Hungary national under-21 football team

Hungary Under-21

Nickname(s)	The Magyars Nemzeti Tizenegy (National Eleven)
Association	Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség
Head coach	Zoltán Szélesi
Captain	Antal Yaakobishvili
Most caps	Péter Gulácsi (26)
First colours Second colours
First international
U23: Norway 1–0 Hungary (Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway; 6 October 1970) U21: Hungary 7–0 Greece (Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary; 9 October 1976)
Biggest win
Hungary 7–0 Greece (Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary; 9 October 1976)
Biggest defeat
Serbia 8–0 Hungary   (Belgrade, Serbia; 7 September 2008)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1996 )
Best result	15th (1996)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 1978 )
Best result	Semi-finals, 1986

Hungary U-21-national football team goal celebration against Austria

The Hungary national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team for Hungary and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Hungarian Under-21 team was formed. The team has a modest record, reaching the last eight of three tournaments, and the semi-finals of one, but failing to qualify for eleven, including the forthcoming 2006 tournament.

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Hungary's excellent record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown.

Olympics record

Olympics record
Year	Host	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Until 1988		See Hungary national football team
1992	Barcelona	did not qualify
1996	Atlanta	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	3	7
2000	Sydney	did not qualify
2004	Athens
2008	Beijing
2012	London
2016	Rio de Janeiro
2020	Tokyo
2024	Paris
Total		Group stage	1/9	3	0	0	3	3	7

UEFA U-23 Championship record

• 1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1974: Winners.
• 1976: Runners-up.

UEFA U-21 Championship record

• 1978: Losing quarter-finalists.
• 1980: Losing quarter-finalists.
• 1982: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1984: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1986: Losing semi-finalists.
• 1988: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1990: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1992: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1994: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 1996: Losing quarter-finalists.
• 1998: Did not qualify. Finished 5th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2000: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2002: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2006: Play-off stage.
• 2007: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 2009: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2011: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2013: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2015: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2017: Did not qualify. Finished 5th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2019: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2021: Group stage.
• 2023: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	9	0	1	32	9	+23	27	Final tournament		—	3–2	0–4	4–0	4–0	4–0
2	Israel	10	6	1	3	19	10	+9	19	Play-offs		0–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–0
3	Poland	10	5	3	2	26	9	+17	18			1–2	1–2	—	1–1	5–0	3–0
4	Hungary	10	4	2	4	16	17	−1	14			1–5	1–2	2–2	—	1–0	4–0
5	Latvia	10	2	1	7	5	19	−14	7			1–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	—	2–0
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	0	34	−34	1			0–6	0–4	0–5	0–4	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results and fixtures

  Win  Draw  Loss

Hungary   v   Israel

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	Hungary	1–2	Israel	Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr
17:30	Tóth-Gábor 68'	Report	Nachmani 32' Gandelman 86'	Attendance: 210 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov (Russia)

San Marino   v   Hungary

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	San Marino	0–4	Hungary	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
20:30		Report	Baráth 29' Skribek 74', 82' Kiss 90'	Attendance: 90 Referee: Andrew Davey (Northern Ireland)

Hungary   v   Poland

8 October 2021 (2021-10-08) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	Hungary	2–2	Poland	Szent Gellért Fórum, Szeged
20:00	Németh 48', 90+5'	Report	Benedyczak 61' (pen.) Wędrychowski 81'	Attendance: 850 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Hungary   v   Germany

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	Hungary	1–5	Germany	Szent Gellért Fórum, Szeged
17:30	Kiss 39'	Report	Schade 5', 90' Tillman 32' Shuranov 54' Krauß 66'	Attendance: 1,360 Referee: David Coote (England)

Hungary   v   Latvia

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	Hungary	1–0	Latvia	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút
17:45	Szánthó 77'	Report		Attendance: 260 Referee: Sandi Putros (Denmark)

Israel   v   Hungary

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	Israel	3–0	Hungary	HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva
18:40 (19:40 UTC+2)	Bar 5', 51' Zasno 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 930 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)

Hungary   v   San Marino

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	Hungary	4–0	San Marino	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
16:30	Németh 5', 14' Iyinbor 44' Major 80'	Report		Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili (Georgia)

Poland   v   Hungary

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	Poland	1–1	Hungary	Arena Zabrze, Zabrze
16:00	Skóraś 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Németh 35'	Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

Germany   v   Hungary

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	Germany	4–0	Hungary	Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück
18:15	Moukoko 17' Burkardt 31' (pen.) Krauß 76' Samardžić 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 5,609 Referee: Yasar Kemal Ugurlu (Turkey)

Latvia   v   Hungary

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) 2023 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification	Latvia	0–2	Hungary
		Report	Németh 41', 54' (pen.)	Referee: Miloš Bošković (Montenegro)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Faroe Islands and the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group H match against Croatia on 13 and 18 November 2025; respectively. ^[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2025, after the match against Faroe Islands.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Ármin Pécsi	(2005-02-24) 24 February 2005 (age 20)	10	0	Liverpool
12	1 GK	Martin Dala	(2004-04-24) 24 April 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Puskás Akadémia
22	1 GK	Bendegúz Lehoczki	(2006-12-28) 28 December 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Csákvár
2	2 DF	Antal Yaakobishvili	(2004-07-12) 12 July 2004 (age 21)	14	0	Andorra
3	2 DF	Ákos Markgráf	(2005-06-30) 30 June 2005 (age 20)	8	0	Puskás Akadémia
4	2 DF	Noah Fenyő	(2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 19)	4	1	Eintracht Frankfurt
5	2 DF	Áron Dragóner	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 (age 21)	7	1	Nafta
13	2 DF	Patrik Kovács	(2005-02-09) 9 February 2005 (age 20)	4	0	MTK Budapest
14	2 DF	Gergő Bodnar	(2005-04-18) 18 April 2005 (age 20)	3	1	Zalaegerszeg
15	2 DF	Dominik Kaczvinszki	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Újpest
19	2 DF	Bendegúz Farkas	(2004-08-05) 5 August 2004 (age 21)	5	0	Nyíregyháza
6	3 MF	László Vingler	(2005-10-31) 31 October 2005 (age 20)	6	0	Győr
8	3 MF	Tamás Szűcs	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005 (age 20)	10	1	Debrecen
16	3 MF	Szabolcs Dusinszki	(2005-08-06) 6 August 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
18	3 MF	Kevin Horváth	(2005-03-02) 2 March 2005 (age 20)	4	0	Paks
20	3 MF	Máté Tuboly	(2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 (age 21)	4	2	DAC
24	3 MF	Michael Okeke	(2005-10-16) 16 October 2005 (age 20)	10	0	Puskás Akadémia
7	4 FW	Botond Vajda	(2004-03-15) 15 March 2004 (age 21)	11	1	Debrecen
9	4 FW	Gábor Jurek	(2004-06-04) 4 June 2004 (age 21)	4	2	Diósgyőr
10	4 FW	Krisztián Lisztes	(2005-05-06) 6 May 2005 (age 20)	11	2	Ferencváros
11	4 FW	Ádin Molnár	(2004-08-08) 8 August 2004 (age 21)	6	1	MTK Budapest
17	4 FW	Csanád Vilmos Dénes	(2004-11-17) 17 November 2004 (age 20)	11	0	Kortrijk
23	4 FW	Kevin Bánáti	(2005-05-11) 11 May 2005 (age 20)	7	0	ETO FC Győr
21	4 FW	István Átrok	(2005-06-12) 12 June 2005 (age 20)	2	0	MTK Budapest
	4 FW	Zalán Vancsa	(2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 21)	20	1	Lommel

Recent callups

The following players have been selected by Hungary in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Áron Yaakobishvili	(2006-03-06) 6 March 2006 (age 19)	1	0	FC Andorra	v.   Austria, 10 June 2025
GK	Balázs Tóth INJ	(2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Nyíregyháza	v.   Austria, 10 June 2025
DF	Milán Demeter	(2005-02-21) 21 February 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Diósgyőr	v.   Turkey, 14 October 2025
DF	Barnabás Bíró	(2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Győr	v.   Turkey, 14 October 2025
DF	István Pekár	(2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Budapest Honvéd	v.   Austria, 10 June 2025
DF	Ádám Umathum	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006 (age 19)	4	0	Csákvár	v.   Lithuania, 9 September 2025
DF	Rajmund Tóth	(2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Győr	v.   Lithuania, 9 September 2025
MF	Hunor Németh	(2007-03-16) 16 March 2007 (age 18)	2	0	MTK Budapest	v.   Lithuania, 9 September 2025
MF	Balázs Bakti	(2004-12-31) 31 December 2004 (age 20)	4	1	Zalaegerszeg	v.   Lithuania, 9 September 2025
FW	Bence Babos	(2004-02-12) 12 February 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Diósgyőr	v.   Turkey, 14 October 2025
FW	Dominik Csóka	(2004-03-29) 29 March 2004 (age 21)	5	0	Nafta	v.   Austria, 10 June 2025
FW	Adrián Dénes	(2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Újpest	v.   Austria, 10 June 2025
FW	Zsombor Gruber	(2004-09-07) 7 September 2004 (age 21)	7	1	Ferencváros	v.   Austria, 10 June 2025
FW	Milán Klausz	(2005-02-24) 24 February 2005 (age 20)	4	1	Zalaegerszeg	v.   Lithuania, 9 September 2025
FW	Marcell Huszár	(2005-05-07) 7 May 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Győr	v.   Lithuania, 9 September 2025

Notes

• ^INJ = Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
• Names in italics denote players that have been capped for the Senior team.

Staff

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Zoltán Szélesi
Assistant coach	György Sándor
Assistant coach	Vilmos Vanczák
Goalkeeping coach	Zoltán Végh
Fitness coach	László Gáspár
Video analyst	István Beregi
Physiotherapist	Dávid Smeló
Physiotherapist	István Selyem
Kit manager	Zoltán Arany
Team Doctor	Iván Kollár
Team Doctor	Márton Tarr
Team manager	Bence Teodoru

Administrative staff

Position	Name
Delegation Leader	Vince Annus
Secretary	Béla Brünyi
Press Officer	Márton Dinnyés
Kit Manager	László Hegyesi

See also

• Hungary national football team
• Hungary national under-19 football team
• Hungary national under-17 football team
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship

References

1. "Feröer és Horvátország ellen készül az U21-es válogatott" (in Hungarian). Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.

External links

• UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• Hungarian Football Forum (In English)
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.