Hungary national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Hungary women's national under-17 football team.

Hungary

Nickname(s)	The Magyars
Association	Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Attila Belvon
Captain	Patrik Posztobányi
FIFA code	HUN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1985 )
Best result	Quarter-finals (1985)
UEFA Under-17 Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1985 )
Best result	Fifth place (2019)

The Hungary national under-17 football team represents Hungary in association football at under-17 age level and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Hungary.

Competition history

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record										UEFA U-16/17 Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1982	did not qualify									4	3	0	1	6	4	+2
1984										4	2	1	1	5	2	+3
1985	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1		qualified as hosts
1986	did not qualify									4	1	0	3	1	4	−3
1987										2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
1988	Group stage	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1		2	1	0	1	2	2	0
1989	did not qualify									4	1	1	2	3	5	−2
1990	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4		2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
1991	did not qualify									4	0	1	3	2	5	−3
1992	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	4	0		2	1	1	0	5	3	+2
1993	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1		2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
1994	did not qualify									2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
1995										4	1	1	2	7	7	0
1996										4	0	1	3	1	5	−4
1997	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	9	8	+1		2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
1998	did not qualify									3	2	1	0	8	1	+7
1999	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2		2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
2000		3	1	0	2	4	7	−3		2	2	0	0	11	0	+11
2001		3	1	0	2	5	6	−1		2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
2002		3	0	0	3	4	11	−7		3	2	0	1	9	2	+7
2003		3	0	0	3	0	5	−5		3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
2004	did not qualify									3	1	1	1	6	3	+3
2005										3	0	1	2	1	4	−3
2006	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1		6	3	1	2	8	5	+3
2007	did not qualify									6	3	2	1	8	5	+3
2008										6	2	3	1	7	5	+2
2009										6	1	2	3	3	6	−3
2010										6	2	2	2	8	4	+4
2011										6	2	4	0	6	3	+3
2012										6	3	1	2	12	5	+7
2013										6	5	1	0	16	5	+11
2014										3	0	1	2	8	11	−3
2015										6	2	1	3	4	5	−1
2016										3	0	2	1	4	5	−1
2017	Sixth place	5	2	1	2	8	5	+3		6	4	0	2	9	7	+2
2018	did not qualify									6	4	1	1	9	4	+5
2019	Fifth place	5	3	2	0	8	5	+3		6	4	1	1	8	4	+4
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [1] [2]									3	1	2	0	3	0	+3
2021										Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	did not qualify									6	2	2	2	7	5	+2
2023	Group stage	3	1	0	2	8	9	–1		qualified as hosts
Total	Fifth place	48	15	8	25	59	74	-15		141	63	34	44	209	129	+80

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1985	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2
1987 to 2017	did not qualify
2019	Group stage	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023	did not qualify
2025	to be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	7	2	2	3	11	12	-1

Recent results

2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Qualifying round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estonia	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6	Elite round
2	Georgia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
4	Iceland	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)

17:00

Hungary	3–0	Estonia
Szűcs 23' Barkóczi 45' Lisztes 54'	Report

Globall Football Park, Telki

Referee: Snir Levy (Israel)

25 October 2021 (2021-10-25)

17:00

Hungary	0–1	Georgia
	Report	Narimanidze 86'

Globall Football Park, Telki

Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey)

28 October 2021 (2021-10-28)

17:00

Iceland	0–0	Hungary
	Report

Globall Football Park, Telki

Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey)

Elite round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Final tournament
2	Hungary	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Greece	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Slovakia	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

16:00

Netherlands	2–0	Hungary
Slory 4', 71'	Report

Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden

Attendance: 652

Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)

12:00

Greece	1–1	Hungary
Gkitersos 30'	Report	Komlósi 90+3'

Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden

Attendance: 143

Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)

30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)

16:00

Hungary	3–1	Slovakia
Lisztes 4' Komlósi 25' Pesti 63'	Report	Bodnár 12' (o.g.)

De Wieën, Venray

Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the friendlies against Latvia on 13 and 15 May 2025. ^[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2025, after the match against the Netherlands.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Márk Balogh	(2008-02-28) 28 February 2008 (age 17)	9	0	Debreceni
	1 GK	Desmond Esery	(2008-02-18) 18 February 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Vasas
	2 DF	Gergely Csóka	(2008-02-21) 21 February 2008 (age 17)	10	2	MTK Budapest
	2 DF	Dominik Horváth		0	0	Fehérvár
	2 DF	Kristóf Lakatos	(2008-07-14) 14 July 2008 (age 16)	8	1	Fehérvár
	2 DF	Viktor Rankó	(2008-02-14) 14 February 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Budapest Honvéd
	2 DF	Kristóf Gulyás	(2008-01-25) 25 January 2008 (age 17)	4	0	Grazer
	2 DF	Hunor Kőfalvi		0	0	Puskás Akadémia
	2 DF	Dániel Kovács	(2008-01-29) 29 January 2008 (age 17)	2	0	RWD Molenbeek
	2 DF	Ferenc Ujváry		0	0	Budapest Honvéd
	3 MF	Viktor Petrók	(2008-03-27) 27 March 2008 (age 17)	10	1	Budapest Honvéd
	3 MF	Bence Rab	(2008-04-01) 1 April 2008 (age 17)	9	0	Vasas
	3 MF	Márkó Mándity	(2008-02-29) 29 February 2008 (age 17)	3	0	VfL Wolfsburg
	3 MF	Áron Palkó	(2008-01-08) 8 January 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Újpest
	3 MF	Luca Koncz		0	0	Atlético Madrid
	3 MF	Zsombor Varga	(2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Puskás Akadémia
	4 FW	Ádám Zubor	(2008-03-14) 14 March 2008 (age 17)	11	1	MTK Budapest
	4 FW	János Galambos	(2008-01-09) 9 January 2008 (age 17)	10	4	Paksi
	4 FW	Erik Magyarics	(2008-01-29) 29 January 2008 (age 17)	6	0	Puskás Akadémia
	4 FW	Zsombor Riba	(2008-05-14) 14 May 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Charleroi
	4 FW	Ármin Garamszegi-Géczi		0	0	Győri ETO
	4 FW	Erik Kovács	(2008-12-16) 16 December 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Budapest Honvéd
	4 FW	Petronis Jordanis		0	0	Budapest Honvéd

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Hungary under-17 squad and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ferenc Lányi	(2008-03-03) 3 March 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Rapid Wien	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
DF	Péter Milicz	(2008-07-23) 23 July 2008 (age 16)	6	0	Budapest Honvéd	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
DF	Olivér Árnits	(2008-04-14) 14 April 2008 (age 17)	3	0	1860 Munich	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
DF	Georgios-Adrain Delaportas	(2008-02-05) 5 February 2008 (age 17)	0	0	AEK Athens	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
MF	Máté Wébel	(2008-04-24) 24 April 2008 (age 17)	6	0	Vasas	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
MF	Márk Meskó	(2008-01-10) 10 January 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Budapest Honvéd	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
FW	Benjámin Gólik	(2008-01-19) 19 January 2008 (age 17)	8	1	Ferencvárosi	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
FW	Bálint Söptei	(2008-02-29) 29 February 2008 (age 17)	4	0	MTK Budapest	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
FW	Szabolcs Kátai	(2008-02-07) 7 February 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Vasas	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
FW	Niklas Krone	(2008-04-21) 21 April 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Illés Akadémia	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025
FW	Botond Nyikos	(2008-01-03) 3 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Debreceni	v.   Netherlands, 25 March 2025

Coaching staff

Head coach	Sándor Preisinger
Assistant coach
Coaches	Gábor Hegedűs
	György Korolovszky
	László Szepessy
	Frigyes Tuboly
Goalkeeping coach	István Hámori
Team doctor	Sándor Mecseki, MD
Masseur	László Hegyesi
Technical manager	Béla Brünyi

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Hungary's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Brazil	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Mexico	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Nigeria	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	000.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total	7	2	2	3	11	12	−1	028.57

See also

• Hungary national football team
• Hungary national under-21 football team
• Hungary national under-19 football team

References

1. "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
2. "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
3. "A letteket fogadja az U17-es válogatott" (in Hungarian). Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.

External links

• Hungary national under-17 football team information, profile and news on the Hungarian Football Federation official website