Hungary–Romania football rivalry

The Hungary–Romania football rivalry is a competitive sports rivalry that exists between the national football teams of the two countries and their respective sets of fans.

Hungary–Romania football rivalry
Hungarian fans (top) and Romanian fans (bottom)
LocationEurope (UEFA)
Teams Hungary
 Romania
First meetingRomania 1–2 Hungary
Friendly
Bucharest
(4 October 1936)
Latest meetingHungary 0–0 Romania
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
Budapest
(4 September 2015)
Statistics
Meetings total25
Most wins Hungary (11)
Largest victory Hungary 9–0 Romania
Friendly
Budapest
(6 Jun 1948)
Hungary–Romania football rivalry is located in Europe
Hungary
Hungary
Romania
Romania

The national teams of Hungary and Romania are longtime rivals, as the two countries are neighbours and had numerous conflicts through history.[1][2][3]

The first official match between the two teams dates back to 1936.

Due to the general tension of the matches between the two teams and the numerous fan incidents resulting from the general feeling of antipathy between the two countries, it can be considered one of the most bitter rivalries of the football world.[citation needed]

Background

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While the two teams have not met often, the cause of the rivalry is a historic rivalry between the two countries.

After the end of the First World War and the Hungarian–Romanian War, the Treaty of Trianon was signed and Hungary lost Transylvania to Romania, as well as other territories to other neighboring countries.

As a result, there is still a general feeling of antipathy between both countries today, and they often use sports to fuel it, football matches being the most important as football is the most popular sport in the two countries. While this also happens in other sports too, apart from football (for example basketball, handball, polo, volleyball, etc.), it is the football rivalry that gained most attention so far.

Incidents

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On 22 March 2013, during the FIFA World Cup 2014 qualification – UEFA Group D, around 5,000 Hungarian fans clashed with the Hungarian police after the game – the match was held with no spectators according to the former decision of FIFA because of the incidents of the Hungary–Israel friendly – at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium between the two teams finished 2–2.[4]

For this group, Netherlands qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup with 28 points, Romania finished as second with 19 points and qualified for the play-offs, Hungary finished as third with 17 points, Turkey finished as fourth with 16 points, Estonia finished as fifth with 7 points, and Andorra finished last with no points and no goals. For the play-off matches, Romania needed to beat Greece. Greece won the first match in Athens with 3–1 and the match in Bucharest ended with a 1–1 draw among both teams, so Greece won 4–2, qualified for the tournament and meanwhile Romania eliminated from the World Cup. After the Greek win against Romania, many Hungarians celebrated it in social media and in Budapest too, because their biggest opponent got eliminated from the World Cup. They congratulated Greece and Greeks for this and meanwhile, they started to insult Romania. Furthermore, the Greeks and many Hungarians, criticized the Romanian fans' behaviour against Greek National Anthem, in Bucharest, when the Romanian fans booed the Greek Anthem.

On 11 October 2014, during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F match between Romania and Hungary at the Arena Națională, illicit banners and crowd disturbances were detected by the UEFA.[5] A part of the Hungarian fans went in Romania for the game with shirts showing the message "Hungary on Tour - Gypsyland II, Bucharest 2014.10.11.", as they exactly did in September 2013. After the Hungarian anthem was whistled by the Romanian fans,[6] during the intonatation of the Romanian anthem, the Hungarian fans turned on their backs and showed obscene gestures.[citation needed] According to Gazeta Sporturilor, Romanian ultras were let to the Stadium without properly being searched[7] and, before the match between Hungary and Romania, threw firecrackers, lighters and steam grenades at the Hungarian fans, who responded by throwing broken chairs at the Romanian ultras. After the anthems were played, Hungarian fans broke the barriers that held their sector in the stadium closed and attempted to start a fight with the Romanian fans.[citation needed] The security guards (employees of the BGS Security Division[8]) brutally tried to make order in the Romanian sector and many spectators, including some innocent ones, were injured. In response, the Romanian ultras threw two security guards through a fence. According to Adevărul, the events were not far away from a cancellation of the match, that would have resulted in a 0–3 score for Hungary, because the Romanian fans used pyrotechnical tools in a huge amount. As a result of the continuous explosions of steam petards, the situation was compared with the one at the Gaza Strip.[9] Finally, the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) apologized in front of the Romanian fans because of the actions of the security guards. Despite the FRF's earlier notifications, the Romanian fans made xenophobic chants like "Afară, afară cu ungurii din țară". In return, the Hungarian fans chanted "cigányok, cigányok".

During another game, Hungarian forward Ádám Szalai had a goal disallowed for offside six minutes before the break, causing Hungarian fans to set several seats on fire. The final result was 1–1, but the match was simply a side-note to the brutal violence both on and off the pitch. Scottish referee William Collum was forced to dish out 12 yellow cards during the match, while police sprayed tear gas at fans in the stands. Both sets of supporters created a deafening roar throughout the game, letting off flares and firecrackers, to the dismay of onlooking police.[10] The UEFA started an investigation and at the end, both countries' football federations were punished.[9]

One week before a 4 September 2015 game between the two teams, the Hungarian Football Federation fined 6 first league Hungarian clubs a total of over 3 million forints for xenophobic insults by their fans directed at Romania. These incidents occurred during the first league matches Diósgyőr–Újpest 2–1, Honvéd–Puskás Akadémia 0–0, Vasas–MTK 0–1 and Videoton–Debrecen 1–0, the fined clubs were Újpest, Honvéd, Videoton, Debrecen, MTK and Diósgyőr.[11]

On 3 September 2015, one day before an UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F match, Hungarian football hooligans clashed with the Hungarian police in the streets of Budapest, 16 of them being arrested.[12] Furthermore, the hotel which was hosting the Romanian team was assaulted by Hungarian hooligans.[13] Hours before the game, Hungarian fans attempted fights against the Romanian fans in the Romanian fanzone by throwing firecrackers and flares at them, but the Hungarian police forced stopped the two groups of fans from clashing.[14] Also before the game, a small group of Romanian fans supporting rival Romanian teams (Steaua Bucharest and Dinamo Bucharest) started to insult and beat each other in one of the stands. The Steaua fans responsible for the altercation (there was already tension between the Dinamo and Steaua fans due to Steaua fans deciding to wear their SUD Steaua shirts at the game instead of Romania shirts like the other over 1000 Romanian fans, the altercation started when Steaua fans misheard Dinamo fans' "Trianon" chant directed at the Hungarian fans as "Dinamo" and tried attacking them) were escorted out of the arena.[15][16][17] In return, the Hungarian fans chanted "cigányok" at the Romanian fans.[citation needed] The Romanian fans responded by chanting "bozgorii" at the Hungarian fans for much of the match. A few days before the match, there was a campaign by a section of Hungarians to show superiority during the rejection of the Romanian National Anthem, which was named "Ne fütyüld ki a román himnuszt!" (Which means: Do not whistle the Romanian Anthem!). However this did not happen. During the game, Hungarian fans booed Romania's national anthem with turning on their backs, showing obscene gestures, whistling all the time and lit flares and torches inside the stadium. They also chanted xenophobic chants such as "cigányok" at the Romanian team and its fans for the remainder of the game, which finished 0–0.[18] After when the Romania's national anthem was booed by the Hungarian fans, during the intonatation of the Hungarian anthem, the Romanian fans turned on their backs, showed obscene gestures and shouted disgusting slogans against Hungary.

For this group, Northern Ireland finished as first with 21 points and qualified directly for the UEFA Euro 2016, Romania finished as second with 20 points and qualified directly for the UEFA Euro 2016, Hungary finished as third with 16 points and qualified for the play-offs, Finland finished as fourth with 12 points, Faroe Islands finished as fifth with 6 points (2 wins against Greece) and Greece finished as sixth with 6 points too, but due to the two Faroese wins against Greece, Faroe Islands finished as fifth and Greece as sixth and last. For the play-off matches, Hungary needed to beat Norway. Hungary won the first match in Oslo with 1–0 and the match in Budapest with 2–1, so Hungary won 3–1 and qualified for the tournament.

Matches

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Romania  1–2  Hungary
Bindea   22' Report Lázár   65'
Toldi   83'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)

Romania  1–1  Hungary
Spielmann   78' Report Tóth   76'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)

Hungary  2–0  Romania
Sárosi   73'
Gyetvai   75'
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mika Popović (Yugoslavia)

Hungary  7–2  Romania
Hidegkuti   8', 86'
Puskás   15', 66'
Zsengellér   25'
Rudas   32'
Nyers   39'
Report Fabian   17'
Pecsovszky   43'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pál Hertzka (Hungary)

Romania  0–3  Hungary
Report Egresi   21'
Puskás   35', 74'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Milenko Podubski (Yugoslavia)

Hungary  9–0  Romania
Mészáros   30', 46'
Egresi   43', 60', 71'
Puskás   57', 87'
Kocsis   66', 84'
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: P. Mlinarić (Yugoslavia)

Romania  1–5  Hungary
Pecsovszky   77' Report Puskás   44', 63', 84'
Deák   50', 68'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Vlček Jaroslav (Czechoslovakia)

Romania  1–2  Hungary
Suru   86' Report Czibor   22'
Kocsis   73'
Kupittaa, Turku, Finland
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

Hungary  5–1  Romania
Kocsis   20', 35'
Hidegkuti   44', 53'
Budai   68'
Report Ozon   24'
Attendance: 93,000
Referee: Metoděj Charousek (Czechoslovakia)

Romania  1–2  Hungary
Dinulescu   30' Report Vasas   72'
Tichy   78'
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Elmar Saar (Soviet Union)

Hungary  1–1  Romania
Branikovits   11' Report Sătmăreanu   56'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: David William Smith (England)
Romania  2–2  Hungary
Dobrin   14'
Neagu   81'
Report Szőke   5'
Kocsis   36'
Attendance: 60,300
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
Hungary  2–1  Romania
Kocsis   26'
Szőke   89'
Report Neagu   32'
Stadion JNA, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Attendance: 32,130
Referee: Christos Michas (Greece)

Hungary won 5–4 on aggregate (After Replay; After Second Leg: 3–3)


Hungary  1–0  Romania
Fazekas   18' Report
Attendance: 68,000
Romania  0–0  Hungary
Report
Attendance: 70,000

Hungary  1–1  Romania
Hrutka   82' Report Moldovan   50'
Attendance: 30,000
Romania  2–0  Hungary
Ilie   2'
Munteanu   15'
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rune Pedersen (NOR)

Romania  2–0  Hungary
M. Niculae   5', 54' Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
Hungary  0–2  Romania
Report A. Ilie   11'
M. Niculae   27'
Attendance: 10,000

Hungary  0–3  Romania
Report Mihuț   11'
Dănciulescu   89'
Caramarin   90+2'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Hungary  0–1  Romania
Report Ghioane   42'
Attendance: 20,000

Hungary  2–2  Romania
Vanczák   16'
Dzsudzsák   71' (pen.)
Report Mutu   68' (pen.)
Chipciu   90+2'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Romania  3–0  Hungary
Marica   3'
Pintilii   38'
Tănase   87'
Report
Attendance: 41,405
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Romania  1–1  Hungary
Rusescu   45' Report Dzsudzsák   82'
Attendance: 50,000
Hungary  0–0  Romania
Report
Attendance: 22,060
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Stadia

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As of 1 September 2019

No Stadium Venue Matches Hungary wins Draws Romania wins
1. Ferenc Puskás Stadium   Hungary, Budapest 7 2 3 2
2. Stadionul 23. August   Romania, Bucharest 3 1 2 0
3. Stadionul Republicii 3 2 1 0
4. Üllői úti stadion   Hungary, Budapest 2 2 0 0
5. Arena Națională   Romania, Bucharest 2 0 1 1
6. Stadionul Ghencea 2 0 0 2
7. Partizan Stadium   Yugoslavia, Belgrade 1 1 0 0
8. Megyeri úti Stadium   Hungary, Budapest 1 1 0 0
9. Stadionul CFR   Romania, Timișoara 1 1 0 0
10. GSP Stadium   Cyprus, Nicosia 1 0 0 1
11. Veritas Stadion   Finland, Turku 1 1 0 0
12. Groupama Arena   Hungary, Budapest 1 0 1 0

Statistics

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As of 14 June 2016

Competition Hungary wins Draws Romania wins
Total 11 8 6

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Top scorers

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  • Active players in bold

See also

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References

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  3. ^ A World Cup Qualifier Is a Hostage to History, James Montague, New York Times, 5 September 2013
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  16. ^ "Corespondență din Budapesta » S-au descoperit motivele bătăii dintre fanii naționalei: Tricourile steliștilor".
  17. ^ "VIDEO INCREDIBIL | Români până la echipa favorită! Fanii tricolorilor s-au bătut între ei la Budapesta! Scene bizare între Peluza Sud Steaua şi fanii lui Dinamo". 4 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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  20. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)