This article contains the list of the national football team managers of the "Hungarian national football team". The list only contains data for matches officially recognized by the Hungarian Football Association.
So far, the national football team has had 55 different managers, and the selection committee managed the national football team on two occasions, in a total of 8 matches. Lajos Baróti was the national football team manager in the most matches, a total of 117 times.
Current manager and most matches
National football team managers Updated as of: 9 June 2026 (Hungary–Kazakhstan, friendly match)
No. Name Years Matches Won Drawn Lost Win% Tournaments 1. Ferenc Gillemot 1902–04
None 2. Ferenc Stobbe 1904–06, 1907–08
3. Alfréd Hajós 1906
4. Frigyes Minder 1908–11, 1914–15, 1919, 1930
5. Ede Herczog 1911–14, 1916–17
1912 Summer Olympics Round 2 6. Ákos Fehéry 1918–19
None 7. József Harsády 1920
8. Lajos Tibor 1920
9. Gyula Kiss 1921–24, 1926–28
1924 Summer Olympics Round 2 10. Ödön Holits 1924
None 11. Lajos Máriássy 1924–26, 1930–32
12. Tivadar Kiss 1928
13. János Földessy 1928–29
14. Mihály Pataki 1930
15. Ödön Nádas 1932–34
1934 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finals 16. Károly Dietz 1934–39
1938 FIFA World Cup Runners-up Zoltán Opata1936
1936 Summer Olympics Round 1 17. Dénes Ginzery 1939–41
None 18. József Fábián 1941–42
19. Kálmán Vághy 1942–43
20. Tibor Gallowich 1945–48
Selection committee Gusztáv Sebes, Gábor Kléber, Béla Mandik1948
21. Gusztáv Sebes 1949–56 69 50 12 7 72.5 1952 Summer Olympics Champions 1954 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 22. Márton Bukovi 1956–57
None Selection committee Lajos Baróti, Károly Lakat, Károly Sós1957 23. Lajos Baróti 1957–66, 1975–78 117 62 27 28 52.9 1958 FIFA World Cup Group stage 1962 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finals UEFA Euro 1964 Third place 1966 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finals 1978 FIFA World Cup Group stage Béla Volentik1960
1960 Summer Olympics Third place 24. Rudolf Illovszky 1966–67, 1971–74 39 20 10 9 51.3 UEFA Euro 1972 Fourth place 1972 Summer Olympics Runners-up 25. Károly Sós 1968–69
None 26. József Hoffer 1970–71
27. József Bozsik 1974
28. Ede Moór 1974–75
29. János Szőcs (caretaker) 1975
30. Ferenc Kovács 1978–79
31. Károly Lakat 1979–80 6 3 0 3 50.0 1964 Summer Olympics Champions 1968 Summer Olympics 32. Kálmán Mészöly 1980–83, 1990–91, 1994–95
1982 FIFA World Cup Group stage 33. György Mezey 1983–86, 1988
1986 FIFA World Cup 34. Imre Komora 1986
None 35. József Verebes 1987, 1993–94
36. József Garami 1987
37. László Bálint (technical director) 1988
38. Bertalan Bicskei 1989, 1998–2001
39. Róbert Glázer (caretaker) 1991
40. Emerich Jenei 1992–93
41. Ferenc Puskás 1993
42. János Csank 1996–97
43. Imre Gellei 2001–03
44. Lothar Matthäus 2004–06
45. Péter Bozsik 2006
46. Péter Várhidi 2006–08
47. Erwin Koeman 2008–10
48. Sándor Egervári 2010–13
49. József Csábi (caretaker) 2013
50. Attila Pintér 2013–14
51. Pál Dárdai 2014–15
52. Bernd Storck 2015–17
UEFA Euro 2016 Round of 16 53. Zoltán Szélesi (caretaker) 2017
None 54. Georges Leekens 2017–18
55. Marco Rossi 2018–present 86 40 20 26 46.5 UEFA Euro 2020 Group stage UEFA Euro 2024
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