Hungary

• Hope for Hungary? Domestic revival targeted by Prime Minister

  October 30, 2013

  Hungary’s Prime Minister is a on a personal mission to drag the game back into public focus, but at what cost?

• Revival of Videoton bodes well for Hungary

  January 6, 2013

  Twenty-six long years have passed since Hungary last participated in a major footballing tournament. It was the World Cup of 1986 in Mexico and even though confidence was high, the Magyars crashed out in the group stage after disappointing results to France and their bitter foes, the Soviet Union.

• Mistaken identity: the Mighty Magyar who wasn’t what he claimed to be

  May 7, 2012

  Lille have recently turned into one of the powerhouses of French football, but it took them decades to recover from the embarrassment of being remembered as the club that signed an impostor.

• Clubs in Budapest have been in free fall in recent years

  August 29, 2011

  There was a time when clubs form Budapest dominated Hungarian football, but those days now seem a long way off.