I met with Ferenc Puskás once in my life on a train station in Budapest - Keleti. I am Hungarian, and I was about 22 on that time. He asked: Hey, my son, do you play football? I told: yes, of course uncle Feri! He sad: It is very god, very-very good my sons... Always play football, always... :)

The most beautiful team of history !

My late Grandfather used to talk about the Hungary team of the 50s all the time!..said they were the best team he'd ever seen .

I am Hungarian and I have to say a huge thanks to english football experts remembering for the Golden Team. :D

I am old enough to remember that wonderful team that destroyed England back in 1953. I fell instantly in love with that team, in particular, the incomparable Ferenc Puskas. I was fortunate enough to visit Budapest, and was awestruck by the place. No attempt had been made to remove the signs of the 1956 invasion by the Russians. Shell marks were still in evidence on the walls of many buildings. Magical Magyars.

It’s sad to see such a great team to not win the world cup. Great Respect from Albania!

Too bad no one mentioned the influence the Hungarians had on Brazilian football in the 1950s... One of the coaches of the Hungarian Hónved team, Bela Guttman, coached São Paulo FC in the 1950s and popularized in Brazil the 4-2-4 formation used by the Hungary Golden Team... later used to great success by the Brazilian teams of 1958 and 1962.

As a Brazilian passionate about football, I cried with this story of this brave man, who brought this beautiful art to us all!

My grandparents and my parents, used to talk me about Hungarian football, all the time! As Argentinian football with Maradona, as Brazilian with Pele, as Dutch with Cruyff, as German football with Beckenbauer, as Italian football, as English football as Romanian football with Hagi, as Bulgarian football with Stoichkov, as Polish football, as Swedish football, as Greek football etc! Puskas lived many years in Greece and my grandparents have met him many times! He used to sit in a bakery cafe in their neighbourhood! If someone is NOT Hungarian, Spanish or Greek, can not understand what we think about this GREAT LEGEND! ONLY Hungarians, Spanish and Greeks can understand that! RIP FERENC PUSKAS! From Greece! 🇬🇷❤️🇭🇺🇪🇸 RIA RIA HUNGARIA!

A single victory on a football match ignited a whole nation to raise arms against a dictatorial government. This was beautiful! Football is beautiful! Its power is misterious as love itself. May Hungary get back to the world's top teams one day. Salutes from Brazil!!

THIS HUNGARIAN TEAM WAS JUST AWESOME. LOVE IT. TRULY A GREAT TEAM. A SUPER TEAM

Amazing story of a truly great team. 1 defeat in 6 years and it is in final world cup. Fan from Malaysia

Bella Guttman the Hungarian coach was so good that he put up a wall when he trained São Paulo (a Brazilian team) in the 50's, he draw several squares on the wall and he demanded the São Paulo's players to hit the ball on each square, he wouldn't release any player from shooting the ball until each one of them hit the right spot of each square on the wall, São Paulo's players became so good at passing the ball, they hardly ever had a wrong pass. This way he influenced the tactical mindset of Vicente Feola Brazilian coach in 1958 world cup who was Bella Guttman's assistant in São Paulo in 1957. Brazilian squad in 1958 had great passers with this kind of mindset: Didi, Djalma Santos, Zagallo, all playing in the 4-2-4 system deployed by Vicente Feola influenced by Bella Guttman and this great Hungarian National Team of the 50's that's how Brazil became world cup champion for the first time in 1958. Bella Guttman was the one that discovered Eusébio at Benfica. One of the greatest coaches of all times, if not the greatest.

They were real heroes and iconic human beings.

Greatest international team of all time

Pancho Puskas came to Chile in 1976 to manage Colo-Colo. That was the first time the child I was, heard of this marvelous team. I red the history of the World Cup 1954 and I was in tears thinking how unfair football might be.

They were absolutely fantastic! I'm proud to be Hungarian and a huge thanks for BBC to make this sort documentary. Very well done guys and many thanks for everything what you gave for the Hungarian people! We love you all! ❤❤

Beautiful! Congratulations from Romania! We love you.

Fantastic history of this team that deserves all my respect and admiration

Beautiful... What a history...

11:10 I think this goal (as Puskas' goal) must be amongst the best goals ever. It was incredible team work.

Puskas had the greatest left foot in history...just ahead of Maradona, Messi, Hagi, Stoitchkov...

My first memory of footy was the Hungarian team - i was only a kid but those names were indelibly inked into my memory. and later - Florian Albert - a genius.

great golden team!în 50 matches, they won 49, and loose the only one...the 1954 world cup final.. they really where the best in the world at their time!If 1956 revolution didn t come, în 1958, în sweden, they were the world campion!big like and respect from România!

I'm Hungarian Puskás=legend

I'm from iran and love hungry story people and culture 💜💜💜 viva Hungary

I'm forever grateful to Mr. Tommy Miller snr. who showed England v Hungary and the 1954 WC final (and many other classic matches) to me as a kid in the late 60's on his 8mm projector. I can't count the times I saw these great matches.

I was not born yet, but you can see in this video how good these Hungarian team was. Very Inspirational. They would also be worldclasss in modern football which they created.

What a team and what an emotional story. Hungary were indeed the top football team and revolutionised the game. Also such wonderful human beings.

Born Polish and have lived in America for 38 years. Have been analyzing games of the greatest national and club teams for years. As a result, I have a great collection of famous games, which you can't buy any more. Well, even though I have been partial towards Brazil, I must admit that the Hungarians of the 50's were the best team ever played. They were cheated of their world cup twice; First, in the final game of 54 cup by the referee, second, by the Russian invasion. Because of this, they did not make it to Sweden in 58. I feel bad for the great Hungarian players and great Hungarian nation for this tragedy. To me you will always be the best.

Love Hungary From India

One of the greatest teams of all time 💪

Great video! I'm Dutch and Hungarian and both countries have a big history in football. My Hungarian grandfather uses to tell me about this great Hungarian team of the 50s, from when he was young. I will show him this video! I'm so thankful for sharing this with us. Fortunately there is also a video from the Dutch team of 1974. I''ll watch it! :)

I was born in 1986, i have never seen this amazing team. The 1st ever nation who played the "joga bonito". But they are my heroes!!!! Puskas is a signature name like Pele / Cruyff or Maradona. All the 11 are LEGENDS!!! 🇭🇺 #proudtobehungarian

Wonderful film. Such a big team with such an tragic in 1954 and 1956. Puskas ist a legend, I saw statues of hin in hungarian villages.

My favourite team ever...

Yes it was arguably the greatest football team of all time if not for the unexpected shocked 3-2 defeat to West Germany in the 1954 World Cup final at the Wankdorf Stadium at Berne,Switzerland. Hungary or the "Mighty Magyars" as they are affectionately known were the hot overwhelming favourites to win the 1954 World Cup as they came to Switzerland with impressive credentials and that included the mauling of England at Wembley 6-3 and at the Nep Stadium,Budapest 7-1 inside six months from 1953-1954. But for the unfortunate tackle on skipper Ference Puskas which resulted in a swollen ankle in Hungary's 8-3 win over West Germany a fitter Puskas would have aided Hungary to Word Cup victory in 1954. That swollen ankle was costly but then Hungary were playing very well in their quarter final and semifinal win over Brazil and holders Uruguay by 4-2 margins. But the brawl with Brazil in the infamous "Battle of Berne" did affect Hungary psychologically and with Uruguay they were almost a whisker away from imminent defeat but two extra time headed goals saved the Hungarian.Hungary and the defending champions Uruguay were playing perhaps one of the greatest World Cup matches of all time with both yielding nothing. The same opponents whom Hungary had defeated met in the final but West Germany were a different team this time around after their 6-1 annihilation of Austria in the semifinals. And what a tragedy for Hungary as within minutes they took a 2-0 lead only for the West Germans to level at 2-all and Helmut Rahn scored the winner. That 1954 World Cup final defeats is the only defeat Hungary suffered in an otherwise unblemished unbeaten record from 1950 to 1956.And even after the 1954 World Cup final defeat Hungary were still unbeaten including a 4-2 win over Scotland at Hampden Park. But then the Hungarian uprising in October 1956 broke up Europe's finest ever post war national team.Many of the Hungarian players including Puskas and Koscis fled abroad.

I have to say that i recently saw hungary for the first time in the Euro 2016, but with this video i got no doubt hungary was a great team decades ago

The Magyars resided in the best hotel in the centre of the town. Right in front of their rooms a funfair took place on the night before the final and a German businessman treated the people with free beer. The Hungarians didn´t get to sleep before 5 in the morning due to the noise.

Legends were born in Black and White!

This should be a movie.

Thanks pitch international for "drive" the best archive of football of the world !!! All the footages "cleans". Nice to mis eyes !!! Thanksss

Hungary 6 England 3, or Hungary 7 England 1. Choose your poison! Ah, memories.

Sou brasileiro, mas para mim foi a melhor seleção de todos os tempos, tanto que revolucionou o futebol e serviu de inspiração para outras seleções que brilharam em campo, acredito que jamais teremos uma seleção tão ofensiva quanto a Hungria dos anos 50.

1 loss in 6 years? any other team in any other sport that can match that?

Uplifting history of a team, of a nation.

Intro of this documentary gives me goosebumps..

18:59 the ref got hit by the ball and didn't even flinch 😂

Hungary also excelled in beat music with great groups like Illes, Omega, Lokomotiv GT and Metro, so somebody must have had a good life there.

Fantastic documentary. Thank you for it.

great doc,very emotional at the end

This team has good team chemistry. Usually teams with best players on their nations can be a bust at times cause most of them don’t play within the same club like with Hungary 1954 and FC honved or Netherlands 1998 with the squad consisted of Ajax graduates

Top class! Thanks for sharing :)

Don’t forget the 1958 World Cup match against Wales where the lovely Hungarian team kicked the hell out of the great John Charles.

This team gave the hungarian people hope in dark, dark times. Respect for these magnificent players and greetings from Germany.

En octobre 1954 , à Hanovre, l'équipe de France a battu l'Allemagne, (ou du moins ce qu'il restait de l'équipe championne du monde 3 mois plus tôt décimée, version officielle, par une épidémie de "jaunisse", cf Fritz et Ottmar Walter, et d'autres...,). Tout le monde sait maintenant que les Allemands étaient "shootés" pour cette finale et ce fut la plus grande injustice de toutes les finales

What a shame as a Hungarian boy i heard PUSKAS' name for the first time from the Italians back in 1975 they often said PUSKAS PUSKAS and i just smiled nobody knew i smiled because i had no idea at the time who PUSKAS was!! Grew up in Hungary during the 60s-70s and nobody talked about the GOLDEN TEAM!!!

Saw Puskas play in Jackie Millburn's testimonial at N/castle in late '60's. Boy was he an artist with that left foot. Read Puskas on Puskas it's a brill read.

12 yrs teacher built TV watched Hun v eng 3 6 love them ever since

What an amazing revolutionary story. What a team......

That was a moment where I did cry by not seeing one of my favourite respective national teams Hungary winning a FIFA World Cup title in the 1954 edition but they must be forever remembered as the world's best footballing nation in the 1950's and hopefully,the current Hungarian national team create a dynasty which they did at that time,good friends!!!LONG LIVE HUNGARY!!!🇭🇺

the most common formation was 3-4-3. it was necessary only three players because the offside rule was devastating for attackers. and to have four attackers was mortal. other similar attempt to figth the terrible offside rule was the cruyff's team. the defenders could be attackers. the defense with three players or the cruel defense with four players was destroyed with the new offside rule from 2004

Impossivel comparar Brasil de 1970 com Hungriu 1954, mas as duas foram fantasticas ..melhores do seculo 2000..

Wonderful.

Amazing :) and very satisfying and inspiring ... also proving a lot (i know it from other source

Very good, I enjoyed that.

The greatest and most respectable team in history.

I think this was the real football. Nowadays the most important thing is for the teams, that the other team not to score. It's not good for the game.

Puskas , Hidegkuti , Kocsis ,. Czibor,...!!!/Vukas, Mitic, Bobek, Zebec ,Caijkovski , H,Rahn, F.O.Walter,.Librich ,May,... Maravilloso ! , como y Emocionante ! - .Y ademas ....! QUE' EPOCA ! JOGO BONITO , nunca mais !.............nikad vise !

Every true football fan knows that world best team and champions in 1954 was Hungary, in 1974 was Holland, and in 1982 was Brazil. This is footballs unwritten rule and common sense. Do anybody even care of or know German players who were in 1954 squad or Greek team of 2004, but Hungarians of 1954 are legends!

I never heard of this story like I have heard of other great teams like Netherlands of the early 70's or West Germany(1972-74) & Spain(2008-12). I barely stumbled on this video by accident but now I'm glad I put 26+ minutes on something worth watching. This team might've been the greatest team(along with Cruyff's Holland) to never win a WC. They deserved that victory & it's a tragedy that West Germany were unfairly made to win. U cannot imagine something like this, A National team's success or rather should I say A Sport igniting a freedom struggle against a dictator Govt. InCrEdIbLe🙏 I'll say this again, this team was THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TEAM to never win a World Cup, it's a damn shame

..Y todo ! Y en todas las imagenes.. en comparacion con el futbol y los jugadores " antes" y de estos -nuestros tmpos ... - Resalta la enorme diferencia hasta en la expresiones faciales y hasta la " mirada ", de " aquellos " jugadores de los anos "50"....

Absolutely beautiful ✌⚡🐴👑🖤⚽

19:02 im german and im proud of our 4 stars but hes actually right and hungary should have won the world cup in this year

A World Champion Team who won our heart!!

5:37 guy on the right has written Polska on his jacket

A great team which always came up short in the crucial matches called finals!

Wonderful!!

One of the 4 great soccer squads of all time? Indeed. The other three: Brazil 70, Holland 74 and Spain 2010.

Tenian un futbol revolucionario para 1950. Yo no he visto nada igual. Especialmente el partido de semifinal contra una gran Uruguay. Creo que habrían podido enfrentarse hoy dia a cualquier selección. Sabiendo que eran un pais de órbita soviética con todo lo que ello conllevaba de sacrificio deportivo, humano y alimentario, esto tuvo un gran mérito. Muy grande, Hungría. Ojala no hubieran sido tan díscolos. Habrian llegado aun más lejos en lo que se hubieran propuesto.. tanto en el futbol como en cualquier otra faceta.

It's going a bit further back but would have been nice to have mention of Jimmy Hogan, the English coach whose pass and move philosophy revolutionised central European football before WW2, much to the distaste of the FA

Creo que las mejores selecciones mundialistas del siglo XX, fueron Hungría 1954 y Holanda 1974- Las más completas en todas sus líneas- Claro que cada una de ellas fue hija de su tiempo sin duda- El fútbol evoluciona y siempre se irá jugando de manera diferente.

Sin duda alguna esta selección húngara de los 50 esta entre las 5 mejores de la historia del fútbol

One of the greatest team ever! So sad about WC 54 ((

If it was not for WW2 Hungary would have won the 1942 and 1946 World Cups. FACT!

Beautiful

YOU SHOULD ADD SOUTHAMERICAN CLUBS JUST LIKE: PEÑAROL 60´S, SANTOS WITH PELE, RACING 1967, ESTUDIANTES LP 70´S, INDEPENDIENTE 70´S, BOCA 77-78, RIVER 86, FLAMENGO 1981....AND MORE

Grosic was a fantastic goalkeeper

Also Kubala who was hungaian also, not played that team, but he was in his prime that time

I'Am an Italian married with a "Magyar lagna". When were child, my father talk me about the Magic Team. I've loved them. So when i went to Budapest, would like to go at Nepstadion. Wonderfool Experience imagining a Revival of those Eroes. At last; I believe Ungary & Brasil football nation team, the BEST of all HISTORY.

Why are you not playing again like that? 👉 4-2-4 Sounds completely revolutionary to me. 4-2-4 & the Ajax hunting pressing. (also a copy of the 1940 Hungarian style) Plus: This final against Germany was one of the greatest betrayals in Football history. (just to speak the truth out) 🤝 🇨🇭

In the 50s my club was called Budapesti Honvéd, not Kispest-Honvéd. It was named Kispest-Honvéd after the democratic changes in 1989-90.

Wow amazing Puskas

A team that, in SIX years, lost only ONCE, to "chemistry" and bad referree calls? Never before and maybe once since, not in football but in basketball, when the US "Dream Team" was introduced, was such a feat repeated... (By "chemistry" I mean the simple fact, if you see the game film, that the Germans were running FASTER during the second half than they did the first. It is anyone's guess what that doctor injected them with when he was in the locker room during half time. Lucky for them, no dopping controls were up at the time so the "bulwark against Stalin" got a nice morale boost on the epxense of a nation suffering under Stalin.)

Köszönöm Istenem, hogy magyarnak születtem.

Amazing :) and very satisfying and inspiring ... also proving a lot (i know it from other source hehe ...to england and their shoes before :DDD looks like someone wants to alleviate the humiliation of the english: D (idk.. i didnt watch it whole

back in the days when a team wasbuilt & maintained with young players being eased in rather than changing players every year.

Hungary and Netherlands the best teams never to win a world cup 🙁

All raise! 1954 Hungary gets on the pitch. 2021 Real Madrid supporters salute them and lovingly remember Puskás, el cañón del Danubio.

"unpolished working class diamonds" - yes! ♥