Young Hungary

On 11th June 1903 Hungary played their second international match. The opponents were Austria and the game was played at Margitsziget as a part of the national athletics championship. This venue had the first grass football pitch in Hungary. 
The Hungary team selected for this match was the youngest ever international XI. 6 of the players were still in their teens, and 2 were only 16.


Ödön Holits* (MUE) 
 07.12.1886 - 16 years, 6 months, 4 days 

Ferenc Nagy*  (MTK)
 21.02.1884 - 19 years, 3 months, 18 days

Ferenc Manglitz*  (Ferencváros) 
 26.02.1882 -21 years, 3 months, 16 days

Tivadar Gorszky*  (Ferencváros)
30.05.1883 - 20 years, 12 days 

István Skrabák-Bánk*  (BTC)
 10.10.1882 - 20 years, 8 months, 1 day

Jenő Bayer (MAC) 
28.03.1878 - 25 years, 2 months, 22 days 

Ferenc Braun*  (Ferencváros)
02.07.1886 - 16 years, 11 months, 9 days

István Buda (BTC)
 11.12.1884 - 18 years, 6 months 

József Pokorny (Ferencváros)
17.07.1882 - 20 years, 10 months, 25 days

Károly Vincze*  (MAC)
 30.05.1884 - 18 years, 12 days

Ferenc Weisz*  (Ferencváros)
23.02.1885 -18 years, 3 months, 19 days

* debutantes

A modest crowd of 700 saw Pokorny give the hosts a 24th minute lead. Buda extended the lead in the 52nd minute and Pokorny added a 3rd after Pulchert (playing  under the pseudonym A.N. Other) had pulled one back for Austria. Johann Studnicka scored a second for Austria in the 70th minute, but the Hungarians held out for the victory. Thus they avenged the previous autumn's 5-0 beating at Vienna.