page_title: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. v Budapest Honvéd FC
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. v Budapest Honvéd FC / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: The Golden Team in 1953front row: Mihály Lantos, Ferenc Puskás, Gyula Grosicsback row: Gyula Lóránt, Jenő Buzánszky, Nándor Hidegkuti, Sándor Kocsis, József Zakariás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik, László Budai Magyar: A Londonban győztes Aranycsapat: Grosics Gyula, Gellér Sándor, Buzánszki Jenő, Lóránt Gyula, Lantos Mihály, Bozsik József, Zakariás József, Budai II László, Kocsis Sándor, Hidegkúti Nándor, Puskás Ferenc, Czibor Zoltán. Color version
context_page_description: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. v Budapest Honvéd FC was an association football match that took place on 13 December 1954, and was instrumental in the eventual formation of the European Cup. The match was played under floodlights, and was broadcast live on BBC television.
context_section_description: The game occurred little over a year after England national football team had lost 6–3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium, and six months after the even bigger 7–1 victory for Hungary in Budapest.
  At the time, Wolverhampton Wanderers were the champions of England, having won their first ever championship in the 1953–54 season, and were top of the league by one point in the 1954–55 season. Managed by Stan Cullis and captained by England captain Billy Wright, Wolverhampton scored 96 goals as they won the title four points clear of rivals West Bromwich Albion, with Dennis Wilshaw, Johnny Hancocks, and Roy Swinbourne all scoring over 20 goals each.
  Budapest Honvéd were the champions of Hungary, having won their fourth championship in the 1954 season whilst scoring 100 goals in the process, including a 9–7 victory over Vörös Lobogó whom they eventually finished five points clear of in winning the league.  Managed by Jenő Kalmár, Honvéd contained many players of the famous Mighty Magyars who finished as runners-up in the 1954 World Cup; Gyula Grosics, Gyula Lóránt, László Budai, József Bozsik, Zoltán Czibor, as well as Ferenc Puskás and Sándor Kocsis, who scored 54 goals between them in their title winning season.
  Wolverhampton had faced a number of foreign opposition under the new £30,000 Molineux floodlights in the 14 months before playing Honvéd; a South Africa team captained by Eddie Stuart were defeated 3–1, Scottish team Celtic lost 2–0, Argentine team Racing Club were beaten 3–1, before Austrian team First Vienna became the only team in the series to avoid defeat, drawing 0–0. Wolverhampton rebounded with a 10–0 win against Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv, followed by a high-profile 4–0 victory over Spartak Moscow, with all goals coming in the final 10 minutes.
caption: Honvéd striker Sándor Kocsis in 1953
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