Imre Schlosser (1906 - 1921) - 58 goals
2. Ferenc Puskás (1945 - 1952) - 55 goals
... Sándor Kocsis (1948 - 1952) - 31 goals
... Nándor Hidegkuti (1945 - 1952) - 15 goals
(correct as of September 20, 1952)
Hungary goal scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 20 Sep 1952
Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Switzerland 2-4 Hungary
Goals: Hügi 5, Fatton 11, Puskás 36, Puskás 45, Kocsis 56, Hidegkuti 74

Switzerland: Jucker, Neukom (c), Kernen, Casali (Frosio 69), Hans Hügi, Koch, Ballaman, Bader, Seppe Hügi, Pasteur, Fatton. Managed by technical commission Tschirren, Kielholz, Baumgartner.

Hungary: Grosics, Buzánszky, Lantos, Bozsik, Lóránt, Zakariás, Budai, Kocsis, Palotás (Hidegkuti 31), Puskás (c), Czibor. Managed by Sebes.

Att: 30 000,
Ref: Ellis (England)

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