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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Windsor Park - Belfast Monday 7 September 2015 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Northern Ireland Group F - Matchday -5 Hungary Last updated 12/07/2021 18:04CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Northern Ireland - Hungary Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Priskin 75; McGinn 07/09/2014 QR (GS) Hungary - Northern Ireland 1-2 Budapest 81, K. Lafferty 88 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Whiteside 89; K. 06/09/1989 QR (GS) Northern Ireland - Hungary 1-2 Belfast Kovács 13, Bognar 45 19/10/1988 QR (GS) Hungary - Northern Ireland 1-0 Budapest Vincze 85 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Northern Ireland - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 1 1 0 0 2 1 Hungary 1 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 1 2 FIFA* Northern Ireland 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 1 3 Hungary 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 3 1 Friendlies Northern Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 3 Hungary - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 0 0 3 0 Total Northern Ireland 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 5 1 0 4 3 7 Hungary 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 - - - - 5 4 0 1 7 3 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Northern Ireland - Hungary Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Match background Northern Ireland have yet to lose a Group F home game and victory here will see them seal a berth in their first major tournament in 30 years. Hungary, though, have not been defeated on the road in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying. • Dániel Tőzsér is suspended after accumulating three bookings. The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Chris Brunt, Kyle Lafferty, Connor McLaughlin (Northern Ireland), Balázs Dzsudzsák, Roland Juhász and Leandro (Hungary). Previous meetings • Late goals from Niall McGinn and Kyle Lafferty secured a 2-1 win for Northern Ireland as they overcame Hungary in Budapest in their opening Group F game. • That was Northern Ireland's first win in five meetings with Hungary; their record against their guests now reads W1 D0 L4 (W0 D0 L3 in Belfast – W1 D0 L1 in Hungary). • The sides' most recent encounter at Windsor Park was a friendly on 19 November 2008, Erwin Koeman's Hungary beating Nigel Worthington's home side 2-0 with Sándor Torghelle (57) and Zoltán Gera (71) on target. Form guide • Northern Ireland went top of Group F with a 3-1 win in the Faroe Islands on Friday and are unbeaten at home in the section (W2 D1). They have not made it through a qualifying tournament unbeaten in Belfast since they won all five of their UEFA EURO 2008 home games. • Hungary have yet to lose on the road in this section (W2 D1) and stretched their unbeaten run to six group games in Friday's 0-0 draw with Romania – Bernd Storck's first match as coach. Trivia and links • Hungary's Zoltán Gera played alongside three Northern Ireland players during his time in England: Gareth McAuley (West Bromwich Albion FC, 2011–14), Chris Baird (Fulham FC, 2008–11) and Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion FC, 2007–08 and 2011–14), • Hungary goalkeeper Gábor Kiraly rubbed shoulders with Northern Ireland's Steven Davis and Aaron Hughes at Aston Villa FC (2006–07). • Hungary forward Tamás Priskin won his 50th cap in Friday's meeting with Romania. • The nations' first meeting at any level was in the 1954 FIFA Youth Tournament – Hungary winning 7-2 in West Germany on 13 April. • The nations' only previous meetings in UEFA age-group competitions ended in a win and a draw for Hungary; they prevailed 2-1 in Lurgan in November 2002, then drew 0-0 at the same venue in October the following year. • The only meetings between the nations' clubs in UEFA competition came in the 2014/15 season, when Debreceni VSC eliminated Ciftonville FC 2-0 on aggregate in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. 3 Northern Ireland - Hungary Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Squad list Northern Ireland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Roy Carroll 30/09/1977 37 Notts County - 5 0 0 0 41 - - Alan Mannus 19/05/1982 33 St Johnstone - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Michael McGovern 12/07/1984 31 Hamilton - 2 0 0 0 5 - Defenders Melbourne - Aaron Hughes 08/11/1979 35 - 4 0 0 0 96 1 City - Chris Baird 25/02/1982 33 Derby - 7 0 0 0 73 - - Gareth McAuley 05/12/1979 35 West Brom - 7 3 0 0 54 7 - Jonny Evans 03/01/1988 27 West Brom - 3 0 0 0 43 1 - Craig Cathcart 06/02/1989 26 Watford - 2 0 0 0 21 - - Conor McLaughlin 26/07/1991 24 Fleetwood * 7 0 0 0 11 - - Paddy McNair 27/04/1995 20 Man. United - 1 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders - Steven Davis 01/01/1985 30 Southampton - 6 0 0 0 75 5 - Paddy McCourt 16/12/1983 31 Luton - 1 0 0 0 17 2 - Chris Brunt 14/12/1984 30 West Brom * 5 0 0 0 51 1 - Josh Magennis 15/08/1990 25 Kilmarnock - 4 0 0 0 13 - - Corry Evans 30/07/1990 25 Blackburn - 5 0 0 0 29 1 - Oliver Norwood 12/04/1991 24 Reading - 7 0 0 0 26 - - Stuart Dallas 19/04/1991 24 Leeds - 3 0 0 0 6 1 - Shane Ferguson 12/07/1991 24 Millwall - 3 0 0 0 19 1 Forwards - Kyle Lafferty 16/09/1987 27 Norwich * 7 6 0 0 44 15 - Niall McGinn 20/07/1987 28 Aberdeen - 5 1 0 0 37 2 - Billy McKay 22/10/1988 26 Wigan - 2 0 0 0 10 - - Will Grigg 03/07/1991 24 Wigan - 0 0 0 0 7 - Sheff. - Caolan Lavery 22/10/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Wednesday Coach - Michael O'Neill 05/07/1969 46 - 7 0 0 0 27 - 4 Northern Ireland - Hungary Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Hungary Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gábor Király 01/04/1976 39 Haladás - 5 0 0 0 95 - - Ádám Bogdán 27/09/1987 27 Liverpool - 0 0 0 0 18 - - Dénes Dibusz 16/11/1990 24 Ferencváros - 1 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - Vilmos Vanczák 20/06/1983 32 Sion - 1 0 0 0 77 4 - Leandro 19/03/1982 33 Ferencváros * 2 0 0 0 14 - - Richard Guzmics 16/04/1987 28 Wisła - 1 0 0 0 8 - - Tamás Kádár 14/03/1990 25 Lech - 6 0 0 0 22 - - Ádám Lang 17/01/1993 22 Videoton - 2 0 0 0 6 - Puskás - Attila Fiola 17/02/1990 25 - 5 0 0 0 7 - Akadémia - Predrag Bošnjak 13/11/1985 29 Haladás - 0 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders - Balázs Dzsudzsák 23/12/1986 28 Bursaspor * 7 1 0 0 69 17 - Zoltan Stieber 16/10/1988 26 Hamburg - 4 1 0 0 10 2 - Ádám Bódi 18/10/1990 24 Debrecen - 0 0 0 0 - - Changchun - Ákos Elek 21/07/1988 27 - 4 0 0 0 32 1 Yatai - Zsolt Kalmár 09/06/1995 20 Leipzig - 1 0 0 0 5 - Puskás - Dávid Márkvárt 20/09/1994 20 - 0 0 0 0 - - Akadémia - Ádám Nagy 17/06/1995 20 Ferencváros - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - Zoltán Gera 22/04/1979 36 Ferencváros - 5 1 0 0 81 24 Slovan - Tamás Priskin 27/09/1986 28 - 4 1 0 0 49 15 Bratislava - Ádám Szalai 09/12/1987 27 Hoffenheim - 6 1 0 0 26 8 - Krisztián Németh 05/01/1989 26 Kansas - 2 0 0 0 17 1 - Nemanja Nikolić 31/12/1987 27 Legia - 7 0 0 0 14 4 - Gergő Lovrencsics 01/09/1988 27 Lech - 3 0 0 0 8 - Coach - Bernd Storck 25/01/1963 52 - 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 Northern Ireland - Hungary Monday 7 September 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Head coach Michael O'Neill Date of birth: 5 July 1969 Nationality: Northern Irish Playing career: Coleraine FC, Newcastle United FC, Dundee United FC, Hibernian FC, Coventry City FC, Aberdeen FC (loan), Reading FC (loan), Wigan Athletic FC, Saint Johnstone FC, Portland Timbers, Clydebank FC, Glentoran FC, Ayr United FC Coaching career: Brechin City FC, Shamrock Rovers FC, Northern Ireland • A midfielder and forward during a 20-year playing career, O'Neill spent the bulk of his time in Scotland, most notably with Dundee United and Hibernian. Enjoyed late success when winning a Northern Irish league and League Cup double with Glentoran in 2002/03. • Made 31 appearances for his country, scoring four goals, two of which came in a memorable 5-3 victory against Austria during EURO '96 qualifying.